⭐️ Total score | 2.99/5 (Rank #821) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,620 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🚀 Super fast: 51Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 30°C86°F (feels 37°C99°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Sweaty: 80% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Good: 54 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 28 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | High |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $4,817 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Good |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 51 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌤 30°C 86°F + 🥵 Sweaty (80%) = feels 37°C 99°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 54 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 28.75 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Verizon |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks Downtown Allentown |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 120,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | American |
🏥 Best hospital | Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,620 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,287 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $5,059 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,445 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,200 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $295 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,606 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $122 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 27 listings) | $2,681 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $88 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $12 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to make friends
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 341° cold | 28-2° freezing | 457° cold | 5915° cool | 6418° cool | 7725° warm | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 7323° mild | 7021° mild | 468° cold | 457° cold |
Real | 373° very cold | 320° freezing | 468° cold | 5915° cool | 6418° cool | 7725° warm | 8127° warm | 8127° warm | 7323° mild | 6820° mild | 479° cold | 457° cold |
Humidity | nice 69% | damp 71% | nice 56% | nice 63% | nice 58% | nice 80% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 79% | nice 79% | nice 82% | nice 68% | nice 67% |
Rain | dry 47mm | rainy 119mm | rainy 85mm | rainy 51mm | rainy 85mm | rainy 100mm | rainy 148mm | rainy 158mm | rainy 184mm | rainy 86mm | dry 32mm | dry 33mm |
Cloud | cloudy 55% | cloudy 76% | pockets 26% | pockets 50% | cloudy 50% | cloudy 51% | pockets 37% | cloudy 56% | pockets 36% | cloudy 62% | pockets 41% | cloudy 51% |
Air quality | clean 36 US AQI | clean 37 US AQI | clean 32 US AQI | clean 26 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 34 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 42 US AQI |
Sun | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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