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| ⭐️ Total score | 198 reviews |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Oceania |
| 🚩 Country | Samoa |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 6 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 28°C 83°F + 🥵 Sweaty (75%) = feels 31°C 88°F |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | BlueSky |
| 💸 10 WST in USD | USD 3.75 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | WST 1,000 = USD 375 |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | The Coffee Bean Cafe |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Tanoa Apia |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Tanoa Apia |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 36,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $4,214 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Fiji Airways |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Fiji Airways |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,362 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,530 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,160 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $617 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $375 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $186 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,288 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $60 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 36 listings) | $3,364 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $110 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $6 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
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| Feels | 9535° hot | 9535° hot | 9937° hot | 9334° hot | 9334° hot | 9133° hot | 9334° hot | 9032° hot | 9334° hot | 9535° hot | 9535° hot | 9334° hot |
| Real | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8329° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm |
| Humidity | sweaty 81% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 79% | sweaty 79% | sweaty 79% | sweaty 79% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 78% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 82% | sweaty 80% |
| Rain | rainy 185mm | rainy 352mm | rainy 201mm | rainy 123mm | rainy 118mm | rainy 136mm | rainy 83mm | rainy 166mm | rainy 72mm | rainy 113mm | rainy 190mm | rainy 172mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 61% | cloudy 90% | cloudy 73% | cloudy 56% | pockets 48% | cloudy 55% | pockets 42% | cloudy 57% | pockets 32% | cloudy 60% | cloudy 68% | cloudy 61% |
| Sun | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 10° 50° 10° 51°AQI 31✈️5h$3,871 / mo20MbpsMy partner and I lived in Gold Coast for 6 months during the coronavirus pandemic. Its a very expensive place to live and its hard to find optimal housing. There are many Austrialians looking to live here so its has a growing housing market, we experienced a rental rate increase during our stay. This seems to be a lively city with many visitors and fun amusement parks, clubs, and nice shopping centers. But for us the main value was its proximity to a world class beach. This is THE nicest city
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 20° 68° 19° 66°AQI 13✈️5h$4,775 / mo11MbpsLike everywhere, Singapore has pros and cons. // Pros: // Everything works very well, it's clean, you can use the trains and transport system with a bank card, Grab taxis are efficient and safe, the airport is amazing // Everyone speaks English // Population seems well educated and cosmopolitan // There are lots of parks and green spaces. // Cons: // It's very expensive. For what you get it feels overpriced compared to most Western countries for example. // It's hot and very, very humid. Unti
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 39° 102° 31° 89°🥵AQI 12✈️13h$1,267 / mo🌇 Also went here2 peoplePutrajaya is the only place I would recommend due to its close proximity to the airport. The Shaftsbury Hotel is modern with two convenience stores, pharmacy, restaurants, dental, and more in the actual building. There is a rain fountain in "mall" of the building that would be Putrajaya's attempt at Singapore's airport one. The location is also literally right across from the bigger mall that has restaurants, international grocery store, movie theater, bowling, electronics, etc. It's a safe a
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 32° 90° 27° 81°🥵AQI 44✈️13h$1,294 / mo🌇 Also went here2 peopleI cannot help but agree with the review from the person before me. I'm finishing my 3 weeks trip here, and something feels off. Like that person put it rightly, everything is for sale, and nothing has value. There is no soul to this city and its people, locals or otherwise. Something is wrong here.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 42° 108° 31° 88°🥵AQI 21✈️14h$1,262 / mo🌇 Also went here2 peopleAmazing, large and accessible beaches. But the vibe is not there yet. It still feels like an "old" vacation place: tons of families, retirees, couples and sex tourists. The hip, young crowd you can find in Canggu for example is not there yet. There is only one decent coworking spot, not a lot of specialty cofee places. Most DNs stay in Rawai, which is OK - just a long street in a non-swimming beach. If you live there you will have to drive 15mins to go to the beach (Nai Han, Kata, etc). The infr
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 33° 91° 29° 85°AQI 21✈️14h$1,212 / mo🌇 Also went here2 peopleSummers in Tallinn are very pleasant (if not the best, tbh). There is no need for a car or a bus to move from one point to another in the city center. I've been working in Maakri area, which is local City. Really loved my time here, especially variety of quality food options available. My favourite upscale place to eat was FARM restaurant, which is a gem of a resto located in the beginning of Tallinn's Old Town. The restaurant is also the only provence style restaurant in the country, according
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 24° 75° 24° 75°AQI 27✈️20h$2,674 / mo🌇 Also went here2 peopleI've been there in summer. I don't understand why the rate of walkability is bad, that is ridiculous. People are friendly and polite, if you want to find a job is easy, although opening a bank account to get your salary can take two months. There are plenty of coffees, restaurants and bars, often you need to book in advance (more if the weather is good), and they will rip you off. I knew this, and I went there with the plan of no-eating out, no coffee-out and no-party, but even the supermarket i
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 23° 73° 23° 74°AQI 56✈️20h$5,190 / mo🌇 Also went here2 peopleStayed 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
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 29° 84° 28° 83°AQI 29✈️22h$1,043 / mo🌇 Also went here2 peopleA great place to be. Excellent price/quality ratio. You can easily find everything needed to work: coworking, sim (you can eg use Airalo). There is a plenty of things to do in the city and around it. Food is dirt cheap and delicious. It can be trashy and sometimes touristy but that didn't cause problems for me.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 29° 84° 27° 80°AQI 32✈️22h$1,204 / mo🌇 Also went here2 peopleThe old center is ok but the rest is not so great!
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 32° 90° 30° 87°🥵AQI 38✈️22h$2,913 / mo🌇 Also went here2 peopleOne of my favourite places to visit. Best vegetarian food in the world.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 31° 88° 28° 82°AQI 111😷✈️22h$5,632 / mo🌇 Also went here2 peopleNo members are here right now. If you are, add it as a trip and you'll show up here!
