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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 12 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Resilience 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 | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 15 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 131 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 35°C 95°F + 🌵 Too dry (27%) = feels 35°C 95°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 48 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 41 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 coworking space | Chico Start |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | IdEAFab Labs |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 88,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | RentInChico |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | United |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,053 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,309 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,380 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,537 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,028 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $4,914 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $879 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $425,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $95 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $161 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $150 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $25 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $8 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $5 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $37,770 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $15 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $8 / trip |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $12,352 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $30,278 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $71,127 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ 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
✅ Very 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
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very hot in the summer
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ High alcohol consumption
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
1355° cool |
1457° cool |
1559° cool |
2272° mild |
2882° warm |
3493° hot |
3493° hot |
3493° hot |
3086° warm |
2068° mild |
1763° cool |
948° cold |
| Real (median) |
1355°
cool |
1457°
cool |
1559°
cool |
2272°
mild |
2781°
warm |
3391°
hot |
3493°
hot |
3492°
hot |
3187°
hot |
2068°
mild |
1762°
cool |
948°
cold |
| Humidity |
damp 76% |
nice 69% |
nice 64% |
nice 57% |
nice 47% |
nice 42% |
nice 33% |
nice 34% |
nice 33% |
nice 45% |
nice 68% |
damp 81% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 115mm |
rainy 57mm |
rainy 84mm |
dry 9mm |
dry 6mm |
dry 13mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 6mm |
rainy 53mm |
dry 42mm |
rainy 215mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 59% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 29% |
clear 10% |
pockets 11% |
clear 9% |
pockets 11% |
clear 8% |
clear 9% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 49% |
cloudy 68% |
| Air quality |
clean 49 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 24 US AQI |
clean 22 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 43 US AQI |
okay 53 US AQI |
clean 41 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 720 people | 900 people | 600 people | 600 people | 0 people | 600 people | 600 people |
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