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| 🌍 Region | Europe | |
| 🚩 Country | Germany | |
| 📡 Internet speed | 28 MBPS | |
| ⛅️ Weather | 🌥 6°C42.18°F + 💦 Humid (98%) + 💨 16km/h = Feels like 3°C37°F | |
| 💨 Air quality | 👍 14 µg/m3 | |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz | |
| 🚕 Best taxi app | ||
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | O2 | |
| 🏧 ATM take out: EUR 100 | USD 114 | |
| 💸 Tipping | No | |
| 💳 Cashless society | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) | |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Sobaexa | |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 👌 Yes, drinkable | |
| ♻️ Return rate | 0% | |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 110,000 people | |
| 👫 Gender ratio | 99 👨 / 100 👩 101 👩 / 100 👨 | |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious | |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon | |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb | |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Czech Airlines | |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Czech Airlines | |
| coldcold nowclean airgood air qualityfast internetlow crimehigh humiditymany womenfriendly people | ||
| 💵 Nomad Cost™ | $2,336 / month EUR 2,052 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,307 / month EUR 1,148 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,451 / month EUR 3,032 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $986 / month EUR 866 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $683 / month EUR 600 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $285 / month EUR 250 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $1,821 / month EUR 1,600 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $85 / night EUR 75 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (6 listings) | $976 / month EUR 857 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $32 / night EUR 28 / night |
| 🍝 Dinner | $5.69 EUR 5.00 |
| 🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2.28 EUR 2.00 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $4.55 EUR 4.00 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $2.85 EUR 2.50 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $11,133 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $34,508 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $100,974 |
Based on Jena's cost of living, here's selected remote jobs that would cover your costs:
Been living in 3 different centrally located airbnb in Berlin (2018), each between 800 and 900€ per month for 40-45 sqm (we're two, so 400-450€ each). Each time a full flat and not a shared airbnb, legal now since some months (though it was always possible to get a full flat before as well). Internet was always between 15 and 50 mbps. I spend 100€ per week on food, including restaurants (pretty cheap here), check for Turkish market on Maybachufer and Turkish stores in Neukölln (I spend less on food here than in Chiang Mai!). Berlin is such an awesome place to live, very multicultural, very tolerant, many different neighborhoods, quite relaxed feeling, many parks, lakes all around. No need to speak German at all. Come over here, probably one one of the best place on earth ;) (written in Sept 2018)
Buenos Aires has everything, nightlife (excellent bars and clubs), culture, art, running places, etc. Though insecurity could be an issue, it is not as high as it may seem; if you know how to get around, nothing will happen to you. It is also quite diverse in terms of LGBTTQQIAAP and there's plenty of offer to be entertained. I see that hospitals are badly ranked in the Nomad ranking but I'd like to make a point here: public hospitals are free to use by anyone (no matter nationality nor residency status) and they are collapsed. Normally, people pay (the ones that can) around 100/110usd per month (the same way you pay in the majority of the countries) for a private health system which is excellent. So, that is not an issue at all.
There is a new coworking space called FreeSpace that is only $49.99 per month and offers access to all three locations (Kits, Chinatown, Yaletown). The way it works is FreeSpace partners with local restaurants that are only open in the evenings and transforms them into unique, comfortable and affordable drop in coworking spaces during the day while the restaurant is closed. The don't have private boardrooms or phone booths for confidential exchanges, but they do have free coffee, outlets at every seat, and super fast Wifi (300mbps- I was surprised!). It doesn't have all of the bells and whistles that a lot of other coworking spaces available but if you are just looking for somewhere to stop in, grab a coffee, and get to work, this is an excellent alternative at a fraction of the cost. Check it out www.thisfreespace.com
I just got back here in late 2018 and it's better than ever. People who say "Chiang Mai is overrun by nomads" are really mistaken. I hardly saw them. I did see lots of Chinese and some Korean tourists, but they were all quite nice and mostly around Nimman. There's also the few American vegan midlifer's in the Old City center, but that's about it. Chiang Mai is cool and breezy, there's now public bicycles literally everywhere that you can rent for 250 THB or $6 (per month!) with the MoBike app. The red buses (or Songthaew's) are now legit and don't rip tourists off anymore, so you can drive everywhere for 30 THB or $1. People are nice. It's still super safe, even late a night. The food is better than ever. And thanks to the nomad wave of 2014 in Chiang Mai, there's now lots of hip cafes that allow coworking too. It's a great city.
Samui is Thailand's second most popular island for tourists, after Phuket. The main areas are Chaweng and Lamai. Chaweng used to be more backpacker and trashy (like Bali's Kuta) but is now rapidly developing into a real clean town. Since 2014, it now has a giant air-conditioned Central World mall, an increasing number of coffee places, good restaurants and more upscale hotels and resorts. Lamai Beach used to be the more clean and laidback area but is now deteriorating. The beaches are still okay but the streets are now filled with sex bars and bad restaurants. Worse, prices in Lamai are often higher than in Chaweng due to less competition. The preferrable spot to stay in Ko Samui now is the more mellow South Chaweng.
Some of the costs are accurate and some seem a little high to me as an expat. I live on the interior of the island, Kathu. We are 5 miles from beaches on either side of the island. Weather is amazing all year - between 75-85 degrees. So far monsoon season is not as bad as I expected. Traffic is really bad. I have not had an accident but the hazards are there. That may be the biggest downside. Your money speaks loudly here. I have a nice route I do on my bicycle for exercise which is shady and hilly with wide shoulders. There is a nice reservoir where people socialize and exercise.
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