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| ⭐️ Overall Score | 204 reviews |
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| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
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| 🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
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| 🌍 Region | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Cambodia |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 6 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 9 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 29°C 84°F + Humid (67%) = feels 32°C 90°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 35 US AQI 🍃 good |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app (in country) | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Smart |
| 💸 10,000 KHR in USD | USD 2.47 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | KHR 1,000,000 = USD 247 |
| 💳 Cashless society | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | White Rabbit Beach Cafe |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | The Workshop Space |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 6% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 90,000 people |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Vietnam Air |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Vietnam Air |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Dongfang International Friendship Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,238 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $847 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,313 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $375 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $247 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $87 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $615 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $29 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (78 listings) | $1,706 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $56 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
Hey everyone,
Has anyone visited Sihanoukville recently? I would like to visit and give it a try for working but I am a little unsure about the following:
In anyone can offer any info, suggestions on specific areas or recommended accommodation that would be great. I visited around 8 years ago so I am assuming the place has changed quite a bit since then.
Thanks!
Hi Kierenb123!! I was wondering if you finally went to Sihanoukville? We are looking for places to go in the next days but I’m worried about the internet connection… If you could share your experience it would be great 
Thanks!!
I worked from Sihanoukville this year and if you like to get in shape and eat well, I strongly recommend this place: http://fitness-sihanoukville.com/digital-nomad-live-work-package.html
Reliable internet, personal trainer, breakfast and dinners every day, super clean place owned by a family.
Thanks for that @al.digit.al , I will check that out if I do visit, I tend to work around 40 hours per week so I was a little unsure if it would be worth going for a full package, I will probably head over in Janurary time so I will take a look
I was there over a year ago. 3G pretty bad from memory. Normal wifi bad. Otres beach was much better for normal wifi.
Thanks @robcubbon I heard they now have 4G in Sihanoukville so I will probably give it a try in the new year, I will more than likely be heading to the Otres area.
+1
I’m also very interested in answers to original post. Especially around 3G/4G and wifi connectivity. Is internet reliable and good enough for video calls? I don’t mind getting SIM cards as long as I can work / do business calls without interruptions.
Thanks!
Hey everyone,
Has anyone visited Sihanoukville recently? I would like to visit and give it a try for working but I am a little unsure about the following:
In anyone can offer any info, suggestions on specific areas or recommended accommodation that would be great. I visited around 8 years ago so I am assuming the place has changed quite a bit since then.
Thanks!
Hi Kierenb123!! I was wondering if you finally went to Sihanoukville? We are looking for places to go in the next days but I’m worried about the internet connection… If you could share your experience it would be great Thanks!!
I worked from Sihanoukville this year and if you like to get in shape and eat well, I strongly recommend this place: http://fitness-sihanoukville.com/digital-nomad-live-work-package.html
Reliable internet, personal trainer, breakfast and dinners every day, super clean place owned by a family.
Thanks for that @al.digit.al , I will check that out if I do visit, I tend to work around 40 hours per week so I was a little unsure if it would be worth going for a full package, I will probably head over in Janurary time so I will take a look
I was there over a year ago. 3G pretty bad from memory. Normal wifi bad. Otres beach was much better for normal wifi.
Thanks @robcubbon I heard they now have 4G in Sihanoukville so I will probably give it a try in the new year, I will more than likely be heading to the Otres area.
+1
I’m also very interested in answers to original post. Especially around 3G/4G and wifi connectivity. Is internet reliable and good enough for video calls? I don’t mind getting SIM cards as long as I can work / do business calls without interruptions.
Thanks!
I couldn’t find any threads on Phnom Penh so thought I’d start one.
Has anyone lived there as a DM? What were your experiences like? The good, the bad?
Yep, I ended up spending a month there
I started in a guest house through Airbnb which wasn’t super cheap and could’ve gotten a hotel room for around the same price, with access to a swimming pool etc. But definitely a cheap place to hang out especially if you avoid places aimed at Westerners esp the wealthier expat crowd.
I’m not sure of the name of the district where I stayed, it was near the Aeon Mall. I only went to the riverside/backpacker area once and that was pretty seedy but around my area was pretty nice. You still have to take common sense precautions of course. People say everyone gets robbed there eventually but I wasn’t there long enough for that to happen, thankfully. I thought my hosts were being really paranoid about house break-ins but apparently it is a huge issue too.
Even in Feb when I was there, the heat was too much for me. Long termers thought it was on the cold side though You pretty much can’t walk anywhere. Even without the heat, the footpaths are pretty much non-existent.
I didn’t do much touristing when I was there because I was working to a deadline and didn’t get out much but there are some nice cafes and bars. Booze is really cheap. People are generally friendly and easy going although the tuk tuk drivers seem to have no idea where to go! I did head out of town to the bear sanctuary which was a cool day trip. From my experience, it’s much more of an expat crowd than a DM scene (or maybe I just didn’t find it) and it’s easy to meet people.
Hi kathrynoh - did you go to Phnom Penh in the end? If so, what did you think? Our plans are suddenly in disarray and we are now considering basing ourselves there for a couple of months.
I lived in Phnom Penh for several years so here are my thoughts on the city.
Pros:
Cons:
I was genuinely considering moving to Phnom Penh for a bit myself after I visit Thailand in January next year. I was there this time last year for about 4 weeks, however I was travelling not working. Phnom Penh seemed to be the exception but there seemed to be a lot of power cuts throughout the whole country, including Siem Reap. The internet speed seemed decent enough when I was there, I was only browsing using my phone though. There was an American university lecturer staying in my dorms who was doing work while he was there. Although, I suppose it depends on what kind of work he was doing 
on the female friendly part, I met a bunch of girls travelling alone throughout the country and I didn’t hear anything bad from them or any horror stories (that’s not to say it isn’t an issue - just something I didn’t hear of). And yes, it’s cheap I have a friend who’s lived there for about 2 years now and he pays 420 USD plus bills of around 30 USD a month for a 3 bedroom flat and I’m fairly certain that includes a cleaner as well. The best place to try and find accommodation is probably facebook, there’s a bunch of groups for Phnom Penh housing / expats etc and there’s always someone advertising rooms to rent on there.
Thanks for the information. That’s really helpful.
I’m a writer so don’t need constant high speed internet to work. I’m probably going to stick mainly to Phnon Penh since I’ve been to Siam Reap and other parts before.
I visited PP for a number of weeks as a tourist, 8 years ago, back then the internet was slow and by the sounds of things, not much has changed. It’s cheap but not female friendly.
Thanks. I’ve been there but over 10 years ago now so have no idea what it’s like now.
Tbh, I really don’t know what ‘not female friendly’ means.
I’m in Siem Reap (Cambodia) for a week and I’m wanting to connect with people in the tech (devs), creative (marketing, advertising, design etc.) and business communities here. If you have any contacts, please put me in touch.
Thanks a lot!
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very safe
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Humid now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are not great
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
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| Real | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8831° hot | 9032° hot | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm |
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| Cloud | cloudy 59% | pockets 22% | pockets 43% | cloudy 82% | overcast 91% | overcast 97% | cloudy 88% | overcast 98% | overcast 95% | cloudy 87% | cloudy 67% | cloudy 57% |
| Sun | sunburn 8 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI |
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Very nice place to stay a few days. I would not recommend to stay very long, since there is not much to do. On the other hand its a beautiful place to relax. There will be a lot of tourists in the next years, so go there before that will happen.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 36° 97° 31° 87°🥵AQI 73🚕2h$981 / mo6MbpsPhnom Penh has plenty of air conditioned cafes and some co-working spaces, so it's quite possible to get work done. The river front area feels nice and spacious but other than that I didn't find it a particular pleasant city, and wouldn't stay for more a few days. Kampot, however, 4 hours away by bus, has been one of the best places I've stayed. The atmosphere is great, it's a small town with nice architecture, hip cafes, yoga classes, and a riverfront to stroll along. It's much calmer than any
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⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 30° 86° 26° 79°🥵AQI 74✈️28min$940 / mo17MbpsUnbelievably a great place to live! Forget Pattaya downtown and go for Jomtiem instead, with a more family-oriented enviroment, delicious street food and russian/scandinavian communities. You can live in great places with seaview paying less than you would pay for a regular place in Bangkok, with all the traffic and pollution. Also, Koh Larn island, an island 20 minutes far by boat is a gift, with pristine and clean beaches like the most famous islands in Thailand.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 32° 90° 29° 84°AQI 36✈️31min$1,424 / mo44MbpsThis island is a total gem. It has everything one desires in a paradise island! There is a huge higher consciousness/yoga/meditation/vegetarian/vegan community plus epic full moon and half moon parties, omg totally worth checking out! And the internet connectivity and speed on the island is good too. I've had no problem doing work from my laptop as a Digital Marketing Specialist either.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 28° 82° 26° 79°AQI 53✈️31min$1,253 / mo18MbpsI stuck here due COVID 19 quarantine. And it's best place to be right now. There are no big diifference compare to normal life. Locals are still friendly. Goverment doesn't pushes too much if you follow 2 simple rules: no partys due carantin and wear mask. Beaches are one of the best i've ever been and now they empty and even more clean. Food delivery works fine, Internet is good if you use your own line, and it's cheap to do. Great place to be here!
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 28° 82° 26° 79°AQI 53✈️32min$1,691 / mo18MbpsTruly a crime that Ko Tao is rated so low on NL at the moment. Incredible place to chill and get work done. Great community at TAOHUB, beautiful island, good/cheap diving, fast internet, very affordable, what's not to love?
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 31° 88° 28° 83°AQI 53✈️33min$1,196 / mo19MbpsI was skeptical but have really enjoyed it. It's considered a growing 'hipster capital' of Thailand, after Chiang Mai, with its easy access to Bangkok for wealthy weekenders on breaks, and the opening of Seenspace, a massive hotel + food and drink emporium. Train to Bangkok is older and slower, but avoids traffic. There are plenty of mini-buses and taxis plying the route as well. Figure 4 hours door to door. It's blissfully free of digital nomads (even though there is a coworking space and pl
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 31° 88° 28° 83°AQI 79😷✈️36min$1,358 / mo23MbpsDon'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
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 33° 91° 30° 86°🥵AQI 54✈️38min$1,542 / mo25MbpsPhnom Penh has plenty of air conditioned cafes and some co-working spaces, so it's quite possible to get work done. The river front area feels nice and spacious but other than that I didn't find it a particular pleasant city, and wouldn't stay for more a few days. Kampot, however, 4 hours away by bus, has been one of the best places I've stayed. The atmosphere is great, it's a small town with nice architecture, hip cafes, yoga classes, and a riverfront to stroll along. It's much calmer than any
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌦 Feels 31° 88° 27° 81°AQI 60✈️15min$1,260 / mo8MbpsIt used to have a lot of character and charm but all the construction is making the city lose its culture. Apartments and accommodation are ridiculously expensive. 300 to 500 a month for tiny rooms in a shared house. For single guys go elsewhere. Women here are rude, ultra conservative and have flat personalities with nothing going for them. Food is okay but plenty of MSG and food safety is atrocious. In addition motorists are aggressive and plenty of accidents take place. Don't live here i
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 30° 86° 26° 79°🥵AQI 74✈️28min$940 / mo17MbpsSiem Riep has a nice suburb feeling. At first sight it seems there's not much to do besides Angkor Wat and Pub Street, but you can go swimming, do bicycle tours, floating village day trip... I don't have best social skill, but in Siem Reap it was so easy to make new friends. Locals and tourists! I've worked at Garage Society Coworking Space. Pretty nice place. I don't understand the cons of slow internet. I've bought an LTE 4G Sim card for 10 USD with 10 GB. There's also free and mostly fast
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⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 31° 88° 28° 83°AQI 8✈️49min$1,710 / mo19MbpsAfter having lived here for two months, I've got to say that this must be one of the worst places in Asia. The only reason I am still here is because I'm stuck due to the covid-19 situation. There is nothing to do here, except going for a walk at the beach. No events, no social life, no activities. Mind you, this has nothing to do with the current situation, it was the same before things got shut down because of the virus. The locals don't really like foreigners and you can feel that often, eve
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 23° 73° 23° 74°AQI 34✈️1h$942 / mo17MbpsDefinitely an underrated place for nomads - Huge city with a small town feel. Lots of different neighborhoods to appeal to different types of people: some commercial, some hipstery, some historical, some modern. Food and rent is cheap (and the food is damn good). People are very friendly as compared to other big Asian cities. You can also get easy work as a tutor and make good extra cash. I survived for five months tutoring and doing other English related work for max 12 hrs a week (leaving me
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 1° 34° 3° 38°AQI 64✈️5h$2,374 / mo1MbpsUnbelievably a great place to live! Forget Pattaya downtown and go for Jomtiem instead, with a more family-oriented enviroment, delicious street food and russian/scandinavian communities. You can live in great places with seaview paying less than you would pay for a regular place in Bangkok, with all the traffic and pollution. Also, Koh Larn island, an island 20 minutes far by boat is a gift, with pristine and clean beaches like the most famous islands in Thailand.
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⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°AQI 13✈️21h$4,012 / mo39MbpsManila is an incredibly welcoming city and cheap to live. Accommodation in ultra luxurious condos is reasonable, foot massage whilst tapping out emails (£7 per hour) makes working from here a no brainer. Agree living in the Greenbelt area is a no brainer. Vegetarian choices can be limited in some places but excellent (and so cheap!) Delivery services are available, including diet chef stuff which is unaffordable anywhere else. The streets feel safe inside Makati and the areas around greenbelt
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 34° 93° 29° 84°AQI 39✈️3h$1,479 / mo8MbpsShanghai is a giant city and your experience really depends on a few factors like: 1) where you live in the city 2) do you speak basic Mandarin 3) do you make nice money 4) do you have to use the internet If you can afford to live in Jing'an or the French Concession, you can live a fashionable metropolitan lifestyle like you would in New York City. There's amazing food (Asian, Western and fusion). You'll be surrounded by entrepreneurs, artists, fashion designers and models. Many of whom d
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 12° 54° 12° 53°AQI 71✈️4h$2,053 / mo2MbpsFirst time I was in KL was in 2015 as a backpacking student. I stayed for 2 weeks at an airbnb in Bangsar South and I loved it. Met up with Uni friends, made new friends and I really like the relaxed atmosphere, despite being in a huge city. Fast forward, 3 years later, I went by myself to KL for a 3 days stay on a visa run from Chiang Mai. I stayed in a hotel near Bukit Bintang. I actually really didn't like it - I think because I was by myself, in a fairly wild part of the city and got so us
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 39° 102° 30° 85°🥵AQI 58✈️1h$1,294 / mo17MbpsPhnom Penh has plenty of air conditioned cafes and some co-working spaces, so it's quite possible to get work done. The river front area feels nice and spacious but other than that I didn't find it a particular pleasant city, and wouldn't stay for more a few days. Kampot, however, 4 hours away by bus, has been one of the best places I've stayed. The atmosphere is great, it's a small town with nice architecture, hip cafes, yoga classes, and a riverfront to stroll along. It's much calmer than any
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌦 Feels 31° 88° 27° 81°AQI 60✈️15min$1,260 / mo🌇 Also went here40 peopleSiem Riep has a nice suburb feeling. At first sight it seems there's not much to do besides Angkor Wat and Pub Street, but you can go swimming, do bicycle tours, floating village day trip... I don't have best social skill, but in Siem Reap it was so easy to make new friends. Locals and tourists! I've worked at Garage Society Coworking Space. Pretty nice place. I don't understand the cons of slow internet. I've bought an LTE 4G Sim card for 10 USD with 10 GB. There's also free and mostly fast
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌦 Feels 33° 91° 29° 84°AQI 36✈️25min$1,062 / mo🌇 Also went here42 peopleIt used to have a lot of character and charm but all the construction is making the city lose its culture. Apartments and accommodation are ridiculously expensive. 300 to 500 a month for tiny rooms in a shared house. For single guys go elsewhere. Women here are rude, ultra conservative and have flat personalities with nothing going for them. Food is okay but plenty of MSG and food safety is atrocious. In addition motorists are aggressive and plenty of accidents take place. Don't live here i
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 30° 86° 26° 79°🥵AQI 74✈️28min$940 / mo🌇 Also went here41 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
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 33° 91° 30° 86°🥵AQI 54✈️38min$1,542 / mo🌇 Also went here41 peopleLiving in Bangkok since 2015, I refused to go to Phuket longer than I could. I strongly believed in rumors that Phuket was all about prostitution and dirty beaches... oh, how I was wrong! Phuket is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! I’d say you can find the same conveniences you’re used in Bangkok, but with a beach - actually many of them, ofter pristine and desert if you rent a motorbike and explore by yourself. Forget about Patong and go to Karon, Surin, Kattatani, Paradise and Freedom Beach instead... you’
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 34° 93° 29° 84°AQI 25✈️51min$1,614 / mo🌇 Also went here27 peopleThe noise pollution here is insane. The prayer calls from the mosques seem to reverberate throughout Penang. Seems like they are competing for who can be the loudest. This really ruined Penang for me and I cut my time short.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 34° 93° 29° 83°AQI 41✈️54min$1,106 / mo🌇 Also went here20 peopleFirst time I was in KL was in 2015 as a backpacking student. I stayed for 2 weeks at an airbnb in Bangsar South and I loved it. Met up with Uni friends, made new friends and I really like the relaxed atmosphere, despite being in a huge city. Fast forward, 3 years later, I went by myself to KL for a 3 days stay on a visa run from Chiang Mai. I stayed in a hotel near Bukit Bintang. I actually really didn't like it - I think because I was by myself, in a fairly wild part of the city and got so us
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 39° 102° 30° 85°🥵AQI 58✈️1h$1,294 / mo🌇 Also went here35 peopleChiang Mai used to be N.1 for the digital nomad life. It is still great and you can find really cheap apartments (300-400$) and restaurants (2-3$ for a main). Wouldn't recommend staying there during the burning season. The best area is Nimman, but it's also the most expensive. You can stay in the old city that's very nice but that gets noisy during the weekend for the night markets. Last but not least, very safe city. All in all would go back in a heartbeat.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 31° 88° 28° 83°AQI 71✈️1h$1,093 / mo🌇 Also went here33 peopleThey say you get what you pay for. After having traveled the previous 4 months in India, Cambodia, VietNam, Myanmar and Thailand, Singapore was so easy! The subway system is a marvel, streets signs were easy to read, everyone speaks English (that just makes it easy for me as an English speaker) it is safe, clean, and parks are gorgeous. I was there as COVID 19 was breaking out fairly fast and that put a damper on my time but I was so happy to be there anyway and plan to go back. For digital
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 36° 97° 30° 85°🥵AQI 52✈️1h$2,761 / mo🌇 Also went here33 peopleI lived in Hanoi for 3 full months and I really loved it. Hanoi has a big foreigner district called 'Tay Ho'. If what you are looking for is somewhat foreigner(English) friendly, the spot is yours. However I preferred to stay in the Japanese area that was full of good sushi. The charm of the city comes from the people. Vietnamese are aggressively kind and way too friendly. I even rented a piano from a local shop, placed it at home and played it. Took private Muythai lesson from a local gym
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 21° 70° 20° 69°AQI 69✈️2h$927 / mo🌇 Also went here20 peopleI spent one year in Istanbul and it's absolutely amazing. The city is really safe, I went back home really late during the night, walking, without any problem. Parties are really fun and there are all kinds of spots to have fun (bars, nightclubs, restaurants...). The city has a lot of cafés to work at and most of them have free and reliable wifi. Definitely recommend!
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 37✈️11h$1,080 / mo🌇 Also went here20 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
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 2° 36° 4° 39°AQI 40✈️12h$3,032 / mo🌇 Also went here25 peopleLondon is the best city in the world - you just can't do it on a budget. It's got an amazing tech scene but ALSO world class media, fashion, finance, art industries and many others. If you don't want to live in a tech / expat mono-culture then it's for you. It is a genuine melting pot with a huge range of nationalities and cultures living together (the US has a large number of nationalities but there seems to be hard segregations between them geographically, economically, culturally - so they
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 9° 48° 9° 48°AQI 89😷✈️13h$4,059 / mo🌇 Also went here20 peopleHaving spent a total of two weeks in London on two separate occasions and having lived in NYC for two years, both are among my favorite cities in the world. Londoners are quite internationally and ethnically diverse, and seemingly better educated and more intellectual than New Yorkers in aggregate. The city very clean with a stunning mix of modern and historic architecture, and arguably has Europe's best public transit in terms of signage, availability, cleanliness and general efficiency. Meanw
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 11° 52° 11° 52°AQI 43✈️19h$4,789 / mo🌇 Also went here21 people
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