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| ⭐️ Total score | 25 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 😤 People density | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
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| 📶 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 | Middle East |
| 🚩 Country | Saudi Arabia |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 29 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 7 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 36°C 97°F + 🌵 Too dry (16%) = feels 34°C 93°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 112 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 395 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 🚬 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 115V230V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 10 SAR in USD | USD 2.66 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | SAR 1,000 = USD 266 |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍12% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 5,518,400 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 105,760 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 6,700,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $19,817 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 17x17m (289m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 71% 👱♀️ 29% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 57% 👱♀️ 43% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 74% 👱♀️ 26% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Saudi |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,619 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,702 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,620 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $749 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $664 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $319 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,848 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $87 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,704 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $121 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Expensive
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Way too hot in the summer
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Bad air quality year round
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 7021° mild | 7222° mild | 8127° warm | 8831° hot | 9535° hot | 9937° hot | 10239° hot | 10038° hot | 9334° hot | 9032° hot | 7926° warm | 7021° mild |
| Real | 7021° mild | 7222° mild | 8630° very warm | 9334° hot | 10239° hot | 10641° scorching | 10842° scorching | 10641° scorching | 9937° hot | 9535° hot | 8228° very warm | 7021° mild |
| Humidity | nice 32% | nice 30% | too dry 16% | too dry 12% | too dry 9% | too dry 7% | too dry 10% | too dry 10% | too dry 12% | too dry 15% | too dry 27% | nice 32% |
| Rain | dry 13mm | dry 14mm | dry 1mm | dry 4mm | dry 3mm | dry 0mm | dry 7mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 5mm |
| Cloud | pockets 12% | pockets 21% | clear 4% | pockets 34% | pockets 19% | clear 1% | pockets 26% | pockets 13% | pockets 11% | clear 1% | clear 9% | pockets 43% |
| Air quality | clean 31 US AQI | bad 395 US AQI | bad 395 US AQI | bad 395 US AQI | bad 395 US AQI | bad 395 US AQI | bad 395 US AQI | bad 395 US AQI | bad 395 US AQI | bad 395* US AQI | clean 17 US AQI | bad 395* US AQI |
| Sun | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI |
| Remote workers | 300 people | 233 people | 300 people | 300 people | 267 people | 300 people | 233 people | 280 people | 240 people | 300 people | 229 people | 229 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 42✈️5h$4,655 / mo🌇 Also went here37 peopleHow 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 18° 64° 17° 63°AQI 30✈️7h$4,361 / mo🌇 Also went here42 peopleTokyo has so much to offer and so much to do. It is easily overwhelming. Whereas I usually take my first week to explore a place Tokyo’s sights just kept on going. I remember ending up in a hidden cocktail bar, a mexican rooftop party with 1 meter margaritas, spending a whole day going only to French places(?), visiting a store that only imported 2nd hand hiphop apparel, and throughout it all the best michelin star ramen. It just seemed endless, completely unrelated and incredibly fun. Six wee
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 31° 88° 26° 78°🥵AQI 7✈️12h$2,483 / mo🌇 Also went here54 peopleI'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.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 18° 64° 17° 62°AQI 13✈️14h$5,407 / mo🌇 Also went here38 peopleI guess if you're a nomad this doesn't matter much, but the long-term job pickings here are slim and among the most underpaid for a US city. There seems to be a tacit rent floor that means you won't find a good deal on housing. A lot of people don't seem very invested in their interpersonal relationships here since their ties to the area are often transient.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 42° 108° 32° 89°🥵AQI 61✈️16h$4,883 / mo🌇 Also went here35 peopleIn it's current iteration, Houston is a wide-spread, vehicle dependent city and would be a difficult place to exist as a Nomad without a vehicle. Downtown Houston was once a desolate cluster of office buildings that was abandoned at sundown. But now, downtown is currently undergoing a transformation and will soon (5~ years) make for an inhabitable and nomad friendly destination.
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 23° 73° 23° 74°AQI 34✈️17h$7,160 / mo🌇 Also went here36 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 29° 84° 32° 90°🥵AQI 28✈️17h$3,587 / mo🌇 Also went here35 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
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