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Hi, I made a site to do just this called https://nomadlist.com https://nomadlist.com. Click OPEN FILTERS and click cheap living cost (<$2,000). I also have filt
by pieterhg 8y ago
Hi, I made a site to do just this called https://nomadlist.com https://nomadlist.com. Click OPEN FILTERS and click cheap living cost (<$2,000). I also have filters to find cities with universities and English speaking people.
I have collected 1,000+ of the biggest cities and am adding another 1,500 now. Let me know what you think!
- Pieter
- kpennell 8y agoIt was amazing how totally off the data was for Mexico, relative to nearly every DN I've ever met in Mexico (100+?). I just couldn't believe how far it was from my (and people I know's) experience. I guess crowd-sourced data is tricky! Once I knew Mexico was so far off, it made me trust Germany's and most other places' data a lot less.
- pieterhg 8y agoThe data is cross referenced with other cost of living and quality of life sites and rankings and is about 85% similar, either higher or lower but not much. Lifestyles vary so your own experience can be subjective. What data points specifically did you disagree with? I’m happy to confirm the data points and show sources.
- erikig 8y agoThanks for sharing this, I really like the site a lot. I was impressed by the variety of search criteria. How do you reliably gather such disparate pieces of information?
- pieterhg 8y agoIt’s incredibly challenging. Imagine trying to collect 250-500 data points for 1000-2000 cities. And doing it consistently. I use data sets to seed with and then crowdsourced edits by site users to add to the data.
- userulluipeste 8y agoI can't imagine much fun in Constanta outside the hot summer season. And I wonder how did they deduce the safety score for Romanian places (relative to, for example, Polish ones)?
- pieterhg 8y agoI use multiple data sets for safety and crime statistics. The safety scores are medians based on that data + crowdsourced edits by users.