⭐️ Total score |
2.59/5 (Rank #829)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
🧐 Too expensive: $4,001 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🏎 Fast: 45Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Freezing
: -14°C6°F (feels -18°C0°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
💦 Damp: 75%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 48 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 20 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Good
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Great |
🎓 Education level* |
High |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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💰 Income level* |
Very high:
$4,817 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Great |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Good |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Good |
🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
👩 Female friendly |
Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Great |
🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
⏱ Average trip length | 3 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 45 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ -14°C 6°F + 💦 Damp (75%) = feels -18°C 0°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 48 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 20 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👎2% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 170,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Zillow |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United Airlines |
🏥 Best hospital | Avera Health |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,001 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,399 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,888 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,396 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,748 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,636 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $981 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $129 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $86 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $235 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $15 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $4 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ 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
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Not safe for women
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels |
25
-4° freezing |
7
-14° freezing |
45
7° cold |
50
10° cold |
64
18° cool |
84
29° warm |
86
30° warm |
88
31° hot |
73
23° mild |
61
16° cool |
41
5° cold |
25
-4° freezing |
Real |
30
-1°
freezing |
15
-10°
freezing |
48
9°
cold |
53
12°
cool |
64
18°
cool |
82
28°
very warm |
81
27°
warm |
82
28°
very warm |
73
23°
mild |
61
16°
cool |
45
7°
cold |
30
-1°
freezing |
Humidity |
damp 75% |
nice 67% |
damp 72% |
nice 61% |
nice 67% |
nice 58% |
sweaty 74% |
sweaty 72% |
nice 66% |
damp 72% |
nice 60% |
nice 65% |
Rain |
dry 17mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 37mm |
dry 37mm |
dry 42mm |
dry 30mm |
rainy 78mm |
rainy 143mm |
rainy 66mm |
rainy 67mm |
dry 10mm |
dry 20mm |
Cloud |
cloudy 82% |
cloudy 59% |
pockets 38% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 64% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 19% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 47% |
Air quality |
clean 21 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 20 US AQI |
clean 18 US AQI |
clean 20 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 21 US AQI |
clean 19 US AQI |
clean 14 US AQI |
clean 17 US AQI |
clean 18 US AQI |
Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 250 people | 200 people | 200 people | 300 people | 300 people | 367 people |
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