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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 5 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) | |
| 👌 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 | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 59 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 23°C 73°F + 😊 Comfy (74%) = feels 23°C 73°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 39 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 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 | Rockford Roasting Company |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 87,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Rent |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Osf Saint Anthony Medical Center |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,371 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,084 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $6,007 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,716 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,930 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $4,473 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,274 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $140,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $90 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $147 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $275 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $16 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $5 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $4,000 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $5 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $6 / trip |
✅ 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
✅ 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 safe at all
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Not safe for women
❌ High alcohol consumption
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
-523° freezing |
-1210° freezing |
643° cold |
1254° cool |
1864° cool |
2882° warm |
3188° hot |
3188° hot |
2577° warm |
1966° mild |
541° cold |
236° cold |
| Real (median) |
-228°
freezing |
-818°
freezing |
846°
cold |
1355°
cool |
1864°
cool |
2679°
warm |
2781°
warm |
2781°
warm |
2577°
warm |
1966°
mild |
744°
cold |
540°
very cold |
| Humidity |
damp 84% |
damp 78% |
damp 76% |
nice 68% |
nice 73% |
sweaty 75% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 79% |
nice 71% |
nice 79% |
damp 72% |
damp 78% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
rainy 55mm |
dry 36mm |
rainy 61mm |
dry 49mm |
rainy 76mm |
rainy 103mm |
rainy 82mm |
rainy 81mm |
dry 10mm |
rainy 79mm |
dry 7mm |
rainy 58mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 75% |
cloudy 61% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 64% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 49% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 24% |
cloudy 59% |
pockets 48% |
cloudy 64% |
| Air quality |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 39** US AQI |
clean 39** US AQI |
clean 39** US AQI |
clean 39** US AQI |
clean 39** US AQI |
clean 39 US AQI |
clean 40 US AQI |
clean 37 US AQI |
clean 35 US AQI |
clean 49 US AQI |
okay 50 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 |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 1,200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people |
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