I think the “analysis paralysis” objection is exaggerated. Even if you run it as an experiment, you need to put a lot of thought into where you decide to run that experiment. It’s unlikely that you’ll test very many places, so you’d better do some thinking in advance.
I agree that you have to do some thinking in advance—you have to choose at least one place to go. However, I don’t think this is a very hard a choice for someone to make because the digital nomad scene has already identified a handful of good places. From my reading of recommended places in digital nomad forums, here are the places that stand out for cutting your living costs whilst doing remote internet-based work if you are from a Western country:
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
Medellín, Colombia
Prague, Czech Republic
Budapest, Hungary
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain
There are only a few of them, and personal preferences will play a big role in which of them each person would prefer. Each person who is seriously interested in being part of this project can choose the location that’s best for them from this or similar lists, and then report back about how it’s going once they’re there.
My plan is to go to one of the European locations this summer. And if it doesn’t work out, I can always go somewhere else.
I think the “analysis paralysis” objection is exaggerated. Even if you run it as an experiment, you need to put a lot of thought into where you decide to run that experiment. It’s unlikely that you’ll test very many places, so you’d better do some thinking in advance.
I agree that you have to do some thinking in advance—you have to choose at least one place to go. However, I don’t think this is a very hard a choice for someone to make because the digital nomad scene has already identified a handful of good places. From my reading of recommended places in digital nomad forums, here are the places that stand out for cutting your living costs whilst doing remote internet-based work if you are from a Western country:
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
Medellín, Colombia
Prague, Czech Republic
Budapest, Hungary
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain
There are only a few of them, and personal preferences will play a big role in which of them each person would prefer. Each person who is seriously interested in being part of this project can choose the location that’s best for them from this or similar lists, and then report back about how it’s going once they’re there.
My plan is to go to one of the European locations this summer. And if it doesn’t work out, I can always go somewhere else.