Changelog

City scores Lima

• Method Generated ⁠Researched
• Air quality 3.8 ⁠6.3
• Cleanliness 5 ⁠3.8
• Cost of living 6.9 ⁠6.8
• Coworking quality 6.9 ⁠7.8
• Currency stability 6.9 ⁠6.6
• Digital nomad visa availability 2.9 ⁠3
• Environmental quality 5.3 ⁠4.5
• Female friendly 5.4 ⁠4.8

local-sim-card-availability 8.6 -> 7.5; Below Cusco 8.0 and Colombia 8.1–8.5, well below Hanoi 9.0; newer identity-rule evidence outweighs the older ease assumption. Source

City scores Cusco

• Method Generated ⁠Researched
• Accommodation cost 6.3 ⁠6.8
• Air conditioning 2.8 ⁠4
• Air quality 5.5 ⁠7.9
• Cost of living 7.1 ⁠6.9
• Coworking quality 4.8 ⁠6.5
• Coworking spaces availability 6.2 ⁠5.5
• Digital nomad visa availability 2.7 ⁠3
• Ease of business registration 4.1 ⁠4.5
• Female friendly 6.9 ⁠5.8
• Fitness facilities 5.9 ⁠6.5
• Food groceries 7.6 ⁠7.8
• Freedom of speech 6 ⁠3.8
• Freelance ecosystem 3.6 ⁠4.5
• Internet speed 6.6 ⁠7.6
• Nomad events meetups 6.2 ⁠4.8
• Nomad friendly 7.6 ⁠7
• Online community presence 6.3 ⁠5.5
• Political stability 5.3 ⁠3.7
• Racial tolerance 6.6 ⁠6
• Ride sharing services 4.3 ⁠7
• Safety 6.9 ⁠6
• Scooterbike rental availability 3.8 ⁠4.8
• Seasonal variety 5.4 ⁠4
• Startup scene 3.7 ⁠4.5
• Tax friendliness 5.3 ⁠4.2
• Time zone favorability 7.1 ⁠7.8
• Transportation cost 7.7 ⁠8.1
• Visa ease 6.4 ⁠7
• Weather 7.3 ⁠6.7
• Yoga studios 7 ⁠6.2

racial-tolerance 6.6 -> 6; Near Mexico City/provisional Lima, below Hanoi/Lisbon; historical national proxy, no visitor-ethnicity survey for Cusco. (https://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/res/USDOS%2BHuman%2BRights%2BReport%2BPeru%2B2023.pdf).