⭐️ Total score | 2.97/5 (Rank #925) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Good |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Too expensive: $4,175 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 39Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 35°C95°F (feels 35°C95°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🌵 Too dry: 27% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 10 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Good |
🎓 Education level* | High |
💰 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 | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Okay |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Great |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
⏱ Average trip length | 6 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 39 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 35°C 95°F + 🌵 Too dry (27%) = feels 35°C 95°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 10 US AQI 🍃 OK |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | T-Mobile |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Big city |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👍22% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 210,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Jet Blue |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United Airlines |
🏥 Best hospital | St Luke's (Boise) |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,175 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,841 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,663 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,047 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $743 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $198 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $5,471 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $256 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 40 listings) | $2,631 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $86 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $9 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee | $3 |
💰 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
✅ 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
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Difficult to make friends
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 415° cold | 394° cold | 5211° cool | 6116° cool | 6820° mild | 8429° warm | 9133° hot | 8127° warm | 7725° warm | 6418° cool | 5010° cold | 373° cold |
Real | 415° very cold | 415° very cold | 5211° cool | 5915° cool | 6619° mild | 8630° very warm | 9334° hot | 8228° very warm | 7725° warm | 6418° cool | 5010° cold | 394° very cold |
Humidity | nice 70% | nice 64% | nice 50% | nice 33% | nice 37% | nice 31% | too dry 26% | nice 33% | nice 31% | nice 49% | nice 70% | damp 78% |
Rain | dry 41mm | dry 35mm | dry 22mm | dry 20mm | dry 27mm | dry 17mm | dry 1mm | dry 12mm | dry 7mm | dry 37mm | dry 21mm | dry 37mm |
Cloud | cloudy 66% | cloudy 59% | pockets 24% | pockets 27% | pockets 31% | pockets 11% | clear 9% | pockets 11% | clear 9% | pockets 45% | pockets 47% | cloudy 78% |
Air quality | clean 0 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | okay 60 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 42 US AQI | okay 63 US AQI | clean 0* US AQI | clean 0* US AQI | clean 0* US AQI | clean 0* US AQI | clean 0* US AQI | clean 0* US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 300 people | 0 people | 300 people | 800 people | 200 people | 233 people | 267 people | 400 people | 200 people | 400 people | 300 people | 0 people |
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