Hi, I've been traveling for about 15 years and a lot of US Americans are justifiably upset to be living in their country right now.
If you have a remote job that pays over $500 USD a month, there are dozens of other countries you can be living in. If you make closer to $1000 USD a month remotely, the world is wide open.
If you don't have a remote job yet, teaching English on or offline pays at least $1600 a month for 25 hours of work a week.
You can use the extra time and money to figure out how to get closer to your dream job, dream country or chill out and watch movies or play video games.
You can also access health care, education or other basic civil amenities that may be unaffordable or inaccessible in the US, if those are a concern.
Plane tickets Sep. 2025 from the US:
Canada: $16 Colombia: $46 Panama $96 Ireland, Germany, Norway, Italy: $147-149 Japan: $209 Thailand: $221 Vietnam: $267 Taiwan; $272
Stay out of the US 11 out of 12 months(calendar year, not tax year) and you don't pay federal income tax that year.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Something clicked in my head last week and I realized my remote job pays well enough for me and my partner both to live comfortably nearly anywhere in the world. Digital Nomad Visas are often cheap, have few requirements, and are becoming very commonplace for countries to offer.
The biggest problem for me is it would mean abandoning the mutual aid projects I've been working with and leaving the communities I've become more a part of over recent years.
Nice, congrats.
You're right, digital nomad visas are easy to get after the minimum income requirement if you're going to live permanently in a single country.
There are also tons of countries you can travel to for three to six months without any visas.
What kind of mutual aid projects? There is no end to volunteer projects to enrich local communities abroad.
Building housing, a couple hours at a school, music lessons.