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| ⭐️ Total score | 4 reviews |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 27 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 55 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 30°C 86°F + 😊 Comfy (63%) = feels 34°C 93°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 53 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 35.75 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | 10th Street Cafe |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 140,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 45% 👱♀️ 55% |
| 👫 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 |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Rio Grande Regional Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,966 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,925 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,348 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,242 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,802 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,101 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $892 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $84 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $69 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $235 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $9 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Good 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
❌ Expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Difficult to make friends
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 7021° mild | 7323° mild | 8228° warm | 10239° hot | 10038° hot | 11747° scorching | 11144° scorching | 11848° scorching | 10943° scorching | 10440° hot | 8228° warm | 8831° hot |
| Real | 7021° mild | 7323° mild | 7926° warm | 8831° hot | 8630° very warm | 9133° hot | 9032° hot | 9334° hot | 9133° hot | 8831° hot | 7926° warm | 8127° warm |
| Humidity | nice 72% | nice 78% | nice 71% | sweaty 75% | sweaty 82% | sweaty 82% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 75% | sweaty 73% | sweaty 77% | nice 73% | sweaty 83% |
| Rain | dry 32mm | dry 19mm | dry 19mm | dry 32mm | rainy 170mm | rainy 103mm | rainy 185mm | dry 15mm | rainy 54mm | dry 37mm | rainy 78mm | dry 25mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 52% | cloudy 56% | cloudy 56% | cloudy 63% | cloudy 52% | pockets 40% | pockets 42% | pockets 27% | pockets 20% | pockets 36% | pockets 34% | pockets 49% |
| Air quality | clean 26 US AQI | clean 44 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 37 US AQI | clean 49 US AQI | clean 45 US AQI | clean 44 US AQI | clean 38 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 26 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 32 US AQI |
| Sun | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI |
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