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Considering a new hometown? A new ranked list has come out of the best places to relocate to in the world—and, wouldn't you know it, nine out of the top ten spots are in the USA!
Created by a UK company called Money, which compares rates for mortgage lenders, credit card companies and more, the list was put together by analyzing 50 world-class cities’ average salaries, annual temperature and rainfall, average download speeds, access to parks and restaurants, number of job listings per 100,000 people and even life expectancy.
So what are the grand results? San Francisco lands the top spot with a relocation score of 7.76 out of 10 for its gentle temps and high level of parks and nature for city denizens. It also has a download speed that kicks the other top ten cities to the mat, at 213.97 MBs per second (the next highest is Singapore, at 135.31 MB/s). San Francisco’s average salary of $99,056 was also deliciously higher than any other top ten city’s; the next highest was San Diego at $77,150.
Next up was Las Vegas with an overall score of 7.12, getting high points for a profusion of restaurants and parks/green spaces. In third place was Miami with an overall score of 7.02. Miami won in the top ten for number of restaurants (900 per 100,000 people; the next highest was Las Vegas at 685).
Interesting to note? The top nine cities all had a life expectancy of 77 years (seems low, doesn’t it), while Singapore at #10 rose to the longevity occasion with an expectancy of 84.
Here’s the rest of the breakdown:
1. San Francisco, CA
2. Las Vegas, NV
3. Miami, FL
4. San Diego, CA
5. Tie between Washington, D.C., and Austin, TX
7. Los Angeles, CA
8. Atlanta, GA
9. Dallas, TX
10. Singapore
We know you’re dying to know who was number 50, so although we hate to badmouth any city, we will report that it was São Paulo, Brazil, with a score of 1.92. Ouch. For a ranked list of all 50 cities, click here.