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| ⭐️ Total score | 56 reviews |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 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 | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Japan |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 26 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌫 -3°C 26°F + 💦 Damp (81%) = feels -5°C 23°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 25 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 46.25 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 1,000 JPY in USD | USD 7.62 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | JPY 10,000 = USD 76 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Regus |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Tully's Coffee |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👎3% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,000,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $38,640 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 14x14m (196m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 43% 👱♀️ 57% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 55% 👱♀️ 45% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 84% 👱♀️ 16% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | All Nippon Airlines |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Japan Airlines |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,032 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,934 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,976 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,422 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,212 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,591 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $901 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $104 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $118 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $465 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $26 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $4 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 18-8° freezing | 23-5° freezing | 373° cold | 468° cold | 5915° cool | 7021° mild | 8630° warm | 7524° warm | 7021° mild | 5915° cool | 468° cold | 27-3° freezing |
| Real | 23-5° freezing | 29-2° freezing | 415° very cold | 4910° cold | 5915° cool | 7021° mild | 8127° warm | 7524° warm | 7021° mild | 5915° cool | 4910° cold | 320° freezing |
| Humidity | damp 79% | damp 79% | damp 77% | nice 66% | damp 79% | nice 77% | sweaty 77% | nice 78% | nice 75% | damp 73% | damp 76% | damp 77% |
| Rain | rainy 92mm | rainy 99mm | rainy 86mm | rainy 123mm | rainy 113mm | rainy 64mm | dry 31mm | rainy 174mm | rainy 74mm | rainy 141mm | rainy 171mm | rainy 100mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 68% | cloudy 67% | cloudy 67% | cloudy 66% | cloudy 81% | cloudy 59% | cloudy 68% | cloudy 77% | cloudy 65% | cloudy 71% | cloudy 65% | cloudy 67% |
| Air quality | clean 46 US AQI | clean 49 US AQI | okay 53 US AQI | okay 52 US AQI | okay 52 US AQI | clean 47 US AQI | clean 48 US AQI | clean 44 US AQI | clean 40 US AQI | clean 39 US AQI | clean 39 US AQI | clean 43 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 600 people | 229 people | 200 people | 250 people | 350 people | 300 people | 200 people | 250 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 300 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 37° 99° 30° 87°🥵AQI 70✈️7h$2,158 / mo🌇 Also went here32 peopleNot gonna lie, I was pretty curious and kinda hyped before I came to Singapore. However, within 24 hours all of my curiosity turned into disappointment. Yes, Singapore is clean by any standards but especially by Asian standards. And yes, you have shopping malls, fancy skyscrapers and free toilets everywhere. But beside from that Singapore is boring and has no soul. It just seems like Singapore tries to copy interesting parts of other countries and their nature. Take Cloud Forest for example wh
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 11° 52° 11° 52°AQI 20✈️10h$6,903 / mo🌇 Also went here17 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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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️11h$3,887 / mo🌇 Also went here17 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 25✈️12h$5,205 / mo🌇 Also went here20 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 -8° 18° -4° 24°AQI 18✈️13h$6,457 / mo🌇 Also went here25 peopleI'm currently in Lisbon and I must say that this city has been very overhyped in terms of cost, food and overall fun. There are a lot of issues where foreigners like myself are driving up the rent and we are solely blamed for this. The larger issue here is the Portuguese government is not using these tourism dollars towards their people. I'm staying in Alfama and there is 'fuck tourists' spray painted in a few places but in order to come and stay here we are being asked to provide our informatio
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