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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 84 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 | 4 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 126 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 34°C 93°F + 😊 Comfy (32%) = feels 34°C 93°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 44 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 27 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 | Starbucks |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Denny's |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | The SandBox |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 9% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 90,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 81% 👱♀️ 19% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | American Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Issels Medical Center |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $8,970 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $7,188 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $11,564 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $3,304 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,662 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $14,123 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $2,859 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $1,900,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $172 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $463 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $395 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $25 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $4 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $8 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $6 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $37,000 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $17 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $9 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Perfect humidity 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
✅ Safe for women
✅ 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
❌ Gets 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) |
1457° cool |
1152° cool |
1457° cool |
1661° cool |
1763° cool |
1966° mild |
2170° mild |
2170° mild |
2068° mild |
1966° mild |
1457° cool |
1355° cool |
| Real (median) |
1457°
cool |
1152°
cool |
1458°
cool |
1660°
cool |
1762°
cool |
1967°
mild |
2170°
mild |
2170°
mild |
2068°
mild |
1966°
mild |
1457°
cool |
1355°
cool |
| Humidity |
nice 59% |
nice 66% |
nice 69% |
damp 72% |
damp 73% |
nice 71% |
nice 70% |
nice 68% |
nice 71% |
nice 59% |
damp 72% |
damp 74% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
rainy 95mm |
rainy 59mm |
rainy 69mm |
dry 3mm |
dry 7mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 9mm |
dry 10mm |
dry 32mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 25% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 13% |
pockets 18% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 18% |
pockets 19% |
pockets 21% |
pockets 10% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 40% |
| Air quality |
clean 19 US AQI |
clean 18 US AQI |
clean 20 US AQI |
clean 33 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 24 US AQI |
clean 21 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 733 people | 857 people | 600 people | 1,067 people | 720 people | 960 people | 900 people | 1,000 people | 720 people | 600 people | 840 people | 900 people |
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