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| ⭐️ Total score | 11 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food 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 | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 15 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 130 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 10°C 50°F + 💦 Damp (88%) = feels 9°C 48°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 28 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 41 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Chico Start |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | IdEAFab Labs |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 88,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | RentInChico |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | United |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,277 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,182 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,199 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,485 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,402 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,667 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,020 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $66 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $55 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $193 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $15 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $5 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $10,706 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $15 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $8 / 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
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ 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
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Very damp now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Not safe for women
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 5513° cool | 5915° cool | 6317° cool | 7222° mild | 7725° warm | 8831° hot | 9032° hot | 8831° hot | 8228° warm | 7021° mild | 6317° cool | 489° cold |
| Real | 5513° cool | 5915° cool | 6217° cool | 7222° mild | 8127° warm | 9133° hot | 9334° hot | 9234° hot | 8731° hot | 6820° mild | 6217° cool | 489° cold |
| Humidity | nice 38% | nice 30% | too dry 26% | too dry 22% | too dry 18% | too dry 21% | too dry 18% | too dry 20% | too dry 18% | too dry 25% | nice 39% | nice 44% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain | rainy 58mm | dry 29mm | dry 42mm | dry 9mm | dry 6mm | dry 6mm | dry 1mm | dry 0mm | dry 3mm | rainy 85mm | dry 21mm | rainy 112mm |
| Cloud | pockets 36% | pockets 21% | pockets 20% | clear 10% | pockets 11% | clear 9% | clear 7% | clear 6% | clear 9% | pockets 25% | pockets 28% | pockets 45% |
| Air quality | clean 49 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 24 US AQI | clean 22 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 34 US AQI | clean 43 US AQI | okay 53 US AQI | clean 41 US AQI | clean 32 US AQI | clean 46 US AQI | okay 50 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 250 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 31° 88° 27° 80°🥵AQI 58😷✈️16h$1,013 / mo🌇 Also went here10 peopleNot for the faint of heart. The amount of burning corpses everyday, together with cows in the streets, labyrinths of alleys and the typical dirtyness is something to be far from. However, it surprisingly attracts lots of foreigners. I stayed a whole week and it was my personal record. Good luck -- you will love it or hate it.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 24° 75° 24° 76°AQI 74😷✈️16h$987 / mo🌇 Also went here9 peopleNo members are here right now. If you are, add it as a trip and you'll show up here!
