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| ⭐️ Total score | 18 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Jamaica |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 8 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 9 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 31°C 88°F + 🥵 Sweaty (82%) = feels 41°C 106°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 36 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 132 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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| 📱 Best wireless carrier | DigiCel |
| 💸 1,000 JMD in USD | USD 6.62 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | JMD 10,000 = USD 66 |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe Kingston |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | 24 Seven Cafe |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 580,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $4,879 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | FlipKey |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Cayman Airways |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Caribbean Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Andrews Memorial Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,155 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,088 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,626 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $465 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $331 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $162 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,315 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $108 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 354 listings) | $2,253 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $74 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very safe
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
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Great for a visit. Beautiful scenery. Good food. I thought it would be great to live here, start a startup and be in the same time zone as SF, close to Seattle, etc. But compared to Vancouver in 2009, one big change that totally ruined it for me: Absolute zombie apocalypse of drug addicts and shouting/violent home less people. It was shockingly bad. The locals often visibly carry naxalone (anti-overdose medicine, I learned) because there are so many people overdosing in the street. Police were n
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Awesome city. Limitless good restaurants and bars. Easy to use transit, but you barely need it because the city is so walkable. Beautiful streets. Overflowing with genuine Spanish culture. Not cheap but affordable for how large of a city it is. Wish it was a bit greener, but overall Madrid is a great spot to spend significant time in.
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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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Lived there last September and October and am coming back later this year. Yes, it is expensive, but after a while I learned about affordable places to eat and realized I could choose neighborhoods farther from city center, and it would still be nice. City feels super safe, even at nigh! Internet is crazy fast (I got 500mb on my airbnb) there are tons to do and see and I did not encounter the super rude Parisians people talk so much about, mostly everyone spoke English and were very polite. Rent
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Best city in Spain. Weather is great even in December and the clubbing scene is fun. There's lots to do and it's a beautiful city overall. You have to watch out for pickpockets but as long as you aren't leaving things unattended or obviously in your pockets you'll be fine. If you're into hostels, Hostel One Paralelo is BY FAR the best hostel in the area, worth every penny. Will definitely be back, and I never say that.
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Shanghai is a giant city and your experience really depends on a few factors like: 1) where you live in the city 2) do you speak basic Mandarin 3) do you make nice money 4) do you have to use the internet If you can afford to live in Jing'an or the French Concession, you can live a fashionable metropolitan lifestyle like you would in New York City. There's amazing food (Asian, Western and fusion). You'll be surrounded by entrepreneurs, artists, fashion designers and models. Many of whom d
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Hong Kong is a great city with dense urban areas but also nature and hiking routes only 15 minutes away. There are restaurants for every taste and budget, from the best US fast casual chains to high end Michelin star restaurants. It's also extremely safe, despite recent political instability.
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I've been to Bangkok for almost two weeks now and I can't understand comments about the lack of soul or everything being on sale. Sure, there are some sketchy parts like massage parlour touts and an occasional ladyboy here and there, but overall my impression is that it's just a regular big city with some clear advantages. Coming from Central Europe, I find everybody to be very calm and polite. Some may argue it's just a facade and fair enough, but I prefer a calm and kind facade over cold and i
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Been living here for more than 3 years. Overall I do not recommend it. Its not terrible but overall theres better options in asia. The city is constantly busy, noisy and polluted (air and landscapes). You can hardly go out for breeze of fresh air or to relax and ease your mind. There is not much nature, beach or mountains for you to escape. Traveling is very restriced because people go crazy due to covid. During the lockdown you couldnt even leave your appartment for a walk outside. They trapp
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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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Overpriced and overhyped. Back in 2017 when Canggu got the lead on a site like this, landprices went 10x. Then came the covid situation and now the Balinese like to earn their loses over the last 2 years back in 1 day, which was yesterday. Rape tourism was mentioned not once. In a review below the diversity of restaurants is mentioned and how good the food is, maybe this person was on a holiday for a few weeks and didn't have to cook and didn't eat for months, but the fact remains - Bali is an
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