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Nomad List| 🏆 Nomad Score™ | 200 reviews |
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| 🙊 English speaking | |
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| 🌍 Region | Asia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🚩 Country | Malaysia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 4 days | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 13 Mbps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⛅️ Weather | 🌧 31°C 88°F + 💦 Humid (81%) + 💨 2km/h = Feels like 41°C 106°F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 88 US AQI equal to 🚬 / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🚕 Best taxi app | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Hotlink | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💸 10 MYR in USD | USD 2.45 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: MYR 1,000 | USD 245 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💸 Tipping | No | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💳 Cashless society | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ☕️ Best coffee place | San Francisco Coffee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Incubator4U | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ♻️ Return rate | 0% of visitors return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 660,000 people | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Lazada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Asia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Asia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🏥 Best hospital | KMC MEDICAL CENTRE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| limestone cavescave templestemplesfood culturearchitectureno-beachairportwarm nowwarmhotfast internetcheap cost of livinghigh humiditymany womenfriendly people | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💵 Nomad Cost™ | $1,231 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $767 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,714 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $490 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $245 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $120 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $621 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $29 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (250 listings) | $1,073 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $35 / night |
| 🍝 Dinner | $3 |
| 🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $3 |
Based on Ipoh's cost of living, here's selected remote jobs that would cover your costs:
 | Lead UI UX Designer @ Packet Fabric |
 | User Experience Designer @ ORCID |
Great place, I stayed at bug n boats.....epics.s go to gua tempurung
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🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 43° 109° 31° 88°🥵AQI 94😷✈️14min$1,294 / mo🌇 Also went here15 peopleEasiest subway system to master. Everyone lives within 10 minutes walking of a major greenspace. 90
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 40° 104° 31° 88°🥵AQI 69✈️39min$2,894 / mo🌇 Also went here10 peopleSpent a lovely two weeks in Hin Kong in a guest house. Only had a car for a week. You can get aroun
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✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very humid now
❌ Not many nomads go here
❌ Hospitals are not great
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Hostile towards LGBT
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