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| ⭐️ Total score | 129 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
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| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Costa Rica |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 22 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 39 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌤 30°C 86°F + 🥵 Sweaty (78%) = feels 37°C 99°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 61 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 1,000 CRC in USD | USD 1.85 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CRC 100,000 = USD 185 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 💻 Best coworking space | SWINDA COWORK OFFICE |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Bali beach deli |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍11% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 3,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $11,825 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 68% 👱♀️ 32% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | VRBO |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Nature Air |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,676 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,263 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $7,501 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $2,143 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,762 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,898 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $2,067 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $176 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $128 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $276 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $13 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomad List members liked going here a lot
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not very safe
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Not many Nomad List members right now
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ People don't speak English well
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| Feels | 9535° hot | 9736° hot | 9535° hot | 9937° hot | 9535° hot | 9736° hot | 9736° hot | 9133° hot | 9133° hot | 9133° hot | 9133° hot | 9535° hot |
| Real | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8429° very warm |
| Humidity | sweaty 81% | sweaty 76% | sweaty 72% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 84% | sweaty 87% | sweaty 87% | sweaty 88% | sweaty 89% | sweaty 89% | sweaty 86% | sweaty 84% |
| Rain | rainy 50mm | dry 22mm | dry 37mm | rainy 213mm | rainy 329mm | rainy 419mm | rainy 411mm | rainy 529mm | rainy 372mm | rainy 473mm | rainy 197mm | rainy 117mm |
| Cloud | pockets 40% | pockets 30% | pockets 33% | cloudy 62% | cloudy 69% | cloudy 78% | cloudy 75% | cloudy 82% | cloudy 79% | cloudy 72% | cloudy 56% | pockets 37% |
| Sun | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI |
| Remote workers | 575 people | 650 people | 667 people | 900 people | 600 people | 533 people | 360 people | 467 people | 480 people | 400 people | 543 people | 400 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 17° 63° 17° 63°AQI 17✈️11h$4,890 / mo🌇 Also went here39 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 7° 45° 8° 46°AQI 38✈️12h$6,310 / mo🌇 Also went here47 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 10° 50° 11° 52°AQI 51✈️12h$5,837 / mo🌇 Also went here36 peopleNomading here is tough because there are no reasonable Airbnbs and finding a short-term apt is difficult. You have to ask yourself, is it worth coming to Barcelona? It's probably the dirtiest city in Spain, and a bit sketchy. There's more beautiful and cleaner cities like Seville where you can find a reasonably priced Airbnb.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 21° 70° 20° 68°AQI 30✈️12h$5,277 / mo🌇 Also went here54 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 9° 48° 10° 49°AQI 27✈️13h$4,056 / mo🌇 Also went here42 peopleI agree so much with this review from 11 months ago. "A city right out of a dystopian novel" - that's what I was thinking on the way to the Airport after spending just a week in Bangkok. A city right out of a dystopian novel - soulless and cynical. The air is polluted and no trees are in sight. Its inhabitants manipulative and cold-hearted - hidden behind fake smiles. A Disney Land for senile retirees. Everything is for sale and nothing has value. The streets are filled with rats - both human o
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 42° 108° 33° 92°🥵AQI 76😷✈️23h$2,103 / mo🌇 Also went here39 peopleReally hard to get a decent price for accomodation. Prices are riddiculous as for Indonesian standards and how much locals earn. New restaurants and buildings popping up taking away rice fields. More and more traffic jams and congestion. Too much influencers vs. too little vibe of authentic Balinese culture.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 39° 102° 30° 86°🥵AQI 57✈️24h$2,031 / mo🌇 Also went here34 people
