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I don't get why everyone who goes the "digital nomad" route ends up in SE Asia. God it's becoming painful at this point. Is the world not big enough? Can peopl
by oliv__ 10y ago
I don't get why everyone who goes the "digital nomad" route ends up in SE Asia. God it's becoming painful at this point.
Is the world not big enough? Can people not go their own ways?
- BjoernKW 10y agoSE Asia is a rather big place but I suppose it's a combination of: - low cost of living - pleasant climate - decent infrastructure - interesting, diverse culture - being generally welcoming to foreigners (to those with somewhat big pockets at least) You get some of those traits in many other non-South-East-Asian countries as well but all of them combined is a pretty rare occurrence.
- victorhn 10y agoPretty much most of Latin America satisfies all of this. I wonder why it is not more popular among nomads, maybe because fame of high rates of crime?
- BjoernKW 10y agoThat could be a reason. Linguistically at least Latin America should be much more accessible to most people.
- wprapido 10y agolatin america has terrible crime rates. yet, there are decent digital nomad communities in mexico, colombia and argentina
- mod 10y agoThe digital community was lacking, but I spent time in Costa Rica and found it very safe, inviting, and beautiful. I was in a very small surf town on the Pacific coast with a strong ex-pat presence.
- wprapido 10y agocentral america has entirely different vibe, for worse. yeah, costa rica seemed safe though, but not quite so other central american countries