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| ⭐️ Total score | 22 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ 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 | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Japan |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 6 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 28 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 8°C 47°F + 😊 Comfy (68%) = feels 7°C 45°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 61 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 51 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 1,000 JPY in USD | USD 7.62 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | JPY 10,000 = USD 76 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Coffe Stand Frank |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 9% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,500,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $38,640 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 44% 👱♀️ 56% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 55% 👱♀️ 45% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 79% 👱♀️ 21% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Ambiguous |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | All Nippon Airlines |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Japan Airlines |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,945 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,555 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,544 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,584 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,212 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,006 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,282 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $104 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $99 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $465 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $13 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Very safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ Too expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 415° cold | 489° cold | 5915° cool | 6317° cool | 7021° mild | 8228° warm | 10038° hot | 10038° hot | 8630° warm | 7725° warm | 6418° cool | 5010° cold |
| Real | 457° cold | 5010° cold | 5915° cool | 6217° cool | 7021° mild | 7926° warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8127° warm | 7725° warm | 6317° cool | 5211° cool |
| Humidity | nice 59% | nice 61% | nice 64% | nice 61% | nice 77% | nice 76% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 84% | sweaty 77% | nice 72% | nice 63% | nice 64% |
| Rain | rainy 75mm | rainy 54mm | rainy 132mm | rainy 191mm | rainy 266mm | rainy 166mm | rainy 222mm | rainy 380mm | rainy 162mm | rainy 62mm | rainy 87mm | rainy 91mm |
| Cloud | pockets 47% | cloudy 53% | cloudy 67% | cloudy 64% | cloudy 89% | cloudy 83% | cloudy 73% | cloudy 85% | cloudy 79% | cloudy 50% | cloudy 56% | cloudy 50% |
| Air quality | okay 50 US AQI | okay 62 US AQI | okay 62 US AQI | okay 62 US AQI | okay 57 US AQI | okay 52 US AQI | okay 56 US AQI | okay 50 US AQI | clean 45 US AQI | clean 44 US AQI | clean 49 US AQI | clean 49 US AQI |
| Sun | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 267 people | 300 people | 300 people | 267 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 267 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 37° 99° 30° 87°🥵AQI 70✈️6h$2,161 / mo🌇 Also went here32 peopleJust arrived in KL, we are 30/35yrs+, a married couple and digital nomads, and wow.. What a city! This is the New York City of Asia. These appartments are epic. Grand views, very affordable, luxurious! You would pay 10-fold for the same deal in NYC or Tokyo or Dubai. And the food is fantastic. Indian, Malay, Indo, Chinese, American, European. The world is here!
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 158😷✈️10h$3,658 / mo🌇 Also went here29 peopleHow did SF get scored #98 on Nomad score? I agree with most of the reviews posted here. I generally work from home, but we recently rented a small conference room for a meeting. It was $250 per hour.. (yes Per Hour... no typos here).
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 11° 52° 11° 52°AQI 20✈️12h$6,903 / mo🌇 Also went here28 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.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️12h$3,887 / mo🌇 Also went here29 peopleExtremely boring and uppity. Like others say, how on earth does everything close at 8pm? Even restaurants close their kitchen around 9pm ON WEEKENDS. The people really have this "arrogant, uppity" vibe that makes you want to leave ASAP. Yes, architecture is incredible. It's walkable, transportation works, etc. Incredibly expensive. I see no reason why would anyone choose Vienna to Budapest or Prague as their base. Good for 2-3 days trip, nothing else.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels -2° 28° 2° 36°AQI 17✈️12h$4,868 / mo🌇 Also went here29 peopleI spent 4 months working here during summertime. It's one of the best summers I have ever had in my life. The city is just amazing and offers dozens of outdoor activities. There are so many different places such as parks, lakes, hills, mountains, beaches, etc. Also, you can feel the Californication vibe on every step. I lived in Hollywood and I would avoid this place at any cost. It's just too overrated and won't meet your expectations. Hollywood (esp. West Hollywood) is a big pile of dirtiness
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 20° 68° 20° 69°AQI 43✈️12h$5,172 / mo🌇 Also went here28 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 10° 50° 10° 50°AQI 25✈️13h$5,205 / mo🌇 Also went here32 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 -8° 18° -4° 24°AQI 18✈️15h$6,457 / mo🌇 Also went here31 peopleNo members are here right now. If you are, add it as a trip and you'll show up here!
