⭐️ Total score | 2.7/5 (Rank #678) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Good |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Too expensive: $4,969 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 51Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 24°C75°F (feels 24°C75°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 93% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 21 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 36 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
🤮 Food safety* | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Good |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $4,817 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
😤 People density | 🧘♀️ Sprawling: 2k ppl/km² (1 per 23x23m) |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Great |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
⏱ Average trip length | 6 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 51 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 24°C 75°F + 😊 Comfy (93%) = feels 24°C 75°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 21 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 36 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Treme - Lafitte |
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Central City |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | Launch Pad |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | Propeller |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👍10% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 390,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ empty: 23x23m (529m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 74% 👱♀️ 26% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Southwest |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,969 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,913 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $5,929 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,694 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,463 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,358 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,220 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $162 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $110 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $314 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $20 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $5 |
👩🏫 International school | $12,300 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $16 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $11 / trip |
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $12,352 |
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $30,278 |
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $71,127 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ 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
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Not safe for women
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 5714° cool | 5915° cool | 7021° mild | 7524° warm | 8127° warm | 8831° hot | 9032° hot | 8630° warm | 8228° warm | 8228° warm | 7021° mild | 7021° mild |
Real | 5815° cool | 5915° cool | 6921° mild | 7424° warm | 8127° warm | 8731° hot | 8932° hot | 8731° hot | 8328° very warm | 8228° very warm | 6820° mild | 6820° mild |
Humidity | nice 36% | nice 39% | nice 38% | nice 37% | nice 35% | nice 39% | nice 38% | nice 37% | nice 43% | nice 39% | nice 34% | nice 42% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain | dry 23mm | dry 37mm | rainy 70mm | rainy 85mm | rainy 84mm | rainy 79mm | rainy 89mm | rainy 217mm | rainy 97mm | dry 20mm | dry 5mm | dry 25mm |
Cloud | pockets 21% | pockets 39% | pockets 36% | pockets 33% | pockets 31% | pockets 32% | pockets 28% | pockets 27% | pockets 31% | pockets 26% | pockets 13% | pockets 41% |
Air quality | clean 25 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 32 US AQI | clean 34 US AQI | clean 46 US AQI | clean 41 US AQI | clean 38 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI |
Sun | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI |
Remote workers | 618 people | 662 people | 533 people | 900 people | 818 people | 431 people | 385 people | 540 people | 450 people | 600 people | 564 people | 733 people |
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