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| ⭐️ Total score | 6 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 | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 8 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 33 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 8°C 46°F + 💦 Damp (77%) = feels 6°C 43°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 | High Ground Cafe |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 74,000 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 | Craigslist |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United |
| 🏥 Best hospital | University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,820 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,407 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,336 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,525 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,790 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,109 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,115 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $84 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $69 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $323 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $19 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $30 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / trip |
✅ 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
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Very expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels |
23
-5° freezing |
14
-10° freezing |
46
8° cold |
55
13° cool |
66
19° mild |
81
27° warm |
81
27° warm |
81
27° warm |
77
25° warm |
68
20° mild |
46
8° cold |
37
3° cold |
| Real |
27
-3°
freezing |
19
-7°
freezing |
48
9°
cold |
55
13°
cool |
64
18°
cool |
82
28°
very warm |
81
27°
warm |
81
27°
warm |
77
25°
warm |
66
19°
mild |
48
9°
cold |
39
4°
very cold |
| Humidity |
nice 43% |
nice 39% |
nice 34% |
too dry 29% |
nice 31% |
nice 32% |
nice 37% |
nice 38% |
nice 34% |
nice 38% |
nice 32% |
nice 35% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
rainy 51mm |
dry 29mm |
rainy 83mm |
dry 47mm |
rainy 65mm |
dry 38mm |
dry 37mm |
dry 37mm |
dry 9mm |
rainy 78mm |
dry 20mm |
dry 36mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 46% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 27% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 21% |
pockets 14% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 27% |
| Air quality |
clean 38 US AQI |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 28 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 24 US AQI |
clean 44 US AQI |
clean 37 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 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 | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 400 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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