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| ⭐️ Total score | 50 reviews |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 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 | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 48 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 17°C 63°F + 😊 Comfy (57%) = feels 17°C 63°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 50 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 27 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Denny's |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | The SandBox |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍10% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 91,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 86% 👱♀️ 14% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | American Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Issels Medical Center |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,941 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $4,254 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $9,743 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $2,784 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,743 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $5,078 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $2,500 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $175 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $166 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $499 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $17 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $7 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $4 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm all year round
✅ 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
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Not safe for women
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| Feels | 6317° cool | 6317° cool | 6116° cool | 6418° cool | 6317° cool | 6820° mild | 7021° mild | 7021° mild | 6820° mild | 6820° mild | 6619° mild | 5714° cool |
| Real | 6317° cool | 6317° cool | 6116° cool | 6418° cool | 6317° cool | 6820° mild | 7021° mild | 7021° mild | 6820° mild | 6820° mild | 6619° mild | 5714° cool |
| Humidity | nice 48% | nice 60% | nice 65% | damp 74% | damp 82% | nice 84% | nice 86% | nice 82% | nice 87% | nice 60% | nice 80% | damp 79% |
| Rain | rainy 226mm | rainy 59mm | rainy 66mm | dry 6mm | dry 7mm | dry 10mm | dry 2mm | dry 1mm | dry 0mm | rainy 70mm | dry 10mm | rainy 260mm |
| Cloud | pockets 25% | pockets 17% | pockets 13% | pockets 18% | pockets 22% | pockets 22% | pockets 18% | pockets 17% | pockets 20% | pockets 10% | pockets 23% | pockets 37% |
| Air quality | clean 19 US AQI | clean 18 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 24 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI |
| Sun | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 17° 63° 17° 63°AQI 43🚕2h$4,282 / mo52Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 18° 64° 18° 65°AQI 42🚕3h$6,484 / mo94MbpsI don't know where the other people stayed in Bakersfield but it is not walkable by any means. Everything is very spread out and separated by very wide streets. Sidewalks (if they exist) are tiny. There is a downtown, but that is not bigger than a few blocks and hardy describes the rest of the town accurately.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 17° 63° 17° 62°AQI 78😷✈️10min$3,740 / mo48MbpsI 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° 71°AQI 55✈️12min$5,227 / mo48Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 17° 63° 16° 61°AQI 49✈️12min$3,331 / mo53Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 18° 64° 17° 63°AQI 49✈️12min$3,033 / mo46Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 16° 61° 16° 60°AQI 78😷✈️13min$3,433 / mo41MbpsAmazing beaches and fancy places. My favorite season here is fall since it has great sunsets and the sky is sunny everyday (perfect temperature). Early summer can be gloomy and a bit cold. Late summer is too hot 🔥 Good asian food around here since there are so many asians. Otherwise, most of the restaurants seem to copy each other's menus.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 18° 64° 18° 65°AQI 21✈️15min$5,536 / mo79Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 17° 63° 17° 63°AQI 78😷✈️16min$3,516 / mo49Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 16° 61° 16° 60°AQI 114😷✈️16min$3,951 / mo50Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 21° 70° 21° 71°AQI 14✈️17min$4,424 / mo45Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 16° 61° 16° 61°AQI 139😷✈️17min$3,723 / mo69MbpsHow 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).
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 14° 57° 14° 58°AQI 57✈️35min$5,962 / mo70MbpsI 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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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 35° 95° 29° 84°🥵AQI 35✈️16h$2,562 / mo6MbpsI grew up in Chicago and still return fairly often. I love the character of the different neighborhoods, the variety of architectural styles, and as others have said, the food scene is incredible. It's easy to make friends in the suburbs, perhaps not so much in the city itself. I have never witnessed racial tension here, and have been pleasantly surprised by the interracial friendliness I have observed. There are a wonderful selection of forests and parks just about everywhere, and the museu
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 4° 39° 6° 43°AQI 23✈️4h$4,894 / mo44MbpsPros: Food carts, local microbrews, lots of outdoor activities within day trip range, high property values. Cons: trash everywhere, out of control crime, violent drug-addicted "houseless" everywhere, mediocre public schools, some of the highest taxes in the country, ineffective police force, antiquated inefficient form of city government, very high rents, passive aggressive culture.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 6° 43° 7° 45°AQI 22✈️2h$3,999 / mo72MbpsThe city of Dallas has captivated me to an extent that I never will find another place so memorizing to live in, with all the opportunities and amenities present.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 14° 57° 14° 57°AQI 26✈️3h$3,653 / mo41MbpsI'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 13° 55° 13° 56°AQI 43✈️5h$6,693 / mo31MbpsI have grown up in Tampa Bay and can give some quick insight. If you want to genuinely experience the overall area or its history you'll want to visit both Ybor City and St Petersburg (First two areas that were initially settled). Clearwater is a tourist trap but has a beautiful manufactured beach (the sand as imported to make this beach what it is today). Saint Petersburg, FL: St Petersburg offers a few co-working spaces and at one time boasted the largest number of Kava Bars in a given ci
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 30° 86° 26° 79°🥵AQI 14✈️5h$3,778 / mo41MbpsVery laid back place, incredibly beautiful and cafes to work from everywhere. 100% recommended
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 23° 73° 23° 73°AQI 62✈️2h$1,914 / mo12MbpsPlease don’t come. Rent has doubled in price in a matter of 5yrs. Myself and other locals are being pushed out of the city and forced to move to places that are +1h commute from work. People are struggling and suffering. And yet it is all ok because rich foreigners want to “spice up” their life… I repeat, do not come, and if you do have to come, please try to do damage control
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 16° 61° 16° 60°AQI 59✈️12h$3,489 / mo27MbpsI 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° 71°AQI 55✈️12min$5,227 / mo🌇 Also went here45 people⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 18° 64° 18° 64°AQI 55✈️25min$5,214 / mo🌇 Also went here33 peopleHow 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).
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 14° 57° 14° 58°AQI 57✈️35min$5,962 / mo🌇 Also went here46 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 13° 55° 13° 56°AQI 35✈️37min$5,776 / mo🌇 Also went here36 peopleSeattle 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.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 5° 41° 6° 44°AQI 17✈️2h$5,060 / mo🌇 Also went here31 peopleI really enjoyed my first week here, but as I got to know more locals and heard their stories, I was disturbed at the security situation. Almost everyone I met has horror stories about being robbed at gunpoint, robbed by the police, and in one case even drugged and robbed by a taxi driver. It's not even safe to walk a short distance at night (locals told me to just take Uber). Beyond the security issues, scams also abound, and the covid policy is wacky, with hand sanitizer being forced on you ev
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 76😷✈️4h$1,851 / mo🌇 Also went here33 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 32° 90° 28° 83°🥵AQI 21✈️5h$7,528 / mo🌇 Also went here32 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 13° 55° 13° 56°AQI 43✈️5h$6,693 / mo🌇 Also went here41 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 10° 50° 10° 50°AQI 28✈️12h$5,724 / mo🌇 Also went here36 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 9° 48° 10° 49°AQI 41✈️12h$6,765 / mo🌇 Also went here34 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 11° 52° 11° 51°AQI 72✈️12h$5,548 / mo🌇 Also went here44 peoplePlease don’t come. Rent has doubled in price in a matter of 5yrs. Myself and other locals are being pushed out of the city and forced to move to places that are +1h commute from work. People are struggling and suffering. And yet it is all ok because rich foreigners want to “spice up” their life… I repeat, do not come, and if you do have to come, please try to do damage control
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 16° 61° 16° 60°AQI 59✈️12h$3,489 / mo🌇 Also went here35 peopleI've been hanging out in Berlin on and off for 30 years. It is very safe for women. It is much friendlier than it used to be. There are loads of vegan restaurants now. The nightlife and specially jazz clubs are amazing! I have an excellent apartment to rent out in Wedding - which used to have a boring reputation but now is very cool.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 4° 39° 6° 42°AQI 26✈️12h$4,007 / mo🌇 Also went here31 peopleOne of the best cities in Europe. Beautiful, wide streets, perfect weather. Huge tech scene & everything you can imagine. Food is next level. You can take the train and in 20 mins you will be in a nice uncrowded beach. The airport is a massive hub to go anywhere. FC Barcelona, huge huge football atmosphere. Tons of beautiful coworkings. Internet is ultra fast. Prices are expensive, but so is everything right now :(
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 14° 57° 14° 56°AQI 29✈️13h$4,211 / mo🌇 Also went here34 peopleBangkok is a really nice city. I lived 2 weeks in Bangkok and it was a good trip ! People are very nice, smiling and the cost is affordable. Some beautifuls temple, gardens, market etc. Chinatown is a place to visit, and Bangkok is globally clean !
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 36° 97° 29° 84°🥵AQI 38✈️18h$2,030 / mo🌇 Also went here35 peopleNo members are here right now. If you are, add it as a trip and you'll show up here!
