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| ⭐️ Overall score | 219 reviews |
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| 🎓 Education level* | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
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| 🏥 Healthcare* | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 31 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 19°C 67°F + 😊 Comfy (91%) = feels 20°C 68°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 28 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 19 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | t-mobile |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Beehive |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 14,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita | $57,808 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Booking |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Jet Blue |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United Airlines |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,052 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,348 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,184 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,481 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,200 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $200 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,290 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $60 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (53 listings) | $3,007 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $99 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $10 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $3 |
| 💰 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
✅ 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
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Hospitals are not that great
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 0° freezing | 362° cold | 436° cold | 6317° cool | 7021° mild | 7725° warm | 9133° hot | 8630° warm | 7524° warm | 6317° cool | 489° cold | 362° cold |
| Real | 341° very cold | 373° very cold | 457° cold | 6116° cool | 6820° mild | 7725° warm | 8429° very warm | 8127° warm | 7424° warm | 6116° cool | 489° cold | 373° very cold |
| Humidity | nice 62% | nice 61% | nice 56% | nice 68% | nice 74% | nice 70% | sweaty 73% | sweaty 77% | nice 72% | damp 74% | nice 64% | nice 70% |
| Rain | rainy 76mm | dry 46mm | dry 38mm | rainy 95mm | rainy 94mm | rainy 111mm | rainy 129mm | rainy 64mm | dry 32mm | rainy 112mm | rainy 61mm | rainy 72mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 56% | cloudy 51% | pockets 36% | cloudy 59% | cloudy 57% | pockets 38% | pockets 24% | pockets 35% | pockets 34% | cloudy 60% | pockets 38% | pockets 46% |
| Air quality | clean 23 US AQI | clean 17 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI | clean 14 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 17 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 19 US AQI | clean 26 US AQI | clean 24 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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