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| ⭐️ Overall score | 229 reviews |
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| 🎓 Education level* | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
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| 🏥 Hospitals* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| ⏱ Average trip time | 9 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 37 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 12°C 54°F + 😊 Comfy (56%) = feels 12°C 54°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 26 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 17 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Midtown |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Southwest Detroit |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Verizon |
| 💸 10 USD in USD | USD 8.24 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | USD 100 = USD 82 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Ponyride |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | Bamboo |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 5% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 670,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita | $57,808 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 44% 👱♀️ 56% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Southwest |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Delta |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | €2,440 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | €1,293 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | €2,913 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | €832 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | €532 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | €181 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | €2,060 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | €96 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (193 listings) | €1,281 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | €42 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | €8 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | €1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | €4 |
| ☕️ Coffee | €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
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ 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
❌ Expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Not safe for women
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 23-5° freezing | 25-4° freezing | 373° cold | 5412° cool | 6418° cool | 7323° mild | 8630° warm | 8228° warm | 7323° mild | 6116° cool | 373° cold | 0° freezing |
| Real | 30-1° freezing | 31-1° freezing | 415° very cold | 5513° cool | 6418° cool | 7323° mild | 8228° very warm | 7926° warm | 7323° mild | 6116° cool | 415° very cold | 373° very cold |
| Humidity | nice 66% | damp 71% | nice 61% | nice 66% | nice 74% | nice 68% | nice 67% | nice 68% | nice 73% | damp 71% | damp 73% | damp 74% |
| Rain | dry 34mm | dry 39mm | dry 42mm | rainy 71mm | rainy 76mm | rainy 71mm | rainy 134mm | rainy 62mm | rainy 74mm | rainy 77mm | dry 33mm | dry 33mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 67% | cloudy 75% | cloudy 51% | cloudy 60% | cloudy 64% | pockets 47% | pockets 22% | pockets 30% | pockets 46% | cloudy 53% | cloudy 62% | cloudy 67% |
| Air quality | clean 21 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 17 US AQI | clean 17 US AQI | clean 17 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 22 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI | clean 17 US AQI | clean 19 US AQI | clean 22 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 2 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 3 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
| Nomad List members | 2 people | 2 people | 2 people | 1 people | 2 people | 2 people | 3 people | 2 people | 2 people | 2 people | 2 people | 2 people |
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