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| ⭐️ Total score | 55 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 | 15 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 109 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 -18°C 0°F + 🌵 Too dry (0%) = feels -18°C -0°F
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| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 30 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 |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍17% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 67,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 90% 👱♀️ 10% |
| 🏞 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 | American |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,414 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $4,200 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $10,383 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $2,967 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,676 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,945 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $2,629 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $125 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $129 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $330 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $20 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $7 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $5 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $28,000 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $20 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $6 / 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
✅ Very 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
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ High alcohol consumption
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels |
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12° cool |
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13° cool |
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13° cool |
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15° cool |
61
16° cool |
66
19° mild |
66
19° mild |
68
20° mild |
68
20° mild |
64
18° cool |
59
15° cool |
52
11° cool |
| Real |
54
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cool |
55
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15°
cool |
61
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19°
mild |
66
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68
20°
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68
20°
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64
18°
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58
15°
cool |
52
11°
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| Humidity |
nice 38% |
nice 33% |
nice 33% |
nice 34% |
nice 33% |
nice 34% |
nice 34% |
nice 35% |
nice 31% |
nice 32% |
nice 34% |
nice 39% |
| Most common | ||||||||||||
| Rain |
rainy 107mm |
rainy 52mm |
rainy 54mm |
dry 15mm |
dry 11mm |
dry 4mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 12mm |
dry 24mm |
rainy 96mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 27% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 18% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 10% |
pockets 15% |
pockets 16% |
pockets 12% |
pockets 11% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 15% |
pockets 33% |
| Air quality |
clean 24 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 35 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 40 US AQI |
clean 35 US AQI |
clean 28 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 25 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 244 people | 267 people | 200 people | 400 people | 314 people | 275 people | 200 people | 350 people | 300 people | 200 people | 240 people | 267 people |
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