⭐️ Total score | 3.13/5 (Rank #599) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,875 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 40Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 25°C76°F (feels 25°C77°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 62% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 5 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 23 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Bad |
🎓 Education level* | High |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $4,817 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
🚶 Walkability | Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Good |
❄️ A/C or heating | Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
⏱ Average trip length | 9 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 40 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 25°C 76°F + 😊 Comfy (62%) = feels 25°C 77°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 5 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 23 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Fox Point |
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Elmwood |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Verizon |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Coffee exchange |
☕️ Best alt. coffee place | IHOP |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Sprout coworking |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👍18% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 180,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | American Airlines |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | American Airlines |
🏥 Best hospital | Miriam Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,875 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,705 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $5,728 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,636 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,330 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $253 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,990 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $93 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 48 listings) | $3,349 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $110 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $15 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee | $4 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ 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
❌ Too expensive
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 341° cold | 30-1° freezing | 436° cold | 5714° cool | 6418° cool | 7524° warm | 7725° warm | 8831° hot | 7323° mild | 6418° cool | 489° cold | 394° cold |
Real | 373° very cold | 341° very cold | 468° cold | 5714° cool | 6418° cool | 7524° warm | 7725° warm | 8127° warm | 7323° mild | 6418° cool | 4910° cold | 415° very cold |
Humidity | nice 64% | nice 70% | nice 49% | nice 65% | nice 59% | nice 79% | nice 90% | sweaty 82% | nice 79% | nice 81% | nice 66% | nice 67% |
Rain | rainy 79mm | rainy 117mm | rainy 68mm | rainy 106mm | rainy 130mm | rainy 66mm | rainy 193mm | rainy 89mm | rainy 154mm | rainy 117mm | rainy 62mm | dry 47mm |
Cloud | pockets 47% | cloudy 69% | pockets 30% | pockets 49% | pockets 44% | cloudy 57% | cloudy 67% | cloudy 62% | pockets 47% | cloudy 50% | pockets 40% | cloudy 63% |
Air quality | clean 27 US AQI | clean 26 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI | clean 17 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 22 US AQI | clean 22 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 333 people | 250 people | 200 people | 267 people | 200 people | 200 people | 300 people | 400 people | 240 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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Worcester is a hidden gem among the bigger cities. Second largest city in Massachusetts behind Boston. Huge redevelopment push past 5 years (2015-2020). All the big city things for work and play, with still many, many opportunities for cheap housing, etc.
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 23° 73° 23° 73°AQI 34🚕2h$5,812 / mo38Mbps×I loved it! Biggest downside is it's hard to get around without a car, and you really will want access to one here so you can visit the mountains or the ocean beaches, or the big city of Boston - any of which are easily possible to do for the day from here (all less than 2 hours' drive). New Hampshire is an incredible state if you want to experience nature. Not a lot to do within the city itself. Excellent internet service. Very cold in the winter. West side has a large French Canadian populatio
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 24° 75° 24° 75°AQI 32✈️10min$4,344 / mo58Mbps×Boston is a city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is the capital of the state, the largest city in New England, and the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The city proper is home to about 617,900 people, making it the largest city in New England and the 26th largest in the United States.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 23° 73° 23° 73°AQI 34🚕2h$5,812 / mo38Mbps×I'd avoid Toronto. Weather is miserable for 4-5 months a year. Nightlife is average. Taxes are high. Every conversation with someone from here devolves into how expensive it is (and honestly, it's not particularily expensive... compared to other large english speaking cities). Transit isn't great. City doesn't feel particularily well planned. If you want to live in a cold city, then go to Montreal or Berlin.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 53✈️54min$3,679 / mo19Mbps×I've lived in New York City - Brooklyn - for over 20 years. For visiting tourists, the best neighborhood to stay in is NOT Bushwick. Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Ft. Green or Brooklyn Heights is preferable. Plenty of good transportation in those areas - subway, buses or Uber. Easy access to beaches in Long Island and New Jersey. There's plenty to do in NYC. Great restaurants, Broadway plays (!), and in the summer you frequently can catch a free concert.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°AQI 20✈️19min$5,660 / mo34Mbps×I love Bulgaria, but Sofia wasn't my favorite part by far. It is quite an ugly city, mostly flat and grey in color. There are some decent hostel, decent bars and nightlife, but not really much for the tourist to do. Yes, the women are very attractive, and it's cheap to rent there... but why would you want to? I had a great time down on Varna, and along the coast of the black sea. Sofia is worth a visit or a place to stay a few weeks, but I wouldn't want to live there personally.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 29° 84° 27° 81°AQI 26✈️10h$1,390 / mo17Mbps×Seattle is a great city, especially if you like nature, there are plenty of outdoor activities to do all year round. People are generally open-minded and friendly. The cost of living is high but it allows you to be able to afford other places on earth easily if you can find a job here. You can also find plenty of good restaurants and arts around in the city. I recommend to stay at least 3-6 months to get the feel of living a PNW life.
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 18° 64° 17° 63°AQI 38✈️6h$7,075 / mo83Mbps×I've been living for a year in Itaewon-dong, Seoul back in 2015 when i was 22 years old. It was one of the best year of my life, i made lifelong friends overthere. Great culture, great food, great people. The cons : no beach, ultra-capitalist environment, big city life downside (transportation, prices etc...)
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 23° 73° 23° 73°AQI 33✈️15h$2,135 / mo23Mbps×I live here and I would like to comment on some things that might be different from what you expect: - Walkability: Definitely not great, the city is huge, there are neighborhood where is safe to walk, with interesting stuff to do, but this isn't the case on most places far from west zone (Pinheiros and Vila Madalena) and Paulista avenue. Expect to use public transportation (subway and buses) and uber a lot. - LGBTQ+: Sao Paulo is the state with most homicides against trans people in the whol
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 38° 100° 39° 103°🥵AQI 47✈️5h$3,838 / mo🌇 Also went here13 people×I spent 4 months working here during summertime. It's one of the best summers I have ever had in my life. The city is just amazing and offers dozens of outdoor activities. There are so many different places such as parks, lakes, hills, mountains, beaches, etc. Also, you can feel the Californication vibe on every step. I lived in Hollywood and I would avoid this place at any cost. It's just too overrated and won't meet your expectations. Hollywood (esp. West Hollywood) is a big pile of dirtiness
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 29° 84° 28° 82°AQI 62✈️6h$4,849 / mo🌇 Also went here12 people×How did SF get scored #98 on Nomad score? I agree with most of the reviews posted here. I generally work from home, but we recently rented a small conference room for a meeting. It was $250 per hour.. (yes Per Hour... no typos here).
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 21° 70° 21° 69°AQI 34✈️7h$5,113 / mo🌇 Also went here23 people×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
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 25° 77° 25° 78°AQI 42✈️7h$4,537 / mo🌇 Also went here16 people×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.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 24° 75° 24° 75°AQI 38✈️7h$5,867 / mo🌇 Also went here12 people×Berlin is overall a great city to be. Food is cheap and everywhere, easy to go out and have fun/meet for business. Rent has crept up but still far better value than where I came from. Internet: 36 EUR/month get me 450/40 mbps (cable -> DOCSIS 3.0) Public transport is 2.70 EUR/ticket. No woman I know has said they felt unsafe. Some really odd, xenophobic sounding comments on here. Biggest downsides IMO: service quality at restaurants - not that people are rude, but they don't seem to particular
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 24° 75° 24° 74°AQI 34✈️8h$3,870 / mo🌇 Also went here15 people×I visited Prague on more than one occasion and tried something new each time. I really wanted to enjoy it, but unfortunately it turned out to be one of my least favourite cities. Perhaps it was just me, but there was an overwhelming sense of distrust and dislike towards foreigners, you have to try pretty hard to blend in if you want to experience the life of a local & avoid the tourism. I met some wonderful people and and there’s some cool communities to be part of, but another extended stay
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 25° 77° 25° 76°AQI 30✈️8h$2,696 / mo🌇 Also went here12 people×Rome has tourist fatigue. Servers are curt and it's hard to find a decent restaurant.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 33° 91° 30° 86°🥵AQI 122😷✈️9h$4,719 / mo🌇 Also went here14 people×