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| ⭐️ Total score | 226 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| ⏱ Average trip time | 9 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 35 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 18°C 65°F + 😊 Comfy (74%) = feels 18°C 64°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 28 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 32 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Downtown Des Moines |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Grays Lake |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | T Mobile |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Gravitate |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Mars Cafe |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Java Joes Coffeehouse |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Dunkin Donuts |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 6% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 220,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | United |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Iowa Lutheran Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,007 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,938 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,291 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,226 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $900 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $250 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,814 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $85 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (10 listings) | $2,270 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $74 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $10 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $3 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $12,352 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $30,278 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $71,127 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 21-6° freezing | 16-9° freezing | 436° cold | 6116° cool | 6418° cool | 7725° warm | 9334° hot | 8429° warm | 8228° warm | 5714° cool | 373° cold | 373° cold |
| Real | 27-3° freezing | 23-5° freezing | 457° cold | 6116° cool | 6418° cool | 7725° warm | 8630° very warm | 8127° warm | 7926° warm | 5714° cool | 415° very cold | 415° very cold |
| Humidity | damp 76% | damp 79% | nice 68% | nice 64% | nice 74% | nice 69% | nice 67% | nice 68% | nice 76% | nice 70% | nice 69% | damp 72% |
| Rain | rainy 60mm | rainy 51mm | rainy 135mm | rainy 137mm | rainy 408mm | rainy 266mm | rainy 190mm | rainy 233mm | rainy 223mm | rainy 232mm | rainy 85mm | rainy 54mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 68% | cloudy 66% | cloudy 56% | cloudy 53% | cloudy 71% | pockets 48% | pockets 26% | pockets 38% | pockets 39% | pockets 47% | pockets 42% | cloudy 50% |
| Air quality | clean 33 US AQI | clean 39 US AQI | clean 31 US AQI | clean 31 US AQI | clean 32 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 31 US AQI | clean 22 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 34 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 2 UVI | safe 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 333 people | 300 people | 267 people | 350 people | 280 people | 200 people | 250 people | 343 people | 350 people | 267 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 23° 73° 23° 73°AQI 22✈️17h$958 / mo🌇 Also went here40 people⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 39° 102° 30° 86°🥵AQI 14✈️17h$1,006 / mo🌇 Also went here40 peopleChiang Mai used to be N.1 for the digital nomad life. It is still great and you can find really cheap apartments (300-400$) and restaurants (2-3$ for a main). Wouldn't recommend staying there during the burning season. The best area is Nimman, but it's also the most expensive. You can stay in the old city that's very nice but that gets noisy during the weekend for the night markets. Last but not least, very safe city. All in all would go back in a heartbeat.
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 38° 100° 30° 86°🥵AQI 42✈️18h$1,048 / mo🌇 Also went here39 peopleOnly thing to add is that in general Saigon has terrible walkability. I love Saigon, lived there for 3 years. But motorbikes are always parked on the sidewalks so you constantly have to step onto the road which is a little hair raising. And if it's not motorbikes then there are restaurant tables scattered across the pavement. Plus the pavement is almost always cracked. I'm a pretty chill person. But going for a random walk in Saigon always leaves me kind of irritated after a while. Of course the
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