{"id":41169,"date":"2023-04-27T01:27:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T08:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=41169"},"modified":"2023-04-26T13:28:40","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T20:28:40","slug":"settlers-vs-nomads-richest-countries-life-after-influencing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/settlers-vs-nomads-richest-countries-life-after-influencing\/","title":{"rendered":"Settlers vs Nomads\/Richest Countries\/Life After Influencing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A weekly newsletter with four quick bites, edited by Tim Leffel, author of\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/cbjyU?utm_campaign=Nomadico&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\" target=\"_blank\"><em>A Better Life for Half the Price<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>The World\u2019s Cheapest Destinations<\/em>. See\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nomadico.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">past editions here,<\/a>\u00a0where your like-minded friends can subscribe and join you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Settlers vs. Nomads<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve been enjoying the 4-part series from fellow Substackers Lauren Razavi (full disclosure, an advertiser via Plumia) and Marko Ayling titled &#8220;Global Gentrification&#8211;Are Digital Nomads Ruining Everything?&#8221; Part 3 highlighted a much-needed distinction and how that impacts the response to digital nomad visas. Sure, some people are &#8220;settlers&#8221; on a path to residency, but others are true nomads who have no intention of sticking around.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/open.substack.com\/pub\/globalnatives\/p\/global-gentrificationare-digital-ceb\">Read the full post here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Countries Full of Rich People<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re looking to live it up more by moving abroad or to extend your runway for a start-up, you may want to avoid Luxembourg, Ireland, Switzerland, Qatar, and Norway. When ranked by per-capita GDP, those are now at the top of the list of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.visualcapitalist.com\/worlds-richest-countries-2023-gdp-per-capita\/\">richest countries in the world<\/a>. Many of you readers are from a place not far behind though: the USA is #7, Australia #9, and Canada #12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Improving U.S. Airports<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the USA\u2019s relative wealth, most visitors landing at our major airport hubs could be forgiven for thinking we\u2019re close to broke. Some of the terminals have been getting much more pleasant lately though and recently passed infrastructure spending will finally get some of the busiest airports into the modern age. See the full story here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/03\/27\/americas-airports-are-suddenly-pretty-good-now\">America&#8217;s airports are suddenly pretty good now<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Life After \u201cInfluencing\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The one slice of the digital nomad spectrum that probably gets the most visibility and press attention is the \u201cinfluencers\u201d subset. These are the high-follower-count personalities on platforms like Instagram and TikTok that are constantly plugging products and services to get paid. As&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/04\/11\/style\/lee-tilghman-influencer.html?unlocked_article_code=GfJvjosjDMrHLATFJxqj0hfzCjy8MUzZR8Cez0JkLmYbxvNQ48BpsT0PJ8Qgkr0p5qP4CzF067V_-kZ9tnO88oeY_t2X3I3xjDc4JTUF-UPhU79amBk_RMa5bUc18ZRQVY1WQ3ekCksrX2qmtbTgPCq2oRBsWKXZ3dJV37pN7jy-FeoVg82U_bYYxkp1eA25yTi3Z5Vv7zh9vIY4H8mZ7EkTYAiATJPx6OqhLg7TWnS4MDnO3xB5nUVUAqewD5Y6EN-WG508DkAsrLWN3YtZe0EBxgvbsBNJGa2i016ZcGoFRjYxgA4Ou2XTGfWM69gPAESPAV2GqOZIyzVx_TQzgg&amp;smid=url-share\">this recent NYT article<\/a>&nbsp;that is full of tragedy, comedy, and drama points out though, it\u2019s a crash-and-burn path with a career span about as long as that of an NFL football player. And the aftermath is as tough to adjust to. \u201cIf social media has made audiences anxious, it\u2019s driving creators to the brink.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nomadico issue #49<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[2385],"tags":[2386],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41169"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41169"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41170,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41169\/revisions\/41170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}