cityparity: Cost-of-Living & Quality-of-Life Comparison

Name: cityparity: Cost-of-Living & Quality-of-Life Comparison
Author: summerstateofmind

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About cityparity: Cost-of-Living & Quality-of-Life Comparison

cityparity gives AI agents real cost-of-living and quality-of-life comparison tools. Point it at two cities and it returns take-home pay, a full cost breakdown (housing, healthcare, childcare, food, transit, travel home, property tax), and the equivalent salary you'd need in the

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Basic information

Config

Add this server to your MCP-compatible client using the configuration below.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cityparity": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "cityparity-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Tools

Compare two cities for one household: take-home pay, full cost breakdown, the equivalent target salary needed to match source net cash, non-cash lifestyle deltas (vacation, parental leave, healthcare), and a 0-100 quality score on five weighted dimensions. Use this for a head-to-head between two named cities; for a single city call get_city_summary, and to rank many cities call rank_cities. Read-only, no side effects; returns a text summary plus structured JSON. RSU income is NOT a parameter; RSU is treated as source-only because grants typically do not follow you across employers.

List all city slugs supported by cityparity, grouped by country. Call this first to discover valid slugs before any other tool; the optional country filter narrows to one country. Read-only, no side effects; returns a text summary plus structured JSON.

Concise profile of one city: currency, tax shape (bracket count + top rate + payroll/national insurance), headline costs (rent / groceries / transit / childcare), safety-net values (parental leave, vacation, universal healthcare), and data freshness. Lighter than compare_cities; use when the user is asking about one place rather than a comparison. Read-only, no side effects; returns a text summary plus structured JSON.

Rank supported cities by composite quality-of-life score across five weighted dimensions (financial, healthcare, vacation, childcare, safety_net). Returns top N (default 10), with filters for country, countries, region (europe/asia/north_america/south_america/oceania), has_universal_healthcare, include_cities, and exclude_cities. Use this to shortlist across many cities; for a head-to-head between two named cities use compare_cities. The same scenario is applied to every city so scores are directly comparable (default: single person, 2BR rent, $100k USD-equivalent gross). Read-only, no side effects; returns a text summary plus structured JSON.

Batch lookup of safety-net values — parental leave weeks + paid percentage, universal healthcare flag, vacation days, public holidays — for 1 to 20 cities at once, plus each city's safety_net dimension score (0-100) for relative strength. This is the only tool that accepts many cities in one call: use it to line several places up on family / leave / healthcare benefits. For one city's full profile (tax shape + costs + safety net together) call get_city_summary instead; for a two-city head-to-head that includes cost-of-living use compare_cities. Read-only, no side effects; returns a text summary plus structured JSON.

Look up a city's inbound-worker tax regime, the special reduced-tax schemes for relocating workers that general cost-of-living tools do not surface. Returns null when the country has no modeled regime (most cities). Modeled regimes: Italy impatriati (Milan, Rome), Portugal IFICI (Lisbon, Porto), Belgium expat (Brussels), Poland B2B ryczałt (Warsaw, Kraków), Greece inbound (Athens). Each entry includes the mechanic (reduction percentage or flat rate), duration, income cap if any, and a conservative eligibility hint. Read-only, no side effects; returns a text summary plus structured JSON.

Overview

What is cityparity: Cost-of-Living & Quality-of-Life Comparison?

A hosted MCP server that lets AI agents compare cities on cost-of-living, take-home pay, equivalent target salary, and quality-of-life factors like vacation, parental leave, and universal healthcare. It covers about 165 cities across 69 countries and requires no API key. Built for relocation decisions, the service is free, rate-limited, and reachable at https://mcp.cityparity.com/mcp.

How to use cityparity: Cost-of-Living & Quality-of-Life Comparison?

Configure any Streamable HTTP–capable MCP client to point at https://mcp.cityparity.com/mcp. For stdio-only clients, use the npm bridge package cityparity-mcp (install globally or via npx). Start by calling list_cities to discover supported city slugs, then use tools like compare_cities, rank_cities, or get_safety_net as needed.

Key features of cityparity: Cost-of-Living & Quality-of-Life Comparison

Compare two cities with full cost breakdown and equivalent salary
Discover supported city slugs grouped by country
Get one-city profile with tax shape and headline costs
Rank cities by composite quality score with custom filters
Retrieve safety-net values (parental leave, vacation, healthcare) for up to 20 cities
Access inbound tax regime details for expat-friendly schemes

Use cases of cityparity: Cost-of-Living & Quality-of-Life Comparison

Evaluate cost-of-living difference between two specific cities before a move
Find the equivalent salary needed in a target city to maintain lifestyle
Rank multiple cities by quality score using custom weight preferences
Compare social safety-net benefits (childcare subsidies, parental leave, universal healthcare) across cities
Understand tax implications of inbound worker regimes like Italy impatriati or Portugal IFICI

FAQ from cityparity: Cost-of-Living & Quality-of-Life Comparison

How is this different from other cost-of-living calculators?

cityparity explicitly prices the social safety net (childcare subsidies, parental leave, statutory vacation, universal healthcare) so that "the lower-salary city actually pays more" becomes a quantifiable number.

What are the runtime or dependency requirements?

The hosted MCP server has no client-side dependencies. The optional npm bridge (cityparity-mcp) requires Node.js ≥ 20 and uses no external dependencies.

Where does my query data go?

Queries are sent only to mcp.cityparity.com. No accounts, no client-side telemetry, and no personally identifiable information is logged beyond standard HTTP server logs.

Are there any known limits or restrictions?

The service is rate-limited at the edge. RSU income is not supported as an input; grants are treated as source-only because they generally do not follow you across employers.

What transport and authentication are used?

The server speaks Streamable HTTP (MCP spec 2025-06-18). It is completely free and requires no API key or authentication.

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