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| ⭐️ Total score | 5 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 👌 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 | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 87 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌫 4°C 39°F + 💦 Damp (93%) = feels 4°C 39°F
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| 🔌 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 | Rockford Roasting Company |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 150,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Rent |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Osf Saint Anthony Medical Center |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,447 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,300 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,411 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,546 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,922 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,923 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,244 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $140,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $90 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $63 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $235 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $15 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $4,000 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $5 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / trip |
✅ 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
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Very expensive
❌ Not very safe
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Not safe for women
❌ High alcohol consumption
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | -5°C / 23°F freezing | -12°C / 10°F freezing | 6°C / 43°F cold | 12°C / 54°F cool | 18°C / 64°F cool | 28°C / 82°F warm | 32°C / 90°F hot | 31°C / 88°F hot | 25°C / 77°F warm | 20°C / 68°F mild | 4°C / 39°F cold | 2°C / 36°F cold |
| Real (median) |
-2°C / 28°F
freezing |
-8°C / 18°F
freezing |
8°C / 46°F
cold |
13°C / 55°F
cool |
18°C / 64°F
cool |
26°C / 79°F
warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
19°C / 66°F
mild |
6°C / 43°F
very cold |
5°C / 40°F
very cold |
| Humidity |
damp 80% |
damp 71% |
damp 72% |
nice 61% |
nice 70% |
nice 72% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 84% |
nice 66% |
nice 81% |
nice 63% |
nice 68% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
rainy 55mm |
dry 36mm |
rainy 61mm |
dry 49mm |
rainy 75mm |
rainy 103mm |
rainy 82mm |
rainy 81mm |
dry 10mm |
rainy 79mm |
dry 7mm |
rainy 57mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 48% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 29% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 18% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 36% |
| Air quality |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 0** US AQI |
clean 0** US AQI |
clean 0** US AQI |
clean 0** US AQI |
clean 0** US AQI |
clean 39 US AQI |
clean 40 US AQI |
clean 37 US AQI |
clean 35 US AQI |
clean 49 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 400 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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