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| ⭐️ Total score | 8 reviews |
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| 😝 Fun | |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 3 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 43 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 20°C 68°F + 😊 Comfy (58%) = feels 21°C 70°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 14 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 22.5 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 73,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Children's Care Hospital & School |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,199 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,200 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,524 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,293 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $940 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $275 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,547 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $72 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,119 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $102 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $10 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $4 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Perfect humidity 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
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Not safe for women
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 373° cold | 19-7° freezing | 468° cold | 489° cold | 6116° cool | 8228° warm | 9032° hot | 8228° warm | 7725° warm | 6116° cool | 5010° cold | 0° freezing |
| Real | 415° very cold | 25-4° freezing | 489° cold | 5111° cool | 6116° cool | 8228° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8228° very warm | 7725° warm | 6116° cool | 5111° cool | 362° very cold |
| Humidity | nice 57% | nice 63% | nice 55% | nice 57% | nice 70% | nice 50% | nice 52% | nice 39% | nice 42% | nice 48% | nice 46% | nice 59% |
| Rain | dry 10mm | dry 9mm | dry 31mm | dry 30mm | rainy 57mm | dry 28mm | dry 45mm | dry 34mm | rainy 103mm | rainy 82mm | dry 6mm | dry 9mm |
| Cloud | pockets 38% | cloudy 54% | pockets 35% | pockets 27% | cloudy 51% | pockets 25% | pockets 23% | pockets 20% | pockets 19% | pockets 29% | pockets 37% | cloudy 50% |
| Air quality | clean 27 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 22 US AQI | clean 22 US AQI | clean 26 US AQI | clean 37 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI | clean 22 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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