⭐️ Total score | 2.51/5 (Rank #939) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Good |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Too expensive: $4,810 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🚀 Super fast: 86Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Freezing : -6°C21°F (feels -11°C12°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 65% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 12 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 36 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ 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 | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
⏱ Average trip length | 14 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 86 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 -6°C 21°F + 😊 Comfy (65%) = feels -11°C 12°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 12 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 36 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Beacon Hills |
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Wendell Phillips |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | Think Big Coworking |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👍13% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 480,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 94% 👱♀️ 6% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | United |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | KLM |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,810 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,473 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,942 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,126 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,008 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $8,262 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $2,361 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $94 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $271 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $247 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $13 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee | $3 |
💰 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
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ 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
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 373° cold | 341° cold | 5714° cool | 5714° cool | 6820° mild | 9334° hot | 9334° hot | 9334° hot | 8630° warm | 7021° mild | 5412° cool | 5211° cool |
Real | 373° very cold | 331° very cold | 5714° cool | 5714° cool | 6820° mild | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8228° very warm | 7021° mild | 5412° cool | 5211° cool |
Humidity | damp 76% | nice 65% | nice 55% | nice 58% | nice 71% | nice 63% | nice 67% | nice 65% | nice 62% | nice 74% | nice 57% | nice 59% |
Rain | rainy 96mm | dry 10mm | rainy 72mm | rainy 54mm | rainy 115mm | rainy 89mm | rainy 65mm | rainy 53mm | rainy 58mm | rainy 95mm | dry 21mm | dry 10mm |
Cloud | cloudy 69% | cloudy 63% | pockets 43% | pockets 35% | cloudy 70% | pockets 33% | pockets 26% | pockets 23% | pockets 11% | cloudy 57% | pockets 26% | pockets 34% |
Air quality | clean 39 US AQI | clean 37 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 28 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 38 US AQI | clean 28 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 24 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 42 US AQI |
Sun | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 467 people | 367 people | 500 people | 433 people | 450 people | 600 people | 275 people | 500 people | 333 people | 429 people | 486 people | 450 people |
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