⭐️ Total score | 2.84/5 (Rank #1026) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Good |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Too expensive: $4,408 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🚀 Super fast: 53Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 29°C83°F (feels 33°C91°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 70% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 30 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 20 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 | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
⏱ Average trip length | 29 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 53 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 29°C 83°F + 😊 Comfy (70%) = feels 33°C 91°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 30 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 20.5 US AQI |
🔌 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 | Shenandoah Joe's |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 53,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Delta |
🏥 Best hospital | Rockingham Memorial Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,408 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,656 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,979 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,423 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $802 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $367 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,380 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $111 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 6 listings) | $3,821 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $125 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $16 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $8 |
☕️ Coffee | $6 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm 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
❌ 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 | 5513° cool | 6116° cool | 6820° mild | 8228° warm | 9032° hot | 9133° hot | 7524° warm | 6820° mild | 468° cold | 5211° cool |
Real | 415° very cold | 362° very cold | 5513° cool | 6016° cool | 6820° mild | 7926° warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 7524° warm | 6820° mild | 468° cold | 5211° cool |
Humidity | nice 68% | damp 74% | nice 47% | nice 62% | nice 59% | nice 69% | nice 67% | sweaty 73% | nice 72% | nice 76% | nice 62% | nice 62% |
Rain | rainy 61mm | rainy 94mm | rainy 76mm | rainy 73mm | dry 46mm | rainy 61mm | dry 40mm | rainy 84mm | rainy 99mm | rainy 70mm | dry 32mm | dry 19mm |
Cloud | pockets 46% | cloudy 72% | pockets 41% | pockets 50% | cloudy 53% | cloudy 55% | pockets 40% | pockets 45% | pockets 37% | cloudy 50% | pockets 32% | cloudy 55% |
Air quality | clean 15 US AQI | clean 17 US AQI | clean 18 US AQI | clean 17 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI | clean 11 US AQI | clean 12 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI |
Sun | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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