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| ⭐️ Total score | 4 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* | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 2 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 43 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 1°C 34°F + 💦 Damp (76%) = feels -2°C 28°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 38 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 31 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | The Early Bird |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 130,000 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 int'l air carrier | United |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,424 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,198 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,424 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,264 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,549 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,339 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $836 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $73 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $77 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $235 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $15 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Good 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
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Difficult to make friends
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 25-4° freezing | 14-10° freezing | 468° cold | 5412° cool | 6418° cool | 8429° warm | 8630° warm | 9032° hot | 8127° warm | 6820° mild | 457° cold | 341° cold |
| Real | 28-2° freezing | 19-7° freezing | 489° cold | 5513° cool | 6418° cool | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8429° very warm | 7926° warm | 6619° mild | 468° cold | 373° very cold |
| Humidity | damp 79% | damp 71% | nice 63% | nice 54% | nice 57% | nice 61% | nice 68% | nice 69% | nice 63% | nice 73% | nice 62% | nice 68% |
| Rain | rainy 1846mm | rainy 1102mm | rainy 2971mm | rainy 857mm | rainy 536mm | rainy 197mm | rainy 309mm | rainy 215mm | rainy 236mm | rainy 376mm | rainy 481mm | rainy 985mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 75% | cloudy 64% | cloudy 50% | cloudy 54% | cloudy 63% | pockets 32% | pockets 37% | pockets 25% | pockets 19% | cloudy 53% | pockets 43% | pockets 45% |
| Air quality | clean 31 US AQI | clean 31 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 26 US AQI | clean 26 US AQI | clean 28 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 32 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 38 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 400 people | 200 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 233 people | 200 people |
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