⭐️ Total score | 2.64/5 (Rank #726) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,881 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🚀 Super fast: 60Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 8°C46°F (feels 8°C46°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 75% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 13 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 29 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Great |
🎓 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 | Okay |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
⏱ Average trip length | 8 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 60 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 8°C 46°F + 💦 Damp (75%) = feels 8°C 46°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 13 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 29.25 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Limestone Coffee Company |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 80,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 75% 👱♀️ 25% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Southwest |
🏥 Best hospital | Medical Eye Center |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,881 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,273 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,669 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,334 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,369 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,154 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $880 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $111 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $71 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $235 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $18 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ 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
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Very damp now
❌ Difficult to make friends
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 468° cold | 489° cold | 5412° cool | 6820° mild | 7323° mild | 9032° hot | 9535° hot | 9133° hot | 8127° warm | 6116° cool | 5211° cool | 436° cold |
Real | 468° cold | 489° cold | 5412° cool | 6820° mild | 7323° mild | 8731° hot | 9133° hot | 8831° hot | 8027° warm | 6116° cool | 5111° cool | 436° very cold |
Humidity | damp 87% | damp 78% | nice 64% | nice 52% | nice 56% | nice 50% | nice 46% | nice 50% | nice 43% | nice 65% | damp 78% | damp 90% |
Rain | rainy 80mm | rainy 88mm | rainy 73mm | dry 17mm | dry 20mm | dry 31mm | dry 2mm | dry 2mm | dry 44mm | rainy 78mm | dry 44mm | rainy 115mm |
Cloud | cloudy 75% | cloudy 73% | pockets 46% | pockets 18% | pockets 30% | pockets 12% | clear 2% | pockets 17% | pockets 12% | cloudy 61% | cloudy 66% | cloudy 86% |
Air quality | clean 27 US AQI | okay 61 US AQI | okay 61 US AQI | clean 18 US AQI | clean 17 US AQI | clean 12 US AQI | clean 24 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 32 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 45 US AQI | clean 42 US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 267 people | 200 people | 400 people | 400 people |
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