⭐️ Total score | 2.77/5 (Rank #575) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,614 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 53Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Nice: 21°C71°F (feels 21°C70°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 87% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 18 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 45 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
🤮 Food safety* | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $4,817 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
🚶 Walkability | Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
⏱ Average trip length | 1 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 53 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 21°C 71°F + 😊 Comfy (87%) = feels 21°C 70°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 18 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 46 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 190,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 44% 👱♀️ 56% |
👫 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 | University of South Alabama Health System |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,614 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,207 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,762 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,361 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,852 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,010 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $920 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $87 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $66 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $235 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $17 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $20 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $4 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ 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
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Not safe for women
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 5915° cool | 5513° cool | 7021° mild | 7222° mild | 7725° warm | 9736° hot | 10038° hot | 10239° hot | 9133° hot | 8429° warm | 7021° mild | 7021° mild |
Real | 5915° cool | 5614° cool | 7021° mild | 7222° mild | 7725° warm | 8329° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8228° very warm | 7926° warm | 6820° mild | 7021° mild |
Humidity | damp 76% | damp 80% | nice 81% | nice 74% | nice 80% | sweaty 93% | sweaty 94% | sweaty 86% | sweaty 90% | nice 82% | nice 74% | nice 91% |
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Rain | rainy 88mm | rainy 85mm | rainy 147mm | rainy 218mm | rainy 151mm | rainy 254mm | rainy 168mm | rainy 219mm | rainy 197mm | rainy 99mm | dry 9mm | rainy 55mm |
Cloud | cloudy 50% | cloudy 64% | cloudy 65% | pockets 49% | pockets 41% | pockets 49% | cloudy 61% | pockets 45% | pockets 48% | pockets 47% | pockets 19% | cloudy 58% |
Air quality | clean 0 US AQI | okay 61 US AQI | okay 61 US AQI | okay 61 US AQI | okay 61 US AQI | okay 61 US AQI | okay 61 US AQI | clean 24 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 46* US AQI | clean 46* US AQI | clean 46* US AQI |
Sun | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 400 people |
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