⭐️ Total score |
2.65/5 (Rank #285)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍7 liked it 👎0 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
👶 Family score |
Good |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😳 Extremely expensive: $5,182 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🚀 Super fast: 70 Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 30°C85°F (feels 38°C100°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 84%
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❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😍 Very high: 90%
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 36 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Good
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👩 Safe for women |
Bad |
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
🤮 Food safety* |
Great
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Good |
🎓 Education level* |
High |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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💰 Income level* |
Very high:
$4,817 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Great |
😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Sprawling: 2k ppl/km² (1 per 23x23m)
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🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Bad |
🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Great |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
🗓️ Average trip length | 6 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 70 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 30°C 85°F + 🥵 Sweaty (84%) = feels 38°C 100°F
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💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 36 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Treme - Lafitte |
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Central City |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | Launch Pad |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | Propeller |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👍10% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 390,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ empty: 23x23m (529m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 74% 👱♀️ 26% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Southwest |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,182 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,925 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $5,616 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,605 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $4,249 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,845 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,220 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $265,000 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $199 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $126 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $314 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $19 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
👩🏫 International school | $12,300 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $16 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $11 / trip |
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $12,352 |
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $30,278 |
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $71,127 |
✅ Very affordable
✅ Friendly people
✅ Great food
✅ Great nightlife
✅ Unique culture
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ 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
❌ Safety depends on neighborhood
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very hot in the summer
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right 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) | 13°C / 55°F cool | 14°C / 57°F cool | 20°C / 68°F mild | 23°C / 73°F mild | 28°C / 82°F warm | 38°C / 100°F hot | 41°C / 106°F scorching | 36°C / 97°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 20°C / 68°F mild | 18°C / 64°F cool |
Real (median) |
13°C / 55°F
cool |
14°C / 57°F
cool |
19°C / 66°F
mild |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
26°C / 79°F
warm |
31°C / 87°F
hot |
32°C / 89°F
hot |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
19°C / 66°F
mild |
17°C / 63°F
cool |
Humidity |
damp 72% |
damp 78% |
nice 75% |
nice 73% |
nice 70% |
sweaty 77% |
sweaty 76% |
sweaty 73% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 78% |
nice 68% |
damp 83% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 46mm |
rainy 73mm |
rainy 129mm |
rainy 103mm |
rainy 96mm |
rainy 148mm |
rainy 164mm |
rainy 166mm |
rainy 129mm |
dry 39mm |
dry 5mm |
dry 50mm |
Cloud |
pockets 21% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 27% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 13% |
pockets 41% |
Air quality |
clean 25 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 25 US AQI |
clean 25 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
clean 41 US AQI |
clean 38 US AQI |
clean 35 US AQI |
clean 33 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
Sun |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
Remote workers | 600 people | 667 people | 571 people | 800 people | 850 people | 414 people | 400 people | 477 people | 508 people | 588 people | 600 people | 769 people |
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