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| ⭐️ Total score | 7 reviews |
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| 👌 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* | |
| 🏥 Healthcare* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 161 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 67 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 21°C 69°F + 🌵 Too dry (0%) = feels 21°C 70°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 30 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 21.5 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Petaluma Coffee & Tea Co. |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 60,000 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 | United |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,950 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $4,176 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $9,536 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $2,724 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,598 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $4,455 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $2,300 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $169 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $146 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $294 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $23 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $6 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $6 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ 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
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are bad
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 5513° cool | 5714° cool | 6116° cool | 6317° cool | 6820° mild | 7021° mild | 7222° mild | 7222° mild | 7323° mild | 6619° mild | 6116° cool | 5211° cool |
| Real | 5513° cool | 5714° cool | 5915° cool | 6116° cool | 6619° mild | 6921° mild | 7222° mild | 7222° mild | 7323° mild | 6619° mild | 6116° cool | 5211° cool |
| Humidity | damp 84% | damp 74% | nice 70% | damp 74% | nice 68% | nice 72% | nice 76% | nice 76% | nice 70% | nice 72% | damp 84% | damp 87% |
| Rain | rainy 110mm | rainy 51mm | rainy 56mm | dry 13mm | dry 10mm | dry 12mm | dry 2mm | dry 1mm | dry 6mm | rainy 215mm | rainy 50mm | rainy 209mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 62% | pockets 34% | pockets 25% | pockets 31% | pockets 19% | pockets 28% | pockets 34% | pockets 31% | pockets 38% | pockets 44% | pockets 44% | cloudy 71% |
| Air quality | clean 29 US AQI | clean 22 US AQI | clean 19 US AQI | clean 22 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 22 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI | clean 22 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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