⭐️ Total score |
3.23/5 (Rank #70)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,535 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🙂 Good: 6Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Great |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 29°C83°F (feels 37°C99°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 91%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 15 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Good: 52 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Okay
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Okay
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Okay
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$246 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Good |
🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
🏥 Healthcare* |
Bad |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
👩 Female friendly |
Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Philippines |
⏱ Average trip length | 11 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 6 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 29°C 83°F + 🥵 Sweaty (91%) = feels 37°C 99°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 15 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 52.5 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V 60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 100 PHP in USD | USD 1.82 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | PHP 10,000 = USD 182 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | Starbucks |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | Dojo8 |
☕️ Best coffee place | Itoy's Coffee Haus |
☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Island Coffee |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Ardent Suites Hotel and Spa |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 850,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $2,951 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 80% 👱♀️ 20% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Lazada |
🏠 Apartment listings | Ayosdito |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Cebu Pacific |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Philippine |
🏥 Best hospital | Palawan Adventist Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,535 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,043 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,371 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $678 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $758 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,289 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $608 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $35 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $42 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $264 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $4 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Safe for women
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very safe
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels |
95
35° hot |
95
35° hot |
100
38° hot |
99
37° hot |
106
41° scorching |
106
41° scorching |
106
41° scorching |
100
38° hot |
100
38° hot |
100
38° hot |
100
38° hot |
95
35° hot |
Real |
84
29°
very warm |
84
29°
very warm |
86
30°
very warm |
86
30°
very warm |
88
31°
hot |
88
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hot |
88
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hot |
86
30°
very warm |
86
30°
very warm |
86
30°
very warm |
86
30°
very warm |
84
29°
very warm |
Humidity |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 81% |
Rain |
rainy 226mm |
rainy 123mm |
rainy 139mm |
rainy 102mm |
rainy 176mm |
rainy 164mm |
rainy 201mm |
rainy 162mm |
rainy 248mm |
rainy 294mm |
rainy 252mm |
rainy 376mm |
Cloud |
cloudy 86% |
cloudy 78% |
cloudy 61% |
cloudy 74% |
cloudy 78% |
overcast 94% |
overcast 90% |
cloudy 83% |
cloudy 89% |
overcast 92% |
cloudy 88% |
cloudy 85% |
Air quality |
okay 64 US AQI |
okay 85 US AQI |
bad 102 US AQI |
okay 53* US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
clean 44 US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
clean 48 US AQI |
okay 53 US AQI |
okay 57 US AQI |
okay 59 US AQI |
okay 66 US AQI |
Sun |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
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avoid sun 7 UVI |
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If this place is Hostile towards LGBT, then non of the rich movie stars in Hollywood would even think of visiting this place. When I say rich, I mean Billionaires and Millionaires, that even a fraction of their money can probably buy the whole island itself. Now, they say that this beach is world famous? World famous for what! for bashing LGBTs? This narrow mindedness that's going on around this island is nothing but hypocrisy. Women are allowed to wear pasties and dental floss on the beac
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good 😀 Fun good 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open 🌧 Feels 37° 99° 29° 83° 🥵 AQI 10 ✈️45min $1,540 / mo 5 Mbps ×My husband and I want to move to Makati but our decision really depends on how good the internet services are when working from home in a condo either in Makati or BGC. He will be on zoom meeting and calls pretty much all day. Would the internet be good enough without too much interruptions? What would be the best internet service provider? Thank
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The air quality in Baguio is awful. I left with a cough and sore throat. Streets are crowded. Lots of traffic. Internet is not very stable. Head north to Sagada for a much more beautiful place in the mountains—equally unstable internet but at least the food and air quality are better in Sagada!
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good 😀 Fun bad 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open 🌥 Feels 24° 75° 24° 75° AQI 59 ✈️1h $2,092 / mo 5 Mbps ×Best suited for surfers..
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good 😀 Fun good 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open 🌧 Feels 33° 91° 28° 82° 🥵 AQI 10 ✈️1h $1,343 / mo 5 Mbps ×⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good 😀 Fun mediocre 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open 🌥 Feels 31° 88° 28° 82° AQI 10 ✈️1h $1,555 / mo 5 Mbps ×
Good surfing on this island. More experienced surfers head to Cloud 9.
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good 😀 Fun bad 👮 Safety bad Tap to open 🌥 Feels 35° 95° 29° 85° 🥵 AQI 59 ✈️47min $1,673 / mo 5 Mbps ×Seoul has many good things in every perspective. Safety! IT infra! Food! many shops until night, Super fast Delivery, Kind and fast service, Hip places opens in every minute, Kind & Educated people(Education in Seoul is crazy, almost social issue), and even nature everywhere(huge river, mountains are in the city, you can easily find mountains to climb)
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay 📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good 😀 Fun good 👮 Safety good Tap to open 🌥 Feels 5° 41° 5° 41° AQI 144 😷 ✈️4h $2,914 / mo 20 Mbps ×Bangkok is a really nice city. I lived 2 weeks in Bangkok and it was a good trip ! People are very nice, smiling and the cost is affordable. Some beautifuls temple, gardens, market etc. Chinatown is a place to visit, and Bangkok is globally clean !
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good 😀 Fun good 👮 Safety good Tap to open 🌤 Feels 39° 102° 31° 87° 🥵 AQI 65 ✈️3h $2,143 / mo 27 Mbps ×Tokyo has so much to offer and so much to do. It is easily overwhelming. Whereas I usually take my first week to explore a place Tokyo’s sights just kept on going. I remember ending up in a hidden cocktail bar, a mexican rooftop party with 1 meter margaritas, spending a whole day going only to French places(?), visiting a store that only imported 2nd hand hiphop apparel, and throughout it all the best michelin star ramen. It just seemed endless, completely unrelated and incredibly fun. Six wee
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good 😀 Fun great 👮 Safety great Tap to open 🌥 Feels 12° 54° 12° 53° AQI 15 ✈️5h $5,001 / mo 27 Mbps ×I was reading previous reviews and there are digital nomads here calling locals idiots, i dont even know if i wanna be classified as a digital nomad because of these arrogant and privileged expats. better go back to your first world country and not travel. anyway, Cebu is a good jump off point for other islands but good internet is not easy to find unless you just stay at the center.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good 😀 Fun good 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open 🌧 Feels 37° 99° 29° 83° 🥵 AQI 10 ✈️45min $1,540 / mo 5 Mbps ×Amazing city. Absolutely loved it. Yes, expensive sooooo worth it! I was only here for 5 days but absolutely hooked and will be coming back.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good 😀 Fun mediocre 👮 Safety good Tap to open 🌥 Feels 28° 82° 26° 78° AQI 23 ✈️8h $5,791 / mo 11 Mbps ×I really liked Chiang Mai but I can't put my finger on why. I'll try to remain unbiased so here goes. Chiang Mai is a dirty place with horrible pollution levels. English speaking is okay. I did really enjoy a balance of simple, risk-free living at low cost and acceptable quality of living. Many places only accept cash but plenty accept card. There's lots to do and it's fun exploring on a moped/motorbike. It feels as easy as Canggu with more modern appointments to get by as a westerner a bit easi
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good 😀 Fun mediocre 👮 Safety good Tap to open ☀️ Feels 31° 88° 29° 84° AQI 104 😷 ✈️3h $1,336 / mo 28 Mbps ×Not gonna lie, I was pretty curious and kinda hyped before I came to Singapore. However, within 24 hours all of my curiosity turned into disappointment. Yes, Singapore is clean by any standards but especially by Asian standards. And yes, you have shopping malls, fancy skyscrapers and free toilets everywhere. But beside from that Singapore is boring and has no soul. It just seems like Singapore tries to copy interesting parts of other countries and their nature. Take Cloud Forest for example wh
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good 😀 Fun good 👮 Safety great Tap to open 🌧 Feels 35° 95° 28° 82° 🥵 AQI 17 ✈️3h $5,518 / mo 102 Mbps ×Pretty racist to those that arent white, you feel unwelcome, locals stare at you like your alien, you get served last even when your 1st in line, you get ignored and when you walk into a shop you get followed around because the workers think your going to steal something. However for white people im sure Palma is great.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay 📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good 😀 Fun great 👮 Safety good Tap to open 🌧 Feels 10° 50° 11° 52° AQI 27 ✈️15h $2,983 / mo 24 Mbps ×We have lived in Abu Dhabi for over four years and it is an amazing city! It is completely safe (for couples, solo women, etc.) and there is so much to do. The nightlife is plentiful and alcohol is easily available in licensed places (nearly all hotel bars and restaurants). The locals are friendly, and everyone speaks English. We absolutely love this city.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good 😀 Fun great 👮 Safety good Tap to open ☀️ Feels 23° 73° 23° 73° AQI 51 ✈️9h $5,056 / mo 8 Mbps ×⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good 😀 Fun mediocre 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open 🌥 Feels 5° 41° 7° 45° AQI 30 ✈️19h $4,830 / mo 40 Mbps ×
I liked Ho Chi Minh City a lot. It has all of the convivences one could expect from the city except for an MRT system which as of September 2022, they are in the middle of building one anyway. Things are affordable although I have noticed a tamer street food scene compared to other places in Vietnam like Hanoi. Seems to be making more room for higher end dining but affordability is still easy. HCMC without a doubt has some great nightlife, so party animals are going to be very happy here. I am s
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good 😀 Fun good 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open 🌥 Feels 38° 100° 31° 88° 🥵 AQI 57 ✈️2h $1,399 / mo 8 Mbps ×The worst. Everyone in Manila is controlled like Rats in a cage. I rented an Airbnb and a girl I met couldn't go swimming in the pool because she wasn't a "registered guest." The entire city stinks, the bathrooms in the nicest buildings in Makati stink, and it's awful. The rich treat the poor like dirt and take advantage of them on every opportunity. I will never visit it again. Horrible place. If you like a place where the rich treat the poor like dirt and keep them separated from them with big
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good 😀 Fun bad 👮 Safety bad Tap to open 🌥 Feels 35° 95° 29° 85° 🥵 AQI 59 ✈️47min $1,673 / mo 🌇 Also went here17 people ×I liked Ho Chi Minh City a lot. It has all of the convivences one could expect from the city except for an MRT system which as of September 2022, they are in the middle of building one anyway. Things are affordable although I have noticed a tamer street food scene compared to other places in Vietnam like Hanoi. Seems to be making more room for higher end dining but affordability is still easy. HCMC without a doubt has some great nightlife, so party animals are going to be very happy here. I am s
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good 😀 Fun good 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open 🌥 Feels 38° 100° 31° 88° 🥵 AQI 57 ✈️2h $1,399 / mo 🌇 Also went here14 people ×Hong Kong is a great city with dense urban areas but also nature and hiking routes only 15 minutes away. There are restaurants for every taste and budget, from the best US fast casual chains to high end Michelin star restaurants. It's also extremely safe, despite recent political instability.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey 📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good 😀 Fun great 👮 Safety good Tap to open 🌤 Feels 21° 70° 20° 69° AQI 6 ✈️2h $3,690 / mo 🌇 Also went here15 people ×Not gonna lie, I was pretty curious and kinda hyped before I came to Singapore. However, within 24 hours all of my curiosity turned into disappointment. Yes, Singapore is clean by any standards but especially by Asian standards. And yes, you have shopping malls, fancy skyscrapers and free toilets everywhere. But beside from that Singapore is boring and has no soul. It just seems like Singapore tries to copy interesting parts of other countries and their nature. Take Cloud Forest for example wh
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good 😀 Fun good 👮 Safety great Tap to open 🌧 Feels 35° 95° 28° 82° 🥵 AQI 17 ✈️3h $5,518 / mo 🌇 Also went here20 people ×Just arrived in KL, we are 30/35yrs+, a married couple and digital nomads, and wow.. What a city! This is the New York City of Asia. These appartments are epic. Grand views, very affordable, luxurious! You would pay 10-fold for the same deal in NYC or Tokyo or Dubai. And the food is fantastic. Indian, Malay, Indo, Chinese, American, European. The world is here!
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good 😀 Fun bad 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open 🌧 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77° AQI 33 ✈️3h $1,885 / mo 🌇 Also went here19 people ×Bangkok is a really nice city. I lived 2 weeks in Bangkok and it was a good trip ! People are very nice, smiling and the cost is affordable. Some beautifuls temple, gardens, market etc. Chinatown is a place to visit, and Bangkok is globally clean !
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good 😀 Fun good 👮 Safety good Tap to open 🌤 Feels 39° 102° 31° 87° 🥵 AQI 65 ✈️3h $2,143 / mo 🌇 Also went here26 people ×Honestly, this is an awesome place to be if you're actually trying to get work done. It's a bit of an older vibe than Canggu, and there's certainly a big chunk of yogi's kicking around — but I liked it much better than Canggu and found it less pretentious. Plus, you can drive down there in 45mins whenever you want some beach or party vibes. As others mentioned, there's some great coworking spaces, cheap warungs, some really nice spots to stay cheaply if you go just outside of the mad tourist
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good 😀 Fun great 👮 Safety good Tap to open 🌧 Feels 31° 88° 26° 80° 🥵 AQI 55 ✈️3h $2,072 / mo 🌇 Also went here14 people ×What can I say that hasn't already been said? Canggu has so much energy and excitement. I think that's partly due to the cost of living plus the weather. People are very nice here but expect general life for the locals to revolve around tourism. You're not going to get an authentic Indonesian cultural experience. It's definitely not perfect and not an easy place to live but considering how cheap it is what can you expect? I think the pros outweigh the cons and cons are plentiful (dirty, cash soc
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good 😀 Fun great 👮 Safety good Tap to open 🌧 Feels 34° 93° 28° 82° 🥵 AQI 55 ✈️3h $1,456 / mo 🌇 Also went here16 people ×I really liked Chiang Mai but I can't put my finger on why. I'll try to remain unbiased so here goes. Chiang Mai is a dirty place with horrible pollution levels. English speaking is okay. I did really enjoy a balance of simple, risk-free living at low cost and acceptable quality of living. Many places only accept cash but plenty accept card. There's lots to do and it's fun exploring on a moped/motorbike. It feels as easy as Canggu with more modern appointments to get by as a westerner a bit easi
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good 😀 Fun mediocre 👮 Safety good Tap to open ☀️ Feels 31° 88° 29° 84° AQI 104 😷 ✈️3h $1,336 / mo 🌇 Also went here23 people ×A 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.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good 😀 Fun good 👮 Safety good Tap to open 🌥 Feels 5° 41° 6° 43° AQI 47 ✈️14h $6,851 / mo 🌇 Also went here16 people ×Lived 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
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good 😀 Fun good 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open 🌥 Feels 5° 41° 7° 44° AQI 38 ✈️15h $5,437 / mo 🌇 Also went here16 people ×How 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.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good 😀 Fun great 👮 Safety good Tap to open ☀️ Feels 7° 45° 7° 45° AQI 38 ✈️15h $5,464 / mo 🌇 Also went here14 people ×Nomading 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.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good 😀 Fun great 👮 Safety good Tap to open 🌧 Feels 8° 46° 10° 51° AQI 40 ✈️15h $5,073 / mo 🌇 Also went here18 people ×Just returned after 1mo in Madrid. From a Male 35 year old perspective, I loved it. Endless night life, techno clubs, dive bars, live music, open jam sessions if that's your thing. If you're feeling lonely hit up Meetup and you'll find plenty of international meetups/pub crawls. Retiro park is green and huge when you need a break from the city. It's dense with tons of people from all walks of life. Multi-cultural population, students, professionals, travelers, English is spoken well my most loca
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good 😀 Fun mediocre 👮 Safety good Tap to open ☀️ Feels 9° 48° 10° 50° AQI 13 ✈️16h $4,620 / mo 🌇 Also went here14 people ×I'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.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good 😀 Fun great 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open ☀️ Feels 7° 45° 8° 46° AQI 55 ✈️19h $6,299 / mo 🌇 Also went here19 people ×