Kingston Scores

  • 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 Kingston.

  • Nightlife: has a small number of pubs and nightclubs, but the existing ones are characterized by a high-quality level of service and reasonable prices.

  • Healthcare: The average level of medical care is sufficient. In some clinics, there is a lack of modern equipment and personnel.

  • Entertainment: Kingston has a lot of entertainment, cafes, clubs, restaurants, places to relax with friends, romantic dates and just to have a good time.

  • Startup friendly: In the past few years, startups in Kingston have gained high popularity, increasing the flow of money invested.

  • 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: Kingston 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.

  • Level of happiness: The level of happiness and life satisfaction among the local population is quite average.

  • Walkability: Unfortunately, hiking through the city is not comfortable. It is much better to use motor transport to move.

  • Freedom of speech: The lack of censorship can be described as high.

  • Friendliness to outsiders: The locals are not super friendly to outsiders, but nevertheless polite.

  • Income: Unfortunately, the local population has very low salaries as low as $400 a month.
  • 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.

  • Workspaces: There is an great environment for working and lots of great coworking spots in Kingston.

  • Expenses: Prices for everything are very affordable. There are many very decent pizzerias, cafes, restaurants at reasonable prices. Usual monthly spendings are around $2100.
  • Safety: The crime rate in Kingston is low, but this does not mean that you need to stop being vigilant at night.
  • Internet: There is high-speed Internet.
  • 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.

  • Traffic safety: A lot of work has been done in Kingston to ensure road safety. That’s why the road accident rate can be considered as low.

  • LGBTQ friendly: The majority of respondents are against equal rights for gays and lesbians.

  • Female friendly: The relationship between men and women is quite liberal, a woman has all the rights and freedoms. But the way of life in society continues to be patriarchal.

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