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A new place. A new chapter. Boston and London Source: GooferPlaces, Boston and London, based on Eurostat — Price level indices, household final consumption (tec00120 / prc_ppp_ind_1) ; World Bank — Tax revenue % of GDP (GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS) ; NASA POWER — climatology (T2M temperature; PRECTOTCORR precipitation) ; Climate normals 1991-2020 (WMO / national meteorological services, via Wikipedia climate tables) ; ONS — Private rental market summary statistics in England (one-bedroom median monthly rent) ; World Bank — GNI per capita, PPP (NY.GNP.PCAP.PP.CD) ; World Bank — PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (EN.ATM.PM25.MC.M3) ; World Bank / UNODC — Intentional homicides per 100k (VC.IHR.PSRC.P5) ; EFEHR / ESHM20 — European Seismic Hazard Model 2020 ; World Bank — Life expectancy at birth (SP.DYN.LE00.IN) ; ILO — Average gross monthly earnings of employees ; Documented public-transport provision ordinal (rapid-transit systems + city size); OpenStreetMap coastline — derived distance to sea ; Derived distance to mountains (>1500 m), from public elevation/peak data ; Eurostat — Broadband internet coverage by technology (isoc_cbt) ; Eurostat — Number of foreign languages known, self-reported (edat_aes_l21) ; OurAirports — airport locations ; GeoNames geographical database — global city identity fallback ; NASA POWER — climatology (T2M temperature; PRECTOTCORR precipitation) ; World Bank HCI+ education pillar (2025) . Observation dates: 1991-2020, 2001-2020, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2022-2023, 2024, 2025, 2026-08, 2026-08-30, 2026-09-20, climatology. https://gooferplaces.com/compare-cities?city=boston&with=london
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