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| ⭐️ Total score | 226 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 😤 People density | |
| 🚶 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 | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| ⏱ Average trip time | 8 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 60 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 16°C 61°F + 💦 Damp (73%) = feels 17°C 63°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 9 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 50 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Santa Teresa |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Fairgrounds |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | T-Mobile |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Next Space |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | SandBox Suites |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Crema Coffee Roasting |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 13% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 1,630,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 31,239 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,000,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ empty: 21x21m (441m²) per person |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Southwest |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | American |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Stanford Health and Clinics |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,927 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,257 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $9,016 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $2,576 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $2,500 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $250 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,602 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $122 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (599 listings) | $2,705 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $89 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $10 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ 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
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very damp now
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 6317° cool | 5412° cool | 5915° cool | 6820° mild | 6820° mild | 7725° warm | 7725° warm | 8429° warm | 8127° warm | 7021° mild | 6418° cool | 5513° cool |
| Real | 6116° cool | 5412° cool | 5915° cool | 6619° mild | 6619° mild | 7625° warm | 7725° warm | 8127° warm | 7826° warm | 7021° mild | 6418° cool | 5513° cool |
| Humidity | damp 73% | damp 72% | nice 69% | nice 66% | nice 71% | nice 62% | nice 64% | nice 66% | nice 61% | nice 44% | nice 63% | damp 77% |
| Rain | dry 12mm | dry 36mm | dry 20mm | dry 3mm | dry 8mm | dry 1mm | dry 2mm | dry 1mm | dry 6mm | dry 3mm | dry 25mm | rainy 62mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 51% | cloudy 57% | cloudy 59% | pockets 38% | pockets 47% | pockets 23% | pockets 15% | pockets 13% | pockets 11% | pockets 10% | pockets 24% | cloudy 64% |
| Air quality | clean 25 US AQI | okay 50 US AQI | okay 50 US AQI | okay 50 US AQI | okay 50 US AQI | okay 50 US AQI | okay 50 US AQI | okay 50 US AQI | okay 50 US AQI | okay 50* US AQI | okay 50* US AQI | clean 29 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 240 people | 280 people | 200 people | 250 people | 367 people | 667 people | 400 people | 200 people | 400 people | 400 people | 267 people | 250 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 19° 66° 19° 65°AQI 17✈️11h$2,996 / mo30MbpsCurrently live here and been here 30 years so I can tell you is the city has become much more violence increase murders in the hatch well it’s always had like a sense of division between black and white individuals that’s become more pronounced or some more mental illness in the street otherwise it’s a great place for a young professional who’s idealistic want to change the world but very expensive and certainly world class healthcare but also unless you have good insurance you’re goin
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 24° 75° 24° 75°AQI 23✈️5h$4,879 / mo68MbpsBoston 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.
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 20° 68° 20° 68°AQI 42✈️4h$1,511 / mo20MbpsLas 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
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 16° 61° 16° 60°AQI 53✈️39min$4,612 / mo🌇 Also went here37 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 23° 73° 23° 73°AQI 26✈️49min$3,789 / mo🌇 Also went here39 people⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 18° 64° 18° 65°AQI 21✈️54min$4,313 / mo🌇 Also went here34 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 22° 72° 22° 71°AQI 99😷✈️5h$5,021 / mo🌇 Also went here55 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 19° 66° 19° 65°AQI 17✈️11h$2,996 / mo🌇 Also went here47 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 17° 63° 17° 63°AQI 23✈️12h$4,306 / mo🌇 Also went here43 peopleI absolutely love living in this city. It's very clean, safe and things generally always work! This is something I miss when I travel to other cities in Europe and rest of the world. Also co-working spaces are growing tons. Though night life might be pretty "boring", it truly is what you make it. Get to know other expats and friends through meetups or friend of a friend, and you'll have an awesome time here!
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 10° 50° 11° 52°AQI 20✈️12h$3,502 / mo🌇 Also went here36 peopleHousing is an issue (so cost of living is high) but the city is beautiful and summer in Amsterdam is hard to beat with all the cultural activiies and music festivals. Would not want to live in the actual city center (inside the "grachtengordel") but have been living in East for over 2 years now and aside from the price (and size) of apartment life is just good here. Biking everywhere is bliss. Winter can be cold though.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 13° 55° 14° 58°AQI 19✈️12h$4,700 / mo🌇 Also went here49 peopleCopenhagen is way too expensive. I have lived there for quite some time and although it's has this semi-hipster vibe, it still feels like a big village. It's miserable in the winter because it's so windy and went. There are much better and cheaper options, plus the people can be hard to relate to.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 11° 52° 12° 53°AQI 17✈️12h$4,608 / mo🌇 Also went here36 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 17° 63° 16° 61°AQI 12✈️12h$3,922 / mo🌇 Also went here55 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 14° 57° 14° 57°AQI 32✈️12h$3,111 / mo🌇 Also went here46 peopleI 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
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 13° 55° 13° 56°AQI 37✈️13h$2,184 / mo🌇 Also went here38 peopleI wanted to like Barcelona but the rampant robberies just really caste a dark cloud over my 6 weeks there. Usually it is non-violent pick pocketing, but there are cases where it is much uglier than that.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 21° 70° 20° 68°AQI 1✈️13h$3,022 / mo🌇 Also went here38 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 39° 102° 31° 88°🥵AQI 63✈️17h$1,360 / mo🌇 Also went here40 people
