I like Visual Capitalist but they have gotten (understandably) funny about having their graphics reproduced. So you will have to click on the link below. But it does include sortable tables which are fun to look at too.
The idea is to combine a “livability” score with an “affordability” score. Both pretty subjective. But what stands out is the big American cities (New York, Chicago, Los Angeles) are the worst value. Honolulu and San Diego score high on livability but are expensive (checks out).
There is a cluster along the main diagonal which says lots of smaller American cities are more or less equally livable, but trade cost for livability. I notice Albuquerque is mentioned, and is low on cost but low on livability but still scores well. An outlier, surprisingly similar to Houston.
What I find a bit strange is Tulsa, OK is the winner for US cities. Not sure what to make of that.
