⭐️ Total score | 2.15/5 (Rank #965) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Good |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Too expensive: $4,624 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 40Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 A bit cold: 17°C63°F (feels 18°C64°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 59% |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 27 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
🤮 Food safety* | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Bad |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $4,817 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
🚶 Walkability | Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Okay |
❄️ A/C or heating | Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
🗓️ Average trip length | 45 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 40 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 17°C 63°F + 😊 Comfy (59%) = feels 18°C 64°F |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 28 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | East Rock |
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Wooster Square/Mill River |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Uber |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Book Trader Cafe |
☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Cody's Diner |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | DeskCrashers |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 130,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | American Airlines |
🏥 Best hospital | Yale NewHaven |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,624 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,718 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $6,206 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,773 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,758 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,981 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,367 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $176 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $98 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $330 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $15 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $5 |
👩🏫 International school | $25,000 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $18 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Perfect humidity 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
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 341° cold | 0° freezing | 394° cold | 5412° cool | 6317° cool | 7222° mild | 7725° warm | 8228° warm | 7323° mild | 6619° mild | 468° cold | 373° cold |
Real | 373° very cold | 320° freezing | 426° very cold | 5513° cool | 6217° cool | 7222° mild | 7625° warm | 7926° warm | 7323° mild | 6519° mild | 489° cold | 405° very cold |
Humidity | damp 72% | damp 71% | nice 56% | damp 72% | nice 68% | nice 75% | nice 81% | nice 76% | nice 75% | nice 79% | damp 71% | damp 73% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain | rainy 61mm | rainy 111mm | rainy 83mm | rainy 106mm | rainy 104mm | rainy 55mm | rainy 85mm | rainy 107mm | rainy 112mm | rainy 141mm | rainy 51mm | dry 42mm |
Cloud | pockets 25% | pockets 47% | pockets 19% | pockets 30% | pockets 32% | pockets 39% | pockets 38% | pockets 45% | pockets 29% | pockets 29% | pockets 25% | pockets 38% |
Air quality | clean 33 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 19 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 28 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 32 US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 400 people | 200 people | 400 people | 200 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 11° 52° 11° 52°✈️9h$5,587 / mo🌇 Also went here8 people×Can't login? See the FAQ
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