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| ⭐️ Total score | 18 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
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| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 😄 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 | North America |
| 🚩 Country | Canada |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 8 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 33 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 6°C 42°F + 💦 Damp (82%) = feels 4°C 39°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 9 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 15 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10 CAD in USD | USD 7.36 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CAD 100 = USD 74 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Square One |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Café Dagente |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 91,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $42,154 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 82% 👱♀️ 18% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Best Buy |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Kijiji |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Island Air |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Canada |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Nanaimo Regional General Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,031 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,593 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,722 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,635 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,656 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,707 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,270 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $124 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $89 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $211 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $16 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $6 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $12,825 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $34,643 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $109,369 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels |
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6° cold |
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5° cold |
43
6° cold |
54
12° cool |
59
15° cool |
68
20° mild |
72
22° mild |
70
21° mild |
64
18° cool |
54
12° cool |
45
7° cold |
37
3° cold |
| Real |
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7°
cold |
44
7°
cold |
46
8°
cold |
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12°
cool |
59
15°
cool |
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19°
mild |
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mild |
70
21°
mild |
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cool |
54
12°
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9°
cold |
41
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very cold |
| Humidity |
damp 88% |
damp 80% |
damp 78% |
nice 70% |
damp 76% |
nice 76% |
nice 77% |
nice 76% |
damp 82% |
damp 83% |
damp 85% |
damp 79% |
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| Rain |
rainy 215mm |
rainy 90mm |
rainy 74mm |
dry 37mm |
rainy 53mm |
rainy 60mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 13mm |
rainy 145mm |
rainy 197mm |
rainy 320mm |
rainy 176mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 84% |
cloudy 69% |
cloudy 74% |
pockets 33% |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 15% |
pockets 35% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 83% |
cloudy 85% |
cloudy 83% |
| Air quality |
clean 20 US AQI |
clean 16 US AQI |
clean 18 US AQI |
clean 12 US AQI |
clean 16 US AQI |
clean 13 US AQI |
clean 15 US AQI |
clean 22 US AQI |
clean 14 US AQI |
clean 20 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 15 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
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I recently visited Amsterdam for the third time (and the first time since 2018). I personally think it's a little overrated, but a cool place to visit nonetheless. The architecture is beautiful, and there are lots of good places to eat. I don't like the main area of the canals in the city centre; it smells of weed and is often packed. However, the outer edges - such as the Jordaan district - are less busy and more interesting in my opinion. One thing that surprised me is how much trash was o
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I have heard of a friend of a friend that in France it is important to bring sandpaper and to have suitable medical insurance which covers eye reconstruction surgery. “Well worth a visit, would recommend”.
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Lived in Prague for 8 years. It's a beautiful international European city. Never learned Czech, but was fine. Almost all cafes and restaurants have English menus. Superb food delivery apps (Wolt is the best). All the food you can imagine. Vietnamese food is world-class because of the huge Vietnamese population. If you want hipster bars and cafes, there's plenty of that. If you want old-world-charm there's plenty of that. If you want posh luxury there's some of Europes best restaurants and cockta
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Once you figure out housing (not an easy thing but doable, especially once you stop looking in the touristic areas), Lisbon is a very charming, safe (even though I'll admit this is getting worse in certain areas), and fun city to live in. In most neighbourhoods you have the feeling of living in a small town instead of an urban area. There's aways something to do or see so it's hard to be bored living here. I still find Lisbon (and Portugal in general), to be one of the most attractive places in
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Liked Madrid,but its a bit dangerous in the evening and way to expensive! people can be really nice when they meet you but after a while you realize all it's not what it seems. And Barcelona is exactly the same.
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I don't know exactly how Barcelona is still considered safe but it's far from it. It's probably the most dangerous city to live in Madrid and one of the most dangerous in europe, with constant pick-pocketing and even violent crimes to get your wallet and phone in certain areas. If you like a peaceful life, Barcelona is not the place anymore!!
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I currently live with my family in Valencia for 5 months and every day we are grateful to have found this piece of the world that we fall in love with every day, its gastronomy, its family plans, its culture, the green areas, outdoor plans, everything is Well-being here... like every city, it has some things to improve, but it has many positive things like feeling good with what you see, with what you do, sun almost all year round, many things to do with children and adults, a lot of art and mus
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