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>Walkable, safe and cheap places with good internet have a lot to gain (e.g. Portugal, Thailand). Unsafe or expensive cities have a lot to loose (e.g. San Franc

>Walkable, safe and cheap places with good internet have a lot to gain (e.g. Portugal, Thailand). Unsafe or expensive cities have a lot to loose (e.g. San Francisco). Won't this be a large obstacle for remote work? More expensive places are going to hold on to people tooth and nail. There are plenty of ways to do this, eg explicit regulation or tax complications. When Bulgarian truck drivers started outcompeting French truck drivers the EU pushed through new regulations that required the drivers and the trucks (!!) to visit their home country at least every 2 months.[0] >The most controversial measure is an obligation for trucks to return to their country of establishment at least every eight weeks I think political entities will fight a lot with dirty tricks like this to keep the tax revenue and employment in their jurisdiction. [0] https://www.politico.eu/article/trucker-rules-europe-logistics-monility-european-commission/ https://www.politico.eu/article/trucker-rules-europe-logisti...

fbrncci 3y ago
There will be countries like Bulgaria, and there will be countries which will welcome it with open arms (and anything in between). I am here in Thailand as an expat, with my own business, working remotely for European clients. I am taxed at the Thai rate, and have a work permit, because there is no large Thai talent pool competing for the same business and opportunities I am. So far I am not seeing any dirty tricks, there are other countries competing for this exact type of expat too. "Dirty tricks" would drive them away to other countries.
- Elora 3y ago
  > There will be countries like Bulgaria, and there will be countries which will welcome it with open arms Bulgaria (and Romania, per linked article) were on the receiving end of said dirty tricks. The problem is Western EU trucking companies did not want the much cheaper to operate Eastern EU truckers eating their lunch. The "dirty tricks" did not come from Bulgaria/Romania in this case.
slategruen 3y ago
Similar thing is happening here in Philippines. The government basically gave tax breaks to companies who will utilize their office spaces in city centers. To no one's surprise, most of the local companies are now forcing return-to-office. The government justification is: people spend more when they regularly go the the office thus, stimulating the economy.
- flaminHotSpeedo 3y ago
  There's a lot of unconfirmed scuttlebutt that companies in major American metro areas have similar motivations... I can say with the utmost confidence that spending more time and money downtown is the last thing that my 3 hour round trip commute motivates me to do
  - gridspy 3y ago
    I doubt it motivates you to travel home for lunch! It sounds like you'd be very unlikely to enter downtown for any other reason. Also, may I suggest you move your home or employment? 3 hours is a lot of commuting and that is bad for you.

fbrncci 3y ago

There will be countries like Bulgaria, and there will be countries which will welcome it with open arms (and anything in between). I am here in Thailand as an expat, with my own business, working remotely for European clients. I am taxed at the Thai rate, and have a work permit, because there is no large Thai talent pool competing for the same business and opportunities I am. So far I am not seeing any dirty tricks, there are other countries competing for this exact type of expat too. "Dirty tricks" would drive them away to other countries.

Elora 3y ago
> There will be countries like Bulgaria, and there will be countries which will welcome it with open arms Bulgaria (and Romania, per linked article) were on the receiving end of said dirty tricks. The problem is Western EU trucking companies did not want the much cheaper to operate Eastern EU truckers eating their lunch. The "dirty tricks" did not come from Bulgaria/Romania in this case.

slategruen 3y ago

Similar thing is happening here in Philippines. The government basically gave tax breaks to companies who will utilize their office spaces in city centers. To no one's surprise, most of the local companies are now forcing return-to-office. The government justification is: people spend more when they regularly go the the office thus, stimulating the economy.

flaminHotSpeedo 3y ago
There's a lot of unconfirmed scuttlebutt that companies in major American metro areas have similar motivations... I can say with the utmost confidence that spending more time and money downtown is the last thing that my 3 hour round trip commute motivates me to do
- gridspy 3y ago
  I doubt it motivates you to travel home for lunch! It sounds like you'd be very unlikely to enter downtown for any other reason. Also, may I suggest you move your home or employment? 3 hours is a lot of commuting and that is bad for you.