⭐️ Total score | 3.01/5 (Rank #186) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Good |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,262 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🚀 Super fast: 79Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 1°C34°F (feels -1°C30°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 66% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 19 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 39 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ 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 | Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
⏱ Average trip length | 12 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 79 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 1°C 34°F + 😊 Comfy (66%) = feels -1°C 30°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 19 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 39 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Central Lawrenceville |
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | South Side Flats |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | Catapult PGH |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | The Hardware Store |
☕️ Best coffee place | Big Dog Coffee |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👍14% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 300,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 83% 👱♀️ 17% |
🏞 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 |
🏥 Best hospital | University of Pittsburgh Medical Center |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,262 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,246 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $5,305 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,516 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,647 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,919 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,165 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $77 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $63 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $193 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $14 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ 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
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Too expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 341° cold | 28-2° freezing | 5412° cool | 5915° cool | 6820° mild | 8429° warm | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 7524° warm | 6820° mild | 457° cold | 468° cold |
Real | 362° very cold | 31-1° freezing | 5412° cool | 5915° cool | 6619° mild | 8127° warm | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 7524° warm | 6820° mild | 468° cold | 468° cold |
Humidity | damp 75% | damp 73% | nice 52% | nice 59% | nice 65% | nice 68% | sweaty 71% | sweaty 76% | nice 72% | nice 80% | nice 66% | nice 70% |
Rain | dry 45mm | rainy 55mm | rainy 63mm | rainy 50mm | rainy 79mm | rainy 103mm | rainy 137mm | rainy 95mm | rainy 113mm | rainy 73mm | dry 19mm | rainy 72mm |
Cloud | cloudy 77% | cloudy 85% | pockets 39% | cloudy 57% | cloudy 65% | pockets 48% | pockets 47% | pockets 48% | pockets 45% | cloudy 63% | cloudy 60% | cloudy 73% |
Air quality | clean 40 US AQI | clean 42 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 37 US AQI | clean 45 US AQI | clean 44 US AQI | clean 47 US AQI | clean 47 US AQI | clean 39 US AQI | clean 34 US AQI | clean 41 US AQI | clean 43 US AQI |
Sun | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 320 people | 333 people | 360 people | 325 people | 400 people | 300 people | 350 people | 375 people | 280 people | 320 people | 350 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 5° 41° 6° 43°AQI 21✈️24min$4,961 / mo86Mbps×I really enjoyed my trip to DC for one week. I did NOT feel comfortable walking around many places alone because there are a lot of mentally ill/drugged out people. During daylight with other people I felt fine. There are soo many restaurants, interesting boutique gyms, cool libraries and more. The variety you can find in DC is closer to NYC than you can find most places. The memorials are pretty cool. There are a lot of free museums which are impressive. I liked the Lincoln Memorial/Gettysburg
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