a landable guide
The full Landable composite for 2026. Affordability, weather, parks, walkability, activity, and flights: the cities that win across all of it.
By Karol Gajda
Remote work is no longer a perk that might get clawed back. For a wide slice of the workforce, it is the baseline, and the implication has finally sunk in: where you live is a choice you get to make. Coastal rents have not softened. The median rent in San Francisco is above $3,000; in New York it is higher. The gap between what people earn and what their city costs has stayed stubbornly large, and the cities that benefit from that gap are getting sharper.
This is the flagship Landable ranking: all six dimensions scored with no dominant weight. Affordability at 20%, weather at 20%, parks at 20%, walkability at 15%, activity at 15%, connectivity at 10%. No rent cap, no dominant filter. The cities that rise are genuinely well-rounded, not just cheap, not just sunny, not just walkable in a single neighborhood near the train station.
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FL · 6.2M metro
Miami tops the list. Median rent $2,665, 272 pleasant days a year, Walk Score 97. The full composite lands it first: no single number carries it, which is the point.
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GA · 6.3M metro
Atlanta runs second. Rent at $1,814, 204 pleasant days, Walk Score 93. A city that scores well across every dimension, not by dominating one.
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CO · 3.0M metro
Third is Denver. Median rent $1,863, 174 pleasant days, Walk Score 97. Broad-based enough that the composite rewards it: strong on weather, parks, and walkability all at once.
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CA · 4.6M metro
San Francisco lands at four. Rent $3,146, 312 pleasant days, Walk Score 99. High on the parks and walkability dimensions; the full composite keeps it in the top five.
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DC · 6.3M metro
Washington at five. Median rent $2,352, 177 pleasant days, Walk Score 98. The weather and park scores pull hard here; this is the composite at work, not a single dominant stat.
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LA · 962k metro
New Orleans sits at six. Rent $1,612, 235 pleasant days, Walk Score 98. Far enough down the list that one or two dimensions trail, but still balanced enough to make the cut.
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WA · 4.0M metro
Seattle ranks seventh. Median rent $2,193, 182 pleasant days, Walk Score 98. One of those cities where the overall package earns the ranking more than any standout number does.
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NV · 2.3M metro
Las Vegas lands at eight. Rent $1,731, 210 pleasant days, Walk Score 82. A solid composite performer: not the cheapest, not the sunniest, not the most walkable, but consistently competitive across all six.
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OR · 2.5M metro
Portland ranks ninth. Median rent $1,781, 178 pleasant days, Walk Score 100. Still top ten on the full composite, which means it clears the bar on affordability, weather, parks, and walkability without a glaring deficit in any.
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IL · 9.3M metro
Chicago closes the ten. Rent $2,170, 153 pleasant days, Walk Score 100. The final slot on a list with no rent cap or dominant filter is a genuine endorsement: this city earned it across the board.
see the full dispatch for ChicagoRanked 20% affordability, 20% weather (pleasant days minus extreme heat and cold penalties), 20% parks (TPL ParkScore), 15% walkability, 15% activity, 10% flight connectivity. No filters applied. The full unfiltered ranking of all cities in the Landable dataset.
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