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| ⭐️ Overall score | 226 reviews |
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| 🎓 Education level* | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Healthcare* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | Canada |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 24 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 20°C 68°F + 😊 Comfy (70%) = feels 20°C 68°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 12 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 18 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Wind |
| 💸 10 CAD in USD | USD 8.25 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CAD 100 = USD 83 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Sumas Mountain |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 120,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita | $42,154 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Best Buy |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Kijiji |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | West Jet |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Canada |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Abbotsford Regional Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,661 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,584 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,249 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $928 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $555 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $218 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,529 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $72 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (14 listings) | $1,917 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $63 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $10 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $3 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $12,825 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $34,643 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $109,369 |
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ 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+
❌ Expensive
❌ Not very safe
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
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| Feels | 457° cold | 362° cold | 5211° cool | 5513° cool | 6619° mild | 7021° mild | 7222° mild | 7323° mild | 6820° mild | 5513° cool | 5211° cool | 457° cold |
| Real | 468° cold | 384° very cold | 5211° cool | 5513° cool | 6418° cool | 6720° mild | 7222° mild | 7323° mild | 6619° mild | 5412° cool | 5211° cool | 457° cold |
| Humidity | damp 77% | nice 61% | nice 65% | damp 75% | nice 73% | nice 71% | nice 71% | nice 70% | nice 83% | damp 77% | damp 79% | damp 83% |
| Rain | rainy 73mm | dry 36mm | dry 26mm | rainy 59mm | dry 22mm | dry 40mm | dry 32mm | dry 19mm | rainy 79mm | rainy 63mm | rainy 62mm | rainy 67mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 68% | cloudy 51% | pockets 39% | cloudy 60% | pockets 37% | pockets 44% | pockets 40% | pockets 40% | cloudy 53% | cloudy 56% | cloudy 53% | cloudy 82% |
| Air quality | clean 18 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 17 US AQI | clean 18 US AQI | clean 28 US AQI | clean 17 US AQI | clean 24 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 19 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 3 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
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