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I won't say there's something "wrong" about someone who feels comfortable to be permanently in so rootless an existence

I will suggest that they're way out on the tail of the distribution, and their experience of the lifestyle is unlikely to be a good guide for a randomly selected other human.

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I’m confused by this comment. Humans were nomadic for thousands of years, you could even say we’re predisposed to it.

Why shouldn’t one feel comfortable in a permanently “rootless” existence?

I have to imagine that "nomadic in tribes" is different than "I live alone in a string of airbnbs."

Humans likely weren't nomadic by choice, and most societies settled down the second they had the ability to do so. Even among nomadic groups, most ventured to and from the same places and would stay settled for large portions of the year.

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