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| ⭐️ Total score | 7 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community 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 |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 27 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 49 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌦 29°C 84°F + 😊 Comfy (64%) = feels 32°C 90°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 | 10th Street Cafe |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 140,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 45% 👱♀️ 55% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Rio Grande Regional Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,798 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,954 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,453 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,272 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,260 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,303 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $904 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $232,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $59 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $76 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $235 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $9 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $10,000 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $45 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $6 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Good 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
❌ Expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very hot in the summer
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 21°C / 70°F mild | 24°C / 75°F warm | 29°C / 84°F warm | 38°C / 100°F hot | 38°C / 100°F hot | 47°C / 117°F scorching | 44°C / 111°F scorching | 50°C / 122°F scorching | 45°C / 113°F scorching | 40°C / 104°F hot | 28°C / 82°F warm | 31°C / 88°F hot |
| Real (median) |
21°C / 70°F
mild |
24°C / 74°F
warm |
27°C / 80°F
warm |
31°C / 87°F
hot |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
33°C / 91°F
hot |
32°C / 90°F
hot |
35°C / 94°F
hot |
34°C / 92°F
hot |
31°C / 88°F
hot |
26°C / 79°F
warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
| Humidity |
nice 72% |
nice 78% |
sweaty 71% |
sweaty 75% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 75% |
sweaty 73% |
sweaty 77% |
nice 73% |
sweaty 83% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 31mm |
dry 19mm |
dry 19mm |
dry 31mm |
rainy 51mm |
rainy 58mm |
rainy 61mm |
dry 14mm |
rainy 53mm |
dry 37mm |
dry 39mm |
dry 24mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 33% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 27% |
pockets 29% |
pockets 21% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 30% |
| Air quality |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 44 US AQI |
clean 35 US AQI |
clean 37 US AQI |
clean 49 US AQI |
clean 45 US AQI |
clean 44 US AQI |
clean 38 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
| Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 300 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 300 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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