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| ⭐️ Total score | 6 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability 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* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 104 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 29°C 83°F + 😊 Comfy (51%) = feels 30°C 86°F
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| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 19 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 | Ike Box |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 170,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Southwest |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Salem Health |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,819 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,452 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,432 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,552 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,669 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,629 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,260 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $430,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $125 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $86 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $235 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $14 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $9,333 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $29 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $6 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ 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)
❌ Very expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ 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) | 9°C / 48°F cold | 7°C / 45°F cold | 10°C / 50°F cold | 16°C / 61°F cool | 19°C / 66°F mild | 25°C / 77°F warm | 30°C / 86°F warm | 25°C / 77°F warm | 23°C / 73°F mild | 14°C / 57°F cool | 12°C / 54°F cool | 7°C / 45°F cold |
| Real (median) |
9°C / 48°F
cold |
8°C / 46°F
cold |
10°C / 50°F
cold |
16°C / 60°F
cool |
18°C / 64°F
cool |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
14°C / 57°F
cool |
12°C / 54°F
cool |
7°C / 45°F
cold |
| Humidity |
damp 88% |
damp 85% |
damp 78% |
nice 66% |
nice 69% |
nice 66% |
nice 62% |
nice 63% |
nice 63% |
damp 83% |
damp 86% |
damp 87% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 180mm |
rainy 143mm |
rainy 61mm |
dry 11mm |
dry 41mm |
dry 43mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 42mm |
rainy 99mm |
rainy 167mm |
rainy 209mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 18% |
pockets 12% |
pockets 20% |
pockets 21% |
pockets 49% |
pockets 48% |
cloudy 57% |
| Air quality |
clean 24 US AQI |
clean 18 US AQI |
clean 18 US AQI |
clean 15 US AQI |
clean 17 US AQI |
clean 13 US AQI |
clean 16 US AQI |
clean 22 US AQI |
clean 19 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 38 US AQI |
clean 38 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 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 | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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