Quality of life in San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, California, is among the top cities with a free business environment. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in safety, healthcare and environmental quality.
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San Luis Obispo, California, is among the top cities with a free business environment. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in safety, healthcare and environmental quality.
Large apartment | $2500.00 |
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Medium apartment | $1900.00 |
Small apartment | $1200.00 |
A Cappuccino | $4.20 |
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A beer | $3.30 |
A kilogram of Apples | $3.40 |
Bread | $1.10 |
Lunch | $13.00 |
Monthly fitness club membership | $48.00 |
Monthly public transport | $42.00 |
Movie ticket | $12.00 |
Average monthly increase in number of startups | 2 |
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Average monthly increase in number of startups [score] | 0.27 |
Coworking spaces [score] | 0.30 |
Coworking spaces on WorkFrom.co | 5 |
Meetups [score] | 0.12 |
Meetups groups | 11 |
Meetups members | 2362 |
Number of investors | 9 |
Number of startup events in the last 12 months | 152 |
Number of upcoming meetup events | 3 |
Startup climate scene [score] | 0.37 |
Startup events | 6 |
Startup events [score] | 0.27 |
Startups [score] | 0.50 |
Total number of startups | 26 |
Venture capital [score] | 0.31 |
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Airport hub | 4 |
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Airport hub [score] | 0.11 |
Intercity train connectivity [score] | 0.12 |
Traffic handling [score] | 0.56 |
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Business freedom | 84.70 |
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Business freedom [score] | 0.86 |
Freedom from corruption | 74.00 |
Freedom from corruption [score] | 0.79 |
Lack of labor restrictions | 91.40 |
Lack of labor restrictions [score] | 1.00 |
Time to open a business | 5.60 |
Time to open a business [score] | 0.95 |
Crime rate [score] | 0.94 |
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Gun-related deaths per 100,000 residents per year | 8 |
Guns per 100 residents | 61 |
Lack of gun related deaths [score] | 0.79 |
Lack of guns [score] | 0.67 |
Lack of guns and gun-related deaths [score] | 0.73 |
Healthcare expenditure [score] | 0.99 |
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Healthcare quality [score] | 0.74 |
Life expectancy (years) | 79.28 |
Life expectancy [score] | 0.76 |
Country mean scores in PISA math test | 478.04 |
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Country mean scores in PISA reading test | 497.58 |
Country mean scores in PISA science test | 497.41 |
PISA math ranking (high school) | 30 |
PISA ranking | 24 |
PISA ranking (high school) [score] | 0.72 |
PISA reading (high school) | 16 |
PISA science (high school) | 19 |
Percent of happy students | 0.77 |
Percent of low performers in PISA math test | 0.26 |
Percent of low performers in PISA reading test | 0.17 |
Percent of low performers in PISA science test | 0.18 |
Percent of top performers in PISA math test | 0.09 |
Percent of top performers in PISA reading test | 0.08 |
Percent of top performers in PISA science test | 0.07 |
Air quality [score] | 0.75 |
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Cleanliness [score] | 0.91 |
Drinking water quality [score] | 0.43 |
Urban greenery [score] | 0.86 |
Currency exchange rate per US dollar for urban area | 1.00 |
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Currency for urban area | USD |
GDP growth rate | 0.02 |
GDP growth rate [score] | 0.43 |
GDP per capita | $54596.65 |
GDP per capita [score] | 0.87 |
Effective company profit tax rate on payouts as dividends [score] | 0.54 |
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Income tax level [score] | 0.36 |
Profit tax (% of profit) | 0.44 |
Time overhead to file company taxes | 175 |
Download speed (Mbps) | 43.88 |
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Internet access (download) [score] | 0.59 |
Internet access (upload) [score] | 1.00 |
Upload speed (Mbps) | 74.75 |
Art galleries | 29 |
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Art galleries [score] | 0.37 |
Cinemas | 8 |
Cinemas [score] | 0.29 |
Comedy clubs | 2 |
Comedy clubs [score] | 0.32 |
Concert venues | 24 |
Concerts [score] | 0.40 |
Historical sites | 8 |
Historical sites [score] | 0.41 |
Museums | 11 |
Museums [score] | 0.14 |
Performing art venues | 23 |
Performing arts [score] | 0.46 |
Sport venues | 4 |
Sports [score] | 0.28 |
Zoos | 3 |
Zoos [score] | 0.50 |
LGBT Equality Index | 93.19 |
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LGBT Equality Index [score] | 0.96 |
LGBT adoption rights | ✔ Legal |
LGBT age of consent | ✔ Equal |
LGBT blood donation regulations | ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral) |
LGBT conversion therapy regulations | ✔ Banned |
LGBT discrimination legality | ✔ Illegal |
LGBT employment discrimination legality | ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity |
LGBT gender changing rights | ✔ Legal, but requires surgery |
LGBT homosexuality rights | ✔ Legal |
LGBT housing discrimination legality | ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity |
LGBT marriage rights | ✔ Legal |
Tolerance towards minorities [score] | 0.98 |
Elevation (hills or mountains) [score] | 0.20 |
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Median peak in meters | 419.00 |
Presence of hills in city | 1.00 |
Presence of mountains in city | 1.00 |
Seaside access | 1.00 |
Urban area elevation (meters) | 73.00 |
Water access [score] | 0.10 |
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The overall crime rate puts San Luis Obispo in position 19 of 266 Teleport Cities in a ranking for the safest cities.
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San Luis Obispo is a city in San Luis Obispo County in the Central Coast region of California.
About half way between Los Angeles (200 miles to the south) and San Francisco (230 miles to the north), nine small but impressive volcanic peaks march down a valley of the Santa Lucia range to the Pacific Ocean. Nestled around two of these peaks is San Luis Obispo ("SLO", "slow", or "San Luis" to locals), a small college town that also is one of California's oldest communities. San Luis and its neighboring communities boast extraordinary resources for hiking, mountain biking, sea kayaking, swimming and surfing; outstanding natural beauty; a carefully preserved and thriving 19th-century downtown centered around a meticulously restored 18th century mission; a small but thriving art gallery scene; and a large and growing collection of top-quality wineries.
San Luis Obispo is bounded by the imposing line of Cuesta Ridge to the northeast, the Irish Hills to the southwest, dramatic Bishop Peak to the northwest and Islay Hill to the southeast. The town clusters around the feet of the 1000 foot Cerro San Luis, notably marked with a big white "M" (for Mission High School). Cal Poly sits hard against Cuesta Ridge (with its big white "P") and the downtown area runs from Cerro San Luis roughly toward campus around two parallel streets, Higuera and Monterey. Most restaurants, bars and shops are located on Higuera Street, nearer the Mission and Cerro San Luis; hotels are mostly located on Monterey Street, nearer the university but still within a mile of the central downtown. A few restaurants are located in the charming Railroad District, about 5 blocks east of Higuera via Santa Rosa Street, near the train station and youth hostel.
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