🇹🇭 Thailand is doable with a six-month-old if you prep the logistics right: 🧒 reddington is planning a month in Thailand with their infant and worried about stroller access and pediatric care; fiiv says hospitals and paediatric clinics are plentiful and carrying kids in backpacks works fine despite occasional sidewalk bumps. 🌧️ Bangkok’s Sukhumvit area is already back to normal after flooding, while lennie and markbor report Chiang Mai stayed completely dry and unaffected. 🚕 @tbdryan confirmed you can still grab a regular taxi from Sukhumvit 48 straight to Suvarnabhumi without boats or detours. 💼 alexgusevski just grabbed a week at Yellow Coworking in Chiang Mai and is looking for other builders to join him during the week. 💰 bekacynthia is asking how much monthly income and savings you actually need to sustain a Bangkok or Chiang Mai lifestyle as a nomad. nomads.com/chat/thailand

💰 How much do digital nomads make per year? 1. $100k - $250k / y — 35% 2. $50k - $100k / y — 33% 3. $25k - $50k / y — 15% 4. > $250k - $1M / y — 9% 5. < $25k / y — 7% Data from Nomads.com members: nomads.com/digital-nomad-sta…

💼 How do digital nomads make money? 1. Full time — 37% 2. Freelance — 19% 3. Startup founder — 19% 4. Full time contractor — 9% 5. Agency — 8% Data from Nomads.com members: nomads.com/digital-nomad-sta…

🏆 Best cities to live for digital nomads right now: 1. 🇹🇭 Bangkok, Thailand 2. 🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom 3. 🇹🇭 Chiang Mai, Thailand 4. 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 5. 🇵🇹 Ericeira, Portugal 6. 🇮🇩 Uluwatu, Indonesia 7. 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan 8. 🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 9. 🇵🇹 Azores, Portugal 10. 🇵🇱 Kraków, Poland nomads.com

Digital nomads hunting next-month bases and year-long resets: 🏠 fabios is hunting a Palermo apartment for the full month of October and wants local leads. 🇵🇪 sasahallaround pushed Peru for popojujuli’s one-month LATAM trip, highlighting museums, libraries, and cultural events. 🛂 srodriguez is mapping a year-long sabbatical starting Chiang Mai late November, then Bali, with the new Thailand DTV visa in the application queue. 🧭 robinlatam is testing apps and AI tools that can juggle points versus cash across multi-city itineraries. 💼 unaizme, stuck in a low-hour software job, is weighing remote requests and possible moves to Da Nang or Bangkok to meet other indie builders while keeping the steady paycheck. nomads.com/chat/general

💰 The cities with the highest-earning nomads (median income): 1. 🇺🇸 Austin — $150,000 2. 🇨🇦 Vancouver — $125,000 3. 🇬🇧 London — $100,000 4. 🇯🇵 Tokyo — $100,000 5. 🇿🇦 Cape Town — $100,000 6. 🇺🇸 New York City — $100,000 7. 🇵🇹 Madeira — $100,000 8. 🇲🇽 Mexico City — $100,000 9. 🇩🇰 Copenhagen — $100,000 10. 🇳🇿 Auckland — $100,000 Data from Nomads.com members: nomads.com/digital-nomad-sta…

🇵🇾 Coworking with nomads and locals at West Coffee in Asuncion. 🗓 Tuesday, 22 September in Asuncion · organized by @NathanSudds ✅ RSVP: nomads.com/meetups#fccb154e0…

🇧🇷 Nomads in Brazil are swapping real-time city intel and local hacks: 🇧🇷 @stevelacey just landed in Rio for a full month and is already asking where the nomad-to-nomad sales groups are. 🏖️ In Florianópolis, cotemoka reports steady 20 °C beach days, shorts-and-tee weather, and a local tip: you can get by with gestures if Portuguese fails. 🗣️ @LucasSchiavini in São Paulo and popojujuli in Lagoa both stress that English is rare outside tourist bubbles, so a local guide is the fastest way to navigate markets and transport. 🍻 jaimeadrianr is organizing bar-hopping nights in São Paulo for anyone free this week. 🛟 bekacynthia offered to show fellow nomads around Recife if anyone is heading up the coast. nomads.com/chat/brazil

🎓 How educated are digital nomads? 1. 🎓 Higher education — 91% 2. ↱📜 Bachelor's — 53% 3. ↱🎓 Master's — 35% 4. 🚌 High School — 9% 5. ↱👩‍🏫 PhD — 3% Data from Nomads.com members: nomads.com/digital-nomad-sta…

📈 Fastest growing digital nomad hotspots of 2026: 1. 🇨🇳 Shenzhen, China (+110%) 2. 🇻🇳 Da Nang, Vietnam (+101%) 3. 🇵🇾 Asuncion, Paraguay (+100%) 4. 🇮🇩 Uluwatu, Indonesia (+96%) 5. 🇨🇳 Shanghai, China (+81%) 6. 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden (+73%) 7. 🇻🇳 Hoi An, Vietnam (+67%) 8. 🇨🇳 Beijing, China (+66%) 9. 🇫🇮 Helsinki, Finland (+63%) 10. 🇩🇪 Frankfurt, Germany (+60%) nomads.com/fastest-growing

🏆 Best cities to live for digital nomads right now: 1. 🇹🇭 Bangkok, Thailand 2. 🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom 3. 🇹🇭 Chiang Mai, Thailand 4. 🇵🇱 Kraków, Poland 5. 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 6. 🇮🇩 Uluwatu, Indonesia 7. 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan 8. 🇵🇹 Ericeira, Portugal 9. 🇵🇱 Warsaw, Poland 10. 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany nomads.com

🇮🇩 Coworking meetup for digital nomads in Uluwatu. 🗓 Thursday, 17 September in Uluwatu · organized by nicholasbardy ✅ RSVP: nomads.com/meetups#c21c7e507…

🇵🇾 Coworking Tuesday with nomads and locals in Asuncion. 🗓 Tuesday, 15 September in Asuncion · organized by @NathanSudds ✅ RSVP: nomads.com/meetups#51d7abd37…

📈 Fastest growing digital nomad hotspots of 2026: 1. 🇨🇳 Shenzhen, China (+113%) 2. 🇵🇾 Asuncion, Paraguay (+110%) 3. 🇮🇩 Uluwatu, Indonesia (+108%) 4. 🇻🇳 Da Nang, Vietnam (+105%) 5. 🇨🇳 Shanghai, China (+76%) 6. 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden (+72%) 7. 🇻🇳 Hoi An, Vietnam (+69%) 8. 🇨🇳 Beijing, China (+61%) 9. 🇰🇿 Almaty, Kazakhstan (+58%) 10. 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, Hong Kong (+53%) nomads.com/fastest-growing

Formidable founders don’t wait for perfect conditions: 🧠 Paul Graham’s “justifiably confident” definition was quoted directly when the group debated what separates successful entrepreneurs from the merely optimistic. 🚀 Animus, a web app that ingests traces from Slack, email, and meetings then feeds them to company LLMs, is now being stress-tested for KVKK compliance before pilots in Türkiye. 💰 Microsoft for Startups and Google Cloud credit programs are still on the table for non-VC founders; the group shared exact application steps that netted $1K–$10K without referrals. 🛠️ OpenRouter’s BYOK feature lets teams pool multiple API keys (AWS, Azure, Cloudflare) behind one endpoint, trimming 5 % overhead once spend crosses the threshold. 📈 Instead of waiting for funding, the Animus team is offering paid AI-native management-consulting sprints tomorrow to generate revenue and stronger pilot case studies. nomads.com/chat/entrepreneur…

🏆 Best cities to live for digital nomads right now: 1. 🇹🇭 Bangkok, Thailand 2. 🇹🇭 Chiang Mai, Thailand 3. 🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom 4. 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 5. 🇵🇱 Kraków, Poland 6. 🇮🇩 Uluwatu, Indonesia 7. 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea 8. 🇵🇹 Ericeira, Portugal 9. 🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 10. 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan nomads.com

Digital nomads traded intel on new bases and border hacks this week: 🇮🇹 Two members are scouting Genova and Palermo right now and want first-hand takes on neighborhoods and monthly rents. 🇹🇭 One nomad is filing for the Thai DTV visa through the London embassy and is polling for recent approval timelines. 🇪🇪 A quick poll revealed a demand for a dedicated Tallinn/Estonia channel for long-term housing and e-residency tips. 🇭🇷 A Zagreb local offered to share real numbers on coworking passes and grocery costs for anyone relocating there. 💼 A freelance WordPress dev and an AI voice-startup founder swapped notes on running agencies remotely while changing time zones. nomads.com/chat/general

🇵🇹 Costa da Caparica beach hangout for Lisbon nomads. 🗓 Sunday, 13 September in Lisbon · organized by @Jorgey_x ✅ RSVP: nomads.com/meetups#2cfa3f974…

🇵🇾 Coworking Tuesday at West Coffee in Asuncion. 🗓 Tuesday, 8 September in Asuncion · organized by @NathanSudds ✅ RSVP: nomads.com/meetups#c317f8873…

Digital nomads are trading base cities and first-trip intel in the intro channel: 🇱🇧 One member just left Lebanon for Turkey and is plotting a first real nomad stint as an AI engineer. 🇵🇾 Someone is locking in Paraguay temporary residency before the couple’s March 2027 launch from the Pacific Northwest. 🇨🇦 One member is finishing a Montreal internship then road-tripping Ottawa, Toronto, Boston, New York and Philly before Europe or Asia next year. 🇯🇵 Someone flies to Tokyo this week and wants local coffee chats while marketing cosmetics. 🇱🇰 Another member heads to Sri Lanka in October 2026 after years hopping Indian cities and wants founder meet-ups. nomads.com/chat/introduce-yo…