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| ⭐️ Total score | 101 reviews |
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| 👍 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 | |
| ❄️ 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 | 24 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 124 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 17°C 63°F + 💦 Damp (77%) = feels 18°C 64°F
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| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 39 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 coworking space | ImpactHUB |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | Oakstop |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍14% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 420,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 92% 👱♀️ 8% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Delta |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | KLM |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,114 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,800 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $9,381 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $2,680 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,327 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,954 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $2,426 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $800,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $109 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $97 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $369 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $24 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $28,333 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $16 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $8 / 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
✅ 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
✅ 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
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ High alcohol consumption
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels |
54
12° cool |
59
15° cool |
57
14° cool |
55
13° cool |
61
16° cool |
64
18° cool |
64
18° cool |
68
20° mild |
70
21° mild |
66
19° mild |
61
16° cool |
52
11° cool |
| Real |
54
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cool |
58
15°
cool |
57
14°
cool |
56
14°
cool |
60
16°
cool |
63
17°
cool |
63
17°
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66
19°
mild |
68
20°
mild |
64
18°
cool |
61
16°
cool |
52
11°
cool |
| Humidity |
damp 74% |
nice 65% |
nice 67% |
damp 73% |
damp 74% |
damp 78% |
damp 84% |
nice 81% |
nice 73% |
nice 71% |
damp 76% |
damp 78% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 91mm |
dry 37mm |
dry 40mm |
dry 9mm |
dry 9mm |
dry 3mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 11mm |
dry 27mm |
rainy 89mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 32% |
pockets 21% |
pockets 18% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 20% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 21% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 40% |
| Air quality |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 24 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 33 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 38 US AQI |
clean 39 US AQI |
clean 41 US AQI |
clean 43 US AQI |
clean 41 US AQI |
clean 44 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 378 people | 375 people | 500 people | 314 people | 300 people | 320 people | 311 people | 444 people | 525 people | 375 people | 333 people | 289 people |
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