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The everyday feeling of living in a place — pace, friendliness, culture, and the small things that add up.
The overall texture of living somewhere — pace, friendliness, whether it's easy to make friends, whether the place feels like it's improving or declining. It's the most subjective aspect we track and often the one that best predicts whether someone stays.
People rarely leave a city over one specific failing. They leave because the accumulation of small frictions makes daily life tiring. Quality of life captures that accumulation, which is why a city can score well on every measurable aspect and still rate poorly here.
Every score comes from residents rating the place they live, not from an index we calculated. People score quality of life from 0 to 10 alongside nine other life aspects, and write about what works and what doesn't. Each review is read by a person before it appears.
Cities are ranked on the mean of their quality of life scores. Any city with at least one approved review is eligible, which means a highly-rated city with two reviews can currently outrank a well-known one with five — worth keeping in mind when reading the table above.
We're early. The rankings get more reliable with every review, so if you know one of these cities, add your own.