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| ⭐️ Total score | 207 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 😤 People density | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 8 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 45 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 11°C 51°F + 💦 Damp (82%) = feels 11°C 52°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 50 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 34.5 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Fishtown - Lower Kensington |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Riverfront |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Indy Hall |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | http://citycoho.com/ |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍13% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 720,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 13,799 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,600,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 15x15m (225m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 44% 👱♀️ 56% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 80% 👱♀️ 20% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Frontier |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Virgin America |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,347 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,835 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $6,365 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,819 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,732 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,662 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,235 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $175 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $54 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $351 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $28 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $7 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $5 |
| 💰 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
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ 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
❌ 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 |
37
3° cold |
30
-1° freezing |
52
11° cool |
64
18° cool |
70
21° mild |
84
29° warm |
93
34° hot |
93
34° hot |
75
24° warm |
70
21° mild |
50
10° cold |
48
9° cold |
| Real |
41
5°
very cold |
34
1°
very cold |
52
11°
cool |
63
17°
cool |
68
20°
mild |
80
27°
warm |
84
29°
very warm |
84
29°
very warm |
75
24°
warm |
68
20°
mild |
50
10°
cold |
48
9°
cold |
| Humidity |
nice 64% |
damp 71% |
nice 50% |
nice 58% |
nice 52% |
sweaty 75% |
sweaty 77% |
sweaty 77% |
nice 73% |
nice 80% |
nice 64% |
nice 64% |
| Rain |
dry 44mm |
rainy 133mm |
rainy 100mm |
rainy 67mm |
rainy 82mm |
rainy 80mm |
rainy 148mm |
rainy 132mm |
rainy 146mm |
rainy 94mm |
dry 21mm |
dry 32mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 50% |
cloudy 77% |
pockets 33% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 59% |
pockets 42% |
cloudy 60% |
pockets 32% |
cloudy 59% |
pockets 42% |
cloudy 65% |
| Air quality |
clean 48 US AQI |
clean 43 US AQI |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
clean 33 US AQI |
clean 38 US AQI |
clean 39 US AQI |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
clean 45 US AQI |
okay 55 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 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
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