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Some of the top hits have questionable human rights histories and in some case significant crime rates. This list seems to just be another “hey it’s cheap here and there’s decent population density ergo, services available”. Why not consider safety and political stability etc in the grading of remote location quality?

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Safety is a criteria that we're planning to add. Political stability is a hard one (would you consider US politically stable these days?).

You didn't address the part about the questionable human rights records

Some of the cities we listed definitely have questionable human rights records. It's up to the individuals to decide if they want spend their time there. An example is Istanbul. Turkey has extremely questionable human rights records, and yet it's one of the most visited countries in the world.

The US, where many visiting the site will undoubtedly be living already, has a questionable human rights record.

Against tourists or folks with work visas? Since when?

> Against tourists or folks with work visas? Since when?

That was not the filter in the original comment, so why restrict to these? If there are serious human rights issues to their own citizens, it is bad enough.

That is the context of the original comment... since the entire thread is about working remotely in a foreign country.

> Against tourists or folks with work visas? Since when?

Against foreigners (or those mistaken for them), and people who don't meet the current, evolving, understanding of White race/ethnicity, and especially people in the overlap of those two groups, forever, though the degree, and which specific subgroups have it the worst at the moment, varies over time.

Safety is also overrated ;) The most fun adventures I've been on have been dangerous.

Lots of folks would be happier if they took bigger risks, went to more dangerous spots, and took some life tips from economically disadvantaged folks that are living full lives. You might get robbed every now and then, but not a big deal if you play your cards right.

This comment only sounds good until you actually have a gun pointed at you and/or you decide to have children.

Yea, I've been robbed semi-violently and quite violently. I stand by my statement. You're not getting hurt if you manage the situation properly. And the benefits for me are huge. So happy I left a safe life and have a more fun existence now, despite the risks.

Robbed? Try getting killed.

I don’t understand this trend of thinking that the US is “unstable” because of a few recent issues. As a non-American, the US seems to me an order of magnitude more stable to live in than most of the world.

It also completely overlooks the difficulty of getting an appropriate visa (and a lot of countries have no suitable visa category at all for remote workers).

We just added a long-term visa section (link at the top). Remote worker focused visas are becoming more common and we expect to see more countries offering them in the next few years.

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