After landing in a green paradise (the boondocks) and spending a couple of months there I learned it was absolutely depressing because there's nothing to do. That's Woodbourne in upstate NY. A huge federal prison towers over the landscape, bringing money, but it doesn't translate into any kind of improvement in the little hamlet, not even passable sidewalks or hiking trails. Miami is very low in my scale because the corruption makes it completely dysfunctional, most prominent is traffic, infrastructure and parks. Nobody is out. I believe NYC is a better city where people are out and about. Living in a cage is not an option for dogs or myself. Moscow rates high in quality of life, most prominently having tamed traffic and creating quality parks. They always had the best metro in the world. And you see the city is absolutely clean. I don't know of any American city like that. People who can afford it, move to a gated community.