⭐️ Total score | 2.63/5 (Rank #888) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Good |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Too expensive: $4,066 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🚀 Super fast: 61Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 24°C76°F (feels 24°C75°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 78% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 33 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 36 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Good |
🎓 Education level* | High |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $4,817 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Healthcare* | Good |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 61 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 24°C 76°F + 😊 Comfy (78%) = feels 24°C 75°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 33 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 36 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Verizon |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Blue Box Cafe |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 110,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,066 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,856 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $5,050 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,443 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,001 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $275 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,847 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $87 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 8 listings) | $4,896 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $161 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $13 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
☕️ Coffee | $4 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm 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
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are bad
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 25-4° freezing | 12-11° freezing | 436° cold | 5513° cool | 6619° mild | 8228° warm | 8429° warm | 9032° hot | 7725° warm | 7021° mild | 415° cold | 373° cold |
Real | 30-1° freezing | 20-7° freezing | 468° cold | 5614° cool | 6619° mild | 7926° warm | 7926° warm | 8127° warm | 7625° warm | 6820° mild | 447° cold | 415° very cold |
Humidity | damp 80% | damp 72% | damp 71% | nice 63% | nice 68% | nice 74% | nice 86% | sweaty 87% | nice 70% | nice 84% | nice 67% | nice 70% |
Rain | dry 45mm | dry 36mm | dry 34mm | dry 24mm | dry 37mm | rainy 143mm | dry 40mm | rainy 100mm | dry 26mm | rainy 153mm | dry 22mm | rainy 60mm |
Cloud | cloudy 86% | cloudy 59% | pockets 49% | cloudy 58% | cloudy 61% | pockets 39% | pockets 47% | pockets 33% | pockets 30% | cloudy 73% | pockets 47% | cloudy 57% |
Air quality | clean 31 US AQI | clean 32 US AQI | clean 28 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 31 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 43 US AQI | clean 39 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 32 US AQI | clean 39 US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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