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| ⭐️ Overall score | 206 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* | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Indonesia |
| ⏱ Average trip time | 400 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 7 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 32°C 89°F + 🥵 Sweaty (73%) = feels 42°C 108°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 19 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Telkomsel |
| 💸 100,000 IDR in USD | USD 7.02 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | IDR 1,000,000 = USD 70 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Caffe Bene |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 500,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita | $3,570 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Tokopedia |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Lion |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Garuda |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $688 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $437 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $783 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $224 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $140 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $140 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $256 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $12 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (52 listings) | $934 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $31 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $1 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $0 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Democratic
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
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| Real | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 9032° hot | 9133° hot | 9133° hot | 8831° hot |
| Humidity | sweaty 84% | sweaty 84% | sweaty 84% | sweaty 86% | sweaty 75% | sweaty 72% | nice 69% | nice 65% | nice 65% | nice 66% | sweaty 74% | sweaty 87% |
| Rain | rainy 139mm | rainy 126mm | rainy 145mm | rainy 114mm | dry 47mm | rainy 81mm | dry 13mm | dry 4mm | dry 9mm | dry 17mm | rainy 86mm | rainy 270mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 87% | cloudy 76% | cloudy 86% | cloudy 82% | pockets 45% | pockets 37% | pockets 33% | pockets 44% | cloudy 51% | cloudy 60% | cloudy 52% | cloudy 87% |
| Sun | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 28° 82° 26° 79°AQI 12✈️8h$3,807 / mo🌇 Also went here1 peopleSeattle 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.
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