Where in the world should I live?

I really like the city of Montreal. It would be the perfect place to live except for one thing: the winter. It's just too much for me. I want to live somewhere with a better climate.

In this vein of thinking, I was comparing the UN Development Index (i.e. the 'best' countries to live in) with a cost of living chart (organized by city - not complete). The goal being to find a nice place to go and live on the cheap. Here are some possibilities that look intriguing to me. Montreal is included for comparison purposes.

MONTREAL, Canada is 4th in development, with a 70.7 cost of living (COL) index.
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica is 45th in development, with a 58.0 COL index.
CARACAS, Venezuela is 68th in development, with a 54.4 COL index.
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay is 46th in development, with a 53.5 COL index.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina is 34th in development, with a 50.3 COL index.

Posted by dustin on June 30, 2005 with category tags of montreal

6 comments
Rio de Janeiro or São Paulo, in Brazil.
→ comment by Alexandre on June 30, 2005

Habla espanol?
→ comment by chrisdye (#15) on June 30, 2005

I don't speak Spanish, which is certainly a kink. I've also been thinking about some (English speaking) places in the Caribbean, but they weren't on that cost of living chart.
→ comment by dustin (#1) on June 30, 2005

Montevideo. You make movies! It's perfect.
→ comment by MissNikki (#107) on July 1, 2005

Umm, maybe you should also check the CHANCE of living index. A lot of those cities are really dangerous.
→ comment by gbrowdy on July 1, 2005

I'll check out Caracas for you in August.
→ comment by LePhil on July 5, 2005

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