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| ⭐️ Total score | 220 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 😤 People density | |
| 🚶 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 | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 16 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
1 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Suzhou is fast averaging 8 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~1 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌤 23°C 73°F + 😊 Comfy (73%) = feels 23°C 73°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎☠️ 164 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 80.75 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 📱 Best wireless carrier | China Unicom |
| 💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.49 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 149 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because WeChat is very hard to set up) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Kalerm Company |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Dio Coffee |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Pingjiangfu Suzhou |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,300,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 15x15m (225m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | FullHome |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Hainan |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air China |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Singhealth Medical Clinic |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,544 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $983 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,762 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $503 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $471 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $91 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,527 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $72 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 737 listings) | $1,897 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $62 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Very safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Bad air quality today
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
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| Feels |
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8° cold |
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12° cool |
55
13° cool |
66
19° mild |
77
25° warm |
93
34° hot |
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40° hot |
106
41° scorching |
99
37° hot |
70
21° mild |
64
18° cool |
54
12° cool |
| Real |
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9°
cold |
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14°
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19°
mild |
77
25°
warm |
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29°
very warm |
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31°
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86
30°
very warm |
70
21°
mild |
64
18°
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54
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| Humidity |
nice 67% |
damp 73% |
damp 78% |
nice 67% |
nice 72% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 77% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 78% |
nice 72% |
nice 65% |
nice 59% |
| Rain |
dry 18mm |
dry 49mm |
rainy 77mm |
rainy 59mm |
rainy 149mm |
rainy 150mm |
rainy 361mm |
rainy 168mm |
rainy 59mm |
rainy 78mm |
dry 46mm |
dry 5mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 67% |
cloudy 89% |
cloudy 82% |
cloudy 89% |
cloudy 89% |
overcast 92% |
cloudy 77% |
cloudy 68% |
cloudy 61% |
cloudy 55% |
pockets 28% |
| Air quality |
bad 130 US AQI |
bad 121 US AQI |
bad 123 US AQI |
bad 115 US AQI |
okay 97 US AQI |
okay 84 US AQI |
okay 73 US AQI |
okay 65 US AQI |
okay 78 US AQI |
okay 91 US AQI |
bad 112 US AQI |
bad 136 US AQI |
| Sun |
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avoid sun 6 UVI |
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I cannot help but agree with the review from the person before me. I'm finishing my 3 weeks trip here, and something feels off. Like that person put it rightly, everything is for sale, and nothing has value. There is no soul to this city and its people, locals or otherwise. Something is wrong here.
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Like everywhere, Singapore has pros and cons. // Pros: // Everything works very well, it's clean, you can use the trains and transport system with a bank card, Grab taxis are efficient and safe, the airport is amazing // Everyone speaks English // Population seems well educated and cosmopolitan // There are lots of parks and green spaces. // Cons: // It's very expensive. For what you get it feels overpriced compared to most Western countries for example. // It's hot and very, very humid. Unti
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Pros: * Very clean - lots of hand sanitisation places and people wear masks + streets are clean * Great, cheap public transport * Very beautiful city and good parks * Pretty good Italian and asian food Cons: * Coffee shops seem to have mostly gone and been replaced with lots of Starbucks and other chains. * Food / drinks is very expensive in most parts - Local beer is quite cheap though * Barely any night life to speak of - everything closes at 11pm Other Info: COVID restrictions are very stri
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I've lived in Munich for six months during my Erasmus internship. It is a great place to live generally, offering high quality of life, and it would hands down be the best city to live in Germany if: -It wasn't expensive af, especially rent prices -It wasn't almost impossible to find a place to rent (like literally the only way to find is through acquaintances) -Bavaria was less bureaucratic and more tech-progressive -It had more... young people; much of the youth there is because of the two of
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A 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.
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How 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.
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I spent a month here in January. It's beautiful, and there are plenty of touristy things to do, however the city is very expensive. There are plenty of places to shop, which is the main reason why I went. There are also plenty of WeWorks scattered across the city if you need somewhere consistent to work. The people weren't rude to me, but that's because I always greet people in French before asking for help or information, so to avoid rudeness, I'd suggest learning basic greetings and how to ask
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Las Vegas is a great tourist destination for me personally. The strip contains every amenities that I need and also there is a lot of stuff to do there without going away from the strip. Las Vegas is inside of a desert so expect it to be really hot in the summer. Otherwise than that, the strip located in Vegas has many things to do, from going to concerts, fancy restaurants, gambling (if that's your thing), attractions (stratosphere, high roller), entertainments, and so many more things to do th
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I grew up in Chicago and still return fairly often. I love the character of the different neighborhoods, the variety of architectural styles, and as others have said, the food scene is incredible. It's easy to make friends in the suburbs, perhaps not so much in the city itself. I have never witnessed racial tension here, and have been pleasantly surprised by the interracial friendliness I have observed. There are a wonderful selection of forests and parks just about everywhere, and the museu
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