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| ⭐️ Total score | 209 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
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| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | United Kingdom |
| ⏱ Average trip time | 23 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 18 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌤 10°C 51°F + 💦 Damp (86%) = feels 8°C 46°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 25 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 29 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Three |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | GBP 100 = USD 134 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 220,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $40,249 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Gumtree |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | RyanAir |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | British Airways |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Berkshire Independent Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,070 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,616 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $6,499 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,857 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,583 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $199 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,105 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $145 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 175 listings) | $1,874 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $61 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $16 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Very 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
❌ Very difficult to make friends
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 373° cold | 489° cold | 5010° cold | 5412° cool | 5915° cool | 6317° cool | 7021° mild | 7021° mild | 6418° cool | 5412° cool | 436° cold | 436° cold |
| Real | 415° very cold | 5010° cold | 5211° cool | 5412° cool | 5915° cool | 6317° cool | 7021° mild | 7021° mild | 6418° cool | 5513° cool | 468° cold | 468° cold |
| Humidity | damp 81% | damp 83% | damp 75% | damp 71% | damp 74% | damp 80% | nice 75% | nice 77% | nice 78% | damp 83% | damp 84% | damp 85% |
| Rain | dry 17mm | dry 26mm | dry 34mm | dry 17mm | dry 22mm | rainy 160mm | dry 31mm | dry 38mm | rainy 51mm | rainy 54mm | rainy 56mm | rainy 55mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 67% | cloudy 60% | cloudy 73% | cloudy 69% | cloudy 65% | cloudy 68% | cloudy 64% | cloudy 64% | cloudy 55% | cloudy 84% | cloudy 80% | cloudy 71% |
| Air quality | clean 30 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 39 US AQI | clean 49 US AQI | clean 34 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 31 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 0 UVI |
| Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 300 people | 200 people | 400 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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It's a wonderful place to visit, i suggest to stay at least 1 week to see most of the colleges there.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 9° 48° 11° 52°AQI 8🚕1h$4,504 / mo18Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 8° 46° 10° 50°AQI 25🚕2h$4,538 / mo21MbpsHow 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.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 11° 52° 12° 53°AQI 30🚕2h$4,305 / mo15Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 9° 48° 11° 52°AQI 25🚕2h$3,862 / mo18Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 9° 48° 11° 51°AQI 22🚕2h$4,046 / mo17Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 8° 46° 10° 50°AQI 34🚕3h$3,403 / mo18MbpsBrighton has some obvious positives. It has a beach, it's one hour from London and the UK's 2 biggest airports. It's one of the few UK places outside of London which has a considerable cultural/creative scene. Unfortunately, the city has a massive problem with street-sleeping, begging and drugs (Many street people from the rest of the UK relocate to Brighton). It's difficult to spend an hour walking through the town centre without being harassed. In my 6 months living there, my apartment (in
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 8° 46° 10° 50°AQI 17🚕3h$5,463 / mo18Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 8° 46° 10° 51°AQI 13🚕3h$4,245 / mo18Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 8° 46° 10° 50°AQI 29🚕3h$5,206 / mo21Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 8° 46° 10° 50°AQI 42🚕3h$3,566 / mo18Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 8° 46° 10° 49°AQI 31🚕4h$4,172 / mo18Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 8° 46° 10° 49°AQI 26🚕4h$3,539 / mo18MbpsA 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 8° 46° 10° 50°AQI 20✈️33min$4,444 / mo14MbpsDon't know why this city is ranked so high. It was super desolate and weird. There are some nicer parts, like Rufazza, but the outskirts are dead. Not much to do and only a few really nice streets. Tons of graffiti, and not even good graffiti lol.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 15° 59° 15° 58°AQI 25✈️2h$2,399 / mo27MbpsI have been living in Porto since September. Portugal is currently in a hard covid lockdown so Porto is not at its best. But in better times the city is amazing. Beautiful, right near the beach, with excellent air and rail connectivity. English is widely spoken and the accommodations for visitors are diverse and excellent. Restaurants are also diverse and excellent. Prices for those used to northern Europe or USA will seem low. December, January are very rainy and can get cold, down to nearly 0
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 16° 61° 16° 60°AQI 1✈️2h$1,799 / mo29Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 7° 45° 7° 44°AQI 153😷✈️2h$4,331 / mo13MbpsHow 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.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 11° 52° 12° 53°AQI 30🚕2h$4,305 / mo15MbpsBrighton has some obvious positives. It has a beach, it's one hour from London and the UK's 2 biggest airports. It's one of the few UK places outside of London which has a considerable cultural/creative scene. Unfortunately, the city has a massive problem with street-sleeping, begging and drugs (Many street people from the rest of the UK relocate to Brighton). It's difficult to spend an hour walking through the town centre without being harassed. In my 6 months living there, my apartment (in
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 8° 46° 10° 50°AQI 17🚕3h$5,463 / mo18MbpsChiang Mai used to be N.1 for the digital nomad life. It is still great and you can find really cheap apartments (300-400$) 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.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 28° 82° 27° 81°AQI 53✈️12h$986 / mo25MbpsVery friendly people and nice bars. Not a whole lot to do though. Wildly expensive for what it is. Great museums and they are all free!!
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 8° 46° 10° 50°AQI 20✈️33min$3,779 / mo46Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 23° 73° 23° 73°AQI 35✈️13h$1,646 / mo6MbpsEdinburgh is one of my favorite cities and I've spent quite a bit of time here. It's charming, friendly, beautiful, and walkable, and has a range of cafes and coffeeshops with fast wifi. The downsides: it's pretty expensive (housing especially), and there doesn't seem to be much of a nomad scene. The general tech scene seems to be smallish but growing (CodeBase seems cool), but not many nomads seem to come here.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 6° 43° 9° 47°AQI 44✈️42min$3,527 / mo18MbpsManchester is a working town, but has much going on in the weekend days. Well connected by train for the rest of England as well as cheap flights to Ireland and London if needed. National Football Museum, arcades, and high end and low end food for any budget.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 8° 46° 10° 49°AQI 28✈️19min$3,637 / mo18MbpsAs an expat in Geneva since 5years now, I'll recommend Lausanne or Zurich before Geneva. French Swiss are slow to make business with and have a lot of bureaucracy.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 7° 45° 7° 44°AQI 72✈️1h$5,230 / mo29MbpsHow 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.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 11° 52° 12° 53°AQI 30🚕2h$4,305 / mo🌇 Also went here10 peopleParis is wonderful, and I love it here, but the stereotypes some real truth to them. I stepped off the plane to a protest, my airbnb host was incredibly stylish yet didn't wear deoderant, and I met the rudest waiter I've ever encountered in my entire life on day 3 (though most Parisians are super nice!)
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 10° 50° 11° 52°AQI 20✈️30min$4,028 / mo🌇 Also went here8 peopleVery friendly people and nice bars. Not a whole lot to do though. Wildly expensive for what it is. Great museums and they are all free!!
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 8° 46° 10° 50°AQI 20✈️33min$3,779 / mo🌇 Also went here8 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 8° 46° 10° 50°AQI 20✈️33min$4,444 / mo🌇 Also went here8 peopleBest 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.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 13° 55° 13° 56°AQI 76😷✈️2h$2,866 / mo🌇 Also went here10 peopleDon't know why this city is ranked so high. It was super desolate and weird. There are some nicer parts, like Rufazza, but the outskirts are dead. Not much to do and only a few really nice streets. Tons of graffiti, and not even good graffiti lol.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 15° 59° 15° 58°AQI 25✈️2h$2,399 / mo🌇 Also went here8 peopleI stayed here for 4 months. Very beautiful city, vibrant, lots of things to do and moving around is so easy compared to other "big" capitals. 100% agree with other comments about Hungarians: very stern, unfriendly people. The hospitality workers in restaurants, bars & clubs are mostly horrendous. It's like they don't want to serve you, and it's you who has to make the effort or should be grateful to be eating there. It makes zero sense, I've never seen that in any other place in the world. Bounc
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 3° 37° 5° 42°AQI 30✈️2h$1,513 / mo🌇 Also went here8 peopleI don't know why some people here are so negative about Lisboa. It's far from the level the level of dirt as described. Only the area of barrio alto and pink street have some dealers, but they don't bother you and aren't aggressive. Lack of heating is something I have heard, however should be easy enough to buy a radiator. Besides Lisboa doesn't really get that cold, compared to other European cities. The climate is very pleasant for most of the year. A real con would be that the historic centr
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 16° 61° 16° 61°AQI 17✈️2h$2,031 / mo🌇 Also went here9 peopleI'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.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels -19° -2° -12° 10°AQI 34✈️8h$3,143 / mo🌇 Also went here8 peopleLas Vegas is a great tourist destination for me personally. The strip contains every amenities that I need and also there is a lot of stuff to do there without going away from the strip. Las Vegas is inside of a desert so expect it to be really hot in the summer. Otherwise than that, the strip located in Vegas has many things to do, from going to concerts, fancy restaurants, gambling (if that's your thing), attractions (stratosphere, high roller), entertainments, and so many more things to do th
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 14° 57° 14° 57°AQI 30✈️11h$4,953 / mo🌇 Also went here8 peopleI 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
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 31✈️12h$4,496 / mo🌇 Also went here8 peopleChiang Mai used to be N.1 for the digital nomad life. It is still great and you can find really cheap apartments (300-400$) 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.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 28° 82° 27° 81°AQI 53✈️12h$986 / mo🌇 Also went here12 peopleDon't believe the prices on here for an apartment. 686 usd/month refers to an apartment in a high class condo, right in the city centre and seconds away from the BTS(train station). Just remember this, people working at supermarkets make 2 usd/per hour. If you want to live like a local, then you can save a lot of money. If you don't mind a 5-10 minute walk from the BTS, then you can easily get a one bedroom apartment for 300 USD per month, in a high class condo, plus with free golf cart ser
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 43° 109° 32° 89°🥵AQI 85😷✈️13h$1,326 / mo🌇 Also went here10 peopleAmazing Phuket, warm sunny and lots to do! Getting there was a bunch of red tape and covid checks but we’ll worth the short trip!
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 39° 102° 30° 86°🥵AQI 63✈️13h$1,267 / mo🌇 Also went here8 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
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 44° 111° 32° 90°🥵AQI 97😷✈️14h$969 / mo🌇 Also went here9 peopleNo members are here right now. If you are, add it as a trip and you'll show up here!
