Maksim Streltcov
I lead ImmigrationDB. This page says who I am, what the project is for, and how it pays for itself — so you can judge the numbers on it.
What I am trying to do
Almost everyone weighing a move looks at the capitals, and the capitals are where living is most expensive and most crowded. The information that would show someone a better-fitting place — one with lower rent, cleaner air, available work and comfortable everyday conditions — already exists in official registers, but it is scattered across countries, languages and formats, so nobody compares it. ImmigrationDB collects it and puts it side by side, so a place you have never heard of gets the same chance as a famous one.
How the project is funded
It is not. There is no sponsor, no investor, no client and nothing for sale. The data is gathered from public official sources, and it will stay free: I will not charge for access to figures that the public already paid to produce. That also means no city, country or route can be ranked higher because someone paid for it.
How the data is handled
Every published value keeps the authority that published it, a direct link to it, the geographic scope it was measured over, its observation period and the date it was last verified. Where a figure does not exist, the page says so instead of estimating one. If you find a number that looks wrong, tell me and I will re-check it against the source.
Methodology Report a wrong valueWhere to find me
These are my verified profiles. Use the contact form for anything about a published record — it reaches the review queue, which direct messages do not.
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What ImmigrationDB publishes, what it deliberately does not do, and the terms under which anyone may reuse the data — free, with the original sources credited.
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