Is digital nomad the new expat? Like we got a word for it: it’s immigrant.
My understanding is that digital nomads are basically just long-term tourists rather than immigrants; they don’t get visas that allow permanent residency or anything. Iceland’s digital nomad visa, for example, only lets you stick around for 6 months, and you can’t renew it more than once a year. So you really do have to be somewhat nomadic, and travel to a different country.
Is digital nomad the new expat?
Kind of.
Think of it like a retiree trying to find a place to live where their salary isn’t tied to the local economy. It opens up a lot of places with a relatively low living expenses and high quality of life.
They are immigrants, but they are immigrants with money.
Most of the digital nomads I know end up settling somewhere at some point, moving around all the time gets tiring after a while
How can Canada with its winter rank higher than France though.
Police and Firefighters beating each other up, Farmers dropping shit in city centers, high rate of poverty, crime and corruption. No safe drinking water from the tap in many areas in the south of France. Energy instability due to failing nuclear power in combination with electrical heating. Inefficient bureaucracy, violent and extremely racist Police…
No, stay away from Europe, we don’t want you, our real estate prices are already sky high compared to the median wages. So don’t come here!
Some countries really messed up their market, such as Portugal and their golden visa
