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> in most of the major cities of the world nowadays

Uh I can think of quite a few where you would. Just on the top of my mind: Lisbon, Mexico City, Milano, Saigon,Bangalore, Madrid, I mean I can go on for quite a while. But sure, you’d struggle in Zurich, Monaco, London, Silicon Valley or Singapore, IE some of the most expensive places in the world.



I have lived in Bangalore and know a bit about Mexico City.

You’d have to struggle to buy a house with a 66k USD equivalent income in these places unless you are okay with living far away from your workplace.

Doesn’t seem very rich.


Ah you mean all those countries I can't actually live in. Yeah, helpful.


My point is not to say that you can't struggle with 66k a year. I imagine it can very much be so in the US, or Monaco, or Switzerland. It's just that

> You would not be able to buy a house, support a family, have some hobbies, with a 66k/year salary in most of the major cities of the world nowadays.

Someone who can work fully remote globally with a 66k year salary will def. not be short of places where they can live extremely comfortably. Since we are talking about digital nomads, who can work from everywhere, I do think they constitute as very very rich in this context. When we think of those who would be able to apply for a digital nomad visa, in a global context, would be only those who are in the global top 1%.




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