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I was going to suggest the same feature: healthcare and more generally public services are a very important factor when deciding to settle somewhere. Too bad most of these websites seem to think cost of living is the #1 factor.

I was thinking the same at first, but when you think about, the defining feature of a digital nomad is that he moves from place to place and doesn't permanently settle somewhere, so I can see how this isn't quite as important as cost of living.

After all, if you don't like it in a place (or you're not happy with the public services) you can just up and leave.

Having said that, it'd still be nice and make the data inherently more useful to have additional data such as the quality of/access to healthcare (though I'm not sure how easy it is to quantify that) or crime rates.

Thailand actually has unusually good healthcare; it's a major destination for health tourism.

None of the cities on the list so far are anywhere I'd be desperately worried about being sick.

Private healthcare outcomes likely comparable, at a fraction of the price.

That's probably true for most major cities outside of the US.