Name: Taiyuan
Rating: 2.10 (3 reviews)

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⭐️ Total score	2.1/5 (Rank #949) 3 reviews
👍 Quality of life score	Okay
👶 Family score	Bad
🎒 Community score	Okay
💵 Cost	😙 Affordable: $1,128 / mo
📡 Internet	🤬 Unusably slow: 4 Mbps (avg)
😝 Fun	Okay
⛅️ Temperature (now)	🥶 Too cold: 3°C37°F (feels 3°C37°F)
💦 Humidity (now)	🌵 Too dry: 21%
❄️ % of buildings with AC	😥 Medium: 60%
💨 Air quality (now)	😐 Moderate: 80 US AQI
💨 Air quality (annual)	😷 Unhealthy for some: 118 US AQI
👌 Safety	Great
👩 Safe for women	Okay
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+	Bad
🤮 Food safety*	Good
👮‍♀️ Lack of crime*	Great
🤝 Lack of racism*	Bad
🎓 Education level*	Mediocre
⚡️ Power grid	Great
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change	Good
💰 Income level*	Very low: $677 / mo
🙊 English speaking*	Bad
🚶 Walkability	Bad
🚦 Traffic safety*	Bad
✈️ Airline scores*	Good
🧳 Lost luggage*	Great
😄 Happiness*	Okay
🍸 Nightlife	Bad
📶 Free WiFi in city	Bad
🖥 Places to work from	Bad
❄️ A/C or heating	Bad
😁 Friendly to foreigners	Okay
🗯 Freedom of speech*	Bad
🎅 Startup Score	Bad

🌍 Continent	Asia
🚩 Country	China
📡 Internet speed (avg)	4 Mbps ⚠️ Internet in Taiyuan is fast averaging 32 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~4 Mbps.
⛅️ Weather (now)	☀️ 3°C 37°F + 🌵 Too dry (21%) = feels 3°C 37°F
💨 Air quality (now)	👎😷 80 US AQI = 🚬 / day
💨 Air quality (annual avg)	👎☠️ 118 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day
🔌 Power	230V 50Hz
🚕 Best taxi app*	Didi
🚑 Travel medical insurance	Safetywing
💸 10 CNY in USD	USD 1.41
🏧 Suggested ATM take out:	CNY 1,000 = USD 141
💸 Tipping	No
💳 Cashless	💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because WeChat is very hard to set up)
💻 Best coworking space	Regus
☕️ Best coffee place	Starbucks
🚰 Tap water	🚫 No, not drinkable
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Population	2,600,000 people
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 GDP per capita*	$8,126 / year
👫 Gender ratio (population)	👨 53% 👱‍♀️ 47%
👫 Gender ratio (young adults)	👨 56% 👱‍♀️ 44%
⛪️ 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	$1,128 / month
💵 Cost of living for expat	$521 / month
💵 Cost of living for family	$1,499 / month
💵 Cost of living for local	$428 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$999 / month
🏡 Airbnb (median price)	$564 / month
🏠 1br studio rent in center	$182 / month
🏠 Median home price	$230,496
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$47 / night
🏠 Airbnb (median price)	$18 / night
🏢 Coworking hot desk	$125 / month
🍛 Dinner	$2
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L)	$0
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L)	$2
☕️ Coffee in cafe	$3
👩‍🏫 International school	$4,242 / year
📱 Mobile data (~10GB)	$3 / month
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi)	$1 / trip

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