⭐️ Total score | 3.04/5 (Rank #156) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🙂 Okay: $2,672 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 48Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 13°C55°F (feels 11°C52°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 43% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 8 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 26 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 | Okay |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Good |
😄 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 | 91 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 48 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 13°C 55°F + 😊 Comfy (43%) = feels 11°C 52°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 8 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 26 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Sugar Brown's Coffee |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 250,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
🏞 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 | Covenant Health System Lubbock Texas |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,672 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,810 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,641 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,326 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,254 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,362 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $967 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $59 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $45 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $235 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $10 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee | $4 |
✅ Very 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
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 457° cold | 5211° cool | 6418° cool | 6820° mild | 7524° warm | 9334° hot | 9032° hot | 9032° hot | 8630° warm | 7524° warm | 6317° cool | 6418° cool |
Real | 489° cold | 5312° cool | 6418° cool | 6720° mild | 7524° warm | 8831° hot | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm | 7524° warm | 6317° cool | 6418° cool |
Humidity | nice 59% | nice 54% | nice 47% | nice 43% | nice 66% | nice 55% | nice 64% | nice 56% | nice 54% | nice 46% | nice 46% | nice 36% |
Rain | dry 40mm | dry 16mm | dry 35mm | dry 21mm | rainy 85mm | rainy 124mm | rainy 67mm | rainy 54mm | dry 10mm | dry 12mm | dry 6mm | dry 0mm |
Cloud | pockets 35% | pockets 28% | pockets 25% | pockets 36% | cloudy 51% | pockets 23% | pockets 32% | pockets 32% | pockets 16% | clear 8% | pockets 20% | pockets 25% |
Air quality | clean 18 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 24 US AQI | clean 24 US AQI | clean 28 US AQI | clean 31 US AQI | clean 34 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 26 US AQI | clean 17 US AQI | clean 17 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI |
Sun | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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