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| ⭐️ Total score | 211 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 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 | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Colombia |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 4 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 4 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 17°C 63°F + 💦 Damp (96%) = feels 17°C 63°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 74 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Tigo |
| 💸 10,000 COP in USD | USD 2.43 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | COP 1,000,000 = USD 243 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Juan Valdez Café |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 7,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $5,806 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Falabella |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Copa Airlines |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Avianca |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Hospital del Sur Armenia |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,433 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $671 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $750 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $214 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $97 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $118 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,315 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $62 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 187 listings) | $1,442 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $47 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very safe
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very damp now
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
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| Feels | 6619° mild | 6820° mild | 6418° cool | 6619° mild | 6820° mild | 6619° mild | 7021° mild | 6820° mild | 6820° mild | 6619° mild | 6619° mild | 6619° mild |
| Real | 6619° mild | 6720° mild | 6418° cool | 6619° mild | 6820° mild | 6619° mild | 6820° mild | 6820° mild | 6820° mild | 6619° mild | 6619° mild | 6619° mild |
| Humidity | nice 94% | nice 97% | nice 99% | nice 98% | nice 98% | nice 97% | nice 88% | nice 96% | nice 95% | nice 98% | nice 99% | nice 99% |
| Rain | rainy 571mm | rainy 605mm | rainy 688mm | rainy 849mm | rainy 657mm | rainy 795mm | rainy 496mm | rainy 504mm | rainy 556mm | rainy 792mm | rainy 598mm | rainy 566mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 82% | cloudy 88% | overcast 93% | overcast 95% | overcast 90% | overcast 91% | cloudy 75% | cloudy 89% | cloudy 85% | overcast 92% | overcast 93% | cloudy 87% |
| Sun | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI |
| Remote workers | 333 people | 267 people | 200 people | 267 people | 300 people | 0 people | 200 people | 300 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 400 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 20° 68° 20° 69°AQI 78😷✈️4h$1,543 / mo🌇 Also went here10 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.
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 25✈️10h$2,358 / mo🌇 Also went here10 peopleJust blindingly good. Best european city by miles. Cheap tube €26 for 5 days unlimited use! City centre is all walkable though. 4 or 5 distinct barrios with mega nightlife- does anyone actually work?!! Architecture fabulous on every street. Museum reno sofia; the best collection of 20c art, free entry after 7pm! The locals are friendly too. Could easily move here.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 27° 81° 29° 85°AQI 29✈️11h$2,990 / mo🌇 Also went here10 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 21° 70° 21° 69°AQI 34✈️11h$5,113 / mo🌇 Also went here11 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 30° 86° 28° 82°AQI 38✈️12h$3,573 / mo🌇 Also went here13 peopleLived 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
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 25° 77° 25° 78°AQI 42✈️12h$4,537 / mo🌇 Also went here12 peopleRome has tourist fatigue. Servers are curt and it's hard to find a decent restaurant.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 33° 91° 30° 86°🥵AQI 122😷✈️13h$4,719 / mo🌇 Also went here9 peopleBerlin 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
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 24° 75° 24° 74°AQI 34✈️13h$3,870 / mo🌇 Also went here13 peopleI am a Greek living abroad just the last couple of years. I accidentally discovered this page and noticed the comments below. What I can recommend to people considering living in Athens is to explore places a bit outside of the city center. I agree with people that there are many areas very close to the city center that are dirty and perhaps not very safe to walk around at night. Explore areas like Glyfada, Voula, Kifisia, Marousi, Psychiko, Marousi and you will be amazed with how different it i
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 33° 91° 31° 88°🥵AQI 55✈️14h$2,859 / mo🌇 Also went here9 peopleNo members are here right now. If you are, add it as a trip and you'll show up here!
