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| ⭐️ Total score | 1 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* | |
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| 😄 Happiness* | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
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| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 43 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌤 -3°C 26°F + 💦 Damp (81%) = feels -7°C 19°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 57 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 36 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | River Coffee Company |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 73,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Decatur Memorial Hospital Decatur Illinois |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,190 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,500 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,231 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,495 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,082 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,349 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,086 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $51 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $110 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $141 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $10 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $4 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $4 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ 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
❌ Very damp now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Not safe for women
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 28-2° freezing | 16-9° freezing | 5211° cool | 5915° cool | 7021° mild | 8831° hot | 9133° hot | 9334° hot | 8228° warm | 7021° mild | 415° cold | 457° cold |
| Real | 341° very cold | 23-5° freezing | 5412° cool | 5915° cool | 6820° mild | 8127° warm | 8127° warm | 8228° very warm | 7926° warm | 6820° mild | 457° cold | 489° cold |
| Humidity | damp 79% | damp 72% | nice 65% | nice 63% | nice 69% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 93% | sweaty 90% | nice 72% | nice 85% | nice 67% | damp 72% |
| Rain | rainy 84mm | dry 46mm | rainy 144mm | rainy 76mm | rainy 126mm | rainy 158mm | rainy 123mm | rainy 95mm | rainy 77mm | rainy 154mm | dry 23mm | rainy 67mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 84% | cloudy 70% | cloudy 50% | pockets 39% | cloudy 56% | cloudy 56% | pockets 38% | pockets 34% | pockets 25% | cloudy 70% | pockets 40% | cloudy 54% |
| Air quality | clean 38 US AQI | clean 37 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 38 US AQI | clean 34 US AQI | clean 38 US AQI | clean 39 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 32 US AQI | clean 42 US AQI | clean 45 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
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