⭐️ Total score | 2.33/5 (Rank #583) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Good |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😳 Way too expensive: $6,565 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 86Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 11°C53°F (feels 11°C52°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 89% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 26 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 37 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
🤮 Food safety* | Great |
👮♀️ 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 |
😤 People density | 🧘♀️ Low density: 5k ppl/km² (1 per 14x14m) |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Good |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
🗓️ Average trip length | 9 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 86 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 11°C 53°F + 💦 Damp (89%) = feels 11°C 52°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 26 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 38 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Jamaica Plain |
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Roxbury |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Uber |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | My Oficio |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | Workbar |
☕️ Best coffee place | Thinking Cup |
☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Render Coffee |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Caffébene |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👍13% of visitors return |
📸 Visitors per year | 1,740,000 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 33,347 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 670,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 14x14m (196m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 72% 👱♀️ 28% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Zillow |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Jet Blue |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United Airlines |
🏥 Best hospital | Arbour Health |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $6,565 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,893 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $9,524 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $2,721 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $6,021 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,251 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $2,340 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $282 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $107 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $340 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $24 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $7 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $5 |
👩🏫 International school | $32,167 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $21 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $7 / trip |
💰 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
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Difficult to make friends
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 25-4° freezing | 30-1° freezing | 436° cold | 5211° cool | 6418° cool | 7222° mild | 7524° warm | 7926° warm | 7222° mild | 6418° cool | 468° cold | 394° cold |
Real | 31-1° freezing | 341° very cold | 468° cold | 5211° cool | 6317° cool | 7222° mild | 7524° warm | 7826° warm | 7222° mild | 6418° cool | 489° cold | 426° very cold |
Humidity | too dry 30% | nice 34% | too dry 23% | nice 33% | too dry 28% | nice 33% | nice 41% | nice 38% | nice 37% | nice 38% | too dry 30% | nice 31% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain | rainy 58mm | rainy 94mm | dry 47mm | rainy 108mm | rainy 97mm | rainy 81mm | rainy 75mm | rainy 92mm | rainy 90mm | rainy 117mm | dry 46mm | rainy 59mm |
Cloud | pockets 30% | pockets 43% | pockets 21% | pockets 32% | pockets 34% | pockets 38% | pockets 47% | pockets 41% | pockets 33% | pockets 37% | pockets 25% | pockets 36% |
Air quality | clean 47 US AQI | clean 48 US AQI | clean 42 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 40 US AQI | clean 40 US AQI | clean 39 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 39 US AQI | clean 44 US AQI | clean 46 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 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 962 people | 1,059 people | 863 people | 1,187 people | 1,137 people | 1,050 people | 1,100 people | 1,009 people | 1,352 people | 1,313 people | 1,387 people | 1,175 people |
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