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| ⭐️ Total score | 54 reviews |
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| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
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| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 36 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌦 23°C 74°F + 😊 Comfy (80%) = feels 23°C 73°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 52 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 33 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Local Works |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 9% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 130,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 44% 👱♀️ 56% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 83% 👱♀️ 17% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Rent |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Southwest |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Delta |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $7,024 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $4,178 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $6,335 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,810 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $5,680 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $7,242 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,450 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $266 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $237 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $284 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $25 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $3 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $12,352 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $30,278 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $71,127 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 5513° cool | 5412° cool | 6418° cool | 7323° mild | 7725° warm | 9032° hot | 9334° hot | 9937° hot | 8630° warm | 7725° warm | 6418° cool | 6619° mild |
| Real | 5513° cool | 5412° cool | 6418° cool | 7323° mild | 7725° warm | 8228° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8228° very warm | 7725° warm | 6317° cool | 6418° cool |
| Humidity | damp 75% | damp 81% | nice 74% | nice 62% | nice 65% | sweaty 79% | sweaty 77% | sweaty 77% | nice 69% | nice 74% | nice 65% | nice 76% |
| Rain | rainy 69mm | rainy 98mm | rainy 89mm | dry 43mm | dry 39mm | rainy 282mm | rainy 149mm | rainy 151mm | rainy 142mm | rainy 69mm | dry 21mm | dry 48mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 50% | cloudy 68% | cloudy 67% | pockets 36% | pockets 34% | cloudy 61% | cloudy 50% | cloudy 55% | pockets 39% | pockets 42% | pockets 34% | cloudy 51% |
| Air quality | clean 33 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 32 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 38 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 26 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 38 US AQI |
| Sun | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI |
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Family and church are the main criteria for fitting in. Northerners - Yankees - are still regarded askance. Explosive college population arrives each fall, Tybee is expensive and crowded in summer. Great eateries. Good music scene. BRING LOTSA BUG SPRAY - if the mosquitoes don't get y'all the sand gnats will.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 23° 73° 23° 74°AQI 28✈️11min$4,991 / mo43Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 20° 68° 19° 66°AQI 13✈️16min$3,670 / mo53Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 18° 64° 17° 62°AQI 25✈️20min$3,886 / mo49Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 10° 50° 10° 50°AQI 9✈️22min$2,776 / mo33MbpsIt's like Denver, but with less hippies, style and outdoorsy people. Most of the city is suburban, and most of the people are basic. Culture and art, while improving, are still undeveloped. As a city, Charlotte seems like a pre-teen still coming-of-age. Not yet cool, but it has potential to get there eventually.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 12° 54° 12° 54°AQI 13✈️23min$3,969 / mo40Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 24° 75° 24° 76°AQI 55✈️25min$3,560 / mo37Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 13° 55° 12° 54°AQI 21✈️26min$3,223 / mo43Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 17° 63° 17° 62°AQI 38✈️26min$4,123 / mo34Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 6° 43° 6° 43°AQI 23✈️26min$3,724 / mo77Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 19° 66° 18° 64°AQI 16✈️27min$3,682 / mo39MbpsLots of crime near downtown and central Macon, I don't know who put Bloomfield as the best place to move, but as someone who works in Bloomfield, it is basically an active warzone, I heard a drive-by at work tonight and that's normal for me, move to south Macon or northeast Macon, or better yet. Look up a crime map for Macon, they're pretty accurate to real life.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 17° 63° 16° 62°AQI 16✈️28min$2,713 / mo34Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 6° 43° 6° 42°AQI 9✈️28min$3,821 / mo46MbpsI really enjoyed my trip to DC for one week. I did NOT feel comfortable walking around many places alone because there are a lot of mentally ill/drugged out people. During daylight with other people I felt fine. There are soo many restaurants, interesting boutique gyms, cool libraries and more. The variety you can find in DC is closer to NYC than you can find most places. The memorials are pretty cool. There are a lot of free museums which are impressive. I liked the Lincoln Memorial/Gettysburg
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌨 Feels 3° 37° 4° 39°AQI 52✈️58min$5,229 / mo86MbpsFamily and church are the main criteria for fitting in. Northerners - Yankees - are still regarded askance. Explosive college population arrives each fall, Tybee is expensive and crowded in summer. Great eateries. Good music scene. BRING LOTSA BUG SPRAY - if the mosquitoes don't get y'all the sand gnats will.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 23° 73° 23° 74°AQI 28✈️11min$4,991 / mo43Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌦 Feels 13° 55° 13° 56°AQI 23✈️34min$3,381 / mo35MbpsThe town has been taken over by tourists. Local music venues that have been around for 50+ years are closing because they can't afford the rent hikes. Tourism + out of town developers are driving prices for locals up and the job market can't keep up (minimum wage is still $7.25 an hour.) It would be possible to increase minimum wage, protect small business, and local cost of living if the state wasn't controlled by conservative republicans who won't pass any useful legislation to aid with the ec
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️59min$4,691 / mo39MbpsSeattle is a great city, especially if you like nature, there are plenty of outdoor activities to do all year round. People are generally open-minded and friendly. The cost of living is high but it allows you to be able to afford other places on earth easily if you can find a job here. You can also find plenty of good restaurants and arts around in the city. I recommend to stay at least 3-6 months to get the feel of living a PNW life.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 7° 45° 7° 44°AQI 25✈️5h$5,051 / mo98MbpsOverall, a pretty great place. Good restaurants and many breweries. Solid entertainment. It has all four seasons and lots of sunshine. Some homelessness issues downtown, like most cities.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌫 Feels 5° 41° 5° 41°AQI 55✈️3h$4,850 / mo46MbpsI guess if you're a nomad this doesn't matter much, but the long-term job pickings here are slim and among the most underpaid for a US city. There seems to be a tacit rent floor that means you won't find a good deal on housing. A lot of people don't seem very invested in their interpersonal relationships here since their ties to the area are often transient.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 28° 82° 26° 78°AQI 25✈️1h$7,460 / mo36MbpsI don’t recommend living here full time. The summers are unbearably hot and humid and you have to drive 1+ hours to the closest beach. Actually, you have to drive everywhere because everything is a 20+ min drive. Traffic is terrible and everything is under construction. There are lots of bugs, mosquitos, gators, roaches, etc… You can be here for months and not do all the different entertainment, restaurants, experiences the Orlando area has to offer. Disney, Universal, SeaWorld, Legoland, Fu
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 28° 82° 26° 78°AQI 36✈️39min$5,457 / mo47MbpsI've lived in New York City - Brooklyn - for over 20 years. For visiting tourists, the best neighborhood to stay in is NOT Bushwick. Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Ft. Green or Brooklyn Heights is preferable. Plenty of good transportation in those areas - subway, buses or Uber. Easy access to beaches in Long Island and New Jersey. There's plenty to do in NYC. Great restaurants, Broadway plays (!), and in the summer you frequently can catch a free concert.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌨 Feels 1° 34° 3° 38°AQI 43✈️1h$6,457 / mo30Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 24° 75° 24° 76°AQI 55✈️25min$3,560 / mo37MbpsI went to Valencia for a week and I will never go there again. As a black person, the racism there could be felt in my bones. On top of this, it was extremely boring. I went in November, so maybe this is why it was boring. However, the architecture of the city is old and did not inspire me. First place I visited where I was ready to leave after 3 days.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 13° 55° 13° 56°AQI 28✈️9h$4,567 / mo21MbpsBad walkability? Oslo is known for its great walkability and accessibility to nature. The public transport system is also great, and the city is safe. However, the downside is that it is a very expensive city. Basic items like fruits, vegetables, meat and even beer can be costly. Additionally, the import system in Norway is very protective, which means that grocery stores often only carry products that are made in Norway.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels -4° 25° -4° 24°AQI 53✈️9h$4,825 / mo40Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌦 Feels 13° 55° 13° 56°AQI 23✈️34min$3,381 / mo🌇 Also went here24 peopleThe town has been taken over by tourists. Local music venues that have been around for 50+ years are closing because they can't afford the rent hikes. Tourism + out of town developers are driving prices for locals up and the job market can't keep up (minimum wage is still $7.25 an hour.) It would be possible to increase minimum wage, protect small business, and local cost of living if the state wasn't controlled by conservative republicans who won't pass any useful legislation to aid with the ec
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️59min$4,691 / mo🌇 Also went here24 peopleI guess if you're a nomad this doesn't matter much, but the long-term job pickings here are slim and among the most underpaid for a US city. There seems to be a tacit rent floor that means you won't find a good deal on housing. A lot of people don't seem very invested in their interpersonal relationships here since their ties to the area are often transient.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 28° 82° 26° 78°AQI 25✈️1h$7,460 / mo🌇 Also went here32 peopleI've been to New Orleans plenty of time as a tourist, but this is my first time being a digital nomad and working down here for 3 weeks. Something about New Orleans always brings me back. Such a unique and one-of-a-kind place that while has gotten more expensive over the years, still is far more affordable than many places in the US. A lot of cheap good fun to have here and some amazing food. I will admit your safety factor will depend heavily on the area you're staying at.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 14° 57° 14° 58°AQI 20✈️1h$5,854 / mo🌇 Also went here24 peopleI've lived in New York City - Brooklyn - for over 20 years. For visiting tourists, the best neighborhood to stay in is NOT Bushwick. Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Ft. Green or Brooklyn Heights is preferable. Plenty of good transportation in those areas - subway, buses or Uber. Easy access to beaches in Long Island and New Jersey. There's plenty to do in NYC. Great restaurants, Broadway plays (!), and in the summer you frequently can catch a free concert.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌨 Feels 1° 34° 3° 38°AQI 43✈️1h$6,457 / mo🌇 Also went here34 peopleI grew up in Chicago and still return fairly often. I love the character of the different neighborhoods, the variety of architectural styles, and as others have said, the food scene is incredible. It's easy to make friends in the suburbs, perhaps not so much in the city itself. I have never witnessed racial tension here, and have been pleasantly surprised by the interracial friendliness I have observed. There are a wonderful selection of forests and parks just about everywhere, and the museu
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels -6° 21° -3° 26°AQI 33✈️2h$4,988 / mo🌇 Also went here30 peopleOverall, a pretty great place. Good restaurants and many breweries. Solid entertainment. It has all four seasons and lots of sunshine. Some homelessness issues downtown, like most cities.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌫 Feels 5° 41° 5° 41°AQI 55✈️3h$4,850 / mo🌇 Also went here28 people⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 16° 61° 16° 61°AQI 25✈️5h$5,715 / mo🌇 Also went here26 peopleI spent 4 months working here during summertime. It's one of the best summers I have ever had in my life. The city is just amazing and offers dozens of outdoor activities. There are so many different places such as parks, lakes, hills, mountains, beaches, etc. Also, you can feel the Californication vibe on every step. I lived in Hollywood and I would avoid this place at any cost. It's just too overrated and won't meet your expectations. Hollywood (esp. West Hollywood) is a big pile of dirtiness
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 19° 66° 19° 66°AQI 34✈️5h$5,172 / mo🌇 Also went here43 peopleHow 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).
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 11° 52° 11° 51°AQI 50✈️5h$6,903 / mo🌇 Also went here37 peopleSeattle is a great city, especially if you like nature, there are plenty of outdoor activities to do all year round. People are generally open-minded and friendly. The cost of living is high but it allows you to be able to afford other places on earth easily if you can find a job here. You can also find plenty of good restaurants and arts around in the city. I recommend to stay at least 3-6 months to get the feel of living a PNW life.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 7° 45° 7° 44°AQI 25✈️5h$5,051 / mo🌇 Also went here27 peopleI'm currently in Lisbon and I must say that this city has been very overhyped in terms of cost, food and overall fun. There are a lot of issues where foreigners like myself are driving up the rent and we are solely blamed for this. The larger issue here is the Portuguese government is not using these tourism dollars towards their people. I'm staying in Alfama and there is 'fuck tourists' spray painted in a few places but in order to come and stay here we are being asked to provide our informatio
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 13° 55° 13° 55°AQI 6✈️8h$3,484 / mo🌇 Also went here23 peopleHow did you guys classified Penge as rich? It is one of the worst neighbourhood I have ever been in London, the ammount of people I know that have been robbed there is appalling.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 10° 50° 11° 51°AQI 29✈️9h$5,325 / mo🌇 Also went here31 peopleLived there last September and October and am coming back later this year. Yes, it is expensive, but after a while I learned about affordable places to eat and realized I could choose neighborhoods farther from city center, and it would still be nice. City feels super safe, even at nigh! Internet is crazy fast (I got 500mb on my airbnb) there are tons to do and see and I did not encounter the super rude Parisians people talk so much about, mostly everyone spoke English and were very polite. Rent
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 9° 48° 10° 50°AQI 42✈️9h$5,503 / mo🌇 Also went here36 peopleA top city. Everything works, beautiful greenery (hehe), cycling everywhere, happy people, great nightlife... Lots to love about. For nomads? Not a chance. Price of housing is outrageous, and the city is expensive af. They charge you 4.5-5 eur for a capuccino, completely shameless. An hour of public transport is 3 euros. I could go on and on. I'd love to live there, but it's not worth it.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌦 Feels 5° 41° 8° 47°AQI 38✈️9h$6,630 / mo🌇 Also went here25 people
