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| ⭐️ Total score | 3 reviews |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 42 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 10°C 50°F + 💦 Damp (90%) = feels 10°C 50°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 28 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 28.75 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 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 |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ 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 | $4,085 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,583 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,309 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,517 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,149 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,635 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,099 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $101 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $86 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $294 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $18 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $4 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ 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
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp 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 | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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