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| ⭐️ Total score | 303 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (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* | |
| 😤 People density | |
| 🚶 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* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 97 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 23°C 73°F + 😊 Comfy (73%) = feels 23°C 73°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 45 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 31 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Downtown |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Northshore |
| 🚕 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 coworking space | Start Houston |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | Brightwork CoResearch |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Paper Co. Coffee |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Boomtown Coffee |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Southside Espresso |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍13% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 1,500,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 28,747 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,300,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ empty: 29x29m (841m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 85% 👱♀️ 15% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | American Airlines |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | US Airways |
| 🏥 Best hospital | The Menninger Clinic |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,771 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,616 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,881 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,680 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,729 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,558 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,281 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $81 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $84 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $217 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $17 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $6 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $22,458 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $37 / 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 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomads.com members here all year round
✅ 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
❌ Very expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
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| Feels |
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18° cool |
59
15° cool |
72
22° mild |
75
24° warm |
82
28° warm |
90
32° hot |
88
31° hot |
90
32° hot |
84
29° warm |
81
27° warm |
70
21° mild |
77
25° warm |
| Real |
63
17°
cool |
59
15°
cool |
71
22°
mild |
75
24°
warm |
81
27°
warm |
88
31°
hot |
86
30°
very warm |
88
31°
hot |
85
30°
very warm |
81
27°
warm |
70
21°
mild |
76
25°
warm |
| Humidity |
nice 38% |
nice 40% |
nice 38% |
nice 40% |
nice 46% |
nice 44% |
nice 45% |
nice 42% |
nice 40% |
nice 39% |
nice 37% |
nice 43% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
rainy 100mm |
rainy 80mm |
rainy 92mm |
rainy 100mm |
rainy 95mm |
rainy 118mm |
rainy 96mm |
rainy 103mm |
rainy 122mm |
rainy 108mm |
dry 50mm |
rainy 58mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 26% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 43% |
| Air quality |
clean 24 US AQI |
okay 66 US AQI |
okay 66 US AQI |
okay 66 US AQI |
okay 66 US AQI |
okay 66 US AQI |
clean 33 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 20 US AQI |
clean 25 US AQI |
clean 35 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
| Remote workers | 767 people | 582 people | 764 people | 655 people | 650 people | 571 people | 564 people | 563 people | 783 people | 727 people | 820 people | 1,015 people |
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