⭐️ Total score | 2.75/5 (Rank #1100) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😳 Way too expensive: $5,002 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🚀 Super fast: 80Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 23°C74°F (feels 23°C73°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 87% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 19 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 24 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | High |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $4,817 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Bad |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating | Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
⏱ Average trip length | 16 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 80 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌦 23°C 74°F + 😊 Comfy (87%) = feels 23°C 73°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 19 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 24.5 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Verizon |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 450,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | American Airlines |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United Airlines |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,002 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,428 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $5,709 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,631 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,289 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $364 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $4,669 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $219 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $4 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0.86 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
☕️ Coffee | $6 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ 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
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 415° cold | 373° cold | 5211° cool | 6317° cool | 7021° mild | 8429° warm | 9937° hot | 9535° hot | 8228° warm | 7323° mild | 5513° cool | 5412° cool |
Real | 457° cold | 426° very cold | 5412° cool | 6217° cool | 6820° mild | 7926° warm | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm | 7926° warm | 7323° mild | 5714° cool | 5513° cool |
Humidity | damp 76% | damp 83% | nice 69% | damp 72% | nice 71% | nice 86% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 84% | nice 75% | nice 76% | nice 66% | damp 81% |
Rain | rainy 110mm | rainy 191mm | rainy 53mm | rainy 84mm | rainy 70mm | rainy 129mm | rainy 81mm | rainy 153mm | rainy 73mm | rainy 70mm | dry 30mm | rainy 50mm |
Cloud | pockets 43% | cloudy 77% | pockets 40% | pockets 38% | pockets 42% | pockets 47% | pockets 32% | pockets 42% | pockets 29% | pockets 47% | pockets 30% | pockets 45% |
Air quality | clean 26 US AQI | clean 26 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 24 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 28 US AQI |
Sun | 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 | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 267 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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