Australians, particularly Sydneysiders, have an almost obsessive interest in the property market. In the same way that people in other countries talk about the weather or the stock market, we talk about house prices – normally, to have a good old whinge about how dear they are.

It’s not an unfounded complaint. Sydney has one of the highest median house prices in the world, and other Australian urban centres such as Hobart and Melbourne are fast becoming similarly expensive. As our population continues to grow, and the property market remains one of the safest forms of investment one can make in this country (thanks to a unique cocktail of negative gearing, historically low interest rates and numerous other factors), this trend would seem to only continue.

But 2020 might just change that, as many Redditors have speculated.

A viral thread on /r/economics discussing a New York Times article (New Yorkers Are Fleeing to the Suburbs: ‘The Demand Is Insane’) sparked discussion on local economics subreddit /r/AusFinance about whether Australian cities are likely to see a similar spike in suburban property sales thanks to The Bat Kiss. It makes sense on paper: people wanting to escape crowded, infectious cities for the comparatively safer suburbs. Why be close to the city when you’re working from home anyway?

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‘Urban flight’ is not a new phenomenon in the US: as American cities have become bigger and more diverse, wealthy (read: white) Americans have increasingly moved out of inner-city areas to suburban neighbourhoods, creating a kind of ‘moat of wealth’. This has become particularly pronounced in cities like Detroit, which despite being one of the poorest cities in the country is circled by some of the countries’ wealthiest suburbs, such as Grosse Pointe.

The observation then is that we’re starting to see a different form of urban flight in 2020, more motivated by avoiding COVID rather than race… Although it’s essentially the same phenomenon, as poor people are more likely to get COVID, and diverse communities tend to be less well-off than predominately white communities in the US. Additionally, blue-collar workers – who are far less likely to be able to work remotely or take time off – need to be closer to urban centres, whereas white-collar workers don’t have the same pressing need.

But in Australia, ‘inner-city’ doesn’t have the same negative connotation – in fact, quite the opposite.

“If you look at Sydney,” one /r/AusFinance commenter relates, “the inner city regions have desirability outside of them being close to employment. This can’t be said of a lot of other cities.”

“Assuming working from home becomes the norm and we deal with the pandemic, my take is the hardest-hit areas of Sydney will probably be the suburbs outside of coastal areas.”

“People will want to be where the action is (near the city for restaurants, clubs, bars, etc), near the beach, or they will want loads of rural space. I can’t see the urban sprawl areas being all that desirable due to the better value available in regional towns so without the need to commute, why would you spend over a million bucks for a small yard?”

 

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Another commenter agreed.

“Outside the really desirable areas, much of Sydney is a big compromise between commute / housing affordability / work opportunities / proximity to social life… [and] a lot of the Sydney region is now just pretty faceless sprawl.”

“Many of the middle ring suburbs I think are going to hit a ‘reverse Goldilocks’ scenario as people need to commute into town less and less. You now still pay a heap for what you get land / property wise, but there’s been a tether in terms of the commute you can stand… WFH, even intermittent, cuts that. Kids going to school and being settled will probably hold the trend back somewhat, but people will do it if it makes sense to move. Look at what $1.2m buys you in Port Macquarie versus Sydney.”

“A lot of my friends are only here in the Sydney region due to family – toss in the chance to massively improve lifestyle AND reduce a lot of costs, even [if they’re] having to travel to the office a couple of times a fortnight, people will move out a surprisingly long way I think.”

Sydney’s not the only city that might face this problem. Just as inner-city Sydney neighbourhoods like Newtown, Surry Hills and Marrickville remain popular due to their proximity to nightlife and culture, Melbourne inner-city locales like Brunswick, South Yarra and Elwood are hot postcodes too. People will either want to be right in where the action is, or a long way from the nexus in order to get the best bang for their buck. The suburbs, being neither particularly cheap or particularly happening, will lose out.

Or at least that’s the theory.

“It’s very likely that there’s a pretty big drop in prices overall as people will be poorer and less likely to afford a high mortgage,” our first commenter mused. So maybe we’ll all be equally screwed, and the property market status quo will prevail.

Others cast doubt on even the American phenomenon.

“You gotta remember most people posting this nonsense are neckbeards at home trying to mental gymnastics their way into property prices falling because they’re so obsessed with a roof over their heads. There won’t be an exodus. If people leave there are hundreds of thousands more willing to move in their place… even the NY ‘exodus’ is nonsense. Rents have fallen only 10% there and the good quality places are still getting snapped up. Things will be back to normal before we know it. What are people going to do, leave the big city and go play with goats in some rural wasteland?”

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”Beautiful one day, perfect the next” was Queensland’s long-running tourism slogan, and it still holds true. The Sunshine State is a particularly nice place to be – particularly right now, when other East Coast states are struggling to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.

But if you’ve been paying any attention to the news lately, you’d know that Queensland is keeping its borders well and truly closed. We can’t blame them, to be fair. But say you did want to sneak across the border. You couldn’t do it in just any old car. It would need to be fast, stealthy, and potentially bulletproof.

Fortunately, this 1985 Bentley Mulsanne Turbo is all that – plus a hell of a lot more.

“Originally supplied to the London Embassy of the State of Qatar for His Excellency Sheikh M A Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, the Ruler of Qatar, in 1985, this Mulsanne is one of just 496 turbocharged variants of the Mulsanne built and possibly the most unique one ever made, being bomb- and bullet-proof to protect the occupants,” Will Keogh from Short Shift Speed Shop details.

“With 10mm armour plating and 40mm thick glass, this 4.5-tonne beast also comes with a built-in fire extinguisher system, megaphone to speak to people outside of the car and even riot grenade launchers mounted in the corners of the bumpers (they no longer work).”

We’ve heard of crazy anti-carjacking devices – such as this South African invention from 1998 which attaches a flamethrower kit to the undercarriage of your vehicle – but grenade launchers? That’s some James Bond-level insanity.

Produced from 1980 to 1992, the Mulsanne was the basis for all Bentley models until the 1998 introduction of the Bentley Arnage, itself based on the Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit. The ‘base’ model (if such a thing really exists in the realm of high-end full-size luxury cars) featured a 6.8L V8 making a stately 191kW – which it needed to haul around its 2245kg kerb weight.

Remarkably, the Mulsanne Turbo – of which this bulletproof baby is an example – is 50% more powerful than the base model its thanks to its Garrett turbocharger. That means that this 35-year-old British beast has more kW than the Kia Stinger GT S highway patrol cars some members of the Queensland Police Service now tool around in (272kW to the Bentley’s 287).

Besides, even if they did catch you, they couldn’t get you out of the car if they tried. Using the centre console-mounted switch panel, you could just shout at them with the megaphone, or threaten to shoot pipebombs at their legs. No need to mention the grenade launchers don’t work.

It’s also a pretty comfy rolling bomb shelter, with acres of supple leather you can bunker down in. It is a Bentley, after all.

Currently being offered for a highly reasonable $40,000, this literally sheik-tier monument to excess and the highest tiers of international relations would be the perfect car to break some border laws in. Only problem is that it’s being sold in Perth… So you’d have to cross the WA border before you could get it into Queensland. But that’s beside the point. Short Shift Speed Shop have this bonkers Bentley on Gumtree if you’re keen.

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We feel like we’ve said it over a million times now, but it really is true that golf is one of the most popular outdoor spots in Australia. Every state and every major city is home to a huge number of golf courses to facilitate Australians’ desire to get outdoors, swing some clubs and hit some balls.

Adelaide, down in South Australia, is no different. The southern city is well known for its nightlife, outdoor spaces and of course, the Barossa Valley, that is responsible for the majority of the best Australian red wine we drink on a daily basis. It’s also where you’ll find some of the best golf courses in Australia that you really do need to play at least once in your life, even if you have just a nugget of love for the game.

Adelaide and golf have an illustrious history, with records showing the game has been played on the city’s park lands since 1870.

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Snoozing alarms, a pale ale with mates or just a simple “I’ll go tomorrow”: all common excuses for passing on the gym. If you disagree and were to tell us you’ve never skipped lifting weights to curl a couple of schooners, we’d look up into the sky and expect to see some pigs.

Like it or not, your inner voice can have a tremendous (if somewhat unintentional) effect on your daily goals, especially when it comes to deciding whether or not to go to the gym.

It’s something celebrity podcaster Joe Rogan seems to suffer from on occasion too, and he’s recently taken to Instagram to regale his story and to provide worldly advice so that you never let yours take control of you again.

Move over Buddha; though a little rough around the edges, this could be true enlightenment…

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Speaking of his “inner [wimp]” and how it “put up a hell of a fight today”, Joe says he nearly did skip the gym in favour of “enjoying the morning and just drinking coffee and relaxing instead of the workout that I planned.”

His story didn’t end there, however. Instead Joe “got after it” and completed his workout, much to his benefit. “I’m so happy I did”, he tells his fans.

He then parts some advice, “It’s amazing how procrastination and laziness can sneak up on you some days, and how, much like inspiration, it’s got weak days and strong days.”

“I think the key is to never give yourself that option. Ever.”

“Today was close, though, but ultimately I got it in, and I feel so good because I did.”

It’s not just Mr. Rogan: taking this ‘non negotiable’ approach with yourself is something renowned self-help coach Tony Robbins is a huge advocate of too (see him try to explain the concept to a hilariously indisciplined Russell Brand here).

It seems Joe’s words have resonated with several Instagram users, with comments such as:

“Needed this today, got the class done.”

“That’s it, I’m working out today”

Even Hollywood actor Josh Brolin found Joe’s words useful: “Yes! Did the same today and so glad I did it. My lungs don’t want to expand right now and I will fight through it until they do. Time to break through to next level conditioning.”

Summoning the motivation to work out, or to lose weight and gain muscle, is a trait shared by many. But as we’ve previously seen from this Reddit thread, simply looking at guys around you, or accepting that you’re going to have low times – not to mention taking heed of Joe’s advice to not let your inner voice get the better of you – is all the motivation you could need.

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While some Queenslanders who enjoy a somewhat alternative lifestyle have still been getting their kicks despite 2020’s pandemic restrictions, most of us have resigned to moping around the house and waiting for These Unprecedented Times to pass us by.

However, many Australian men have found a silver lining to 2020; taking advantage of lockdown and turning it into an opportunity to better themselves, research from Australian private health insurer Medibank reveals.

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Medibank ran the numbers on nearly 100,000 of their Live Better Rewards App users on how people have been tracking activities across pre-lockdown; lockdown #1 and lockdown #2 for Melbourne; and post-lockdown for all other states – and have uncovered some compelling evidence that reveals how Australian men have and are continuing to improve both their physical and mental habits over the past few months.

What’s intriguing is how these healthy habits have continued post-lockdown in states where that’s applicable (again, sorry Melbourne).

For example, Sydneysiders have seen a spike in healthy eating post-lockdown, with over 67% of Sydney men reporting a reduction in fast food consumption. Western Australia has seen an even greater trend, with a huge 222% uptick in healthy snacking being reported in the state since lockdown. It’s not just eating: Queenslanders have made the most of their scenic state with hiking up by 82%.

 

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The other interesting difference in Melbourne’s case is the difference in habits between the first wave of restrictions and the second. Lockdown #2 had more Melburnians make the switch from alcohol to water, with user activity skyrocketing to 88% from lockdown #1, according to Medibank. Another big increase from the first to the second lockdown is how often men are reading (a 92% increase from lockdown #1).

One consequence of this literally life-changing COVID-19 pandemic is that it’s got all of us – not just Australians – focusing more on our health, beyond simply avoiding The Bat Kiss. While gym closures and long waiting times for counselling services would seem to detriment our health more than benefit it, Australians are increasingly taking the initiative to work on themselves, whether that means experimenting with diets, cutting unhealthy habits, practising mindfulness or upskilling ourselves – turning a negative into a positive.

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It’s reductive to go on about how ‘crazy’ or ‘unprecedented’ 2020 has been. You’ve heard that story a thousand times this year already.

But what you might not have 2020 been described as yet is as an ‘opportunity’. Which it very much is, especially (or perhaps only) if you have a car you’re looking to get rid of.

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“There’s been a big uptick in people buying second cars during COVID,” Carsales Editor-in-Chief Mike Sinclair shared with DMARGE exclusively.

With public transport operating at reduced capacity (and a somewhat dicey prospect currently regardless) thanks to The Bat Kiss, the prospect of ditching the bus for a Beamer has never been stronger. Couple that with people spending more and more time looking at their devices, thanks to the cultural drought this damn pandemic has precipitated, and any car seller has a winning formula on their hands.

The question is, how old is too old when it comes to your car?

“According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), the average Australian owns a car for 7.8 years,” Sinclair shared.

“Most of the loss of a car’s value due to depreciation happens within the first 2-3 years. After that, given you look after your car, you won’t lose too much more of its value. Your car will be worth more if it’s still in warranty – with many brands offering warranties that are 5, 6, even 7 years long, this is easier than ever.”

 

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So if you have a car that’s 4-7 years old – particularly if it’s still within warranty – you could be onto a good thing.

Of course, that’s assuming your car’s in good nick, has a decent list of features and isn’t from a brand or model range/year that’s hit hard by depreciation. For example, the Lexus LS600h F Sport, produced from 2006 to 2017 – which cost $213,741 new – now fetches only $82,600 on resale, according to Savings.com.au. That’s a whopping depreciation rate of 61.4%, despite the fact that among luxury brands, Lexus normally depreciates the least; the brand has a good reputation for reliability; it’s a highly-specced model, and it’s a desirable car with no known major issues.

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It could also be a great year to buy a car, too. While demand is certainly up, supply is up too – people who own a second car that they can’t afford any more might be trying to offload it for cheap.

Of course, it’s all a sign of how dire things have become this year. We don’t want to gloat about people falling on tough times or how a deadly pandemic has made car ownership more of a priority.

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Forget Australia’s shuttered international borders; right now we can’t open up domestically. One take is this is a perfectly logical decision that will benefit us in the long run. Another take is that it is a political shambles, led by certain recalcitrant leaders, that just goes to show how hard creating travel corridors with other nations will be.

As Western Australia refuses to endanger its flatlining rate of confirmed cases and its status as the only Australian state not in a recession (as the ABC reports, it has opted not to join the rest of the country in opening state coronavirus borders by Christmas), Queensland’s state premiere is also playing hard ball on its border laws (anyone who comes from what Queensland considers to be a hotspot – i.e. the whole of NSW, ACT and Victoria – has to apply for an exemption to enter the state).

It’s not just private citizens being negatively affected: whatever your take on the wisdom of limiting interstate travel to the degree we are, the outcome is taking a serious toll on airlines.

Qantas’ full year results for the financial year 2020 show the airline is down 91 per cent on the financial year of 2019, and shows a statutory loss before tax of $2.7 billion and a $4 billion revenue impact from the COVID crisis in 2H20.

Much of this, clearly, is due to international travel restrictions. But safely opening domestic borders as soon as possible will help the airline recoup some of these losses moving forward – and is a key move that will aid Austrlia’s aviation industry, Qantas argues.

To that effect, Qantas has started surveying customers, encouraging them to share their thoughts and lend their support for safely restarting domestic travel as soon as safely possible.

In a “safely open our borders” plea, Qantas requests “decisions on domestic border closures”  be “risk-assessed against an agreed set of medical criteria and a shared definition of what constitutes a COVID hotspot.”

“While it might be a while before we can fly overseas again, we’re lucky there are so many amazing destinations right here in our own backyard. Not to mention friends and family we long to see again. But that can only happen if our domestic borders are opened.”

“There is huge pent up demand for domestic travel with Australians wanting to get away on holiday after being stuck at home. We want to see Australians reunite with loved ones after months of being separated. And we want to see local businesses, and the one million people in the tourism industry, get back to work.”

“The health response to this crisis is our most important priority.”

Qantas then provides customers with an information box in which those interested can register their support for safely restarting domestic travel.

“By completing this form you consent to Qantas… providing this information to your State or Federal MP by way of letter to campaign for the opening of Australia’s domestic borders, where it’s safe to do so.”

Australian business has been pushing hard to open state borders during coronavirus. In an open letter in August, “hundreds of tourism representatives, including Flight Centre Travel Group chief executive Graham Turner and Helloworld Travel executive director and chief executive Cinzia and Andrew Burnes, implored state political leaders to stop making ad hoc policy changes around border crossings, saying the uncertainty it was creating was having a devastating effect on the domestic tourism industry,” the ABC reports.

However, while they acknowledge “calls for a more nationally coherent approach… have merit,” “business groups pressuring politicians to reopen state borders quickly should not ignore the health and economic benefits of the coronavirus lockdowns, two leading economists say,” (ABC).

In other words: we don’t want political grandstanding, or borders to be shut any longer than neccessary, but we must take a science based approach when opening them – and take into account the social and economic costs of gettting things wrong, or opening prematurely.

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What would you trade for perfect waves? If you’re a true surfer, the answer to this question should have your firstborn child sweating in their boots.

In times of plenty, this is a question of money and annual leave, with ~safety~ a haze in the background. That’s what travel insurance is for, after all, and you didn’t need that plasma TV anyway.

But we’re currently under the boot of a pandemic, with many would-be globe trotters sitting at home, board bags gathering mould and tropical wax smirking on the shelf.

If you wish to travel now, you need to take into account swathes of legal and geopolitical dynamics, figuring out whether your home country will let you leave, whether the place you want to go will let you in, and whether your home country will take you back.

That’s before we get into the risks of being forced to shell out to fly home in business class (a phenomenon which has affected many Australians returning from abroad in recent months).

And visas.

Suffice to say: most citizens with regular jobs are not keen to risk their health, their reputation (see: travel shaming) and their annual leave on what could easily turn out to be a botched mission.

There are others, however, who make a living from flitting around the world surfing perfect waves, and have the time and financial resources for continuing to do so to be worth their while in 2020.

And – as the following clips of 11-time world champion surfer Kelly Slater show – it’s not so much a case of “even now” as “especially now” as the waves in Bali appear to be pumping, with significantly less crowds than usual.

 

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It’s not every day @kellyslater turns up for a surf in Bali. ⁣ ⁣ It’s hardly ever actually.⁣ ⁣ So it’s pretty cool to see his approach at Uluwatu. He didn’t get too many good waves, but still managed to link a few on this one.

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Kelly was recently spotted surfing Uluwatu and Padang Padang and footage of his exploits has been uploaded to Instagram by both the Surfers Of Bali and Stab Magazine accounts.

 

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@whoisjob was not supposed to see this. @kellyslater and @rizaltandjung getting intimate 20 mins ago at Padang. Video: @tdr_clips

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Underneath the clip posted by Stab Magazine, various comments expressed their surprise and jealousy Kelly Slater was able to jet off to surf in Bali.

“Under what permit was Kelly allowed into Country?”

“Yes I’ve been going to Bali up to 4 times a year chasing swells and holidays for almost 30 years and it’s killing me my family and I can’t go this year. We are missing seeing our friends the relaxing fun times and the perfect waves. Then you see the goat just romps in.”

Underneath the Surfers Of Bali video, one commenter was furious: “The fucking world is suppose to be shut down…double standards the fuckers.”

Under both posts these types of comments led to discussions on exactly how one would, hypothetically, get into Indonesia right now.

“Speak to kandui villas. They can get you in for a price,” one said (a claim that appears to check out).

Another said you can “get a business sponsorship from a local firm.”

“As a long-term expat living in Indonesia,” another remarked, “it’s just standard procedure. If you got the coin you can do whatever you like… Basically!”

“There’s a class of visa that applies to professional sports people, coaches, entertainers etc. benefits of being the GOAT too.”

“But I agree it’s disrespectful to the greater community that just because you’ve got some sort of reckoning you’re good to go, that’s bullshit. Especially whilst so many people are restricted by this plandemic! Hard moral grounds right here and I do not agree.”

Others were more succinct: “dolla dolla bill yall!!!”

Others were more forgiving, with one asking, “How is Slats NOT a diplomat to Indo?” and another saying: “He’s the [GOAT]. He should be allowed. He’s earned that.”

 

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You boys wearing your masks? @elihanneman and @betetmerta at surfing’s covid epicenter: the inside bowl at Padang. Video: @lucasbalbino_

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The general consensus can perhaps be summed up with the following comment: “not that hard to get in especially over JKT. Question is how you get back.”

Further videos show Kelly Slater isn’t the only professional surfer enjoying late-season Indonesia, on (what would appear to be) business.

This all comes after Bali considered letting international visitors (including Australians) visit from September, but ultimately decided to ban foreign tourists for the rest of 2020 over the virus (leading credence to the claims Kelly must be there on business).

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Azure waters. Verdant cliffs. Rickety (but oh so ‘grammable) boats. Besides being the setting for the Leonardo di Caprio movie The Beach, the Phi Phi islands – a much-vaunted archipelago off Thailand’s Andaman Coast – are also a tourist mecca.

They have long been held up as an example of what happens when money trumps nature (with fingers being pointed everywhere from travellers to Thai authorities), and this paradise on earth offers booze cruises, diving, cave exploring, hiking and sunbathing (among many other activities).

But we’re not here to discuss the ethics of overdevelopment: today’s topic is the pitfalls of being a digital nomad.

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An image posted yesterday on Reddit in the r/digitalnomad group, by user u/HandleZ05, has inadvertently unveiled one of the big challenges to ‘working travel’ that often gets swept under the rug.

Sitting on Koh Phi Phi island, a place notorious for its idyllic environs (as well as overcrowding), the author of the post appears to have carved himself out a quiet moment amid the usual madness (the global near-shutdown of travel probably helped).

“Koh phi phi Thailand. It’s empty, just me and my girl on an empty beach,” the user wrote, above an image of his laptop, a sunlounger, and an empty stretch of sand.

Besides the obvious questions like, “You call your laptop ‘girl’?, and, “Koh Phi Phi totally empty? I can’t imagine how cool that must be!” users were quick to point out the image also shows a side of being a digital nomad the Facebook Marketing Gurus and Instagram Hustle Hashtaggers aren’t so quick to spruik.

“How do you manage screen glare on the beach? Special screen or rely on shade?” one asked. To which another commenter wrote: “You must be new here. They don’t.”

“They also don’t show or discuss how your laptop, that can barely stay cool inside an air-conditioned office/home, overheats and dies when you try to use it for hours in the sun.”

Another apparent digital nomad came to the original poster’s defence: “Solutions exist! Screen hood / anti glare protectors / anti glare sunglasses. I am determined to tan and work.”

The original poster then chimed in, explaining the picture was taken like that simply to show off more of the beach.

“Shade. That tree right next to me did it.”

This comes in a context where the digital nomad trend is growing – but so is disillusionment with it. No longer is it a buzzword, but now just another accepted way of life, with a host of social and existential problems like any other.

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In the last five days alone there have been posts in the digital nomad community from users seeking help on everything from handling loneliness to social pressures to dating as a nomad.

A pinned post at the top of the community is also reflective of what many freelance workers who are keen to globetrot need: a highly useful Digital Nomad Survival Kit.

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