⭐️ Total score | 2.84/5 (Rank #1024) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Good |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Too expensive: $4,686 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 49Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Nice: 21°C70°F (feels 21°C70°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 82% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 18 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 😷 Unhealthy for some: 106 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ 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 |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Okay |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Great |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 49 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌤 21°C 70°F + 😊 Comfy (82%) = feels 21°C 70°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 18 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 106 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | T-Mobile |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Paticceria Cosi |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,000,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Jet Blue |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United Airlines |
🏥 Best hospital | Inova |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,686 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,419 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $6,883 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,967 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,500 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $330 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,085 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $98 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 71 listings) | $5,003 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $164 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $15 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $8 |
☕️ Coffee | $5 |
💰 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
✅ Warm now
✅ Good air quality today
✅ 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
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 394° cold | 341° cold | 5412° cool | 6317° cool | 7021° mild | 8831° hot | 9032° hot | 9334° hot | 7524° warm | 7021° mild | 489° cold | 5211° cool |
Real | 415° very cold | 373° very cold | 5412° cool | 6116° cool | 7021° mild | 8228° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 7524° warm | 7021° mild | 4910° cold | 5211° cool |
Humidity | damp 71% | damp 76% | nice 53% | nice 59% | nice 57% | sweaty 72% | nice 68% | sweaty 77% | nice 71% | nice 78% | nice 63% | nice 60% |
Rain | rainy 57mm | rainy 92mm | rainy 89mm | rainy 77mm | rainy 60mm | rainy 81mm | rainy 62mm | rainy 98mm | rainy 108mm | rainy 83mm | dry 18mm | dry 18mm |
Cloud | pockets 49% | cloudy 76% | pockets 30% | pockets 49% | cloudy 52% | cloudy 57% | pockets 35% | cloudy 50% | pockets 37% | cloudy 53% | pockets 37% | cloudy 53% |
Air quality | bad 125 US AQI | bad 131 US AQI | bad 123 US AQI | bad 108 US AQI | bad 113 US AQI | bad 111 US AQI | bad 104 US AQI | okay 73 US AQI | okay 97 US AQI | bad 104 US AQI | bad 110 US AQI | bad 118 US AQI |
Sun | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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