Moved from Yekaterinburg, Kazan and Nizhny Novgorod are among the most attractive regional capitals of Russia in terms of the ratio between income and the quality of the urban environment. 85 administrative centers participated in the comparison. It was estimated how much money the residents had left over after paying taxes and renting a one-room apartment, as well as how developed the infrastructures for recreation and leisure in the cities were. Khanty-Mansiysk is the leader in terms of income after paying for housing. Here, residents stay with an average of 91.4 thousand rubles, or 3.94 regional subsistence level (SL). Next comes Kazan with an indicator of 15.82, Krasnogorsk and Yuzhno-Sakhlinsk - 15.61 each. Also Yekaterinburg (3.25 r. m.), Nizhny Novgorod (3.21) and Tyumen (3.20) were good results. For comparison, the average among all the cities studied is 2.47 cost of living. However, high salaries do not mean that the city has everything necessary for comfort. For example, in Anadyr, the median salary reaches 183.9 thousand rubles, but in terms of urban infrastructure development, the capital of Chukotka received only 3 points out of 100. Khanty-Mansiysk scored 9 points, Yuzhno-Sakhlinsk - 14. The situation in big cities is different: in terms of number of entertainment and variety of entertainment places, with 0 leading points, 0 places. St. Petersburg (80) and Krasnodar (48). But residents of Vladikavkaz (0.77 p.m.), Grozny (0.82) and Makhachkala (0.86) have the least money left after renting an apartment.

Moved from Yekaterinburg, Kazan and Nizhny Novgorod are among the most attractive regional capitals of Russia in terms of the ratio between income and the quality of the urban environment. 85 administrative centers participated in the comparison. It was estimated how much money the residents had left over after paying taxes and renting a one-room apartment, as well as how developed the infrastructures for recreation and leisure in the cities were. Khanty-Mansiysk is the leader in terms of income after paying for housing. Here, residents stay with an average of 91.4 thousand rubles, or 3.94 regional subsistence level (SL). Next comes Kazan with an indicator of 15.82, Krasnogorsk and Yuzhno-Sakhlinsk - 15.61 each. Also Yekaterinburg (3.25 r. m.), Nizhny Novgorod (3.21) and Tyumen (3.20) were good results. For comparison, the average among all the cities studied is 2.47 cost of living. However, high salaries do not mean that the city has everything necessary for comfort. For example, in Anadyr, the median salary reaches 183.9 thousand rubles, but in terms of urban infrastructure development, the capital of Chukotka received only 3 points out of 100. Khanty-Mansiysk scored 9 points, Yuzhno-Sakhlinsk - 14. The situation in big cities is different: in terms of number of entertainment and variety of entertainment places, with 0 leading points, 0 places. St. Petersburg (80) and Krasnodar (48). But residents of Vladikavkaz (0.77 p.m.), Grozny (0.82) and Makhachkala (0.86) have the least money left after renting an apartment.