• Shrek@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    If the ability to be a digital nomad had occurred earlier in my life I probably would have gone for it. Now I kind of don’t want to be away from my parents because I know they won’t be around forever. Plus I have a house and other commitments I don’t want to be away from.

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      I found out about the digital nomad lifestyle at the start of COVID when everybody was working from home. Sounded great, but I couldn’t make it happen due to finances. Now with everything going on in the world (War in Ukraine, climate change, etc.) it feels like I dodged a bullet 😬

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    Americans said “well there’s no where to gentrify in America, let’s find some new countries to raise rent prices in” lmfao

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      vaguely reminded of all of the crypto grifters who moved to puerto rico after the island was devastated by Hurricane Maria to take advantage of the cheap real estate/energy and lack of taxation

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        I currently do work remotely from home in the US. Not long ago I was seriously considering being a digital nomad, though. Seeing this makes me feel like maybe it might not be such a good fit for me 😔

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            I’ve been doing okay at getting to know the locals in here Dallas, Texas since I moved here a few years ago, but interacting with people has never been my strong suit. I am improving though. It wasn’t too long ago that I would have said knowing your neighbors is unimportant. Nowadays it seems necessary for survival. Never too late I suppose ¯_(ツ)_/¯