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title: "Is United States a Good Place to Live? — Geo-Parity"
description: "United States (New York): 271.2 Mbps internet, safety 65/100, healthcare 88/100 — essentials ≈ $2,410/month, so $3k lives \"comfortable\". Full quality-vs-cost breakdown."
canonical: "https://geo-parity.com/livability/united-states/"
json: "https://geo-parity.com/api/livability.json"
generator: geo-parity markdown twin
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Livability · rank 18/167

# Is 🇺🇸 United States (New York) a good place to live?

Quality score **88/100** against essentials of **$2,410/month**. Fast cable/fibre almost everywhere; healthcare quality high but costly without employer insurance.

## The five metrics

Internet 100 271.2 Mbps median broadband, 94.7% online

Safety 65 5.8 homicides/100k (2023)

Healthcare 88 UHC service coverage 88/100 (2023)

Air quality 89 PM2.5 9.9 µg/m³ (2023)

English 100 day-to-day usability

## Beside the score, not inside it

Neither of these is part of the composite above, deliberately. Folding governance into a quality-of-life number would bury a political judgement where you could not see it or argue with it, and connection *price* is a different question from connection *speed* — somewhere fast and expensive and somewhere slow and cheap are different trade-offs, not one average.

- **Rule of law**: strong
- World Bank WGI estimate 0.96 · corruption control 1.09 · stability -0.1 (2024). Scale −2.5 to +2.5, higher is better.
- **What connectivity costs**: $54.44 /mo broadband
- Mobile 10GB $48.96/month. ITU price basket. The speed above is scored; this price is not.

## What your budget buys

| Monthly budget | vs essentials ($2,410) | Verdict |
| --- | --- | --- |
| $2,000 | 0.8× | out of budget |
| $3,000 | 1.2× | comfortable |
| $5,000 | 2.1× | very comfortable |

Essentials from the [Pint & Property basket](https://geo-parity.com/expenses/?tab=prices). Rank countries by your own priorities in the [interactive matrix](https://geo-parity.com/livability/).

🪤 Tax residency triggers at **183 days**. [Tax residency details →](https://geo-parity.com/tax-residency/united-states/)

## Similar value-for-money

- [🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda](https://geo-parity.com/livability/antigua-and-barbuda/) — quality 56.7, essentials $1,570/mo
- [🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea](https://geo-parity.com/livability/papua-new-guinea/) — quality 48.4, essentials $1,345/mo
- [🇯🇲 Jamaica](https://geo-parity.com/livability/jamaica/) — quality 51.2, essentials $1,355/mo
- [🇬🇩 Grenada](https://geo-parity.com/livability/grenada/) — quality 51.1, essentials $1,329/mo

See also: [everyday prices](https://geo-parity.com/expenses/?tab=prices)

## Frequently asked questions

- **Is United States a good place to live for remote workers?**: United States scores 88/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 271.2 Mbps, safety 65, healthcare 88, air quality 89, english 100) — rank 18 of 167. Fast cable/fibre almost everywhere; healthcare quality high but costly without employer insurance.
- **How fast is the internet in United States?**: Median fixed broadband is around 271.2 Mbps. Fast cable/fibre almost everywhere; healthcare quality high but costly without employer insurance.
- **What does $3,000/month get you in United States?**: Single-person essentials run about $2,410/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "comfortable" (1.2× essentials).

Safety, healthcare and air quality are objective figures from the World Bank (homicide rate, life expectancy) and WHO (PM2.5); internet speed and English are curated. City variation is real — verify locally. Agents: GET /api/livability.json?budget=3000.

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Source: Geo-Parity — https://geo-parity.com/livability/united-states/ · JSON: https://geo-parity.com/api/livability.json