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| ⭐️ Total score | 237 reviews |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| ❤️ Liked by members | |
| 🙊 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 | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Mexico |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 14 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 7 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 31°C 88°F + 😊 Comfy (69%) = feels 37°C 99°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 58 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 60.75 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Telcel |
| 💸 100 MXN in USD | USD 4.93 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MXN 10,000 = USD 493 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍13% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,100,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,444 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 15x15m (225m²) per person |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) |
👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Linio |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Avisosdeocasion |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Volaris |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Aeromexico |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,341 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $763 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,306 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $373 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $222 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $118 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $769 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $36 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 620 listings) | $1,089 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $36 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $6 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomad List members liked going here a lot
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ Not very safe
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Not many Nomad List members go here
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
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| Feels |
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21° mild |
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23° mild |
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27° warm |
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34° hot |
95
35° hot |
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37° hot |
97
36° hot |
104
40° hot |
99
37° hot |
86
30° warm |
73
23° mild |
77
25° warm |
| Real |
68
20°
mild |
73
23°
mild |
79
26°
warm |
86
30°
very warm |
86
30°
very warm |
88
31°
hot |
86
30°
very warm |
90
32°
hot |
88
31°
hot |
82
28°
very warm |
73
23°
mild |
77
25°
warm |
| Humidity |
nice 48% |
nice 55% |
nice 54% |
nice 63% |
sweaty 72% |
nice 69% |
sweaty 76% |
nice 69% |
nice 69% |
nice 69% |
nice 69% |
nice 52% |
| Rain |
dry 20mm |
dry 15mm |
dry 16mm |
dry 41mm |
rainy 79mm |
rainy 112mm |
rainy 120mm |
rainy 68mm |
rainy 114mm |
rainy 85mm |
dry 38mm |
dry 21mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 26% |
pockets 21% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 44% |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 34% |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 33% |
| Air quality |
okay 62 US AQI |
okay 65 US AQI |
okay 73 US AQI |
okay 65 US AQI |
okay 77 US AQI |
okay 69 US AQI |
okay 60 US AQI |
okay 54 US AQI |
okay 57 US AQI |
okay 57 US AQI |
okay 72 US AQI |
okay 56 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 43° 109° 31° 88° 🥵 AQI 104 😷 ✈️2h $2,516 / mo 🌇 Also went here16 people
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I guess if you're a nomad this doesn't matter much, but the long-term job pickings here are slim and among the most underpaid for a US city. There seems to be a tacit rent floor that means you won't find a good deal on housing. A lot of people don't seem very invested in their interpersonal relationships here since their ties to the area are often transient.
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I grew up in Chicago and still return fairly often. I love the character of the different neighborhoods, the variety of architectural styles, and as others have said, the food scene is incredible. It's easy to make friends in the suburbs, perhaps not so much in the city itself. I have never witnessed racial tension here, and have been pleasantly surprised by the interracial friendliness I have observed. There are a wonderful selection of forests and parks just about everywhere, and the museu
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How did SF get scored #98 on Nomad score? I agree with most of the reviews posted here. I generally work from home, but we recently rented a small conference room for a meeting. It was $250 per hour.. (yes Per Hour... no typos here).
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I'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 29° 84° 28° 83° AQI 24 ✈️4h $5,325 / mo 🌇 Also went here16 people
Lived here for about 3 months as a female. The climate is amazing as it is the City of Eternal Spring. Very reasonable prices everywhere. I stayed in Poblado, but about a 25 minute walk from all the action of Poblado. Walking on the main roads during the day was fine. The local people are amazingly nice. However, once night falls, you have to be careful here. Do not walk on quiet streets. Leave your valuables at home and do not ever show your mobile phone outside on the street. Use an Uber at ni
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Strongly agree that this is an underrated city! If you want to buckle down and get some work done, it's a great place to be. Folks here are a bit more serious and business minded, and it comes with generally good internet and functioning services around the city. There are a number of cool coliving buildings that make life really fun. I stayed in one called Plura Coliving for about $700/month. You get a private room/bathroom + gym, spa, bar, restaurant, laundry, coworking, rec rooms, etc. all bu
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 15° 59° 15° 58° AQI 17 ✈️5h $993 / mo 🌇 Also went here16 people
Was here for January 2022. It was very nice. It's a very European city with South American vibes. Due to high inflation, it's cheap. The steak is the best I've ever eaten. Go to AreaTres for coworking. Bring cash (EUR or USD) in large bills. Otherwise, you'll have to pay by card and get the official exchange rate, which is 50% of what you get on the black ("blue") market. There are many places to exchange cash. As an alternative to cash, I've also heard that people like to send themselves money
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 12° 54° 12° 54° AQI 4 ✈️11h $905 / mo 🌇 Also went here17 people
How 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 22° 72° 22° 71° AQI 21 ✈️11h $5,100 / mo 🌇 Also went here20 people
Lived 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 24° 75° 24° 75° AQI 39 ✈️12h $4,162 / mo 🌇 Also went here18 peopleNo members are here right now. If you are, add it as a trip and you'll show up here!
