⭐️ Total score | 2.66/5 (Rank #747) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,839 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 49Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 11°C51°F (feels 11°C52°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 98% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 21 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 33 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 |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
⏱ Average trip length | 22 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 49 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 11°C 51°F + 💦 Damp (98%) = feels 11°C 52°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 21 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 33 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | River City Cafe and Grille |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 110,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 45% 👱♀️ 55% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United |
🏥 Best hospital | Osf Healthcare System |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,839 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,277 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,984 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,424 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,644 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,823 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $950 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $77 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $60 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $411 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $19 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
👩🏫 International school | $9,000 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $14 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $7 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ 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
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Not safe for women
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 27-3° freezing | 12-11° freezing | 5010° cold | 5714° cool | 6820° mild | 8630° warm | 9032° hot | 9133° hot | 8228° warm | 7021° mild | 436° cold | 436° cold |
Real | 320° freezing | 20-7° freezing | 5211° cool | 5714° cool | 6619° mild | 8127° warm | 8127° warm | 8228° very warm | 7926° warm | 7021° mild | 468° cold | 468° cold |
Humidity | damp 78% | damp 72% | nice 63% | nice 62% | nice 73% | sweaty 76% | sweaty 88% | sweaty 87% | nice 72% | nice 79% | nice 68% | damp 71% |
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Rain | dry 46mm | dry 28mm | rainy 56mm | rainy 50mm | rainy 79mm | rainy 89mm | rainy 60mm | dry 46mm | dry 24mm | rainy 115mm | dry 9mm | dry 25mm |
Cloud | cloudy 79% | cloudy 63% | cloudy 53% | pockets 46% | cloudy 59% | pockets 48% | pockets 37% | pockets 29% | pockets 23% | cloudy 66% | pockets 41% | cloudy 52% |
Air quality | clean 34 US AQI | clean 40 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 31 US AQI | clean 38 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 42 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 37 US AQI | clean 42 US AQI |
Sun | safe 2 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people |
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