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| ⭐️ Total score | 40 reviews |
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| 💵 Cost | |
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| 😝 Fun | |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Healthcare* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Oceania |
| 🚩 Country | New Zealand |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 3 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 20 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 21°C 70°F + 😊 Comfy (82%) = feels 21°C 70°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 9 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 10 NZD in USD | USD 6.47 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | NZD 100 = USD 65 |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | The Coffee Shack Wanaka |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 7% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 8,500 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $40,233 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 78% 👱♀️ 22% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Jetstar |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $7,832 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $6,325 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $13,300 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $3,800 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,806 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $6,533 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $3,403 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $85 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $214 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $438 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $40 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $5 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $10 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the summer
❌ Hospitals are bad
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 7021° mild | 7323° mild | 6619° mild | 6116° cool | 5412° cool | 5412° cool | 5010° cold | 5211° cool | 5412° cool | 6116° cool | 6619° mild | 6820° mild |
| Real | 6820° mild | 7323° mild | 6619° mild | 6116° cool | 5412° cool | 5312° cool | 5010° cold | 5211° cool | 5412° cool | 6116° cool | 6519° mild | 6619° mild |
| Humidity | nice 59% | nice 58% | nice 63% | nice 57% | nice 58% | nice 66% | nice 62% | nice 60% | nice 55% | nice 61% | nice 58% | nice 65% |
| Rain | rainy 143mm | dry 39mm | rainy 57mm | dry 50mm | rainy 95mm | rainy 62mm | rainy 105mm | rainy 97mm | rainy 156mm | rainy 68mm | rainy 94mm | rainy 115mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 73% | cloudy 67% | cloudy 56% | cloudy 64% | cloudy 52% | cloudy 68% | cloudy 70% | cloudy 72% | cloudy 59% | cloudy 78% | cloudy 74% | cloudy 82% |
| Sun | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI |
| Remote workers | 300 people | 250 people | 250 people | 200 people | 0 people | 400 people | 250 people | 200 people | 0 people | 250 people | 267 people | 200 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 19° 66° 19° 66°AQI 34✈️15h$5,172 / mo🌇 Also went here16 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 1° 34° 3° 38°AQI 43✈️20h$6,457 / mo🌇 Also went here17 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.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌦 Feels 5° 41° 8° 47°AQI 38✈️25h$6,577 / mo🌇 Also went here18 peopleLived 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
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