2/“Expat” is loaded with connotations of upper-middle-class Westerners, passing by, indifferent of host country culture.
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3/“(Im)migrant” is sadly caricatured as a threat to host, typically as blue-collar job-stealer. One who takes, not contributes.
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4/“Settlers”, “Aliens”, etc are terms pinned to distinct timeline of events in history (and still in the future? ;))
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5/“Nomads” have vast deserts for home, #digitalnomads seen even less lucky (too obscure term for mainstream)
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6/Yet, 0.25B people living abroad, will double quickly. How should we call all of them.. umm… us?
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7/Free movement of people, between urban areas & across borders benefit both them & hosts. Need not just neutral, but positive language.
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