⭐️ Total score | 2.69/5 (Rank #1179) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Too expensive: $4,879 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 50Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 23°C74°F (feels 23°C73°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 44% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 14 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 22 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Great |
🎓 Education level* | High |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $4,817 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Okay |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
⏱ Average trip length | 3 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 50 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 23°C 74°F + 😊 Comfy (44%) = feels 23°C 73°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 14 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 22.5 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Verizon |
💸 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 | $4,879 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,884 / 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) | $4,338 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $203 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 11 listings) | $5,854 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $192 / 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
❌ Way 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 | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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