About Slower Sundays
By Sol Lakein, founder of Slower Sundays. Updated November 2026.
What we do
We cover 54 destination cities, every state, and over 100 metro areas. For each one we show home prices, the monthly payment on the median home, rent, everyday prices, weather, flights home and any relocation incentive, side by side with the city you live in now.
We track 104 relocation incentive programs and check each against its official page.
Slower Sundays is founded and run by Sol Lakein.
Where the numbers come from
- Everyday prices and housing costs: US Bureau of Economic Analysis regional price parities.
- Home prices: Realtor.com median listing prices, published on FRED by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
- Rent: US Census Bureau American Community Survey.
- Who is moving where: US Census Bureau population estimates.
- Mortgage rates: Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey.
- Weather: NOAA climate normals. Flights: each airport's published route list. Incentives: each program's official page.
Every page lists its sources at the bottom, with dates. When we do not have a number, we say so rather than estimate it. The full method: How we compare cost of living.
How we rank places
Rankings use prices, space, weather, flights and migration totals only. We never rank, recommend or describe places by who lives there. Each ranking page publishes its formula.
How the site is paid for
The site and the quiz are free for movers. We plan to work with communities that recruit new residents. Any paid placement will be labeled as sponsored on the page.
Contact
For press, data questions, corrections or partnerships, email Sol Lakein at hello@slowersundays.com. Reporters are welcome to use our data with a link to the page it comes from. Follow along on Instagram.
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