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| ⭐️ Total score | 2 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 🤯 Overcrowding 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 |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 57 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌫 23°C 73°F + 😊 Comfy (88%) = feels 23°C 73°F
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| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 47 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 | Stellar Beans Coffee House & Edibles |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 76,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | US Airways |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Lake Charles Memorial Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,383 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,211 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,462 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,275 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,665 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,334 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,014 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $188,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $78 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $77 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $235 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $17 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $19,500 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $15 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / trip |
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ 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
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Very expensive
❌ Not very safe
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Not safe for women
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 15°C / 59°F cool | 14°C / 57°F cool | 22°C / 72°F mild | 23°C / 73°F mild | 30°C / 86°F warm | 41°C / 106°F scorching | 41°C / 106°F scorching | 44°C / 111°F scorching | 35°C / 95°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 19°C / 66°F mild | 23°C / 73°F mild |
| Real (median) |
15°C / 59°F
cool |
14°C / 57°F
cool |
22°C / 71°F
mild |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
26°C / 79°F
warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
32°C / 89°F
hot |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
18°C / 64°F
cool |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
| Humidity |
damp 74% |
damp 79% |
nice 82% |
nice 77% |
nice 91% |
sweaty 94% |
sweaty 92% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 82% |
nice 76% |
nice 90% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
rainy 115mm |
rainy 109mm |
rainy 107mm |
rainy 114mm |
dry 45mm |
rainy 127mm |
rainy 116mm |
rainy 134mm |
rainy 116mm |
rainy 87mm |
dry 31mm |
rainy 71mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 26% |
pockets 50% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 19% |
pockets 43% |
| Air quality |
clean 35 US AQI |
clean 42 US AQI |
clean 47 US AQI |
clean 45 US AQI |
clean 47 US AQI |
clean 48 US AQI |
okay 51 US AQI |
clean 48 US AQI |
clean 47 US AQI |
clean 41 US AQI |
clean 39 US AQI |
clean 38 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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