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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 8 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 | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 10 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 106 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 31°C 89°F + 🥵 Sweaty (73%) = feels 40°C 104°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 44 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 33 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 | Cafe Rue Vermillion |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 10% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 120,000 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 | AirBnb |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Women's and Children's Hospital Lafayette LA |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,113 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,425 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,905 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,687 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,552 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $4,841 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,097 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $260,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $73 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $159 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $344 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $25 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $6 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $5 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $10,230 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $5 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $3 / trip |
✅ 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
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ 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 (median) |
1661° cool |
1457° cool |
2272° mild |
2373° mild |
2984° warm |
3595° hot |
39102° hot |
42108° scorching |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
2170° mild |
2373° mild |
| Real (median) |
1660°
cool |
1457°
cool |
2271°
mild |
2373°
mild |
2679°
warm |
2984°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
3188°
hot |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2068°
mild |
2373°
mild |
| Humidity |
damp 79% |
damp 84% |
nice 81% |
nice 80% |
nice 83% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 81% |
nice 78% |
nice 85% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
rainy 78mm |
rainy 104mm |
rainy 107mm |
rainy 109mm |
rainy 86mm |
rainy 120mm |
rainy 126mm |
rainy 125mm |
rainy 105mm |
rainy 85mm |
dry 10mm |
rainy 61mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 68% |
cloudy 61% |
pockets 50% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 51% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 41% |
cloudy 62% |
| Air quality |
clean 38 US AQI |
clean 38 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 37 US AQI |
clean 41 US AQI |
clean 33 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 40 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
| Remote workers | 600 people | 900 people | 600 people | 600 people | 750 people | 600 people | 600 people | 0 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 750 people |
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