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| ⭐️ Total score | 198 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Healthcare* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 57 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 -8°C 17°F + 💦 Damp (77%) = feels -12°C 10°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 18 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 36 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Verizon |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 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 | $3,191 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,150 / 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) | $1,374 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $64 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 10 listings) | $2,071 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $68 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $13 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $4 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ 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
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Hospitals are bad
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 23-5° freezing | 21-6° freezing | 362° cold | 5010° cold | 6418° cool | 7524° warm | 8831° hot | 7725° warm | 7323° mild | 5714° cool | 362° cold | 362° cold |
| Real | 28-2° freezing | 28-3° freezing | 394° very cold | 5211° cool | 6418° cool | 7424° warm | 8228° very warm | 7725° warm | 7323° mild | 5714° cool | 394° very cold | 394° very cold |
| Humidity | damp 80% | damp 77% | nice 69% | nice 67% | nice 78% | nice 80% | sweaty 77% | nice 78% | nice 85% | damp 77% | damp 79% | damp 78% |
| Rain | dry 35mm | rainy 63mm | dry 45mm | rainy 66mm | rainy 210mm | rainy 92mm | rainy 128mm | rainy 96mm | rainy 225mm | rainy 151mm | dry 41mm | dry 40mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 69% | cloudy 72% | cloudy 58% | cloudy 55% | cloudy 70% | pockets 49% | pockets 28% | pockets 30% | cloudy 56% | cloudy 54% | cloudy 65% | cloudy 56% |
| 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 2 UVI | safe 3 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 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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