One of my favorite topics (even if I'm not writing about it too often) is nomading. I'm keeping an eye on things as I'd like to see the evolution of things or how history is written. Since the internet, nomading is evolving with a break neck speed and it seems like we're going to enter a new phase soon. How soon? That depends on a lot of things, but let's take it step by step.
Unfortunately Crypto Nomad is still just an expression. You can't find in any legislation yet, as far as I know. Some will say who needs legislation as we want a decentralized, free world, which is true, but since you need a visa to enter and legally stay in a country, at some point crypto adoption and along with it the Crypto Nomad status must happen. Better sooner than later, right?
If you ask me, this is not a question of IF, but rather WHEN. We see countries announcing their intention of drafting the paperwork for adopting crypto as legal tender. It's a process that takes time, it's difficult in the beginning, but can't take forever, so I'm expecting the number of countries wanting to join grow. Till then, we have other things to worry about.
One of the sources I like to check, to see what's new on nomading front, is https://digitalnomads.world, a platform that offers info about certain nomading destinations worldwide, backed with useful data. Today I thought I'd have a look to see what are the hot destinations they are offering and had to realize they need to update their data, but probably they don't know how, or are waiting for the dust to settle first.
Filtering through the destinations, this is what they are listing for Europe. If you've been living under the rock, you may see the data as true, but the whole world knows Ukraine is not an ideal destination for nomading right now, let alone the validity of those monthly living costs listed on the website.
Life in Europe has changed dramatically in the last two months and unfortunately the change is not over, the worst is yet to come in my opinion. Ukraine as a travel destination is out of question, unless you're volunteering and ready to risk your life. Millions of Ukrainian refugees are hosted now by different European countries, among which maybe Poland has the most.
With Ukraine and Russia out of the picture economically means a huge loss (Ukrainian grain, Russian gas, just to name a few) to many countries. Hosting refugees is a huge economical challenge to every country as none of them has been ready for this. Inflation is high in the majority of the countries and the real effects of the crises are yet to show.
Poland is listed among the cheapest destinations in Europe, but I would take that with a pinch of salt, honestly. Maybe Polish users can tell how much life has changed since the war began but I suppose a lot. So if you're on a tight budget, you may want to think twice before hitting the road right now.
Now that covid restrictions are lifted in the majority of European countries, I hope tourism can pick up soon and bring some income to these countries. Nomading on a tight budget however is a different thing.
Asia seems a more affordable option, if you like these exotic destinations and a different lifestyle and can trust the data. Basically the whole world will be affected by the war long term, but maybe life in other continents will not be changing so much as in Europe.
Anyway, life is short, make the most of it!
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