Issue 01 Vol. 04 · May 2026 Independent. No paid placement.
№ 00 — The Atlas

Every city,
scored.An independent atlas of the world's cities.

Score, rank, and tell the truth about every place worth living. No tourism boards. No sponsored placements. Just numbers and the editors who interpret them.

30cities profiled
32comparisons
63pages live
5,000cities in queue
Index 2026 8.2 Median Score
The AtlasThe independent guide
to where to live now.
№ 01 — The Twelve

The most recent profiles.

Twelve cities, freshly scored on the everycity index. Each one carries cost, safety, and weather data, plus an editor's verdict on who should move and who shouldn't.

№ 01 Americas · Argentina Buenos Aires Argentina, South America Index7.2 Cost$1,350 № 02 Americas · Mexico Mexico City Mexico, Central America Index7.4 Cost$1,650 № 03 Europe · Switzerland Zurich Switzerland, Central Europe Index8.9 Cost$4,200 № 04 Europe · Austria Vienna Austria, Central Europe Index9.2 Cost$2,100 № 05 Europe · Sweden Stockholm Sweden, Northern Europe Index8.7 Cost$2,650 № 06 Europe · Italy Rome Italy, Southern Europe Index7.8 Cost$1,950 № 07 Europe · Spain Madrid Spain, Iberia Index8.7 Cost$1,850 № 08 Asia · Hong Kong SAR Hong Kong Hong Kong, East Asia Index8.4 Cost$3,200 № 09 Europe · Denmark Copenhagen Denmark, Scandinavia Index8.8 Cost$2,750 № 10 Asia · South Korea Seoul South Korea, East Asia Index8.6 Cost$2,650 № 11 Americas · United States San Francisco United States, West Coast Index7.9 Cost$4,950 № 12 Americas · United States Los Angeles United States, West Coast Index7.6 Cost$3,850
№ 02 — Most Read

Comparisons, freshly verdicted.

Side by side, with a verdict at the end. The seven comparisons that came off the desk most recently. No both sides shrug; we pick a winner.

№ 01 Kuala Lumpur vs Bangkok May 4, 2026 · Asia № 02 Cape Town vs Johannesburg Apr 28, 2026 · Africa № 03 Buenos Aires vs Santiago Apr 22, 2026 · South America № 04 Mexico City vs Medellin Apr 15, 2026 · Latin America № 05 Zurich vs Geneva Apr 9, 2026 · Switzerland № 06 Tokyo vs Osaka Mar 30, 2026 · Japan № 07 San Francisco vs Austin Mar 24, 2026 · United States
№ 03 — The Departments

Four ways to read the atlas.

City profiles, head to head comparisons, ranked lists, and the journal. Every page numbers led, every claim sourced.

№ 01 — Profiles City reports

Three thousand to five thousand words on each city. Cost, safety, weather, jobs, schools, transport, healthcare, the verdict. Thirty live, four thousand nine hundred and seventy more in the queue.

№ 02 — Comparisons Head to head

Two cities, twelve cost items, eight categories, one verdict. Useful when you have it narrowed down to a shortlist. Thirty live, four thousand nine hundred and seventy on the build queue.

№ 03 — Rankings Best of

Cheapest, safest, sunniest, fastest internet, lowest tax, easiest visa. Fifty category rankings, each transparent on methodology. Coming through the build queue this quarter.

№ 04 — Methodology

How we score.

The everycity index is a weighted average of six components, refreshed quarterly. Sources are public, the weights are published, and the math is replicable.

20% Cost of Living

Median monthly spend for a single resident. Rent, groceries, transport, utilities. Sourced from local rental indexes and grocery surveys.

20% Safety

Crime stats from national police data, weighted by violent and property categories. Cross referenced with expat survey data and recent reporting.

15% Climate

Annual average comfort score across temperature, humidity, sunshine hours, air quality. Penalties for extreme heat days above 35°C.

15% Income

After tax median salary for the top three local industries, expressed in purchasing power parity dollars. Local salary data, public tax tables.

15% Infrastructure

Internet speed, transit coverage, walkability, healthcare quality, school rankings. Composite from Speedtest, OECD, and regional health authorities.

15% Editor's Mark

The piece data cannot capture. Cultural depth, social fabric, freedom of speech, governance trust. Decided by the editorial board and disclosed.

№ 05 — Editorial

We don't take money from anyone we cover.

No tourism boards, no chambers of commerce, no relocation services, no sponsored placement, no paid links. Affiliate revenue from currency transfers, insurance, and short term rentals is disclosed at the bottom of every page that includes it.

If a city pays to be featured, it isn't featured. If a verdict reads like a brochure, it gets sent back. The editorial line is simple: lead with the number, follow with the why, end with a verdict.

№ 06 — The Dispatch

One city, every
Thursday morning.

A 600 word editorial on one city we just scored, plus the comparison of the week. No sponsored content, no curated lists, no clickbait. About 38,000 readers and counting.

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