⭐️ Total score |
1.96/5 (Rank #1193)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😳 Way too expensive: $5,119 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🏎 Fast: 45Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 A bit cold: 16°C61°F (feels 17°C63°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 68%
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 25 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Good
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🤮 Food safety* |
Great
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Great |
🎓 Education level* |
High |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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💰 Income level* |
Very high:
$4,817 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Great |
🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
👩 Female friendly |
Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Great |
🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
🗓️ Average trip length | 32 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 45 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 16°C 61°F + 😊 Comfy (68%) = feels 17°C 63°F
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💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 25 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Uber |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Dunkin' Donuts |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 180,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
🏞 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 | Saint Vincent Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,119 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,925 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $5,428 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,551 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $4,718 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $4,249 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,280 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $221 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $139 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $235 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $17 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ 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
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels |
34
1° cold |
0° freezing |
43
6° cold |
54
12° cool |
64
18° cool |
73
23° mild |
73
23° mild |
77
25° warm |
70
21° mild |
59
15° cool |
45
7° cold |
36
2° cold |
Real |
37
3°
very cold |
32
0°
freezing |
46
8°
cold |
54
12°
cool |
64
18°
cool |
73
23°
mild |
73
23°
mild |
77
25°
warm |
70
21°
mild |
59
15°
cool |
46
8°
cold |
39
4°
very cold |
Humidity |
nice 32% |
nice 31% |
too dry 21% |
too dry 28% |
too dry 25% |
nice 31% |
nice 41% |
nice 35% |
nice 35% |
nice 38% |
nice 31% |
nice 34% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain |
Rain |
rainy 84mm |
rainy 91mm |
rainy 54mm |
rainy 103mm |
rainy 95mm |
rainy 79mm |
rainy 79mm |
rainy 91mm |
rainy 91mm |
rainy 119mm |
rainy 52mm |
rainy 66mm |
Cloud |
pockets 30% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 20% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 49% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 39% |
Air quality |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 35 US AQI |
clean 28 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 24 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 20 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
clean 36 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 |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 300 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 400 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked good 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open 🌧 Feels 32° 90° 27° 81° 🥵 AQI 84 😷 ✈️20h $1,219 / mo 🌇 Also went here4 people ×So… amazing food. Great public transportation. Very clean. But very conformist. Self expression limited. The irony of seeing an exhibit on graffiti, yet no actual graffiti in the streets. And the causal racism especially if you’re brown. You could be British born but still expect to be sat far away from everyone else at cocktail bars, experience comments and have weird assumptions made.
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