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| ⭐️ Total score | 14 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 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 | |
| ❄️ 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 | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 118 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 20°C 68°F + 😊 Comfy (77%) = feels 21°C 70°F
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| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 36 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 | 100,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | American Airlines |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United Airlines |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,951 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $4,880 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $11,974 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $3,421 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,906 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $4,632 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $3,236 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $1,600,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $136 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $152 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $264 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $24 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $7 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $21,000 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $10 / month |
| 🚕 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
✅ 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
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ High alcohol consumption
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 12°C / 54°F cool | 12°C / 54°F cool | 13°C / 55°F cool | 13°C / 55°F cool | 15°C / 59°F cool | 17°C / 63°F cool | 18°C / 64°F cool | 18°C / 64°F cool | 18°C / 64°F cool | 17°C / 63°F cool | 14°C / 57°F cool | 11°C / 52°F cool |
| Real (median) |
12°C / 53°F
cool |
12°C / 54°F
cool |
13°C / 55°F
cool |
13°C / 55°F
cool |
15°C / 58°F
cool |
17°C / 62°F
cool |
17°C / 63°F
cool |
18°C / 64°F
cool |
18°C / 64°F
cool |
17°C / 62°F
cool |
14°C / 57°F
cool |
11°C / 51°F
cool |
| Humidity |
damp 79% |
damp 73% |
damp 71% |
damp 77% |
damp 80% |
damp 81% |
damp 87% |
nice 84% |
nice 77% |
damp 76% |
damp 75% |
damp 82% |
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| Rain |
rainy 94mm |
dry 41mm |
dry 44mm |
dry 6mm |
dry 10mm |
dry 4mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 12mm |
dry 24mm |
rainy 96mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 29% |
pockets 19% |
pockets 18% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 20% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 27% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 20% |
pockets 20% |
pockets 18% |
pockets 34% |
| Air quality |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 22 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
clean 41 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 37 US AQI |
clean 38 US AQI |
clean 41 US AQI |
clean 41 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 267 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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