Grew up in La Jolla & now live in Rancho Bernardo. San Diego is crazy now with homeless out of control, massive fentanyl addiction, drivers speeding and weaving on freeways-ugh! Real estate prices sky high! I would like to leave but where to go?
San Diegan born and raised. Had a home there, with an ocean view! Sold it and moved away. Too difficult to move around the city. No parking. Still, the best place to live in the country though and I have lived all over the country. I’ve been to nearly all the cities on this list and San Diego is by far the best.
@ModernMoneyHabits NYC is no bargain, today! Rents are through the stratosphere like everywhere else, even more so! Used to pay 90 dollars a month for a one bedroom/one bathroom apt. on the trendy classy upper East Side in an old brownstone apt building, today that same apt goes for over $2000 -3000 dollars a month! Lived there for a couple of years in the early 1970s when I worked as a fashion illustrator until my apt got ransacked and robbed, terrifying experience, other than that, the city is beautiful esp gorgeous Central Park, lots of history, great architecture, the arts , more beautiful today than it was when I lived there, but you pay for that beauty, big time!
Sonoma County would be on my list. Best weather year round, scenic wine country, diverse population, beautiful scenery of the coast and forest, long winding country roads, and an assortment of delicious food.
I really feel blessed to live in Marin County, CA. I've been here for about 13 years now, and feel so fortunate. Novato is a nice town; the whole county is so magnificent. I am disabled from a deadly mountain bike accident I suffered in high school too. This was the last place I ever thought I would end up! 😀
I live a couple of years in San Rafael in Marin County and commuted daily to San Francisco. Spent a lot of time in Mill Valley and places like Half-moon bay. Loved it and would go back in a heartbeat.
@@bemacbe - After I got out of the military (I was at the Presidio for awhile), I 'chased' jobs, having lived in Nevada, Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, & finally Oklahoma which is where I'm now living (retired). I was born and raised along the Southern Coast (Yeah, I'm one of those rare, but real, California Natives 😁) and have live all over California, even having owned lake-front property on Lake Almanor (Plumas County) up North. Things I miss the most are West Coast beaches, John Muir Woods, Fisherman's Wharf, sourdough bread from Boudine Bakery, the 'California' vibe, and of course, the weather. Wow, sorry to hear about your biking related disability . . . that sucks big-time. How about you? How did you come to live in Novato, or is that your home town? - Inquiring minds want to know 😂
Super nice. The weather is as perfect as plant earth gets if you ask me. Not that crowded. The border does mean a lot of crime is passing though and the air quality is not that good manny days due to LA smog drifting in. Overall, I’d enjoy living there.
Oh yeah definitely Lake Tahoe, I love it. Beautiful if you haven’t been there, you must visit Lake Tahoe! I’ve been there a few times but never get tired of going there. If money is no object, then I would just live each of the beautiful places for as long I get tired then move to the next one.
Outstanding video Briggs....!!! Gave it a big like. Now Just speaking about Beautiful California my home state. You could claim almost all the beach cities (sub cities in the different Metropolis' of So. Calif) from the Southern tip to the northern point of Calif. For example in Orange County: Laguna Beach , Newport Beach , San Clemente & Huntington Beach. In San Diego County : Old style Coronado Bay , Mission Bay , Pacific Beach, La Jolla to Del Mar , Encinitas , Carlsbad & even Oceanside. In LA County : Pacific Palisades , Palos Verdes , to many others ....
I decided to get my comment in early because we love where we are and we’re not moving so this is just for information and pleasure watching. I always enjoy your videos. Even my sons and I talk about which ones we like best.
While I hate saying “fun fact” I’ll say awesome advice. Even though my job in Casper and Nashville didn’t work out. Briggs advice honestly helped me out and pointed me in the right direction for real. Its real advice and really helpful.
You win the prize! I said the same thing. I’m guessing anyone who disagrees hasn’t been to Santa Barbara. You don’t have to worry about ruining this gem though, it’s not a secret it’s just expensive af!
I would definitely pick San Diego from any on this list, but I visited lake Tahoe as a kid in the early 1970s, and it is definitely as beautiful as advertised.
@@landeeld9596,if you looked at the world as a whole, everything changed in a bad way after Covid-19 just more or less. So, I guess we have to live it and try our best.
@@CybeleCotter Because of retirement we did move from San Mateo County. Moved to Contra Costa County. To a smaller newer house. More sunlight less crowded. Not as easy to hop on a bus and go to San Francisco or Palo Alto. For that we have to drive 1.5 hours sometimes More. We are both retired now and all our relatives are near by and have lots of friends. Take care dear and stay well🌻😘
ITs still just as safe (or unsafe) to visit TJ as always. The areas that tourists visit are well patrolled and secured. If you want to just randomly drive around its just as UNSAFE as it always was. Same thing with Ensenada and other resorts. Baja California just isn't on any of the cartel "routes." Now the OTHER side of the Gulf of California? Yeah, wouldn't go anywhere near it.
The 1992 classic, "A River Runs Through It" sold me on the possibility of life which involved daily fly fishing in Montana. How could life get any better? [rhetorical]
I actually live in Missoula near the Blackfoot River which is the setting of the movie, it’s a pretty decent place. Missoula has grown too quickly for my taste. They’re planning to add another 50,000 commercial and residential buildings in the Wye neighborhood of Missoula by 2050. It’s more like Colorado these days! By then, I probably would have left Missoula.
Great list. Really enjoyed the countdown, but what slows everyone down from considering a move is family. My favorite place was not on your list but it is on several other lists, but I can’t see leaving my grown kids and grandkids. My solution - keep our current residence and travel a lot. Many time our favorite places lose their charm if you actually move there permanently.
Depends on where you live in San Fran. With enough money, you'd never have to see it. I went to a party on Haight/Asbury and missed the train to get the the bus station for TI. Ended up sleeping in the subway, waking up and getting on the train in the morning. That was '93, the Navy days.
Palm Springs? PALM SPRINGS?!! I live in the area and yeah, Briggs, I don't see that one at all either. I often ask myself why anyone lives here. It got up over 120 degrees last week, as it does every year. I can hardly wait to leave!
…glad that it has kept up with the times. No wonder my little Villa at The Riviera Gardens has been busy even at summertime. That did turn out as a great purchase back in ‘98 when a flock of us SF party gurls were drawn to the light of the desert.
I'm a Canuck and this last winter/spring I went a crossed America by the Southern States and the place I would love to have stayed, because of it's beauty and people was a small town in New Mexico that will remain nameless for now.
As a new Mexican, I thank you for your discretion. I'm secretly glad when Briggs says how awful New Mexico is, so fewer people want to move here. More people are bad.
*For the algorithm* because you more than earned it. Every Brigg's video I have watched so far is so well edited, visually appealing, fully researched and narrated with jokes that let you know a person is real life smart and not just frontin for clicks. Hat's off for a job well done and please never quit making videos; I think the world gets better when people are more informed. Thanks for putting in the effort to make being informed enjoyable.
I live 2 hours away from San Diego. Since I was young, San Diego has been the #1 place that I would want to live (I just can’t afford to). I truly hope that I can someday.
Hi from San Diego lol. Indeed a great place to live! I just recently went to Sedona for the first time and was actually thinking I could totally live there for a bit - probably not forever, I love the ocean, but would love to spend more time there, it was just so beautiful.
If money was no issue, I would definitely choose #2 on this list (Sedona, AZ). It's a hidden gem a couple of hours south of the Grand Canyon. I was there in 2018 and fell in love with it. It's pretty expensive to live there, but it's quiet, serene, and plenty to see and things to do.
My place of birth Manhattan is on the list! Maybe because of that background is why I have had no problems living in 6 different countries outside of the US.
I could def do Lake Tahoe-always imagined living there. As a 3rd gen San Diegan, acclimating to any other climate is harsh. You could do it but don’t ever really want to.
Am I the only one who noticed that in the minute 23:45 the city he mentioned was Austin, Texas and the one in the text box is Park City, Utah? Same happens in 24:34, he said “Park City, Utah” and he put in the text box “Sedona, Arizona”. Btw, good video.
Yup. It's interesting though since he's pretty much telling us what 4th & 3rd most popular voted cities before even discussing the 5th & 4th most popular voted cities. Luckily the 2nd popular city was kept as in this case "Sedona, Arizona" before even displaying what's the top dawg in most popular voted city (San Diego, CA) to live in if money was no object content.
I enjoyed watching this. I agree, San Diego is our family’s top pick. Our daughter went to college there and graduated recently. We loved to visit and loved all the beaches and neighborhoods👍
I live in the SF Bay Area since the '70's and will never leave❣️Culture next to nature. The best food in the world (yes) excellent weather, mass transit, I take buses everywhere. I sail all year and the views are so incredible ❤️🔥💐
I lived on the North Shore of Massachusetts for 3 years in my youth, about 25 minutes from Boston by train (known as the "T"). I lived in a town called Manchester-By-The-Sea. It was expensive back in the late 1980's, too...Salem was a short drive away, as well. I was able to do it because I was teaching at a boarding school, so my room and board was subsidized or free. Loved it.
Great video Briggs thanks for sharing. As an Aussie who loves Australia I still find your videos interesting and just another example of how different the people in both countries are. Having never been to the US it’s very hard to pick where I’d want to live if I ever picked up and moved. Even as an older fella it would definitely have to be somewhere fun and being someone who loves the outdoors especially motorcycles and cycling there’d have to be somewhere with both a lot of twisty roads and cycleways.
I drove thru Kanab on my motorcycle every time I went to Zion which was always fun. I'd mention route 12 and Capital Reef. I didn't find Bryce all that exciting.
As a current San Diego resident, I presumed it would be number 1, thanks for affirming that. However, it should also be known folks have been leaving for the reason of this video: it's just too damn expensive. Best weather on the continental U.S. is why many of us are still hanging around.
@@LuckyBaldwin777Being right next to Tijuana is the biggest negative about the place, right next to the fact it’s in California. That weather though.. so nice! 🌞 🩴 🌴
Great info Briggs. San Diego not surprised that it is number 1. I wish I could say I’m surprised by some of the others on the list. I’ve been to about half on this list. Have enjoyed all of them. Keep up the good work 😊
I would choose Seattle. Love the climate, culture, natural beauty, everything. I would also choose Anacortes or Langley (on Whidbey Island). Second choice is my native Colorado, any beautiful mountain town will do, especially if it has a lake. Well, and Boulder. My birthplace and college town. It has a very special place in my heart.
Good stuff, as always! Give me wide open spaces and some land to boot. I have always been drawn to Montana but I think those winters would really throw me for the proverbial loop.
As someone who’s lived in phx my whole life, I cannot understand for the life of me why Scottsdale is on this list. Sedona sure, but Scottsdale is just slightly less miserable Phoenix
nice video, interesting how many different people rank these. couple of edits needed towards the end where names of cities pop up when you're talking about a different city.
What the heck, peeps? Santa Barbara? Carmel by the Sea? Easily the two most beautiful towns/cities on the entire west coast; north to south. If I had a bigger wallet I wouldn't have to even think about it. Live in Santa B and have a bungalow in Carmel or vice versa, whatever.
There are tons of places that fall into that category like Asheville, NC which isn't on the list probably because not enough people live there to vote for it, same for Flagstaff, AZ, or Denver or Bend where residents don't want anyone to know what they have.
@@brendajerez2235 Nah. Living in Spain doesn't need much money at all. Super Cheap. Average Americans can do that immediately. But Spain and other south European countries have their big problems of corruption, bureaucracy and slow pace of everything. They levy lots of tax on you, and they don't do the work... Spain is only for a vacation.. When you have enough money, the whole society's efficiency is more important that they have the ability to process things quickly. While Spain just can't. They are poor and seem like they don't care about your money. You can't get what you've paid for. So it's a big No.
super interesting vid - thanks sir. I'm surprised how much I agree with actually. Neat that some of the maybe lesser known places, (Boulder, Park City, Sedona, etc) made the list. My one change - toss Scottsdale (gag) and swap in Las Vegas.
There’s a few good answers but the right answer is Santa Barbara. If you need more night life LA is close enough to go whenever you want. Sking is close enough for a weekend at Big Bear or if you need more there’s Lake Tahoe. Vacation home in Telluride, Aspen can suck it. Telluride is the most beautiful town in the country. So yeh Santa Barbara and Telluride is gonna be hard to beat!
…well that was quite a pleasantly surprising list. Settled back in my hometown of Atherton in 1996 at Gran’s old house just across the street from my folks. Also love the summers at the old Orchard in Ashland, OR and a quick venture to PDX. That was my setup till 2015 for had to sublet the flat in Portland due to ill health. Once again your work is highly appreciated and I quite enjoy your insights, Thank You.
@javierclyburn5688 Almost put NJ on my comment, grew up in beautiful northeastern NJ, Bergen County in the 1950s and 60s and then lived near Princeton in the 1980s, which was lovely where my three kids were born. Sometimes I miss northeast NJ, grew up with so many great hills for sledding and riding bikes, gorgeous trees with all those squawky Blue Jays. Fell in love with my hometown, which I still love! Don't think my parents and siblings ever knew how much I loved it! lol Has always been highly populated, even more so now and way more expensive! "Home is where the heart is"! ♥♥♥♥
I lived in the US all of my life until recently when I relocated to Sweden to be with my fiancé. I am early 40’s and mainly retired but still have business interests in multiple states. My top choices of where I have/had homes is Utah and Connecticut. There are many high quality areas throughout the country and I have traveled to most of them and hopefully these next few years will start a re-establishment of some of the areas which have been hurting as of late. Luv the video. ❤
LIved 20 years in SD and 25 in NYC, love them both (NYC deserves WAY more love). This list mostly makes sense, but also random feeling. I think Briggs' intuition is better than his survey this time.
I knew what #1 was before I even watched it. The city I voted for, San Diego. We live in Savannah and it’s nice. The wife works in the SF Bay Area so I’m there a lot. It’s definitely beautiful but too crazy to live in permanently. My #2 city if I didn’t like heat so much would be Monterey CA. ❤️
Eww cross out LA and keep the rest on your list I'm from here LA is depressing overcrowded overpriced dirty etc can't wait till leave not a happy place to live to be honest
Loved beautiful NYC & gorgeous Central Park, where I lived on the Upper East Side and worked as a fashion illustrator for a few years, many moons ago, but way too expensive now! So other than that, right where I am, beautiful Yankee New England, Boston born! VERY deep roots here, forebears on my maternal side came here from the UK in 1648. Scotland and Ireland in 1721 and landed in Portsmouth, NH, fought in the Revolutionary War and the Civil War, too! Closest thing to living in the UK! BTW, beautiful NH was just voted safest state in the country 2024!! "Home is where the heart is"!♥♥♥ Thanks Briggs, great job, a really fun video!!
From your list, I'd pick Santa Fe, NM. By far the coolest state capital I've visited on my travels. I know it's not officially a state, but I kinda like the whole Jefferson area, too.
I live in San Diego. It’s getting very crowded and expensive, but it’s beautiful, you’ll never be bored, and almost every day is perfect weather.
Love the perfect weather part.
Sir/ma'am, would it be okay if I move to La Jolla and sleep next to the seals?
Probably San Diego or Honolulu
Grew up in La Jolla & now live in Rancho Bernardo. San Diego is crazy now with homeless out of control, massive fentanyl addiction, drivers speeding and weaving on freeways-ugh! Real estate prices sky high! I would like to leave but where to go?
@@shelleycharlesworth5177 Did you ever say hi to the seals in La Jolla? I want to see a seal.
San Diegan born and raised. Had a home there, with an ocean view! Sold it and moved away. Too difficult to move around the city. No parking. Still, the best place to live in the country though and I have lived all over the country. I’ve been to nearly all the cities on this list and San Diego is by far the best.
Same here, though I should've kept it and stayed.
As someone that grew up in San Francisco and now lives in the mountains of Colorado, I love that you make NewYork and Honolulu seem like a bargain.
@ModernMoneyHabits NYC is no bargain, today! Rents are through the stratosphere like everywhere else, even more so! Used to pay 90 dollars a month for a one bedroom/one bathroom apt. on the trendy classy upper East Side in an old brownstone apt building, today that same apt goes for over $2000 -3000 dollars a month! Lived there for a couple of years in the early 1970s when I worked as a fashion illustrator until my apt got ransacked and robbed, terrifying experience, other than that, the city is beautiful esp gorgeous Central Park, lots of history, great architecture, the arts , more beautiful today than it was when I lived there, but you pay for that beauty, big time!
Switzerland
@@genovevaestrada629
Singapore
Where's los angeles
Sonoma County would be on my list. Best weather year round, scenic wine country, diverse population, beautiful scenery of the coast and forest, long winding country roads, and an assortment of delicious food.
I really feel blessed to live in Marin County, CA. I've been here for about 13 years now, and feel so fortunate. Novato is a nice town; the whole county is so magnificent. I am disabled from a deadly mountain bike accident I suffered in high school too. This was the last place I ever thought I would end up! 😀
I live a couple of years in San Rafael in Marin County and commuted daily to San Francisco. Spent a lot of time in Mill Valley and places like Half-moon bay. Loved it and would go back in a heartbeat.
@@WarHawk- Where are you now? Cheers!
@@bemacbe - After I got out of the military (I was at the Presidio for awhile), I 'chased' jobs, having lived in Nevada, Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, & finally Oklahoma which is where I'm now living (retired). I was born and raised along the Southern Coast (Yeah, I'm one of those rare, but real, California Natives 😁) and have live all over California, even having owned lake-front property on Lake Almanor (Plumas County) up North. Things I miss the most are West Coast beaches, John Muir Woods, Fisherman's Wharf, sourdough bread from Boudine Bakery, the 'California' vibe, and of course, the weather. Wow, sorry to hear about your biking related disability . . . that sucks big-time. How about you? How did you come to live in Novato, or is that your home town? - Inquiring minds want to know 😂
My friend just moved from San Clemente to San Francisco. She loves it. The temperatures are so mild. Can’t wait to visit!
I'd take San Clemente than Houston. ANY DAY.😭
Yes SF summer is 60s to 70s with comfortable humidity unlike alot of the country
the fog makes it hard to see the human poop on the ground, so be careful where you step, and get the kind of windows on your car that don't break
Gonna get bipped
San Fran 🤮
My son lives in San Diego. It has become my favorite US city. So beautiful there.
this one is probably the best of your videos, thanks
My wife and I were highly considering picking up and moving from NYC to San Diego after visiting friends. What an amazing area!
You guy must be wealthy
Super nice. The weather is as perfect as plant earth gets if you ask me. Not that crowded. The border does mean a lot of crime is passing though and the air quality is not that good manny days due to LA smog drifting in. Overall, I’d enjoy living there.
@@mylesgray3470 But can everyone afford No especially not the average person
@@scorpioguy94 Absolutely true, which is why it’s not crowded. Most can’t survive there.
I would’ve stay in San Diego. Not too hot, not too cold, just right. Perfect year round weather.
Can I come move there?
@@lobehold4864We can't afford it.
The weather is perfection. I swear if i lived there I’d throw away all my socks and pants and wear shorts and sandals the rest of my days.
@@lobehold4864 You should defintely move there. California > Florida
I love Portland, where I live but I would live Sedona. Loved it when I visited. It's really beautiful. Oregon is amazingly beautiful.
Oh yeah definitely Lake Tahoe, I love it. Beautiful if you haven’t been there, you must visit Lake Tahoe! I’ve been there a few times but never get tired of going there. If money is no object, then I would just live each of the beautiful places for as long I get tired then move to the next one.
I love Carson City...I plan on retiring either there or on the outskirts of Reno.
Outstanding video Briggs....!!! Gave it a big like. Now Just speaking about Beautiful California my home state. You could claim almost all the beach cities (sub cities in the different Metropolis' of So. Calif) from the Southern tip to the northern point of Calif. For example in Orange County: Laguna Beach , Newport Beach , San Clemente & Huntington Beach. In San Diego County : Old style Coronado Bay , Mission Bay , Pacific Beach, La Jolla to Del Mar , Encinitas , Carlsbad & even Oceanside. In LA County : Pacific Palisades , Palos Verdes , to many others ....
Thanks
Thank you for sharing this video 👍🥰👍🌟
I decided to get my comment in early because we love where we are and we’re not moving so this is just for information and pleasure watching. I always enjoy your videos. Even my sons and I talk about which ones we like best.
While I hate saying “fun fact” I’ll say awesome advice. Even though my job in Casper and Nashville didn’t work out. Briggs advice honestly helped me out and pointed me in the right direction for real. Its real advice and really helpful.
I am glad I could help. Thanks for watching
Santa Barbara with Santa Cruz a close second. I want cooler weather with lots of outdoor activities available.
I grew up in Santa Barbara in the 70s. I'm glad that I experienced a great town on the ocean when there were less people.
You win the prize! I said the same thing. I’m guessing anyone who disagrees hasn’t been to Santa Barbara. You don’t have to worry about ruining this gem though, it’s not a secret it’s just expensive af!
@@dustinstorey6779 Woo hoo! People are mentioning where I live!
@@carolwest6095 Fortunately, the area has not grown much in size. In 1980 the population was almost 80k and now it is almost 95k. :)
Cost of Living 🤑💵💰🥇
I would definitely pick San Diego from any on this list, but I visited lake Tahoe as a kid in the early 1970s, and it is definitely as beautiful as advertised.
Shhh, don't tell people about Lake Tahoe. I miss how it was in the 90s when WAAAAYYYY less people knew about it
Iived in San Diego 30 years. Moved 3 years ago. Really changed and not for good.
San Diego.. great weather.. also a homeless/ illegals paradise as well.
San Diego has deteriorated pretty bad. I loved living in San Diego before the downturn.
@@landeeld9596,if you looked at the world as a whole, everything changed in a bad way after Covid-19 just more or less. So, I guess we have to live it and try our best.
I grew up in Boston and San Francisco, and later lived on the shore of Lake Tahoe. Could never afford to live in these places again.
@@CybeleCotter Because of retirement we did move from San Mateo County. Moved to Contra Costa County. To a smaller newer house.
More sunlight less crowded. Not as easy to hop on a bus and go to San Francisco or Palo Alto. For that we have to drive 1.5 hours sometimes
More. We are both retired now and all our relatives are near by and have lots of friends.
Take care dear and stay well🌻😘
@@AlBGood I have a sister who still lives in Pleasanton, although I'm not close to her in any way. Take care and stay well you also!
Never Say NEVER 😎 Justin Bieber
I just want to be able to afford to live where I live now.
Another fun show. Thank you!!❤
Keep making the "best" videos. We need all the positivity we can get!
San Diego is da bomb, yo! Love it there. Another Navy station. Not far from TJ back when it was safe to go there. Again, the 90s.
ITs still just as safe (or unsafe) to visit TJ as always. The areas that tourists visit are well patrolled and secured. If you want to just randomly drive around its just as UNSAFE as it always was. Same thing with Ensenada and other resorts.
Baja California just isn't on any of the cartel "routes." Now the OTHER side of the Gulf of California? Yeah, wouldn't go anywhere near it.
The 1992 classic, "A River Runs Through It" sold me on the possibility of life which involved daily fly fishing in Montana. How could life get any better? [rhetorical]
Great memories when I watched it with my father when I was young.
I actually live in Missoula near the Blackfoot River which is the setting of the movie, it’s a pretty decent place. Missoula has grown too quickly for my taste. They’re planning to add another 50,000 commercial and residential buildings in the Wye neighborhood of Missoula by 2050. It’s more like Colorado these days! By then, I probably would have left Missoula.
@mustang: I love that movie. Tom Skerrit is a fantastic actor.
Here’s for the algorithm, Briggs! Thank you another great video!
Great list. Really enjoyed the countdown, but what slows everyone down from considering a move is family. My favorite place was not on your list but it is on several other lists, but I can’t see leaving my grown kids and grandkids. My solution - keep our current residence and travel a lot. Many time our favorite places lose their charm if you actually move there permanently.
Hmm, I'd live where nobody could find me.
Alaska
In my minivan. 🙃
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Aw! That's sad.
Move to Alaska.
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Depends on where you live in San Fran. With enough money, you'd never have to see it. I went to a party on Haight/Asbury and missed the train to get the the bus station for TI. Ended up sleeping in the subway, waking up and getting on the train in the morning. That was '93, the Navy days.
Palm Springs? PALM SPRINGS?!! I live in the area and yeah, Briggs, I don't see that one at all either. I often ask myself why anyone lives here. It got up over 120 degrees last week, as it does every year. I can hardly wait to leave!
Rich people don't live there in the summer.
…glad that it has kept up with the times. No wonder my little Villa at The Riviera Gardens has been busy even at summertime. That did turn out as a great purchase back in ‘98 when a flock of us SF party gurls were drawn to the light of the desert.
Sounds like Tucson AZ. I put in 5 years there and by year 3 I. Was over it. Ended up in Seattle.
New York, San Francisco, L A, Miami,Las Vegas, London, Paris, Barcelona, Florence, Venice, Lake Como, and Naples!
I'm a Canuck and this last winter/spring I went a crossed America by the Southern States and the place I would love to have stayed, because of it's beauty and people was a small town in New Mexico that will remain nameless for now.
As a new Mexican, I thank you for your discretion. I'm secretly glad when Briggs says how awful New Mexico is, so fewer people want to move here. More people are bad.
Oh, come on. New York being number 24. Look at how expensive it is. I thought it would be number one.
Go figure Honolulu, but I thought it would be number four or five. It’s really expensive.
Also, with New York City, I think you need to make 280,000 to lift comfortably. Same with San Francisco 330,000
Actually, I think you need about 216,000 in Honolulu
*For the algorithm* because you more than earned it. Every Brigg's video I have watched so far is so well edited, visually appealing, fully researched and narrated with jokes that let you know a person is real life smart and not just frontin for clicks. Hat's off for a job well done and please never quit making videos; I think the world gets better when people are more informed. Thanks for putting in the effort to make being informed enjoyable.
I live 2 hours away from San Diego. Since I was young, San Diego has been the #1 place that I would want to live (I just can’t afford to). I truly hope that I can someday.
Great video! Of the towns on the list, Aspen would be my favorite!
Hi from San Diego lol. Indeed a great place to live! I just recently went to Sedona for the first time and was actually thinking I could totally live there for a bit - probably not forever, I love the ocean, but would love to spend more time there, it was just so beautiful.
I would live exactly where I DO live, in my high elevation mountain town! The most beautiful place in the world, to me.
Bar Harbor most of the year and Key West in the Winter using my private jet to get there.
Or your mega yacht?
florida blows
@@SA-hz1rs Yeah, but the Keys are kinda their own thing.
@@thomashiggins9320 what about them?
Tiny towns in the middle of nowhere
Nothing to do.
@@thomashiggins9320 The Keys are kind of like Greenwich Village By The Sea.
If money was no issue, I would definitely choose #2 on this list (Sedona, AZ). It's a hidden gem a couple of hours south of the Grand Canyon. I was there in 2018 and fell in love with it. It's pretty expensive to live there, but it's quiet, serene, and plenty to see and things to do.
What's the difference between Palm Springs and parts of Vegas and Phoenix? Don't they all have similar climates?
Hawaii, Santa Barbara, or San Diego. Definitely would move overseas permanently though.
Cost of Living 😎
Yo Briggs, could you please do a video tellin' us about the surrounding towns and suburbs around Delta City (Detroit)?
My place of birth Manhattan is on the list!
Maybe because of that background is why I have had no problems living in 6 different countries outside of the US.
I envy all of you that have not only traveled, but lives abroad. I just had to say that 👌👌✌️
I could def do Lake Tahoe-always imagined living there. As a 3rd gen San Diegan, acclimating to any other climate is harsh. You could do it but don’t ever really want to.
Am I the only one who noticed that in the minute 23:45 the city he mentioned was Austin, Texas and the one in the text box is Park City, Utah? Same happens in 24:34, he said “Park City, Utah” and he put in the text box “Sedona, Arizona”. Btw, good video.
Yup, I noticed the editing errors too.
He makes deliberate mistakes so that people like yourself (and now myself) would comment.
Yup. It's interesting though since he's pretty much telling us what 4th & 3rd most popular voted cities before even discussing the 5th & 4th most popular voted cities. Luckily the 2nd popular city was kept as in this case "Sedona, Arizona" before even displaying what's the top dawg in most popular voted city (San Diego, CA) to live in if money was no object content.
Well it worked i was going to comment this and saw yours. Interesting tactic@TheSilentWhales
I did noticed, lol.
I enjoyed watching this. I agree, San Diego is our family’s top
pick. Our daughter went to college there and graduated recently. We loved to visit and loved all the beaches and neighborhoods👍
I'm surprised Santa Barbara, California wasn't on the list.
Yep, along with Carmel (Monterey), Santa Cruz, Mendocino, ...
Yeah I love Santa Barbara
@@HARSHA7049 It's just an hour's drive from where I live. I love going there.
@@uhdudewhy7980I live an hour away from SB as well! I love going there too
@@uhdudewhy7980 for me its 2 hours from where i live
Great video! I’d probably choose San Diego or SF as well
San diego, naples, san fran, monterey California
I live in the SF Bay Area since the '70's and will never leave❣️Culture next to nature. The best food in the world (yes) excellent weather, mass transit, I take buses everywhere. I sail all year and the views are so incredible ❤️🔥💐
I would move to either coastal Maine or back to Seattle, maybe even to the San Juan Islands.
I lived on the North Shore of Massachusetts for 3 years in my youth, about 25 minutes from Boston by train (known as the "T"). I lived in a town called Manchester-By-The-Sea. It was expensive back in the late 1980's, too...Salem was a short drive away, as well. I was able to do it because I was teaching at a boarding school, so my room and board was subsidized or free. Loved it.
What an intriguing question! Now I'm going to be thinking about this.
Great video Briggs thanks for sharing. As an Aussie who loves Australia I still find your videos interesting and just another example of how different the people in both countries are. Having never been to the US it’s very hard to pick where I’d want to live if I ever picked up and moved. Even as an older fella it would definitely have to be somewhere fun and being someone who loves the outdoors especially motorcycles and cycling there’d have to be somewhere with both a lot of twisty roads and cycleways.
One of your best videos
Kanab Utah. It’s close to Zion, Bryce, Lake Powell, and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon
I drove thru Kanab on my motorcycle every time I went to Zion which was always fun. I'd mention route 12 and Capital Reef. I didn't find Bryce all that exciting.
As a current San Diego resident, I presumed it would be number 1, thanks for affirming that. However, it should also be known folks have been leaving for the reason of this video: it's just too damn expensive. Best weather on the continental U.S. is why many of us are still hanging around.
I guess the turd covered beaches are just an added perk.
@LuckyBaldwin777 I'll take that occasional inconvenience over turd-brains anyday
@@LuckyBaldwin777Being right next to Tijuana is the biggest negative about the place, right next to the fact it’s in California. That weather though.. so nice! 🌞 🩴 🌴
Mind blowing list. I don’t even know where to start. Lots of surprises to say the least
Great info Briggs. San Diego not surprised that it is number 1. I wish I could say I’m surprised by some of the others on the list. I’ve been to about half on this list. Have enjoyed all of them. Keep up the good work 😊
Great survey. I would like to live on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, Jackson Hole, or San Diego.
I would choose Seattle. Love the climate, culture, natural beauty, everything. I would also choose Anacortes or Langley (on Whidbey Island). Second choice is my native Colorado, any beautiful mountain town will do, especially if it has a lake. Well, and Boulder. My birthplace and college town. It has a very special place in my heart.
you like 80 days of sunshine a year and a black rain for days on end? Cold rain not warm.
@@lobehold4864 I lived in Seattle for many years, as recently as 2019. I love it there.
Good stuff, as always! Give me wide open spaces and some land to boot. I have always been drawn to Montana but I think those winters would really throw me for the proverbial loop.
I left San Diego over 40 years ago because of too many people. I am glad that my great town was not listed on the top 25 cities.
Love this!
I’ve seen Tahoe….but personally I think Flathead Lake in NW Montana puts it to shame.
Great video!
As someone who’s lived in phx my whole life, I cannot understand for the life of me why Scottsdale is on this list. Sedona sure, but Scottsdale is just slightly less miserable Phoenix
If I picked an Arizona city it would be Flagstaff, it didn't seem as crowded as Sedona or PHX/Scottsdale, and the weather has seasons.
Flagstaff drivers have bumper stickers that say “ don’t Phoenix us!”.
More botox in Scottsdale.
It’s Phoenix, just the part full of rich people. Yea, I don’t get that one either.
@@timmmahhhh Yeah totally agree, I live in Phx and work in Scottsdale, but Flagstaff beat them both, easily.
nice video, interesting how many different people rank these. couple of edits needed towards the end where names of cities pop up when you're talking about a different city.
What the heck, peeps? Santa Barbara? Carmel by the Sea? Easily the two most beautiful towns/cities on the entire west coast; north to south. If I had a bigger wallet I wouldn't have to even think about it. Live in Santa B and have a bungalow in Carmel or vice versa, whatever.
The central coast as whole is as good as it gets, except for maybe Santa Maria and Lompoc lol
There are tons of places that fall into that category like Asheville, NC which isn't on the list probably because not enough people live there to vote for it, same for Flagstaff, AZ, or Denver or Bend where residents don't want anyone to know what they have.
Carmel is absolutely beautiful
I like how you point out median income...then reality income :-) Thanks!
Living in a beach town just north of SD I'll agree and Sedona is beautiful
This may be one of your best videos ever, loved every second of it!
Spam is big in the Philippines as well. Of course there are a lot of Filipinos in Hawaii.
Greetings from the PPRC great video today not sure where to go but it has to be in the west.🇺🇸🍺🍺
How about countries to live in if money was no object?
Singapore or Switzerland gets my vote.
Norway, Iceland, or US for me
Spain hands down.
I'd still choose the USA, but Denmark, Japan, and Korea sound nice.
@@brendajerez2235 Nah. Living in Spain doesn't need much money at all. Super Cheap. Average Americans can do that immediately. But Spain and other south European countries have their big problems of corruption, bureaucracy and slow pace of everything. They levy lots of tax on you, and they don't do the work... Spain is only for a vacation.. When you have enough money, the whole society's efficiency is more important that they have the ability to process things quickly. While Spain just can't. They are poor and seem like they don't care about your money. You can't get what you've paid for. So it's a big No.
super interesting vid - thanks sir. I'm surprised how much I agree with actually. Neat that some of the maybe lesser known places, (Boulder, Park City, Sedona, etc) made the list. My one change - toss Scottsdale (gag) and swap in Las Vegas.
I love your channel ❤❤❤
Loved my two years in San Diego, living across the bridge in Coronado. Very expensive now, I'd reckon.
There’s a few good answers but the right answer is Santa Barbara. If you need more night life LA is close enough to go whenever you want. Sking is close enough for a weekend at Big Bear or if you need more there’s Lake Tahoe. Vacation home in Telluride, Aspen can suck it. Telluride is the most beautiful town in the country. So yeh Santa Barbara and Telluride is gonna be hard to beat!
Love your videos
Thank you for your work!
…well that was quite a pleasantly surprising list. Settled back in my hometown of Atherton in 1996 at Gran’s old house just across the street from my folks. Also love the summers at the old Orchard in Ashland, OR and a quick venture to PDX. That was my setup till 2015 for had to sublet the flat in Portland due to ill health. Once again your work is highly appreciated and I quite enjoy your insights, Thank You.
I’d live all over the place. And be a total snowbird.
Absolutely!! Sounds like you have no kids or they're grown. Either way, I agree. More north in the summer and south in the winter 💯💯
Agree. A small apartment in each city I love and just travel around.
Yup, build a travel van and go up and down the west from Fairbanks in the summertime to Baja Mexico in the winter.
What about Halfway Oregon? Beautiful, quiet and off the beaten path. Love it there. ❤
Great job Briggs ❤❤❤😮😮😮😊😊😊
Really? It just started you haven't watched it yet.
Thank you!! 😁
Aspen town is just a ritzy shopping mall but the surroundings are astounding.
Hoboken, Jersey City, or Guttenberg, NJ. Very underrated. What can I say I love my state of NJ. Great video!👍🏾
@javierclyburn5688 Almost put NJ on my comment, grew up in beautiful northeastern NJ, Bergen County in the 1950s and 60s and then lived near Princeton in the 1980s, which was lovely where my three kids were born. Sometimes I miss northeast NJ, grew up with so many great hills for sledding and riding bikes, gorgeous trees with all those squawky Blue Jays. Fell in love with my hometown, which I still love! Don't think my parents and siblings ever knew how much I loved it! lol Has always been highly populated, even more so now and way more expensive! "Home is where the heart is"!
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Too bad the original Blimpie location in Hoboken closed down.
I lived in the US all of my life until recently when I relocated to Sweden to be with my fiancé. I am early 40’s and mainly retired but still have business interests in multiple states. My top choices of where I have/had homes is Utah and Connecticut. There are many high quality areas throughout the country and I have traveled to most of them and hopefully these next few years will start a re-establishment of some of the areas which have been hurting as of late. Luv the video. ❤
That's a huge survey!
Lake Tahoe or Sedona would be my picks. Yes hippy vibes here... Awesome video, thank you 🥰
I live in Annapolis, MD and it's terrific. If I had to pick another place, San Diego sure sounds right.
Annapolis is wonderful!!! One of my favorite cities in the US.
@@igorram9507thanks for your comments I've not considered visiting Annapolis but if you both like it that much I'll try to.
LIved 20 years in SD and 25 in NYC, love them both (NYC deserves WAY more love). This list mostly makes sense, but also random feeling. I think Briggs' intuition is better than his survey this time.
NYC is no longer great at all. Used to be awesome. Hope it makes a comeback
@@ConWilson-iy9lu I think I know what you mean, but I know people who lived here in the 70's and 80's and say those were the best years.
I knew what #1 was before I even watched it. The city I voted for, San Diego. We live in Savannah and it’s nice. The wife works in the SF Bay Area so I’m there a lot. It’s definitely beautiful but too crazy to live in permanently. My #2 city if I didn’t like heat so much would be Monterey CA. ❤️
Awesome vid. I live in Ashland VA just north of Richmond... And I love coming home!
My top 5 would be Los Angeles, San Diego, Miami, Tampa, and Panama City Beach.
Eww cross out LA and keep the rest on your list I'm from here LA is depressing overcrowded overpriced dirty etc can't wait till leave not a happy place to live to be honest
San Diego! Beautiful place and nice weather.❤
Newport Beach or somewhere on Kauai
I was going to say Newport or Laguna
You are my spirit animal! I have live in San Diego and Park City, but you nailed it.
But I heard Newport Beach had very serious landslide issues...
Loved beautiful NYC & gorgeous Central Park, where I lived on the Upper East Side and worked as a fashion illustrator for a few years, many moons ago, but way too expensive now! So other than that, right where I am, beautiful Yankee New England, Boston born! VERY deep roots here, forebears on my maternal side came here from the UK in 1648. Scotland and Ireland in 1721 and landed in Portsmouth, NH, fought in the Revolutionary War and the Civil War, too! Closest thing to living in the UK! BTW, beautiful NH was just voted safest state in the country 2024!! "Home is where the heart is"!♥♥♥ Thanks Briggs, great job, a really fun video!!
I’ll probably go to Arkansas in the Ozarks. Or somewhere near the Buffalo river within AR.
From your list, I'd pick Santa Fe, NM. By far the coolest state capital I've visited on my travels. I know it's not officially a state, but I kinda like the whole Jefferson area, too.
,la jolla , del mar , rancho Santa Fe , Coronado , laguna beach , san Marino , Pasadena
I like a change of seasons. I would choose to live in Spearfish South Dakota. I just love the scenery and the people.