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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 30 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 | 17 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 108 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 22°C 71°F + 😊 Comfy (75%) = feels 22°C 72°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 52 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 32 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 | The Forest |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | MadCap Coffee |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍17% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 220,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Jet Blue |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Spectrum Health |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,753 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,152 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,270 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,506 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,649 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $5,001 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,000 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $307,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $124 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $164 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $99 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $19 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $6 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $21,000 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $18 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $7 / 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
✅ Warm 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
✅ 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 very cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ High alcohol consumption
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
-327° freezing |
-818° freezing |
643° cold |
1254° cool |
1864° cool |
2577° warm |
2882° warm |
2984° warm |
2373° mild |
2068° mild |
337° cold |
134° cold |
| Real (median) |
-130°
freezing |
-523°
freezing |
846°
cold |
1355°
cool |
1864°
cool |
2576°
warm |
2679°
warm |
2780°
warm |
2373°
mild |
1966°
mild |
541°
very cold |
337°
very cold |
| Humidity |
damp 84% |
damp 81% |
damp 73% |
damp 72% |
nice 70% |
nice 77% |
nice 77% |
sweaty 78% |
nice 73% |
nice 81% |
damp 78% |
damp 82% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 23mm |
dry 5mm |
dry 30mm |
dry 40mm |
rainy 53mm |
rainy 99mm |
rainy 65mm |
rainy 87mm |
rainy 73mm |
rainy 90mm |
dry 47mm |
dry 39mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 85% |
cloudy 78% |
pockets 44% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 54% |
pockets 49% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 34% |
cloudy 69% |
cloudy 66% |
cloudy 81% |
| Air quality |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 37 US AQI |
clean 38 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 900 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 750 people | 700 people | 900 people | 1,050 people | 600 people | 750 people | 840 people | 600 people |
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