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| ⭐️ Total score | 11 reviews |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
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| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 8 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 46 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 26°C 79°F + 😊 Comfy (76%) = feels 28°C 82°F
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| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 33 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Galveston Coffee Roasters |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 50,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | US Airways |
| 🏥 Best hospital | University of Texas Medical Branch HealthCare at Galveston |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,758 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,032 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $6,912 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,975 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,971 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,902 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,712 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $186 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $128 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $411 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $11 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ 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
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
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| Humidity |
nice 38% |
nice 39% |
nice 39% |
nice 39% |
nice 41% |
nice 37% |
nice 36% |
nice 36% |
nice 35% |
nice 36% |
nice 34% |
nice 41% |
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| Rain |
dry 16mm |
dry 23mm |
dry 27mm |
dry 23mm |
rainy 64mm |
rainy 103mm |
rainy 96mm |
rainy 74mm |
rainy 154mm |
rainy 115mm |
dry 10mm |
dry 11mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 23% |
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pockets 28% |
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pockets 26% |
pockets 17% |
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pockets 34% |
| Air quality |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
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| Sun |
seek shade 4 UVI |
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Boston is a city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is the capital of the state, the largest city in New England, and the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The city proper is home to about 617,900 people, making it the largest city in New England and the 26th largest in the United States.
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I have heard of a friend of a friend that in France it is important to bring sandpaper and to have suitable medical insurance which covers eye reconstruction surgery. “Well worth a visit, would recommend”.
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Bringing a laptop to cafes is often met with hostility from the staff, this seems very common in Amsterdam. Because of this I'm often working from the Public Library (OBA)
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A walking stereotype. Overcrowded, messy, expensive. Literally nothing works. There are more USA people than in Lisbon, which I thought was impossible. Yes, Italians are awesome and food is great.
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