Invasion of the remote workers! How 'digital nomads' are ruining tropical paradises

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, the number of digital nomads — defined as professionals who moved three times of their own accord in the last year — jumped nearly 50% in 2020. About 11 million Americans now identify as digital nomads, and over half are traditional full-time employees who've decided to do their jobs from the road.

The nomads don't consider themselves the same as remote workers, which suggests people toiling away at home. Nomads, they will tell you with varying degrees of evangelism, are an extended family, a way of not only experiencing the world but spreading a new model for living that in many ways resembles that of the old — immigrants from all over living communally and working side by side to make the world a better place.

Despite the hype, coworking and coliving in the heart of Tulum is not for everyone. At Selina, the party pretty much never stops, even when you're trying to work or sleep. Each morning, I walk out on the balcony to see a half dozen leftover partiers dancing to whatever beat remains in their heads."It'sFor a more laid-back scene, some nomads are moving to La Veleta, a neighborhood about 20 minutes inland.

As with many digital nomads, they stress how much they care about the environment. In Tulum, they promote their values by sharing Instagrams of themselves picking up trash on the beach."We take our eco-conscious ideals with us wherever we go," Mackley says. As the waterways are destroyed, the wildlife suffers. Sea turtles, which are losing their natural habitats, end up being crushed on the roads as they seek other places to nest. The dunes that once lined the coast are all but gone, making hotels and homes more vulnerable to hurricanes and erosion, and the beaches, once known for their white vistas, are covered with mounds of rotting brown seaweed. The seaweed is generated by a rise in untreated sewage and fertilizer runoff.

As I head down the main street of the hotel zone after meeting with environmental activists, I pass armored police trucks. In the doorway of one hotel, a man in jeans and a T-shirt is holding an AK-47.

 

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