Changelog

City scores Squamish

• Method Generated ⁠Researched
• Accommodation cost 2.3 ⁠3.2
• Air quality 8.4 ⁠10
• Cost of living 2.7 ⁠3.4
• Coworking quality 5.2 ⁠7.5
• Currency stability 8.7 ⁠8.4
• Digital nomad friendly cafes 5.2 ⁠6.5
• Digital nomad visa availability 1.1 ⁠5.5
• Ease of business registration 5.7 ⁠6.2
• Ease of opening bank account 5.1 ⁠5.5
• Entertainment cost 4.4 ⁠4.9
• Environmental quality 8.8 ⁠8
• Female friendly 8.5 ⁠8
• Food groceries 4.1 ⁠4.8
• Freedom of speech 9.2 ⁠7.9
• Freelance ecosystem 4.5 ⁠5.8
• Healthcare affordability 4.1 ⁠3.5
• Internet speed 7.9 ⁠8.5
• Language barrier 9.6 ⁠9.2
• Language learning opportunities 4.3 ⁠5.3
• Local sim card availability 7.9 ⁠8.3
• Natural disaster risk 6 ⁠4.5
• Networking opportunities 4.2 ⁠5.8
• Nomad events meetups 3.8 ⁠5

local-sim-card-availability: 7.9 -> 8.3; Above generated Vancouver 7.9, below Kingston 8.7: two actual stores verified, but no same-day visitor purchase tested. Source

City scores Montreal

• Gym membership cost 5.7 ⁠6.5
• Healthcare 7.7 ⁠6.3
• Healthcare affordability 7 ⁠4.3
• Healthy food options 7.3 ⁠8.1
• Natural disaster risk 8.4 ⁠7.3
• Nomad events meetups 7.7 ⁠6
• Nomad friendly 7.9 ⁠7.4
• Online community presence 7.3 ⁠6.6
• Outdoors nature 7.2 ⁠7.8
• Political stability 8.8 ⁠8.3
• Power grid reliability 9 ⁠8.3
• Public wifi availability 7 ⁠8.2
• Tax friendliness 4.6 ⁠4.3
• Transportation cost 6.1 ⁠5.8
• Visa ease 7.2 ⁠7.3
• Weather 6.9 ⁠5.2

online-community-presence: 7.3 -> 6.6 (https://www.internations.org/montreal-expats); Near Vancouver 6.6, above Toronto 6.1/Kingston 3.4, below Hanoi 7.6; publisher membership is not independently audited.