Digital nomad hotspots grapple with housing squeeze


A sticker reading ‘Digital NoMad’ at the Dali Hub co-working space for digital nomads in Dali, Yunnan province, China. From Lisbon to Mexico City, some locals fear remote workers could exacerbate a housing crunch linked to the boom in short-term rentals. — Bloomberg

LISBON/MEXICO CITY: Among the glitzy new apartment buildings springing up in Mexico City’s Juarez neighbourhood, fashionable coffee shops are taking the place of taco stands and English is replacing Spanish on signs and posters aimed at an influx of newcomers.

The remote work boom sparked by Covid-19 has lured large numbers of “digital nomads” from the United States to the Mexican capital and other cities, drawn in part by lower housing costs south of the border.

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