⭐️ Total score | 2.57/5 (Rank #891) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Too expensive: $4,353 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 50Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 10°C49°F (feels 8°C46°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 62% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 18 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 30 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 |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Great |
🖥 Places to work from | Okay |
❄️ A/C or heating | Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
⏱ Average trip length | 3 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 50 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 10°C 49°F + 😊 Comfy (62%) = feels 8°C 46°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 18 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 31 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Press Dayton |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 140,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Jet Blue |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United Airlines |
🏥 Best hospital | Miami Valley Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,353 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,255 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,988 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,425 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,718 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,910 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $969 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $174 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $63 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $294 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $18 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $7 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
👩🏫 International school | $6,500 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $40 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / 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
✅ 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
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Not safe for women
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 0° freezing | 23-5° freezing | 5412° cool | 5915° cool | 6418° cool | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 9032° hot | 7524° warm | 7222° mild | 457° cold | 468° cold |
Real | 362° very cold | 28-3° freezing | 5412° cool | 5915° cool | 6418° cool | 8127° warm | 8127° warm | 8228° very warm | 7524° warm | 7222° mild | 468° cold | 489° cold |
Humidity | damp 73% | damp 73% | nice 56% | nice 61% | nice 66% | sweaty 79% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 80% | nice 73% | nice 77% | nice 63% | nice 70% |
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Rain | rainy 89mm | rainy 107mm | rainy 173mm | rainy 162mm | rainy 191mm | rainy 204mm | rainy 229mm | rainy 137mm | rainy 299mm | rainy 314mm | rainy 203mm | rainy 364mm |
Cloud | cloudy 80% | cloudy 73% | pockets 48% | cloudy 52% | cloudy 57% | pockets 44% | pockets 33% | pockets 49% | pockets 29% | cloudy 55% | pockets 45% | cloudy 68% |
Air quality | clean 31 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 26 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 28 US AQI | clean 32 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 31 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 34 US AQI | clean 42 US AQI |
Sun | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 267 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 400 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 300 people | 267 people | 200 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open✈️9h$5,646 / mo🌇 Also went here9 people×I have heard of a friend of a friend that in France it is important to bring sandpaper and to have suitable medical insurance which covers eye reconstruction surgery. “Well worth a visit, would recommend”.
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