⭐️ Total score |
2.17/5 (Rank #750)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
🧐 Pricey: $3,714 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
🚀 Super fast: 90Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 29°C85°F (feels 35°C95°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 81%
|
💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 24 US AQI
|
👌 Safety |
Good
|
🤮 Food safety* |
Great
|
👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Good |
🎓 Education level* |
High |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
|
💰 Income level* |
Very high:
$4,817 / mo
|
🙊 English speaking* |
Great |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Okay |
🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Good |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
👩 Female friendly |
Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Great |
🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
🗓️ Average trip length | 15 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 90 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌦 29°C 85°F + 🥵 Sweaty (81%) = feels 35°C 95°F
|
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 25 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | West 21st Street |
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Tidewater Drive Industrial |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | 757 Creative Space |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | Hatch |
☕️ Best coffee place | Borjo Coffeehouse |
☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Fair Grounds |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Rick's Cafe |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 10% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 250,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Jet Blue |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United Airlines |
🏥 Best hospital | Sentara Norfolk General Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,714 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,550 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $6,007 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,716 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,242 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,649 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,390 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $300,000 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $105 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $87 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $251 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $13 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
👩🏫 International school | $11,500 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $10 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / 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 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
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Very 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) | 7°C / 45°F cold | 4°C / 39°F cold | 14°C / 57°F cool | 18°C / 64°F cool | 21°C / 70°F mild | 30°C / 86°F warm | 37°C / 99°F hot | 37°C / 99°F hot | 30°C / 86°F warm | 23°C / 73°F mild | 13°C / 55°F cool | 14°C / 57°F cool |
Real (median) |
8°C / 46°F
cold |
6°C / 43°F
very cold |
15°C / 58°F
cool |
18°C / 64°F
cool |
21°C / 70°F
mild |
27°C / 80°F
warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
30°C / 85°F
very warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
14°C / 56°F
cool |
15°C / 58°F
cool |
Humidity |
nice 67% |
damp 78% |
nice 62% |
nice 65% |
nice 65% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 74% |
nice 77% |
nice 64% |
damp 76% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
rainy 97mm |
rainy 79mm |
rainy 57mm |
rainy 84mm |
rainy 62mm |
rainy 124mm |
rainy 118mm |
rainy 146mm |
rainy 78mm |
rainy 61mm |
dry 28mm |
dry 46mm |
Cloud |
pockets 26% |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 27% |
Air quality |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 24 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 25 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 21 US AQI |
clean 21 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
clean 28 US AQI |
Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 250 people | 300 people | 267 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 267 people | 200 people |
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