⭐️ Total score | 2.65/5 (Rank #1174) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😳 Way too expensive: $8,127 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🚀 Super fast: 62Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 25°C77°F (feels 25°C77°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 58% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 50 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 36 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | High |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $4,817 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
🚶 Walkability | Okay |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Bad |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
⏱ Average trip length | 9 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 62 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 25°C 77°F + 😊 Comfy (58%) = feels 25°C 77°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 50 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 36 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Verizon |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
☕️ Best alt. coffee place | The Clement |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | SPACES |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 34,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | American Airlines |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | American Airlines |
🏥 Best hospital | Kaiser Permanente facility |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $8,127 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $5,871 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $9,208 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $2,631 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $2,500 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $458 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $5,850 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $274 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 43 listings) | $12,502 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $410 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $15 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee | $4 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ 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
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 5513° cool | 5714° cool | 5714° cool | 6116° cool | 6418° cool | 7021° mild | 7021° mild | 7222° mild | 7222° mild | 6820° mild | 6317° cool | 5412° cool |
Real | 5513° cool | 5714° cool | 5714° cool | 6016° cool | 6418° cool | 6820° mild | 6820° mild | 7222° mild | 7222° mild | 6619° mild | 6317° cool | 5412° cool |
Humidity | damp 78% | nice 70% | nice 68% | nice 70% | nice 69% | nice 73% | nice 73% | nice 74% | nice 66% | nice 68% | damp 71% | damp 80% |
Rain | rainy 92mm | dry 45mm | dry 46mm | dry 12mm | dry 10mm | dry 10mm | dry 2mm | dry 0mm | dry 3mm | rainy 128mm | dry 23mm | rainy 206mm |
Cloud | cloudy 54% | pockets 35% | pockets 37% | pockets 37% | pockets 19% | pockets 32% | pockets 35% | pockets 27% | pockets 23% | pockets 38% | pockets 32% | cloudy 62% |
Air quality | clean 36 US AQI | clean 22 US AQI | clean 26 US AQI | clean 32 US AQI | clean 31 US AQI | clean 41 US AQI | clean 34 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 37 US AQI | clean 38 US AQI | clean 41 US AQI | clean 41 US AQI |
Sun | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 400 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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