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| ⭐️ Total score | 2 reviews |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 21 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 99 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 14°C 57°F + 😊 Comfy (67%) = feels 14°C 57°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 99 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 27 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | SLO Grind |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 110,000 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 |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Marian Medical Center Santa Maria CA |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,979 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,375 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $8,758 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $2,502 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,372 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,017 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $2,080 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $111 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $66 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $470 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $23 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $6 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $5 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Good 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
❌ Cold now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Not safe for women
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| Humidity |
nice 70% |
nice 69% |
damp 73% |
damp 78% |
damp 79% |
nice 81% |
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nice 67% |
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damp 79% |
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| Rain |
rainy 122mm |
dry 9mm |
dry 32mm |
dry 12mm |
dry 10mm |
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dry 1mm |
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dry 1mm |
dry 35mm |
dry 2mm |
rainy 145mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 29% |
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pockets 44% |
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pockets 21% |
cloudy 53% |
| Air quality |
clean 19 US AQI |
clean 18 US AQI |
clean 20 US AQI |
clean 33 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
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clean 27 US AQI |
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| Sun |
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