| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
2.97/5 (Rank #968)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Good |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
😳 Extremely expensive: $5,218 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
🏎 Fast: 51 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 15°C59°F (feels 14°C57°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 57%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😍 Very high: 90%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 27 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 23 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Good
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Great |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Great
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Okay
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Good |
| 🎓 Education level* |
High |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Good
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very rich:
$4,104 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Great |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Good |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 51 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 15°C 59°F + 😊 Comfy (57%) = feels 14°C 57°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 27 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 23 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | The Blend |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 💧 Yes, fluoridated |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 52,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $49,248 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Delta |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Alamance Regional Medical Center Burlington |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,218 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,292 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,906 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,402 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,073 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $5,488 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $779 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $477,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $97 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $180 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $275 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $25 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $6 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $30,776 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ 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
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
745° cold |
643° cold |
1661° cool |
2170° mild |
2272° mild |
3086° warm |
3697° hot |
3697° hot |
2882° warm |
2373° mild |
1355° cool |
1559° cool |
| Real (median) |
846°
cold |
745°
cold |
1661°
cool |
2169°
mild |
2272°
mild |
2781°
warm |
3086°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
2679°
warm |
2373°
mild |
1355°
cool |
1559°
cool |
| Humidity |
damp 75% |
damp 77% |
nice 65% |
nice 67% |
nice 72% |
sweaty 77% |
sweaty 75% |
sweaty 76% |
nice 72% |
nice 77% |
nice 66% |
damp 73% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
rainy 100mm |
rainy 83mm |
rainy 77mm |
dry 50mm |
rainy 60mm |
rainy 96mm |
rainy 113mm |
rainy 103mm |
rainy 122mm |
rainy 54mm |
dry 5mm |
dry 38mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 47% |
cloudy 55% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 19% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 43% |
| Air quality |
clean 25 US AQI |
clean 25 US AQI |
clean 21 US AQI |
clean 19 US AQI |
clean 20 US AQI |
clean 21 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 20 US AQI |
clean 22 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people |
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