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I went to Oahu a few years ago and almost went crazy just being there two weeks. Imagine if you couldn’t leave your county without buying an airplane ticket and flying about ten hours. That’s what it’s like.
I had a choice about 20yrs ago to live in an apartment in NYC, a lifelong dream, or move to West Virginia to help my mother who moved here. I chose West Virginia, and thank you Lord for that push in the right direction. There are not a lot of 'outsiders' near where I am, which I am grateful for. Now I see more deer than cars, closest neighbor is 1 mile over the hill, the 'neighborhood', which is a private dirt road with 4 year rounders living out here. A meth head tried to move into a summer house for rental, he didn't stay long. But I did end up as the new owner of the wonderful pit bull he was abusing and who is now laying in front of my wood stove on an orthopedic memory foam doggie bed.
I remember watching the movie Heroin(e) about West Virginia's drug (Heroin at the time) epidemic. I through it was BS, but then work sent me there and I found out it was true. Scary at times.
WV is one of the most beautiful states in the country. My whole family is from there, but darned if my parents didn’t leave when I turned one (but then, my dad was in the military, and that happens). I wish I had grown up there, but I got stuck in the hellhole of Florida for 20 years. Now I’m in also beautiful California, but, yeah it is expensive!
Thanks for the content. As I sit here waiting for hurricane Milton and already having lost everything to Helene we need these albeit short distractions.
@JackPavgouzasI'm so sorry! We lost dad to a house fire 🔥. Mom was distraught.2009 we left Colorado for N.D. Now illegals have taken over Colorado! Sad but built a house for mom only for the builder to take 3 yrs. She died before she got to move it. We're to crippled up to move. But we are safe here.
Wishing you all the best, I hope things can get back to normal for you soon. It's hard to know what to say, but we're out here thinking of you all wishing we could do more to help.
This is a weird statement. Assuming birthrates are at replacement levels, population would stay constant even if no one new is moving in. Declining population is indicative of big problems in a state. And the country's population still increases overall.
@@alexisdetocqueville9964 indicative of “Big problems” ? Care to elaborate what are the big problems with having less people ? BTW many countries have declining populations. The US has a lot of immigration to offset declining birth rates.
@@kencreel5660 The countries population is NOT declining. Therefore any states that ARE declining mean they have issues people won't put up with. It's pretty simple.
Until they have a net negative migration, then it will be discussed. However 2024 might be the year where Florida peaks in population growth and afterwards it will start slowing down.
@@monk4ever Well , then you are indeed fortunate, I never learned the art of loving myself. I am always obsessed with what is lacking and how I wish I could be a better person. Always feeling like I am falling short.
Portland is not the only city in Oregon. We live on the coast and LOVE it. Moderate weather all year with no snow or scorching summers. Low utility bills, and we aren't rich but the state tax isn't awful coming from a state with no state tax, we still paid sales tax on everything in NV. There is no sales tax here. So, you are going to pay taxes in some form. We get rain but not what I thought we'd get when we moved from Carson City. Bought a house 5 years ago with 850 steps to the ocean. It's 2:45am, and I'm looking at UA-cam and listening to the waves. Don't listen to others. Just get out there and research areas you are interested in because what one person likes another may hate. Just go somewhere you will be happy. We are very happy. Kathleen
The guy sounds like every person who couldn't afford to live in Portland anymore and tells his new friends that the streets were full of homeless people fighting every day.
Montana is Definitely one we had tons of people move here during Covid but now they’re all trying to sell and get out of here after realizing they don’t like freezing cold weather and a rural lifestyle they don’t normally last long.
I’m planning on moving to Montana or Wyoming in a couple years. I’ll be taking a long trip through the area next year. I ADORE rural living but I grew up in the heat of rural Texas. I’m hoping I can pick up a place for a good place from one of the people leaving.
Absolutely stunning. With arthritis the winters would do me in. I love the lifestyle. Maybe I can summer there and live elsewhere for the really cold months.
@@naomiemoore5725 lol yeah hun trust me if I had the money I would do that because even at 23 the winters are starting to get to me and the worst part is our summers are extremely short so it’s mainly just cold weather most of the year
My friend moved to West Virginia when he retired. He was able to buy a house on his low income. If you don't have to worry about getting a job, it's a place where your retirement income can go a long way.
Hawaii. Escaped wintertime in Kansas and moved to Hawaii. Lived there for three years, then came back to the Mainland. Not only is the cost of living outrageous, but (sorry!) the residents are the most unwelcoming people I've encountered. Finally got tired of the entitlement, stupidity, and being treated like an outsider and came back.
Sorry, that happened to I hope start massage school there.And I learned Aloha and felt love.I guess it's different for everybomy.Granddaughter's going to school in milwaukee and have a great time and no i'm not rich
@@hollyw1521 they are fairly racist once you venture beyond Waikiki and it amazes me how openly racist they are towards you. You KNOW when they are calling you haole as a racist and when they are just saying a white person. A lot depends where you go on the island. Stay away from the ghetto areas.
WV has an interesting history. It was part of Virginia until Virginia seceded from the U.S. at the beginning of the Civil War. The western region seceded from Virginia and rejoined the U.S. as its own state during the war.
@@troys6965 .. thanks for educating me. I didn't know there was precedent for states subdividing by succession. California would be greatly improved if it subdivided into 2, 3, or 4 states. The state of Jefferson is a similarly good idea, but it wants a large chunk of Oregon and, so would be more politically complicated. None of this will happen without traumatic politics akin to the Civil War. It could happen with the pending dollar collapse. I'm guessing that that event will happen alongside some kind of reckoning of state and local debt. It is possible that some governments will avoid their debts by simply dissolving, and that would provide the opportunity for the creation of new states.
Actually, remote work is the number one. Reason why there’s so much movement in the country to other states. One of the reasons why Texas is being flooded and Georgia. There are affordable places to live that usually didn’t offer any decent paying jobs but since people can work remotely are spreading out throughout the country and moving to places where their dollar goes farther while earning money from a different state.but it is gentrifying the entire country. It’s the reason why all these states are becoming unlivable to be fair. I’m all for more mixing of our population.
Funny I am trying to move to west Virginia. I thought it was heaven on earth. My son lives there and I spent a months there this past summer.i was not clear on my comment about I thought it was heaven in earth. I was referring to the song “Almost Heaven “ I disagreed because it was Heaven. I am looking forward to moving there as quickly as I can. I live in Tennessee
I think it's great news that NY and CA are losing a little population. There will be reduced traffic, crowds and hopefully more sustainable cost of housing. I'm in FL now and it's getting ridiculous here.
I agree I live in California but I don’t mind losing population. Maybe things will get more affordable and probably could get better so if people want to move to Texas or Tennessee, the Carolinas and Florida or Oklahoma I wish them well happy trail.
But California's population is increasing again and went up by 70,0000 last year. What blackouts is he talking about? That doesn't happen, is he just making stuff up? 🙄. This guy doesn't do very thorough research.
A friend of mine has a house in the Portland west hills. It has a pretty view of the Willamette river and northeast Portland. His property taxes were $26,000 last year. I live 16 miles west of him on 21 acres and my taxes were $8,700. That is why people are moving from Portland.
@@JBoy340a Don’t know what his house appraises for but it is a 1960’s construction (40 years older than mine), half the square footage of mine, on a postage stamp lot. Beautiful view but I don’t have to pay the $2000 homeless tax - not exactly what it is called but clearly its purpose. Portland city taxes are insane.
It’s not so bad. I’ve been here 45 years and love it. We have good lights on our snowmachines. I worked above the Arctic Circle 30 years. We also have R-40 walls on our house and only burn 600 gallons of heating oil to heat 3,400 square feet.
Seem like FL would be number one on this list especially after this hurricane season. If you can even get homeowners insurance next year in FL, it will be a miracle.
the locals arent very welcoming to we few hawaiians that are left either. and he's right about the traffic, the only place on earth ive seen worse is downtown beijing. on the other hand, i like being stuck on a rock in the middle of the ocean but im guessing thats a hawaiian thing. lets face it though, i know many folks who have left and it IS the cost of living here vs. elsewhere.
I went to Waikiki for work a few years ago and the homeless people were so nasty and aggressive I have no desire to go back. The SCUBA diving was mid. There are too many better places in the Caribbean that are less expensive and closer.
@@Maryland_Kulak The drug addict zombies ruin the quality of life for everyone. Unfortunately, there's no "everyone" advocates to represent the public.
@@Maryland_Kulak The drug addict issue is also out of control in CA, where I'm from originally. Here in WY, we only had one living in town down by the river, until the bear got them. Natural selection.
good we don't want you here anyway, and hate to break your little bubble downtown Pearle district has always had the bums on the street in high school where do you think we got people to buy us booze from
Washington is rough too. I have a 4 year bachelor's degree and I have to work 2 jobs just to get by. P.S. my wife works and has a decent job as well. The cost of living is outrageous. The cost of a house is unbelievable, the government keeps raising taxes and doesn't listen to the people. Also our gas prices are some of the highest in the country. It's not a good thing here.
Shelley: Washington State has always had a thin job market. Long established families maintain each other. There is an excess of well educated people. My high school classmates reported that 'all' of our university graduate classmates moved away to work. We were a class of 400. That says a whole lot about the job market.
I am surprised Illinois is not on the list. Illinois lost 32,826 people between July 2022 and July 2023, trailing only New York and California in total population decline. I suppose that on the bright side, Illinois’ rate of decline has slowed after losing nearly 108,000 people the year earlier.
After events like Helene the Great Lakes states are going to get real popular as climate migrants figure out it’s the only relatively safe place to live, and we have water.
But the Great Lakes are not apt to dry up. I will say Do Not try sailing Lake Michigan on a rpigh day. My uncle was a U S. Merchant Narine captain. He said he'd rather sail the entire width of the Pacific in a class 5 typhoon than sail Michigan on rough day! Also Illinois is less apt to have negative impacts from climate change, unlike Flirida and other coastal states.
Ive been here for 2.5 years (Cali native). Leaving next year back to Cali, CANT WAIT!! Was just out here for residency. Great for my career but I cant imagine a lifetime here lol
@@EternalStarVoyager I have the money but just not my vibe. New Yorkers are VERY different than Californians. NYers have no chill to them. It's just work, work, work. All about $$$ and greed. It's all flash. Ever want to see an awkward NYer? .... give them free time and tell them to sit in a chair LOL ... they cant handle it. No relaxing, no chill, just aggression 24/7. Very dog eat dog. Zero small talk skills if it doesn't benefit them. NONE know how to throw a football or do any physical activity outdoors. The results of living in a concrete-jungle their whole lives. NY peaked in the 80s/90s. This place is for migrants and billionaires now, and people that are workaholics.
I'm so glad I left NYC. Grew up & lived there till almost 30 and the crime and rent prices were just insane. It is sad, it is such an amazing city in so many ways and I will always love it but I couldn't imagine living there anymore.
I’ve never been to Hawaii. But I always figured it was a place that everybody just loved to be in. Yes, a little touristy, but overall, I figured people loved it. Then I met person after person who had lived there and hated every second of it. They hated it, socially, economically. I was really surprised.
Weird Ive been there and absolutely loved it. I have friends that went there on vacation then packed up and moved there. I met people in hawaii that just so happen to be from where I live, they went on vacation and never came back. Ive never met anyone who went to hawaii and didn't want to move there.
In paper, remote working makes Hawaii living possible. It's always going to be expensive to live like an American mainlander in the middle of the Pacific and not get the army to pay for it
My son went to college in Oahu and got his first real job in Maui last year. Our home is pleasant in SC, but we love visiting him as often as possible. The scenery is beyond spectacular, and the weather is heavenly. Son says it's amazing if you're rich or on vacation. Otherwise, you're the working poor. Everyone he knows has 3 jobs, and his rent is 65% of his salary. He's lost 40 lbs from eating "ice soup" because he can't afford food. We mail him food from the mainland to support his outrageously expensive food costs. I'd still trade my location for his in a second. He's lucky to live where people dream of vacationing.
@stacistein702 Lucky to be paying 65% of his salary to rent? Is this satire or are you dangerously delulu? He can't even afford a decent meal and is likely malnutritioned based on your statements that he lost 40 lbs. He can forget about saving for retirement or emergency funds. But hey look at that beautiful sunset!
California climate is among the best in the US. Low humidity, lack of horrible winters, tornados or hurricanes all help alot. Problem areas only affect small areas of the state, including wildfires and earthquakes.
@@23727bgk I've lived in California. California has water problems. LA and SF get most of their water from the Sierras and that's always a problem. The Central Valley's aquifers are drying up, too
@@23727bgkDon’t forget flooding. I grew up in Marin, north of SF. And my mom’s house nearly got flooded a few times. They picked a house on the bottom a hill though, so not the best idea but 20 years before buying it I don’t think they knew a lot about the area.
I hope more people feel like you do. Florida is all full up. The saying that there's always room for one more is not true here. If you move here, I will have to leave and I'm not leaving my little corner of paradise. In spite of all the hurricanes, bugs, sinkholes, gators and bad drivers, it's still the best place on earth. I've lived all over.....so I know! Thanks for liking this comment.❤
Everything you've just mentioned about Hawaii are exactly the reasons my wife and I blasted out of there right after I retired this past February. Now, Las Vegas isn't the best place in the country, but it's a whole lot cheaper to retire here than in the islands. Besides, most of our family has also moved here from Hawaii. So have a whole lot of former Hawaii residents. So many that Las Vegas is called Hawaii's ninth island.
I tried living and working on Oahu. The job paid less than what was promised, I ended up frantically doing Doordash, and paid $400-$500 per month to park my car, a mile from where I lived. I did get island fever, which I thought I would not get. I did love the scenery. I would go back, but only if I inherited enough for a condo NOT on leased land. Condos or apartments sometimes require an extra lease land fee. Locals were hostile to hikers and others.
I just took a little road trip recently and had some car trouble in the little town of Princeton, WV. During my brief time there, I met some of the nicest people I've ever met and the views on those back roads were gorgeous. If I could work remotely I'd consider moving to WV
Why would you want to live in a state that vies with a few others to be the lowest ranked according to several economic, health and health care, and educational metrics?
@@gogreen7794 Hi. The natural beauty of WV attracts me, as I am originally from Appalachia. The people are down to earth. I don’t have children so the education system does not apply to me (I am already college educated). WV is sparsely populated in a lot of areas and I am quite the hermit. I can’t imagine judging an entire state based on their socioeconomic status. Sounds like you look down your nose and that’s exactly the vibe I’m trying to get away from.
I've lived in Princeton because my ex is originally from a neighboring town. I liked it there but you have to look at pollution. I haven't done a deep dive. I also lived north of Charleston. Which is where you want to live if you work in Charleston. Too many chemical plants there and you want to live upriver. I'm not sure if that pollution makes it all the way down to Princeton.
I was surprised to hear alabama, I’ve gone to school here for 5 years now and I see job opportunities everywhere. I am a young engineer tho. Huntsville is growing like crazy, I wonder what cities are losing people, probably mobile
Those that move to AL that will assimilate best are those that grew up in the Midwest or another Southern State. People from Northeast and West states tend not to last long, if your a liberal, you wont like AL or most Southern States.
Plus pretty low power costs as solar is getting very useful. If it hadn't been a US state, the population would be naturally lower. Most isolated islands are not business hotspots.
Yes, but you can actually leave Florida. I recommend I-75 but I-95 and I-10 are decent options too. It isn't nearly as expensive as Hawaii and at least FL doesn't have a state income tax. With that 90% of the state is just a swamp flanked by beaches - so great place to visit (in winter) but a hard pass otherwise.
@@JasonTaylor-po5xc When you're out of money and leave FL, you can pack everything in a car and a U-Haul trailer. If you leave Hawaii, you're pretty much limited to what will fit in your suitcase.
We visited Hawaii one time and only one time and never again. Let's just say they hate "outsiders", tourists, visitors, everyone else etc. etc. etc. I have never been made to feel so unwelcome.
@@ashadowawhisper If my country got to be annexed as the 51st state, all of my co-patriots would rejoice except for the 1% top-tier, the rich. Everyone is dying to migrate to the US. The US, after 40 years, disposed us because we are liabilities.
How is Illinois not on this list. I was thinking that would be the top answer. It’s down 2.1% since the 2020 census alone. People are fleeing it faster than most of these others
I scrolled to the end expecting to find Illinois at first place as well, then started scrolling back to find it. Nada? There is a growing movement among "down staters" to throw Chicago and its collar counties out of the state.
@@GeneStLouis-vc6gj OH, PLEAAASE!🙄🙄 Here we go again with that whinny ignorance! Central Illinois: $1.87 from Springfield for every dollar paid to Springfield. Southern Illinois: $2.81 from Springfield vs. one paid. Get your facts straight!😡😡
I lived in Huntington, WV for a few years and would move back if the opportunity presents itself again. Such good people and a beautiful state. Every state has its own unique challenges and WV is no different.
Why isn't ILLINOIS on this list?????!!!? I was born in Chicago, lived in New Orleans long time, currently in Montana. When I left New Orleans I would've loved to move home, but taxes, taxes,taxes, areas I WANT to live in unaffordable, especially for us (active) seniors.
I sold my house in California last year and moved to Montana. My house in California has appreciated two hundred thousand dollars since. And I can't find a job. And I am bored too death.
My advice to friends who want to move to a cold place from California - put your stuff in storage, rent out your house, rent in the new place for a year. That way you can come back if you want/need to.
You didn't have to move out of CA. to get something cheaper and colder. CA. is a big state and the northern counties could provide that. Even if you are in one of the big cities, you don't have to travel but a couple hours out of town to find cheap homes.
If people are leaving California so fast……why are the houses in my neighborhood selling for over one million for a 2 bedroom in 2 weeks? Love or hate California! No in between! I personally ❤
House sell in 2 or 3 days by us in CA. Almost always over asking. But the market has slowed. Now people are only getting 8% over asking with 2 offers instead of 15-20% with 4 or 5 offers.
I like California, but just vacation. Lots to see and do. But not to stay. I assume it's expensive, the weather was very nice. Earthquakes not so nice, wildfires not so nice.
Massachusetts is trying to outdo California. We have every tax their is. Housing is brutally expensive and our electric bills are now the highest in the nation. I'm retiring in two years and can't wait to get out of here.
I live in Groton, MA . I am thinking about doing the same thing. Our electric went up 300% in the last 3 years. RE Taxes go up every year thank God for Prop 2.5. THe woke crowd has taken over the Statehouse and like NY & CA will never relinquish control of it ever again. Where you planning on going Joe? I like the High Desert myself.
@@genekelly8467 Wow that is a big change. My beloved wife is from El Salvador. Was it a big adjustment? Brazil now has a far left government s how is that going?
@@Snowcrash1966 Its fine..working on my portuguese..but astounding...we can afford to eat out 3-4 nights a week. Back in MA we could not afford this. And the communiste (DP) state government keeps spending like crazy-they need another $2 billion to house illegal alien criminals.
To be fair, most of Mississippi's poverty, malfunction, and infrastructure woes mostly center in the middle of the state, Jackson in particular. The northern and coastal parts of the state are much better.
@@BigO44716 Yet the most economically depressed areas in Mississippi are in the Democratic Party run shit holes. The mayor of Jackson, Chokwe Antar Lumumba, oversees the largest poverty shit hole in the state. He spends most of his time working schemes to defraud the state and push as much money as he can into his pockets and those of his family and friends.
The problem with this assessment is that there are pockets of really nice places with good schools and health care in even some of your worst states. Commenting on the likelihood of natural disasters is also risky - bet you labeled Asheville, NC as a top notch place until a week ago.
@@pjlee2053 it will recover. This is a rare phenomenon. I live in Texas now and insane weather is just a part of it, by comparison East Tennessee generally has it pretty easy.
Lived mostly in New England through school and career years When I was retiring in 2004 did a lot of research about where to settle. Yes, Tennessee is pretty and costs are acceptable, but most of the state had serious water and air quality issues, and tornados. etc. Ended up moving to western CO which has probably the least hazard issues in the country. Maybe not the best choice as a lot of libs are moving in, plus a lot of meth heads, illegals, and just plain ignorant people. Not many forests, but enough water near the major rivers and tons of outdoor recreation opportunities. Unfortunately the demoncrats on the front range are ruining the whole state now. Wherever you go, there you are...
@@aprilhilliard3302 sorry but I’ll take Tennessee over Colorado. Lib politics is a detriment on society, so I’ll stay far away from that! Tornados are a middle TN thing, East TN don’t have that problem.
You mentioned the high cost of living in Hawaii it has always been that way. My father was stationed at Hickam from 1951-1954 and my parents complained about that and not being to go anywhere. As an elementary aged person I didn't notice other than every trip to Travis in CA he came back with lots of milk. I think the whole flight crew raided the Travis commissary and put as much on the plane as possible. Then it got frozen - yech! To this day I can't drink milk that has been frozen. Things just never change.
Love your work and appreciate your videos, but man, watching you on fire stick, UA-cam put five separate long ads during this video. I know it's not you, but damn, UA-cam is getting tougher to watch.
Really sad about Oregon i left 1yr ago comeback to my home in Oklahoma and i brought 50acres of land with trees and steams farmland. Better than 1800 rent in Oregon. But im enjoying my retirement now
What is it about Americans and paying taxes. Taxes in other countries pay for roads, free health care, hospitals, schools, clean water and air. Your taxes seem to go straight to the subsidies to the rich and oil companies. You don’t need lower taxes. You need new politicians.
Our problem is that both major parties are participating in writing tax code that has led to the biggest transfer of wealth upwards in our nation's history. Then, to try to make up for millions in lost revenue, they are pushing the tax burden down on the middle and working classes. There are physically more of us, but stagnant wages ensure that, aside even from the fairness issue, we just can't make up for revenues lost from properly taxing Google. Journalist Matt Tiabbi has done good work on this issue. Frankly, we need an economic revolution in America. Our second tax revolt. It's not that we won't pay taxes. We can't pay for our taxes AND those of Jeff Bezos, while infrastructure around us keeps crumbling.
I think with being able to work remotely after COVID hit and the baby boomers all retiring and moving to a remote place, that has a lot to do with people leaving California. As a native Californian, in my 70’s now, I’m fighting tooth and nail to stay here. I don’t have rent or a mortgage, I own my home outright, gas prices startled me when they first started rising but I’m over it now. As a retiree, I can afford to live comfortably in the state with the best weather in the United States. I love it here in Southern California.
There are ways to fight the gas prices. 1. Public transportation. I can take a bus downtown for $1. Plus you don't have locate parking spot. 2. Ride a bicycle. For short trips riding a bicycle makes sense. E bikes get you further for less leg power. 3. Walk. Hey, Californiains can savor the awesome weather while strolling along.
People are leaving CA because the state is mismanaged and too expensive. I live here and cannot wait to leave. There is no way I would be able to retire here
Southern states are kind unless you are far left, because of the past 20 years of very rude far left vacationers from the NE states and Canada. Those people have turned Southern hospitality into Southern hostility. They learned attempting to change the South into where they left from does not work.
Oregon: I absolutely laughed at the journals of Lewis and Clark describing the winter in Astoria. That being said, I live on the west side of Washington state. My solution to the winter is a couple of breaks of getting to sunnier climates.
I have a friend who wants to move back to Phoenix next year. She wanted me to move there too, but the rent is too much amongst other things. No way! I'm happy in the Midwest.
Feel like Illinois should have made this list. See people leaving this state every day and plan on doing so myself in 2025. State has continued to lose population for years, but maybe it is just expected to lose less than these other states. Great video.
Meanwhile Chicago was just voted the Best Big City In America by hundreds of thousands of voters and world travelers at Conde Nast Traveler magazine for the 8th consecutive year in a row, (Google it) Guessing that and the huge amount of tourism Chicago AND Illinois receives every year may be why the Land of Lincoln wasn't on the list.
Say what? An avocado in Anchorage, Alaska does not cost $6.00. One avocado in the grocery store may run about 2.99 or 3.99 (for larger ones) if not on sale, and you can save a lot by buying a bundle of avocados at Costco for much less. Prices for food in the rural and village areas are indeed much higher, but most people in Alaska live in Anchorage.
I have lived in most states west of the Mississippi River. I moved back to Washington state to raise my kids. My kids grew up in a so called depressed logging town and got a fantastic education. The school district has never failed a school levy. My kids and their friends all went on to university or great paying apprenticeship programs. My son is a teacher and high school football coach for one of the most successful programs in our state. His 3 best friends are all teachers and high school football coaches. My daughter is the head of one of the largest labor organizations in our state. Her friends are professionals in different industries from retail stores to healthcare. These kids were given a great education and are incredible adults. It isn’t how wealthy your neighbors are, to me it’s how important your school system is to your community. That’s my opinion anyways. I’m sure others have different perspectives.
I live in Alabama and I think one of the main issues with health care is that we don't have adult Medicaid. This means if you can't find a job or can't work but don't qualify for disability, you have no healthcare unless you pay out of pocket or find a doctor who has a sliding scale. Many states have Medicaid for adults who are on welfare but not Alabama. My husband was as an electrician for 31 years and had a stroke in 2016. He can't work anymore due to double vision and mobility issues. We lost our insurance after that because we had qualified for Obamacare since his company's insurance was about $600 a month. Obamacare was less than $100 and it was Blue Cross. His stroke was in October and I January we lost the insurance so his doctor worked with us until he was approved for disability and then we had to wait a year until he was eligible for Medicare. He is doing good now, and can't ever work again. He is 61. I have no insurance and usually I am fine because I am healthy and don't really go to the doctor. However I tore my rotator cuff and need surgery,but without insurance I am up the creek. It isn't torn enough that an emergency room would just admit me and do it anyway, but it is torn bad enough that I have very limited movement and a lot of pain. I am on a sliding scale at our doctor's office,the same one my husband goes to and that I've gone to for 20 years when I had insurance. The social worker there is trying to get me on a program that pays for what I need, but we don't know if that will happen or not. His disability is 1300 a month after deductions for his medicare. I am 60 and we live in a small town with no jobs that I can do, and I was a housewife for most of our marriage. Alabama doesn't think people in my situation should get Medicaid.
Your GOP state government made the decision to not accept Medicaid expansion in GA because (per Justin Bogie, of the Alabama Policy Institute, a conservative think tank): "it could actually hurt that labor participation rate, give them another reason not to go to work, to stay at home.". (Also because the expansion was a Democratic policy, which Alabama would never allow.) Who you vote for at the state level matters just as much as at the federal level.
@@caseyleichter2309 yes, I understand that and I voted for Doug Jones just because of that. I understand how government works and why they didn't do that.
Thank you for sharing your clearly difficult, heartbreaking really, situation. I sympathize and appreciate the opportunity to read a perspective that's not another breezy utterance that could've been cut-and-pasted from Jesse Waters' show.
@@azca. I can be optimistic, less problem people here the better, you can have our leftovers lol...I'm just kidding. Truth is less people here will indeed be a better option.
I can see you aren't balancing the move in/move out ratio correctly. I just had to do a bunch of research about that issue for a couple of the places you named. When you crunch the numbers, those places had a net gain. So, it's a nice bucket you've got there. It's a shame it doesn't hold water.
Born and raised in AL age 68. AL is not for everyone, it is very conservative, very Southern, very traditional. People raised in Midwest, or other Southern states tend to stay, those from Northeast & West dont stay long. As for Huntsville, if you're average college educated looking for a basic tech position and bright lights big city lifestyle you will be very disappointed. If you're a Sheldon or Elon Musk looking for a position that meets your educational background and looking for a laid back large town, welcome to Huntsville, your at home.
For those of you thinking Puerto Rico or Guam are "the poor man's Hawaii" forget it. The island paradise will always be expensive for obvious reasons. And, in Puerto Rico, the crime rate is just as high as the cost of living.
Nebraska isnt horrible or just bad to live in. but you just look at the things to do there and all i can think is "Why??...." , it's just not exciting enough, or interesting enough.
14.1%.... well... that does have its downside. Income tax in NZ is in salary/income bands...my top rate was about 31%.. for income above NZ$25 000 or so. BUT--- staffing shortages aside, healthcare is not a problem because it is funded by taxes. For me, 3 nights in hospital for angiogram..two stays over next 4 years for stent implants. Cost ...$0. My wife and I can have ambulance care and transport for the next 12 months ( with the nearest real hospital being 50 km away ) for a whole $71 St John Ambulance membership...that's about ...$42US. I'll happily stay with our higher taxes.
@@neville132bbk I hope you realize he's talking about state income tax. That would be a separate payment from federal income tax--much higher--plus of course, sales tax, annual real estate taxes, etc, etc.
The shame about hawaii is that alot of the people leaving are hawaiians. They can't afford to live in their homeland. A shame!
Rich white people from the mainland have jacked up housing costs
Thank the ⬜man for that. They take credit for everything else....
Not white man, luciferians who control the political, economic, and social of this world system, rothschilds, rockefellers, dupont's, all thirteen international banking families, secret societies, politicians of both parties biden, harris, bushes, clinton's etc., politicians of the European Union,central banksters, wall street banksters, cfr, wef, trilateral commission, bildebergers, and their global networks @@residentrump3271
Mark *Y*uckerberg, Oprah Winfrey, etc., bought up land and push the natives out!
The native Hawaiians have been almost completely extinguished due to large scale immigration over nearly 200 years!
I was one of those 7,000 residents that moved away from Hawaii last year. Born and raised there but got tired of the high costs and living on a rock.
I went to Oahu a few years ago and almost went crazy just being there two weeks. Imagine if you couldn’t leave your county without buying an airplane ticket and flying about ten hours. That’s what it’s like.
Which Island? I was stationed at Hickam AFB in the mid 80's just before the explosion of tourist " resorts" on the northern and eastern shore.
A Democratic rock.
Hawaii is incredibly beautiful and if you can't find something to do there over the course of a few weeks, there's something wrong with you
Very sad to see residents have to leave their home.
I had a choice about 20yrs ago to live in an apartment in NYC, a lifelong dream, or move to West Virginia to help my mother who moved here. I chose West Virginia, and thank you Lord for that push in the right direction. There are not a lot of 'outsiders' near where I am, which I am grateful for. Now I see more deer than cars, closest neighbor is 1 mile over the hill, the 'neighborhood', which is a private dirt road with 4 year rounders living out here. A meth head tried to move into a summer house for rental, he didn't stay long. But I did end up as the new owner of the wonderful pit bull he was abusing and who is now laying in front of my wood stove on an orthopedic memory foam doggie bed.
The right choice
I remember watching the movie Heroin(e) about West Virginia's drug (Heroin at the time) epidemic. I through it was BS, but then work sent me there and I found out it was true. Scary at times.
WV is one of the most beautiful states in the country. My whole family is from there, but darned if my parents didn’t leave when I turned one (but then, my dad was in the military, and that happens). I wish I had grown up there, but I got stuck in the hellhole of Florida for 20 years. Now I’m in also beautiful California, but, yeah it is expensive!
I am sorry but that is the stupidest dream I have ever heard in my life.
Right !! She made the Right choice .
Thanks for the content. As I sit here waiting for hurricane Milton and already having lost everything to Helene we need these albeit short distractions.
@JackPavgouzas Yikes
@JackPavgouzasI'm so sorry! We lost dad to a house fire 🔥. Mom was distraught.2009 we left Colorado for N.D. Now illegals have taken over Colorado! Sad but built a house for mom only for the builder to take 3 yrs. She died before she got to move it. We're to crippled up to move. But we are safe here.
@CherylJanzen so sorry for what happened to your parents. The illegals are taking over many cities. People, Americans need to wake up.
Wishing you all the best, I hope things can get back to normal for you soon. It's hard to know what to say, but we're out here thinking of you all wishing we could do more to help.
We lose perspective and then read a comment like yours. Hope you can keep hope alive and be well.
Alaska is incredibly underrated.
No income tax
No property tax outside the cities
Clean air
@@chetmcdonald and everything is expensive AF, high crime, and long cold dark winters.
There's nothing wrong with paying taxes when you're getting something for that money. Clean air is not a rarity.
Alcoholism
Violent crimes against women
Mental health issues
…
Nope
Untrue you have to pay property taxes until you're 65! Ketchikan Alaska here
Sounds good
This is a country not a corporation. All states are NOT supposed to get more populous. Lower pop is not always bad.
Illinois is number 11
I cringed when he said that. The oligarchy is worried they can’t grow the economy.
This is a weird statement. Assuming birthrates are at replacement levels, population would stay constant even if no one new is moving in. Declining population is indicative of big problems in a state. And the country's population still increases overall.
@@alexisdetocqueville9964 indicative of “Big problems” ? Care to elaborate what are the big problems with having less people ? BTW many countries have declining populations. The US has a lot of immigration to offset declining birth rates.
@@kencreel5660 The countries population is NOT declining. Therefore any states that ARE declining mean they have issues people won't put up with. It's pretty simple.
Better put Florida on this. We can't afford rent or insurances any more.
You have my sympathy. Same where I live in California. Ridiculous.
People are still moving to Florida though
Until they have a net negative migration, then it will be discussed. However 2024 might be the year where Florida peaks in population growth and afterwards it will start slowing down.
Technically, people are still moving to California too.
thats everywhere
Problem with moving ---- where ever you go , there you are. Can't move away from yourself.
That's a problem if you are insufferable 😅
Is this Kamala?
Fortunately, I love myself. 🎉
Tell that to the &@^&!% Californians.
@@monk4ever Well , then you are indeed fortunate, I never learned the art of loving myself. I am always obsessed with what is lacking and how I wish I could be a better person. Always feeling like I am falling short.
Portland is not the only city in Oregon. We live on the coast and LOVE it. Moderate weather all year with no snow or scorching summers. Low utility bills, and we aren't rich but the state tax isn't awful coming from a state with no state tax, we still paid sales tax on everything in NV. There is no sales tax here. So, you are going to pay taxes in some form. We get rain but not what I thought we'd get when we moved from Carson City. Bought a house 5 years ago with 850 steps to the ocean. It's 2:45am, and I'm looking at UA-cam and listening to the waves. Don't listen to others. Just get out there and research areas you are interested in because what one person likes another may hate. Just go somewhere you will be happy. We are very happy. Kathleen
The guy sounds like every person who couldn't afford to live in Portland anymore and tells his new friends that the streets were full of homeless people fighting every day.
I have friends there and they say it’s a beautiful place to live!
@@scottlarson1548 I had to move back to Colorado to handle some family business and can't wait to get back to Portland. This guy is a yutz
You sure you want everyone to know this?!!
I thought he sounded like he was exaggerating the negatives. I know people who love living off the beaten path in Oregon.
Montana is Definitely one we had tons of people move here during Covid but now they’re all trying to sell and get out of here after realizing they don’t like freezing cold weather and a rural lifestyle they don’t normally last long.
I’m planning on moving to Montana or Wyoming in a couple years. I’ll be taking a long trip through the area next year. I ADORE rural living but I grew up in the heat of rural Texas. I’m hoping I can pick up a place for a good place from one of the people leaving.
Absolutely stunning. With arthritis the winters would do me in. I love the lifestyle. Maybe I can summer there and live elsewhere for the really cold months.
@@naomiemoore5725 lol yeah hun trust me if I had the money I would do that because even at 23 the winters are starting to get to me and the worst part is our summers are extremely short so it’s mainly just cold weather most of the year
And trump tards. Montana used to be independent and didn’t care about mainstream political candidates as much
lived in Miles Ciy. Was an arm pit. The wind ws horrible Unattractive women, dont think i'm a sexist, just telling the truth.
My friend moved to West Virginia when he retired. He was able to buy a house on his low income. If you don't have to worry about getting a job, it's a place where your retirement income can go a long way.
Excellent plan!
It is also toxic. Do your research on water and air quality.
But it’s an ignorant right wing shithole state.
@@bernadetten.8751Do your research on toxicology. The dose makes the poison.
I work from home. No one hiresor fires me
Hawaii. Escaped wintertime in Kansas and moved to Hawaii. Lived there for three years, then came back to the Mainland. Not only is the cost of living outrageous, but (sorry!) the residents are the most unwelcoming people I've encountered. Finally got tired of the entitlement, stupidity, and being treated like an outsider and came back.
Sorry, that happened to I hope start massage school there.And I learned Aloha and felt love.I guess it's different for everybomy.Granddaughter's going to school in milwaukee and have a great time and no i'm not rich
When I lived there I was repetitively called the haole lady and was shut out by most people. Lonely times.
@@hollyw1521 they are fairly racist once you venture beyond Waikiki and it amazes me how openly racist they are towards you. You KNOW when they are calling you haole as a racist and when they are just saying a white person. A lot depends where you go on the island. Stay away from the ghetto areas.
Maui was unbelievably beautiful but the least friendly people anywhere I’ve ever been. Actually hostile.
Damn howlies 😂
I'm a remote worker and seriously considering moving to West Virginia - it's beautiful and combined with low cost of living, it's tempting
Hope things work out for the best. WV is definitely on my list to visit, at least...
That's awesome with Starlink. You can live almost anywhere now.
WV has an interesting history. It was part of Virginia until Virginia seceded from the U.S. at the beginning of the Civil War. The western region seceded from Virginia and rejoined the U.S. as its own state during the war.
@@troys6965 .. thanks for educating me. I didn't know there was precedent for states subdividing by succession. California would be greatly improved if it subdivided into 2, 3, or 4 states. The state of Jefferson is a similarly good idea, but it wants a large chunk of Oregon and, so would be more politically complicated.
None of this will happen without traumatic politics akin to the Civil War. It could happen with the pending dollar collapse. I'm guessing that that event will happen alongside some kind of reckoning of state and local debt. It is possible that some governments will avoid their debts by simply dissolving, and that would provide the opportunity for the creation of new states.
Actually, remote work is the number one. Reason why there’s so much movement in the country to other states. One of the reasons why Texas is being flooded and Georgia. There are affordable places to live that usually didn’t offer any decent paying jobs but since people can work remotely are spreading out throughout the country and moving to places where their dollar goes farther while earning money from a different state.but it is gentrifying the entire country. It’s the reason why all these states are becoming unlivable to be fair. I’m all for more mixing of our population.
I live in AL and the fact that Californians and nottheasterners avoid us like the plague is actually a blessing.
I like that in a location! People are friendly in Alabama, but lets keep that between us.
Not that lucky here in DFW Texas
Alabama is too poor and racist for those with the California mindset.
@@mrright1068Q: Is AL red?
We stay away because your state gets hit with the sh!t stick more often than trump lies
That’s why it’s called the American dream. It’s just a dream
I KNEW West Virginia was gonna be on this list. I just moved back here from Cincinnati 2 yrs ago. I have no intention on leaving. I love this place. 🥰
Me too! I moved to the Morgantown, WV area from Boise, Idaho 3.5 years again and LOVE it here!
@@seanchristophersynthesizer6999 i live in Morgantown to!!! It's great there
Funny I am trying to move to west Virginia. I thought it was heaven on earth. My son lives there and I spent a months there this past summer.i was not clear on my comment about I thought it was heaven in earth. I was referring to the song “Almost Heaven “ I disagreed because it was Heaven. I am looking forward to moving there as quickly as I can. I live in Tennessee
I think west virginia is boring but that's about it really.
@@Debo6778 It is to many.
People ARE like grazing animals! They all flock to the next Greener Pasture , then suck it dry.
No that's the definition of locust
Locusts would be a better analogy.
No! That's the definition of a Kalifornian!
Sounds more like a overpopulation problem then
Really the problem is grazing animals that move to an area then vote for higher taxes for bigger govt and then be surprised its unlivable.
I think it's great news that NY and CA are losing a little population. There will be reduced traffic, crowds and hopefully more sustainable cost of housing. I'm in FL now and it's getting ridiculous here.
No
I’m a FL native and moved out of state 2023. Best decision ever.
I agree I live in California but I don’t mind losing population. Maybe things will get more affordable and probably could get better so if people want to move to Texas or Tennessee, the Carolinas and Florida or Oklahoma I wish them well happy trail.
But California's population is increasing again and went up by 70,0000 last year. What blackouts is he talking about? That doesn't happen, is he just making stuff up? 🙄. This guy doesn't do very thorough research.
That's because people leaving CA and NY are going to places like Florida for tax reasons and more affordable living.
Cost of housing is probably going up due to simple greed by landlords rather than demand.
Briggs, I like your NM references--hot air balloons, tumbleweeds, green chile, and turquoise.
I moved to New Mexico a year ago and I live it. But I’m retired and can go where I want.
Briggs neglected to mention the Bowl Of Red. Robust, satisfying, and full of vitamin A.
A friend of mine has a house in the Portland west hills. It has a pretty view of the Willamette river and northeast Portland. His property taxes were $26,000 last year. I live 16 miles west of him on 21 acres and my taxes were $8,700. That is why people are moving from Portland.
What is the appreciation of his property relative to yours?
@@JBoy340a Don’t know what his house appraises for but it is a 1960’s construction (40 years older than mine), half the square footage of mine, on a postage stamp lot. Beautiful view but I don’t have to pay the $2000 homeless tax - not exactly what it is called but clearly its purpose. Portland city taxes are insane.
15:15 Remember, 6 months of "forever sunsets" also means 6 months of forever night.
It’s not so bad. I’ve been here 45 years and love it. We have good lights on our snowmachines. I worked above the Arctic Circle 30 years. We also have R-40 walls on our house and only burn 600 gallons of heating oil to heat 3,400 square feet.
THE DREAM
Definition: forever=6 months. Corollary: infinity=6.
Yep. There was a Horror movie made about that
Seem like FL would be number one on this list especially after this hurricane season. If you can even get homeowners insurance next year in FL, it will be a miracle.
Only the rich can live in Florida
Electorial College? No such thing. It's the Electoral College.
And i wish that didn't exist, too!
So you want large liberal cities to control your life!!!!!
@CedricJustice No! Our forefathers had great wisdom.
@@suzannakoizumi8605you know they meant the constitution was a living document that needed to be changed while the times changed?
@@LowTide941 changing for the worse will not help my country!
Hawaiian locals aren't exactly the most welcoming, either. Traffic is epicly bad, as well.
I have seen a few videos on the locals. Many of natives seem to not want you there, more so if you ae White.
the locals arent very welcoming to we few hawaiians that are left either. and he's right about the traffic, the only place on earth ive seen worse is downtown beijing. on the other hand, i like being stuck on a rock in the middle of the ocean but im guessing thats a hawaiian thing. lets face it though, i know many folks who have left and it IS the cost of living here vs. elsewhere.
I went to Waikiki for work a few years ago and the homeless people were so nasty and aggressive I have no desire to go back. The SCUBA diving was mid. There are too many better places in the Caribbean that are less expensive and closer.
@@Maryland_Kulak The drug addict zombies ruin the quality of life for everyone. Unfortunately, there's no "everyone" advocates to represent the public.
@@Maryland_Kulak The drug addict issue is also out of control in CA, where I'm from originally. Here in WY, we only had one living in town down by the river, until the bear got them. Natural selection.
25 years ago, I liked Portland. I even gave a little bit of thought about moving there. Thank God, I came to my senses.
Oregon has pretty high property tax rates too
I wanted to move to Portland too, but the more I learned, the worse it sounded.
I moved to Portland in 98. Loved it. Now I want out. Gotta try harder to convince my husband.
good we don't want you here anyway, and hate to break your little bubble downtown Pearle district has always had the bums on the street in high school where do you think we got people to buy us booze from
@@ChristiJHutchins Yesterday, October 02, 2024 (384 crimes) Portland, OR Daily Crime Records. Yeah No thank you.
Washington is rough too. I have a 4 year bachelor's degree and I have to work 2 jobs just to get by. P.S. my wife works and has a decent job as well. The cost of living is outrageous. The cost of a house is unbelievable, the government keeps raising taxes and doesn't listen to the people. Also our gas prices are some of the highest in the country. It's not a good thing here.
Shelley: Washington State has always had a thin job market. Long established families maintain each other. There is an excess of well educated people. My high school classmates reported that 'all' of our university graduate classmates moved away to work. We were a class of 400. That says a whole lot about the job market.
I just moved from Washington to California the end of April. I retired and am living with my son.. I miss Wa. but couldn't afford to retire there
I’ll bet the government there is run by Democrats!
@@marychurch5166 Wait a minute. California is cheaper?
@@NotAffiliated no, but living with my son just costs me rent and a share in groceries. Gas, food and essentials are about the same.
I love your comparisons. The one with the asbestos mask from China had me laughing so hard hahaha
I am surprised Illinois is not on the list. Illinois lost 32,826 people between July 2022 and July 2023, trailing only New York and California in total population decline. I suppose that on the bright side, Illinois’ rate of decline has slowed after losing nearly 108,000 people the year earlier.
We all left in 2020 when they locked us down.
After events like Helene the Great Lakes states are going to get real popular as climate migrants figure out it’s the only relatively safe place to live, and we have water.
@@niveusgaius And a $500k house has $1,000 insurance.
@@niveusgaiusnope great lakes suck
But the Great Lakes are not apt to dry up. I will say Do Not try sailing Lake Michigan on a rpigh day. My uncle was a U S. Merchant Narine captain. He said he'd rather sail the entire width of the Pacific in a class 5 typhoon than sail Michigan on rough day! Also Illinois is less apt to have negative impacts from climate change, unlike Flirida and other coastal states.
Insurance companies weren't paying out for hurricane damage before Milton. Good luck if you live in Florida.
I remember living in a apartment in NYC, bro... there was so many rats and cockroaches, I'm so glad me and my family left that hellhole.
That was because you were poor. Go ahead and move to Alabama.
That, I can't live with and where I draw my line. Don't get me wrong, I like NY to visit, just not with vermin.
Ive been here for 2.5 years (Cali native). Leaving next year back to Cali, CANT WAIT!! Was just out here for residency. Great for my career but I cant imagine a lifetime here lol
@@EternalStarVoyager I have the money but just not my vibe. New Yorkers are VERY different than Californians. NYers have no chill to them. It's just work, work, work. All about $$$ and greed. It's all flash. Ever want to see an awkward NYer? .... give them free time and tell them to sit in a chair LOL ... they cant handle it. No relaxing, no chill, just aggression 24/7. Very dog eat dog. Zero small talk skills if it doesn't benefit them. NONE know how to throw a football or do any physical activity outdoors. The results of living in a concrete-jungle their whole lives. NY peaked in the 80s/90s. This place is for migrants and billionaires now, and people that are workaholics.
Ahhh, come on. Lived upstate. It's not too bad away from the city 😊
Throwing beads at a top heavy Mardi Gras attendee 😂
Good one Briggs!
@C.W.Martin
I read your comment at the exact same time he said it 😂
"Packing out their Subarus" 😂
I'm so glad I left NYC. Grew up & lived there till almost 30 and the crime and rent prices were just insane. It is sad, it is such an amazing city in so many ways and I will always love it but I couldn't imagine living there anymore.
I’ve never been to Hawaii. But I always figured it was a place that everybody just loved to be in. Yes, a little touristy, but overall, I figured people loved it. Then I met person after person who had lived there and hated every second of it. They hated it, socially, economically. I was really surprised.
Weird Ive been there and absolutely loved it. I have friends that went there on vacation then packed up and moved there. I met people in hawaii that just so happen to be from where I live, they went on vacation and never came back. Ive never met anyone who went to hawaii and didn't want to move there.
In paper, remote working makes Hawaii living possible. It's always going to be expensive to live like an American mainlander in the middle of the Pacific and not get the army to pay for it
My son went to college in Oahu and got his first real job in Maui last year. Our home is pleasant in SC, but we love visiting him as often as possible. The scenery is beyond spectacular, and the weather is heavenly. Son says it's amazing if you're rich or on vacation. Otherwise, you're the working poor. Everyone he knows has 3 jobs, and his rent is 65% of his salary. He's lost 40 lbs from eating "ice soup" because he can't afford food. We mail him food from the mainland to support his outrageously expensive food costs. I'd still trade my location for his in a second. He's lucky to live where people dream of vacationing.
@stacistein702 Lucky to be paying 65% of his salary to rent? Is this satire or are you dangerously delulu? He can't even afford a decent meal and is likely malnutritioned based on your statements that he lost 40 lbs. He can forget about saving for retirement or emergency funds. But hey look at that beautiful sunset!
I'm staying away from all the developing climate disasters like Florida, California, Louisiana, Texas, etc.
California climate is among the best in the US. Low humidity, lack of horrible winters, tornados or hurricanes all help alot. Problem areas only affect small areas of the state, including wildfires and earthquakes.
@@23727bgk I've lived in California. California has water problems. LA and SF get most of their water from the Sierras and that's always a problem. The Central Valley's aquifers are drying up, too
It is terrible to live in the CA coast climate especially around San Diego. Summer 78, winter 68. Just terrible.
@@23727bgkDon’t forget flooding. I grew up in Marin, north of SF. And my mom’s house nearly got flooded a few times. They picked a house on the bottom a hill though, so not the best idea but 20 years before buying it I don’t think they knew a lot about the area.
I hope more people feel like you do. Florida is all full up. The saying that there's always room for one more is not true here. If you move here, I will have to leave and I'm not leaving my little corner of paradise. In spite of all the hurricanes, bugs, sinkholes, gators and bad drivers, it's still the best place on earth. I've lived all over.....so I know! Thanks for liking this comment.❤
Good to see you on camera once in a while. Thanks for the appearance!
Everything you've just mentioned about Hawaii are exactly the reasons my wife and I blasted out of there right after I retired this past February. Now, Las Vegas isn't the best place in the country, but it's a whole lot cheaper to retire here than in the islands. Besides, most of our family has also moved here from Hawaii. So have a whole lot of former Hawaii residents. So many that Las Vegas is called Hawaii's ninth island.
New Mexico, "The Land of Enchantment" is nicknamed "The Land of Entrapment"
😂 facts!
Why?
NM features some of the worst roads and most hostile people I ever met outside of Washington DC. Oh, and there's meth...
I live in west Virginia and that's how I feel. Hate it here and seems impossible to escape.
I tried living and working on Oahu. The job paid less than what was promised, I ended up frantically doing Doordash, and paid $400-$500 per month to park my car, a mile from where I lived. I did get island fever, which I thought I would not get. I did love the scenery. I would go back, but only if I inherited enough for a condo NOT on leased land. Condos or apartments sometimes require an extra lease land fee. Locals were hostile to hikers and others.
That's insane about the parking. How the hell could you not park where you lived? And what's island fever?
And what's Doordash?
Island fever is when you get claustrophobic about not having not many places to go.
@@deeannlett-neal3325 Ah, ok, thank you.
@@mikuspalmis Similar to covid, only it infects people living on islands.
I just took a little road trip recently and had some car trouble in the little town of Princeton, WV. During my brief time there, I met some of the nicest people I've ever met and the views on those back roads were gorgeous. If I could work remotely I'd consider moving to WV
It's surprising what one can see on the road less traveled as opposed to flying or the main path. 😊
Why would you want to live in a state that vies with a few others to be the lowest ranked according to several economic, health and health care, and educational metrics?
@@gogreen7794 Hi. The natural beauty of WV attracts me, as I am originally from Appalachia. The people are down to earth. I don’t have children so the education system does not apply to me (I am already college educated). WV is sparsely populated in a lot of areas and I am quite the hermit. I can’t imagine judging an entire state based on their socioeconomic status. Sounds like you look down your nose and that’s exactly the vibe I’m trying to get away from.
I've lived in Princeton because my ex is originally from a neighboring town. I liked it there but you have to look at pollution. I haven't done a deep dive. I also lived north of Charleston. Which is where you want to live if you work in Charleston. Too many chemical plants there and you want to live upriver. I'm not sure if that pollution makes it all the way down to Princeton.
Too bad the coal industry strip-mined the mountains and the state treasury.
When I was a kid growing up in Oregon it was a well-known fact that Idaho wasn't considered a destination, it was a place everyone wanted to escape.
Wow! I am so Happy to know People are leaving New Mexico!!
Best news I've ever received. Thanks Briggs you made my year 😄😃😀
I totally agree. However, we are in Las Cruces and it is growing here not reducing.
Lots of poverty, crime and drug abuse in NM.
I thought new mexico would be awesome @ganymeade5151
@@ganymeade5151 high cost of living, poor medical care, high taxes. And I was born and raised in New Mexico.
CITIZENS are leaving NM
I lived in Phx., Az. and moved to a small town, New Mexico (Southern part) has a lot of nice small towns to enjoy !
Alamogordo?
@@juantomas3630
Silver City?
@@mrmarkymark77
I like it there
@@michaelturano7522 i like Hatch, NM
@@mrmarkymark77 I like Hatch, NM
I was surprised to hear alabama, I’ve gone to school here for 5 years now and I see job opportunities everywhere. I am a young engineer tho. Huntsville is growing like crazy, I wonder what cities are losing people, probably mobile
Women still are underpaid for doing the same work as men in Alabama
Those that move to AL that will assimilate best are those that grew up in the Midwest or another Southern State. People from Northeast and West states tend not to last long, if your a liberal, you wont like AL or most Southern States.
This article says milk cost $17 dollars for a gallon of milk in Hawaii. It’s is bullsh*t…. I just checked it is $7.49.
Plus pretty low power costs as solar is getting very useful. If it hadn't been a US state, the population would be naturally lower. Most isolated islands are not business hotspots.
That was COCONUT MILK.🤣🤣🤣
@@Shalompaz-m7w Coconut milk sold in resorts.
He’s probably just emphasizing it’s costly there, and that’s about the size of it.
You are right on. I checked too. Make you wonder how much else is B.S. 🤨
What you described about Hawaii is how I feel about FL. It's paradise if you can afford to live there otherwise it's a prison.
Yes, but you can actually leave Florida. I recommend I-75 but I-95 and I-10 are decent options too. It isn't nearly as expensive as Hawaii and at least FL doesn't have a state income tax. With that 90% of the state is just a swamp flanked by beaches - so great place to visit (in winter) but a hard pass otherwise.
We're Not that bad here. Born and raised in Fl, only home I've ever known
@@JasonTaylor-po5xc When you're out of money and leave FL, you can pack everything in a car and a U-Haul trailer. If you leave Hawaii, you're pretty much limited to what will fit in your suitcase.
@@russellhltn1396 Additionally, U-haul would be cheaper than a plane ticket from Hawaii.
In FL it’s dependent on the region of the state
Housing speculation is a problem nationwide. It needs to stop.
so then do something about it
Who wants to go to prison for *tt*ck*ng Blackstone Group?
We visited Hawaii one time and only one time and never again. Let's just say they hate "outsiders", tourists, visitors, everyone else etc. etc. etc. I have never been made to feel so unwelcome.
Well we DID just annex their country and made it the 50th state. They haven’t really forgotten that, they do have a prejudice.
All islanders behave that way.
@@ashadowawhisper If my country got to be annexed as the 51st state, all of my co-patriots would rejoice except for the 1% top-tier, the rich. Everyone is dying to migrate to the US. The US, after 40 years, disposed us because we are liabilities.
Loved it there. I learned Aloha ❤
You probably wore blue jeans on Waikiki Beach. I don't blame them
I had a friend whose father was an officer in the Coast Guard and stationed there. She couldn't stand it. She couldn't escape the Island.
I've lived in Alaska for 32 years, I love it!
How is Illinois not on this list. I was thinking that would be the top answer. It’s down 2.1% since the 2020 census alone. People are fleeing it faster than most of these others
I scrolled to the end expecting to find Illinois at first place as well, then started scrolling back to find it. Nada? There is a growing movement among "down staters" to throw Chicago and its collar counties out of the state.
Winter is coming and February is nice?
@@GeneStLouis-vc6gj OH, PLEAAASE!🙄🙄 Here we go again with that whinny ignorance!
Central Illinois: $1.87 from Springfield for every dollar paid to Springfield.
Southern Illinois: $2.81 from Springfield vs. one paid.
Get your facts straight!😡😡
I was surprised by the absence of New Jersey.
Obviously you're wrong.
I lived in Huntington, WV for a few years and would move back if the opportunity presents itself again. Such good people and a beautiful state. Every state has its own unique challenges and WV is no different.
Detroit dogs really hurt the city.Has taken several years but has gotten better. Marshall University has helped. Increased enrollment.
Why isn't ILLINOIS on this list?????!!!? I was born in Chicago, lived in New Orleans long time, currently in Montana. When I left New Orleans I would've loved to move home, but taxes, taxes,taxes, areas I WANT to live in unaffordable, especially for us (active) seniors.
Funny thing is WV is one of the most beautiful and wonderful places I've ever been to..
Too cold
@@darlenesutton7248yes January and February are winter but not bad.
I love a four season state.
But to each his own.
I sold my house in California last year and moved to Montana. My house in California has appreciated two hundred thousand dollars since. And I can't find a job. And I am bored too death.
My advice to friends who want to move to a cold place from California - put your stuff in storage, rent out your house, rent in the new place for a year. That way you can come back if you want/need to.
@@richardjacques1731 your right. Selling my house in California is the worst thing I have ever done.
@@James-wv3hx Either people love the rural lifestyle or they don’t.
You didn't have to move out of CA. to get something cheaper and colder. CA. is a big state and the northern counties could provide that. Even if you are in one of the big cities, you don't have to travel but a couple hours out of town to find cheap homes.
@@newsyflow681 where
If people are leaving California so fast……why are the houses in my neighborhood selling for over one million for a 2 bedroom in 2 weeks? Love or hate California! No in between! I personally ❤
House sell in 2 or 3 days by us in CA. Almost always over asking. But the market has slowed. Now people are only getting 8% over asking with 2 offers instead of 15-20% with 4 or 5 offers.
Love California!
@@karenweaver134 There are a lot of idiots in the world with more $$$ than sense
I like California, but just vacation. Lots to see and do. But not to stay. I assume it's expensive, the weather was very nice. Earthquakes not so nice, wildfires not so nice.
Yet Mississippi, Alabama, Missouri, Idaho and Florida are continually below California for 60 years straight
Massachusetts is trying to outdo California. We have every tax their is. Housing is brutally expensive and our electric bills are now the highest in the nation. I'm retiring in two years and can't wait to get out of here.
I live in Groton, MA . I am thinking about doing the same thing. Our electric went up 300% in the last 3 years. RE Taxes go up every year thank God for Prop 2.5. THe woke crowd has taken over the Statehouse and like NY & CA will never relinquish control of it ever again. Where you planning on going Joe? I like the High Desert myself.
Same with me...lived in MA all my life-now in Brazil-cost of living is less than 30% of that in MA
@@genekelly8467 lived in Springfield and left in late 70s ...glad I got out
@@genekelly8467 Wow that is a big change. My beloved wife is from El Salvador. Was it a big adjustment? Brazil now has a far left government s how is that going?
@@Snowcrash1966 Its fine..working on my portuguese..but astounding...we can afford to eat out 3-4 nights a week. Back in MA we could not afford this. And the communiste (DP) state government keeps spending like crazy-they need another $2 billion to house illegal alien criminals.
The only region to live is the Midwest. It's one of the most affordable regions in the United States.
Hawaii explained as "it's like winning a reverse lottery".. 😂😂🤣🤣😂😂 gold. I knew there was a reason why I like this channel.
To be fair, most of Mississippi's poverty, malfunction, and infrastructure woes mostly center in the middle of the state, Jackson in particular. The northern and coastal parts of the state are much better.
Republican leadership,things will never change for you Mississippi!
@@BigO44716 Yet the most economically depressed areas in Mississippi are in the Democratic Party run shit holes. The mayor of Jackson, Chokwe Antar Lumumba, oversees the largest poverty shit hole in the state. He spends most of his time working schemes to defraud the state and push as much money as he can into his pockets and those of his family and friends.
Nope Missishitty sucks in the entire state
@@BigO44716 Most of the large poverty areas are controled by the democRATs, not hard to figure it out.
So in the majority Black areas? That's nothing to be proud of and Republican rule is to blame.
The problem with this assessment is that there are pockets of really nice places with good schools and health care in even some of your worst states. Commenting on the likelihood of natural disasters is also risky - bet you labeled Asheville, NC as a top notch place until a week ago.
Tennessee is my go to state (at least the middle and eastern parts). Great weather, pretty scenery, low taxes, and plenty of work!
Jobs are slim now
@@pjlee2053 it will recover. This is a rare phenomenon. I live in Texas now and insane weather is just a part of it, by comparison East Tennessee generally has it pretty easy.
Lived mostly in New England through school and career years When I was retiring in 2004 did a lot of research about where to settle. Yes, Tennessee is pretty and costs are acceptable, but most of the state had serious water and air quality issues, and tornados. etc. Ended up moving to western CO which has probably the least hazard issues in the country. Maybe not the best choice as a lot of libs are moving in, plus a lot of meth heads, illegals, and just plain ignorant people. Not many forests, but enough water near the major rivers and tons of outdoor recreation opportunities. Unfortunately the demoncrats on the front range are ruining the whole state now. Wherever you go, there you are...
@@aprilhilliard3302 sorry but I’ll take Tennessee over Colorado. Lib politics is a detriment on society, so I’ll stay far away from that! Tornados are a middle TN thing, East TN don’t have that problem.
You mentioned the high cost of living in Hawaii it has always been that way. My father was stationed at Hickam from 1951-1954 and my parents complained about that and not being to go anywhere. As an elementary aged person I didn't notice other than every trip to Travis in CA he came back with lots of milk. I think the whole flight crew raided the Travis commissary and put as much on the plane as possible. Then it got frozen - yech! To this day I can't drink milk that has been frozen. Things just never change.
Grew up and lived in Portland until I was 30. When “Dignity Village”, popped up and they were impotent to stop it; it was my cue to leave!
I moved when I was 34. Good gawd I remember indignity village.
Has the Supreme Court's recent Grant's Pass ruling allowing homeless sweeps affected this place?
I live in California and I love what you said so true. The taxes don't get you the cost of housing will.
I love living in Temecula, CA. What a wonderful, diverse state.
Love your work and appreciate your videos, but man, watching you on fire stick, UA-cam put five separate long ads during this video. I know it's not you, but damn, UA-cam is getting tougher to watch.
Really sad about Oregon i left 1yr ago comeback to my home in Oklahoma and i brought 50acres of land with trees and steams farmland. Better than 1800 rent in Oregon. But im enjoying my retirement now
My aunt lived in Bend many years ago. If a job wasn't an issue, I would only consider towns/cities on the east side.
@@JasonTaylor-po5xc Bend was taken over by Portlanders after they sold out to Californians....or so the tale goes.
Good for you!!! Enjoy!!!❤
We were offered a house with 20 acres in Ok.
My wife told me about it and we both laughed hysterically.
Hard pass.
Welcome Home Okie!
What is it about Americans and paying taxes. Taxes in other countries pay for roads, free health care, hospitals, schools, clean water and air. Your taxes seem to go straight to the subsidies to the rich and oil companies. You don’t need lower taxes. You need new politicians.
That's what I'm saying man! It's fucking ridiculous how none of it is actually being used for shit!
Our problem is that both major parties are participating in writing tax code that has led to the biggest transfer of wealth upwards in our nation's history. Then, to try to make up for millions in lost revenue, they are pushing the tax burden down on the middle and working classes. There are physically more of us, but stagnant wages ensure that, aside even from the fairness issue, we just can't make up for revenues lost from properly taxing Google. Journalist Matt Tiabbi has done good work on this issue.
Frankly, we need an economic revolution in America. Our second tax revolt. It's not that we won't pay taxes. We can't pay for our taxes AND those of Jeff Bezos, while infrastructure around us keeps crumbling.
This! Exactly!
I think with being able to work remotely after COVID hit and the baby boomers all retiring and moving to a remote place, that has a lot to do with people leaving California. As a native Californian, in my 70’s now, I’m fighting tooth and nail to stay here. I don’t have rent or a mortgage, I own my home outright, gas prices startled me when they first started rising but I’m over it now. As a retiree, I can afford to live comfortably in the state with the best weather in the United States. I love it here in Southern California.
There are ways to fight the gas prices. 1. Public transportation. I can take a bus downtown for $1. Plus you don't have locate parking spot. 2. Ride a bicycle. For short trips riding a bicycle makes sense. E bikes get you further for less leg power. 3. Walk. Hey, Californiains can savor the awesome weather while strolling along.
People are leaving CA because the state is mismanaged and too expensive. I live here and cannot wait to leave. There is no way I would be able to retire here
I’m from Mississippi. It’s actually an extremely affordable place to live and the people are very kind.
Southern states are kind unless you are far left, because of the past 20 years of very rude far left vacationers from the NE states and Canada. Those people have turned Southern hospitality into Southern hostility. They learned attempting to change the South into where they left from does not work.
Unless you're not white 😆
Sorry I have family there and it is very run down, racist, impoverished and backwards.
Your videos are among my favorite on youtube. Great job
Oregon: I absolutely laughed at the journals of Lewis and Clark describing the winter in Astoria. That being said, I live on the west side of Washington state. My solution to the winter is a couple of breaks of getting to sunnier climates.
I'm leaving Arizona because the cost of living and rent is ridiculous. It's way too hot, even in Flagstaff, where I am.
I have a friend who wants to move back to Phoenix next year. She wanted me to move there too, but the rent is too much amongst other things. No way! I'm happy in the Midwest.
curious where you’re thinking? i’m also planning on leaving AZ
@@themadmadamemim2630 u want to talk hot
Try Lousyanna
I thought Flagstaff didn't get that hot. What are the temperatures in the summer there? I was actually looking at that area.
@worldobserver3515 low 90's much of the summer. Whenever we do get nice weather, they do controlled burns, so you'll want to start inside.
Love the way u presented
I've noticed that any state that borders the ocean is ridiculously expensive. It's the landlocked states that are cheap.
Feel like Illinois should have made this list. See people leaving this state every day and plan on doing so myself in 2025. State has continued to lose population for years, but maybe it is just expected to lose less than these other states. Great video.
Meanwhile Chicago was just voted the Best Big City In America by hundreds of thousands of voters and world travelers at Conde Nast Traveler magazine for the 8th consecutive year in a row, (Google it) Guessing that and the huge amount of tourism Chicago AND Illinois receives every year may be why the Land of Lincoln wasn't on the list.
O.3% going means 99.7% staying. Anchorage Alaska temps run from about 5 to 70. Snowfall less than 50”. That’s pretty favorable.
Its been known for a long time that many transplants to Alaska don't last long. Many people leave after the first winter.
Say what? An avocado in Anchorage, Alaska does not cost $6.00. One avocado in the grocery store may run about 2.99 or 3.99 (for larger ones) if not on sale, and you can save a lot by buying a bundle of avocados at Costco for much less. Prices for food in the rural and village areas are indeed much higher, but most people in Alaska live in Anchorage.
I will stay in my house in Connecticut. Love 4 seasons, snow, rolling hills, nature. Drawback, Taxes.
Drawback , liberals.
Lmao! Faster than a gas station burrito causes regret!
I have lived in most states west of the Mississippi River. I moved back to Washington state to raise my kids. My kids grew up in a so called depressed logging town and got a fantastic education. The school district has never failed a school levy. My kids and their friends all went on to university or great paying apprenticeship programs. My son is a teacher and high school football coach for one of the most successful programs in our state. His 3 best friends are all teachers and high school football coaches. My daughter is the head of one of the largest labor organizations in our state. Her friends are professionals in different industries from retail stores to healthcare. These kids were given a great education and are incredible adults. It isn’t how wealthy your neighbors are, to me it’s how important your school system is to your community. That’s my opinion anyways. I’m sure others have different perspectives.
Hoquiam or Aberdeen?
@@FlyingTigress My kids and I are all Grizzlies, from Hoquiam.
@@briangarrow448 I lived in Western WA from 1992 - 2013. Managed to escape to Alaska.
Sounds like scool system was a help but their parents were the ace in the hole
New subbie. Thank you for your content.
I live in Alabama and I think one of the main issues with health care is that we don't have adult Medicaid. This means if you can't find a job or can't work but don't qualify for disability, you have no healthcare unless you pay out of pocket or find a doctor who has a sliding scale. Many states have Medicaid for adults who are on welfare but not Alabama.
My husband was as an electrician for 31 years and had a stroke in 2016. He can't work anymore due to double vision and mobility issues. We lost our insurance after that because we had qualified for Obamacare since his company's insurance was about $600 a month. Obamacare was less than $100 and it was Blue Cross. His stroke was in October and I January we lost the insurance so his doctor worked with us until he was approved for disability and then we had to wait a year until he was eligible for Medicare. He is doing good now, and can't ever work again. He is 61. I have no insurance and usually I am fine because I am healthy and don't really go to the doctor. However I tore my rotator cuff and need surgery,but without insurance I am up the creek. It isn't torn enough that an emergency room would just admit me and do it anyway, but it is torn bad enough that I have very limited movement and a lot of pain. I am on a sliding scale at our doctor's office,the same one my husband goes to and that I've gone to for 20 years when I had insurance. The social worker there is trying to get me on a program that pays for what I need, but we don't know if that will happen or not.
His disability is 1300 a month after deductions for his medicare. I am 60 and we live in a small town with no jobs that I can do, and I was a housewife for most of our marriage. Alabama doesn't think people in my situation should get Medicaid.
Oh wow, I didn’t know that. I am so sorry and hope you both will be ok. I am in Georgia. Not much better here ❤
Your GOP state government made the decision to not accept Medicaid expansion in GA because (per Justin Bogie, of the Alabama Policy Institute, a conservative think tank): "it could actually hurt that labor participation rate, give them another reason not to go to work, to stay at home.". (Also because the expansion was a Democratic policy, which Alabama would never allow.)
Who you vote for at the state level matters just as much as at the federal level.
@@caseyleichter2309 yes, I understand that and I voted for Doug Jones just because of that. I understand how government works and why they didn't do that.
The state government thinks you haven't suffered or worked enough to qualify for medical care.
Thank you for sharing your clearly difficult, heartbreaking really, situation. I sympathize and appreciate the opportunity to read a perspective that's not another breezy utterance that could've been cut-and-pasted from Jesse Waters' show.
Recent politics have caused many to move to the state of confusion.
Good stuff Briggs!❤
If this was made after Helene and Milton, Florida would and should be on this list too. The insurance, disasters, house cost etc
I feel the hurricanes have intensified people coming here. Opposite effect. I’m tampa and it’s crazy
I'm okay with people moving out of my state tbh...I don't see that as a negative.
The classic less-is-more. I agree.
You're the exception. Every reason listed in the video is valid. You can have whatever your state is with all it's problems. There is always better.
But..but who left to pay for your EBT entitlement? 😂😂
@@azca. I can be optimistic, less problem people here the better, you can have our leftovers lol...I'm just kidding. Truth is less people here will indeed be a better option.
If your state is California that is a negative for the states that these people are moving to, I just hope they change their voting habits!
When I was in Hawaii it was literally cheaper to go out and buy a huge salad than to buy the ingredients, no 💩 and that wascin the 90's.
I lived in New Mexico for almost a year. You couldn't pay me to move back there. The drug and alcohol epidemic is horrible and People are rude.
Rich people ruined Hawaii 😒
I can see you aren't balancing the move in/move out ratio correctly. I just had to do a bunch of research about that issue for a couple of the places you named. When you crunch the numbers, those places had a net gain. So, it's a nice bucket you've got there. It's a shame it doesn't hold water.
I hear N Dakota is pretty attractive 4 months of the year😂
If you like space from your neighbor!
Nope.
Born and raised in AL age 68. AL is not for everyone, it is very conservative, very Southern, very traditional. People raised in Midwest, or other Southern states tend to stay, those from Northeast & West dont stay long. As for Huntsville, if you're average college educated looking for a basic tech position and bright lights big city lifestyle you will be very disappointed. If you're a Sheldon or Elon Musk looking for a position that meets your educational background and looking for a laid back large town, welcome to Huntsville, your at home.
For those of you thinking Puerto Rico or Guam are "the poor man's Hawaii" forget it. The island paradise will always be expensive for obvious reasons. And, in Puerto Rico, the crime rate is just as high as the cost of living.
Hell yeah new video cheers from Nebraska
Lincon 😊
Nebraska isnt horrible or just bad to live in. but you just look at the things to do there and all i can think is "Why??...." , it's just not exciting enough, or interesting enough.
@@diodelvino3048 yeah you kinda have to make your own fun here that’s why I booze cruise
@@Sir3rnie ngl , i wouldnt be surprised if alot of people in Nebraska drink like crazy.
It’s no Kansas… actually it sort of is.
The top income tax rate in California is now 14.1%, not 13%.
I left California over twenty years ago after living there about twenty years. I have zero regrets.
14.1%.... well... that does have its downside. Income tax in NZ is in salary/income bands...my top rate was about 31%.. for income above NZ$25 000 or so. BUT--- staffing shortages aside, healthcare is not a problem because it is funded by taxes. For me, 3 nights in hospital for angiogram..two stays over next 4 years for stent implants. Cost ...$0. My wife and I can have ambulance care and transport for the next 12 months ( with the nearest real hospital being 50 km away ) for a whole $71 St John Ambulance membership...that's about ...$42US. I'll happily stay with our higher taxes.
@@neville132bbk I hope you realize he's talking about state income tax. That would be a separate payment from federal income tax--much higher--plus of course, sales tax, annual real estate taxes, etc, etc.
Omg you made me laugh. This was a great video but your commentary was awesome, 😂
Thanks. Another great video from you - factually researched with, your classic biting humor. Well done, keep up the good work!