⭐️ Total score | 2.66/5 (Rank #708) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Too expensive: $4,001 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🚀 Super fast: 71Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Freezing : -6°C21°F (feels -10°C14°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 85% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 26 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 31 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Good |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $4,817 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
⏱ Average trip length | 5 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 71 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌤 -6°C 21°F + 💦 Damp (85%) = feels -10°C 14°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 26 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 31.5 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | Green Habitat |
☕️ Best coffee place | Comet Coffee |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 10% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 120,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Jet Blue |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United Airlines |
🏥 Best hospital | University of Michigan University Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,001 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,709 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $5,241 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,497 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,654 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,856 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,084 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $77 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $126 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $401 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $14 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee | $4 |
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $12,352 |
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $30,278 |
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $71,127 |
✅ Pretty 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
✅ 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
❌ Not safe for women
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 0° freezing | 28-2° freezing | 436° cold | 5915° cool | 6619° mild | 8228° warm | 8630° warm | 8429° warm | 7323° mild | 6820° mild | 415° cold | 341° cold |
Real | 362° very cold | 331° very cold | 468° cold | 5915° cool | 6519° mild | 7926° warm | 8127° warm | 8027° warm | 7323° mild | 6720° mild | 447° cold | 373° very cold |
Humidity | damp 83% | damp 75% | nice 66% | nice 67% | nice 65% | nice 72% | sweaty 78% | sweaty 78% | nice 74% | nice 82% | damp 76% | damp 79% |
Rain | dry 38mm | dry 45mm | rainy 62mm | rainy 60mm | rainy 57mm | rainy 151mm | rainy 117mm | rainy 72mm | rainy 148mm | rainy 141mm | dry 41mm | rainy 65mm |
Cloud | cloudy 83% | cloudy 72% | pockets 38% | cloudy 54% | cloudy 52% | cloudy 51% | pockets 43% | pockets 39% | pockets 35% | cloudy 73% | cloudy 58% | cloudy 73% |
Air quality | clean 30 US AQI | clean 32 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 26 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 37 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 32 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 37 US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 6 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 250 people | 240 people | 333 people | 200 people | 333 people | 320 people | 250 people | 325 people | 267 people | 250 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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