that's why this is a life threatening event. the big chill is it to stick around for a freezing feast of season across much of north america, before a return to comma and more season, a wither next week. hoping everybody out there stays warm where you are. that's it for us where we are coming up next. thou shift joins the digital nomads taking on the world's for better or for worse. i suppose. i'm way bluecross. it's been a pleasure having you here this evening. i will see you again soon while morning at the top of the hour. that's all for now with ah, the question of all the questions about life, the universe and everything. do you know the answer? i will then give it here. for the answer to almost

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there's a way to avoid this. a digital nomad village europe's fest vintage for digital. now math is in pont out his soul on the southwest and coast of the portuguese island, madera year round the location of his mild weather in a natural paradise. it's just the place for people who only need a laptop for work. web designer, anna maria dida, has swapped romania for madera. well, i did wanted to try out this lifestyle of a digital nomad and i didn't one meet a full commitment from the beginning. so i decided i would come for a month, try it out. and i found out about my dad, i been at the 1st dish, the nomad village on to the so we have the cool working space. we have a community, so it seemed safe and clear. and that's why i decided to come here and book my flight digital number like on the maria can use the co working space and the

cultural center free of charge says february 2021. the local government on the initiative started madera have been advertising pont out his soul. while the benefits are that i am able to work in a beautiful environment with a beautiful scenery that helps my productivity as well. and my agree with the especially and yeah, i can after working hours, do all kinds of activities with people from the community. and that's me makes me feel in a vacation mode all the time. mm. one, founder of the village for digital nomads, consanzo, hall of portugal, traveled all around the world. as he works. he knows that even globetrotters sometimes get lonely. so we want to build a whole structure. so if you come here as a normal, you have your questions and some people live and pointed to song. the village has capacity for around 200 digital, no matter who stay in hotels or private homes. we learned from the

different cultures, people that come to the ard and we, we get to meet new people and learn and they get to know our culture when we get to see their culture. so i think it's positive, very positive. i think it's a good idea of professional training sessions are held regularly here. the members of the community share their respective expertise with each other and the village is really a melting point for me to new people that come from different jamarius or similar job, better as with more or less experience than mine. and that's really stimulating my, my creativity and my work skills and that's really helpful for my job progression and career. mm hm. and after work, the digital nomads can kick back with the yoga session or some tie t 2 quantities. so on madera of his digital nomads, more than just a place to boost up their laptops. with

surveys show that 2 things are particularly important to digital nomads, fast reliable internet and affordable living costs. bureaucracy to can be a factor. more than 40 countries are trying to attract digital nomads with special visas. the latest country to do so, is indonesia it looks like the perfect vacation, only. it's not. this is the work of a digital. no, matt. maggie's isiah is from kazakhstan and has been living in body for the past 10 months. the 32 year old runs her own marketing agency, and technically she can do that from anywhere. fall is the best place in the world . you know, when i just came here, i feel like bali to my home for me, very comfortable to stay here. we're here because in bali we can find everything if you one so fine for example,

mounties. you can go to the north if you want to the beach and will be nice, you call people everywhere. and though i symbolic capital of this phone, emma se asia is already the most popular region in the world for digital. now math and indonesia, as one of the countries leading the field, apply for simple visit visa and you can work for up to $180.00 days in a row, completely legal and without paying taxes in indonesia. not all foreigners know this and use a tourism visa instead, but even then they actually have little to worry about. but i've been up on our son, but i'd up i want to go on and got a supervision of foreigners who carry out digital no matter activities is based purely on complaints this morning. we realized that not all the immigration officers have i t knowledge. that's more with us and we can't just look through people's laptops and control if they're actually working or pressed them about it.

but let boating and logical awesome abraham got there is a new regulation to bring more high net worth individuals to body. as of december 2022. the country is offering 2nd home visas for up to 10 years to those with at least 130000 euros in their bank accounts. for bonnie, it's a silver lining up to 2 tough years and the pandemic. the island is keen to get people back to boost the economy. digital nomads stay in hostiles, and hotels and spend entire days in restaurants and cafes. the downside is that many locals are already tired of the off to where party seen and all the noise that comes with it. hotels and clubs are progressively swallowing the last rice fields and with them the magic of the holiday island gradually disappears. digital no mats bring money into a country,

but they can also disrupt the nature and social fabric of a place. according to estimate, there are currently around $35000000.00 digital nomads worldwide. and mexico is one of their favorite destinations. a statue of santa maddie la, what he caught is located in a trendy neighborhood and mexico city. she is the patron saint against gentrification. gentrification is when a neighbourhood gets changed by more after and residents and businesses that displace the local inhabitants. the statue is an art project by the activists, sandra valensuela, and is meant to raise awareness for the threat of displacement felt by the local population. looking for what happens is that when people don't have enough money to live in that country, cities like they end up going to cheaper countries where they can afford to live, the problem shifts and ultimately displaces. people come with a blast i left by the founder and the 1st half of 2020 to the demand for short term

rentals across mexico surged by 41 percent. some research has believe the influx of digital nomads has let increased inflation and changed some neighborhoods in the capital into spaces for the rich quan coronado works as an interior designer and community between los angeles and mexico city. he has experienced animosity towards digital nomads. people's jo, resentful, one of the things that i always said is a come to live here only for free, you know, i helped economy but for them, the only thing that they have in mind is that i, you know, my presence here doesn't help the fact that rents go up that everything will go up someplace. time own is a profiting from this boom. some prefer to rent out apartments lucrative lead to online booking portals like abby and b was when was on the lot of them are in

thought instead of renting their apartment or house to a family own of people prefer to rent them to one of these companies that give them profits of about 70 euros a day, as long as you have that can translate into nearly $1200.00 euros per month. you. is it worth lousy there, ben? did he go meet bristles? i'll miss the city. meanwhile supports this together with abby and b and unesco. may claudia shane bow even started the campaign to draw more digital nomads to mexico city. at the end of october 2022. about half of all digital nomads world wide come from the us for them. what he and mexico, but earning in the us is worth it, is obviously a lot of advantages, if you can earn in dollars in spending pesos, you essentially triple your, your income. and that's very attractive to a lot of people who have the, the luxury of being able to work remotely, according to market, ailing digital nomads. and they love for mexico also have a positive side effect for the country itself. i think

a lot of people are dispelling a lot of the negative preconceptions about mexico. they're realizing that no, it's not just not a cause and violence and poverty. there's beautiful size of this country and they're celebrating that too. many digital nomads like to work in nature, but no one takes it as seriously as jason griffin. in the spring of 2021, this hanging ledge was his office for a day. this working space is not for the faint hearted above the rough irish c jason griffin wants to test the boundaries of working remotely, a climbing i spare to companies, jason on his mission. his temporary office is a cliff on the island of angle. see on the north coast of wales today we are pushing the of technology to its limits, but this we're going over cliff face and we're obsolete don't to allege. and i will be working all day on that ledge and taken and making calls,

and to rotten with internal staff. while i sat there at this ledge, mosquito ah, it is showing that reward leslie riggins, rural jason griffin works for a company that develops square for customer services. he is convinced that all he needs is a laptop and an internet connection. he claims to work just as effectively if not even better than in the office. more efficiency and creativity that in the office, many digital nomads are convinced. we see is the rise of the digital know that people that do not want to be constrained in terms of where they were or where they live for that matter, the untethered workforce would appear to be the way forward. the big problem that the major players have is that they believe that the best work can be done when the people are bundled together in the one office, so to speak. so there's gonna be a little bit of attention there. but again,

as the war for talent becomes increasingly acute, it will be the talent that determines the conditions of work and not the employer. jason griffin is convinced that the office has a working space is undergoing a fundamental change. the new we're working as going to be completely different going forward that so i see the traditional 5 days in the office monday, friday, 9 to 5. they're going, they are not here anymore. people are going to be split between home and office if not home all the time. and it's exciting because facts, people's life, so much better, everything's going to be better. not all jobs can be done remotely, but if we need is a laptop and mobile network, the possibilities for new workspaces seem infinite. ah,

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