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| ⭐️ Total score | 244 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
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| 😁 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) | 65 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 19°C 67°F + 😊 Comfy (69%) = feels 20°C 68°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 18 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 36 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | South Central |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Southwest |
| 🚕 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 | $2,967 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,077 / 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) | $1,524 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $71 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (50 listings) | $2,509 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $82 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $10 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ 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
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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 | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 400 people | 267 people | 267 people | 314 people | 360 people | 200 people | 300 people | 350 people | 250 people | 343 people | 400 people | 550 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 19° 66° 18° 65°AQI 20🚕2h$2,782 / mo62Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 20° 68° 19° 66°AQI 18🚕3h$3,434 / mo47Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 18° 64° 17° 63°AQI 21🚕3h$3,248 / mo52Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 21° 70° 20° 68°AQI 7🚕3h$2,905 / mo41Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 18° 64° 17° 62°AQI 17🚕4h$2,898 / mo47Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 17° 63° 16° 61°AQI 17✈️10min$4,229 / mo43Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 21° 70° 20° 68°AQI 30✈️13min$3,511 / mo42Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 21✈️15min$3,960 / mo54Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 17° 63° 16° 61°AQI 9✈️15min$3,335 / mo36Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 14° 57° 14° 57°AQI 14✈️16min$2,852 / mo59MbpsIt'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 19° 66° 19° 66°AQI 13✈️18min$3,168 / mo41Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 19° 66° 19° 65°AQI 14✈️18min$3,177 / mo71MbpsI'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✈️5h$6,091 / mo70MbpsI'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😷✈️54min$5,021 / mo33Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 18° 64° 17° 63°AQI 24✈️46min$2,870 / mo38Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 11° 52° 12° 53°AQI 13✈️28min$3,414 / mo43MbpsI 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 11° 52° 12° 54°AQI 20✈️1h$3,857 / mo36MbpsI was here for a month. Rio is a beautiful and vibrant city. There's a lot of icons to see. There's great food and the beach is right there. In my, experience the pandemic hasn't impacted the city much. Bars and clubs are still open. I usually go out to Leblon, Ipanema, Lapa, and Barra da Tijuca. However, it can definitely be a dangerous city if you're being careless. About 10% of the people I've met had an incident there. I was mugged once walking home one night after the clubs in Ipanema, an
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌦 Feels 25° 77° 25° 76°AQI 13✈️10h$1,437 / mo11MbpsBoston 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✈️1h$4,639 / mo34MbpsOverall, 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 20° 68° 19° 66°AQI 13✈️3h$3,562 / mo57MbpsCool city with lots of fun places to go out, very nice restaurants and quite an international environment. I went there twice already and in winter it's horribly cold, while in summer it's super hot. Definitely recommend going there in Spring/Autumn. The castle is nice and Danube riverside is great too, you'll get lots of things to do. Can recommend Nomad Traveller's Bar and there daily pubcrawl! Also, to all fellow vegans, the food scene is great. Lot's of places order vegan options and if you
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 14° 57° 14° 57°AQI 43✈️10h$1,506 / mo40Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 18° 64° 17° 62°AQI 17🚕4h$2,898 / mo47MbpsIt'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 19° 66° 19° 66°AQI 13✈️18min$3,168 / mo41Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 32° 90° 28° 83°AQI 8✈️9h$798 / mo11Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 11° 52° 12° 53°AQI 13✈️28min$3,414 / mo🌇 Also went here39 people⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 18° 64° 17° 63°AQI 24✈️46min$2,870 / mo🌇 Also went here40 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😷✈️54min$5,021 / mo🌇 Also went here56 peopleToronto is a fantastic city with good subway transit and is a rail transit hub. Rents are about $1,500 for a one bedroom and $2,500 for a 2 bedroom condo downtown. You can get cheaper as you move outside the core. There are a lot of parks and bike trails and in the summer the Toronto islands are a great venue. No more expensive than most cities, lots of nightlife, theatre, and a good music scene when Covid isn't an issue. Crime is generally not an issue unless you go looking for problems (
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 5° 41° 8° 46°AQI 11✈️1h$3,285 / mo🌇 Also went here37 peopleBoston 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✈️1h$4,639 / mo🌇 Also went here42 peopleSpent two years in Montreal. I have zero regrets and it was a lot of fun for a few years, but ultimately needed to leave. Pros: -Good variety of nightlife and activities. From clubs to cool bars to strip clubs, you can find it in Montreal. Drinking here is quite cheap. -Population feels very young in the city center due to multiple large universities. Other areas around are also full of young professionals. Lots of cool trendy areas. -Work to live not live to work attitudes. People in Montrea
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 9° 48° 10° 50°AQI 16✈️2h$2,953 / mo🌇 Also went here36 people-Very well situated between the ocean and mountains -Cloudy winters -Not much snow -Large Asian minority -LGBTQ+ friendly -High quality of living -Very expensive -Very good nightlife -A lot of parks -A lot of outdoor activities -1 of the best education systems in the USA -Healthcare is excellent -Good transit system
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 12° 54° 13° 55°AQI 24✈️5h$3,487 / mo🌇 Also went here38 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✈️5h$6,091 / mo🌇 Also went here64 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 here52 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 here61 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 here59 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 here58 peopleI am a Greek living abroad just the last couple of years. I accidentally discovered this page and noticed the comments below. What I can recommend to people considering living in Athens is to explore places a bit outside of the city center. I agree with people that there are many areas very close to the city center that are dirty and perhaps not very safe to walk around at night. Explore areas like Glyfada, Voula, Kifisia, Marousi, Psychiko, Marousi and you will be amazed with how different it i
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 18° 64° 18° 65°AQI 57✈️11h$2,898 / mo🌇 Also went here56 peopleChiang Mai used to be N.1 for the digital nomad life. It is still great and you can find really cheap apartments (300-400$) and restaurants (2-3$ for a main). Wouldn't recommend staying there during the burning season. The best area is Nimman, but it's also the most expensive. You can stay in the old city that's very nice but that gets noisy during the weekend for the night markets. Last but not least, very safe city. All in all would go back in a heartbeat.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 39° 102° 30° 86°🥵AQI 46✈️19h$997 / mo🌇 Also went here36 peopleThey say you get what you pay for. After having traveled the previous 4 months in India, Cambodia, VietNam, Myanmar and Thailand, Singapore was so easy! The subway system is a marvel, streets signs were easy to read, everyone speaks English (that just makes it easy for me as an English speaker) it is safe, clean, and parks are gorgeous. I was there as COVID 19 was breaking out fairly fast and that put a damper on my time but I was so happy to be there anyway and plan to go back. For digital
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 33° 91° 29° 85°AQI 17✈️21h$2,825 / mo🌇 Also went here37 peopleNo members are here right now. If you are, add it as a trip and you'll show up here!
