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| ⭐️ Overall score | 244 reviews |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
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| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | |
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| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| ⏱ Average trip time | 8 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 59 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 20°C 68°F + 😊 Comfy (56%) = feels 21°C 70°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 34 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 36 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | South Central |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Hillsborough |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | T-Mobile |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | HQ Raleigh |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | American Underground |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Café de los Muertos |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 11% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 460,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita | $57,808 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Southwest |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Delta |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Duke University Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,996 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,874 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,605 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,316 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,006 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $220 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,174 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $102 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (83 listings) | $1,695 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $56 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $10 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ 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
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very difficult to make friends
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| Feels | 5211° cool | 5513° cool | 5513° cool | 7222° mild | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 10239° hot | 9937° hot | 9133° hot | 7222° mild | 5513° cool | 5211° cool |
| Real | 5211° cool | 5513° cool | 5513° cool | 7222° mild | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8831° hot | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm | 7222° mild | 5513° cool | 5211° cool |
| Humidity | damp 71% | damp 73% | nice 61% | nice 67% | sweaty 73% | sweaty 76% | sweaty 74% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 75% | nice 74% | nice 70% | damp 73% |
| Rain | rainy 62mm | rainy 54mm | rainy 92mm | rainy 180mm | dry 43mm | rainy 200mm | rainy 99mm | rainy 284mm | dry 25mm | rainy 70mm | rainy 144mm | rainy 112mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 50% | cloudy 52% | pockets 49% | pockets 45% | pockets 26% | pockets 43% | pockets 24% | pockets 30% | pockets 17% | pockets 41% | pockets 37% | pockets 46% |
| Air quality | clean 25 US AQI | clean 32 US AQI | clean 26 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 32 US AQI | clean 37 US AQI | clean 38 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 26 US AQI | clean 34 US AQI | clean 37 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 3 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | safe 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
| Nomad List members | 2 people | 1 people | 1 people | 2 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 2 people | 1 people | 2 people | 2 people | 3 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 16° 61° 16° 60°AQI 3✈️54min$4,736 / mo30MbpsAmazing nightlife and possibly the best overall food scene in the states (lots of michelin-level restaurants at far lower prices than NYC/SF). Avoid the winter and you'll love your time Chicago. It's a city of neighborhoods, so do some research to find which area suits you best. Lots of creative types live/work in the west side (West Loop, Wicker Park, Bucktown, Logan Square, etc.)
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 9° 48° 10° 50°AQI 17✈️9h$3,038 / mo🌇 Also went here58 peopleAthens is a great city; much to do! It offers a balance of daily life and nightlife. Rents are extremely reasonable. Two of my colleagues and I decided to live in the northern suburbs near metro stations called Doukisis Plakentias. 15 minute underground ride to Athens centre. Mt. Pentelis which is very nearby offers and great trekking paths and clean air for those who love to be close to nature as well as close to the city. Nice shopping area too, like Halandri. Great restaurants, cafes, etc.,
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