⭐️ Total score |
2.07/5 (Rank #1009)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
🧐 Very expensive: $4,097 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🙂 Good: 46 Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 27°C80°F (feels 32°C90°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 86%
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❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😍 Very high: 90%
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 21 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Good
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👩 Safe for women |
Good |
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
🤮 Food safety* |
Great
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Okay
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Good |
🎓 Education level* |
High |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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💰 Income level* |
Very high:
$4,817 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Great |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Good |
🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
🗓️ Average trip length | 12 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 46 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 27°C 80°F + 🥵 Sweaty (86%) = feels 32°C 90°F
|
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 21 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Luna Caffe |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 120,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 45% 👱♀️ 55% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Zillow |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United Airlines |
🏥 Best hospital | New Hanover Health Network |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,097 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,617 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $5,346 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,527 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,733 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,324 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,240 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $375,000 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $128 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $109 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $293 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $15 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $35,000 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $22 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ 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
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels (median) | 12°C / 54°F cool | 8°C / 46°F cold | 18°C / 64°F cool | 21°C / 70°F mild | 23°C / 73°F mild | 32°C / 90°F hot | 36°C / 97°F hot | 37°C / 99°F hot | 29°C / 84°F warm | 24°C / 75°F warm | 18°C / 64°F cool | 18°C / 64°F cool |
Real (median) |
12°C / 54°F
cool |
10°C / 49°F
cold |
17°C / 63°F
cool |
21°C / 70°F
mild |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
26°C / 79°F
warm |
24°C / 75°F
warm |
17°C / 63°F
cool |
17°C / 63°F
cool |
Humidity |
damp 75% |
damp 85% |
damp 72% |
nice 64% |
nice 71% |
sweaty 90% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 90% |
nice 81% |
nice 80% |
nice 66% |
damp 80% |
Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
rainy 108mm |
rainy 115mm |
rainy 68mm |
dry 32mm |
dry 50mm |
rainy 123mm |
rainy 151mm |
rainy 197mm |
rainy 187mm |
rainy 54mm |
dry 13mm |
rainy 59mm |
Cloud |
pockets 25% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 19% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 19% |
pockets 28% |
Air quality |
clean 17 US AQI |
clean 16 US AQI |
clean 19 US AQI |
clean 20 US AQI |
clean 28 US AQI |
clean 25 US AQI |
clean 24 US AQI |
clean 21 US AQI |
clean 21 US AQI |
clean 18 US AQI |
clean 19 US AQI |
clean 19 US AQI |
Sun |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
Remote workers | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 400 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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