What cities/countries are best? (to work in)

Any place on earth is fair game: Have it be an english speaking places. Let's disregard the US, mainly because H1B sucks, but yes salaries are highest.

I am expat, software engineer, wanting to try a new place.

Main concerns are money, aka take home and benefits. Paid sick days, paid vacation, remote work, no overtime, flex time... Which seems hard to find outside of europe, but I'm not sure.

Thinking about Toronto or Montreal right now, also flirting with Zurich and London. Maybe Glasgow. Dublin seems insane with rent, even among these other ones. Not considering Australia and NZ because they are so far away and for AUS too hot and giant spiders and snakes. Singapore is technically interesting, though I believe their average hours per week are insane and the weather is too hot.