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| ⭐️ Total score | 7 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 | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 27 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 49 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 30°C 86°F + 🥵 Sweaty (73%) = feels 36°C 97°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 | $2,906 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,992 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,453 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,272 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,452 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,458 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $904 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $232,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $68 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $81 / 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
✅ 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
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels |
70
21° mild |
75
24° warm |
84
29° warm |
100
38° hot |
100
38° hot |
117
47° scorching |
111
44° scorching |
122
50° scorching |
113
45° scorching |
104
40° hot |
82
28° warm |
88
31° hot |
| Real |
70
21°
mild |
74
24°
warm |
80
27°
warm |
87
31°
hot |
86
30°
very warm |
91
33°
hot |
90
32°
hot |
94
35°
hot |
92
34°
hot |
88
31°
hot |
79
26°
warm |
81
27°
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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