⭐️ Total score | 2.54/5 (Rank #1254) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Too expensive: $4,970 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 42Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 32°C89°F (feels 43°C109°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Sweaty: 77% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Good: 62 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Good |
🎓 Education level* | High |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $4,817 / mo |
🙊 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 | Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
⏱ Average trip length | 28 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 42 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 32°C 89°F + 🥵 Sweaty (77%) = feels 43°C 109°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 62 US AQI 🍃 OK |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | T-Mobile |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Dunkin' Donuts |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 55,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Delta |
🏥 Best hospital | Sarasota Memorial Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,970 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,548 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $5,017 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,433 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,106 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $275 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $5,727 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $268 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 79 listings) | $4,015 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $132 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $10 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee | $4 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ 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
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to make friends
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 6820° mild | 7524° warm | 7725° warm | 8228° warm | 9133° hot | 10038° hot | 10038° hot | 10842° scorching | 10038° hot | 9334° hot | 7323° mild | 7524° warm |
Real | 6619° mild | 7424° warm | 7725° warm | 7826° warm | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8831° hot | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm | 7323° mild | 7524° warm |
Humidity | nice 81% | nice 85% | nice 82% | nice 78% | sweaty 72% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 83% | sweaty 84% | sweaty 82% | sweaty 77% | nice 78% | nice 84% |
Rain | dry 19mm | rainy 64mm | dry 29mm | rainy 105mm | dry 20mm | rainy 215mm | rainy 270mm | rainy 236mm | rainy 179mm | rainy 92mm | rainy 56mm | dry 21mm |
Cloud | pockets 43% | pockets 47% | pockets 26% | pockets 26% | pockets 31% | cloudy 68% | cloudy 53% | cloudy 54% | cloudy 50% | pockets 30% | pockets 48% | pockets 31% |
Air quality | clean 34 US AQI | okay 62** US AQI | clean 32 US AQI | clean 28 US AQI | okay 62** US AQI | okay 62** US AQI | okay 62** US AQI | okay 62** US AQI | okay 62** US AQI | okay 62** US AQI | okay 62** US AQI | okay 62** US AQI |
Sun | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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