A future initiative exploring how different places support different ways of living.
What kind of life does this place make easier to live?
Where you live influences how you live.
The ALIVE Living Index is a future initiative designed to explore how different places support different ways of living.
At its core is one question:
What kind of life does this place make easier to live?
There is no universal “best place to live.”
Different people want different lives. Some may value nature, beauty, and quiet. Others may prioritize culture, walkability, intellectual life, community, or opportunity.
The ideal environment for one person may therefore be completely different from the ideal environment for another.
THE ALIVE FACTORS
Beauty • Nature • Community • Walkability • Culture • Intellectual Life • Wellness • Recreation • Climate • Accessibility • Housing • Connection • Possibility
THE CENTRAL QUESTION
Where does the way I want to live come most naturally?
The goal of the ALIVE Living Index is to help people think about place not only in terms of popularity, cost, or conventional rankings, but in terms of alignment with the life they want to create.
YOUR LIFE. YOUR PRIORITIES. YOUR ENVIRONMENT.
The Index is envisioned as a way to explore which environments may better support an individual’s priorities, values, interests, and preferred way of living.
Rather than asking only, “What is the best place to live?” the deeper question becomes:
What is the best environment for the life I want to live?
A PLATFORM BUILT TO GROW
Over time, the ALIVE Living Index may expand to include:
Community Profiles
Research
Rankings
Personalized Recommendations
Geographic Guides
Partnerships
FUTURE COLLABORATION
The development of the Index may eventually involve collaboration with:
Developers
Urban Planners
Architects
Landscape Architects
Municipalities
Community Organizations
Researchers
THE LONG-TERM VISION
A place is more than somewhere you live.
It influences what becomes easier to experience, pursue, practice, sustain, and become.
The ALIVE Living Index is intended to help individuals better understand that relationship between place and possibility.
Where does the way I want to live come most naturally?