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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 2 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 | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 107 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 33°C 92°F + 🥵 Sweaty (72%) = feels 45°C 113°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 36 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 47 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 | Stellar Beans Coffee House & Edibles |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 76,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | US Airways |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Lake Charles Memorial Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,973 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,285 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,544 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,584 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,675 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $4,718 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,020 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $188,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $78 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $155 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $275 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $26 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $5 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $10,230 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $15 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / trip |
✅ Pretty 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
✅ 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
❌ Not safe for women
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
1559° cool |
1457° cool |
2272° mild |
2373° mild |
2984° warm |
39102° hot |
39102° hot |
43109° scorching |
3595° hot |
3290° hot |
1966° mild |
2373° mild |
| Real (median) |
1559°
cool |
1457°
cool |
2271°
mild |
2373°
mild |
2679°
warm |
3086°
hot |
3086°
very warm |
3289°
hot |
2984°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
1965°
mild |
2373°
mild |
| Humidity |
damp 79% |
damp 82% |
nice 82% |
nice 79% |
nice 84% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 80% |
nice 78% |
nice 87% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
rainy 115mm |
rainy 109mm |
rainy 107mm |
rainy 114mm |
dry 45mm |
rainy 128mm |
rainy 116mm |
rainy 134mm |
rainy 117mm |
rainy 87mm |
dry 31mm |
rainy 71mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 44% |
cloudy 71% |
cloudy 64% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 51% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 27% |
cloudy 64% |
| Air quality |
clean 35 US AQI |
clean 42 US AQI |
clean 47 US AQI |
clean 45 US AQI |
clean 47 US AQI |
clean 48 US AQI |
okay 51 US AQI |
clean 48 US AQI |
clean 47 US AQI |
clean 41 US AQI |
clean 39 US AQI |
clean 38 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 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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