How to Minimize Inflation in Your Life

[Kal Di]

A lot of remote jobs (the better ones, at least) will pay for your work equipment: laptop/desktop, (extra) monitor, etc. You cannot just pack up and move abroad with these things - that's theft. You also may not be allowed to install your own personal VPN on such equipment.

Work issues aside, moving to a foreign country is not just as simple as packing up and going. It's a HUGE hassle. It's not for the faint of heart. You should only do it if you absolutely love the other country, not because it's cheaper. If you move with the thought that it will be cheaper and easier to do so than staying in the US, you are going to be full of regrets.

Most of the highest paying remote jobs do send you work equipment. In that case, I agree that you cannot take those items with you or install unapproved software on their devices. So, those employees would need to stay there. Hopefully, it will be a worthwhile sacrifice for them.

In MOST cases, you are right that moving abroad can be a HUGE hassle. However, for example, if a person has a SUV or truck and lives in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, or Southern California, it's not a HUGE hassle if he/she is moving to a city in Mexico that is only 300-500 miles in distance. It's not very different from someone moving from Phoenix to San Antonio.