- Expenses: Average prices for both goods and services, and for the purchase / rental of housing. Usual monthly spendings are around $2600.
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Fits for families: There are not so many places where you can spend a good time with your family and children, but almost all of them provide excellent service.
- Internet: There is high-speed Internet.
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Freedom of speech: Freedom of speech is spelled out in the constitution. But local authorities are enforcing laws that will somewhat complicate the work of journalists and restrict freedom of speech for all citizens.
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Racial tolerance: Cases of racial and ethnic discrimination are extremely rare.
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Level of happiness: Low level of satisfaction and fatigue from life in the current conditions.
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Female friendly: Despite the fact that women have equal rights with men and the attitude towards them is liberal, in some areas there are still many prohibitions against them. Decisions in the family are usually made by men, the influence of women in the family is very great.
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Traffic safety: Terrible road conditions, traffic is extremely difficult.
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Quality of life: Durban 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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Nightlife: The nightlife in Durban is quite low. You will have to organize the evening in a different way.
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Friendliness to outsiders: The attitude towards foreigners is often open and friendly, but not overly intrusive.
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Walkability: The area of Durban is perfect for walking. There are a lot of quality walking paths, sidewalks. Traffic and road conditions are good organized.
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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.
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Workspaces: There is an great environment for working and lots of great coworking spots in Durban.
- Safety: The crime rate is low, but this does not mean that you need to stop being vigilant at night.
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Startup friendly: In the past few years, startups in Durban have gained high popularity, increasing the flow of money invested.
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LGBTQ friendly: It has been established that the majority of Durban citizens have an excellent attitude towards the LGBT community.
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English: The locals speak excellent English, the only thing that you may notice is not always accurate pronunciation, because the phonetic system of their language is different from English.
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Free WiFi: Unfortunately, there are very few points that provide free Wi-Fi, and those that do have a weak Internet signal, so in many cafes wifi Internet is available only at a low speed.
- Income: Unfortunately, the local population in Durban has very low salaries as low as $400 a month.
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Entertainment: There are many interesting places, where you can take a fun with your friends or to spend romantic date.
