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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 25 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 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* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 29 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 90 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌨 4°C 39°F + 💦 Damp (73%) = feels 2°C 36°F
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| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 25 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 | CoWorking Rochester |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | Smokestack CoWork |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍22% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 210,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 90% 👱♀️ 10% |
| 🏞 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 | $3,997 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,189 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,633 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,324 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,395 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,162 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,000 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $200,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $159 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $71 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $218 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $17 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $15,000 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $10 / 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
✅ 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
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ High alcohol consumption
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
-228° freezing |
-621° freezing |
236° cold |
846° cold |
1254° cool |
2272° mild |
2272° mild |
2577° warm |
2272° mild |
1864° cool |
541° cold |
236° cold |
| Real (median) |
134°
very cold |
-327°
freezing |
541°
very cold |
948°
cold |
1355°
cool |
2272°
mild |
2271°
mild |
2577°
warm |
2271°
mild |
1864°
cool |
745°
cold |
540°
very cold |
| Humidity |
damp 72% |
nice 68% |
nice 59% |
nice 66% |
nice 65% |
nice 70% |
nice 83% |
nice 81% |
nice 75% |
nice 80% |
damp 71% |
nice 70% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 53mm |
rainy 69mm |
dry 41mm |
rainy 91mm |
rainy 52mm |
rainy 58mm |
rainy 93mm |
rainy 87mm |
rainy 100mm |
rainy 133mm |
dry 45mm |
rainy 54mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 50% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 38% |
cloudy 52% |
| Air quality |
clean 40 US AQI |
clean 39 US AQI |
clean 35 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 25 US AQI |
clean 24 US AQI |
clean 25 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
clean 24 US AQI |
clean 19 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 37 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 720 people | 720 people | 800 people | 600 people | 1,000 people | 600 people | 600 people | 771 people |
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