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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People aren't tied to a desk.  People don't pay for air or hotel, they use points.   It's easier to travel.  People prioritize travel. International real estate is more obtainable.

We have a house in Europe.  We spend 8 week in the summer there and 2-4 other weeks throughout the year there.  We bought outside of town because we couldn't take anymore of the insta tourists.  
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You are not MC/UMC. Who the hell can take 10 weeks off per year? You are not relatable.[/quote]

Did I say anything about taking time off from work?

DH works while we are there.  He just needs to be near a phone throughout the day.  And be able to get on a computer for an hour or so in the evenings.   [/quote]

That is not the reality of remote work for most people. [/quote]

That is career dependent. DH isn’t “remote”.  That’s how his job was even before Covid and remote work was popular. [/quote]
So then you aren’t actually traveling. You have multiple residences. [/quote]

We are traveling.
So if someone spends the summer or part of at their beach house they aren’t    traveling.

Our house is in southern France we use it as a home base and  travel all over Europe from there. [/quote]
Yeah, so you’re rich, normal everyday Americans don’t own homes in Southern France, just fyi. People like you always have traveled and always have had the best of everything, good for you.[/quote]

You are making a lot of assumptions.  We paid less than $150k for the house.  It is worth considerably more now because of work we have done, not contracted anything out.  We purchased a modest house here to allow us to do this.  
Real estate and daily COL are considerably less many parts of Europe. [/quote]

Ha ha "my vacation home in France didn't cost $1 million" doesn't mean you aren't rich. If you own a second home, you are rich, almost by definition.  Around 5% of American adults own second homes.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/228894/people-living-in-households-that-own-a-second-home-usa/[/quote]

So if someone owns a $750k house in the DC area and a $150k house in France, by default that makes them wealthier than if someone owns a single $900k house in the DC area? [/quote]
MC and UMC tend to lack money, time off and other resources needed to implement this. Also owning a second home is not traveling. [/quote]

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