Remote workers flee to sunny climes to escape winter lockdown
People with lockdown fatigue seem to be more creative and productive in a different setting
15 February 2021 - 16:45
Boulder, Colorado — When governor Gavin Newsom announced that California would be entering its strictest lockdown yet in mid-December, some of his most well-to-do residents ran the other way — as far as they could — to places like sunny Belize. Others, who had seen the writing on the wall well ahead of time, were long gone.
Unlike the first wave of Covid-19 lockdowns, which sent people on road trips and to second homes, the second wave has globally triggered a desire for more permanent, warmer, far-flung escapes...
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