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| ⭐️ Total score | 1 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 |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 30 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ -4°C 24°F + 😊 Comfy (62%) = feels -6°C 21°F
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| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 24 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 | The Happy Cappuccino Coffee House |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 66,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | American Airlines |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,329 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,014 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,744 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,641 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,964 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $4,382 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,315 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $92 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $144 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $323 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $17 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $10,000 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $33 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $4 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Perfect humidity 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
❌ Cold now
❌ 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 |
0° freezing |
23
-5° freezing |
41
5° cold |
57
14° cool |
64
18° cool |
73
23° mild |
75
24° warm |
79
26° warm |
72
22° mild |
61
16° cool |
43
6° cold |
36
2° cold |
| Real |
32
0°
freezing |
28
-2°
freezing |
43
6°
very cold |
56
14°
cool |
63
17°
cool |
73
23°
mild |
75
24°
warm |
79
26°
warm |
71
22°
mild |
59
15°
cool |
45
7°
cold |
38
4°
very cold |
| Humidity |
nice 36% |
nice 33% |
too dry 28% |
nice 33% |
nice 33% |
nice 38% |
nice 45% |
nice 42% |
nice 40% |
nice 41% |
nice 36% |
nice 36% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
rainy 66mm |
rainy 62mm |
dry 45mm |
rainy 109mm |
rainy 95mm |
rainy 72mm |
rainy 119mm |
rainy 124mm |
rainy 118mm |
rainy 136mm |
rainy 60mm |
rainy 70mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 44% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 42% |
| Air quality |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 1 US AQI |
clean 1 US AQI |
clean 1 US AQI |
clean 1 US AQI |
clean 1 US AQI |
clean 24 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 25 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
clean 35 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 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 400 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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