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| ⭐️ Total score | 1 reviews |
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| 😝 Fun | |
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| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 50 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 23°C 74°F + 😊 Comfy (62%) = feels 23°C 73°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 34 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 47 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Stellar Beans Coffee House & Edibles |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 76,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | US Airways |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Lake Charles Memorial Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,373 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,259 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,690 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,340 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,378 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,252 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,014 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $65 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $74 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $235 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $17 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $19,500 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $15 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / trip |
✅ 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
✅ 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
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Not safe for women
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35° hot |
90
32° hot |
70
21° mild |
73
23° mild |
| Real |
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mild |
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27°
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90
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84
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very warm |
82
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very warm |
67
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mild |
73
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| Humidity |
damp 74% |
damp 79% |
nice 82% |
nice 77% |
sweaty 91% |
sweaty 94% |
sweaty 92% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 82% |
nice 76% |
nice 90% |
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| Rain |
rainy 102mm |
rainy 123mm |
rainy 114mm |
rainy 183mm |
rainy 384mm |
rainy 232mm |
rainy 210mm |
rainy 144mm |
rainy 218mm |
rainy 80mm |
dry 31mm |
rainy 71mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 44% |
cloudy 78% |
cloudy 68% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 69% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 50% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 27% |
cloudy 68% |
| Air quality |
clean 35 US AQI |
clean 42 US AQI |
clean 47 US AQI |
clean 45 US AQI |
clean 47 US AQI |
clean 48 US AQI |
okay 51 US AQI |
clean 48 US AQI |
clean 47 US AQI |
clean 41 US AQI |
clean 39 US AQI |
clean 38 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
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avoid sun 6 UVI |
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avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
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