Just curious if anyone else has done this. Being a digital nomad in your own country. Exploring other states/cities. Does this qualify? Or is the essence of being a digital nomad usually about moving somewhere cheap, where your money goes further, i.e. Southeast Asia or Latin America?

I live on a really big island near Antartica and there’s heaps to explore, even if it isn’t a new culture per se.

  • Matto123213@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    No the digital nomad police will lock you up 😀 and will require you to show your passport

  • david8840@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Yes, unless your home country is Gibraltar or the Vatican or Monaco or something.

  • fikri_inter-business@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    It’s become a norm in my country since the COVID 19 pandemic. People especially white collars who can work through the internet are working in places non related to their job nor to their family

  • FinallyAFreeMind@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    You’re earning your living digitally. And you’re being nomadic.

    That’s all there is to the definition.

  • zurrkat@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Idk if the really big island is in Argentina but when I was in Argentina I met more than one Argentinian through the DN community that did something similar - they would spend summers traveling around Patagonia end winters up in the northern parts of Argentina. Seemed pretty awesome to me.

    But yeah even if it’s just on an island a nomad is a nomad 🤷🏽‍♀️

  • No_Space9224@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I don’t like poor countries.
    The only places I’ve worked and stayed at have fairly HCOL.
    So no, the essence of being a digital nomad is not to be somewhere where your money goes further. I’ve been to 7 countries this year and none have a cost of living lower than an average city in the USA.

    That being said, it’s pretty lame to travel exclusively around your “own country”.

    The whole point is to experience different languages, cultures, and uncomfortable situations.

  • moxie-maniac@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I first read about Digital Nomads about 10 years ago, it was about people with remote jobs moving around the US, sometimes involving a friend group or set of roommates. So 3 months in Denver, 3 months in Brooklyn, and so on. I imagine these people just kept a basecamp home address, maybe their parents address, flew under the radar about state variations in taxes and such.

  • SCDWS@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Yep, I did it during the pandemic. Explored Canada and the US this way.

  • attention_pleas@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I’ve been doing about 70% in my country (U.S.), 30% abroad. That’s largely because I have friends and family that keep inviting me to things that I feel obligated to attend (weddings, holidays, etc) and it’s more convenient for me to just stay in the country.

    I care about these people and it’s been great spending time with them, but next year I’m blocking off at least 6 months to travel abroad and will just say no to whatever plans they throw at me.