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Friendliness to outsiders: The attitude towards foreigners is often open and friendly, but not overly intrusive.
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Entertainment: There are many interesting places, where you can take a fun with your friends or to spend romantic date.
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Startup friendly: Unfortunately, startup score in Victoria is pretty low. Most startups struggle due to different obstacles.
- Expenses: Victoria has quite high prices for food and accommodation. Usual monthly spendings are around $3900
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Nightlife: At the same time, the level of quality of services provided in most of these establishments is significantly high.
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Racial tolerance: Cases of racial and ethnic discrimination are extremely rare.
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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 Victoria.
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English: Many locals speak English, but not at an advanced level.
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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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Quality of life: 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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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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LGBTQ friendly: The majority of respondents in Victoria are against equal rights for gays and lesbians.
- Internet: Slow-moving Internet can interfere with normal work rhythm and communication.
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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.
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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.
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Workspaces: Victoria provides many places to work from such as coworkings or cafes.
- Safety: In general, the situation in Victoria is calm, the average level of safety, but in some areas there are exceptions. Please be vigilant.
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Traffic safety: A lot of work has been done to ensure road safety. That’s why the road accident rate can be considered as low.
- Income: The average monthly income is as low as $1300.
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Walkability: Unfortunately, hiking through the city is not comfortable. It is much better to use motor transport to move.