⭐️ Total score | 2.66/5 (Rank #698) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,725 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 47Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Freezing : -1°C30°F (feels -4°C25°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 82% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 38 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 32 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 | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
⏱ Average trip length | 12 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 47 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌤 -1°C 30°F + 💦 Damp (82%) = feels -4°C 25°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 38 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 32.5 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | BIGGBY COFFEE |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 120,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United Airlines |
🏥 Best hospital | Sparrow Health System |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,725 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,186 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $5,038 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,439 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,956 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,423 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $929 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $92 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $47 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $294 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $18 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $4 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
☕️ Coffee | $4 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ 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
✅ 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
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Not safe for women
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 27-3° freezing | 16-9° freezing | 457° cold | 5412° cool | 6418° cool | 8228° warm | 7725° warm | 8831° hot | 7323° mild | 6820° mild | 394° cold | 0° freezing |
Real | 30-1° freezing | 22-6° freezing | 489° cold | 5513° cool | 6418° cool | 7926° warm | 7725° warm | 8127° warm | 7323° mild | 6619° mild | 426° very cold | 362° very cold |
Humidity | damp 85% | damp 81% | nice 63% | nice 65% | nice 62% | nice 73% | nice 77% | sweaty 80% | nice 72% | nice 84% | damp 74% | damp 81% |
Rain | dry 44mm | dry 45mm | rainy 57mm | dry 45mm | dry 48mm | rainy 170mm | rainy 93mm | rainy 78mm | rainy 115mm | rainy 112mm | dry 38mm | dry 48mm |
Cloud | cloudy 80% | cloudy 78% | pockets 40% | cloudy 57% | cloudy 56% | cloudy 51% | pockets 44% | pockets 37% | pockets 32% | cloudy 74% | cloudy 58% | cloudy 76% |
Air quality | clean 31 US AQI | clean 32 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 24 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 37 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 26 US AQI | clean 28 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 400 people | 200 people | 800 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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