⭐️ Total score |
2.26/5 (Rank #733)
|
👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
👶 Family score |
Good |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
🧐 Too expensive: $4,090 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
🚀 Super fast: 101Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Nice: 18°C65°F (feels 19°C66°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 49%
|
💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 19 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 |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
🖥 Places to work from |
Okay |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
👩 Female friendly |
Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Great |
🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
🗓️ Average trip length | 49 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 101 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 18°C 65°F + 😊 Comfy (49%) = feels 19°C 66°F
|
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 19 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Uber |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | Beehive |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 14,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Booking |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Jet Blue |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United Airlines |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,090 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,210 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $6,637 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,896 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,050 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $4,864 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,628 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $96 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $159 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $262 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $10 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $6 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $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
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ 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
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are bad
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels |
34
1° cold |
0° freezing |
43
6° cold |
59
15° cool |
64
18° cool |
73
23° mild |
75
24° warm |
81
27° warm |
72
22° mild |
66
19° mild |
45
7° cold |
43
6° cold |
Real |
36
2°
very cold |
32
0°
freezing |
45
7°
cold |
58
15°
cool |
63
17°
cool |
73
23°
mild |
75
24°
warm |
80
27°
warm |
72
22°
mild |
64
18°
cool |
46
8°
cold |
44
7°
cold |
Humidity |
nice 33% |
nice 34% |
too dry 26% |
nice 32% |
nice 31% |
nice 39% |
nice 43% |
nice 41% |
nice 39% |
nice 41% |
nice 34% |
nice 34% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 49mm |
rainy 93mm |
rainy 65mm |
rainy 87mm |
rainy 108mm |
rainy 69mm |
rainy 103mm |
rainy 117mm |
rainy 109mm |
rainy 106mm |
dry 37mm |
dry 44mm |
Cloud |
pockets 32% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 18% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 27% |
pockets 36% |
Air quality |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 17 US AQI |
clean 16 US AQI |
clean 14 US AQI |
clean 20 US AQI |
clean 17 US AQI |
clean 20 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
clean 19 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 24 US AQI |
clean 20 US AQI |
Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 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 |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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