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@ballew

DevSecOps, writer, traveller, and chatter. Available for freelancing. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
111

trips

298,926

km

9%

of the world

18

countries

53

cities



Near people All people 2023 2022 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2009 2008
 
 
  13 Nov 3d 16 Nov 16 Nov
13 Nov

Lisbon

17ยฐC 62ยฐF
Portugal

Attending websummit

  7 Nov 3d 10 Nov 10 Nov
7 Nov

Frankfurt

7ยฐC 45ยฐF
Germany

Attending formnext

 
 
  13 Aug 3mo 7 Nov 7 Nov
13 Aug

San Francisco, CA

17ยฐC 63ยฐF
United States

Return home.

  8 Aug 5d 13 Aug 13 Aug
8 Aug

Las Vegas, NV

37ยฐC 98ยฐF
United States

Attending BsidesLV and Defcon 31

 
 
  17 May 3mo 8 Aug 8 Aug
17 May

San Francisco, CA

14ยฐC 57ยฐF
United States

Returning home. Open to meeting tech, artists, designers.

  15 May 2d 17 May 17 May
15 May

Lisbon

21ยฐC 69ยฐF
Portugal
  11 May 4d 15 May 15 May
11 May

Porto

19ยฐC 65ยฐF
Portugal

Checking out the neighborhoods and food

  30 Apr 11d 11 May 11 May
30 Apr

Lisbon

17ยฐC 63ยฐF
Portugal
 
 
  12 Mar 2mo 30 Apr 30 Apr
12 Mar

San Francisco, CA

13ยฐC 55ยฐF
United States
  8 Mar 4d 12 Mar 12 Mar
8 Mar

Las Vegas, NV

17ยฐC 62ยฐF
United States

Attending Dice Tower West

2022
  25 Dec '22 2mo 8 Mar 8 Mar
25 Dec '22

San Francisco, CA

12ยฐC 54ยฐF
United States
  24 Dec '22 24h 25 Dec '22 25 Dec '22
24 Dec '22

Carson City, NV

5ยฐC 41ยฐF
United States
 
 
  25 Nov '22 29d 24 Dec '22 24 Dec '22
25 Nov '22

San Francisco, CA

16ยฐC 61ยฐF
United States
  23 Nov '22 2d 25 Nov '22 25 Nov '22
23 Nov '22

Reno, NV

13ยฐC 55ยฐF
United States
  21 Nov '22 2d 23 Nov '22 23 Nov '22
21 Nov '22

San Francisco, CA

16ยฐC 61ยฐF
United States
  17 Nov '22 4d 21 Nov '22 21 Nov '22
17 Nov '22

Barcelona

15ยฐC 59ยฐF
Spain
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โค๏ธ Favorites

๐ŸŒŽ Regions collected (4 of 8)

๐Ÿšฉ Flags collected (18 of 275)

๐ŸŒ Top countries

  • United States

    โญ๏ธ OverallAll 
    ๐Ÿ’ต Cost  ๐Ÿง Pricey
    ๐Ÿ“ก InternetWiFi  ๐Ÿš€ Super fast
    ๐Ÿ˜€ Fun  mediocre
    ๐Ÿ‘ฎ Safety  mediocre
    Tap to open
    ๐ŸŒฅ  Feels  13°  55°   13°  56° AQI 31
    19yr
    $3,843 / mo
    51 Mbps
    ร—
  • Japan

    โญ๏ธ OverallAll 
    ๐Ÿ’ต Cost  ๐Ÿ™‚ Okay
    ๐Ÿ“ก InternetWiFi  ๐ŸŽ Fast
    ๐Ÿ˜€ Fun  good
    ๐Ÿ‘ฎ Safety  great
    Tap to open
    โ˜€๏ธ  Feels  13°  55°   13°  55° AQI 30
    1yr
    $2,874 / mo
    33 Mbps
    ร—
  • United Kingdom

    โญ๏ธ OverallAll 
    ๐Ÿ’ต Cost  ๐Ÿง Too expensive
    ๐Ÿ“ก InternetWiFi  ๐ŸŽ Fast
    ๐Ÿ˜€ Fun  mediocre
    ๐Ÿ‘ฎ Safety  good
    Tap to open
    ๐ŸŒง  Feels    43°     47° AQI 38
    1mo
    $4,441 / mo
    29 Mbps
    ร—
  • Portugal

    โญ๏ธ OverallAll 
    ๐Ÿ’ต Cost  ๐Ÿ™‚ Okay
    ๐Ÿ“ก InternetWiFi  ๐Ÿš€ Super fast
    ๐Ÿ˜€ Fun  good
    ๐Ÿ‘ฎ Safety  good
    Tap to open
    ๐ŸŒฅ  Feels  17°  63°   17°  62° AQI 29
    1mo
    $2,875 / mo
    53 Mbps
    ร—
  • Mexico

    โญ๏ธ OverallAll 
    ๐Ÿ’ต Cost  ๐Ÿ˜™ Affordable
    ๐Ÿ“ก InternetWiFi  ๐ŸŽ Fast
    ๐Ÿ˜€ Fun  mediocre
    ๐Ÿ‘ฎ Safety  bad
    Tap to open
    โ˜€๏ธ  Feels  23°  73°   23°  73° AQI 23
    30d
    $2,268 / mo
    17 Mbps
    ร—
  • Ukraine

    โญ๏ธ OverallAll 
    ๐Ÿ’ต Cost  ๐Ÿ˜™ Affordable
    ๐Ÿ“ก InternetWiFi  ๐ŸŽ Fast
    ๐Ÿ˜€ Fun  bad
    ๐Ÿ‘ฎ Safety  mediocre
    Tap to open
    ๐ŸŒจ  Feels  -4°  25°   -2°  28° AQI 14
    24d
    $1,316 / mo
    26 Mbps
    ร—
  • Spain

    โญ๏ธ OverallAll 
    ๐Ÿ’ต Cost  ๐Ÿง Pricey
    ๐Ÿ“ก InternetWiFi  ๐ŸŽ Fast
    ๐Ÿ˜€ Fun  good
    ๐Ÿ‘ฎ Safety  good
    Tap to open
    ๐ŸŒง  Feels  15°  59°   16°  60° AQI 30
    23d
    $3,315 / mo
    39 Mbps
    ร—
  • Germany

    โญ๏ธ OverallAll 
    ๐Ÿ’ต Cost  ๐Ÿง Pricey
    ๐Ÿ“ก InternetWiFi  ๐ŸŽ Fast
    ๐Ÿ˜€ Fun  mediocre
    ๐Ÿ‘ฎ Safety  good
    Tap to open
    ๐ŸŒง  Feels  -1°  28°     35° AQI 23
    18d
    $3,706 / mo
    34 Mbps
    ร—
  • ๐Ÿ›ฌ Most visits

  • San Francisco

    How did SF get scored #98 on Nomad score? I agree with most of the reviews posted here. I generally work from home, but we recently rented a small conference room for a meeting. It was $250 per hour.. (yes Per Hour... no typos here).

    โญ๏ธ OverallAll 
    ๐Ÿ’ต Cost  ๐Ÿ˜ณ Way too expensive
    ๐Ÿ“ก InternetWiFi  ๐Ÿš€ Super fast
    ๐Ÿ˜€ Fun  bad
    ๐Ÿ‘ฎ Safety  mediocre
    Tap to open
    โ˜€๏ธ  Feels  11°  52°   11°  53° AQI 34
    31x
    $5,653 / mo
    101 Mbps
    ร—
  • Las Vegas

    Dirty. Hospital system is atrocious. Its like having a bunch of shiny glossy hospitals with poorly educated doctors everywhere. Most people end up going to 'Quickcare ER' places that are plastered all over town. Lets put it this way... The school system fast tracks people to become teachers in almost no time at all & they still quit in droves all the time because kids are out of control. Las Vegas desperately tries to buy status & sophistication but its always cartoony and not organic. Its a tow

    โญ๏ธ OverallAll 
    ๐Ÿ’ต Cost  ๐Ÿง Too expensive
    ๐Ÿ“ก InternetWiFi  ๐ŸŽ Fast
    ๐Ÿ˜€ Fun  great
    ๐Ÿ‘ฎ Safety  mediocre
    Tap to open
    โ˜€๏ธ  Feels  16°  61°   15°  60° AQI 18
    5x
    $4,506 / mo
    48 Mbps
    ร—
  • Lisbon

    Once you figure out housing (not an easy thing but doable, especially once you stop looking in the touristic areas), Lisbon is a very charming, safe (even though I'll admit this is getting worse in certain areas), and fun city to live in. In most neighbourhoods you have the feeling of living in a small town instead of an urban area. There's aways something to do or see so it's hard to be bored living here. I still find Lisbon (and Portugal in general), to be one of the most attractive places in

    โญ๏ธ OverallAll 
    ๐Ÿ’ต Cost  ๐Ÿง Pricey
    ๐Ÿ“ก InternetWiFi  ๐Ÿš€ Super fast
    ๐Ÿ˜€ Fun  great
    ๐Ÿ‘ฎ Safety  good
    Tap to open
    โ˜€๏ธ  Feels  18°  64°   18°  64° AQI 17
    5x
    $3,265 / mo
    112 Mbps
    ร—
  • Frankfurt

    Very luxurious yet has some parts of the city that are charming and have gothic architecture. A lot of tourists and people from Balkans who work in region. Pretty expensive. If you are not very rich just visit it and choose to stay in some other, more modest german city. In my opinion Frankfurt is city nr 3 in Germany after Berlin and Munich and I have travelled through much of Germany. Hamburg and Cologne are somewhere with the Frankfurt, but Frankfurt is more luxurious.

    โญ๏ธ OverallAll 
    ๐Ÿ’ต Cost  ๐Ÿง Pricey
    ๐Ÿ“ก InternetWiFi  ๐ŸŽ Fast
    ๐Ÿ˜€ Fun  good
    ๐Ÿ‘ฎ Safety  good
    Tap to open
    4x
    $3,232 / mo
    30 Mbps
    ร—
  • Tokyo

    Tokyo has so much to offer and so much to do. It is easily overwhelming. Whereas I usually take my first week to explore a place Tokyoโ€™s sights just kept on going. I remember ending up in a hidden cocktail bar, a mexican rooftop party with 1 meter margaritas, spending a whole day going only to French places(?), visiting a store that only imported 2nd hand hiphop apparel, and throughout it all the best michelin star ramen. It just seemed endless, completely unrelated and incredibly fun. Six wee

    โญ๏ธ OverallAll 
    ๐Ÿ’ต Cost  ๐Ÿง Pricey
    ๐Ÿ“ก InternetWiFi  ๐Ÿš€ Super fast
    ๐Ÿ˜€ Fun  great
    ๐Ÿ‘ฎ Safety  great
    Tap to open
    โ˜€๏ธ  Feels  14°  57°   14°  58° AQI 10
    3x
    $3,033 / mo
    70 Mbps
    ร—
  • London

    I find it difficult to understand what people see in this city. The cost to benefit ratio is just so terribly bad! This is by far the most expensive city in Europe (especially in terms of rent), with hardly anything to offer in comparision with other cities like Barcelona, Lisbon or Warsaw. The weather is just average, with cold and windy winters and mediocre summers. It's difficult to come by restaurants that offer anything other than Indian fast food for a decent price - most places are just u

    โญ๏ธ OverallAll 
    ๐Ÿ’ต Cost  ๐Ÿ˜ณ Way too expensive
    ๐Ÿ“ก InternetWiFi  ๐ŸŽ Fast
    ๐Ÿ˜€ Fun  great
    ๐Ÿ‘ฎ Safety  good
    Tap to open
    ๐ŸŒฅ  Feels    45°     48° AQI 30
    3x
    $5,965 / mo
    28 Mbps
    ร—
  • Chiang Mai

    Chiang Mai has had a deep Buddhist influence running over the last 1,000 years and this can be felt in the helpfulness, patience and generosity of the Thai and long-term transplants you come across. The city has an active community scene (nomads, spiritual seekers, hikers, creatives), several mountains with hiking spots and waterfalls surrounding the city, over 20 water bodies inside the city -- many have cafes and walks around, several public parks, and over 13 national parks with campgrounds w

    โญ๏ธ OverallAll 
    ๐Ÿ’ต Cost  ๐Ÿ˜™ Affordable
    ๐Ÿ“ก InternetWiFi  ๐Ÿš€ Super fast
    ๐Ÿ˜€ Fun  mediocre
    ๐Ÿ‘ฎ Safety  good
    Tap to open
    ๐ŸŒง  Feels  31°  88°   27°  80° ๐Ÿฅต AQI 58 ๐Ÿ˜ท
    2x
    $1,013 / mo
    60 Mbps
    ร—
  • Kyoto

    โญ๏ธ OverallAll 
    ๐Ÿ’ต Cost  ๐Ÿง Pricey
    ๐Ÿ“ก InternetWiFi  ๐Ÿš€ Super fast
    ๐Ÿ˜€ Fun  great
    ๐Ÿ‘ฎ Safety  great
    Tap to open
    โ˜€๏ธ  Feels  12°  54°   12°  54° AQI 57 ๐Ÿ˜ท
    2x
    $3,050 / mo
    64 Mbps
    ร—
  • ๐Ÿ›Œ Most time spent

  • San Francisco

    How did SF get scored #98 on Nomad score? I agree with most of the reviews posted here. I generally work from home, but we recently rented a small conference room for a meeting. It was $250 per hour.. (yes Per Hour... no typos here).

    โญ๏ธ OverallAll 
    ๐Ÿ’ต Cost  ๐Ÿ˜ณ Way too expensive
    ๐Ÿ“ก InternetWiFi  ๐Ÿš€ Super fast
    ๐Ÿ˜€ Fun  bad
    ๐Ÿ‘ฎ Safety  mediocre
    Tap to open
    โ˜€๏ธ  Feels  11°  52°   11°  53° AQI 34
    19yr
    $5,653 / mo
    101 Mbps
    ร—
  • London

    I find it difficult to understand what people see in this city. The cost to benefit ratio is just so terribly bad! This is by far the most expensive city in Europe (especially in terms of rent), with hardly anything to offer in comparision with other cities like Barcelona, Lisbon or Warsaw. The weather is just average, with cold and windy winters and mediocre summers. It's difficult to come by restaurants that offer anything other than Indian fast food for a decent price - most places are just u

    โญ๏ธ OverallAll 
    ๐Ÿ’ต Cost  ๐Ÿ˜ณ Way too expensive
    ๐Ÿ“ก InternetWiFi  ๐ŸŽ Fast
    ๐Ÿ˜€ Fun  great
    ๐Ÿ‘ฎ Safety  good
    Tap to open
    ๐ŸŒฅ  Feels    45°     48° AQI 30
    1mo
    $5,965 / mo
    28 Mbps
    ร—
  • Puerto Vallarta

    It's a safe area of Mexico, and also even the people who try to sell you crap, 'vendors' is less aggressive here. I have done about 2.5 months total in PV (two separate trips). Airbnbs are plentiful near the centro and december 5, more expensive in the romantic zone and even more expensive in Sayulita. But central PV is pretty cheap, even inland from Hotel Zone is nice and cheap. Roads and walkways are narrow and horrible. Internet is OK. If you stay in PV central, the beach isn't so great for s

    โญ๏ธ OverallAll 
    ๐Ÿ’ต Cost  ๐Ÿง Pricey
    ๐Ÿ“ก InternetWiFi  ๐ŸŽ Fast
    ๐Ÿ˜€ Fun  mediocre
    ๐Ÿ‘ฎ Safety  bad
    Tap to open
    โ˜€๏ธ  Feels  24°  75°   24°  74° AQI 26
    30d
    $3,103 / mo
    16 Mbps
    ร—
  • Lisbon

    Once you figure out housing (not an easy thing but doable, especially once you stop looking in the touristic areas), Lisbon is a very charming, safe (even though I'll admit this is getting worse in certain areas), and fun city to live in. In most neighbourhoods you have the feeling of living in a small town instead of an urban area. There's aways something to do or see so it's hard to be bored living here. I still find Lisbon (and Portugal in general), to be one of the most attractive places in

    โญ๏ธ OverallAll 
    ๐Ÿ’ต Cost  ๐Ÿง Pricey
    ๐Ÿ“ก InternetWiFi  ๐Ÿš€ Super fast
    ๐Ÿ˜€ Fun  great
    ๐Ÿ‘ฎ Safety  good
    Tap to open
    โ˜€๏ธ  Feels  18°  64°   18°  64° AQI 17
    27d
    $3,265 / mo
    112 Mbps
    ร—
  • Las Vegas

    Dirty. Hospital system is atrocious. Its like having a bunch of shiny glossy hospitals with poorly educated doctors everywhere. Most people end up going to 'Quickcare ER' places that are plastered all over town. Lets put it this way... The school system fast tracks people to become teachers in almost no time at all & they still quit in droves all the time because kids are out of control. Las Vegas desperately tries to buy status & sophistication but its always cartoony and not organic. Its a tow

    โญ๏ธ OverallAll 
    ๐Ÿ’ต Cost  ๐Ÿง Too expensive
    ๐Ÿ“ก InternetWiFi  ๐ŸŽ Fast
    ๐Ÿ˜€ Fun  great
    ๐Ÿ‘ฎ Safety  mediocre
    Tap to open
    โ˜€๏ธ  Feels  16°  61°   15°  60° AQI 18
    25d
    $4,506 / mo
    48 Mbps
    ร—
  • Barcelona

    I don't know exactly how Barcelona is still considered safe but it's far from it. It's probably the most dangerous city to live in Madrid and one of the most dangerous in europe, with constant pick-pocketing and even violent crimes to get your wallet and phone in certain areas. If you like a peaceful life, Barcelona is not the place anymore!!

    โญ๏ธ OverallAll 
    ๐Ÿ’ต Cost  ๐Ÿง Pricey
    ๐Ÿ“ก InternetWiFi  ๐Ÿš€ Super fast
    ๐Ÿ˜€ Fun  great
    ๐Ÿ‘ฎ Safety  good
    Tap to open
    ๐ŸŒง  Feels  12°  54°   13°  55° AQI 53 ๐Ÿ˜ท
    23d
    $3,727 / mo
    126 Mbps
    ร—
  • Tokyo

    Tokyo has so much to offer and so much to do. It is easily overwhelming. Whereas I usually take my first week to explore a place Tokyoโ€™s sights just kept on going. I remember ending up in a hidden cocktail bar, a mexican rooftop party with 1 meter margaritas, spending a whole day going only to French places(?), visiting a store that only imported 2nd hand hiphop apparel, and throughout it all the best michelin star ramen. It just seemed endless, completely unrelated and incredibly fun. Six wee

    โญ๏ธ OverallAll 
    ๐Ÿ’ต Cost  ๐Ÿง Pricey
    ๐Ÿ“ก InternetWiFi  ๐Ÿš€ Super fast
    ๐Ÿ˜€ Fun  great
    ๐Ÿ‘ฎ Safety  great
    Tap to open
    โ˜€๏ธ  Feels  14°  57°   14°  58° AQI 10
    17d
    $3,033 / mo
    70 Mbps
    ร—
  • Kyiv

    Kyiv is a seriously not a good place for nomads to stay in. People don't speak english and are not friendly to foreigners at all, either you're white, asian, black, arab, latino, whatever. Food isn't really good specially when it comes to delivery, expensive and tasteless. The metro is cheap which is a good thing, and there is a nice architecture and places to go to.

    โญ๏ธ OverallAll 
    ๐Ÿ’ต Cost  ๐Ÿ˜™ Affordable
    ๐Ÿ“ก InternetWiFi  ๐ŸŽ Fast
    ๐Ÿ˜€ Fun  great
    ๐Ÿ‘ฎ Safety  mediocre
    Tap to open
    ๐ŸŒจ  Feels  -5°  23°   -2°  28° AQI 2
    13d
    $1,181 / mo
    29 Mbps
    ร—
  • ๐Ÿ•บ People they cross paths with most