Best bang for the buck place to live to play Internet poker?

[aujoz]

Broadly speaking (and there are certainly outliers) there's a trade off between cost of living and standard of living.


If you want something more substantial than random anonymous people endorsing their own home town, Canada and Australia (as far as countries that are both English-speaking and "Western") host a number of cities that do well on both counts:

Research into Cost of living, ranking cities:
http://www.finfacts.ie/costofliving.htm
Moscow replaces Tokyo as world’s most expensive city; Asuncion in Paraguay is the cheapest

Most Eastern European cities have dropped sharply in the rankings

Many US cities have risen in the rankings due to the strength of the dollar

London drops two places to rank fifth



Research into Quality of living, ranking cities:
http://www.finfacts.ie/qualityoflife.htm

Zurich scores highest for quality of living, Baghdad ranks lowest

Cities in Canada, Europe and Australia dominate the top of the rankings

Honolulu is the highest ranking city in the US; Houston is the lowest

London remains at position 39; Birmingham and Glasgow both climb one place to joint 55th position



P.S. I am in the habit of renting out a spare room in Newcastle, Australia, for several weeks/months at a time to 2p2'ers. My current "guest" is staying until mid-february...pm me for info