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| ⭐️ Total score | 9 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
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| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | Canada |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 20 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 17 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌤 -5°C 22°F + 💦 Damp (86%) = feels -8°C 18°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 30 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 25.5 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 10 CAD in USD | USD 7.47 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CAD 100 = USD 75 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Treehaus |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | Work Place One |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Balzac's Coffee Roasters |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | ON Williams Fresh Cafe |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 230,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $42,154 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 89% 👱♀️ 11% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Best Buy |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Kijiji |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | West Jet |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Canada |
| 🏥 Best hospital | St. Mary's General Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,628 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,260 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,692 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,626 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,172 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,714 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,229 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $102 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $56 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $418 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $12 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $4 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ Too expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 23-5° freezing | 14-10° freezing | 373° cold | 5412° cool | 5915° cool | 7524° warm | 7524° warm | 7725° warm | 7021° mild | 6418° cool | 373° cold | 28-2° freezing |
| Real | 28-2° freezing | 22-6° freezing | 415° very cold | 5412° cool | 5915° cool | 7424° warm | 7524° warm | 7725° warm | 7021° mild | 6317° cool | 415° very cold | 341° very cold |
| Humidity | damp 78% | damp 71% | nice 68% | nice 67% | nice 64% | nice 75% | nice 84% | nice 82% | nice 79% | damp 88% | damp 75% | damp 76% |
| Rain | dry 41mm | rainy 51mm | rainy 51mm | rainy 68mm | dry 48mm | rainy 147mm | rainy 111mm | rainy 75mm | rainy 134mm | rainy 119mm | dry 45mm | rainy 84mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 81% | cloudy 73% | pockets 47% | cloudy 65% | pockets 45% | pockets 46% | pockets 43% | pockets 48% | pockets 43% | cloudy 71% | cloudy 63% | cloudy 84% |
| Air quality | clean 30 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 26 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 22 US AQI | clean 26 US AQI | clean 32 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 9° 48° 10° 50°AQI 32✈️8h$5,323 / mo🌇 Also went here8 peopleI'm currently in Lisbon and I must say that this city has been very overhyped in terms of cost, food and overall fun. There are a lot of issues where foreigners like myself are driving up the rent and we are solely blamed for this. The larger issue here is the Portuguese government is not using these tourism dollars towards their people. I'm staying in Alfama and there is 'fuck tourists' spray painted in a few places but in order to come and stay here we are being asked to provide our informatio
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 12° 54° 12° 54°AQI 2✈️8h$3,432 / mo🌇 Also went here10 peopleA top city. Everything works, beautiful greenery (hehe), cycling everywhere, happy people, great nightlife... Lots to love about. For nomads? Not a chance. Price of housing is outrageous, and the city is expensive af. They charge you 4.5-5 eur for a capuccino, completely shameless. An hour of public transport is 3 euros. I could go on and on. I'd love to live there, but it's not worth it.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 5° 41° 8° 47°AQI 28✈️8h$6,532 / mo🌇 Also went here6 peopleLived there last September and October and am coming back later this year. Yes, it is expensive, but after a while I learned about affordable places to eat and realized I could choose neighborhoods farther from city center, and it would still be nice. City feels super safe, even at nigh! Internet is crazy fast (I got 500mb on my airbnb) there are tons to do and see and I did not encounter the super rude Parisians people talk so much about, mostly everyone spoke English and were very polite. Rent
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 4° 39° 7° 44°AQI 46✈️8h$4,005 / mo🌇 Also went here6 peopleI've been hanging out in Berlin on and off for 30 years. It is very safe for women. It is much friendlier than it used to be. There are loads of vegan restaurants now. The nightlife and specially jazz clubs are amazing! I have an excellent apartment to rent out in Wedding - which used to have a boring reputation but now is very cool.
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