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Discussion on: Yes, I was a Digital Nomad. No, it didn't work out like I thought it would.

 
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Bram Adams • Edited

I may have to respond with a non satisfying answer here: "it depends". :p Basically, if your personality rewards you by being outgoing, you'll have no trouble making friends. There is a ramp up time of being in a new culture/learning the customs, but if you do more listening than talking, people are very friendly and willing to teach, I've found. If you're not a member already, I highly recommend nomadlist.com/. Their Slack channel is dope and very active for many cities across the world.

I was definitely lonely a lot, though. Relationships with people you know and trust (family + close friends) generally outweigh brand new relationships, because trust is already established!