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| ⭐️ Total score | 1 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community 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 | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 29 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 23°C 73°F + 😊 Comfy (70%) = feels 23°C 73°F
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| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 24 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 coffee place | The Happy Cappuccino Coffee House |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 66,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | American Airlines |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,251 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,730 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,744 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,641 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,541 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,245 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,315 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $240,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $119 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $106 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $323 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $17 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $10,000 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $33 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $4 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ 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)
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ High alcohol consumption
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 0°C / 0°F freezing | -5°C / 23°F freezing | 5°C / 41°F cold | 14°C / 57°F cool | 18°C / 64°F cool | 23°C / 73°F mild | 24°C / 75°F warm | 29°C / 84°F warm | 22°C / 72°F mild | 16°C / 61°F cool | 6°C / 43°F cold | 2°C / 36°F cold |
| Real (median) |
0°C / 32°F
freezing |
-2°C / 28°F
freezing |
6°C / 43°F
very cold |
14°C / 56°F
cool |
17°C / 63°F
cool |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
24°C / 75°F
warm |
26°C / 79°F
warm |
22°C / 71°F
mild |
15°C / 59°F
cool |
7°C / 45°F
cold |
4°C / 38°F
very cold |
| Humidity |
damp 72% |
nice 66% |
nice 55% |
nice 66% |
nice 65% |
nice 76% |
nice 89% |
nice 83% |
nice 80% |
damp 82% |
damp 72% |
damp 71% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
rainy 66mm |
rainy 62mm |
dry 45mm |
rainy 109mm |
rainy 95mm |
rainy 72mm |
rainy 119mm |
rainy 124mm |
rainy 118mm |
rainy 136mm |
rainy 60mm |
rainy 70mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 44% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 42% |
| Air quality |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 1 US AQI |
clean 1 US AQI |
clean 1 US AQI |
clean 1 US AQI |
clean 1 US AQI |
clean 24 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 25 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
clean 35 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 4 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 | 0 people | 0 people | 400 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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