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| ⭐️ Total score | 62 reviews |
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| 😝 Fun | |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 12 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 40 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌦 8°C 46°F + 😊 Comfy (63%) = feels 7°C 45°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 13 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 20.5 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Hygge Coworking |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍15% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 840,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 74% 👱♀️ 26% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Ambiguous |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | American Airlines |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United Airlines |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,969 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,514 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $6,100 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,743 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,077 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,449 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,320 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $144 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $80 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $172 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $13 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $5 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ 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
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 5010° cold | 468° cold | 6418° cool | 7021° mild | 7524° warm | 9133° hot | 9937° hot | 10440° hot | 8429° warm | 7524° warm | 5714° cool | 6418° cool |
| Real | 5010° cold | 489° cold | 6317° cool | 6921° mild | 7524° warm | 8329° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8831° hot | 8027° warm | 7524° warm | 5714° cool | 6317° cool |
| Humidity | nice 68% | damp 75% | nice 54% | nice 54% | nice 62% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 77% | sweaty 77% | nice 70% | nice 75% | nice 56% | nice 68% |
| Rain | rainy 85mm | rainy 132mm | rainy 72mm | dry 48mm | rainy 51mm | rainy 106mm | rainy 91mm | rainy 81mm | rainy 74mm | dry 45mm | dry 16mm | dry 48mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 50% | cloudy 68% | cloudy 56% | pockets 38% | pockets 44% | cloudy 64% | pockets 40% | pockets 43% | pockets 29% | pockets 48% | pockets 26% | pockets 43% |
| Air quality | clean 17 US AQI | clean 17 US AQI | clean 18 US AQI | clean 17 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI | clean 18 US AQI | clean 18 US AQI | clean 18 US AQI |
| Sun | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI |
| Remote workers | 300 people | 800 people | 360 people | 350 people | 267 people | 400 people | 520 people | 244 people | 267 people | 400 people | 400 people | 367 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 3° 37° 4° 40°AQI 10✈️10min$3,821 / mo46Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 10° 50° 10° 50°AQI 27✈️11min$4,123 / mo34Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 5° 41° 5° 41°AQI 10✈️12min$3,635 / mo48Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels -2° 28° 1° 34°AQI 17✈️12min$3,652 / mo44Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 5° 41° 6° 43°AQI 36✈️13min$3,724 / mo77Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 4° 39° 5° 40°AQI 8✈️14min$3,222 / mo52Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels -1° 30° 1° 34°AQI 9✈️14min$3,579 / mo40Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 7° 45° 7° 45°AQI 17✈️15min$2,776 / mo33Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️17min$3,335 / mo43Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 12° 54° 12° 54°AQI 16✈️17min$3,670 / mo53Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 7° 45° 7° 45°AQI 32✈️18min$3,333 / mo81Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels -1° 30° 1° 33°AQI 20✈️20min$3,016 / mo76MbpsI'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 -8° 18° -4° 24°AQI 18✈️1h$6,457 / mo30Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌦 Feels 6° 43° 7° 45°AQI 27✈️28min$3,381 / mo35MbpsAll in, Austin is a good city. We live in Hill Country now so we're a bit removed. But it's beautiful area once you get away from the highways. A good tech scene. Not too expensive (~$2100 for a nice 2 bedroom apt) for the U.S. Has wineries and breweries galore. Not a great place if you are a recovering alcoholic (!). Cons: extremely hot in the summer; reaches 110 F (43.3 C) in summer afternoons from June - September. Not very diverse. Highways are loud and obnoxious.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 8° 46° 9° 48°AQI 55✈️2h$4,816 / mo41MbpsSeattle 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° 9° 49°AQI 30✈️5h$5,051 / mo98Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 12° 54° 12° 54°AQI 18✈️23min$7,024 / mo36MbpsI 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 -17° 1° -12° 11°AQI 51✈️1h$4,988 / mo43Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels -2° 28° 1° 34°AQI 17✈️12min$3,652 / mo44Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels -13° 9° -9° 16°AQI 16✈️47min$3,266 / mo89Mbps👍 👍 Malls are fucking awesome, free wifi + free coworking spaces, toilets cleaner than Europe/ASEAN 👍 Public transport is pretty good 👎 Foods are a bit bland compared to ASEAN and Mexico 👎 👎 Safety, lots of racist/xenophobic catcalling on the street especially when I am an Asian. "Oi Chino Chino!" -- something I didn't get in other latam countries
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 24° 75° 24° 75°AQI 102😷✈️4h$1,582 / mo5MbpsI 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 -2° 28° 1° 34°AQI 18✈️43min$5,229 / mo86Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 35° 95° 30° 85°🥵AQI 59✈️4h$4,538 / mo39Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 14° 57° 14° 57°AQI 16✈️44min$3,560 / mo37Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 7° 45° 7° 45°AQI 32✈️18min$3,333 / mo🌇 Also went here19 people⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌦 Feels 6° 43° 7° 45°AQI 27✈️28min$3,381 / mo🌇 Also went here24 peopleI 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 -2° 28° 1° 34°AQI 18✈️43min$5,229 / mo🌇 Also went here31 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 -8° 18° -4° 24°AQI 18✈️1h$6,457 / mo🌇 Also went here52 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 30° 86° 27° 80°AQI 28✈️1h$7,460 / mo🌇 Also went here45 peopleIn it's current iteration, Houston is a wide-spread, vehicle dependent city and would be a difficult place to exist as a Nomad without a vehicle. Downtown Houston was once a desolate cluster of office buildings that was abandoned at sundown. But now, downtown is currently undergoing a transformation and will soon (5~ years) make for an inhabitable and nomad friendly destination.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 12° 54° 13° 55°AQI 23✈️2h$3,514 / mo🌇 Also went here25 peopleAll in, Austin is a good city. We live in Hill Country now so we're a bit removed. But it's beautiful area once you get away from the highways. A good tech scene. Not too expensive (~$2100 for a nice 2 bedroom apt) for the U.S. Has wineries and breweries galore. Not a great place if you are a recovering alcoholic (!). Cons: extremely hot in the summer; reaches 110 F (43.3 C) in summer afternoons from June - September. Not very diverse. Highways are loud and obnoxious.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 8° 46° 9° 48°AQI 55✈️2h$4,816 / mo🌇 Also went here23 peopleTouristy circus of a place. Everyone is trying to rip you off... even as fluent Spanish speaker. Check out PV or anywhere west coast instead.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 32° 90° 27° 81°🥵AQI 91😷✈️2h$2,714 / mo🌇 Also went here21 peopleI really enjoyed my first week here, but as I got to know more locals and heard their stories, I was disturbed at the security situation. Almost everyone I met has horror stories about being robbed at gunpoint, robbed by the police, and in one case even drugged and robbed by a taxi driver. It's not even safe to walk a short distance at night (locals told me to just take Uber). Beyond the security issues, scams also abound, and the covid policy is wacky, with hand sanitizer being forced on you ev
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 16° 61° 15° 58°AQI 126😷✈️3h$1,842 / mo🌇 Also went here24 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 20° 68° 20° 69°AQI 43✈️5h$5,172 / mo🌇 Also went here23 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° 52°AQI 20✈️5h$6,903 / mo🌇 Also went here22 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 16° 61° 16° 61°AQI 57✈️8h$3,425 / 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° 10° 50°AQI 25✈️9h$5,205 / mo🌇 Also went here24 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 10° 50° 10° 50°AQI 33✈️9h$5,409 / mo🌇 Also went here22 peopleNomading here is tough because there are no reasonable Airbnbs and finding a short-term apt is difficult. You have to ask yourself, is it worth coming to Barcelona? It's probably the dirtiest city in Spain, and a bit sketchy. There's more beautiful and cleaner cities like Seville where you can find a reasonably priced Airbnb.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 15° 59° 15° 60°AQI 60✈️9h$5,390 / mo🌇 Also went here26 peopleNo members are here right now. If you are, add it as a trip and you'll show up here!
