⭐️ Total score | 3.06/5 (Rank #791) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,628 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 38Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 32°C89°F (feels 44°C111°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Sweaty: 81% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 30 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 24 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | High |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $4,817 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Good |
😄 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 |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 38 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 32°C 89°F + 🥵 Sweaty (81%) = feels 44°C 111°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 30 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 24.25 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 | The Happy Cappuccino Coffee House |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 66,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | American Airlines |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,628 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,624 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $5,943 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,698 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,350 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $275 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,702 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $80 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 19 listings) | $3,089 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $101 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $13 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee | $4 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ 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
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to make friends
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 28-2° freezing | 23-5° freezing | 415° cold | 5714° cool | 6418° cool | 7725° warm | 7725° warm | 8429° warm | 7222° mild | 6418° cool | 457° cold | 373° cold |
Real | 320° freezing | 28-2° freezing | 436° very cold | 5714° cool | 6418° cool | 7725° warm | 7725° warm | 7926° warm | 7222° mild | 6317° cool | 468° cold | 394° very cold |
Humidity | damp 72% | nice 66% | nice 55% | nice 66% | nice 65% | nice 76% | nice 89% | nice 83% | nice 80% | damp 82% | damp 72% | damp 71% |
Rain | rainy 67mm | rainy 62mm | dry 46mm | rainy 108mm | rainy 80mm | rainy 73mm | rainy 184mm | rainy 125mm | rainy 118mm | rainy 147mm | rainy 60mm | rainy 71mm |
Cloud | cloudy 73% | cloudy 70% | pockets 40% | cloudy 55% | cloudy 56% | cloudy 51% | cloudy 67% | cloudy 50% | cloudy 51% | cloudy 58% | cloudy 53% | cloudy 66% |
Air quality | clean 32 US AQI | clean 1 US AQI | clean 1 US AQI | clean 1 US AQI | clean 1 US AQI | clean 1 US AQI | clean 24 US AQI | clean 26 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 31 US AQI | clean 35 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 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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