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The Anti-Awards

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The weather6
The Sauna You Can’t LeaveThe Bedroom That Never CoolsThe Umbrella EconomyRain, By The MetreSixteen Thousand DaysThe Year Without a Window
The hours it keeps6
The Cinderella ClauseThe Early Bedtime AwardThe Sunday Ghost TownThe Breakfast DesertThe Great Lunch VanishingThe Part-Time City
Getting out5
The Great Escape IndexHardest City to Leave (In a Hurry)The Domestic BubbleThe Hibernating AirportThe Perth Meridian
The ground and the sky4
The Wobbliest GroundThe Volcano PartyThe Volcano Next DoorThe 3 p.m. Sunset Club
Everything else3
The Monoculture MenuThe Calendar of ExcusesA Gigabyte of Cats
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🇺🇸 United States · metro 64k · 548 venues mapped

Little Elm

Where Little Elm places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is shops open on sunday, where it ranks 52 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇺🇸 Lewisville 14 km Nearest written profile 🇺🇸 Austin 📖 331 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else Little Elm does a lot well. The weather is not on the list.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink548 places mapped
10:00–23:00
0006121824
17%
open past midnight
91%
open on Sundays
91h
open per week
4%
open 24/7
Shops & errands132 places mapped
02:30–24:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
95%
open on Sundays
147h
open per week
50%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
84
muggy days a year
30
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
97
umbrella days a year
43.6 m
of rain since 1981
5,628
days over 30 °C, of 16,627
0
volcanoes within 100 km
836.6 km
to Carrizozo
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:25
winter sunset (solar approx.)
14.3 h
longest day of the year
11
public holidays, 2024
16,951
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureLittle Elm RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 16.7% 133 of 1,878 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 17%🇺🇸 Hamilton 16.9%🇮🇹 Asti 16.7%🇦🇷 La Plata 16.7%Little Elm🇵🇪 Pisco 16.7%🇵🇪 Piura 16.7%🇮🇹 Riva del Garda 16.7%🇧🇷 Santa Luzia 16.7%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 91 h 58 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Lacey 91 h🇺🇸 Las Cruces 91 h🇺🇸 Lawrence 91 h🇺🇸 Lexington 91 hLittle Elm🇷🇺 Lobnya 91 h🇷🇺 Makhachkala 91 h🇮🇩 Malang 91 h🇷🇺 Maykop 91 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 31.7% 168 of 1,878 🇵🇭 Cabiao 31.8%🇹🇯 Proletar 31.8%🇮🇹 Salerno 31.8%🇸🇦 Dammam 31.7%Little Elm🇨🇳 Shanghai 31.7%🇵🇪 Huaraz 31.6%🇺🇸 Pittsburgh 31.6%🇦🇺 Perth 31.5%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 2.8% 356 of 1,878 🇨🇦 Kelowna 2.8%🇭🇳 La Lima 2.8%🇧🇴 La Paz 2.8%🇺🇸 Lincoln 2.8%Little Elm🇺🇸 Norristown 2.8%🇺🇸 Olympia 2.8%🇨🇿 Prague 2.8%🇺🇸 Santa Rosa 2.8%
Never close at all% open 24/7 4.4% 187 of 1,878 🇯🇵 Asahikawa 4.4%🇬🇧 Bedford 4.4%🇺🇸 Columbus 4.4%🇺🇦 Donetsk 4.4%Little Elm🇺🇸 Louisville 4.4%🇷🇸 Novi Sad 4.4%🇺🇸 San Diego 4.4%🇨🇴 Santa Marta 4.4%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 94.7% 52 of 1,704 🇺🇸 College Station 94.7%🇸🇦 Dammam 94.7%🇦🇺 Gold Coast 94.7%🇨🇩 Kinshasa 94.7%Little Elm🇧🇾 Minsk 94.7%🇵🇸 Nablus 94.7%🇫🇮 Oulu 94.7%🇨🇦 Quebec 94.7%

The same questions are asked of the 126 cities with a written profile, where each one gets its method and its full standings: kitchens open past midnight, hours open per week, open before 8 a.m., vanish at lunch, shops open on sunday.

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