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Entertainment: Santo Domingo has a lot of entertainment, cafes, clubs, restaurants, places to relax with friends, romantic dates and just to have a good time.
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Workspaces: There is an great environment for working and lots of great coworking spots in Santo Domingo.
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Walkability: The area of Santo Domingo is perfect for walking. There are a lot of quality walking paths, sidewalks. Traffic and road conditions are good organized.
- Expenses: Prices for everything are very affordable. There are many very decent pizzerias, cafes, restaurants at reasonable prices. Usual monthly spendings are around $1500.
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Friendliness to outsiders: The attitude towards foreigners is often open and friendly, but not overly intrusive.
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Startup friendly: Unfortunately, startup score is pretty low. Most startups struggle due to different obstacles.
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Level of happiness: The level of happiness and life satisfaction among the local population is quite average.
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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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Nightlife: At the same time, the level of quality of services provided in most of these establishments is significantly high.
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LGBTQ friendly: The majority of respondents in Santo Domingo are against equal rights for gays and lesbians.
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Fits for families: Unfortunately, does not provide the necessary infrastructure for families with children. There are no children’s entertainment centers, mini-clubs, children’s pools, etc.
- Safety: The crime rate is low, but this does not mean that you need to stop being vigilant at night.
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Quality of life: Santo Domingo 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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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 Santo Domingo.
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English: It will not be easy to communicate in Santo Domingo directly with the locals – few people speak English, except for the staff of large hotels and restaurants.
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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.
- Internet: The Internet speed in Santo Domingo is fine.
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Traffic safety: Terrible road conditions, traffic is extremely difficult.
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Racial tolerance: The citizens of is quite tolerant and respectful of the bearers of any other nationality or race, their mentality, national languages, cultures, behavior, appearance.
- Income: Unfortunately, the local population has very low salaries as low as $550 a month.
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Free WiFi: Unfortunately, there are very few points in Santo Domingo 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.
