⭐️ Total score |
2.07/5 (Rank #982)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍1 liked it 👎1 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Good |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😳 Extremely expensive: $5,404 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🚀 Super fast: 63 Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 30°C86°F (feels 38°C100°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 83%
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❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😍 Very high: 90%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 30 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 34 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Good
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👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
🤮 Food safety* |
Great
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Good |
🎓 Education level* |
High |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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💰 Income level* |
Very high:
$4,817 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Great |
😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Low density: 4k ppl/km² (1 per 15x15m)
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🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Okay |
🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Great |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
🗓️ Average trip length | 8 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 63 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 30°C 86°F + 🥵 Sweaty (83%) = feels 38°C 100°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 30 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 35 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Fishtown - Lower Kensington |
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Riverfront |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | Indy Hall |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | http://citycoho.com/ |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👍12% of visitors return |
📸 Visitors per year | 720,000 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 13,799 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,600,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 15x15m (225m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 44% 👱♀️ 56% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 83% 👱♀️ 17% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Frontier |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Virgin America |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,404 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,991 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $6,671 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,906 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $4,227 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,327 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,490 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $255,000 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $198 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $76 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $351 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $25 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $6 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
👩🏫 International school | $33,950 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $20 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $12 / trip |
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $12,352 |
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $30,278 |
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $71,127 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ 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
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Nomads.com members really didn't like going here
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels (median) | 4°C / 39°F cold | -1°C / 30°F freezing | 11°C / 52°F cool | 18°C / 64°F cool | 21°C / 70°F mild | 25°C / 77°F warm | 34°C / 93°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 24°C / 75°F warm | 21°C / 70°F mild | 10°C / 50°F cold | 9°C / 48°F cold |
Real (median) |
5°C / 41°F
very cold |
1°C / 34°F
very cold |
11°C / 52°F
cool |
17°C / 63°F
cool |
20°C / 68°F
mild |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 83°F
very warm |
24°C / 75°F
warm |
20°C / 68°F
mild |
10°C / 50°F
cold |
9°C / 48°F
cold |
Humidity |
nice 64% |
damp 71% |
nice 50% |
nice 58% |
nice 52% |
nice 75% |
sweaty 77% |
sweaty 77% |
nice 73% |
nice 80% |
nice 64% |
nice 64% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 44mm |
rainy 80mm |
rainy 103mm |
rainy 67mm |
rainy 87mm |
rainy 90mm |
rainy 101mm |
rainy 115mm |
rainy 106mm |
rainy 93mm |
dry 20mm |
dry 32mm |
Cloud |
pockets 31% |
pockets 50% |
pockets 21% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 27% |
pockets 39% |
Air quality |
clean 48 US AQI |
clean 43 US AQI |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
clean 33 US AQI |
clean 38 US AQI |
clean 39 US AQI |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
clean 45 US AQI |
okay 55 US AQI |
Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 541 people | 400 people | 560 people | 415 people | 614 people | 657 people | 585 people | 494 people | 671 people | 571 people | 677 people | 650 people |
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