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| ⭐️ Total score | 1 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
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| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 84 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌦 9°C 49°F + 💦 Damp (90%) = feels 8°C 46°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 8 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 18.5 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Ike Box |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 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 | Craigslist |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Southwest |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Salem Health |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,952 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,096 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,906 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,402 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,528 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,227 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,050 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $72 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $73 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $235 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $8 |
| 🥤 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
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Difficult to make friends
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 489° cold | 457° cold | 5010° cold | 6317° cool | 6418° cool | 7725° warm | 8429° warm | 7725° warm | 7323° mild | 5714° cool | 5412° cool | 436° cold |
| Real | 489° cold | 468° cold | 5010° cold | 6116° cool | 6317° cool | 7625° warm | 8127° warm | 7725° warm | 7323° mild | 5714° cool | 5412° cool | 457° cold |
| Humidity | damp 88% | damp 85% | damp 78% | nice 66% | nice 69% | nice 66% | nice 62% | nice 63% | nice 63% | damp 83% | damp 86% | damp 87% |
| Rain | rainy 180mm | rainy 140mm | rainy 61mm | dry 21mm | dry 41mm | dry 41mm | dry 1mm | dry 2mm | rainy 61mm | rainy 87mm | rainy 143mm | rainy 209mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 86% | cloudy 84% | cloudy 62% | pockets 43% | cloudy 53% | pockets 24% | pockets 12% | pockets 26% | pockets 31% | cloudy 76% | cloudy 79% | cloudy 89% |
| Air quality | clean 24 US AQI | clean 18 US AQI | clean 18 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI | clean 17 US AQI | clean 13 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI | clean 22 US AQI | clean 19 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 38 US AQI | clean 38 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
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Went to school nearby in Corvallis, OR at OSU. I have no idea why anyone would want to come to Albany, OR. Especially when you have several other cities in the state with more to offer.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌦 Feels 9° 48° 9° 48°AQI 8🚕1h$3,256 / mo59Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌦 Feels 9° 48° 9° 49°AQI 10🚕2h$3,673 / mo51Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 9° 48° 9° 49°AQI 14🚕2h$3,427 / mo79Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌦 Feels 10° 50° 10° 50°AQI 7🚕2h$4,995 / mo54MbpsPros: Food carts, local microbrews, lots of outdoor activities within day trip range, high property values. Cons: trash everywhere, out of control crime, violent drug-addicted "houseless" everywhere, mediocre public schools, some of the highest taxes in the country, ineffective police force, antiquated inefficient form of city government, very high rents, passive aggressive culture.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌦 Feels 10° 50° 10° 50°AQI 16🚕2h$4,047 / mo76Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 9° 48° 9° 47°AQI 8🚕3h$3,853 / mo47Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 5° 41° 6° 43°AQI 6✈️13min$4,914 / mo46Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌦 Feels 8° 46° 9° 47°AQI 15✈️19min$4,156 / mo85Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 9° 48° 10° 49°AQI 53✈️22min$3,705 / mo49Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 9° 48° 9° 49°AQI 15✈️23min$3,937 / mo60MbpsSeattle is a great city, especially if you like nature, there are plenty of outdoor activities to do all year round. People are generally open-minded and friendly. The cost of living is high but it allows you to be able to afford other places on earth easily if you can find a job here. You can also find plenty of good restaurants and arts around in the city. I recommend to stay at least 3-6 months to get the feel of living a PNW life.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 8° 46° 8° 47°AQI 5✈️24min$5,032 / mo98Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 10° 50° 11° 52°AQI 6✈️26min$4,516 / mo49MbpsSeattle is a great city, especially if you like nature, there are plenty of outdoor activities to do all year round. People are generally open-minded and friendly. The cost of living is high but it allows you to be able to afford other places on earth easily if you can find a job here. You can also find plenty of good restaurants and arts around in the city. I recommend to stay at least 3-6 months to get the feel of living a PNW life.
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 7° 45° 7° 44°AQI 47✈️38min$3,937 / mo🌇 Also went here1 people⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels -1° 30° 0° 32°AQI 15✈️58min$3,967 / mo🌇 Also went here1 peopleOverall, a pretty great place. Good restaurants and many breweries. Solid entertainment. It has all four seasons and lots of sunshine. Some homelessness issues downtown, like most cities.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌫 Feels 6° 43° 7° 44°AQI 15✈️2h$5,018 / mo🌇 Also went here1 peopleDayton is a growing city. Many parts of Dayton-proper are still experiencing severe poverty but a few area are beginning to see gentrification. The area has moved away from the large-scale industry which has all but abandoned the area and now experiences a lot of growth through local entrepreneurs including a rich culture of Craft Beer brewing, tattoo shops, cafes, music, and a variety of other "fun" businesses. While Dayton, itself, is growing fast and the housing prices can be extremely cheap,
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️4h$4,007 / mo🌇 Also went here1 peopleLived there last September and October and am coming back later this year. Yes, it is expensive, but after a while I learned about affordable places to eat and realized I could choose neighborhoods farther from city center, and it would still be nice. City feels super safe, even at nigh! Internet is crazy fast (I got 500mb on my airbnb) there are tons to do and see and I did not encounter the super rude Parisians people talk so much about, mostly everyone spoke English and were very polite. Rent
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 2° 36° 4° 40°AQI 50✈️11h$5,676 / mo🌇 Also went here1 peopleNo members are here right now. If you are, add it as a trip and you'll show up here!
