Don't drink tap water in Knoxville, TN.. Coal ash pollution in east tn water is rampant thanks to TVA, and is well documented. Don't eat any fish from the Tennessee River, and for sure don't swim in it. Part of the reason houses are so cheap. The topography of the Knoxville area traps alot of air pollution. High cancer rate.
Successful aging? Briggs, I am a Viet Nam era veteran. I never dreamed I would live to see the 21st Century. (Of course, now that I am here I am not necessarily sure I belong.) I just turned 70, which is a major miracle and something I never even considered would happen. I sure as h*ll am not rich, but I am comfortably retired. So, yeah. There can actually be such a thing as successful aging. I wish you the same.
Jason, First, from one Veteran to another, I salute you sir. My name is Wayne. And I feel the same as you. Especially today's music is just lacking something. There's a choice few like John Legend, and that girl who played in the last Super Bowl. She's a damn good guitar player. But our favorite bands and musicians are moving on to the other side. I'm very surprised that the Rolling Stones hasn't passed on yet,,,
@@jasondaniel918 You as well. I can't believe the Rolling Stones are still around. Now I know there's alot of Beatles fans, but I preferred the Stones.
Videos like this (best places to retire) are fun to watch, but in reality, most retirees want to stay near family and friends and things that are familiar. Some of the best places to retire suck for the rest of the family, i.e. Nebraska. I personally plan on talking at least one of my kids into moving to a warm sunny state and building a casita out back for me. That means I have to be super nice to one of my kids, but I have 7 so I can be myself with the other six. Hehe!
Knoxville resident weighing in: This is joke, right? Sure, there's no state income tax, but sales taxes are nuts. 9.25% for most things, 7.75% for qualified food items. Yes, you read that right. Just shy of 8% tax on your basic groceries. Great for someone on a fixed income, right? If by some incredible miracle you can afford to buy and actually find a house for 179k, it's going to be a 50 to 70 year old two bedroom with an illogical floor plan and tiny rooms, built on a hill (everything is built on a hill here), so a retiree will have to struggle with that hill for mowing grass, stairs to get into the house, and a nice, steep driveway where you get to back out straight into traffic, because having shoulders on the roads is a totally new concept in this neck of the woods, so most streets don't have them. (Or continuous sidewalks, if any at all, but that's a whole other problem.) Also, be prepared to shell out a lot of extra money to not be in earshot of heavy traffic. The bulk of the city is built around what is essentially a giant strip of commercial areas running alongside major east-west thoroughfares and interstates. Said small, old house is going to cost a lot more than that mythical 179k, though, because - assuming it was well-built to start with - it will not have been well maintained. Knoxville is packed full of half-assed construction and even worse building maintenance. If it can't be hidden under a new coat of paint or new vinyl siding, it just gets ignored until the creatures living in the water damaged walls win. Expect the allegedly cheap house to need a continuous flow of money to convert into something livable. And yes, there are bug problems. Lots of them. This place is a deciduous rain forest, which makes it a great home for all kinds of things with 6+ legs. Not so much for those of us of the 2 legged variety. Precipitation about 50% of the days in any given year. (Yes, really. Average of 178 days a year, last I checked.) Hot, humid summers where there is rarely a breeze worth mentioning unless it's raining last about 6 months of the year. The pleasant temps of Spring and Fall are "blink and you miss it" situations, most years. Most winters manage to provide just enough snow and ice to shut down the city for a day or two, about 3 times each winter. The bulk of winter is spent with temps staying just above freezing until the skies are clear, so miserable conditions without the snow to make it pretty. And did I mention the rain? It rains here. A lot. This town is also one of the allergy capitals of the nation. So much so that many people who move here who have never had allergy and sinus problems develop them when they settle in. Lots of smog, too. But fewer tornadoes than the western and middle parts of the state. And all for the same reason: Knoxville is basically sitting behind a wall of mountains. The sales pitch is "Oooh! Check out the view!" The reality is that those pretty mountains keep the air a little more still than it should, so you feel like you're living in a giant bowl of pollen, smog, and city noise. Also, that 14% of the local population that's retired? They're mostly assholes. I've been in customer service positions in this city for nearly 2 decades, and the highest concentration of rude, uncaring, entitled people in Knoxville is by far the older portion of the population. Not the kinds of friends you'd suggest for your grandmother.
Wow. Impressed to see Knoxville #1. I'm in Chattanooga but love the Knoxville area. Plenty to do and, in general, Tennessee is great. Moved here from California a few years ago.
I was wondering all the way through if you would mention Tennessee. As a transplant from another Southern state, I have to say I LOVE Tennessee. We have NO state income tax. Kids can go to college tuition-free at any of the community colleges. There is no state sales tax on food, although local municipalities and counties can tax it. It's a prosperous state, and not terribly expensive to live here. I am about to be 65, and I plan on spending the rest of my days here. By the way, thanks for choosing Knoxville as the # 1 place to retire. You made a good choice!
He also said the place sucks and it’s dangerous! Never heard anyone in any video explain Knoxville in that manner but it’s probably music to the locals ears to stop the influx of people moving in. Lol I’ve heard crime is up but that seems to be the normal in most larger cities people are flocking to. I guess its the only thing that makes Knoxville suck in his opinion.
PLEASE!!! Not everyone can scrape up the $ for a down payment on a house! The money you save up for a down payment could be used for several years rent!
GreenBay = you'll die of Frost Bite just trying to get your mail in especially January and February. It's not uncommon for it to get down to -10 below zero or even colder with a wind chill of -40 below. In addition from Nov - April can be extremely cold (so that's 6 months of not wanting to go outside). Remember people that are of retirement age tend to not like ice or snow, because it's hard (unsafe) to drive on, and they can easily slip and fall down (and you get hurt when you're older).I would expect Green Bay to be A LOT less expensive than the rest of the country just based on it's extremely harsh Winters.
Knoxville is a good place to live. Lived there five years myself. Not the best-looking city, but Lake Loudon and the Smoky Mountains make up for it in spades. Be sure to check out Big South Fork if you're an outdoors person. Winters are mild with only one or two snowfalls, but Knoxville gets a lot of rain. If you want the really big city experience, Knoxville is about 4 hours to Atlanta. It's a solid choice.
Helped me. Retired at 58, looking for a landing spot back in the States. Been tracking home prices in many areas there for a while. Several cities mentioned here are on my watch list.
Nothing left of Nebraska!! I live in Southern Oregon on $1000. a month. Of course I have no life either but I have enough to eat and stay clothed and buy an occasional toy on amazon. So it's ok.
William MacGregor that’s good to know. I’ve been looking into Oregon or Washington as places to relocate, but didn’t think I’d be able to make it on social security income. Do you mind sharing what general area you’re in? Thanks!
Tracy Moore Try looking into the Douglas county area. Inland not coastal. Roseburg is the large (ish) city and county seat. There’s at least a dozen smaller towns within 30 miles of it. There’s plenty to do year round and it’s a beautiful area. It has a pretty good assortment of retail stores as well, there’s Home Depot AND a Lowes plus a few independent hardware/lumber stores. A full range of grocery stores such as Walmart, Fred Meyer, Safeway, Albertsons, Sherm’s, Ray’s, Shopsmart, plus the little guys Dollar General, Dollar Tree Etc. For a City on the small to medium size it’s doing well. They have lots of activities year round but most are in the spring summer autumn. Drive 1-2 hours east and you are at Crater Lake National Park. Do the same going west and you’re on the coast. Just understand that most people in that area think Republicans are to liberal lol. So make sure to wear flannel shirts, don’t cry if you see someone in a monster truck listening to serious country music while waving their MAGA hat out the window lol
I knew my research would pay off. I've been planning on moving to Knoxville TN and ultimately retire there for a while now. Glad to see it make number one on this list.
If you're arthritic or have even a chance of being prone to allergies, don't do it. The pollen here is so bad we have pollen alerts almost daily for most of the year, even if it's pouring rain. Which it does, a lot. About half the days of the year see some precipitation, and sometimes that is a literal pattern. From Oct 2019 to May 2020, I think we had 48 straight hours without rain about twice. It was about every other day. As an arthritis patient, I find the constant yo-yo of the barometer less than fun.
Briggs’ cousins’ ex-wife running gag is like the ‘Frau Blucher’ joke from Young Frankenstein ... lightning and thunder rolls, horses freak out ... I’m here for this kind of quality content
Bought my first house in Des Moines last year with a mortgage of $665 a month. Two bedrooms, half acre, attached single car garage... Can't vouch for Zebra races but the East Village is always having events.
The cheapest city to retire to is San Fran. You don't have to pay for anything, you can take anything you want from stores without fear, and you can go wherever you want. You just have to be able to navigate the feces and the used hypodermic needles
I prefer cool weather, but would never live in a place where they get ice and snow when I retire due to the danger of slipping and falling. Plus I would never consider retiring to a high crime area.
Mid Michigan. Lakes , woods, deer, ducks, hunting, abandoned houses. Retiree homes aging out. And land. Close to Cities with great medical care. Harrison, Tawas City, West Branch, etc. close to resort towns for fun.
Green Bay is a nice place, I lived there for a year in the 1990's. But the winters are brutal, that's one of the reasons my family left. Pretty city, nice parks, if you can get through the winters, it's a good place to retire.
"To earn more you are required to have multiple diversified means of income", Which is why investment is an avenue of making more money once it's profitable.
Most loss and failures in an investment usually happens when you invest without proper guide and the analysis of the profit and risk percentage of the investment
It's safe to have an investment manager who has vast knowledge on investment, to make you profit from your investment on your behalf while you monitor the investment growth
Best small towns to retire in would be great! Actually, what I’m looking for is a quaint, safe, inexpensive small town on the outskirts of a city. Yeah!
I'm retired in Houston TX, which has a low cost of living for people over 65. However, it is ESSENTIAL that you have your home paid off so you can defer your property tax. You pay only sales tax if you do that. The brutal summer heat is the only disadvantage.
Fayetteville is nice, that first picture of it is exactly how I saw it. Knoxville is nice too and is near beautiful western North Carolina. May consider the latter in 10 years Great video
steven hamlin You may well ask yourself that. At the same time ask why Congress allowed insurance companies to treat people with the long term disability benefits that either they purchased or their company purchased as a lottery system. This is all thanks to the Republicans. Dirty lobbyists hands all.
No City in Florida? Most of your city’s are up north where you have to spend more on clothes. I live in shorts tank tops and flip flops! Is it 5:00 yet? Fort Walton Beach is cheep to live in? Most of the fast food places are ran by seniors not stupid teenagers. My 2 bedroom 2 bath is $550. With a view of the Gulf. If a storm comes up I just go see my daughter in Jackson Mississippi.
T. N. Schumacher I used to live in Moorehaven... Could not stand the triple digit heat in the summer, Fire Ants, very restrictive gun laws and utter disregard for our 2nd Amendment Rights, and the disastrous Hurricanes...!
Knoxville was my first choice for awhile, but, unless you consider UT football culture, it’s sorely lacking (for me). Settled on Raleigh, moving there next month. Maybe Knoxville next step. Well done, sir!
@@kristenmarie9248 Moving to Raleigh alone Dec ‘19, then Covid hit in March ‘20 made the challenge much bigger, but would have been the same anywhere. Chose it over Knoxville for culture, of which there’s been next to none. People are wonderful. Cost of living more than expected and still rising, but still less than CA. Being a big city a lot more blue than I prefer, which has been a little more difficult last year, but I’ve just tried to remain friendly. So green and plenty of lakes. Lady winter very mild, one evening of snow, which was pretty exciting for me. This year much colder a few weeks with highs in the 30’s and tons of rain, unusually so I’m told, but only one night of snow flurries, gone by noon. (Christmas night sat out with neighbors at a fire in the yard while 20!) 😳. Critters and plant life SO different and wonderful. I didn’t think the humidity of the summer was terrible, but I wasn’t out working in it and was hiding away inside with Covid. No regrets just poor timing to move due to Covid. But who knew?!
Des Moines is surprisingly cool these days, if you can make it through some brutal winters. Hated it when I was young, but it sucked back then. We've made a remarkable turnaround over the last 30 years. It's a cool place off the beaten path. Some fantastic employers, too.
@@harleancarpenter8043 A lot of people up here live elsewhere in the winter. If i had the financial means this is exactly what I would do. It's beautiful up here from June (sometimes May) through late October, often reaching 85-90 degrees, but November through April is pretty much winter. It can get sort of depressing, I'm not going to lie. Especially these upcoming days, which are the shortest of the year. Sun comes out around 7:30 a.m. and sets by 5:30 to 6:00 p.m. Its beautiful out RN though, at least 40 degrees, the sun is shining, its not windy and some snow is melting.
Anywhere that does not include NJ, NY, CT, CA, HI, or AK, which are all, for the most part, extremely expensive, high taxes, cold, or all of the above.
As a self proclaimed frugalists I prefer affordable rather than cheaper. The difference is I maintain value just pay less for it. Like my car a grand Marquis I paid $2k for it sure it had been used but it's ride and reliability is unquestionable. The car looked nearly new when I got it even though it was a 19 year old car. Had I been cheap I would have gotten a Korean or Chinese car or remember the Yugo.
My mom, family and family in law are seniors and love to live in Fort Wayne because it's safe zone and less traffics, festivals, best farmers markets, and many more. Fort Wayne is so friendly.
It doesn't have to do about being a hermit some people stay to themselves..why they don't want to get caught up in people's lives/bullcrap others people issues can't always be my issue. Thanks
My sin wants me to retire in Dallas, GA. It is about 45 minutes NW of Atlanta. I am hesitant because when compared to my home in Albany,NY real estate is way more expensive. And the air quality is much worse in GA. I know the entire state of NY is expensive but I own my home free and clear and there is a reasonably variety for Senior Citizen opportunities for education, decent Healthcare, and no fire ants. What are the stats for the suburbs of Atlanta? The recent wave of Anti Asian hate crimes worry me and I am not Asian. The whole sense of Atlanta seems to be the haves vs the have nots is a hot mess. Have you done any stat research that applies to this area?
Great Video Briggs! NWA is on my list! Not for retirement but just because I want to. Ozarks with all the caves, springs, waterfalls are very beautiful. Most people are friendly too👍 Its the perfect medium for weather from the north and deep south. Lots of huge companies throw $ into the communities so they never see a recession (Tyson, Pepsi, Mitsubishi Systems, Energizer, Planters, P&G, Walmart, JB Hunt, Hersey, Heinz, just to name a few). Also worth noting is North Augusta on the SC side is nice across the Savannah River too. Less crime than Augusta GA.
I'd like to know what a community can offer for entertainment. Of course what is fun is subjective but so is what is boring, an often listed reason not to be somewhere.
@@MrRabidtroll Good Hope we get to know each other with time and patience. Do you mind suggesting any means we talk off here more often if you don't mind?
@@lydiaanderson582 not going to happen. It is blatantly obvious that you are doing some kind of scam. Your channel has no content while you have subscribers. Using a picture of a hot woman is a bait for men. Like so many fake dating profiles you probably are trying to get personal information from gullible men so you can steal their identity or gain their trust then ask for money.
I lived in Morgantown West Va for a very long time and i still have friends that live there today . The cost of living there is NOT cheap. Rent is high compared to the rest of the state mostly because of all the college students. When i was in college back in the 1980's you could still find an apartment for under $200 bucks now rents are around $1000 a month. Traffic is a nightmare and parking is just very bad. City loves to give out parking tickets. Crime has gone way up and so have the panhandlers hangout out on Downtown on High Street. West Virginia has a lot of hidden taxes too , high gas tax , cost to heat your house is high , Tax on food in grocery stores used to be 3 % and then they got rid of the tax so there was no tax for a few years and then they brought it roaring back and now tax on food is 7 % . Morgantown used to be a charming little town and now it is just sprawl . You will have to have a car to get around .
I was looking for maybe a better place to move to,.......but I live in Knoxville, TN, the number one on your list . So I'll just stay here I guess.Oh well.
Retires should be interested in the crime rate ! Why did you leave it out ? Also no town listed in or around the Rocky Mountains and west, shy of Cheyenne Wyoming. Health care quality and availability ?
@@ThomasLeonard454 Good Hope we get to know each other with time and patience Do you mind suggesting any means we talk off here more often if you don't mind?
Problem with a lot of these places? Horrific winters. Sure, youll save on taxes, but you will easily make up for it warming the house up. Unless you wanna be choppin wood till you last days....
Wrong...a lot of us are not whining winter wimps. A lot of people like 4..FOUR.. SEASONS. Besides know your geography a lot is not east coast its midwest also.
@@stevenkelly9731 your the one that replied to me! Now who's a whining winter wimp?! Watch the video again since you have nothing better to do. And no one wants to freeze there ass of when they get old. That's why everyone retires in Florida! Midwest!? Clueless!
House in St Louis MO can be had for $40k, 1 acre lot, 4 car garage. Forest Park has museums, golf, biking, hiking. Unless your standing on a street corner late at night, it's not unsafe.
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NEW MEXICO did not make the cut !!!! , While its cost of living is 40% below the National Average !!! Albuquerque is a great place to live, and not COLD.
I was born, raised and still live in Fort Myers, Fl. I don't consider myself dumb, thank you. I'm 45 years old and have raised 4 daughters here and worked at my same job since 2005. Most people here "aren't from around here" anymore.
@@billlouie335 Good Hope we get to know each other with time and patience. Do you mind suggesting any means we talk off here more often if you don't mind?
Hey Briggs, The world is a bigger place than the United States and Canada. Waiting for more international videos. Greetings from an American expat living in Greece.
I used to live in knoxville omfg what a great place.. it's cheap, gets alil chilly in the winters but that's normal and the people are hella nice... if my job opened a base I'll relocate and not think twice about it
Don't drink tap water in Knoxville, TN.. Coal ash pollution in east tn water is rampant thanks to TVA, and is well documented. Don't eat any fish from the Tennessee River, and for sure don't swim in it. Part of the reason houses are so cheap. The topography of the Knoxville area traps alot of air pollution. High cancer rate.
1>Lincoln nebraska 2>morgantown W.V 3>Columbus Ohio(free college for +60) 4>DeMoines, Iowa 5>Cheyenne Wyoming 6>Augusta Ga (golf) 7>Green Bay Wisconsin 8>Ft. Wayne Indiana 9>Fayetteville Arkansas 10>Knoxville Tennessee
Successful aging? Briggs, I am a Viet Nam era veteran. I never dreamed I would live to see the 21st Century. (Of course, now that I am here I am not necessarily sure I belong.) I just turned 70, which is a major miracle and something I never even considered would happen. I sure as h*ll am not rich, but I am comfortably retired. So, yeah. There can actually be such a thing as successful aging. I wish you the same.
Wish you long, HAPPY life
Sir thank you for your service to our country.❤️🇺🇸
Jason,
First, from one Veteran to another, I salute you sir. My name is Wayne. And I feel the same as you. Especially today's music is just lacking something. There's a choice few like John Legend, and that girl who played in the last Super Bowl. She's a damn good guitar player. But our favorite bands and musicians are moving on to the other side. I'm very surprised that the Rolling Stones hasn't passed on yet,,,
@@w.allencaddell6421 Music that sustained our souls. Live long and prosper, my friend.
@@jasondaniel918
You as well. I can't believe the Rolling Stones are still around. Now I know there's alot of Beatles fans, but I preferred the Stones.
Videos like this (best places to retire) are fun to watch, but in reality, most retirees want to stay near family and friends and things that are familiar. Some of the best places to retire suck for the rest of the family, i.e. Nebraska. I personally plan on talking at least one of my kids into moving to a warm sunny state and building a casita out back for me. That means I have to be super nice to one of my kids, but I have 7 so I can be myself with the other six. Hehe!
Knoxville resident weighing in: This is joke, right? Sure, there's no state income tax, but sales taxes are nuts. 9.25% for most things, 7.75% for qualified food items. Yes, you read that right. Just shy of 8% tax on your basic groceries. Great for someone on a fixed income, right?
If by some incredible miracle you can afford to buy and actually find a house for 179k, it's going to be a 50 to 70 year old two bedroom with an illogical floor plan and tiny rooms, built on a hill (everything is built on a hill here), so a retiree will have to struggle with that hill for mowing grass, stairs to get into the house, and a nice, steep driveway where you get to back out straight into traffic, because having shoulders on the roads is a totally new concept in this neck of the woods, so most streets don't have them. (Or continuous sidewalks, if any at all, but that's a whole other problem.)
Also, be prepared to shell out a lot of extra money to not be in earshot of heavy traffic. The bulk of the city is built around what is essentially a giant strip of commercial areas running alongside major east-west thoroughfares and interstates.
Said small, old house is going to cost a lot more than that mythical 179k, though, because - assuming it was well-built to start with - it will not have been well maintained. Knoxville is packed full of half-assed construction and even worse building maintenance. If it can't be hidden under a new coat of paint or new vinyl siding, it just gets ignored until the creatures living in the water damaged walls win. Expect the allegedly cheap house to need a continuous flow of money to convert into something livable.
And yes, there are bug problems. Lots of them. This place is a deciduous rain forest, which makes it a great home for all kinds of things with 6+ legs. Not so much for those of us of the 2 legged variety. Precipitation about 50% of the days in any given year. (Yes, really. Average of 178 days a year, last I checked.) Hot, humid summers where there is rarely a breeze worth mentioning unless it's raining last about 6 months of the year. The pleasant temps of Spring and Fall are "blink and you miss it" situations, most years.
Most winters manage to provide just enough snow and ice to shut down the city for a day or two, about 3 times each winter. The bulk of winter is spent with temps staying just above freezing until the skies are clear, so miserable conditions without the snow to make it pretty. And did I mention the rain? It rains here. A lot.
This town is also one of the allergy capitals of the nation. So much so that many people who move here who have never had allergy and sinus problems develop them when they settle in. Lots of smog, too. But fewer tornadoes than the western and middle parts of the state. And all for the same reason: Knoxville is basically sitting behind a wall of mountains. The sales pitch is "Oooh! Check out the view!" The reality is that those pretty mountains keep the air a little more still than it should, so you feel like you're living in a giant bowl of pollen, smog, and city noise.
Also, that 14% of the local population that's retired? They're mostly assholes. I've been in customer service positions in this city for nearly 2 decades, and the highest concentration of rude, uncaring, entitled people in Knoxville is by far the older portion of the population. Not the kinds of friends you'd suggest for your grandmother.
Good job, Briggs. Lotsa folks are very interested in this topic.
Nice work very interesting documentary, keep up the good work.
Wow. Impressed to see Knoxville #1. I'm in Chattanooga but love the Knoxville area. Plenty to do and, in general, Tennessee is great. Moved here from California a few years ago.
Learn to pronounce versus. It has TWO syllables. Verse has one syllable. Please! I beg of you!
I was wondering all the way through if you would mention Tennessee. As a transplant from another Southern state, I have to say I LOVE Tennessee. We have NO state income tax. Kids can go to college tuition-free at any of the community colleges. There is no state sales tax on food, although local municipalities and counties can tax it. It's a prosperous state, and not terribly expensive to live here. I am about to be 65, and I plan on spending the rest of my days here. By the way, thanks for choosing Knoxville as the # 1 place to retire. You made a good choice!
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He also said the place sucks and it’s dangerous! Never heard anyone in any video explain Knoxville in that manner but it’s probably music to the locals ears to stop the influx of people moving in. Lol I’ve heard crime is up but that seems to be the normal in most larger cities people are flocking to. I guess its the only thing that makes Knoxville suck in his opinion.
Instead of using home prices, try using rent prices for those of us who can't afford to buy.
Cheaper to pay a mortgage then rent
PLEASE!!! Not everyone can scrape up the $ for a down payment on a house! The money you save up for a down payment could be used for several years rent!
I agree! Particularly for those of us who are single with no dependents!
@@erickaegi629 Not thinking of the future if you do that. Rent continues forever while a purchased paid off house is totally free after age 65.
@@glasslinger At the rate this country is going I don't there is going to be a future for any of us.
GreenBay = you'll die of Frost Bite just trying to get your mail in especially January and February. It's not uncommon for it to get down to -10 below zero or even colder with a wind chill of -40 below. In addition from Nov - April can be extremely cold (so that's 6 months of not wanting to go outside). Remember people that are of retirement age tend to not like ice or snow, because it's hard (unsafe) to drive on, and they can easily slip and fall down (and you get hurt when you're older).I would expect Green Bay to be A LOT less expensive than the rest of the country just based on it's extremely harsh Winters.
The Midwest in general is a good place to retire if you want a simple retirement
Correct I will be retiring there from California October 2020
Midwest is too cold
Where is Kansas?
E.A.G 65 and Detroit but they don’t count
Dylan Detten Detroit is too dangerous
Medicaid qualifications and coverage is a major consideration for many retired persons. Thank you for all your work. I enjoy your posts.
That means that you never really worked
Almost all miserable cold places. No thanks. I'd rather live in a van down by a dry riverbed in the Southwest.
It's funny how they never take into consideration it it seems cold temperatures you have a lot of valid points
Yes, need a top 10 of these where you wont freeze in winter
It's not our fault you're a pussy.
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Ok, boomer.
Knoxville is a good place to live. Lived there five years myself. Not the best-looking city, but Lake Loudon and the Smoky Mountains make up for it in spades. Be sure to check out Big South Fork if you're an outdoors person. Winters are mild with only one or two snowfalls, but Knoxville gets a lot of rain. If you want the really big city experience, Knoxville is about 4 hours to Atlanta. It's a solid choice.
Helped me. Retired at 58, looking for a landing spot back in the States. Been tracking home prices in many areas there for a while. Several cities mentioned here are on my watch list.
If you're a white supramecist you can't go wrong with any of these fine upstanding communities! Double plus good!
Population of Cheyenne is 67 thousand. The population of the entire state of Wyoming is 500 thousand
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Click the “About” tab on Briggs main page. He makes 1 mistakes intentionally on every video😂🤣
@@theturtle2121 Lol. I see what you did there.
At least you don’t have to worry about being overrun by Californians!
sounds crowded
Only drawback....winter.
Nothing left of Nebraska!! I live in Southern Oregon on $1000. a month. Of course I have no life either but I have enough to eat and stay clothed and buy an occasional toy on amazon. So it's ok.
William MacGregor that’s good to know. I’ve been looking into Oregon or Washington as places to relocate, but didn’t think I’d be able to make it on social security income. Do you mind sharing what general area you’re in? Thanks!
Sounds good
Where about sin Southern Oregon?
I’m asking because I live in Southern Oregon on a small fixed income as well.
Tracy Moore Try looking into the Douglas county area. Inland not coastal. Roseburg is the large (ish) city and county seat. There’s at least a dozen smaller towns within 30 miles of it. There’s plenty to do year round and it’s a beautiful area. It has a pretty good assortment of retail stores as well, there’s Home Depot AND a Lowes plus a few independent hardware/lumber stores. A full range of grocery stores such as Walmart, Fred Meyer, Safeway, Albertsons, Sherm’s, Ray’s, Shopsmart, plus the little guys Dollar General, Dollar Tree Etc. For a City on the small to medium size it’s doing well.
They have lots of activities year round but most are in the spring summer autumn. Drive 1-2 hours east and you are at Crater Lake National Park. Do the same going west and you’re on the coast.
Just understand that most people in that area think Republicans are to liberal lol. So make sure to wear flannel shirts, don’t cry if you see someone in a monster truck listening to serious country music while waving their MAGA hat out the window lol
@@prepperjonpnw6482 what do you mean about SIN!!! And who a you to judge others?
I knew my research would pay off. I've been planning on moving to Knoxville TN and ultimately retire there for a while now. Glad to see it make number one on this list.
If you're arthritic or have even a chance of being prone to allergies, don't do it. The pollen here is so bad we have pollen alerts almost daily for most of the year, even if it's pouring rain. Which it does, a lot. About half the days of the year see some precipitation, and sometimes that is a literal pattern. From Oct 2019 to May 2020, I think we had 48 straight hours without rain about twice. It was about every other day. As an arthritis patient, I find the constant yo-yo of the barometer less than fun.
Briggs’ cousins’ ex-wife running gag is like the ‘Frau Blucher’ joke from Young Frankenstein ... lightning and thunder rolls, horses freak out ...
I’m here for this kind of quality content
Thanks
@@WorldAccordingToBriggs Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin is also the best place to retire which is known for Waterparks. Comment me back
Thomas Murphy why would a retiree want waterparks? Unless it’s to bribe the grandchildren to visit in the summer lol
Everything here is out of my price range... Skid row, here I come.
I guess this is where a lot of bad decisions have led you.
Bought my first house in Des Moines last year with a mortgage of $665 a month. Two bedrooms, half acre, attached single car garage... Can't vouch for Zebra races but the East Village is always having events.
The cheapest place to retire is in a van down by the river
Ha, ha, ha!
arithsem . . . 😂😂😂
This the second time I've heard this today. The first time was from a guy with cement blocks chains and a black bag in the trunk
Take the cost if the van, insurance, repairs, services and fuel, your wrong. I'm in a 28 ft 1983 trailer in northeastern Pennsylvania.
A cardboard refrigerator box under the Freedom Parkway overpass.
The cheapest city to retire to is San Fran. You don't have to pay for anything, you can take anything you want from stores without fear, and you can go wherever you want.
You just have to be able to navigate the feces and the used hypodermic needles
YUKKKKKKKK
😂
It’s the very best place for freebies for illegals!!!!!
And lawlessness
Not safe , tax payers pay for illegals to get free everything
Idiot
I prefer cool weather, but would never live in a place where they get ice and snow when I retire due to the danger of slipping and falling. Plus I would never consider retiring to a high crime area.
Retired two years ago. Enjoyed this thoroughly. Thanks.
Exactly what I was looking for and Knoxville was one of
my choices before this video. Yay!
Night life in Lincoln, Nebraska is waiting for the sun to go down so you can see some old women's dentures glow in the dark!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
thats hot!
John Brentford 😂
@1chumley1 Okay boomer.
Trust me no one wants to go there 😂
Mid Michigan. Lakes , woods, deer, ducks, hunting, abandoned houses. Retiree homes aging out. And land.
Close to Cities with great medical care.
Harrison, Tawas City, West Branch, etc. close to resort towns for fun.
Des Moines - “the city that fun forgot.” 😆 Yep!
Green Bay is a nice place, I lived there for a year in the 1990's. But the winters are brutal, that's one of the reasons my family left. Pretty city, nice parks, if you can get through the winters, it's a good place to retire.
Finally something positive about Arkansas!
@Donna Jones Fayetteville
Not going to move close to the Clintons i won't to live and enjoy my retirement
@@danielgriffin8132 - When was the last time the Clintons lived in Arkansas :)
@@danielgriffin8132 It's want, not won't. You'll never live close to the Clintons or be as smart either.
That's a beautiful area. Missoori & Oklahoma are near. Cheap real estate .
I love cold weather, hate heat and I also hate living in Chicago
mkb so the weather is the only thing you like about Chicago
If anything else you can always cruise the malls in Chicago land
At least you have a cat🙂
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There is a common theme running. College towns in red states. Lincoln, Morgantown, Columbus, Fayetteville.Cheyenne.
Best small towns to retire in would be great! Actually, what I’m looking for is a quaint, safe, inexpensive small town on the outskirts of a city. Yeah!
When u decide where, let me know I'll follow u lol!
Me too!
I'm retired in Houston TX, which has a low cost of living for people over 65. However, it is ESSENTIAL that you have your home paid off so you can defer your property tax. You pay only sales tax if you do that. The brutal summer heat is the only disadvantage.
I want to retire to somewhere cheap safe and NOT cold. I live in Washington state. It's expensive and it's cold and wet.
Lincoln, Columbus, Des Moines, Cheyenne are my picks. Thanks.
"You can get out and put some mileage on that new hip." BWAHAHAHA!
How about a video for full time RVers?
Fayetteville is nice, that first picture of it is exactly how I saw it.
Knoxville is nice too and is near beautiful western North Carolina.
May consider the latter in 10 years
Great video
why oh why is social security taxed? sucks. tax the corporations and billionaires
Redundant redundancy.
steven hamlin
You may well ask yourself that. At the same time ask why Congress allowed insurance companies to treat people with the long term disability benefits that either they purchased or their company purchased as a lottery system.
This is all thanks to the Republicans. Dirty lobbyists hands all.
Minda Kahn Ok Biden
Because it is not taxed when it is taken out of your paycheck.
Omg, ☠🤣🤣🤣 When he was talking about Ft. Wayne, IN, did he just say you can get out and put some mileage on that new hip?!
Marshanna Johnson
Ft.Wayne is nice...
I live about an hour north of there and spend a lot of time
there going to the VA hospital there...
No City in Florida? Most of your city’s are up north where you have to spend more on clothes. I live in shorts tank tops and flip flops! Is it 5:00 yet? Fort Walton Beach is cheep to live in? Most of the fast food places are ran by seniors not stupid teenagers. My 2 bedroom 2 bath is $550. With a view of the Gulf. If a storm comes up I just go see my daughter in Jackson Mississippi.
T. N. Schumacher
I used to live in Moorehaven...
Could not stand the triple digit heat in the summer,
Fire Ants, very restrictive gun laws and utter disregard
for our 2nd Amendment Rights, and the disastrous Hurricanes...!
Are you an older, retired folk?
Do you rent an apartment or house, or have a mortgage for $550.00/month please? I'm in Ohio, and that is a great deal!
Knoxville was my first choice for awhile, but, unless you consider UT football culture, it’s sorely lacking (for me). Settled on Raleigh, moving there next month. Maybe Knoxville next step. Well done, sir!
Congratulations on your move. How do you like Raleigh so far? And, how has the Winter been there please? Raleigh, N.C., right?
@@kristenmarie9248 Moving to Raleigh alone Dec ‘19, then Covid hit in March ‘20 made the challenge much bigger, but would have been the same anywhere. Chose it over Knoxville for culture, of which there’s been next to none. People are wonderful. Cost of living more than expected and still rising, but still less than CA. Being a big city a lot more blue than I prefer, which has been a little more difficult last year, but I’ve just tried to remain friendly. So green and plenty of lakes. Lady winter very mild, one evening of snow, which was pretty exciting for me. This year much colder a few weeks with highs in the 30’s and tons of rain, unusually so I’m told, but only one night of snow flurries, gone by noon. (Christmas night sat out with neighbors at a fire in the yard while 20!) 😳. Critters and plant life SO different and wonderful. I didn’t think the humidity of the summer was terrible, but I wasn’t out working in it and was hiding away inside with Covid. No regrets just poor timing to move due to Covid. But who knew?!
50 years ago, Gulf Shores Alabama was one of the cheapest places to live on Earth. There was nothing there and it was HOT
Cheyenne, here I come!
I live in Rogers AR. I really love it here.
I Don’t want 2 Retire Nowhere Cold
I don’t either.
I had to put on a sweater to watch this video and I live in Florida.
@Adymn Sani LOL. Yeah, no.
Well the worlds warming up so just wait....winter wimp.
@@BlaneysChannel LOLLOL
Des Moines is surprisingly cool these days, if you can make it through some brutal winters. Hated it when I was young, but it sucked back then. We've made a remarkable turnaround over the last 30 years. It's a cool place off the beaten path. Some fantastic employers, too.
Green Bay, WI! LOL. You forgot Point Barrow, Alaska.
What's wrong with Green Bay? WI is mostly nice besides the Milwaukee area.
@@jrodagormykid9063 The Weather in winter, lol
@@harleancarpenter8043 i live in the U.P. less than a mile from Lake Superior so Green Bay winters are nice to me lol.
@@jrodagormykid9063 I need somewhere nicely warm, if not hot, sorry. Good luck living up there xxx
@@harleancarpenter8043 A lot of people up here live elsewhere in the winter. If i had the financial means this is exactly what I would do. It's beautiful up here from June (sometimes May) through late October, often reaching 85-90 degrees, but November through April is pretty much winter. It can get sort of depressing, I'm not going to lie. Especially these upcoming days, which are the shortest of the year. Sun comes out around 7:30 a.m. and sets by 5:30 to 6:00 p.m. Its beautiful out RN though, at least 40 degrees, the sun is shining, its not windy and some snow is melting.
You have a excellent voice, and a great comedic introduction 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Anywhere that does not include NJ, NY, CT, CA, HI, or AK, which are all, for the most part, extremely expensive, high taxes, cold, or all of the above.
and Illinois.
Dalek 2150 Yeah, I forgot that one.
Fayette-Chill is awesome!! Beautiful scenery, it costs nothing to live there, lots of things to do!
Fayettenam?
The horse noise of your cousin's ex wife gets me every time 😂
As a self proclaimed frugalists I prefer affordable rather than cheaper. The difference is I maintain value just pay less for it. Like my car a grand Marquis I paid $2k for it sure it had been used but it's ride and reliability is unquestionable. The car looked nearly new when I got it even though it was a 19 year old car.
Had I been cheap I would have gotten a Korean or Chinese car or remember the Yugo.
Well done, Briggs! I learned things about my country. And I didn't feel slimed by snark. More!
Thanks for watching.
Retired to Wisconsin. No tax on military pension. No tax on social security. Great housing prices. Great medical care. Lots of nature. Love it!
Just wanted to say that I like your shows...BUT, I REALLY LIKE YOUR LAST STATEMENT! THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH NICENESS IN THIS WORLD...😉😊👍
My mom, family and family in law are seniors and love to live in Fort Wayne because it's safe zone and less traffics, festivals, best farmers markets, and many more. Fort Wayne is so friendly.
Weather sucks
It doesn't have to do about being a hermit some people stay to themselves..why they don't want to get caught up in people's lives/bullcrap others people issues can't always be my issue.
Thanks
My sin wants me to retire in Dallas, GA. It is about 45 minutes NW of Atlanta. I am hesitant because when compared to my home in Albany,NY real estate is way more expensive. And the air quality is much worse in GA. I know the entire state of NY is expensive but I own my home free and clear and there is a reasonably variety for Senior Citizen opportunities for education, decent Healthcare, and no fire ants. What are the stats for the suburbs of Atlanta? The recent wave of Anti Asian hate crimes worry me and I am not Asian. The whole sense of Atlanta seems to be the haves vs the have nots is a hot mess. Have you done any stat research that applies to this area?
Great Video Briggs! NWA is on my list! Not for retirement but just because I want to. Ozarks with all the caves, springs, waterfalls are very beautiful. Most people are friendly too👍 Its the perfect medium for weather from the north and deep south. Lots of huge companies throw $ into the communities so they never see a recession (Tyson, Pepsi, Mitsubishi Systems, Energizer, Planters, P&G, Walmart, JB Hunt, Hersey, Heinz, just to name a few). Also worth noting is North Augusta on the SC side is nice across the Savannah River too. Less crime than Augusta GA.
Columbus has been booming. Traffic is horrible. Housing is going up. We pay city tax too. You have to move out of Franklin County.
I'd like to know what a community can offer for entertainment. Of course what is fun is subjective but so is what is boring, an often listed reason not to be somewhere.
@Hello John how are you doing?
@@lydiaanderson582 ok
@@MrRabidtroll Good Hope we get to know each other with time and patience. Do you mind suggesting any means we talk off here more often if you don't mind?
@@lydiaanderson582 not going to happen. It is blatantly obvious that you are doing some kind of scam. Your channel has no content while you have subscribers. Using a picture of a hot woman is a bait for men. Like so many fake dating profiles you probably are trying to get personal information from gullible men so you can steal their identity or gain their trust then ask for money.
I lived in Morgantown West Va for a very long time and i still have friends that live there today . The cost of living there is NOT cheap. Rent is high compared to the rest of the state mostly because of all the college students. When i was in college back in the 1980's you could still find an apartment for under $200 bucks now rents are around $1000 a month. Traffic is a nightmare and parking is just very bad. City loves to give out parking tickets. Crime has gone way up and so have the panhandlers hangout out on Downtown on High Street. West Virginia has a lot of hidden taxes too , high gas tax , cost to heat your house is high , Tax on food in grocery stores used to be 3 % and then they got rid of the tax so there was no tax for a few years and then they brought it roaring back and now tax on food is 7 % . Morgantown used to be a charming little town and now it is just sprawl . You will have to have a car to get around .
Thanks!
My retirement state is Montana
It's 2021. Can you plan on revisiting these cost factors again soon? Thanks. Always enjoy your material.
On the plus side retirement in a cold place is that you get to be active by cutting fire wood 🤷♂️
And shivering to stay warm. Hey it burns calories too lol
I was looking for maybe a better place to move to,.......but I live in Knoxville, TN, the number one on your list . So I'll just stay here I guess.Oh well.
Retires should be interested in the crime rate ! Why did you leave it out ? Also no town listed in or around the Rocky Mountains and west, shy of Cheyenne Wyoming. Health care quality and availability ?
Good post. Thanks for recognizing Columbus !
Great article,
Fun facts, important information and truly helpful.
@Hello Thomas how are you doing?
@@lydiaanderson582 great, and how are you? What is new in your world?
@@ThomasLeonard454 Good Hope we get to know each other with time and patience Do you mind suggesting any means we talk off here more often if you don't mind?
@@lydiaanderson582 yes this is like a fish bowl. PM
Problem with a lot of these places? Horrific winters. Sure, youll save on taxes, but you will easily make up for it warming the house up. Unless you wanna be choppin wood till you last days....
In a hotter environment you would just be running the air conditioner and spend just as much money on that.
Green Bay and Cheyenne? You’re annual weather is Winter, and the 4th of July
All back east. I use to live in a small town back east Conneaut, Ohio. It's just east of Cleveland and Ashtabula. It's a real slow town.
@Hello Bonnie how are you doing?
This must be the east coast edition. Weather is important when u retire. Nobody wants to freeze when they get old
This was CHEAPEST. That will play a factor I bet in the overall best places to retire.
Cheap heating bill vs cheap living?
Wrong...a lot of us are not whining winter wimps. A lot of people like 4..FOUR.. SEASONS. Besides know your geography a lot is not east coast its midwest also.
@@stevenkelly9731 your the one that replied to me! Now who's a whining winter wimp?! Watch the video again since you have nothing better to do. And no one wants to freeze there ass of when they get old. That's why everyone retires in Florida! Midwest!? Clueless!
YOU, not U
About a couple miles northwest of Lebanon KS is the actual middle of the country.
@Hello Brain how are you doing?
First time I didn't hear the video start off with "What is going on everyone".
I don't want to live in Green Bay anymore. Especially when I retire!
To cold. No stairs either I hear.
How about "10 Best for raising kids cities"
phdfxwg Fischercat
I tried that but they returned them to me after only 3 days! Lol
Best 3 days of my adult life lol
House in St Louis MO can be had for $40k, 1 acre lot, 4 car garage. Forest Park has museums, golf, biking, hiking. Unless your standing on a street corner late at night, it's not unsafe.
NEW MEXICO did not make the cut !!!! , While its cost of living is 40% below the National Average !!! Albuquerque is a great place to live, and not COLD.
How much is a studio apartment in Alburqueque ?
Crime !!!!!
Santa Fe?
Tennessee has high sales tax, which increases the cost of living somewhat.
Love Fayetteville, Arkanas!!
YES! My city is #1 on this list. Income is low but if one is retired, that can be a good thing as it also keeps prices down.
Young man... I'll let you know... 65 is NOT old!! 😂🤣😂🤣
Thank you !!!!!lol
68 is getting there!
@@orthodox1173 Only a pleasure!!
It's old until you are 65, then 75 is old. 🤣
65 years old is the new 35!!
I didn't think you were aware of any place out West. If you move to Cheyenne hope you like the wind and cold.
Thanks for not mentioning Florida. We have enough and don’t need any
more.
Florida is a boring cesspool from head to toe. God-awful state full of very dumb people.
I was born, raised and still live in Fort Myers, Fl. I don't consider myself dumb, thank you. I'm 45 years old and have raised 4 daughters here and worked at my same job since 2005. Most people here "aren't from around here" anymore.
Florida has been designed for retirees
Since families and immigrants start moving in it has ruin this state
Skimpy dress and a fall, not a bad combination. But again, luckily she did not get hurt.
Thank's for this video.I still have time to think about retiring but these video's help.
@Hello Bill how are you doing?
@@billlouie335 Good Hope we get to know each other with time and patience. Do you mind suggesting any means we talk off here more often if you don't mind?
Hey Briggs, The world is a bigger place than the United States and Canada. Waiting for more international videos. Greetings from an American expat living in Greece.
And Greenland, we need to also consider Greenland.
I recommend most boring suburbs.
Morgantown, WV... beautiful- but, DEFINITELY not everyone will feel welcomed.
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Thought for sure Yuma Az would make it number one
The traffic around Columbus is HORRIBLE.
Damn that water is dirty
I used to live in knoxville omfg what a great place.. it's cheap, gets alil chilly in the winters but that's normal and the people are hella nice... if my job opened a base I'll relocate and not think twice about it
I gotta move to where I can "put some mileage on that new hip." :-)
Des Moines..."The Land That Fun Forgot"...well put and applicable to much of the midwest region.