That chat with a host in Bogota made me rethink slow travel

Met a guy named Carlos who runs a coliving spot in Chapinero for around $400 a month. He said most nomads bounce every 2 weeks but locals barely remember your name after that. Hit different because I realized I've been treating cities like content farms instead of actually living in them. Anybody else feel like we move too fast just to keep the Instagram feed fresh?

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jennyp1925d agoMost Upvoted

Treating cities like content farms" oof that hit me hard because I literally just caught myself staging my coffee cup for the third time at a cafe in Medellin trying to get that perfect "authentic local" shot. Carlos is right though, I stayed somewhere for 3 weeks once and when I came back a month later the guy at the corner store actually remembered my coffee order but I had already moved on to the next city thinking I was somehow "experiencing" it by posting a reel. Honestly my Instagram feed is just a highlight reel of me looking thoughtful in different doorways while I'm lowkey panicking about checking my email and planning my next bus. I think we're all just collecting passport stamps to prove we're living our best lives but forgetting to actually live them.

the_rowan24d ago

We've turned travel into performance art where the audience is just as distracted as we are.