The Roaming '20s

The Roaming '20s is all about embracing the nomad in each of us. With tips for working remotely, relocating, and exploring the great outdoors, we're reinventing the way we live, work, and travel.

Thrillist Presents 'The Roaming 20s': Embracing the Nomad in All of Us

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If there's one silver lining to the colossal garbage explosion that has been the past few years, it’s that many of us learned—and, more crucially, our bosses learned—we can work from just about anywhere.

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Before Kay Akpan held her newborn child, she’d never given much thought to traveling; growing up in Cameroon, it hadn’t been a big part of her life.

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Along with birding and trying to pawn off sourdough starters, there’s another way we’ve all managed to dissociate from Covid chaos: spending hours browsing real estate listings, daydreaming about what it might be like to pack up and start over somewhere else.

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I remember the moment I realized I could work from anywhere.

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I don’t own a pair of Bermuda shorts, and I certainly don’t wear socks with sandals.

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One of the world’s most beloved nomads may have said it best: travel isn’t always pretty.

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In the summer of 2020, something funny happened: We turned into our parents.

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In the midst of a pandemic and a job change, Tamir Vakil was finally living the lifestyle he had always imagined for himself.

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Real talk, this might be the year you make a big move.

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Nicole Vasquez was drawn to co-working spaces from the first time she stepped into 1871, in her hometown of Chicago.

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Picture this: You spend fall in New York, so you can pick apples at their peak, then jet off to Miami for winter, where it doesn’t drop below 60 degrees.

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It’s very expensive to be unemployed in New York.

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Try the digital nomad life on for size.

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The Mom Trotter teaches us the ways of RV life.

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Cheap Nordic Houses is here to make your hygge dreams come true.

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Tips and tricks for making remote work...work.

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Early-bird specials aren’t the only perk of a cheap Florida workation.

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One of the world’s most beloved nomads may have said it best: travel isn’t always pretty.

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Find your next clean bathroom, slice of pizza, photo-op with a giant dinosaur, and more.

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In the midst of a pandemic and a job change, Tamir Vakil was finally living the lifestyle he had always imagined for himself.

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$10,000 plus a bike? Don't mind if we do.

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Nicole Vasquez co-founded Deskpass to be able to work from anywhere.

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Home doesn’t have to be permanent anymore.

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I had beef with a mountain.