Compare cities I'm thinking of moving to
A side-by-side comparison of cities on cost, jobs, lifestyle, and climate, weighted by what matters most to you.
The prompt
Help me compare cities I'm thinking of moving to. This is step 1 of relocating.
Cities I'm considering: [LIST 2-5]
Why I want to move: [job, family, cost, lifestyle, fresh start]
Work situation: [remote / need a local job in FIELD / moving for a specific offer]
Who's moving: [just me, partner, kids and their ages, pets]
What matters most: [rank: cost of living, job market, schools, climate, outdoors, culture, diversity, transit, near family, safety, healthcare]
Deal-breakers: [e.g. "harsh winters", "need to be within a 2-hour flight of my parents"]
Budget for housing: [monthly rent or purchase range]
Do this:
1. Turn my priorities into weighted criteria (weights add up to 100).
2. Compare the cities on each criterion. Use general knowledge, label anything that changes often (rents, taxes, job openings) as [CHECK CURRENT DATA], and tell me where to look it up.
3. Note the trade-offs a ranking hides, such as a cheaper city with much lower salaries in my field, or state income tax versus property tax.
4. Suggest how to test each finalist before committing: a visit that includes a weekday morning commute and a grocery run, talking to locals in my field, checking a short-term rental.
Return: a scored comparison table, a 3-sentence verdict per city, and the 5 questions that would most change my ranking. Keep it - next I'll build a moving and cost-of-living budget for my top choice.
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- LIST 2-5
- job, family, cost, lifestyle, fresh start
- just me, partner, kids and their ages, pets
- monthly rent or purchase range
- CHECK CURRENT DATA
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the RTF structure (Role, Task, Format). RTF tells the model who to be, what to do and what shape the answer should take. It is the quickest structure that still gives noticeably better results than a bare request.
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