⭐️ Total score | 2.4/5 (Rank #403) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Good |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,758 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 39Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 7°C44°F (feels 5°C41°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 78% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 13 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 31 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
🤮 Food safety* | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Good |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $4,817 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Okay |
❄️ A/C or heating | Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 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) | 39 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 7°C 44°F + 💦 Damp (78%) = feels 5°C 41°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 13 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 31 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Uber |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | CoWork Buffalo |
☕️ Best coffee place | Spot Coffee |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👍12% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 260,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 45% 👱♀️ 55% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 77% 👱♀️ 23% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Jet Blue |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United Airlines |
🏥 Best hospital | Buffalo Hospital Allina Health |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,758 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,312 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,945 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,413 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,477 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,298 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $997 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $116 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $75 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $121 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $17 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
👩🏫 International school | $15,500 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $18 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $7 / trip |
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $12,352 |
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $30,278 |
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $71,127 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ 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
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Difficult to make friends
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 30-1° freezing | 21-6° freezing | 373° cold | 5010° cold | 5915° cool | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 7926° warm | 7222° mild | 6418° cool | 415° cold | 320° freezing |
Real | 341° very cold | 27-3° freezing | 415° very cold | 5111° cool | 5915° cool | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 7926° warm | 7122° mild | 6418° cool | 457° cold | 373° very cold |
Humidity | nice 37% | nice 35% | nice 32% | nice 34% | nice 33% | nice 36% | nice 43% | nice 41% | nice 37% | nice 41% | nice 34% | nice 35% |
Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear |
Rain | rainy 58mm | rainy 66mm | dry 46mm | rainy 94mm | rainy 79mm | rainy 71mm | rainy 107mm | rainy 84mm | rainy 105mm | rainy 98mm | rainy 77mm | rainy 79mm |
Cloud | cloudy 54% | pockets 49% | pockets 30% | pockets 38% | pockets 30% | pockets 27% | pockets 39% | pockets 30% | pockets 33% | pockets 38% | pockets 39% | pockets 50% |
Air quality | clean 38 US AQI | clean 34 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 40 US AQI | clean 39 US AQI | clean 31 US AQI | clean 31 US AQI | clean 31 US AQI | clean 40 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 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 267 people | 200 people | 250 people | 300 people | 300 people | 200 people | 286 people | 400 people | 280 people | 200 people |
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