1 Jul '19 | 3mo | 1 Oct '19 | 1 Oct '19 1 Jul '19 |
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Chongqing31ยฐC 88ยฐF |
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20 Jun '19 | 11d | 1 Jul '19 | 1 Jul '19 20 Jun '19 |
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Kuta, Bali30ยฐC 86ยฐF |
Indonesia | |||
24 Mar '19 | 3mo | 20 Jun '19 | 20 Jun '19 24 Mar '19 |
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Chongqing18ยฐC 64ยฐF |
China | |||
11 Mar '19 | 13d | 24 Mar '19 | 24 Mar '19 11 Mar '19 |
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Manchester9ยฐC 48ยฐF |
United Kingdom | |||
10 Mar '19 | 24h | 11 Mar '19 | 11 Mar '19 10 Mar '19 |
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Helsinki2ยฐC 36ยฐF |
Finland | |||
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26 Dec '18 | 2mo | 11 Mar '19 | 11 Mar '19 26 Dec '18 |
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Chongqing12ยฐC 54ยฐF |
China | |||
23 Dec '18 | 3d | 26 Dec '18 | 26 Dec '18 23 Dec '18 |
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Taipei19ยฐC 65ยฐF |
Taiwan | |||
1 Oct '18 | 3mo | 23 Dec '18 | 23 Dec '18 1 Oct '18 |
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Chongqing19ยฐC 66ยฐF |
China | |||
20 May '18 | 4mo | 1 Oct '18 | 1 Oct '18 20 May '18 |
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Manchester12ยฐC 54ยฐF |
United Kingdom | |||
11 May '18 | 9d | 20 May '18 | 20 May '18 11 May '18 |
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Chongqing25ยฐC 77ยฐF |
China | |||
27 Mar '18 | 6d | 2 Apr '18 | 2 Apr '18 27 Mar '18 |
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Beijing13ยฐC 55ยฐF |
China | |||
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10 Dec '17 | 3mo | 27 Feb '18 | 27 Feb '18 10 Dec '17 |
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Manchester7ยฐC 45ยฐF |
United Kingdom | |||
10 Dec '17 | 24h | 10 Dec '17 | 10 Dec '17 10 Dec '17 |
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Amsterdam7ยฐC 44ยฐF |
Netherlands | |||
10 Dec '17 | 24h | 10 Dec '17 | 10 Dec '17 10 Dec '17 |
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Shanghai10ยฐC 50ยฐF |
China | |||
8 Dec '17 | 2d | 10 Dec '17 | 10 Dec '17 8 Dec '17 |
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Chongqing12ยฐC 54ยฐF |
China | |||
8 Dec '17 | 24h | 8 Dec '17 | 8 Dec '17 8 Dec '17 |
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Helsinki-4ยฐC 26ยฐF |
Finland | |||
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Great for tourism, bad for living. The City has a fascinating contrast of old and new. You will never get bored, itโs easy to meet people and have fun. Infrastructure and food are great. Thai people are friendly and welcoming, even when it not always feels genuine. With that said, itโs not a good city for long term living. Itโs too hot and humid. Feltย air temperature is between 37ยฐC-45ยฐC almost year round during the day. Itโs makes all outdoor activity unpleasant. Getting your daily d
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Very nice city, but as everyone says, a bit boring after awhile. It's comfortable and feels like the suburbs, with conveniences that you don't always find in SE Asian countries. Luxury shopping malls, excellent hospitals, and infrastructure, are all things that are not as common in other SE Asian countries, (although Bangkok, TH, has good malls and hospitals). KLCC is safe, from a solo female traveler, if you're careful. I stayed in the KLCC area and was advised by other KL nomads, to stay ins
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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
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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!!
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Stayed for 2 weeks after almost a year n a half in LatAm. Beautiful city; great food options- especially for Asian food lovers. Plenty of authentic Thai, Vietnamese and Chinese options for about 50% of what you would pay in a Western city. Decent hostels will cost $11-$15 weekdays and between $18-$30 on weekends.... Good internet; beautiful architecture and people but it is true Hungarians can be very cold at times. Overall a good stay with many destinations just a quick and cheap flight/tr
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I absolutely love Istanbul! My biggest recommendation would be to stay in Cihangir or Niลantaลฤฑ and avoid the main centre. Cihangir has so many beautiful cafes to work from and there are a lot of people working remotely so it's a really nice vibe. I agree with the comments about taxis, we just caught ubers but mostly walked everywhere which I would recommend. If you stay in Cihangir you can easily walk to Taxim square and through Galata. The food scene here is great once you know where to go
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Lived in Prague for 8 years. It's a beautiful international European city. Never learned Czech, but was fine. Almost all cafes and restaurants have English menus. Superb food delivery apps (Wolt is the best). All the food you can imagine. Vietnamese food is world-class because of the huge Vietnamese population. If you want hipster bars and cafes, there's plenty of that. If you want old-world-charm there's plenty of that. If you want posh luxury there's some of Europes best restaurants and cockta
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels -11° 12° -6° 20° AQI 53 ๐ท 0 $3,191 / mo 77 Mbps
I've been hanging out in Berlin on and off for 30 years. It is very safe for women. It is much friendlier than it used to be. There are loads of vegan restaurants now. The nightlife and specially jazz clubs are amazing! I have an excellent apartment to rent out in Wedding - which used to have a boring reputation but now is very cool.
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I lived in Chongqing for about 5 years. I mostly love this place but it's not easy for Westerners unless you can speak some Chinese. But with a smartphone you can translate anything you need to say. Chongqing is beautiful, gritty and romantic. Extremely inexpensive and lots of things to do. Beautiful women. Maybe the most unique city in China. Weather terrible in winter and summer. Winter is foggy, rainy and low light while summers are uncomfortably hot and humid. They don't speak standard Manda
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels 13° 55° 13° 56° AQI 112 ๐ท 6x $1,428 / mo 4 Mbps
Husband and I spent one month here, and we didnโt like it, at all! There is a lot of litter and graffiti everywhere!!!! The entire city needs a good power wash. I think that due to the volume of transitant people who live here, not much effort is put in to make it nicer. Itโs a shame because there are some really nice buildings and neighborhoods that would be lovely if there was some care put into them. Unfortunately, itโs all dirty and run down. Almost every night, you will hear fir
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety 3x $4,502 / mo 29 Mbps
I've been here just under a week so it might be too early to comment on Helsinki, but so far I like it. I'd like to second what the review from 9 mths ago said: I can recommend Noli Studios, specifically the Herttoniemi one. I'll tell you more about Finland once I've been here longer.
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels -12° 10° -8° 18° AQI 35 2x $3,355 / mo 31 Mbps
Shanghai is a giant city and your experience really depends on a few factors like: 1) where you live in the city 2) do you speak basic Mandarin 3) do you make nice money 4) do you have to use the internet If you can afford to live in Jing'an or the French Concession, you can live a fashionable metropolitan lifestyle like you would in New York City. There's amazing food (Asian, Western and fusion). You'll be surrounded by entrepreneurs, artists, fashion designers and models. Many of whom d
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I recently visited Amsterdam for the third time (and the first time since 2018). I personally think it's a little overrated, but a cool place to visit nonetheless. The architecture is beautiful, and there are lots of good places to eat. I don't like the main area of the canals in the city centre; it smells of weed and is often packed. However, the outer edges - such as the Jordaan district - are less busy and more interesting in my opinion. One thing that surprised me is how much trash was o
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I lived in Beijing for almost 3 years from 2014-2017. It's an incredible city with a lot to offer. It's an imposing place and not the most welcoming, but that's because it takes time to adjust. In a nutshell: beautiful parks, very modern infrastructure , friendly people, good transportation (the subway is FAR superior to London or NYC, for example), amazing food, relatively cheap, extremely safe, loads to do, incredible history. The one major con is the air pollutionโit can get really bad, so
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels 4° 39° 5° 42° AQI 42 1x $2,519 / mo 4 Mbps
Taipei offers a great value because for far east Asia, itโs quite cheap compared to Korea or Japan. Very pretty historical city. A typical meal is usually 200 which is around $6.50 but you can easily get street food for much cheaper. I stayed for 5 weeks. Pros: extremely safe and clean Friendly locals Lots of Chinese culture - like day trips into tea fields Great tea! People spoke some English Fast wifi Clean air Lots of street food Incredible transportation - so easy to get around
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do not recommend. it's hectic, beach is filthy. full of Aussies getting loose because you're not allowed to do anything that promotes happiness in AusNanny prison complex!!
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I lived in Chongqing for about 5 years. I mostly love this place but it's not easy for Westerners unless you can speak some Chinese. But with a smartphone you can translate anything you need to say. Chongqing is beautiful, gritty and romantic. Extremely inexpensive and lots of things to do. Beautiful women. Maybe the most unique city in China. Weather terrible in winter and summer. Winter is foggy, rainy and low light while summers are uncomfortably hot and humid. They don't speak standard Manda
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels 13° 55° 13° 56° AQI 112 ๐ท 12mo $1,428 / mo 4 Mbps
Husband and I spent one month here, and we didnโt like it, at all! There is a lot of litter and graffiti everywhere!!!! The entire city needs a good power wash. I think that due to the volume of transitant people who live here, not much effort is put in to make it nicer. Itโs a shame because there are some really nice buildings and neighborhoods that would be lovely if there was some care put into them. Unfortunately, itโs all dirty and run down. Almost every night, you will hear fir
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety 8mo $4,502 / mo 29 Mbps
do not recommend. it's hectic, beach is filthy. full of Aussies getting loose because you're not allowed to do anything that promotes happiness in AusNanny prison complex!!
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I lived in Beijing for almost 3 years from 2014-2017. It's an incredible city with a lot to offer. It's an imposing place and not the most welcoming, but that's because it takes time to adjust. In a nutshell: beautiful parks, very modern infrastructure , friendly people, good transportation (the subway is FAR superior to London or NYC, for example), amazing food, relatively cheap, extremely safe, loads to do, incredible history. The one major con is the air pollutionโit can get really bad, so
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels 4° 39° 5° 42° AQI 42 6d $2,519 / mo 4 Mbps
Taipei offers a great value because for far east Asia, itโs quite cheap compared to Korea or Japan. Very pretty historical city. A typical meal is usually 200 which is around $6.50 but you can easily get street food for much cheaper. I stayed for 5 weeks. Pros: extremely safe and clean Friendly locals Lots of Chinese culture - like day trips into tea fields Great tea! People spoke some English Fast wifi Clean air Lots of street food Incredible transportation - so easy to get around
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety ๐ง Feels 18° 64° 18° 64° AQI 24 3d $2,220 / mo 76 Mbps
I've been here just under a week so it might be too early to comment on Helsinki, but so far I like it. I'd like to second what the review from 9 mths ago said: I can recommend Noli Studios, specifically the Herttoniemi one. I'll tell you more about Finland once I've been here longer.
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Shanghai is a giant city and your experience really depends on a few factors like: 1) where you live in the city 2) do you speak basic Mandarin 3) do you make nice money 4) do you have to use the internet If you can afford to live in Jing'an or the French Concession, you can live a fashionable metropolitan lifestyle like you would in New York City. There's amazing food (Asian, Western and fusion). You'll be surrounded by entrepreneurs, artists, fashion designers and models. Many of whom d
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I recently visited Amsterdam for the third time (and the first time since 2018). I personally think it's a little overrated, but a cool place to visit nonetheless. The architecture is beautiful, and there are lots of good places to eat. I don't like the main area of the canals in the city centre; it smells of weed and is often packed. However, the outer edges - such as the Jordaan district - are less busy and more interesting in my opinion. One thing that surprised me is how much trash was o
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