⭐️ Total score |
2.5/5 (Rank #248)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
🙂 Okay: $2,652 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🏎 Fast: 51Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 26°C78°F (feels 30°C86°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 90%
|
💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 33 US AQI
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👌 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
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🙊 English speaking* |
Great |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
🏥 Hospitals |
Okay |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
👩 Female friendly |
Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Great |
🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
🗓️ Average trip length | 9 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 51 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 26°C 78°F + 😊 Comfy (90%) = feels 30°C 86°F
|
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 34 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Uber |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 180,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 44% 👱♀️ 56% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United |
🏥 Best hospital | Valley Regional Medical Center Brownsville TX |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,652 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,596 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,283 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,224 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,900 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,403 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $850 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $89 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $46 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $235 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $8 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $5 |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $4 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Difficult to make friends
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Feels |
68
20° mild |
72
22° mild |
75
24° warm |
82
28° warm |
82
28° warm |
91
33° hot |
90
32° hot |
93
34° hot |
90
32° hot |
84
29° warm |
77
25° warm |
79
26° warm |
Real |
67
20°
mild |
72
22°
mild |
75
24°
warm |
82
28°
very warm |
82
28°
very warm |
89
32°
hot |
88
31°
hot |
91
33°
hot |
89
32°
hot |
85
30°
very warm |
77
25°
warm |
79
26°
warm |
Humidity |
nice 39% |
nice 42% |
nice 41% |
nice 42% |
nice 44% |
nice 43% |
nice 42% |
nice 39% |
nice 39% |
nice 40% |
nice 38% |
nice 43% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 47mm |
dry 35mm |
dry 46mm |
dry 34mm |
dry 38mm |
rainy 70mm |
rainy 76mm |
dry 26mm |
rainy 82mm |
rainy 78mm |
rainy 56mm |
dry 50mm |
Cloud |
pockets 34% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 21% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 34% |
Air quality |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 39 US AQI |
clean 39 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
clean 47 US AQI |
clean 48 US AQI |
okay 52 US AQI |
clean 37 US AQI |
clean 24 US AQI |
clean 24 US AQI |
clean 28 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
Sun |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 300 people |
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