Good luck with Thailand. The military junta is close to instituting MITM on all internet communications.[1] They don't even care that it will break online banking and every other business that relies on secure communication. I guess digital nomads will be fine as long as they don't mind that they won't be able to connect securely to their bank, server, AWS, etc.<p>[1] <a href="http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/993937/internet-laws-a-time-bomb" rel="nofollow">http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/993937/internet-l...</a>
I've never once heard of someone saying that Miami (or Puerto Viejo or Florianópolis) was a good place as a nomad (not even on my radar), and I've been in the "circuit" for almost 2 years now.
This is a good idea for a post, but I'm suprised at the list.<p>Suprised they left out:<p>-Ho Chi Minh City (huge number of nomads here)<p>-Bangkok (same thing)<p>-Prague (the thailand of europe)<p>-Bali (the original eat, pray, love)<p>-Medellin (every nomad in South America is here)
Linky for those of in the UK and not allowed to see this:<p><a href="http://archive.is/uNaEf" rel="nofollow">http://archive.is/uNaEf</a>
This link doesn't work, despite not being in the UK, I get:<p>"We're sorry but this site is not accessible from the UK as it is part of our international service and is not funded by the licence fee. "
Where do digital nomads sleep? I can't imagine that they're signing year-long leases, or that apartments are happy about transient foreign sub-letters dropping in and out. So you have to be rich enough to sleep in hotels every night? I guess there's AieBnb now, but what did they do before that?
I've only been to Floripa from this list---took a surfing class on the north part of the island. It is lovely, but was just a bit too sparse for my taste. You'll want a car unless you enjoy 30 minute bus rides among the multiple neighborhoods.
I've been to Puerto Viejo & I can tell you... There is nothing there. Well. there were a lot of mosquitos. And very cheap cocaine (i'm not so into that stuff). I guess $6 cocaine might make you very productive?
"digital nomad" is my dream lifestyle. But one of the major drawbacks longterm is rent vs mortgage. Most societies are structured in a way that wants you to settle down. While monthly rent v. monthly mortgage payments might be similar in cost, and both fix the "where do I sleep" problem, after 30 years one leaves you with equity and the other does not. I wish there was something similar to a co-op where owning part of a company entitled me to a room just not any particular room. E.g owning type A stock lets me use a type A room in any city I happen to be in.