⭐️ Total score | 3.33/5 (Rank #278) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🙂 Okay: $2,751 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🚀 Super fast: 116Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Nice: 20°C68°F (feels 21°C70°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 85% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 35 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 30 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 |
🏥 Healthcare* | Good |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 116 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 20°C 68°F + 😊 Comfy (85%) = feels 21°C 70°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 35 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 30 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 | Northern Light Espresso Bar & Cafe |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 77,000 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 |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,751 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,807 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,643 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,327 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $980 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $275 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,443 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $68 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 1 listings) | $1,426 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $47 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $10 |
🥤 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
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are bad
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 30-1° freezing | 25-4° freezing | 436° cold | 5714° cool | 6418° cool | 7725° warm | 8429° warm | 8429° warm | 7222° mild | 6820° mild | 457° cold | 415° cold |
Real | 341° very cold | 30-1° freezing | 468° cold | 5714° cool | 6418° cool | 7625° warm | 7926° warm | 7926° warm | 7222° mild | 6619° mild | 468° cold | 436° very cold |
Humidity | nice 69% | nice 70% | nice 56% | nice 66% | nice 65% | nice 80% | nice 87% | nice 84% | nice 82% | nice 83% | nice 67% | nice 67% |
Rain | dry 45mm | rainy 69mm | rainy 52mm | rainy 61mm | rainy 80mm | rainy 70mm | rainy 150mm | rainy 108mm | rainy 152mm | rainy 86mm | dry 40mm | dry 36mm |
Cloud | cloudy 76% | cloudy 85% | pockets 34% | cloudy 62% | cloudy 65% | cloudy 57% | cloudy 53% | cloudy 60% | pockets 45% | cloudy 71% | cloudy 58% | cloudy 72% |
Air quality | clean 27 US AQI | clean 26 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 40 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 26 US AQI | clean 32 US AQI | clean 31 US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
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