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| ⭐️ Total score | 248 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| ⏱ Average trip time | 8 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 36 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 12°C 54°F + 😊 Comfy (69%) = feels 11°C 52°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 20 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 40 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | West Town |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Englewood |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Verizon |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Onward |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | 1871 |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 12% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 2,080,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 39,863 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,700,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 15x15m (225m²) per person |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Southwest |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,857 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,805 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $6,399 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,828 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,500 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $250 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,171 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $102 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (119 listings) | $3,381 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $111 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $12 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $4 |
| 💰 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
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomad List members liked going here a lot
✅ Many Nomad List members here all year round
✅ 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
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 23-5° freezing | 25-4° freezing | 362° cold | 5211° cool | 6116° cool | 7021° mild | 8429° warm | 7725° warm | 7524° warm | 5513° cool | 362° cold | 362° cold |
| Real | 28-2° freezing | 29-2° freezing | 394° very cold | 5211° cool | 6116° cool | 6820° mild | 8127° warm | 7725° warm | 7424° warm | 5513° cool | 394° very cold | 394° very cold |
| Humidity | nice 65% | nice 63% | nice 57% | nice 58% | nice 67% | nice 64% | nice 65% | nice 60% | nice 67% | nice 65% | nice 66% | nice 66% |
| Rain | dry 39mm | dry 49mm | dry 48mm | rainy 60mm | rainy 166mm | rainy 96mm | rainy 109mm | rainy 67mm | rainy 153mm | rainy 84mm | dry 37mm | dry 29mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 71% | cloudy 82% | cloudy 56% | cloudy 52% | cloudy 67% | cloudy 51% | pockets 23% | pockets 24% | pockets 48% | cloudy 51% | cloudy 67% | cloudy 58% |
| Air quality | clean 41 US AQI | clean 39 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 39 US AQI | clean 39 US AQI | clean 45 US AQI | clean 44 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 40 US AQI | clean 44 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 627 people | 764 people | 938 people | 764 people | 1,108 people | 875 people | 1,323 people | 988 people | 1,129 people | 969 people | 893 people | 1,138 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 11° 52° 11° 52°AQI 23✈️16min$3,183 / mo51MbpsI'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 16° 61° 16° 62°AQI 92😷✈️2h$5,021 / mo33MbpsNothing does a better job of explaining LA’s beautiful diversity and different neighborhoods than the documentary about the late Jonathan Gold, our city’s greatest amabassador and the only food critic to ever win a Pulitzer Prize. It is called, “City of Gold” and if you want to know LA, just watch this film. Trailer link: https://youtu.be/DmKTRDfz1zM
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 20° 68° 20° 68°AQI 46✈️4h$4,612 / mo56MbpsI've been living in SF since 2014 and I have to say Cost of Living is misrepresented. It's a lot more expensive now (2020) than posted. 1-bdr in center is $3,500-$4,000 + $200-$300 for parking + $100-$200 for utilities. Almost impossible to find month-to-month rent, so this is for 1-year lease. Coffee for two + a pastry is easily $20. Dinner for two never less than $50, unless it's fast food (+20% tips are expected) and if you want actually something good it's at least $100 for two. Airbnb is $1
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 32° 90° 28° 83°🥵AQI 11✈️2h$4,402 / mo68MbpsSeattle 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 11° 52° 12° 54°AQI 13✈️4h$4,111 / mo74MbpsBoston is a city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is the capital of the state, the largest city in New England, and the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The city proper is home to about 617,900 people, making it the largest city in New England and the 26th largest in the United States.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 14° 57° 15° 60°AQI 22✈️2h$4,639 / mo34MbpsLas Vegas is a great tourist destination for me personally. The strip contains every amenities that I need and also there is a lot of stuff to do there without going away from the strip. Las Vegas is inside of a desert so expect it to be really hot in the summer. Otherwise than that, the strip located in Vegas has many things to do, from going to concerts, fancy restaurants, gambling (if that's your thing), attractions (stratosphere, high roller), entertainments, and so many more things to do th
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 19° 66° 19° 67°AQI 13✈️3h$3,789 / mo48MbpsCurrently live here and been here 30 years so I can tell you is the city has become much more violence increase murders in the hatch well it’s always had like a sense of division between black and white individuals that’s become more pronounced or some more mental illness in the street otherwise it’s a great place for a young professional who’s idealistic want to change the world but very expensive and certainly world class healthcare but also unless you have good insurance you’re goin
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 17° 63° 17° 63°AQI 5✈️1h$4,879 / mo68MbpsDon't believe the prices on here for an apartment. 686 usd/month refers to an apartment in a high class condo, right in the city centre and seconds away from the BTS(train station). Just remember this, people working at supermarkets make 2 usd/per hour. If you want to live like a local, then you can save a lot of money. If you don't mind a 5-10 minute walk from the BTS, then you can easily get a one bedroom apartment for 300 USD per month, in a high class condo, plus with free golf cart ser
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 37° 99° 31° 88°🥵AQI 72✈️18h$1,350 / mo33MbpsHow 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 17° 63° 17° 62°AQI 21✈️8h$4,288 / mo22Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 17° 63° 17° 62°AQI 9✈️1h$3,560 / mo58Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 8° 46° 10° 50°AQI 22✈️31min$4,863 / mo38MbpsCurrently live here and been here 30 years so I can tell you is the city has become much more violence increase murders in the hatch well it’s always had like a sense of division between black and white individuals that’s become more pronounced or some more mental illness in the street otherwise it’s a great place for a young professional who’s idealistic want to change the world but very expensive and certainly world class healthcare but also unless you have good insurance you’re goin
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 17° 63° 17° 63°AQI 5✈️1h$4,879 / mo🌇 Also went here277 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 16° 61° 16° 62°AQI 92😷✈️2h$5,021 / mo🌇 Also went here534 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 37° 99° 30° 86°🥵AQI 20✈️3h$4,631 / mo🌇 Also went here278 peopleLas Vegas is a great tourist destination for me personally. The strip contains every amenities that I need and also there is a lot of stuff to do there without going away from the strip. Las Vegas is inside of a desert so expect it to be really hot in the summer. Otherwise than that, the strip located in Vegas has many things to do, from going to concerts, fancy restaurants, gambling (if that's your thing), attractions (stratosphere, high roller), entertainments, and so many more things to do th
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 19° 66° 19° 67°AQI 13✈️3h$3,789 / mo🌇 Also went here322 peopleI must be alone on this one; but I did 2 weeks in CDMX and it wasn't great for me. First of all, it was CHILLY in the mornings and at night (late August - Early Sept). And to stay in the nicer and convenient neighborhoods, which you kind of have to in CDMX or you will be bothered, the airbnbs were pricey, and nearby restaurants too. Sidewalks very small and cramped. The vendors and police were a bit aggressive here. The nightlife was a bit dull to me, limited to just a few places. The green park
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 23° 73° 23° 73°AQI 25✈️4h$1,504 / mo🌇 Also went here279 peopleNothing does a better job of explaining LA’s beautiful diversity and different neighborhoods than the documentary about the late Jonathan Gold, our city’s greatest amabassador and the only food critic to ever win a Pulitzer Prize. It is called, “City of Gold” and if you want to know LA, just watch this film. Trailer link: https://youtu.be/DmKTRDfz1zM
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 20° 68° 20° 68°AQI 46✈️4h$4,612 / mo🌇 Also went here434 peopleI've been living in SF since 2014 and I have to say Cost of Living is misrepresented. It's a lot more expensive now (2020) than posted. 1-bdr in center is $3,500-$4,000 + $200-$300 for parking + $100-$200 for utilities. Almost impossible to find month-to-month rent, so this is for 1-year lease. Coffee for two + a pastry is easily $20. Dinner for two never less than $50, unless it's fast food (+20% tips are expected) and if you want actually something good it's at least $100 for two. Airbnb is $1
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 18° 64° 17° 62°AQI 34✈️4h$6,091 / mo🌇 Also went here428 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 17° 63° 17° 62°AQI 21✈️8h$4,288 / mo🌇 Also went here461 peoplePros: -Great airport for connections to Africa and South America. -Has some really beautiful views. -Great fruit and fish. -Native Portuguese people are generally friendly and helpful. -Wonderful moderate climate (better than Spain) Cons: -The dirtiest major city I've seen in Europe. Filthy buildings and dog crap everywhere. -Unsafe - most other women I spoke to said they feel unsafe walking alone here (being leered at, whistled at and followed by the mostly immigrant men is a common occurrenc
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°AQI 5✈️9h$2,031 / mo🌇 Also went here258 peopleHousing is an issue (so cost of living is high) but the city is beautiful and summer in Amsterdam is hard to beat with all the cultural activiies and music festivals. Would not want to live in the actual city center (inside the "grachtengordel") but have been living in East for over 2 years now and aside from the price (and size) of apartment life is just good here. Biking everywhere is bliss. Winter can be cold though.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 14° 57° 15° 58°AQI 15✈️9h$4,690 / mo🌇 Also went here331 peopleParis is wonderful, and I love it here, but the stereotypes some real truth to them. I stepped off the plane to a protest, my airbnb host was incredibly stylish yet didn't wear deoderant, and I met the rudest waiter I've ever encountered in my entire life on day 3 (though most Parisians are super nice!)
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 17° 63° 16° 61°AQI 39✈️9h$3,914 / mo🌇 Also went here410 peopleI wanted to like Barcelona but the rampant robberies just really caste a dark cloud over my 6 weeks there. Usually it is non-violent pick pocketing, but there are cases where it is much uglier than that.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 20° 68° 19° 66°AQI 38✈️9h$3,015 / mo🌇 Also went here364 peopleBerlin is overall a great city to be. Food is cheap and everywhere, easy to go out and have fun/meet for business. Rent has crept up but still far better value than where I came from. Internet: 36 EUR/month get me 450/40 mbps (cable -> DOCSIS 3.0) Public transport is 2.70 EUR/ticket. No woman I know has said they felt unsafe. Some really odd, xenophobic sounding comments on here. Biggest downsides IMO: service quality at restaurants - not that people are rude, but they don't seem to particular
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 21✈️9h$3,105 / mo🌇 Also went here325 peopleRome has tourist fatigue. Servers are curt and it's hard to find a decent restaurant.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 21° 70° 20° 68°AQI 57✈️10h$4,043 / mo🌇 Also went here281 peopleDon't believe the prices on here for an apartment. 686 usd/month refers to an apartment in a high class condo, right in the city centre and seconds away from the BTS(train station). Just remember this, people working at supermarkets make 2 usd/per hour. If you want to live like a local, then you can save a lot of money. If you don't mind a 5-10 minute walk from the BTS, then you can easily get a one bedroom apartment for 300 USD per month, in a high class condo, plus with free golf cart ser
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 37° 99° 31° 88°🥵AQI 72✈️18h$1,350 / mo🌇 Also went here334 people
