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| ⭐️ Total score | 4 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 👌 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 | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 63 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 22°C 71°F + 😊 Comfy (96%) = feels 22°C 72°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 11 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | T-Mobile |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Rockford Roasting Company |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 150,000 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 | Rent |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Osf Saint Anthony Medical Center |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,207 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,014 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,964 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,418 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $980 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $275 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,787 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $84 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 15 listings) | $1,618 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $53 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $13 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $4 |
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm 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
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not very safe
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets very 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 | 23-5° freezing | 10-12° freezing | 436° cold | 5412° cool | 6619° mild | 8127° warm | 9032° hot | 8831° hot | 7725° warm | 6619° mild | 415° cold | 373° cold |
| Real | 28-2° freezing | 18-8° freezing | 468° cold | 5513° cool | 6619° mild | 7826° warm | 8127° warm | 8127° warm | 7725° warm | 6619° mild | 447° cold | 415° very cold |
| Humidity | damp 80% | damp 71% | damp 72% | nice 61% | nice 70% | nice 72% | sweaty 86% | sweaty 84% | nice 66% | nice 81% | nice 63% | nice 68% |
| Rain | rainy 56mm | dry 36mm | rainy 54mm | dry 49mm | rainy 76mm | rainy 98mm | rainy 73mm | rainy 71mm | dry 20mm | rainy 111mm | dry 15mm | rainy 57mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 82% | cloudy 59% | pockets 49% | cloudy 58% | cloudy 64% | pockets 38% | cloudy 51% | pockets 35% | pockets 24% | cloudy 74% | pockets 48% | cloudy 58% |
| Air quality | clean 29 US AQI | clean 11** US AQI | clean 11** US AQI | clean 11** US AQI | clean 11** US AQI | clean 11** US AQI | clean 39 US AQI | clean 40 US AQI | clean 37 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 49 US AQI | okay 50 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 400 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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