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Fits for families: Unfortunately, Surakarta does not provide the necessary infrastructure for families with children. There are no children’s entertainment centers, mini-clubs, children’s pools, etc.
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Free WiFi: Free wi-fi is available in almost all hotels, but its speed raises many questions. In cafes and restaurants, you sometimes have to pay for an Internet connection.
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Walkability: The area of Surakarta is perfect for walking. There are a lot of quality walking paths, sidewalks. Traffic and road conditions are good organized.
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Freedom of speech: People have full access to free media for accurate information and analysis. Journalists in most cases do their jobs without fear of detention or restraints.
- Expenses: The average monthly expenses of the average resident is pretty low and around $700.
- Income: Unfortunately, the local population in Surakarta has very low salaries as low as $300 a month.
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Startup friendly: Unfortunately, startup score in Surakarta is pretty low. Most startups struggle due to different obstacles.
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Entertainment: Unfortunately, Surakarta does not have a lot of cafes and restaurants, places to relax and to have some entertainment.
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LGBTQ friendly: The majority of respondents in Surakarta are against equal rights for gays and lesbians.
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Female friendly: Women are still not only dependent on the will of men, but also systematically continue to be subjected to humiliation and discrimination on the basis of gender.
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Racial tolerance: The citizens of Surakarta is quite tolerant and respectful of the bearers of any other nationality or race, their mentality, national languages, cultures, behavior, appearance.
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Education: Secondary and higher education institutions provide a very mediocre level of knowledge, which indicates the need to reform them and introduce new, more effective programs and trained teachers in Surakarta.
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Nightlife: The nightlife is quite low. You will have to organize the evening in a different way.
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Friendliness to outsiders: The locals are not super friendly to outsiders, but nevertheless polite.
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Workspaces: There is an great environment for working and lots of great coworking spots in Surakarta.
- Safety: In general, the situation in Surakarta is calm, the average level of safety, but in some areas there are exceptions. Please be vigilant.
- Internet: The Internet speed in Surakarta is fine.
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Quality of life: Surakarta performs above average in subjective well-being, jobs and wages, income and well-being, health, social connections, environmental quality, education and skills, work and leisure balance, housing and personal safety.
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English: It will not be easy to communicate directly with the locals – few people speak English, except for the staff of large hotels and restaurants.
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Traffic safety: Terrible road conditions, traffic in Surakarta is extremely difficult.
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Level of happiness: The level of happiness and life satisfaction among the local population is quite average.
