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| ⭐️ Total score | 206 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
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| 😄 Happiness* | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 24°C 75°F + 😊 Comfy (92%) = feels 24°C 75°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 42 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 😐 87 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | China Mobile |
| 💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.58 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 158 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because WeChat is very hard to set up) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,800,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 54% 👱♀️ 46% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Ganji |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Hainan |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | China Southern Airlines |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,830 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,457 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,876 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $822 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $505 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $79 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $636 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $30 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 1 listings) | $2,816 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $92 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $4 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
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| Feels | 5915° cool | 7021° mild | 7323° mild | 9535° hot | 9133° hot | 11848° scorching | 11144° scorching | 11546° scorching | 10239° hot | 9334° hot | 7725° warm | 7021° mild |
| Real | 5915° cool | 6820° mild | 7323° mild | 8429° very warm | 8228° very warm | 9032° hot | 8831° hot | 9032° hot | 8831° hot | 8429° very warm | 7725° warm | 6820° mild |
| Humidity | damp 81% | nice 81% | nice 82% | sweaty 85% | sweaty 85% | sweaty 90% | sweaty 91% | sweaty 85% | sweaty 77% | sweaty 76% | nice 70% | nice 70% |
| Rain | dry 17mm | dry 40mm | dry 46mm | rainy 82mm | rainy 74mm | rainy 205mm | rainy 126mm | rainy 132mm | rainy 59mm | dry 37mm | dry 17mm | dry 9mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 77% | cloudy 76% | cloudy 71% | cloudy 54% | cloudy 81% | overcast 94% | overcast 97% | cloudy 74% | pockets 35% | pockets 40% | cloudy 59% | cloudy 60% |
| Air quality | bad 111 US AQI | bad 109 US AQI | okay 94 US AQI | okay 92 US AQI | okay 74 US AQI | okay 64 US AQI | okay 60 US AQI | okay 70 US AQI | okay 87 US AQI | okay 96 US AQI | bad 124 US AQI | bad 116 US AQI |
| Sun | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 41° 106° 30° 85°🥵AQI 61✈️3h$1,248 / mo🌇 Also went here4 peopleThey say you get what you pay for. After having traveled the previous 4 months in India, Cambodia, VietNam, Myanmar and Thailand, Singapore was so easy! The subway system is a marvel, streets signs were easy to read, everyone speaks English (that just makes it easy for me as an English speaker) it is safe, clean, and parks are gorgeous. I was there as COVID 19 was breaking out fairly fast and that put a damper on my time but I was so happy to be there anyway and plan to go back. For digital
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 36° 97° 30° 86°🥵AQI 34✈️3h$3,162 / mo🌇 Also went here3 peopleI've been living for a year in Itaewon-dong, Seoul back in 2015 when i was 22 years old. It was one of the best year of my life, i made lifelong friends overthere. Great culture, great food, great people. The cons : no beach, ultra-capitalist environment, big city life downside (transportation, prices etc...)
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 5° 41° 5° 40°AQI 38✈️3h$2,195 / mo🌇 Also went here3 peoplePros: Friendly people, safe, stable government, efficient and fast public transportation, established foreigner (gaijin) population due many English teachers, many great food options, many festivals (cherry blossom fest), onsens! Cons: Expensive, work til you die at your desk mentality, drunken businessman culture, groping on packed public transit, lack of mental health services so be cautious around the destitute, over sexualization of underage females, high risk if caught with illegal substan
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 6° 43° 6° 43°AQI 7✈️4h$2,301 / mo🌇 Also went here4 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 -3° 27° -1° 30°AQI 52✈️17h$4,715 / mo🌇 Also went here3 peopleNo members are here right now. If you are, add it as a trip and you'll show up here!
