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The 10 best cities to work remotely while you still can
California is apparently a no-go for nomads with the two worst cities on the list from the Golden State.
BY NAME_1
July 03, 2023 7:27 AM EDT

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For those lucky few who call themselves “digital nomads”, there are plenty of great places to work.

While many workers are being hauled back into offices, there’s still a sizable number of laptop-brandishing professionals who are refusing to settle down.

Without being anchored to a workspace, digital nomads can work wherever they want. But not all cities are created equal when it comes to nomad friendliness.


So NAME_2, an online real estate platform, has evaluated the short-term rental prices, ease of transportation, access to free WiFi and more, across 100 cities in the U.S. to determine the best (and worst) destinations for digital nomads.

After over three years of on-and-off remote working, the likes of Google and Amazon are mandating workers back to the office for three days a week. But in both cases, the move hasn’t gone down well with employees.

Staff at Google essentially feel like they’re being treated like schoolchildren, meanwhile, Amazon workers have been protesting against the hard-line hybrid work policy.


But their options are limited as fully remote working roles are rare; According to Scoop Technologies’ Flex Index, which tracks the remote work policies of around 4,000 U.S. companies, a mere 7% of firms are fully remote and a further 21% currently let their employees choose where to work. In comparison, 42% of businesses require workers on-site full time and 30% have a set hybrid work pattern. Meanwhile, the average workplace is requiring workers to go into the office for 2.5 days a week.

Still, for those lucky few who call themselves “digital nomads”, there are plenty of great places to call home – or rather, work.

With a lower-than-average cost of living and an abundance of coffee shops and independent bookstores, NAME_2’s research found that Columbus, Ohio, is the best city for digital nomads—while Anaheim in California ranked as the worst.

Despite being popular destinations for aspirational workers to chase their dreams, New York and Los Angeles didn’t even make the top 20 cities for digital nomads, coming in at 31st and 24th place, respectively, mostly due to their high cost of living.

The top 10 U.S. cities for digital nomads
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