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| ⭐️ Total score | 213 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Japan |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 27 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 9°C 49°F + 💦 Damp (80%) = feels 9°C 48°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 25 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 47 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Soft Bank |
| 💸 1,000 JPY in USD | USD 8.85 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | JPY 10,000 = USD 88 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Regus |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Tully's Coffee |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,100,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $38,640 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 55% 👱♀️ 45% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Ambiguous |
| 💻 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 | $2,316 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,609 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,791 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,083 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $713 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $177 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,222 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $57 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 2 listings) | $2,020 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $66 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $6 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $4 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ 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
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets 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
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| Feels | 373° cold | 436° cold | 489° cold | 5714° cool | 7021° mild | 7021° mild | 7524° warm | 9032° hot | 7524° warm | 6619° mild | 5513° cool | 457° cold |
| Real | 415° very cold | 457° cold | 5010° cold | 5714° cool | 7021° mild | 7021° mild | 7524° warm | 8228° very warm | 7524° warm | 6418° cool | 5513° cool | 457° cold |
| Humidity | nice 60% | nice 53% | nice 56% | nice 55% | nice 58% | nice 82% | nice 85% | sweaty 84% | nice 74% | nice 72% | nice 63% | nice 64% |
| Rain | dry 12mm | dry 16mm | dry 43mm | dry 36mm | rainy 54mm | rainy 255mm | rainy 63mm | rainy 74mm | dry 39mm | rainy 311mm | dry 16mm | dry 27mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 52% | pockets 46% | pockets 47% | cloudy 51% | pockets 41% | cloudy 88% | overcast 91% | cloudy 73% | cloudy 67% | cloudy 82% | pockets 49% | pockets 48% |
| Air quality | clean 36 US AQI | clean 45 US AQI | okay 50 US AQI | okay 53 US AQI | okay 56 US AQI | clean 48 US AQI | okay 53 US AQI | clean 48 US AQI | clean 43 US AQI | clean 42 US AQI | clean 39 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 13° 55° 13° 55°AQI 57✈️51min$2,642 / mo26Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 10° 50° 10° 50°AQI 21✈️60min$3,335 / mo27Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 11° 52° 11° 52°AQI 21✈️1h$3,164 / mo28Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 12° 54° 12° 54°AQI 46✈️1h$2,485 / mo29MbpsTokyo 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
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 21° 70° 21° 71°AQI 58✈️4h$2,598 / mo🌇 Also went here2 peopleOnly thing to add is that in general Saigon has terrible walkability. I love Saigon, lived there for 3 years. But motorbikes are always parked on the sidewalks so you constantly have to step onto the road which is a little hair raising. And if it's not motorbikes then there are restaurant tables scattered across the pavement. Plus the pavement is almost always cracked. I'm a pretty chill person. But going for a random walk in Saigon always leaves me kind of irritated after a while. Of course the
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 30° 86° 28° 82°AQI 137😷✈️6h$1,299 / mo🌇 Also went here3 peopleA very poor city, not comparable to any other in SEA (maybe Phnom Penh, in Cambodia). Not much to see and do, particularly I can’t see any advantages to stay here, as Thailand, Indonesia and even Malaysia offer better option with higher quality for the same price.
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 30° 86° 27° 81°AQI 78😷✈️7h$1,357 / mo🌇 Also went here2 people⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°AQI 132😷✈️11h$4,496 / mo🌇 Also went here2 people⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️11h$4,443 / mo🌇 Also went here2 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
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 18° 64° 18° 65°AQI 87😷✈️11h$4,664 / mo🌇 Also went here2 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 -1° 30° 1° 33°AQI 35✈️12h$3,177 / mo🌇 Also went here4 peoplePros: * Very clean - lots of hand sanitisation places and people wear masks + streets are clean * Great, cheap public transport * Very beautiful city and good parks * Pretty good Italian and asian food Cons: * Coffee shops seem to have mostly gone and been replaced with lots of Starbucks and other chains. * Food / drinks is very expensive in most parts - Local beer is quite cheap though * Barely any night life to speak of - everything closes at 11pm Other Info: COVID restrictions are very stri
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️12h$2,972 / mo🌇 Also went here2 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.
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