@seikatsu @teleportinc I like how simple it is; I was immediately drawn to try it out. It made sense. However, here are the two things I noticed. 1. Your tagline is "MOVE TO YOUR BEST PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK" but average LIVING prices aren't displayed. This may be outside your scope, but something I thought of when I compared my city against others. I saw move tickets, but not the most important part of my decision. Gyms and movie tickets? Eh. Energy costs, gas, grocery prices, home costs? Yeah, definitely. I'm thinking monthly recurring bills when I consider moving. 2. I compared Denver to Seattle and San Fran and the cost was basically the same. Seattle, sure, that's probably true. San Fran? Cost of living difference of 0% from Denver to San Fran? I then compared it to Boulder. The calculator said I'd make 37% less and that cost of living wouldn't change. Maybe the data pool is small and that's why, but anecdotally, the data doesn't seem to match other sources. Maybe, on the other hand the data is correct, but I can't judge the data because I have no indication on the site of where it came from, so all I can say internally is, "Hmm, that... doesn't seem right-" Overall I like it, it's simple for me to do QUICK calculations (which is great) and the numbers I care about are fast to read. I'd use this in the future if the data "made sense", whatever that means. Anyway, one person's experience. What I'm trying to say is that I have to trust the data and the numbers and some seemed odd. Otherwise, the site was fast, intuitive, responsive, and I liked that it updated as I typed so I could project hypothetical salary scenarios.

@hellosmoore thanks so much for taking the time to write down your thoughts, Shannon! A high level thought: for relative city-to-city comparison, the exact composition of your personal shopping basket / recurring spend doesn't matter that much, actually, for quick comparisons. There are some things quite safe to assume (rent, food, some transport, etc) in the statistical basket, and even if the exact shares in your particular case differ, the relative difference of statistical composite basket in NYC vs SF wouldn't change that much. e.g if it was +30% in A->B example, then changing individual components by large amount (-50% less entertainment, +40% more groceries) might drive the composite only to +28% or +32% overall end result. We don't know anyway in this format (without importing 2 years of bank card history or something) if the user prefers $9 or $90 bottle of wine, so somewhere is a "precise enough" point. and some prices tend to be correlated, like higher electricity price probably means higher service prices (because gyms and hairdressers keep their lights on too). Basically, the more data points we include in our sample baskets, the more the relative comparisons stabilize statistically even without knowing individual users' actual purchases. Also, for many more location preferences (not just more granular cost settings, like the apartment size), please do try our Teleport Cities tool, too - that's the more personalized search experience for which Eightball is more of a quick'n'dirty salary+cost preview, really All that said, let us look into the particular SF vs Denver costs case, that doesn't sound right indeed. Thanks again!

@hellosmoore Hi Shannon, You are right on the spot on the comparison bit. We (by which I mean "I") were using country average data instead of specific city data. This is fixed, so please check again. Thanks for the feedback.

Hey @bentossell - yeah, have not gotten there yet with our data collection. But the good news, we plan the cities roadmap based on user votes, so do give https://teleport.org/cities/vote... some love (and tell your friends!) to get it up there quicker! :)

@markorussiver thanks, Marko!

@madsemiil thanks, and great point about deeper product linking!

@kailikleemeier indeed, splicing the data that way ("this is what I do, where should I be?") has crossed our mind too. your unaided ask for the same helps to bump up the priority for sure! :) also, the usecase of describing all your needs and seeing all the best places in the world as search results is the core experience of our Teleport Cities product. so whoever misses it in Eightball flow today, is welcome to sign up for the full schabang: https://teleport.org/cities/

@filpn care to elaborate on this feedback?

@tayler2412 really appreciate the data validation, and UI compliments coming from a designer! :) thanks, Tayler