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| ⭐️ Total score | 6 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* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 116 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 8°C 47°F + 😊 Comfy (47%) = feels 8°C 46°F
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| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 31 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 | Little Green Hive |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 99,000 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 | Delta |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,429 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,110 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,964 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,418 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,904 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,270 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,156 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $216,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $136 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $74 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $235 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $10 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $6,500 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $10 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $4 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity 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
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Very expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 4°C / 39°F cold | 4°C / 39°F cold | 14°C / 57°F cool | 18°C / 64°F cool | 21°C / 70°F mild | 30°C / 86°F warm | 34°C / 93°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot | 27°C / 81°F warm | 22°C / 72°F mild | 9°C / 48°F cold | 13°C / 55°F cool |
| Real (median) |
5°C / 41°F
very cold |
5°C / 41°F
very cold |
14°C / 56°F
cool |
17°C / 63°F
cool |
20°C / 68°F
mild |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
30°C / 85°F
very warm |
30°C / 85°F
very warm |
26°C / 78°F
warm |
22°C / 71°F
mild |
10°C / 49°F
cold |
13°C / 55°F
cool |
| Humidity |
nice 63% |
nice 69% |
nice 46% |
nice 56% |
nice 62% |
sweaty 73% |
sweaty 72% |
sweaty 74% |
nice 71% |
nice 79% |
nice 58% |
nice 61% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
rainy 80mm |
dry 9mm |
dry 32mm |
dry 28mm |
dry 7mm |
dry 24mm |
dry 9mm |
dry 26mm |
rainy 69mm |
dry 34mm |
dry 5mm |
dry 5mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 33% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 27% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 21% |
pockets 29% |
| Air quality |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 25 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people |
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