⭐️ Total score | 3.18/5 (Rank #497) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Good |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Too expensive: $4,130 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🚀 Super fast: 83Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 31°C87°F (feels 34°C93°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 56% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 42 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 39 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Good |
🎓 Education level* | High |
💰 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 | 10 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 83 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 31°C 87°F + 😊 Comfy (56%) = feels 34°C 93°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 42 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 | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | T-Mobile |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Big Dog Coffee |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👍16% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 300,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
⛪️ 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 | $4,130 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,377 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,827 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,379 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,080 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $150 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $4,223 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $198 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 72 listings) | $3,485 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $114 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $10 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ 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
❌ Way too expensive
❌ 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 | 350 people | 400 people | 320 people | 275 people | 467 people | 280 people | 400 people | 325 people | 250 people | 400 people | 320 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 30° 86° 28° 83°AQI 30✈️10h$2,920 / mo🌇 Also went here34 people×Rome has tourist fatigue. Servers are curt and it's hard to find a decent restaurant.
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 40° 104° 33° 91°🥵AQI 59✈️14h$3,069 / mo🌇 Also went here37 people×I cannot help but agree with the review from the person before me. I'm finishing my 3 weeks trip here, and something feels off. Like that person put it rightly, everything is for sale, and nothing has value. There is no soul to this city and its people, locals or otherwise. Something is wrong here.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 40° 104° 31° 87°🥵AQI 59✈️19h$1,265 / mo🌇 Also went here43 people×