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I hope in the future, people are able to move around the world and live in different cities for 3-4 months at a time.

LurkingPenguin 5y ago
The future is already here. Sneak preview: it's awesome, sort of. Traveling and living short-term in different places has many wonderful aspects, but it's not perfect. There are also many downsides/hassles. I also suspect the number of people who will want to do this for a long period of time (>1-2 years) is fairly low. Then you have to figure out where you want to live and if it's not in your home country, you have to deal with where you really want to live versus where you can get residency.
- another_story 5y ago
  I prefer moving and living somewhere for longer periods, such as 3 to 4 years. It's long enough to learn the language and get to know the place fairly well. That 3-4 months just scratches the surface.
  - LurkingPenguin 5y ago
    Yes 3-4 months goes by a lot faster than you expect. The challenge with staying somewhere for years is that it's not trivial to obtain residency in most places.
jabbany 5y ago
It's gonna be extra fun when tax season comes around...
- heavenlyblue 5y ago
  If I lived in 10 countries a year I would probably not even reach the minimum wage threshold in any of them at the same time!
  - jabbany 5y ago
    Actually, there's multiple problems with this: - Just because you can get a tourist visa "on landing" does not mean you can work in the country (even remotely), so unless you apply for proper work visas everywhere you go you're likely working illegally. - Many countries like the US base their taxes on your _global income_, so have fun navigating tax treaties, getting double taxed (multiple tax residency locations), and/or (most likely) inadvertantly violating some tax code somewhere... - Even moving between states/provinces in the same country sometimes has these issues.
    - Ekaros 5y ago
      And then there is rules like 6 months of working in a country. But these vary by country, so it could be in 12 month period, or inside a year or inside a taxation year(1.4-31.3 fex. NZ). And yes, all of those are different. And inside this the ways those days are counted varies with different rules... Not to forget that from which country the company pays you. Or if you have some entity where it is based... It is not like taxentity hasn't thought about these things... Taxation is complicated and varied, specially when you increase number of entities involved above two...
foogazi 5y ago
Can’t people do this right now ?
- CryptoPunk 5y ago
  Yes, I meant I hope it's easy and affordable enough for any one to be able to do it if they so choose. A larger supply of medium-term rentals, more remote-work options, and streamlined legal processes for living a global life, would all contribute to that lifestyle being more common.

The future is already here. Sneak preview: it's awesome, sort of. Traveling and living short-term in different places has many wonderful aspects, but it's not perfect. There are also many downsides/hassles. I also suspect the number of people who will want to do this for a long period of time (>1-2 years) is fairly low. Then you have to figure out where you want to live and if it's not in your home country, you have to deal with where you really want to live versus where you can get residency.

another_story 5y ago
I prefer moving and living somewhere for longer periods, such as 3 to 4 years. It's long enough to learn the language and get to know the place fairly well. That 3-4 months just scratches the surface.
- LurkingPenguin 5y ago
  Yes 3-4 months goes by a lot faster than you expect. The challenge with staying somewhere for years is that it's not trivial to obtain residency in most places.

jabbany 5y ago

It's gonna be extra fun when tax season comes around...

heavenlyblue 5y ago
If I lived in 10 countries a year I would probably not even reach the minimum wage threshold in any of them at the same time!
- jabbany 5y ago
  Actually, there's multiple problems with this: - Just because you can get a tourist visa "on landing" does not mean you can work in the country (even remotely), so unless you apply for proper work visas everywhere you go you're likely working illegally. - Many countries like the US base their taxes on your _global income_, so have fun navigating tax treaties, getting double taxed (multiple tax residency locations), and/or (most likely) inadvertantly violating some tax code somewhere... - Even moving between states/provinces in the same country sometimes has these issues.
  - Ekaros 5y ago
    And then there is rules like 6 months of working in a country. But these vary by country, so it could be in 12 month period, or inside a year or inside a taxation year(1.4-31.3 fex. NZ). And yes, all of those are different. And inside this the ways those days are counted varies with different rules... Not to forget that from which country the company pays you. Or if you have some entity where it is based... It is not like taxentity hasn't thought about these things... Taxation is complicated and varied, specially when you increase number of entities involved above two...

foogazi 5y ago

Can’t people do this right now ?

CryptoPunk 5y ago
Yes, I meant I hope it's easy and affordable enough for any one to be able to do it if they so choose. A larger supply of medium-term rentals, more remote-work options, and streamlined legal processes for living a global life, would all contribute to that lifestyle being more common.