⭐️ Total score |
3.33/5 (Rank #345)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
🙂 Okay: $2,510 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🏎 Fast: 46Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 32°C90°F (feels 43°C109°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 77%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 52 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 31 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Good
|
👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Great |
🎓 Education level* |
High |
💰 Income level* |
Very high:
$4,817 / mo
|
🙊 English speaking* |
Great |
🚶 Walkability |
Okay |
✌️ 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 |
⏱ Average trip length | 2 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 46 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 32°C 90°F + 🥵 Sweaty (77%) = feels 43°C 109°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 52 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 31 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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📱 Best wireless carrier | T Mobile |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | The Early Bird |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 130,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
👫 Gender ratio (overall) |
👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United |
🏥 Best hospital | Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,510 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,618 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,822 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,092 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $820 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $220 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,578 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $74 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 10 listings) | $1,724 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $57 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $8 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ 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
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets very 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 |
25
-4° freezing |
14
-10° freezing |
46
8° cold |
54
12° cool |
64
18° cool |
84
29° warm |
86
30° warm |
90
32° hot |
81
27° warm |
68
20° mild |
45
7° cold |
34
1° cold |
Real |
28
-2°
freezing |
19
-7°
freezing |
48
9°
cold |
55
13°
cool |
64
18°
cool |
82
28°
very warm |
82
28°
very warm |
84
29°
very warm |
79
26°
warm |
66
19°
mild |
46
8°
cold |
37
3°
very cold |
Humidity |
damp 79% |
damp 71% |
nice 63% |
nice 54% |
nice 57% |
nice 61% |
nice 68% |
nice 69% |
nice 63% |
nice 73% |
nice 62% |
nice 68% |
Rain |
rainy 1846mm |
rainy 1102mm |
rainy 2971mm |
rainy 857mm |
rainy 536mm |
rainy 197mm |
rainy 309mm |
rainy 215mm |
rainy 236mm |
rainy 376mm |
rainy 481mm |
rainy 985mm |
Cloud |
cloudy 75% |
cloudy 64% |
cloudy 50% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 63% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 19% |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 45% |
Air quality |
clean 31 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 28 US AQI |
clean 33 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 25 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 38 US AQI |
Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 400 people | 200 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 233 people | 200 people |
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