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(We also have a ton of other questions, and it would be super useful if anyone cared to help answer them by spending 3 mins on this quick survey: https://theintro.typeform.com/to/DUSbNl5v)
It may, for example, be fantastic to be a Digital Nomad™ from the Nomad's perspective in Bolivia ... but from the business perspective be an absolute nightmare :)
Or wonderful to setup shop in the Maldives ... but your Nomads would all hate it
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Note - I know nothing about the business climates of Bolivia or the Maldives - just using then as examples :)
Most would agree all the amenities are good to have.
But then people digress into two groups. One group of nomads want to be in the "poppin" location where there's tons of other people etc.
Other people like to be in relatively calm/secluded spots that still have amenities.
Besides the significant hassle setting up legally in foreign countries, co-living places are a target for immigration and labor law enforcement, since the guests are almost certainly working without work permits. Harder to stay under the radar as a digital nomad when you’re living at a place that advertises as a haven for DNs.
There’s no best place to work from. DNs tend to congregate more in some places (Chiang Mai, Ubud, Medelin) than others for various reasons, mainly price. Big cities are expensive, beach towns don’t have the infrastructure or can’t attract enough DNs.
But after I thought about it seriously, I found there are a lot of wonderful domestic places (or nearby countries if you're living in a small country). Usually, those places speak similar languages, cultures are different but mutually understandable so I can live in those places and maximize the joy of living.
There are nice and cheap places all over the world, and there's no need to travel to the other side of the globe to find one... Unless you already have your dreamed one in mind then you already got your answer. IMHO In both ways, you don't really need other people to tell you where your perfect place is.
Seriously, remote-hostile places (expensive, terrible network, dangerous) are pretty easy to identify, and they are much fewer than remote-friendly places.
Why don't you go find it? Most would agree all the amenities are good to have. But then people digress into two groups. One group of nomads want to be in the "poppin" location where there's tons of other people etc. Other people like to be in relatively calm/secluded spots that still have amenities.
I'll be there next week if anyone wants to meet up!