🏆 Nomad Score™ | 3.46/5 |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,280 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 42Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 7°C45°F |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Way too humid: 88% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Good: 38 µg/m3 |
👌 Safety | Good |
👍 Quality of life | Good |
😤 People density | 🧘♀️ Not busy: 5k ppl/km² (15x15m) |
❤️ Rated by nomads | 👍8 likes vs. 👎0 dislikes |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Okay |
😄 Happiness | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🙊 English speaking | Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech | Good |
🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBT friendly | Okay |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
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🌍 Region | North America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚩 Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⏱ Average trip duration | 7 days | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 42 Mbps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⛅️ Weather | 🌧 7°C 45°F + 💦 Humid (88%) + 💨 14km/h = Feels like 5°C 41°F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 38 µg/m3 equal to 🚬 🚬 / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 22 µg/m3 equal to 🚬 / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚕 Best taxi app | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📱 Best wireless carrier | Verizon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💸 Tipping | No | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💳 Cashless society | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💻 Best coworking space | Onward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚰 Safe tap water | 👌 Yes, drinkable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
♻️ Return rate | 13% of visitors return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,700,000 people | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
😤 People density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 4,582 ppl/km² 15x15m (225m²) space per person | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
👫 Gender ratio | 👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Southwest | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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💵 Nomad Cost™ | $3,280 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,460 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $6,399 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,828 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,500 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $250 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $1,522 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $71 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (634 listings) | $2,000 / month |
🏠 Airbnb | $66 / night |
🍝 Dinner | $12 |
🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
☕️ Coffee | $4 |
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $12,352 |
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $30,278 |
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $71,127 |
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✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many nomads have been
✅ 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
✅ LGBT friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Expensive
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very humid now
❌ Not many nomads right now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
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