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| ⭐️ Total score | 241 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| ❤️ Liked by members | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 😤 People density | |
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| ✌️ 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 | |
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| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 85 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌤 22°C 72°F + 😊 Comfy (76%) = feels 22°C 72°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 18 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 23 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Columbia Heights |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Catholic University-Brookland |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Verizon Wireless |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Lady Camellia |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Tryst |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍14% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 680,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ empty: 27x27m (729m²) per person |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 44% 👱♀️ 56% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Urban Igloo |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | JetBlue |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Delta |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Inova Fairfax Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,782 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $4,354 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $8,639 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $2,468 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $2,090 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $400 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,042 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $142 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 261 listings) | $6,971 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $229 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $15 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $8 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $5 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomad List members liked going here a lot
✅ Many Nomad List members here all year round
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Very family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 415° cold | 341° cold | 5513° cool | 6418° cool | 7021° mild | 8831° hot | 9334° hot | 9736° hot | 7725° warm | 7222° mild | 5010° cold | 5211° cool |
| Real | 436° very cold | 373° very cold | 5513° cool | 6317° cool | 7021° mild | 8228° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 7725° warm | 7222° mild | 5111° cool | 5211° cool |
| Humidity | nice 65% | nice 69% | nice 49% | nice 57% | nice 56% | sweaty 71% | nice 67% | sweaty 76% | nice 68% | nice 75% | nice 60% | nice 56% |
| Rain | rainy 56mm | rainy 92mm | rainy 80mm | rainy 67mm | rainy 63mm | rainy 84mm | rainy 53mm | rainy 99mm | rainy 86mm | rainy 68mm | dry 20mm | dry 14mm |
| Cloud | pockets 48% | cloudy 75% | pockets 33% | pockets 49% | cloudy 53% | cloudy 58% | pockets 35% | cloudy 53% | pockets 36% | cloudy 53% | pockets 37% | cloudy 56% |
| Air quality | clean 12 US AQI | clean 10 US AQI | clean 10 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI | clean 19 US AQI | clean 24 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 28 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 17 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°AQI 76😷✈️4h$1,562 / mo11Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 23° 73° 23° 73°AQI 24✈️16min$4,182 / mo55MbpsOverall, a pretty great place. Good restaurants and many breweries. Solid entertainment. It has all four seasons and lots of sunshine. Some homelessness issues downtown, like most cities.
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 21° 70° 20° 69°AQI 30✈️51min$5,990 / mo🌇 Also went here189 peopleI really enjoyed my first week here, but as I got to know more locals and heard their stories, I was disturbed at the security situation. Almost everyone I met has horror stories about being robbed at gunpoint, robbed by the police, and in one case even drugged and robbed by a taxi driver. It's not even safe to walk a short distance at night (locals told me to just take Uber). Beyond the security issues, scams also abound, and the covid policy is wacky, with hand sanitizer being forced on you ev
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°AQI 76😷✈️4h$1,562 / mo🌇 Also went here202 peopleLas Vegas is a great tourist destination for me personally. The strip contains every amenities that I need and also there is a lot of stuff to do there without going away from the strip. Las Vegas is inside of a desert so expect it to be really hot in the summer. Otherwise than that, the strip located in Vegas has many things to do, from going to concerts, fancy restaurants, gambling (if that's your thing), attractions (stratosphere, high roller), entertainments, and so many more things to do th
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 33° 91° 36° 97°🥵AQI 48✈️4h$3,444 / mo🌇 Also went here181 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 23° 73° 23° 73°AQI 45✈️5h$4,754 / mo🌇 Also went here263 peopleI've been living in SF since 2014 and I have to say Cost of Living is misrepresented. It's a lot more expensive now (2020) than posted. 1-bdr in center is $3,500-$4,000 + $200-$300 for parking + $100-$200 for utilities. Almost impossible to find month-to-month rent, so this is for 1-year lease. Coffee for two + a pastry is easily $20. Dinner for two never less than $50, unless it's fast food (+20% tips are expected) and if you want actually something good it's at least $100 for two. Airbnb is $1
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 13° 55° 14° 58°AQI 28✈️5h$7,275 / mo🌇 Also went here282 peopleGood: - Great local food - Portuguese people are amazingly friendly - Vibrant DN community. It's like the city has been overtaken by remote workers. You will see everyone working on their laptop everywhere you go. - Amazing views whenever you want; you can just get a beer and climb to one of the viewpoints to see the sunset. Easy and magical. - Super cheap Ubers, easy subway Bad: - Housing prices. I'm not kidding, it's the worst I've ever seen. Ultra overpriced. I guess that's the problem when
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 30° 86° 29° 84°AQI 35✈️8h$2,598 / mo🌇 Also went here204 peopleHow 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 18° 64° 18° 64°AQI 30✈️8h$5,061 / mo🌇 Also went here298 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
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 21° 70° 20° 68°AQI 33✈️8h$4,425 / mo🌇 Also went here270 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 13° 55° 14° 57°AQI 31✈️8h$5,959 / mo🌇 Also went here231 peopleBest city in Spain. Weather is great even in December and the clubbing scene is fun. There's lots to do and it's a beautiful city overall. You have to watch out for pickpockets but as long as you aren't leaving things unattended or obviously in your pockets you'll be fine. If you're into hostels, Hostel One Paralelo is BY FAR the best hostel in the area, worth every penny. Will definitely be back, and I never say that.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°AQI 36✈️9h$3,829 / mo🌇 Also went here228 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 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 21✈️9h$4,322 / mo🌇 Also went here209 peopleI visited Prague on more than one occasion and tried something new each time. I really wanted to enjoy it, but unfortunately it turned out to be one of my least favourite cities. Perhaps it was just me, but there was an overwhelming sense of distrust and dislike towards foreigners, you have to try pretty hard to blend in if you want to experience the life of a local & avoid the tourism. I met some wonderful people and and there’s some cool communities to be part of, but another extended stay
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 17° 63° 17° 63°AQI 26✈️9h$2,851 / mo🌇 Also went here180 peopleTokyo 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
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 23° 73° 23° 73°AQI 21✈️15h$3,049 / mo🌇 Also went here191 peopleI cannot help but agree with the review from the person before me. I'm finishing my 3 weeks trip here, and something feels off. Like that person put it rightly, everything is for sale, and nothing has value. There is no soul to this city and its people, locals or otherwise. Something is wrong here.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 38° 100° 31° 88°🥵AQI 63✈️19h$1,324 / mo🌇 Also went here218 people
