⭐️ Total score | 2.92/5 (Rank #941) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Too expensive: $4,414 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 42Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 32°C89°F (feels 29°C84°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🌵 Too dry: 12% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 22 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 | Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
⏱ Average trip length | 7 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 42 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 32°C 89°F + 🌵 Too dry (12%) = feels 29°C 84°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 22 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 24 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 | Starbucks |
☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Jack in the Box |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | DeskHub |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👍13% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 250,000 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 | AirBnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | American Airlines |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | American Airlines |
🏥 Best hospital | Mayo Clinic Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,414 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,841 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $5,790 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,654 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,294 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $461 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,495 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $117 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 158 listings) | $3,849 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $126 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $15 |
🥤 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
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Way too hot in the summer
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Not safe for women
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 6418° cool | 7222° mild | 7524° warm | 8127° warm | 8630° warm | 10038° hot | 11546° scorching | 10641° scorching | 9736° hot | 8630° warm | 7725° warm | 7021° mild |
Real | 6317° cool | 7122° mild | 7524° warm | 8630° very warm | 9234° hot | 10340° hot | 10340° hot | 10038° hot | 9636° hot | 8831° hot | 7926° warm | 6921° mild |
Humidity | nice 48% | nice 39% | too dry 30% | too dry 17% | too dry 15% | too dry 15% | nice 38% | nice 32% | nice 31% | too dry 27% | nice 31% | nice 37% |
Rain | rainy 52mm | dry 8mm | dry 19mm | dry 10mm | dry 9mm | dry 12mm | rainy 71mm | rainy 63mm | dry 17mm | dry 5mm | dry 0mm | dry 44mm |
Cloud | pockets 18% | pockets 15% | pockets 13% | pockets 11% | clear 3% | pockets 13% | pockets 45% | pockets 18% | pockets 13% | clear 7% | pockets 11% | pockets 36% |
Air quality | clean 42 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 24 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 22 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 26 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 24 US AQI | clean 28 US AQI | clean 40 US AQI | okay 52 US AQI |
Sun | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 3 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | seek shade 6 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 250 people | 200 people | 400 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 333 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌦 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 9✈️5h$5,566 / mo37Mbps×Las Vegas is a great tourist destination for me personally. The strip contains every amenities that I need and also there is a lot of stuff to do there without going away from the strip. Las Vegas is inside of a desert so expect it to be really hot in the summer. Otherwise than that, the strip located in Vegas has many things to do, from going to concerts, fancy restaurants, gambling (if that's your thing), attractions (stratosphere, high roller), entertainments, and so many more things to do th
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 14° 57° 14° 57°AQI 32✈️3h$4,367 / mo🌇 Also went here18 people×I'd avoid Toronto. Weather is miserable for 4-5 months a year. Nightlife is average. Taxes are high. Every conversation with someone from here devolves into how expensive it is (and honestly, it's not particularily expensive... compared to other large english speaking cities). Transit isn't great. City doesn't feel particularily well planned. If you want to live in a cold city, then go to Montreal or Berlin.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety badTap to open🌥 Feels 14° 57° 14° 58°AQI 30✈️4h$3,527 / mo🌇 Also went here18 people×I really enjoyed my trip to DC for one week. I did NOT feel comfortable walking around many places alone because there are a lot of mentally ill/drugged out people. During daylight with other people I felt fine. There are soo many restaurants, interesting boutique gyms, cool libraries and more. The variety you can find in DC is closer to NYC than you can find most places. The memorials are pretty cool. There are a lot of free museums which are impressive. I liked the Lincoln Memorial/Gettysburg
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌦 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 9✈️5h$5,566 / mo🌇 Also went here24 people×How did you guys classified Penge as rich? It is one of the worst neighbourhood I have ever been in London, the ammount of people I know that have been robbed there is appalling.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 17✈️11h$5,009 / mo🌇 Also went here18 people×I spent a month here in January. It's beautiful, and there are plenty of touristy things to do, however the city is very expensive. There are plenty of places to shop, which is the main reason why I went. There are also plenty of WeWorks scattered across the city if you need somewhere consistent to work. The people weren't rude to me, but that's because I always greet people in French before asking for help or information, so to avoid rudeness, I'd suggest learning basic greetings and how to ask
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 18° 64° 17° 62°AQI 60✈️12h$4,418 / mo🌇 Also went here16 people×Berlin is overall a great city to be. Food is cheap and everywhere, easy to go out and have fun/meet for business. Rent has crept up but still far better value than where I came from. Internet: 36 EUR/month get me 450/40 mbps (cable -> DOCSIS 3.0) Public transport is 2.70 EUR/ticket. No woman I know has said they felt unsafe. Some really odd, xenophobic sounding comments on here. Biggest downsides IMO: service quality at restaurants - not that people are rude, but they don't seem to particular
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 19° 66° 19° 66°AQI 21✈️12h$4,315 / mo🌇 Also went here15 people×Best city in Spain. Weather is great even in December and the clubbing scene is fun. There's lots to do and it's a beautiful city overall. You have to watch out for pickpockets but as long as you aren't leaving things unattended or obviously in your pockets you'll be fine. If you're into hostels, Hostel One Paralelo is BY FAR the best hostel in the area, worth every penny. Will definitely be back, and I never say that.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 38✈️12h$3,822 / mo🌇 Also went here18 people×I visited Prague on more than one occasion and tried something new each time. I really wanted to enjoy it, but unfortunately it turned out to be one of my least favourite cities. Perhaps it was just me, but there was an overwhelming sense of distrust and dislike towards foreigners, you have to try pretty hard to blend in if you want to experience the life of a local & avoid the tourism. I met some wonderful people and and there’s some cool communities to be part of, but another extended stay
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 20° 68° 19° 66°AQI 42✈️12h$2,847 / mo🌇 Also went here13 people×Was here for January 2022. It was very nice. It's a very European city with South American vibes. Due to high inflation, it's cheap. The steak is the best I've ever eaten. Go to AreaTres for coworking. Bring cash (EUR or USD) in large bills. Otherwise, you'll have to pay by card and get the official exchange rate, which is 50% of what you get on the black ("blue") market. There are many places to exchange cash. As an alternative to cash, I've also heard that people like to send themselves money
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😝 Cheap📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety badTap to open🌤 Feels 18° 64° 17° 63°AQI 19✈️13h$910 / mo🌇 Also went here14 people×Rome has tourist fatigue. Servers are curt and it's hard to find a decent restaurant.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 27° 81° 26° 80°AQI 34✈️13h$4,878 / mo🌇 Also went here15 people×