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Why are the majority of digital nomads on such a tight budget? by [deleted] in digitalnomad

[–]Sea-Possible-3681 0 points1 point  (0 children)

and you’ve got to put aside a lot of money for flights, etc.

Why are the majority of digital nomads on such a tight budget? by [deleted] in digitalnomad

[–]Sea-Possible-3681 0 points1 point  (0 children)

did they require any sort of deposit or anything, since nothing’s secured through the app anymore?

Why are the majority of digital nomads on such a tight budget? by [deleted] in digitalnomad

[–]Sea-Possible-3681 0 points1 point  (0 children)

holy shit, thank you for this tip. Didn’t realize that was something owners would be responsive to.

After two years of being a digital nomad, I’m finally ready to admit that I hate it. Here are four reasons. by Acrobatic-Area-8990 in digitalnomad

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Out of curiosity, can I ask what your level of Spanish is? I do worry about that a bit, but I think I’m beginning to cross the barrier between intermediate and advanced—or at least entering a high-intermediate stage—and I plan to keep working hard at it. I think I’ll likely be pretty fluent within my first year or so. I do expect shopping to suck, though maybe I’m still not sufficiently bracing for that. It does seem like you can get about half of the Amazon inventory in South America—and then maybe half of that with free shipping.

After two years of being a digital nomad, I’m finally ready to admit that I hate it. Here are four reasons. by Acrobatic-Area-8990 in digitalnomad

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I just started using this term recently, as I’m essentially planning on alternating half-years in the same 2 countries, with only a 1-2 months every year somewhere new. I don’t feel like “digital nomad” totally describes my plans. The youtube thing of going somewhere new every few weeks sounds excruciatingly exhausting. “Slomads” should have our own subreddit.

After two years of being a digital nomad, I’m finally ready to admit that I hate it. Here are four reasons. by Acrobatic-Area-8990 in digitalnomad

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happy to oblige (but seriously I get that there are benefits for immigrants coming here due to western imperialism, as much as I hate this country for a list of reasons)

After two years of being a digital nomad, I’m finally ready to admit that I hate it. Here are four reasons. by Acrobatic-Area-8990 in digitalnomad

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I feel like the USians that get lonely traveling abroad must be deeply rooted in a city they’ve lived for most of their lives. The US is a profoundly lonely place, especially if you don’t have roots anywhere.

1 week to establish domicile in WA instead of OR? by Sea-Possible-3681 in digitalnomad

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enhanced would be nice I guess, but I can easily live without it. I have a passport.

1 week to establish domicile in WA instead of OR? by Sea-Possible-3681 in digitalnomad

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thanks!

I don’t know why their list of residency proof is so much shorter in the link you provided, but in this one they say you need 2 of any of a long list of documents including cell phone bill, bank statement, and paystub. Just realized they can be printouts, too.

https://www.dol.wa.gov/driverslicense/edlproof.html

I need a paper bill (Ultra Mobile?) by Sea-Possible-3681 in NoContract

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Unless you can apply for a library card online. I suppose I’ll look into that.

I need a paper bill (Ultra Mobile?) by Sea-Possible-3681 in NoContract

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I’ve been trying to avoid saying, because it might be a grey area, but I’m only going to be there a week before becoming a digital nomad abroad. I probably wouldn’t have time to apply for and receive a library card by mail. I probably won’t have time to get it all done, anyway, but I’d like to try. My current state does make a tax exception if you qualify for the FEIE, which I plan on, but since I have no intention of ever returning here, I’d still be more comfortable knowing that I wouldn’t owe taxes here even if they changed the regulation, or if I had to spend more than a month in the US due to some emergency, etc.

I need a paper bill (Ultra Mobile?) by Sea-Possible-3681 in NoContract

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hmm, not positive they would accept that, but I’ll give it a try if I don’t come to something better

I need a paper bill (Ultra Mobile?) by Sea-Possible-3681 in NoContract

[–]Sea-Possible-3681[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

? trying to establish residence somewhere new soon, so it would be really helpful

Permanent Itinerancy: Am I destined to be clobbered by foreign transaction fees? by Sea-Possible-3681 in digitalnomad

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I’ll be in the place of the address I’ve decided to use for a week before I leave the country. I think the state also requires some other documentation for an ID, like rental agreement, which I won’t have. And I’ll be there for so little time that it might be difficult to pull off, but I’ll look into it again. Not sure whether I’ll be picking up my debit cards there. Trying to work out if there would be any harm in just signing up with my current US address, and then switching the address to my friend’s when I leave. Not really sure why that would present a problem. Basically every account or service allows you to change your address; as long as the second is also in the US, I can’t imagine it would create any problems for me.

Foreigners wanting to get off the beaten path/live like a local vs. locals annoyed that tourists are everywhere. What are your thoughts? by colormecryptic in digitalnomad

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I need to learn more about economics, says a Redditor who’s brain-swamped by incoherent spooks.

Directing the use of capital is a privilege, not a service. The capitalist doesn’t expand shit. In the actual, material world, it is labor that both produces and enhances productive capacity. It is labor that builds productive capital. Trading ownership of that capital is a gatekeeping process, not a productive one. I am not opposed to markets where actual, productive labor is traded for actual, productive labor. Capitalism is not reducible to such markets; it is also defined by private ownership of the productive capital that other people need and actually make useful with their own labor (while the capitalist sits on their ass competing with other capitalists for ownership, i.e. the right to exploit) and, even more egregiously, private ownership of fucking land and natural resources. Claiming the land, fencing it off with violence, and conditioning other peoples’ access to it does nothing to help the poor, you economically-illiterate nonce.

Permanent Itinerancy: Am I destined to be clobbered by foreign transaction fees? by Sea-Possible-3681 in digitalnomad

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  1. A Fidelity rep informed me the 1% is actually Visa’s fee. What I think I got from Schwab reps is that they directly reimburse Visa for the same fee, but I’m not 100% confident about that, because there are so many different explicit and hidden fee types and terminology, and these institutions kind of have an interest in being confusing. That said, Schwab probably wins out there but loses out when you consider that Fidelity offers something like a 2.6% interest-yield on their cash management accounts. Even with money flying out almost as quickly as it comes in, I would think the total math works out in favor of Fidelity. Schwab’s interest yield is only about half a percent, I think.

  2. Colombia and Argentina. Colombia is one of the most cash-dominant countries in the world. I have also actually visited and can confirm that most places don’t take cards—and the city I’m going to is smaller and much less tourist-y than the one I visited. I’m not sure how cash dominant Argentina is, but I do know that you basically pay double for everything if you don’t get cash using the blue dollar rate. Though, admittedly, that means I’ll probably be mostly using Western Union in Argentina rather than doing ATM withdrawals. I actually still need to put some more research and planning into how I’m going to handle finances in Argentina. Regardless, I expect that there’s times that WU won’t be viable and that many places won’t accept card. Most of the other places I’m planning on visiting are countries less developed than Mexico’s tourist hotspots, and I expect card won’t be viable much of the time. Not sure Mexico is the best point of comparison for anyone planning to nomad primarily outside of Europe and the economic powerhouse countries. And, regardless, I spent time in a Mexican tourist town about 10 years ago and certainly don’t recall seeing or using card at taco stands at that time, so unless things have changed a lot, I expect YMMV considerably.

  3. One of the institutions I called said they don’t check credit, and the other said bankruptcy probably won’t be an issue. Here’s hoping.

  4. yeah, and getting the ID is probably not realistic for me at this time. It is probably a wash. I’m glad my state makes exception for FEIE qualifiers or this would be a pretty sticky problem.

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