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> while injecting the local economy with cash the entire time, and not taking up any sort of social resources or government benefits.

They unfortunately jack up the prices way beyond the financial power of the locals, cause gentrification and push the locals out.

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that is actually not true.On a macro level rich people do that in their own neighborhood. digital nomads, and even expats are barely a drop in the bucket. It is like getting getting worked up about a rat in the kitchen when your whole house is being demolished by a swarm of army ants

> On a macro level rich people do that in their own neighborhood

That's what nomadism does - bring in to neighborhoods people who are relatively far richer than the locals.

> digital nomads, and even expats are barely a drop in the bucket

Sorry, but nomads and expats are a major source of complaint in the locales they flood, and many of them are also aware of it and they complain about it.

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