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| ⭐️ Total score | 7 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
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| 😄 Happiness* | |
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| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 6 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 85 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌦 9°C 47°F + 💦 Damp (92%) = feels 8°C 46°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 15 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 17 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | South Capitol |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Olympia Coffee Roasting Co |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 50,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Capital Medical Center WA |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,156 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,429 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,525 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,579 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,583 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,294 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,138 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $121 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $75 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $470 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $15 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $4 |
✅ 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
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Difficult to make friends
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 489° cold | 457° cold | 5010° cold | 6116° cool | 6317° cool | 7222° mild | 7524° warm | 7524° warm | 7021° mild | 5714° cool | 5211° cool | 415° cold |
| Real | 489° cold | 468° cold | 5010° cold | 5915° cool | 6116° cool | 7222° mild | 7524° warm | 7524° warm | 6921° mild | 5714° cool | 5211° cool | 436° very cold |
| Humidity | damp 91% | damp 87% | damp 80% | damp 72% | damp 77% | nice 74% | nice 76% | nice 73% | nice 76% | damp 84% | damp 89% | damp 90% |
| Rain | rainy 270mm | rainy 207mm | rainy 90mm | dry 31mm | rainy 57mm | rainy 65mm | dry 2mm | dry 9mm | rainy 99mm | rainy 150mm | rainy 268mm | rainy 206mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 89% | cloudy 86% | cloudy 73% | cloudy 50% | cloudy 62% | pockets 35% | pockets 32% | pockets 40% | cloudy 54% | cloudy 80% | cloudy 88% | overcast 91% |
| Air quality | clean 22 US AQI | clean 18 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI | clean 12 US AQI | clean 14 US AQI | clean 12 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 17 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 31 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 400 people | 200 people | 200 people | 400 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 63✈️5h$1,723 / mo🌇 Also went here5 peopleI really enjoyed my first week here, but as I got to know more locals and heard their stories, I was disturbed at the security situation. Almost everyone I met has horror stories about being robbed at gunpoint, robbed by the police, and in one case even drugged and robbed by a taxi driver. It's not even safe to walk a short distance at night (locals told me to just take Uber). Beyond the security issues, scams also abound, and the covid policy is wacky, with hand sanitizer being forced on you ev
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 19° 66° 19° 66°AQI 76😷✈️5h$1,892 / mo🌇 Also went here6 peopleTouristy circus of a place. Everyone is trying to rip you off... even as fluent Spanish speaker. Check out PV or anywhere west coast instead.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 25° 77° 25° 78°AQI 76😷✈️6h$2,810 / mo🌇 Also went here6 people👍 👍 Malls are fucking awesome, free wifi + free coworking spaces, toilets cleaner than Europe/ASEAN 👍 Public transport is pretty good 👎 Foods are a bit bland compared to ASEAN and Mexico 👎 👎 Safety, lots of racist/xenophobic catcalling on the street especially when I am an Asian. "Oi Chino Chino!" -- something I didn't get in other latam countries
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 28° 82° 26° 79°AQI 80😷✈️9h$1,611 / mo🌇 Also went here6 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° 5° 41°AQI 24✈️11h$6,161 / mo🌇 Also went here6 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 10° 50° 11° 52°AQI 26✈️11h$3,444 / mo🌇 Also went here6 people⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️12h$4,581 / mo🌇 Also went here6 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° 1° 33°AQI 70✈️12h$4,739 / mo🌇 Also went here5 peopleNomading here is tough because there are no reasonable Airbnbs and finding a short-term apt is difficult. You have to ask yourself, is it worth coming to Barcelona? It's probably the dirtiest city in Spain, and a bit sketchy. There's more beautiful and cleaner cities like Seville where you can find a reasonably priced Airbnb.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌦 Feels 7° 45° 8° 47°AQI 38✈️12h$4,857 / mo🌇 Also went here6 peopleNot gonna lie, I was pretty curious and kinda hyped before I came to Singapore. However, within 24 hours all of my curiosity turned into disappointment. Yes, Singapore is clean by any standards but especially by Asian standards. And yes, you have shopping malls, fancy skyscrapers and free toilets everywhere. But beside from that Singapore is boring and has no soul. It just seems like Singapore tries to copy interesting parts of other countries and their nature. Take Cloud Forest for example wh
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 33° 91° 28° 82°🥵AQI 9✈️17h$5,539 / mo🌇 Also went here5 peopleNo members are here right now. If you are, add it as a trip and you'll show up here!
