I will be in San Juan, Puerto Rico next week. Any suggestions for great places to eat local foods, fish, etc. in Old San Juan?
Happy to get suggestions for activities, beaches - whatever!
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| 🌍 Region | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Puerto Rico |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 10 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 24 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 28°C 83°F + 🥵 Sweaty (90%) = feels 34°C 93°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 22 US AQI 🍃 good |
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| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 360,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per Capita | $28,636 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 42% 👱♀️ 58% |
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| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,616 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,250 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $250 / month |
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| 🏨 Hotel | $93 / night |
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| 🍛 Dinner | $12 |
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| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $4 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $12,352 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $30,278 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $71,127 |
I will be in San Juan, Puerto Rico next week. Any suggestions for great places to eat local foods, fish, etc. in Old San Juan?
Happy to get suggestions for activities, beaches - whatever!
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
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✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
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