⭐️ Total score |
2.01/5 (Rank #1154)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
🧐 Too expensive: $4,802 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🏎 Fast: 46Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 10°C51°F (feels 9°C48°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
💦 Damp: 97%
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 18 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Good
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🤮 Food safety* |
Great
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
🎓 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 |
Good |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Good |
🖥 Places to work from |
Okay |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
👩 Female friendly |
Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Great |
🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 46 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 10°C 51°F + 💦 Damp (97%) = feels 9°C 48°F
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💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 19 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 | Starbucks |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Launch Salem |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 160,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
🏞 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 | North Shore Medical Center |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,802 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,624 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $7,800 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $2,229 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,562 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $5,394 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $2,038 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $120 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $177 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $496 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $12 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
✅ 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
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
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Feels |
30
-1° freezing |
0° freezing |
37
3° cold |
46
8° cold |
59
15° cool |
70
21° mild |
73
23° mild |
75
24° warm |
68
20° mild |
57
14° cool |
43
6° cold |
36
2° cold |
Real |
34
1°
very cold |
32
0°
freezing |
40
5°
very cold |
46
8°
cold |
58
15°
cool |
69
21°
mild |
73
23°
mild |
74
24°
warm |
67
20°
mild |
57
14°
cool |
43
6°
very cold |
37
3°
very cold |
Humidity |
nice 33% |
nice 37% |
too dry 26% |
nice 36% |
nice 31% |
nice 35% |
nice 42% |
nice 38% |
nice 39% |
nice 41% |
nice 33% |
nice 35% |
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Rain |
rainy 61mm |
rainy 99mm |
rainy 55mm |
rainy 115mm |
rainy 97mm |
rainy 81mm |
rainy 77mm |
rainy 86mm |
rainy 90mm |
rainy 120mm |
dry 50mm |
rainy 71mm |
Cloud |
pockets 25% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 13% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 19% |
pockets 29% |
Air quality |
clean 24 US AQI |
clean 18 US AQI |
clean 18 US AQI |
clean 15 US AQI |
clean 17 US AQI |
clean 13 US AQI |
clean 16 US AQI |
clean 22 US AQI |
clean 19 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 38 US AQI |
clean 38 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 |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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