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| ⭐️ Total score | 10 reviews |
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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 | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌤 18°C 64°F + 😊 Comfy (73%) = feels 18°C 64°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 13 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 71 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.42 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 142 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because WeChat is very hard to set up) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 1,090,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 20,890 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,100,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 90% 👱♀️ 10% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Ganji |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Hainan |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | China Southern Airlines |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,500 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,855 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,493 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,284 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,118 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,343 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $926 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $52 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $77 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $192 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $7 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $5 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
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| Feels | 6317° cool | 7021° mild | 7021° mild | 7323° mild | 9334° hot | 10038° hot | 10440° hot | 10641° scorching | 10239° hot | 9032° hot | 7323° mild | 6619° mild |
| Real | 6317° cool | 6820° mild | 6820° mild | 7323° mild | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8429° very warm | 7323° mild | 6619° mild |
| Humidity | nice 67% | nice 72% | nice 75% | nice 73% | sweaty 79% | sweaty 82% | sweaty 77% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 75% | nice 68% | nice 67% | nice 67% |
| Rain | dry 3mm | dry 46mm | dry 34mm | rainy 54mm | rainy 158mm | rainy 148mm | rainy 98mm | rainy 238mm | rainy 67mm | rainy 55mm | dry 15mm | dry 41mm |
| Cloud | pockets 28% | pockets 23% | cloudy 51% | cloudy 66% | cloudy 81% | overcast 93% | cloudy 74% | cloudy 82% | pockets 40% | cloudy 66% | cloudy 54% | cloudy 53% |
| Air quality | okay 86 US AQI | okay 85 US AQI | okay 92 US AQI | okay 89 US AQI | okay 80 US AQI | okay 61 US AQI | okay 62 US AQI | okay 70 US AQI | okay 71 US AQI | okay 81 US AQI | okay 77 US AQI | okay 73 US AQI |
| Sun | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 32° 90° 28° 82°🥵AQI 17✈️4h$5,712 / mo🌇 Also went here6 peopleStayed for 2 weeks after almost a year n a half in LatAm. Beautiful city; great food options- especially for Asian food lovers. Plenty of authentic Thai, Vietnamese and Chinese options for about 50% of what you would pay in a Western city. Decent hostels will cost $11-$15 weekdays and between $18-$30 on weekends.... Good internet; beautiful architecture and people but it is true Hungarians can be very cold at times. Overall a good stay with many destinations just a quick and cheap flight/tr
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 3° 37° 4° 39°AQI 153😷✈️12h$2,884 / mo🌇 Also went here5 peopleI've been hanging out in Berlin on and off for 30 years. It is very safe for women. It is much friendlier than it used to be. There are loads of vegan restaurants now. The nightlife and specially jazz clubs are amazing! I have an excellent apartment to rent out in Wedding - which used to have a boring reputation but now is very cool.
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️12h$6,809 / mo🌇 Also went here6 peopleIt´s difficult to make friends here. Generally speaking, lifelong friends are made in school and then there´s family. People are very nice and sociable but forget about making friends. Lots of really bad restaurants (tourist traps) so you have to be careful where you go. I´ve lived here for two years so I have gotten to know some good places. Tons of tourists and overcroweded public transport. Yes, it´s a beautiful city but quite unlivable.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 13° 55° 13° 55°AQI 55✈️13h$5,712 / mo🌇 Also went here5 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 4° 39° 6° 42°AQI 37✈️17h$6,693 / mo🌇 Also went here5 peopleNo members are here right now. If you are, add it as a trip and you'll show up here!
