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| ⭐️ Total score | 16 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 3 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 37 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 26°C 79°F + 😊 Comfy (67%) = feels 28°C 82°F
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| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 23 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚕 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 coffee place | Starbucks |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 73,000 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 |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Children's Care Hospital & School |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,010 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,488 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,162 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,475 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,690 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,242 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,056 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $371,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $126 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $106 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $235 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $14 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $5 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $5,000 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $7 / trip |
✅ 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 friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 0°C / 32°F freezing | -5°C / 23°F freezing | 7°C / 45°F cold | 6°C / 43°F cold | 15°C / 59°F cool | 28°C / 82°F warm | 29°C / 84°F warm | 26°C / 79°F warm | 22°C / 72°F mild | 12°C / 54°F cool | 6°C / 43°F cold | 1°C / 34°F cold |
| Real (median) |
2°C / 36°F
very cold |
-3°C / 27°F
freezing |
9°C / 47°F
cold |
8°C / 46°F
cold |
15°C / 59°F
cool |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
26°C / 79°F
warm |
22°C / 72°F
mild |
13°C / 55°F
cool |
7°C / 45°F
cold |
3°C / 37°F
very cold |
| Humidity |
nice 57% |
nice 63% |
nice 55% |
nice 57% |
nice 70% |
nice 50% |
nice 52% |
nice 39% |
nice 42% |
nice 48% |
nice 46% |
nice 59% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 9mm |
dry 9mm |
dry 35mm |
dry 29mm |
rainy 57mm |
dry 28mm |
dry 48mm |
dry 37mm |
dry 35mm |
dry 47mm |
dry 6mm |
dry 8mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 23% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 21% |
pockets 18% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 18% |
pockets 18% |
pockets 15% |
pockets 13% |
pockets 18% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 31% |
| Air quality |
clean 27 US AQI |
clean 33 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 22 US AQI |
clean 22 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 37 US AQI |
clean 21 US AQI |
clean 16 US AQI |
clean 22 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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