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I don't usually like posts that just link to an external resource, but Nomad List is a (free) search engine built for this exact use case. They have both domes

I don't usually like posts that just link to an external resource, but Nomad List is a (free) search engine built for this exact use case. They have both domestic and international cities. https://nomadlist.com/ https://nomadlist.com/ The same guy that created that also recently made a second project of crowdsourced neighborhood characteristics within each city. For example, if you want to find where the tech or hipster neighborhood in a given city is. https://hoodmaps.com/ https://hoodmaps.com/ For example, SF: https://hoodmaps.com/san-francisco https://hoodmaps.com/san-francisco

hueving 9y ago
Do they have a way of ranking by places to live permanently? This site doesn't seem to take into account things like buying a house and property taxes.
- tedmiston 9y ago
  I think it's mostly focused on short-term living (digital nomads). It may be worth contacting the creator on Twitter. I'm sure it's not the first time he's had that type of request.
- pieterhg 9y ago
  Yes. I'm the maker of Nomad List. You can rank/sort by more long-term attributes like quality of life, rent price etc. Property taxes are too granular data to collect for me and impossible to keep up-to-date for 1,000+ cities though. See https://nomadlist.com/#sort=life_score https://nomadlist.com/#sort=life_score for a more long-term quality of life ranking of cities.
pieterhg 9y ago
"What are the best cities with affordable housing that are big enough to have a good variety of food and no (or a very mild) winter that have enough of a tech community for some meetups, etc?" https://nomadlist.com/cheap-mild-cities-to-visit-in-january-and-december/united-states https://nomadlist.com/cheap-mild-cities-to-visit-in-january-... The answer would be Tucson, AZ and San Antonio, TX. If budget isn't important you have more options: https://nomadlist.com/mild-cities-to-visit-in-january-and-december/united-states https://nomadlist.com/mild-cities-to-visit-in-january-and-de... - Gainesville, FL - Tampa, FL - Los Angeles, CA - San Diego, CA - Jacksonville, FL - Austin, TX - Santa Monica, CA - Phoenix, AZ - Houston, TX - Orlando, FL If you're okay with outside United States, you have countless more options: https://nomadlist.com/mild-cities-to-visit-in-january-and-december/north-america https://nomadlist.com/mild-cities-to-visit-in-january-and-de... From Portugal to Taiwan, Israel to Ecuador, Colombia to Thailand. P.S. this is based on "mild" temperatures as you said. If you're fine with warm/hot climates, there's even more options. P.S.2. the cost of living data on Nomad List is now 90%+ accurate.
- bradknowles 9y ago
  Is San Antonio really that much cheaper than Austin? I'd be really surprised if that were true, but I'd love to see the evidence.
  - pieterhg 9y ago
    Yep, Austin has become a lot more expensive with the influx of people from the rest of America. Data is crowdsourced but cross checked with public cost of living data for accuracy.

hueving 9y ago

Do they have a way of ranking by places to live permanently? This site doesn't seem to take into account things like buying a house and property taxes.

tedmiston 9y ago
I think it's mostly focused on short-term living (digital nomads). It may be worth contacting the creator on Twitter. I'm sure it's not the first time he's had that type of request.
pieterhg 9y ago
Yes. I'm the maker of Nomad List. You can rank/sort by more long-term attributes like quality of life, rent price etc. Property taxes are too granular data to collect for me and impossible to keep up-to-date for 1,000+ cities though. See https://nomadlist.com/#sort=life_score https://nomadlist.com/#sort=life_score for a more long-term quality of life ranking of cities.

pieterhg 9y ago

"What are the best cities with affordable housing that are big enough to have a good variety of food and no (or a very mild) winter that have enough of a tech community for some meetups, etc?" https://nomadlist.com/cheap-mild-cities-to-visit-in-january-and-december/united-states https://nomadlist.com/cheap-mild-cities-to-visit-in-january-... The answer would be Tucson, AZ and San Antonio, TX. If budget isn't important you have more options: https://nomadlist.com/mild-cities-to-visit-in-january-and-december/united-states https://nomadlist.com/mild-cities-to-visit-in-january-and-de... - Gainesville, FL - Tampa, FL - Los Angeles, CA - San Diego, CA - Jacksonville, FL - Austin, TX - Santa Monica, CA - Phoenix, AZ - Houston, TX - Orlando, FL If you're okay with outside United States, you have countless more options: https://nomadlist.com/mild-cities-to-visit-in-january-and-december/north-america https://nomadlist.com/mild-cities-to-visit-in-january-and-de... From Portugal to Taiwan, Israel to Ecuador, Colombia to Thailand. P.S. this is based on "mild" temperatures as you said. If you're fine with warm/hot climates, there's even more options. P.S.2. the cost of living data on Nomad List is now 90%+ accurate.

bradknowles 9y ago
Is San Antonio really that much cheaper than Austin? I'd be really surprised if that were true, but I'd love to see the evidence.
- pieterhg 9y ago
  Yep, Austin has become a lot more expensive with the influx of people from the rest of America. Data is crowdsourced but cross checked with public cost of living data for accuracy.