How it works

Explore vs Live

Choose Find a place to explore when you want a trip-shaped shortlist — travel month, length of stay, culture, and things to do. Choose Find a place to live when you are weighing a longer stay: housing, healthcare, day-to-day fit, and settling in.

Your preferences

Mark what matters across domains such as climate, cost of living, safety, healthcare, culture, recreation, leisure, infrastructure, practicalities, and population. Add hard constraints (“must have” or “must avoid”) and optional notes. The slider on each topic sets how finely you describe it and how much it counts. 0 leaves that topic out. Anything left blank means no preference, not a dislike.

Reading a match

Each place includes a match strength, a short rationale, and key factors tied to your brief. United States locations are shown as Place, State, United States so cities with shared names stay clear. Dig deeper with Tell Me More, activities, vacation itineraries, or relocation packages when you want more detail on one locale.

Travelogue ethos

EarthData.IO borrows the tone of classic air-tours abroad guides: condensed titles, warm paper, and a ticket to elsewhere. We aim for candid, practical place notes — enough to spark a real conversation about where you might go next — while leaving final decisions (and due diligence) with you.