⭐️ Total score | 2.78/5 (Rank #517) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Good |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,471 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🚀 Super fast: 104Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 13°C55°F (feels 12°C54°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 61% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 10 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 39 US AQI |
👌 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 |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Great |
🖥 Places to work from | Okay |
❄️ A/C or heating | Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
⏱ Average trip length | 5 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 104 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 13°C 55°F + 😊 Comfy (61%) = feels 12°C 54°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 10 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 39 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Le Paris Cafe |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 520,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 67% 👱♀️ 33% |
🏞 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 | St Agnes Medical |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,471 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,164 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $5,119 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,463 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,279 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,031 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,075 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $107 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $67 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $264 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $12 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee | $4 |
💰 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 in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ 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
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Way too hot in the summer
❌ Difficult to make friends
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 5714° cool | 6116° cool | 6418° cool | 7524° warm | 8228° warm | 9535° hot | 10239° hot | 10038° hot | 9133° hot | 7323° mild | 6317° cool | 5211° cool |
Real | 5714° cool | 6116° cool | 6317° cool | 7524° warm | 8429° very warm | 9334° hot | 9937° hot | 9736° hot | 9133° hot | 7323° mild | 6317° cool | 5211° cool |
Humidity | damp 75% | nice 65% | nice 57% | nice 45% | nice 35% | nice 34% | nice 31% | nice 34% | nice 34% | nice 40% | damp 79% | damp 82% |
Rain | rainy 93mm | dry 17mm | dry 45mm | dry 14mm | dry 10mm | dry 10mm | dry 1mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 42mm | dry 5mm | rainy 123mm |
Cloud | cloudy 53% | pockets 31% | pockets 30% | clear 9% | clear 5% | clear 3% | clear 8% | clear 2% | clear 4% | pockets 14% | cloudy 51% | cloudy 64% |
Air quality | okay 53 US AQI | clean 40 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 28 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 34 US AQI | clean 39 US AQI | clean 46 US AQI | clean 39 US AQI | okay 54 US AQI | okay 69 US AQI | okay 71 US AQI |
Sun | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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