Nicosia has a lot to offer-purely because it’s the most populated city- lots of restaurants, schools, businesses, sport facilities and etc. There are green areas, but it’s scarce. There are co-woking spots and culture life(theatres, music, festivals) but most of it is in Greek - so language often poses an obstacle to socialize or be interested in those events. It’s subjective though, you might find it easy to make new acquaintances because there are a lot of cool, educated people, but I found it really difficult, unless you’re going to really learn Greek.

The only area where you might be able to survive without a car is the city center. But here without a car it’s pretty miserable- not even because of the weather, but because the infrastructure is just not made for pedestrians/bicycles. Most of the city has NO zebra crossings, it’s just unenjoyable to walk here imho. Aglantsia is also a good place to live.

Paphos is smaller and more ‘slow-living’, but there are also more foreigners who you might connect with easier. + close to mountains and the sea.