Sooooooo…….I screwed up. Rochester was supposed to be on our next video. I’m not sure what happened but it got added to this coastal video. Human error that should have been caught.
Virginia native here! Very surprised, yet satisfying, to hear VA beach on the list. The people there are so relaxed and the food is multi-cultural and delicious. Not only that, but the beach is so beautiful where you can experience a vast array of marine life. It wasn’t until I got older that I really started appreciating VA Beach. Glad to hear it come up as your #1 Briggs.
@@jeffm9770 Depending on the time you are going, there are all sorts of things to do. If it’s between January and April, you can see the blue whales. If it’s during the summer, there is a kyaking tours that you can take. I prefer the Landing Cove tour off of the bay because you can see bald eagle and sea turtle nesting areas. But there are tours where you can kyak near wild dolphins. There’s also a large network of trails at First Landing Park. Lastly, if you want a quiet and peaceful vacation, stay on the north end of the beach. If you want to stumble from the bar to your hotel room, stay on the south end. Have fun!
I am from Va. and have been to Va. Beach many times in fact I have a close relative that lives there. 30 years ago VB was a pretty cool place to take a family vacation but now not so much. Too much traffic, cars blasting out music till 2 am along the beach, limited parking, crime along the beach front is a thing and last but not least the prices the hotels charge is flat out crazy. It just is not my cup of tea these days and I have a free place to stay in a really nice home say 15 minutes from the beach. Oh I forgot you have to go through the Hampton Tunnel to get to VB and that is a nightmare on it's own.
@@johnp.johnson1541 I think you would find it quite different now. It has the feel of a beach in NJ to me. Now if you are used to city life with all that goes with it you might just love VB in 2024.
@@WorldAccordingToBriggs Nicola Pizza is the BEST! It was in downtown Rehoboth, but moved to Coastal Hwy in Lewes (pronounced Lewis). If you are in Rehoboth though, Louie's Pizza is where the locals go...MUCH better than Grotto...where the tourists go.
You name one city on the Pacific coast and it's Seaside. Don't bother telling anyone that a warm day in July in Seaside is 65 degrees, that it rains ten months of the year, and that walking on the beach is only comfortable if you enjoy being sandblasted.
Rehoboth is great in the off-season. During the summer, the traffic is awful. Lewes is beautiful. Food is great. The ferry to Cape May is a good way to avoid major highways to New Jersey.
@@matts4852 Lewes (pronounced Lewis) isn't a secret anymore. Just drive down Kings Hwy and New Rd. Nothing but tract housing one on top of the other. Rehoboth has been paved over and summer parking is almost $5 per hr if you want to get to the boardwalk. 🥺
Thank you for not mentioning the town my husband and I are considering. The list was great, but knowing we won't be part of a mass influx makes it even better!!
😂I was thinking the same thing. Wait🤔 Are you going where I'm at??😳🤨😄 It's in between LA and San Diego, it's Beautiful and well balanced with diversity, God Fearing People, Confused Religion people* there's a difference😂 and yes Liberalism but not the extreme nuts of any of the three😊👍 it's almost always sunny beautiful beaches, nice spots to eat for whatever you need and you can surf, swim, ski, hike desert trails or camp in the forest all with less that 3hrs🤫 Yet unlike many jerks I won't keep it a secret.. It's Carlsbad/Oceanside California..Come on over people God Said He Created All Men, One Blood..and that is something We Honor around here👋🏿😎🙏🏿💪🏻☝🏾👍🇺🇸
I would have been willing to see Duluth MN as "coastal": Lake Superior is massive and the great lakes are navigable to the Atlantic. But Rochester? No. Rochester is a good city, glad he reviewed it. Just not "coastal"
Lived in Biloxi for 3 years. Locals pronounce it like"Buh-luxi". You'll get raised eyebrows if you say it any other way.... Also, humidity/heat is unreal in the summer, (hurricane country) but winters are mild/warm-ish... Beaches aren't usually crowded because most locals don't like the brackish MS Gulf coast surf. No waves, but always very warm. Feels like you're relaxing in a warm bath tub. Good place to live if you enjoy Mardi Gras parades and great seafood.
Thank you for the coastal version of your retirement episodes! Always hilarious and informative!! All of them are equally important (crime, weather COL)
It was horrible. At one point the base commander closed the beach to Airmen because the water was polluted and the beach dirty. We had to bring one of our guys to the flight surgeon after he had a fishbone from a fish skeleton buried in the sand go through the sole of his shoe, through his foot, and out the top of the shoe right behind his toes. The water was brown. Not blue. But according to locals it was because the last hurricane to go through 16 years before blocked off the bay so the tide couldn't come in or out. I don't know. I thought it was the sewer pipe dumping stuff into the bay.
Went to tech school at Keesler as well. We weren't even allowed on the beach it was so bad. Biloxi itself is a pretty terrible as well. The base is amazing though. Not amazing enough for me to go back though lol
@@usa91787The water is brackish due to the mississippi river and the barrier islands. It’s creates a channel of sediment from the river mixed in with water from the gulf. That’s why if you go out past the islands the water changes colors pretty quickly. Water isn’t blue like AL, but it is nice to have islands; and they help during hurricanes.
Rehobeth is actually really nice 👍 one rly nice thing about it is how relatively close to bigger cities in the northeast/midatlantic. It’s a nicer than the Maryland beach town down the road :). Folks are surprised how nice and progressive and artsy it is. Also the downtown area is directly next to the beach- take a quaint downtown with a decent/fun night life and stick it right by the beach = rehobeth.
I don't know how you know so much about all the places you talk about in your videos. You nailed it about Delray. Natives say Delray. The town also has an ampitheatre and two live stage theatres.
Briggs, great video! You mentioned in the first two minutes about social security in Mississippi, but did not mention it on any of the other states. For retirement it’s something that should be mentioned. Other than that, Great video. Thanks
Beaufort is also near Fort Macon if you're a history buff. And not too far from the state aquarium. New Bern also some cool historical sites and is about 40 miles away.
Florida resident here, Delray Beach is my favorite beach town. I live in the St. Augustine area that is nice as well. Overall Florida is starting to become a challenge for retirees. There are a lot of factors to consider if you want to retire in Florida.
Maine has a lot more to offer than Portland. Places like Rockland and Camden are nice too. Then there are Bar Harbor and Southwest Harbor. Yeah, Bar Harbor is a bit crowded in summer, but Southwest Harbor isn't bad. Also the winters in Bar Harbor and Southwest Harbor are warmer than Portland.
@@Savvygal Not so much for retirees. No tax on social security. There is a $45,800 pension exemption and that includes 401K, etc. withdrawals. Maine also gives the full federal standard deduction and a $5,000 per person personal exemption. So for a married couple 65 or older, there is no tax on the first $42,300 and that couple can deduct up to $45,800 in combined social security benefits and pension/401K withdrawals. So a couple could pay zero tax on income up to about $88K. That income could be considerably higher if part of the income was in the form of treasury bill/note/bond interest which is not taxable by states. There are also property and sales tax rebates based on income. Overall retirees are not taxed all that much in Maine.
If you go to Virginia Beach - check out the Chics beach and Sandbridge beach areas instead of the main ocean front - beautiful and so much less crowded. There is also a lot more greenery than people would expect.
I live within a few minutes from the beach of Lake Memphremagog. I can watch the water from my house. We’re on the Canadian border and the lake actually travels up into Canada.
Love Rehoboth DE - so cute and lived in Virginia Beach for 2 years - love VB too. The 2 big drawbacks to VB are it is tough renting there because rentals are in high demand, and there is not a great downtown. The beach and weather are great though and it is more affordable than most beach towns.
Del Ray a cool little town. The downtown area almost has a small town feeling. It’s gotten a lot more expensive than it used to be when my grandparents first bought there in the 70s, but it still has a lot of charm and a beautiful ocean. The Gulfstream comes closest to Delray.
Rehoboth Beach. Lovely beach town. We love it. BUT...... If you live there, you can count on stand-still traffic every day between Memorial Day and Labor Day. So...break out your bicycle and have at it.
My father retired to VA Beach and so we visited often, staying in multiple different hotels. Always a good time there. Surprised it ranks as #1 on this list.
@@daisyle1203the beaches aren’t “dirty” the water is just brackish due to the mississippi river & having barrier islands. Go to ship, cat, deer or horn island. The water is a completely different color on the other side of the island.
Florida, I love the Miami/Palm Beach side and Naples/Punta Gorda side... sadly the traffic on both sides is awful and homeowner insurance is going to run 1 to 1.5% of home value annually, and that's with high deductibles and some limited coverages.
6 years in Texas showed me though economy is good too many other issues. So after not having been to Florida for 32 years I checked it out for a week or so on way back to Michigan. Checked out Tavares, Mt. Dora the Orlando area. A little too busy plus would rather be close to ocean for salt water fishing 🎣. So this video plus others have me about 90 % sure St. Augustine will work. I'll go visit next winter then by September or Oct 2026 hopefully have a place there. May to August or a little longer lake front southern Michigan but St. Augustine Florida as main home.Good job as usual Briggs . Oh and only 40 miles to Jacksonville plus spring fed clear rivers with no gators in them close by lots to do. Plus not far to go visit Tampa down to Naples.
You have to be lidding me with VA Beach. I live here and can't wait to leave when I retire. Though I do like St. Augustine and Beaufort and have stayed there many times.
I live in Delray Beach and the one thing the video missed is the fabulous downtown. Lots of restaurants/sidewalk dining, galleries, boutiques and just some general retail stores. Totally walkable with a very large parking garage that’s free until 4 PM every day.
I wonder if he accidentally spliced in the wrong city. maybe Rochester was meant for a different video. Otherwise, it doesn’t make sense why this made the list.
Weather! I believe that I have done well enough to reasonably afford five or seven of the places you recommended on this excellent video. However, weather has made choosing a literal crapshoot. I really want to move to the Florida Panhandle (not in, but north/NE of the Tallahassee area). However, the regular conga line of hurricanes married to a new threat of tornadoes due to crashing warm and cold fronts that are making the area another Tornado Alley in the late winter/early spring has given me pause. The west is nothing but wildfires and potential drought; the midwestern plains are Ground Zero for tornadoes; floods and severe storms are a new reality for eastern coastal areas up and down the coastline. I thought about Wyoming for about ten minutes, but the minuses outweigh the pluses. North Dakota? Safe, but TOO cold. Right now, western North Carolina/Eastern Tennessee is looking like a promising bet. My mind boggles!!!
I’d love to retire to a big city. Hospitals are close by. Walkability to all sorts of things I’d love to do. Costal cities are even better and to combat higher real estate just get a smaller place. A 1 or 2 bedroom is plenty for most retirees.
How could you miss Traverse City michigan, Alden michigan, Menomonie Wisconsin, Alpena michigan, Marine City michigan, Marquette Michigan, or Petoskey michigan? Maybe you should just do one on best retirement towns that are on the coast in Michigan because you can fill a whole episode up with those
Rehoboth Beach represent!!! ⛱️ ❤ love the DE beaches, I grew up on them. Unfortunately they were much better back in the day when Grottos was good and it wasn't overpopulated.
You need a part two. California absent from the list? What about Imperial Beach and Solana Beach? Imperial Beach is on the north side of the border from Tijuana and Solana Beach is on the north side of the Del Mar racetrack. San Diego County offers a mega-load of things to do, no doubt about that.
A few important things you missed about the Rehoboth/Lewes area: 1.)Delaware has NO SALES TAX. 2.) As a result of #1, one of the big attractions of the area, especially in the offseason is the Rehoboth Outlets 3: Rehoboth is actually literally the next town south of Lewes. 4.) A Major attraction you missed is the Cape May-Lewes Ferry. You can ferry over to Cape May NJ and make a run to Atlantic City
Biloxi on my mind awhile, though after so many years in SoCal, don't know how I'd stand the humidity. Seriously considering different Virginia cities; never been there but seems like a great place. I like the Lewes pictures; curious about Delaware, yet thoughts of moving there give me a sense of foreboding for some reason. Cape May, New Jersey is nice, if too pricey. 1. crime, 2. weather, 3. cost-of-living
Thanks for all, and I mean all, of all your great videos. To answer your question, I would have added Healthcare as one of the important decisioning factors. However, out of your list, I would say the cost of living.
I work in healthcare in Minnesota. Seeing a specialist in Rochester can take a while because people literally travel from all over the world to see the specialists there. It is a nice town though.
Okay, for retirees: cobblestone streets might not be great. Falling is a major problem for seniors (I don’t even remember how many times I’ve fallen). Snow is a problem if you have to shovel it - it will do a job on your back, or give you a heart attack. I don’t live very far from Virginia Beach and it does have a lot going on. I can verify that the health care I’ve experienced in this area is by far the best I’ve experienced.
@@toodleloo2253 Yes, falling is serious business. I live in MN and fell twice last winter. When I get to retirement age, I'm probably going to buy a condo with underground parking for this very reason.
To be more accurate, only SOME of the streets (in the Old Port area) are cobblestone. Not likely a retiree is going to want to live there. A visit, maybe, for a pub crawl 😅 with extra care crossing the street.
I love your channel. Very entertaining. How about a video of decent small towns one can retire on social security in states with no property taxes. I own my home in armpit cal. (Hemet) but if I sell and reinvest where there are property taxes we won't be able to eat, drink, bath or stay warm or cool. Thx and God Bless.
Delray Beach is the town directly north of Boca Raton. I have lived in both. If you are looking to avoid Boca as it's a "hotspot", you won't find Delray much different. The downtown/coastal section has fewer high rises and more single family homes, but under a million is almost non existent. The averages come down when inland is figured in, but your not exactly near the beach. Atlantic Ave FWIW is the best nightlife/restaurant scene in Palm Beach County, but it's crazy 365 days a year - not laid back. The slower life can be found a county or two north of here.
I lived there for three years. My former husband is local architect, Chris Ridgway. He transformed our fixer-upper on Poplar Street. It's an enchanted cottage now. I wasn't crazy about the fog, and wanted to ski so I moved to Tahoe.
Weather is number one, and cost of living is a close second. If the weather isn't warm year round, it doesn't matter how affordable it is. Everywhere has crime.
When you chose Seaside, OR, you chose one of the most touristy towns on the OR coast. Yes, they have Castle Rock, great beaches, and excellent restaurants, but there are many more affordable and relaxed towns on the coast.
Sooooooo…….I screwed up. Rochester was supposed to be on our next video. I’m not sure what happened but it got added to this coastal video. Human error that should have been caught.
It was those voices telling to ya Briggs lol
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So what was the other seaside city? Also, you pronounced Biloxi wrong. The o is pronounced like a short u here in the south. 😊
I was wondering about that! Great video anyway.
So… what’s the missing costal town from the list?
Virginia native here! Very surprised, yet satisfying, to hear VA beach on the list. The people there are so relaxed and the food is multi-cultural and delicious. Not only that, but the beach is so beautiful where you can experience a vast array of marine life. It wasn’t until I got older that I really started appreciating VA Beach. Glad to hear it come up as your #1 Briggs.
I'm in PA and planning a family vacation to VA Beach next year. Any tips?
@@jeffm9770 Depending on the time you are going, there are all sorts of things to do. If it’s between January and April, you can see the blue whales. If it’s during the summer, there is a kyaking tours that you can take. I prefer the Landing Cove tour off of the bay because you can see bald eagle and sea turtle nesting areas. But there are tours where you can kyak near wild dolphins. There’s also a large network of trails at First Landing Park. Lastly, if you want a quiet and peaceful vacation, stay on the north end of the beach. If you want to stumble from the bar to your hotel room, stay on the south end. Have fun!
I am from Va. and have been to Va. Beach many times in fact I have a close relative that lives there. 30 years ago VB was a pretty cool place to take a family vacation but now not so much. Too much traffic, cars blasting out music till 2 am along the beach, limited parking, crime along the beach front is a thing and last but not least the prices the hotels charge is flat out crazy. It just is not my cup of tea these days and I have a free place to stay in a really nice home say 15 minutes from the beach. Oh I forgot you have to go through the Hampton Tunnel to get to VB and that is a nightmare on it's own.
@@johnp.johnson1541 I think you would find it quite different now. It has the feel of a beach in NJ to me. Now if you are used to city life with all that goes with it you might just love VB in 2024.
At 61 yrs old, my main concern in retirement is healthcare availability. Cost of living and crime are high factors as well. ❤️G
Rehoboth Beach is where "Weekend at Bernie's" is on loop replay for the past 4 years.
Spot on!
And Brandon falls!
@jimagent1826 well that spot has been a major tourist stop-point... although nobody cares anymore
I hate tropical heat. I lived in it for 5 years. I love 4 seasons. I don't live on the coast but inland with a lake and a river instead.
This is exactly what I want. Id rather live lakeside than coastal any day.
@@michelletidler6773I hate mosquitos and air conditioning and have neither at the SoCal coast in Oxnard.
That casual dining spot in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware is Grotto’s Pizza 🍕! The pizza with the famous pizza sauce swirl! It’s great! 👌🏼
Oh wow!
@@WorldAccordingToBriggs
Nicola Pizza is the BEST! It was in downtown Rehoboth, but moved to Coastal Hwy in Lewes (pronounced Lewis). If you are in Rehoboth though, Louie's Pizza is where the locals go...MUCH better than Grotto...where the tourists go.
Gross so many better places then grotto's
@@knhcarpentryhomeimprovemen8946 you are a pizza 🍕 snob 😅
@@CeruleanSky1111 Grotto’s 🍕 for the win 🏆 😂
I just enjoy learning about these little treasures. Off the beaten path, a nice vacay too.
Yes indeed!
Briggs you are not loser. You are winner!
You name one city on the Pacific coast and it's Seaside. Don't bother telling anyone that a warm day in July in Seaside is 65 degrees, that it rains ten months of the year, and that walking on the beach is only comfortable if you enjoy being sandblasted.
Sounds perfect to me!!
Rehoboth is great in the off-season. During the summer, the traffic is awful. Lewes is beautiful. Food is great. The ferry to Cape May is a good way to avoid major highways to New Jersey.
After hearing him say Biloxi, lord help Briggs if he ever ends up in Gautier.😂
I think he meant to say Buh-lux-ee
And the way he says lewes
@@matts4852 Lewes (pronounced Lewis) isn't a secret anymore. Just drive down Kings Hwy and New Rd. Nothing but tract housing one on top of the other. Rehoboth has been paved over and summer parking is almost $5 per hr if you want to get to the boardwalk. 🥺
Or Saucier! 😂
Gautier is pronounced Go-chay.
Thank you for not mentioning the town my husband and I are considering. The list was great, but knowing we won't be part of a mass influx makes it even better!!
Which town??. I'll be secret...I'm a semi retired teacher.
😂I was thinking the same thing. Wait🤔 Are you going where I'm at??😳🤨😄 It's in between LA and San Diego, it's Beautiful and well balanced with diversity, God Fearing People, Confused Religion people* there's a difference😂 and yes Liberalism but not the extreme nuts of any of the three😊👍 it's almost always sunny beautiful beaches, nice spots to eat for whatever you need and you can surf, swim, ski, hike desert trails or camp in the forest all with less that 3hrs🤫 Yet unlike many jerks I won't keep it a secret.. It's Carlsbad/Oceanside California..Come on over people God Said He Created All Men, One Blood..and that is something We Honor around here👋🏿😎🙏🏿💪🏻☝🏾👍🇺🇸
@@Justaguywithtruth it’s north of there, but you are warm.. Not gonna tell!!
Loved this video, I was cracking up from start to finish 😂. Conquistador had your tongue in a chokehold 🤣🤣🤣
I didn't realize Minnesota was near the coast!
I would have been willing to see Duluth MN as "coastal": Lake Superior is massive and the great lakes are navigable to the Atlantic. But Rochester? No. Rochester is a good city, glad he reviewed it. Just not "coastal"
Absolutely correct. I was shocked to see that on the list.
Mayo Clinic best healthcare
You never heard of the Central Coast 😂😂😂
Yeah apparently Rochester is coastal
I did one of St. Augustine's first Haunted Pub Crawls. Highly recommended!!
Lived in Biloxi for 3 years. Locals pronounce it like"Buh-luxi". You'll get raised eyebrows if you say it any other way....
Also, humidity/heat is unreal in the summer, (hurricane country) but winters are mild/warm-ish...
Beaches aren't usually crowded because most locals don't like the brackish MS Gulf coast surf. No waves, but always very warm. Feels like you're relaxing in a warm bath tub.
Good place to live if you enjoy Mardi Gras parades and great seafood.
Solid video man, could have watched 20 more options. Maybe more from the chesapeake loop. Maybe a separate video on that area👍👍😀
Thank you for the coastal version of your retirement episodes! Always hilarious and informative!! All of them are equally important (crime, weather COL)
My buddy went to Biloxi for tech school. I went to Lowry AFB in Denver. He wrote me that it didn’t take a miracle to walk on the water in Biloxi Bay.
It was horrible. At one point the base commander closed the beach to Airmen because the water was polluted and the beach dirty.
We had to bring one of our guys to the flight surgeon after he had a fishbone from a fish skeleton buried in the sand go through the sole of his shoe, through his foot, and out the top of the shoe right behind his toes.
The water was brown. Not blue.
But according to locals it was because the last hurricane to go through 16 years before blocked off the bay so the tide couldn't come in or out.
I don't know. I thought it was the sewer pipe dumping stuff into the bay.
@@usa91787 I got sent there right after Beryl. Thomson Hall baby, T-shift
Went to tech school at Keesler as well. We weren't even allowed on the beach it was so bad. Biloxi itself is a pretty terrible as well. The base is amazing though. Not amazing enough for me to go back though lol
@@buffalobill9958 + And how long ago was this?
@@usa91787The water is brackish due to the mississippi river and the barrier islands. It’s creates a channel of sediment from the river mixed in with water from the gulf. That’s why if you go out past the islands the water changes colors pretty quickly. Water isn’t blue like AL, but it is nice to have islands; and they help during hurricanes.
Ya missed Ocean shores Worshington, We just retired here, Affordable housing . groceries, not so much but we are loving it
Greatly enjoyed the video. Thank you.
Rehobeth is actually really nice 👍 one rly nice thing about it is how relatively close to bigger cities in the northeast/midatlantic.
It’s a nicer than the Maryland beach town down the road :). Folks are surprised how nice and progressive and artsy it is. Also the downtown area is directly next to the beach- take a quaint downtown with a decent/fun night life and stick it right by the beach = rehobeth.
Progressive?
That's the worth thing a town can consider itself.
But I agree it beats OCMD
When you have the options of going postal or coastal go coastal.
I love St Augustine 💕
New video and new logo🎉🎉❤❤ P.S. NC in the house!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
I don't know how you know so much about all the places you talk about in your videos. You nailed it about Delray. Natives say Delray. The town also has an ampitheatre and two live stage theatres.
I would love to hear about a list of lake towns to retire to.
yes!!
My uncle retired in biloxi from the military. He loved it!
You're uncle a different breed of people
Beauty 🎉. I Need Good Ambience 😊
Briggs, great video! You mentioned in the first two minutes about social security in Mississippi, but did not mention it on any of the other states. For retirement it’s something that should be mentioned. Other than that, Great video. Thanks
Weather is most important to me. I do NOT want to be cold. 🥶 Happy to be in Florida already. 😊
Beaufort is also near Fort Macon if you're a history buff. And not too far from the state aquarium. New Bern also some cool historical sites and is about 40 miles away.
Can vouch for the delightful Delray Beach! Fell in love with the neighbor Cannon Beach, Oregon so I'm sure Seaside would be love woerht as well!
Im 27 not Retiring any time soon but hey 😂 ill watch anyways
It’s never too young to start retirement planning ;)
I'm so glad you pronounced Beaufort correctly!
A lack of crime matters to me. Thank you for the video!
Florida resident here, Delray Beach is my favorite beach town. I live in the St. Augustine area that is nice as well. Overall Florida is starting to become a challenge for retirees. There are a lot of factors to consider if you want to retire in Florida.
Maine has a lot more to offer than Portland. Places like Rockland and Camden are nice too. Then there are Bar Harbor and Southwest Harbor. Yeah, Bar Harbor is a bit crowded in summer, but Southwest Harbor isn't bad. Also the winters in Bar Harbor and Southwest Harbor are warmer than Portland.
Don't overlook the Southern Coastal towns like mine (Kennebunk) and Kittery. Skip Kennebunkport -WAY pricey; skip Wells -more like an annex of Boston😅
Insane taxes there in ME.
@batlady2343 we lived in kittery. Loved it! I would go back but taxes and more taxes.
@@Savvygal Not so much for retirees. No tax on social security. There is a $45,800 pension exemption and that includes 401K, etc. withdrawals. Maine also gives the full federal standard deduction and a $5,000 per person personal exemption. So for a married couple 65 or older, there is no tax on the first $42,300 and that couple can deduct up to $45,800 in combined social security benefits and pension/401K withdrawals. So a couple could pay zero tax on income up to about $88K. That income could be considerably higher if part of the income was in the form of treasury bill/note/bond interest which is not taxable by states. There are also property and sales tax rebates based on income. Overall retirees are not taxed all that much in Maine.
@@todddunn945 thanks
When I joined the Air Force, Biloxi was my first tech school. At that time we couldn't swim in the water because it was polluted!!
If you go to Virginia Beach - check out the Chics beach and Sandbridge beach areas instead of the main ocean front - beautiful and so much less crowded. There is also a lot more greenery than people would expect.
Seaside, OR was a quaint town when we visited it a few years ago. Glad to see it on this list! -- Voting for Cost of living
I live within a few minutes from the beach of Lake Memphremagog. I can watch the water from my house. We’re on the Canadian border and the lake actually travels up into Canada.
Love your reports
Thanks Jimmy. Fun video.
Have been to Rochester. One of the best towns I’ve visited, and would consider moving there even as a working adult.
I would say 1. Weather 2. Crime 3. Cost of Living.
Love Rehoboth DE - so cute and lived in Virginia Beach for 2 years - love VB too. The 2 big drawbacks to VB are it is tough renting there because rentals are in high demand, and there is not a great downtown. The beach and weather are great though and it is more affordable than most beach towns.
Del Ray a cool little town. The downtown area almost has a small town feeling. It’s gotten a lot more expensive than it used to be when my grandparents first bought there in the 70s, but it still has a lot of charm and a beautiful ocean. The Gulfstream comes closest to Delray.
Love seeing Portland on the list!!
Rehoboth Beach. Lovely beach town. We love it.
BUT......
If you live there, you can count on stand-still traffic every day between Memorial Day and Labor Day. So...break out your bicycle and have at it.
My father retired to VA Beach and so we visited often, staying in multiple different hotels. Always a good time there. Surprised it ranks as #1 on this list.
Weather and Crime I love warm weather.
Oh hi from Biloxi. Hot ass summer but great fall winter and spring
Mississippi beaches are very dirty.
@@daisyle1203the beaches aren’t “dirty” the water is just brackish due to the mississippi river & having barrier islands. Go to ship, cat, deer or horn island. The water is a completely different color on the other side of the island.
Random town guess for this list Apalachicola, FL.
To many rednecks there
Florida, I love the Miami/Palm Beach side and Naples/Punta Gorda side... sadly the traffic on both sides is awful and homeowner insurance is going to run 1 to 1.5% of home value annually, and that's with high deductibles and some limited coverages.
6 years in Texas showed me though economy is good too many other issues. So after not having been to Florida for 32 years I checked it out for a week or so on way back to Michigan. Checked out Tavares, Mt. Dora the Orlando area. A little too busy plus would rather be close to ocean for salt water fishing 🎣. So this video plus others have me about 90 % sure St. Augustine will work. I'll go visit next winter then by September or Oct
2026 hopefully have a place there. May to August or a little longer lake front southern Michigan but St. Augustine Florida as main home.Good job as usual Briggs . Oh and only 40 miles to Jacksonville plus spring fed clear rivers with no gators in them close by lots to do. Plus not far to go visit Tampa down to Naples.
Portland Maine also has Becky's Diner, which has the best blueberry cake ever.
Priorities: Crime, Cost of Living, Weather. Healthcare is very important also. We are "weather nerds" so we love all seasons, all weather.
You have to be lidding me with VA Beach. I live here and can't wait to leave when I retire. Though I do like St. Augustine and Beaufort and have stayed there many times.
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Briggs, what about far Northern California towns like Crescent City or Eureka?
Very expensive.
I live in Delray Beach and the one thing the video missed is the fabulous downtown. Lots of restaurants/sidewalk dining, galleries, boutiques and just some general retail stores. Totally walkable with a very large parking garage that’s free until 4 PM every day.
Fun to watch as always. Still haven't found my space, but here's an idea: why not do a show on the 10 gothiest towns/cities in America?
Love Rehoboth Beach!
Lewes also a ferry to Cape May, NJ
Hey Briggs, we’re looking at retiring in a mountain town near lakes/rivers. Any information on those? The top ten?😊
Big Bear, CA is nice.
Which coast is Rochester, Minnesota on? I must not have been paying attention in geography class.
Finally someone mentioned this. I’m confused
Think lake DoDo
It’s not even in the part of the state that has all the lakes. I think the only lakes there are damened river lakes
I wonder if he accidentally spliced in the wrong city. maybe Rochester was meant for a different video. Otherwise, it doesn’t make sense why this made the list.
Or maybe he meant Rochester NY? Which is on a Great Lake (Ontario)?
Low Crime, Quaint yet near major airport, Knoxville fits my vibe from Pennsylvania now
Weather! I believe that I have done well enough to reasonably afford five or seven of the places you recommended on this excellent video. However, weather has made choosing a literal crapshoot. I really want to move to the Florida Panhandle (not in, but north/NE of the Tallahassee area). However, the regular conga line of hurricanes married to a new threat of tornadoes due to crashing warm and cold fronts that are making the area another Tornado Alley in the late winter/early spring has given me pause. The west is nothing but wildfires and potential drought; the midwestern plains are Ground Zero for tornadoes; floods and severe storms are a new reality for eastern coastal areas up and down the coastline. I thought about Wyoming for about ten minutes, but the minuses outweigh the pluses. North Dakota? Safe, but TOO cold. Right now, western North Carolina/Eastern Tennessee is looking like a promising bet. My mind boggles!!!
Wow! Really
I’d love to retire to a big city. Hospitals are close by. Walkability to all sorts of things I’d love to do. Costal cities are even better and to combat higher real estate just get a smaller place. A 1 or 2 bedroom is plenty for most retirees.
How could you miss Traverse City michigan, Alden michigan, Menomonie Wisconsin, Alpena michigan, Marine City michigan, Marquette Michigan, or Petoskey michigan? Maybe you should just do one on best retirement towns that are on the coast in Michigan because you can fill a whole episode up with those
Are these Coastal?
@@FranklinJuniper-uh2lkonly if you consider the Great Lakes oceans I guess. Nonetheless, absolutely gorgeous areas.
The Great Lakes are really really huge!!! Waves and all !!!
@@FranklinJuniper-uh2lk Great Lakes are amazing. I would love to move to Michigans west coast.
Rehoboth Beach represent!!! ⛱️ ❤ love the DE beaches, I grew up on them. Unfortunately they were much better back in the day when Grottos was good and it wasn't overpopulated.
You need a part two. California absent from the list? What about Imperial Beach and Solana Beach? Imperial Beach is on the north side of the border from Tijuana and Solana Beach is on the north side of the Del Mar racetrack. San Diego County offers a mega-load of things to do, no doubt about that.
The beach in IB is frequently very polluted by nasty sludge from the Tijuana River.
I think California is too expensive to make this list. There are a lot of communities that would be perfect if people could afford to live in them.
Wasn’t the movie “A walk to remember “ filmed in Beaufort??
A few important things you missed about the Rehoboth/Lewes area:
1.)Delaware has NO SALES TAX.
2.) As a result of #1, one of the big attractions of the area, especially in the offseason is the Rehoboth Outlets
3: Rehoboth is actually literally the next town south of Lewes.
4.) A Major attraction you missed is the Cape May-Lewes Ferry. You can ferry over to Cape May NJ and make a run to Atlantic City
Thanks so much for mentioning the coast! It is pronounced “Bill-lux-e” although
Biloxi on my mind awhile, though after so many years in SoCal, don't know how I'd stand the humidity. Seriously considering different Virginia cities; never been there but seems like a great place. I like the Lewes pictures; curious about Delaware, yet thoughts of moving there give me a sense of foreboding for some reason.
Cape May, New Jersey is nice, if too pricey.
1. crime, 2. weather, 3. cost-of-living
Wow! Really surprised you didn’t mention LaConner, WA. Charming, lots of character, Costco 20 minutes away, 2 😂 airports 45 minutes away, low crime, picturesque. A Mecca for boating!
Does it have QUICK access to Medical Care? That's important for retirees.
I'll have to check it out. Is it in Clark County?
Thanks Briggs. How about a video of the best States for golf.
Not Briggs, but the Carolinas is loaded with golf courses.
Thanks for all, and I mean all, of all your great videos.
To answer your question, I would have added Healthcare as one of the important decisioning factors. However, out of your list, I would say the cost of living.
I work in healthcare in Minnesota. Seeing a specialist in Rochester can take a while because people literally travel from all over the world to see the specialists there. It is a nice town though.
Okay, for retirees: cobblestone streets might not be great. Falling is a major problem for seniors (I don’t even remember how many times I’ve fallen). Snow is a problem if you have to shovel it - it will do a job on your back, or give you a heart attack. I don’t live very far from Virginia Beach and it does have a lot going on. I can verify that the health care I’ve experienced in this area is by far the best I’ve experienced.
Plus, VA Beach has lots of visible, jumping Dolphins!!-😊
@@toodleloo2253 Yes, falling is serious business. I live in MN and fell twice last winter. When I get to retirement age, I'm probably going to buy a condo with underground parking for this very reason.
To be more accurate, only SOME of the streets (in the Old Port area) are cobblestone. Not likely a retiree is going to want to live there. A visit, maybe, for a pub crawl 😅 with extra care crossing the street.
Most important to me when I relocate is: a city with does the city have an airport
I'm absolutely shocked that Mississippi made it into a nice list 😂😂
Very small town where Summer is cool and Winters get 6 to 12 inch's of snow.
i think you could also reasonably consider cape may nj maybe if this was a top 20
The first syllable in Beaufort is pronounced like the first syllable in beautiful. Not bow.
I love your channel. Very entertaining. How about a video of decent small towns one can retire on social security in states with no property taxes. I own my home in armpit cal. (Hemet) but if I sell and reinvest where there are property taxes we won't be able to eat, drink, bath or stay warm or cool. Thx and God Bless.
Delray Beach is the town directly north of Boca Raton. I have lived in both. If you are looking to avoid Boca as it's a "hotspot", you won't find Delray much different. The downtown/coastal section has fewer high rises and more single family homes, but under a million is almost non existent. The averages come down when inland is figured in, but your not exactly near the beach. Atlantic Ave FWIW is the best nightlife/restaurant scene in Palm Beach County, but it's crazy 365 days a year - not laid back. The slower life can be found a county or two north of here.
Half Moon Bay
I lived there for three years. My former husband is local architect, Chris Ridgway. He transformed our fixer-upper on Poplar Street. It's an enchanted cottage now. I wasn't crazy about the fog, and wanted to ski so I moved to Tahoe.
Good afternoon Briggs! Have a great day! 🎚️🇺🇸🪖👮♂️
Can you make a video on the most youthful cities? (Young adults, nightlife, job growth, reasonable cost of living)
Cost of living and westher are most important for me. I dont mind it cold so much as i hate months of sub-zero temperatures.
I've just retired but we haven't moved yet. Our priorities will be weather, then cost of living, then health care, then crime.
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I kept thinking: "Say Bi LOX ee one more time!"
I would’ve added Mount Desert Island as well Briggs
Weather is number one, and cost of living is a close second. If the weather isn't warm year round, it doesn't matter how affordable it is. Everywhere has crime.
I was looking for Diaper Joe on the beach in Delaware.
If you choose Rehoboth, don't expect to go anywhere in the summer. Total gridlock all the time, we just went in July. Never again!
When you chose Seaside, OR, you chose one of the most touristy towns on the OR coast. Yes, they have Castle Rock, great beaches, and excellent restaurants, but there are many more affordable and relaxed towns on the coast.
“Freshly Printed Prescriptions” would make a great name for a band.