Glad to see Honolulu on this list! The cost of housing has skyrocketed recently, as well as the rents (from what I've heard). Many local families have gotten priced out, but people keep coming trying to make it in paradise, and sadly end up houseless.
@@mjpottertx concrete shelters maybe? I lived in Okinawa, Japan for three years. Got hit directly with a category 5 typhoon. I stayed in my apartment because everyone said it would be fine. Just close the windows and blinds and don't sit next to them. It was business as usual the next day other than some signage and knocked over trees clean up. Buildings/houses are built with concrete and are also rated for earthquakes.
fingers cross bit the only way to decrease the shit show that's happening in hawaii right now is for a category 5 hurricane to hit the islands once a year for the next 10 years, democrats have made it so hard for locals that even if the political situation changed to republican it won't help, the situation is that bad. I just moved away this year
I was born and raised in Miami and I think you hit the nail on the head. Apart from being increasingly overcrowded, Miami has an identity crisis. On one hand you have the locals and immigrants that have lived in the city for years and are now being either priced out or forced to cut serious costs to afford living in Miami, and on the other you have the extremely weathly out of state transplants that come to live their Miami Vice fantasies. The result is a culture that promotes wealth even if you don't have it. You need to peacock to get someone's attention and that just isn't who I am so I decided to move in 2020 with my girlfriend (now wife) to Denver.
@@matteasy101 damn, I’ve been called out. Jk but I think that too about a lot of the gen x crowd that now have money and more time to waste. Why does every one believe Florida is the answer to middle and old age?
Miami's one of those cities that just have a FCK ton of fake people looking for a luxury lifestyle, its fun as hell to visit (im close) but id never move there. Its just TOO MUCH
My daughter and her husband, both medical professionals, were sent to Fresno in 2020 for Covid relief. They were warned not to leave the hotel after dark. Scary $hit.
Lived in Anchorage for 10 years and yes if you are not used to the cold and dark winters where you typically have sunlight from 10 AM to 3 PM then it is an issue and it can get real depressing
my friend from back in highschool became a coastie after graduation and was stationed in alaska and said once you get over the natural beauty its the most depressing place.
When I was younger my family almost moved to Anchorage from Los Angeles. My dad went to check it out and said the money was good, the winters were cold and dark. Ended up moving to Houston.
I think most people are not happy with their current city, significant other, profession, job and so on...Most people on this planet are simply not happy..Everybody's trying to find their sweet spot but can't find it.
Do you know about "Moving in Day," Boston's non-holiday? With over a hundred colleges, institutes, schools and universities in and near the city, and the narrow and winding 18th-19th Century streets, The traffic mess on the in/out days [or weeks] is indescribable and has to be experienced.🤕
He forgot MINNEAPOLIS! The liberal Democrats let organized crime smash and grab and burn 180 businesses and damage 1500 others in May 2020 and the main person responsible, Gov. Walz, has the nerve to run for re-election???????????????????
This was really interesting, and insightful. l wouldn't have thought of Honolulu or San Francisco. I grew up in South Florida and a lot of people regret moving there because they visited as Tourists and fell in love with the beaches and weather, but then after moving they have to deal with every day life, traffic, crime and housing, high insurance, as well as the daily grind. That was not their expectation, so disappointment ensues. The same is probably somewhat true of Honolulu and San Francisco.
I live in the Bay Area, and really it comes down to the cost of living in SF. The homeless problem is isolated to certain neighborhoods, but when you consider how much money California makes annually, it’s really frustrating that they don’t budget to solve homelessness which is the main source of theft and break ins.
@@thSpeedyTurtle they don't budget to save Homelessness because it's not about homelessness, it's about drugs. SF spends BILLIONS on homelessness, and it seems to all go right back into the government's pockets. It's because there is so much corruption and the homeless problem is due to how easy you can get drugs. Several statistics show that over 95% of homeless people are just people using drugs to escape their problems and with how addicting Fentanyl is, it's no surprise. Now that the Chinese are shipping Fentanyl to Mexico and making so many drugs that are just walked right into our country, there's nothing but crime and death from this issue and it won't be solved until we do something about drugs and the terrorists working in our government to let this happen.
And one of the reasons why Ian was so deadly was because of so many senile, half-dead nyc transplants who know bupkis about hurricane preparedness moving into coastal swamp cities that shouldn’t exist in droves over the past decade for retirement
Wow, Plano, TX came up on this list (well honorable mention). Been here 20 of the last 26 years....and I agree, it's getting too crowded and too expensive.
Real estate in that area is getting really expensive because of the number of people moving there. I used to live in McKinney which is easy commuting distance to Plano. I built a 1932 sq ft 3 bedroom house in 1989 for $132k and sold it for not much more than that in 2013. Zillow says it’s a $450k house now. As mentioned above traffic on all the roads in the area has gotten incredibly ridiculous.
When I moved to North Texas next door to Plano in early 2019, I considered myself very lucky to get a home near my workplace, and not have to deal with the traffic. That helps with the "no regret" factor. It should also be noted that Plano is the fourth most populated city in the DFW Metropolitan Statistical Area and the ninth most populated city in Texas.
@catrinaxoxo9153 I would recommend sooner than later. It's always been a transplant city for people all over the country, but with the mass California exodus the prices aren't gonna stop rising. My newly renovated (but old building) one bed I last lived in was gated but near the hood and was $930 when I left at the beginning of 2021. They start at $1385 now 😬
I was born and raised in San Francisco I can definitely tell you that the parking situation is really bad. I am very privileged to have the ability to reserve my own parking in my apartment building but I know many don’t have that ability. I am also in the pacific heights neighborhood so because of that I am able to walk to a lot of places but it would be nice to take my car too. 😅😅
We have the whole spectrum in America. Great neighbirhoods all the way to sad little trailer parks with stray dogs. I live in a great area in north carolina.
My sister lived in San Francisco and her friends car got stolen and the police refused to investigate even when the car was actively being tracked. So he went and took it back himself from the thief’s driveway. SF has really embraced lawlessness.
@@poopyboy2222 It was considered a low priority. The police in SF are too underfunded and understaffed to manage the amount of property crime and assaults that occur daily in that city. Not to mention that the cities policy of not convicting those who steal less then $600 worth of possessions and get caught. That’s essentially like putting up a sign that says please commit theft in our city, there are no consequences as long as you watch the value of the items…
I live in Fresno, CA and I was both surprised and not surprised that this city ended up on the list. I’ve lived here my whole life and I hate it. It’s boring, it’s hot, the people here are drug addicts, the crime is very high, the streets are filled with trash, and the air pollution sucks
I live here too. I like the I'm not too far from the bay area, so cal, and the mountains, that's pretty much all the good i can say. Also, it has a lot of good different food variety.
I used to work with a woman who was from Tulsa. I asked her about the city and her reply was "Tulsa, spelled backward, pretty much sums the entire city up."
I live in Anchorage and I'd say it's a great place to live. The crime in Anchorage comes in two varieties: domestic violence and disputes during drug sales. Not a lot of crime otherwise. But it's a fun place to live. We got moose walking around downtown!
I lived in the East Arlington area of Jacksonville for about 2 years. I really enjoyed it - mainly because I would make a habit of running on the beach or bodyboarding every week for about half the year. My wife had extended family (good terms) in the area, so that made living there a lot more enjoyable. But yeah, the closer to downtown you got (away from the beach), the more run down stuff appeared. Also, Jacksonville is more culturally similar to south Georgia than the rest of Florida - for some that is a good thing and others that is the kiss of death. If you are looking to move to Jacksonville, stay to the east of Downtown - and get as close to the beaches as you can afford. I currently live in Orlando, which has its own issues (just like everywhere else).
I live in the same area of JAX. I avoid down town anywhere, so I don't think about it. I went to a few concerts, and it seemed nice to me. The only thing I could smell down town was the coffee.
You are mostly right. I’d add most of the Southside as being decent, and it isn’t just Jacksonville being like Georgia.. ALL of north Florida is VERY MUCH still the south, as well as most of the interior cities (not named Orlando) for the entire state. Floridas population didn’t explode truly until air conditioning became standard, and you still have a high concentration of Florida natives in those cities.
@@smeagle3295 Ocala northward is the South culturally. Central Florida is a weird mix of everyone, especially in the Orlando metro. I can still get sweet tea most of the time, but not always. Most coastal communities from central FL southwards are retirement communities or northern transplants. Miami is basically Latin America, some basic Spanish skills is a requirement in many areas. The Keys are their own thing with an independent streak (Conch Republic).
I moved to Cincinnati almost 8 years ago. I love this City. It’s highly underrated. There is so much to see and do here, plus your smack dab in the Center of the Eastern United States! I also love the fact that it’s in 3 states(Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana).
Back when I lived in Florida, I made a number of drives from Tampa to Jacksonville to take my friend to the Mayo Clinic. Never noticed the odors, but the traffic was horrendous. Getting lost there at night with pouring rain was a white-knuckle driving experience! Not to mention, Jacksonville seems to have no shortage of questionable neighborhoods. (Glad to live in a small college town in Mississippi now, about 75 miles from Memphis.)
I live in Jacksonville and I really don’t think there is a smell problem. I know it used to be a big issue but it’s been fixed. You do smell the coffee but personally I like that smell. But you are correct, the traffic is a nightmare and the people drive like maniacs. The home prices aren’t too bad comparatively but rent prices have been skyrocketing. There is a fair amount of crime and some not so nice neighborhoods. I wouldn’t say it’s the best place to live but not the worst by a long shot.
"no shortage of questionable neighborhoods" very correct. yeah seek advice on which ones to move into before you move there, from someone who knows. Probably good advice for anywhere.
I have never lived in Alaska but I can understand why some people might not like the weather. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a real thing that a lack of sunlight can cause people. I live in SW Idaho and I get SAD in the winter time especially if the inversion is really bad and we don't see the sun for days at a time. For me, SAD is like depression is on speed dial and dialed up to 13 on a scale of 1-10, not a pleasant experience. Most likely there are a few people that move to Alaska that don't realize that SAD could affect them and when it does, their enjoyment of their new hometown/state is affected.
Honolulu has had a horrible homeless problems since at least when I was stationed at Pearl Harbor in the late ‘80s. When I was a kid my aunt told us she was going to Miami and my little brother said “I want to go to your ami too.”
I was in Honolulu in 2019. Every corner I kept getting it up for money. There is a park I passed by with 100's of tents and shopping carts. I heard that Hawaii started shipping them out if they weren't originally from Hawaii. So sad, rather than helping people they send them off to be some one else's problem.
Northwest Arkansas is where it's at! Fayetteville, Springdale, Rogers and Bentonville. Little Rock, Crime Bluff and west Memphis are all crime laden crap holes. There's lots of small towns around AR that are quite nice though. I'm not a fan of big cities though. It's alright to be little bitty 🎤
@@edensfamilyadventures2714 I drove through Arkansas to see the Ozarks and stopped for a night in Fayetteville this summer. I can honestly say that the hype is true about the city. It really was a nice city with a lot of great amenities. Though not surprising, while there I went into the nicest Walmart store I've ever seen in my life. It was clean and well stocked, and the employees were friendly and attentive.
my friend from back in highschool was a coastie after we graduated and was stationed in alaska, he said it was the most depressing place he had ever seen.
I grew up in Grand Junction CO and man this place has gone down hill fast. Prices are jumping up for pos properties and the drug problem here is disgusting. I’m moving to New Hampshire here in a few days and I couldn’t be more excited to finally leave this place.
@@user-bm6wu9zw9m moved up here 7 years ago, best thing I've ever done, live in the boonies but Canon City is close. Weather is so much better than Oklahoma
San Francisco has always had its issues, but over the last 25 years it has really degraded. Also, I believe the Anchorage ranking. My wife and I went to Alaska for vacation in 2005 and stayed at a B&B for a night when we flew in. The area seemed nice but as we pulled up to where we were staying we saw police cars all over the place down the block. Saw on the news the next day it was a gang related shooting, maybe a drive by, but ai think at least 2 people were killed. I did a little research and found that they had a big problem with crime and gangs there. The city itself didn't look like it would have a problem, there were no telltale signs that you get from most bigger cities.
It sucks to see beautiful San Francisco this way. It was nice to visit back in the 80s and 90s. I used to drive from South East Los Angeles to Frisco by myself. It used to be pretty safe.
Lived in Fresno for 14 years, left for Jacksonville, left there too, and I don't regret the moves! Jacksonville from 2011-2017, was not at all expensive, however, glad I moved away. Where I am now, Pretty satisfied.
Loved the "cougars".......As you were going down the list for Memphis, I couldn't help but think you were talking about SF. I used to live there and most of my ex-neighbors have joined me in moving out of the city.
can confirm the problem in Anchorage..and I think its most of Alaska. I moved to the southeast area of Alaska a few years ago and while I do regret it in many ways I am greatful in others. Lots of job opportunities for those willing to work and learn, even if you've never been in that field before. so good work expirence can be taken elsewhere when its time to move. Even when the weather is good it can be boring up here if you're not an outdoors type of person. Most the state has had a big crime influx the past or so years and when the put in a catch and release type of program in the court system it got worse. suprising amount of homeless and massive drug problems too. in many ways its like FL and HI....great place to visit, its breath takingly beautiful here...but not really a good place to live (plus like Hi we have to have most our stuff shipped too)
Salt Lake City is up there too. The air quality is usually atrocious, especially when California and Oregon have their yearly fires. The smoke billows into the State and just gets trapped by the mountains. The wages are extremely low even though prices of everything continues to increase. The city is always doing street construction and at the most inopportune times, which creates unnecessary traffic. There's tons of homeless. And lastly, everything is closed on Sunday. One thing I did like was that Salt Lake is only like a 30 minute drive to this mountain city called Park City, so sometimes during the summer I'd just drive up there to cool down. The temperature was usually like 10 degrees cooler up there. P.S. Riverside also sucks because of the heat. Definitely don't move there, it's awful.
@@cynthiacole6140 I heard that if the Great Salt Lake dries up it will release massive amounts of arsenic and other dangerous heavy metals into the air :(
I lived in SLC most of my life and loved it there. I'm Catholic, not Mormon. However, you're absolutely right about the air quality. Almost every year I got bronchitis. I'd still be there if it weren't for the snow. We moved to Henderson, Nevada, and it's a great city--the opposite of Vegas--clean and safe.
Another great video, always love the topics and content. Just curious why Grand Junction, CO is on the list. Just recently spent a week there and loved it. Thought it was way better than Colorado Springs and Denver. I guess maybe what you don't know, you don't know. Keep up the great content.
Im from western Colorado and grand junction has very few good paying jobs, rent has went up, there is a lot of homeless its always over 100 degrees in the summer with nothing to do unless you like the outdoors!
The Alaska problem isn't so much about the weather but the limited sunshine. Michigan is another place that has less sunshine (due to cloud cover) that is hard to deal with in the winter.
I've lived in Fresno. Yes, the heat in the summer really is that bad. We're talking life threatening on some days if the AC goes out. And it doesn't cool off much at night, it will still be in the 90's at midnight.
I have met a lot of people that moved from Hawaii. They absolutely hated the place. Which surprised me because of course I was naïve and thought it's just gorgeous and beautiful. Of course any tourist place kind of sucks if you actually lived there. But I was still surprised that people hated it so badly.
I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, and I always hate going into the city due to the parking situation. Regarding having a garage, honestly, so many people I know around here don't even park in their garages, as they tend to use them for storage. Some people even convert them into "apartments" and rent them out.
Why would anyone want to drive in SF with their public transit? Especially if you're just visiting. A lot of BART stations outside the city have park-and-ride lots; that's what my folks and I did last time we visited.
@@andyjay729 BART is great until the staff strikes. I used to work overnight shifts in the city. When strike talks started, I basically just swore off BART and started driving again, as I didn't feel like getting stranded in the city or having to work out other transportation after a long shift. To be fair, driving saved me a lot of time and let me get a bit of extra sleep.
@@andyjay729 Even better, the parking at the stations I went to didn't start charging until later at night, so it would've been impossible for me to park without getting ticketed.
I live in Anchorage now, moved here a year ago. I'm a little surprised how high up on the list it is, but the responses weren't wrong. When the weather gets bad in the winter when it's cold, dark, and the few hours of daytime you do get is all socked in with low clouds that you can barely even tell you're surrounded by mountains and instead you are surrounded by grey-ness - the cabin fever/claustrophobia feeling that overtakes you is rough
@@sage1875 Haha, my favorite one so far is "There are 4 seasons in Alaska just like Everywhere else; June, July, August, and Winter". Although August this year was awful, so I'd probably change it to "May, June, July and Winter"
Something I miss about living Outside that people seem to not take into consideration is how interconnected and easy to travel the 48 is. I moved up here from NE Wyoming. If I wanted to go to, say, an MLB game, 6-hr drive to Denver. Not too bad for a small town in the middle of nowhere. However, if I want to do that now? 3 1/2 hour flight, minimum. Not including getting to the airport, going through security, boarding, and all that noise. 3 1/2 hours in the air. Even being a city of 300k, it’s isolated up here.
As a resident of Miami I will tell you the many reasons not to live here. Number one is it really really expensive whether renting or buying. Apartments are tiny and houses are small with little to no yard plus you can almost literally reach out your window and touch your neighbors house. Houses crunched together(very little land). Number two there are not a lot of jobs that support cost of living so plan on several roommates or more wherever you live. Number three house prices here are outrageous for nothing more than oversized shacks. Unless you have a lot of money to put down or are one of the lucky small percentage that have a high paying job here, this isn’t place to find anything affordable. Number four traffic here is horrible and roads are designed/laid out horribly. There is only one east/west major expressway and that is a toll road therefore if you want to avoid tolls and go east or west than you are screwed with taking regular streets so going short distances can take a long time. If you want to north/south than you can choose I95 which is not recommended or you can take the turnpike, which is another toll road or can take palmetto which is always congested because of bad design and cannot be corrected because no space to do so. Number five this place is not friendly if you don’t speak or understand Spanish. There are a lot of bilingual people here however there are just as many if not certainly more that don’t speak or understand a word of English. This place is in a bubble so learning or knowing English isn’t encouraged. It is very alienating for non Spanish speakers. Number six people here are rude and shallow, too much money and not enough sense. Rich and snobby here have taken it to an art form here. Movies and TV shows show you the glamorous shiny side of city but in reality there are a lot of bad areas and most people live check to check or are just living marginally above poverty. Most of Miami outside of city is not shiny and new but old crumbling and beat up. I would recommend visiting only but never live here
Yeah, the Plano one makes absolute sense, same with Frisco, Mckinney, Allen, and Denton. We have an immense amount of transplants moving into North Texas. It has caused cost of living, housing prices, and rent to skyrocket for native Texans.
The property taxes are going up like crazy. As someone who moved there many years ago, and is now retired on a fixed income, I can't afford to live there anymore.
I'm from Jacksonville and grew up down the road from the Maxwell house plant. The coffee smell wasn't bad in the morning. It was when the heavy morning dew and foggy mornings rolled in and brought in the waste treatment smell and the coffee smell mix it was like someone blowing up the bathroom and then leaving the door open. You actually get used to it over time. The biggest problem are the bums and drug addicts asking you for money every time you go to the gas station and grocery store. They walk around the parking lot like sharks and bombard you as soon as you open your door to get out. Now I live hours away from there and buy my dad a ticket to visit me in a more normal environment.
Maxwell House had an identical coffee packing plant in Hoboken, NJ. I really liked the smell coming from the plant in winter. In the summer it was a bit overpowering. Maxwell House sold the Hoboken plant to a developer that put luxury housing. One of the buildings is called "Maxwell Place".
Live in and grew up in Jacksonville, FL. The smell was only bad at certain times and the coffee smell from Maxwell House always overpowered it. As someone who grew up here, crime def number 1 issue, number 2 is driving. The city is so big it takes 45 min to get anywhere, even with little to no traffic.
I was just in Miami last week, the traffic there is terrible, that alone is enough to make someone regret moving there. It's bumper to bumper traffic on almost every street at any time of the day. Don't even bother driving to Miami Beach.. it took me 2 hours just to drive 5 miles from Miami Beach to my hotel no lie.
I’m really enjoying your content! New sub! I only mention this because of Aloha, Oregon. I was born in Florence after my parents relocated from Paris. My mother never left the United States. 😂😂😂
I have been going to SF for 19 years and there is always a parking problem. So I bought small cars and own motorcycles. SF is much easier to travel if you have a motorcycle or scooter.
About forty years ago I was seriously considering moving to San Francisco. This was just after when San Francisco was still cool. The Haight Ashbury music scene with bands like Jefferson Airplane. The hippie lifestyle. With all what's going on in San Francisco these days I'm glad I never relocated there.
You missed out. If I was alive back in the 80s and 90s would’ve been my number one choice to live. Now the city is unrecognizable and the only people still there from the 80s are those managing real estate empires.
It all depends on which neighborhood you are in. Russian Hill, Bernal Heights, Nob Hill… those are areas the residents can afford the prices. They rarely (if ever) visit run down, or failing neighborhoods. So their blinders keep them safe. Jefferson Airplane era was 55 years ago. Haight Ashbury in the 80’s was nothing like the “Hippie era” of mid 60’s-early 70’s. It turned into a sales pitch tourist area. My stomping grounds were Hunters Point, Mission, Excelsior districts 1958 - 1974🙋🏼
I definitely regret moving to Hawaii. But thankfully, I'll only be here for a few year's. My dislike for living on the island has nothing to do with the people or their culture. I don't like the cost of living, it's hard to find good service such as nail shops, estiticians, massage therapist, etc. Their isn't a good variety of food (IMO), ofcourse the cost of living is high but what gets me is the quality of almost everything- including housing. Ppl want you to pay big bucks for a lot less. Lastly, the bugs.
When you were talking about OKC and Tulsa, I was surprised you didn't say anything about the tornadoes/inclement weather they have there. I've heard that OKC has been hit by many big tornadoes over the years, whether it'd be the suburbs or downtown, both have gotten hit
I live in OKC and have most of my adult life. The naders dont really hit OKC or Tulsa. Moore gets pummeled though. That is definitely tornado alley here in OK. But yeah if you cant handle violent weather OK is not for you.
Not entirely just browse the internet and you’ll find enough evidence that Jacksonville has shootings and robberies daily but the smell I stand with you on like I figured maybe from Dead Sea life or something
So, two years ago was right around the start of the pandemic, just before real estate became surreal estate. That would affect the regret factor. Amendment: When I moved in early 2019, I was able to get the home I wanted close to work. Once the surreal estate market hit, it because a sellers market with the desire to move from an apartment to a home with more space, and many compromises were made to get a home... any home... and at any price. Some of those purchases are now "underwater".
I recall two other really smelly cities: "Smell" Segundo near LAX, and Martinez...everytime I went to Martinez, my eyes would water and I would feel like I was going to hurl...oil refineries, I think. It was bad...but Fresno just sucks in general. My ex used to describe really awful places as "Fresno without the charm"....love it!
Born and raised in Riverside and I miss it so much. I know it's for problems but it will always be home. Funny how things are all perspective with these things like this.
Add Des Moines IA to an updated list now. Sorry to hear about the exodus from California to Mexico but having lived there before now out here in Des Moines IA Mexico is a lot cheaper than California and it is the same vibes as California too for a much cheaper price tag. In fact I'm even considering it now myself.
Can you please make a video for the best countries, states, and cities to move to if you're a Healthcare worker? Measuring the level of demand vs their normal negatives.
I feel like places like Honolulu, San Francisco, and Miami are great places to visit and if you have enough money great places to live but if you can’t really afford to live in a good part of town it can be pretty bad
Especially true with Miami. Just a short drive into places like Little Havana or Little Haiti will transport you into a third world country with run-down buildings and chaos.
The reason why I left Fresno even after going to Fresno State and graduating from there. When I got the job I have with USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) FSIS (Food Safety and Inspection Service) was the lack of opportunities there and in order to get promoted you have to be a supervisors favorite in order to move up, so I ended leaving for Southern California again where I was born and raised there.
The job I still currently have with USDA FSIS, I was able to transfer out of Fresno and I better opportunities for myself. I had to put some time in for a while before I could transfer out of there. Once I did that, it was a little rough but I did get promoted off of the slaughter plant lines.
As somebody who has lived in Tulsa County for most of my life, I confess I am literally close friends with some people who are the reason this place is slowly degrading. Its mostly because of younger people doing stupid shit and doing tons of drugs, which is mostly because a ton of people (at least who i know) have all been through some traumatic childhood with abusive parents and they literally refuse to go to therapy. Also the inbreeding thing is a complete lie.
Again we used to play Tulsa A LOT and the people there were great but it seemed like the whole place was a used car lot again like Amarillo, Cains Ballroom is awesome there but they have a real problem with housing along the river in the south west part of that city and a massive amount of people living in the park just outside of downtown on the north side….Broken Arrow is a nice part of Tulsa and Owasso is really nice now days they way they have built it up
As someone who lives in McAllen, he’s not wrong, there’s nothing to do!! I’m at Waco for college and I would say there’s more here than in McAllen and that’s saying something 😭😭
Even if you drive to Padre Island or Monterrey? As a citizen from Monterrey we usually go to shop in McAllen however we know that border cities are shitholes.
In my opinion Miami just like NYC, and LA. Amazing to visit, but not to live. Everything there is superficial. If you’re not a bikini model, or celebrity, you wont “fit in” and they’ll LET YOU KNOW smh 🤦🏽♂️
Im in Tulsa just moved a couple months ago. It’s fine I don’t see any issue. just the weather sucks so far. The people are friendly lots of trees around cheap rent gas etc coming from so cal I’m a little bored and used to all the things to do over there
Snickering to myself about the "too hot in summer" comments about Fresno. I grew up in the LA basin. In 1979 my parents decided to move to a place they'd only visited in spring. Chico CA. We arrived there in fall. Now, in 1979 there weren't a lot of places to get information on the climate of a given area. We found out that next summer how very hot and dry it got. Almost low desert hot at times. I think it was 113 F (45 C) one year before I moved away; up in Redding it was 117.
I lived in Long Beach for a long time and not that far away from the water it's the desert as far as temps go. When people talk about beautiful weather in LA I have to assume that only means it snows once in a generation. I remember mornings in the high 30s. The air quality was crap. Every weekend you had to wash your car because of what the daily fog dragged in.
Tulsa is (or was) offering I think $10,000 to remote workers who moved there and I think they had to stay a year or something; I wonder how many of the people who participated in that program regretted it. I've NEVER heard anything good about Tulsa from anyone who was from there, either.
Tulsa really is getting better with the amenities and city projects/modernization. Lots of concerts happen in downtown Tulsa, the heart of live music in the region, while the Thunder overtakes OKC’s largest arena. Live music thrives here! Lots of small businesses and the warm community feel/volunteerism make it more wholesome. It’s very progressive with urban feel compared to the rest of the Green Country region it seats.
Im here right now for tulsa remote program it’s fine just crazy weather and some homeless ppl but we live in gated apartments so we have no issues with safety
I grew up in Modesto (between Fresno and Sacramento). The whole Central Valley sucks (Sacramento is mid at best but improving) and Fresno is awful in particular. I would never move there.
For San Francisco I would say that the real problem is not parking, its the cost of living, particularly housing. Renting is ridiculously expensive and forget about buying unless you are willing to put down a few millions (yes, in plural). Even with the high salaries you will be spending most of your paycheck on rent, utilities and food.
Just moved to Jacksonville 6 months ago. Do not underestimate how large Jacksonville is. The fact it is dying is intensified by how things get more spread out as business go down. You will have to drive 20 minutes everywhere you want to go.
@Who Pete Weber Thinks He Is its just a shithole. Maybe its always been that way idk. The creator of this video has Jax listed in one of his "cities that are dying" videos too. Ask him
Briggs, what kinds of reasons did people give for regretting their move to Bowling Green KY? I ask because I may be considering a move myself to Bowling Green in the near future. Thanks in advance, Jim Bob
I was in Bowling Green, KY this summer and was shocked at how aggressively people drive there and I’m from Dallas!! I also go to Houston frequently. They are walks in the park compared to BG. I was utterly shocked at how bad it was in BG. I ended up taking the backroads through the countryside to get back on the interstate rather than driving back through the city.
I lived in BG during the 90s. It was a great city in which to live. Plenty of festivals and nice parks and schools and great neighborhoods in which to live. It had everything you could need but not too big. I know it has grown by ~50% since I left and traffic was growing quickly then. Scottsville Road is the main artery and Campbell Lane is now much more congested than it used to be so I imagine traffic and crime are the big gripes along with cost of housing. It is a college town which was always nice because that adds a younger vibe and there are many opportunities to do things that relate to the university. I really enjoyed my time there.
My in-laws just moved from Jacksonville to a senior community in St Petersburg. They live there for years, my wife, sisters and brother were born there. They moved due to crime, they lived in a nice suburb, but in the last couple years two meth labs were busted within a mile of their home.
Glad to see Honolulu on this list! The cost of housing has skyrocketed recently, as well as the rents (from what I've heard). Many local families have gotten priced out, but people keep coming trying to make it in paradise, and sadly end up houseless.
And how do you get away from a hurricane? Can't drive to Dallas....
@@mjpottertx concrete shelters maybe? I lived in Okinawa, Japan for three years. Got hit directly with a category 5 typhoon. I stayed in my apartment because everyone said it would be fine. Just close the windows and blinds and don't sit next to them. It was business as usual the next day other than some signage and knocked over trees clean up. Buildings/houses are built with concrete and are also rated for earthquakes.
fingers cross bit the only way to decrease the shit show that's happening in hawaii right now is for a category 5 hurricane to hit the islands once a year for the next 10 years, democrats have made it so hard for locals that even if the political situation changed to republican it won't help, the situation is that bad. I just moved away this year
give it back to the native Hawaiians! it was stolen from them!!
On top of that there's potential volcanic activity that can uproar a housing crisis
I was born and raised in Miami and I think you hit the nail on the head. Apart from being increasingly overcrowded, Miami has an identity crisis. On one hand you have the locals and immigrants that have lived in the city for years and are now being either priced out or forced to cut serious costs to afford living in Miami, and on the other you have the extremely weathly out of state transplants that come to live their Miami Vice fantasies. The result is a culture that promotes wealth even if you don't have it. You need to peacock to get someone's attention and that just isn't who I am so I decided to move in 2020 with my girlfriend (now wife) to Denver.
Miami vice fantasies 😂😂😂
Miami is also low life central.
@@matteasy101 damn, I’ve been called out. Jk but I think that too about a lot of the gen x crowd that now have money and more time to waste.
Why does every one believe Florida is the answer to middle and old age?
Miami's one of those cities that just have a FCK ton of fake people looking for a luxury lifestyle, its fun as hell to visit (im close) but id never move there. Its just TOO MUCH
10-Memphis TN
9-Jacksonville FL
8-Oklahoma City OK
7-San Francisco CA
6-Honolulu
5-Fresno CA
4-Miami FL
3-Tulsa OK
2-Riverside CA
1-Anchorage AK
My daughter and her husband, both medical professionals, were sent to Fresno in 2020 for Covid relief. They were warned not to leave the hotel after dark. Scary $hit.
I guess i just picture fresno as all gays just making out everywhere
@@burnthecandleatbothendz But isn’t fresno maga country
@@badpiggies988 out there? Meth country more like.
thats just california
Fresno is the armpit of California.
Lived in Anchorage for 10 years and yes if you are not used to the cold and dark winters where you typically have sunlight from 10 AM to 3 PM then it is an issue and it can get real depressing
It really is depressing, especially when some summers Anchorage gets constant rain. That little 4-5 month period of sun is taken away
my friend from back in highschool became a coastie after graduation and was stationed in alaska and said once you get over the natural beauty its the most depressing place.
Ive lived in Fargo for 38 years and im still not used to the winters and i work outside -10,-40 both feel the same .dam cold !
When I was younger my family almost moved to Anchorage from Los Angeles. My dad went to check it out and said the money was good, the winters were cold and dark. Ended up moving to Houston.
Yeah, that was what I thought of too. 3 months of night would be problematic.
This video needs a part 2. Because there are a lot of crappy cities people regret moving to.
I think most people are not happy with their current city, significant other, profession, job and so on...Most people on this planet are simply not happy..Everybody's trying to find their sweet spot but can't find it.
@@blast4me754 You are right on the money ... such is why life gets worse for most people.
Do you know about "Moving in Day," Boston's non-holiday? With over a hundred colleges, institutes, schools and universities in and near the city, and the narrow and winding 18th-19th Century streets, The traffic mess on the in/out days [or weeks] is indescribable and has to be experienced.🤕
He forgot MINNEAPOLIS! The liberal Democrats let organized crime smash and grab and burn 180 businesses and damage 1500 others in May 2020 and the main person responsible, Gov. Walz, has the nerve to run for re-election???????????????????
Agreed.
This was really interesting, and insightful. l wouldn't have thought of Honolulu or San Francisco. I grew up in South Florida and a lot of people regret moving there because they visited as Tourists and fell in love with the beaches and weather, but then after moving they have to deal with every day life, traffic, crime and housing, high insurance, as well as the daily grind. That was not their expectation, so disappointment ensues. The same is probably somewhat true of Honolulu and San Francisco.
I live in the Bay Area, and really it comes down to the cost of living in SF. The homeless problem is isolated to certain neighborhoods, but when you consider how much money California makes annually, it’s really frustrating that they don’t budget to solve homelessness which is the main source of theft and break ins.
@@thSpeedyTurtle they don't budget to save Homelessness because it's not about homelessness, it's about drugs. SF spends BILLIONS on homelessness, and it seems to all go right back into the government's pockets. It's because there is so much corruption and the homeless problem is due to how easy you can get drugs. Several statistics show that over 95% of homeless people are just people using drugs to escape their problems and with how addicting Fentanyl is, it's no surprise. Now that the Chinese are shipping Fentanyl to Mexico and making so many drugs that are just walked right into our country, there's nothing but crime and death from this issue and it won't be solved until we do something about drugs and the terrorists working in our government to let this happen.
I've been to the Bay Area, and I've got to say SF is one of those cities that is nice to visit, but terrible to live.
And San Diego...
And one of the reasons why Ian was so deadly was because of so many senile, half-dead nyc transplants who know bupkis about hurricane preparedness moving into coastal swamp cities that shouldn’t exist in droves over the past decade for retirement
Wow, Plano, TX came up on this list (well honorable mention). Been here 20 of the last 26 years....and I agree, it's getting too crowded and too expensive.
I don't know about the Dallas North Tollway, but US75 can be very jammed during commute time.
@@MarkAHoltz Oh yeah, even paying for the privledge, the DNT gets pretty jammed up daily.
The good thing is that we have many Extensive communities to pick from
In Dfw
Real estate in that area is getting really expensive because of the number of people moving there. I used to live in McKinney which is easy commuting distance to Plano. I built a 1932 sq ft 3 bedroom house in 1989 for $132k and sold it for not much more than that in 2013. Zillow says it’s a $450k house now.
As mentioned above traffic on all the roads in the area has gotten incredibly ridiculous.
When I moved to North Texas next door to Plano in early 2019, I considered myself very lucky to get a home near my workplace, and not have to deal with the traffic. That helps with the "no regret" factor.
It should also be noted that Plano is the fourth most populated city in the DFW Metropolitan Statistical Area and the ninth most populated city in Texas.
Gotta love the picture of the cougar. Comedy gold. 🙂
How about cities and States that people loved moving to or regret not moving to sooner?
Strangely enough, I am actually thriving here in Cincinnati, more so than anywhere else I have lived.
Bentonville
Mine would be Vegas although I had to leave for work. The outdoors recreation is 🤌🤌🤌
@@alec6948 I might have to give Vegas I try someday. My best friend lives there.
@catrinaxoxo9153 I would recommend sooner than later. It's always been a transplant city for people all over the country, but with the mass California exodus the prices aren't gonna stop rising. My newly renovated (but old building) one bed I last lived in was gated but near the hood and was $930 when I left at the beginning of 2021. They start at $1385 now 😬
I was born and raised in San Francisco I can definitely tell you that the parking situation is really bad. I am very privileged to have the ability to reserve my own parking in my apartment building but I know many don’t have that ability. I am also in the pacific heights neighborhood so because of that I am able to walk to a lot of places but it would be nice to take my car too. 😅😅
Visiting Tulsa for work opened my eyes to the fact that real America looks very different from what's represented in media.
No Pink Houses by John Mellencamp
We have the whole spectrum in America. Great neighbirhoods all the way to sad little trailer parks with stray dogs. I live in a great area in north carolina.
My sister lived in San Francisco and her friends car got stolen and the police refused to investigate even when the car was actively being tracked. So he went and took it back himself from the thief’s driveway. SF has really embraced lawlessness.
The police refuse to investigate??? I- why?
Yes it has.
There’s something in common with cities like San Francisco, LA, NYC , ect ect hmmmm I can’t put my finger on it though
@@poopyboy2222 It was considered a low priority. The police in SF are too underfunded and understaffed to manage the amount of property crime and assaults that occur daily in that city. Not to mention that the cities policy of not convicting those who steal less then $600 worth of possessions and get caught. That’s essentially like putting up a sign that says please commit theft in our city, there are no consequences as long as you watch the value of the items…
@@jaynyce5923 ? The crime? The fact that they’re big cities?
I wonder if there's data on cities or states people regret leaving, or cities people leave then come back to. That might be an interesting video.
I've got your N.1 and N.2 cities for 2022: Kyiv and Moscow for both lists. Not too interesting.
Boston MA.
There's bad things about it, but there's also good things about it that you don't realize until you move to a city that doesn't have them.
I moved from San Diego county to Tulsa in April of this year. Cheapest real estate in the country with legal weed
Definitely love taking advantage of cheap, quality, and legal cannabis
When did it become legal?
I live in Fresno, CA and I was both surprised and not surprised that this city ended up on the list. I’ve lived here my whole life and I hate it. It’s boring, it’s hot, the people here are drug addicts, the crime is very high, the streets are filled with trash, and the air pollution sucks
Other than that....Ha!
Yeah here in Fresno is just like Derek Ray said but he forgot to mention the cops are crooked.
I’m from Fresno but currently live in Japan, it was the best move I’ve ever done!
@@OldPapaBear That's pretty much everywhere.
I live here too. I like the I'm not too far from the bay area, so cal, and the mountains, that's pretty much all the good i can say. Also, it has a lot of good different food variety.
I used to work with a woman who was from Tulsa. I asked her about the city and her reply was "Tulsa, spelled backward, pretty much sums the entire city up."
Datsik 😬
LMFAO
Lmao!
Aslut
Wow never in my life, thought to spell it backwards.
I live in Anchorage and I'd say it's a great place to live. The crime in Anchorage comes in two varieties: domestic violence and disputes during drug sales. Not a lot of crime otherwise. But it's a fun place to live. We got moose walking around downtown!
I lived in the East Arlington area of Jacksonville for about 2 years. I really enjoyed it - mainly because I would make a habit of running on the beach or bodyboarding every week for about half the year. My wife had extended family (good terms) in the area, so that made living there a lot more enjoyable. But yeah, the closer to downtown you got (away from the beach), the more run down stuff appeared. Also, Jacksonville is more culturally similar to south Georgia than the rest of Florida - for some that is a good thing and others that is the kiss of death. If you are looking to move to Jacksonville, stay to the east of Downtown - and get as close to the beaches as you can afford. I currently live in Orlando, which has its own issues (just like everywhere else).
I live in the same area of JAX. I avoid down town anywhere, so I don't think about it. I went to a few concerts, and it seemed nice to me. The only thing I could smell down town was the coffee.
You are mostly right. I’d add most of the Southside as being decent, and it isn’t just Jacksonville being like Georgia.. ALL of north Florida is VERY MUCH still the south, as well as most of the interior cities (not named Orlando) for the entire state. Floridas population didn’t explode truly until air conditioning became standard, and you still have a high concentration of Florida natives in those cities.
@@smeagle3295 Ocala northward is the South culturally. Central Florida is a weird mix of everyone, especially in the Orlando metro. I can still get sweet tea most of the time, but not always. Most coastal communities from central FL southwards are retirement communities or northern transplants. Miami is basically Latin America, some basic Spanish skills is a requirement in many areas. The Keys are their own thing with an independent streak (Conch Republic).
@Ognesson Yeah, I've heard that before. Granted, most cities have a good and bad side.
I moved to Cincinnati almost 8 years ago. I love this City. It’s highly underrated. There is so much to see and do here, plus your smack dab in the Center of the Eastern United States! I also love the fact that it’s in 3 states(Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana).
Indiana? Watch your kids and farm animals
And you have Fiona the Hippo and the Cincinnati Zoo.
What about the Cincinnati zoo?
@@letitiajeavons6333 i still need to get my revenge on that zoo
Cincinnati is in the Midwest. Definitely not Eastern U.S.
Back when I lived in Florida, I made a number of drives from Tampa to Jacksonville to take my friend to the Mayo Clinic. Never noticed the odors, but the traffic was horrendous. Getting lost there at night with pouring rain was a white-knuckle driving experience! Not to mention, Jacksonville seems to have no shortage of questionable neighborhoods. (Glad to live in a small college town in Mississippi now, about 75 miles from Memphis.)
I'm thinking these people lived in the bad areas.
I live in Jacksonville and I really don’t think there is a smell problem. I know it used to be a big issue but it’s been fixed. You do smell the coffee but personally I like that smell. But you are correct, the traffic is a nightmare and the people drive like maniacs. The home prices aren’t too bad comparatively but rent prices have been skyrocketing. There is a fair amount of crime and some not so nice neighborhoods. I wouldn’t say it’s the best place to live but not the worst by a long shot.
"no shortage of questionable neighborhoods" very correct. yeah seek advice on which ones to move into before you move there, from someone who knows. Probably good advice for anywhere.
Do you happen to live in Cleveland MS near delta state?
@@Fatherokra Oxford
I have never lived in Alaska but I can understand why some people might not like the weather. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a real thing that a lack of sunlight can cause people. I live in SW Idaho and I get SAD in the winter time especially if the inversion is really bad and we don't see the sun for days at a time. For me, SAD is like depression is on speed dial and dialed up to 13 on a scale of 1-10, not a pleasant experience. Most likely there are a few people that move to Alaska that don't realize that SAD could affect them and when it does, their enjoyment of their new hometown/state is affected.
I have SAD. I used to get depressed in the winter. I moved to Florida and got depressed during the summer rainy season.
Have you tried a sunlamp to give you ultraviolet light. It helped me when I was in my teens. Make sure you don't over do it.
@@OldPapaBear I do actually have one. I just don't always remember to turn it on in morning with breakfast. I do use it at dinner time.
@@meadster308 Funny enough I did the same thing and the same happens to me. Still, once wet season is over I'd still live here than anywhere else.
@@flmcmil If I could afford it, I would winter down there.
Honolulu has had a horrible homeless problems since at least when I was stationed at Pearl Harbor in the late ‘80s.
When I was a kid my aunt told us she was going to Miami and my little brother said “I want to go to your ami too.”
Lol your little brother’s response
I was in Honolulu in 2019. Every corner I kept getting it up for money. There is a park I passed by with 100's of tents and shopping carts. I heard that Hawaii started shipping them out if they weren't originally from Hawaii. So sad, rather than helping people they send them off to be some one else's problem.
They depend on tourism which doesn't pay well. A thriving economy can't survive on tourism.
@@shawnn6926 Sometimes the way to take care of them is to send them back to family.
I feel like right now every major metropolitan city fits in this list. The inflated price of living has really kicked out ass.
No, we don't want Memphis. We've already got Pine Bluff.
I wondered what people from Arkansas would say about that.
I live in Mississippi. We don't want Memphis either, although some cities in North Mississippi are essentially Memphis suburbs.
Little Rock isn't good either
Northwest Arkansas is where it's at! Fayetteville, Springdale, Rogers and Bentonville. Little Rock, Crime Bluff and west Memphis are all crime laden crap holes. There's lots of small towns around AR that are quite nice though. I'm not a fan of big cities though. It's alright to be little bitty 🎤
@@edensfamilyadventures2714 I drove through Arkansas to see the Ozarks and stopped for a night in Fayetteville this summer. I can honestly say that the hype is true about the city. It really was a nice city with a lot of great amenities. Though not surprising, while there I went into the nicest Walmart store I've ever seen in my life. It was clean and well stocked, and the employees were friendly and attentive.
The picture of the "Cougar" though 🤣🤣🤣
my friend from back in highschool was a coastie after we graduated and was stationed in alaska, he said it was the most depressing place he had ever seen.
Lol. We moved to Bowling Green Kentucky 4 years ago and we love it here. Best move ever. Love your videos.
Bowling Green has blossomed plus you’re close to Nashville and Lexington. Sorry, I hate Louisville!😂
I lived in Tulsa about 10 years ago but I loved it! I would move back there in a heartbeat
Move back
I saw George Strait in Tulsa. Had a great time and the people there extremely nice.
I visited Tulsa for a couple of weeks and positively loved it. Friendly people, great food!
I grew up in Grand Junction CO and man this place has gone down hill fast. Prices are jumping up for pos properties and the drug problem here is disgusting. I’m moving to New Hampshire here in a few days and I couldn’t be more excited to finally leave this place.
Democrats love drug addicts as they will always have their votes! Just look at San Francisco. Looting under $1,000 not prosecuted!
New Hampshire is wonderful! We have mountains oceans and just so beautiful
I live in Texas and when I retire I want to move to Colorado
@@user-bm6wu9zw9m moved up here 7 years ago, best thing I've ever done, live in the boonies but Canon City is close. Weather is so much better than Oklahoma
Good call
I was stationed in Mayport, Florida back in the late 80's. It sucked so bad in Jacksonville, we went to Daytona Beach every night.
San Francisco has always had its issues, but over the last 25 years it has really degraded.
Also, I believe the Anchorage ranking. My wife and I went to Alaska for vacation in 2005 and stayed at a B&B for a night when we flew in. The area seemed nice but as we pulled up to where we were staying we saw police cars all over the place down the block. Saw on the news the next day it was a gang related shooting, maybe a drive by, but ai think at least 2 people were killed. I did a little research and found that they had a big problem with crime and gangs there. The city itself didn't look like it would have a problem, there were no telltale signs that you get from most bigger cities.
It sucks to see beautiful San Francisco this way. It was nice to visit back in the 80s and 90s. I used to drive from South East Los Angeles to Frisco by myself. It used to be pretty safe.
@@soniasg8639 San Francisco was more dangerous in the 80s and 90s the media just exposes crime harder now.
It’s fine you just don’t want to have a car there for multiple reasons
Lived in Fresno for 14 years, left for Jacksonville, left there too, and I don't regret the moves! Jacksonville from 2011-2017, was not at all expensive, however, glad I moved away. Where I am now, Pretty satisfied.
Loved the "cougars".......As you were going down the list for Memphis, I couldn't help but think you were talking about SF. I used to live there and most of my ex-neighbors have joined me in moving out of the city.
Love your humor on the Big Cat Country!
can confirm the problem in Anchorage..and I think its most of Alaska. I moved to the southeast area of Alaska a few years ago and while I do regret it in many ways I am greatful in others. Lots of job opportunities for those willing to work and learn, even if you've never been in that field before. so good work expirence can be taken elsewhere when its time to move. Even when the weather is good it can be boring up here if you're not an outdoors type of person. Most the state has had a big crime influx the past or so years and when the put in a catch and release type of program in the court system it got worse. suprising amount of homeless and massive drug problems too. in many ways its like FL and HI....great place to visit, its breath takingly beautiful here...but not really a good place to live (plus like Hi we have to have most our stuff shipped too)
I live in Pittsburgh. All hype no action, and everyone is stuck in 1984 to 1992. Hairstyles, clothing, everything.
I'm imagining The Office.... Great way to describe a city quickly. We totally get the picture! 😂
So what you’re saying is time travel is possible with the simple purchase of an airline ticket….
@@BillLaBrie yup you'll even see it at the airport
It's all the old infrastructure that hasn't been improved
I know a lot of people from there. Every guy is big, overweight and bald/balding. Every one
I’m surprised Phoenix and Tucson didn’t get mentioned at all
Especially with those summers (though Briggs did a similar video on Arizona recently)
Most people don’t stay there long enough to regret it, perhaps….
I love your sense of humor and all the knowledge of your wonderful videos! Thank you for all you do!
Salt Lake City is up there too. The air quality is usually atrocious, especially when California and Oregon have their yearly fires. The smoke billows into the State and just gets trapped by the mountains. The wages are extremely low even though prices of everything continues to increase. The city is always doing street construction and at the most inopportune times, which creates unnecessary traffic. There's tons of homeless. And lastly, everything is closed on Sunday. One thing I did like was that Salt Lake is only like a 30 minute drive to this mountain city called Park City, so sometimes during the summer I'd just drive up there to cool down. The temperature was usually like 10 degrees cooler up there. P.S. Riverside also sucks because of the heat. Definitely don't move there, it's awful.
The Great Salt Lake is drying up too.
@@cynthiacole6140 I heard that if the Great Salt Lake dries up it will release massive amounts of arsenic and other dangerous heavy metals into the air :(
I lived in SLC most of my life and loved it there. I'm Catholic, not Mormon. However, you're absolutely right about the air quality. Almost every year I got bronchitis. I'd still be there if it weren't for the snow. We moved to Henderson, Nevada, and it's a great city--the opposite of Vegas--clean and safe.
Another great video, always love the topics and content. Just curious why Grand Junction, CO is on the list. Just recently spent a week there and loved it. Thought it was way better than Colorado Springs and Denver. I guess maybe what you don't know, you don't know. Keep up the great content.
Im from western Colorado and grand junction has very few good paying jobs, rent has went up, there is a lot of homeless its always over 100 degrees in the summer with nothing to do unless you like the outdoors!
First video. Subscribed when you said "TN should just give Memphis to AK." I literally laughed so loud my neighbors knocked. :D
The Alaska problem isn't so much about the weather but the limited sunshine. Michigan is another place that has less sunshine (due to cloud cover) that is hard to deal with in the winter.
There is a Miami in Oklahoma. They pronounce it differently. There is a luxury RV manufacturer there.
My-ah-muh
In the northeastern corner of Oklahoma
I've lived in Fresno. Yes, the heat in the summer really is that bad. We're talking life threatening on some days if the AC goes out. And it doesn't cool off much at night, it will still be in the 90's at midnight.
I have met a lot of people that moved from Hawaii. They absolutely hated the place. Which surprised me because of course I was naïve and thought it's just gorgeous and beautiful. Of course any tourist place kind of sucks if you actually lived there. But I was still surprised that people hated it so badly.
It is gorgeous and beautiful but just also happens to have problems including a very high cost of living lol
I personally don't like living in Hawaii. I think it's better to visit than to live here but I'm here for work so it's only temporary.
I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, and I always hate going into the city due to the parking situation. Regarding having a garage, honestly, so many people I know around here don't even park in their garages, as they tend to use them for storage. Some people even convert them into "apartments" and rent them out.
Why would anyone want to drive in SF with their public transit? Especially if you're just visiting. A lot of BART stations outside the city have park-and-ride lots; that's what my folks and I did last time we visited.
@@andyjay729 BART is great until the staff strikes. I used to work overnight shifts in the city. When strike talks started, I basically just swore off BART and started driving again, as I didn't feel like getting stranded in the city or having to work out other transportation after a long shift. To be fair, driving saved me a lot of time and let me get a bit of extra sleep.
@@andyjay729 Even better, the parking at the stations I went to didn't start charging until later at night, so it would've been impossible for me to park without getting ticketed.
@@kubev You could've slept on Bart lol
@@AlexCab_49 I was going from Colma or Daly City to Powell Street Station. Not worth dozing off for.
I live in Anchorage now, moved here a year ago. I'm a little surprised how high up on the list it is, but the responses weren't wrong. When the weather gets bad in the winter when it's cold, dark, and the few hours of daytime you do get is all socked in with low clouds that you can barely even tell you're surrounded by mountains and instead you are surrounded by grey-ness - the cabin fever/claustrophobia feeling that overtakes you is rough
Daniel Artzer
There is a saying in Alaska. 'There are two seasons in Alaska, winter and the fourth of July.'
@@sage1875 Haha, my favorite one so far is "There are 4 seasons in Alaska just like Everywhere else; June, July, August, and Winter". Although August this year was awful, so I'd probably change it to "May, June, July and Winter"
Something I miss about living Outside that people seem to not take into consideration is how interconnected and easy to travel the 48 is.
I moved up here from NE Wyoming. If I wanted to go to, say, an MLB game, 6-hr drive to Denver. Not too bad for a small town in the middle of nowhere.
However, if I want to do that now?
3 1/2 hour flight, minimum. Not including getting to the airport, going through security, boarding, and all that noise. 3 1/2 hours in the air. Even being a city of 300k, it’s isolated up here.
@@wyolaskan1868 You aren't wrong. That and just being able to walk to your neighborhood coffeeshop or bar.
@@danielartzer
Also, just clarifying, I don’t regret moving here. I don’t intend to leave. However, there are aspects of the 48 I do miss.
I really enjoy that growly voice you use to accentuate certain words. Great content and information . Keep up the good work!
As a resident of Miami I will tell you the many reasons not to live here. Number one is it really really expensive whether renting or buying. Apartments are tiny and houses are small with little to no yard plus you can almost literally reach out your window and touch your neighbors house. Houses crunched together(very little land). Number two there are not a lot of jobs that support cost of living so plan on several roommates or more wherever you live. Number three house prices here are outrageous for nothing more than oversized shacks. Unless you have a lot of money to put down or are one of the lucky small percentage that have a high paying job here, this isn’t place to find anything affordable. Number four traffic here is horrible and roads are designed/laid out horribly. There is only one east/west major expressway and that is a toll road therefore if you want to avoid tolls and go east or west than you are screwed with taking regular streets so going short distances can take a long time. If you want to north/south than you can choose I95 which is not recommended or you can take the turnpike, which is another toll road or can take palmetto which is always congested because of bad design and cannot be corrected because no space to do so. Number five this place is not friendly if you don’t speak or understand Spanish. There are a lot of bilingual people here however there are just as many if not certainly more that don’t speak or understand a word of English. This place is in a bubble so learning or knowing English isn’t encouraged. It is very alienating for non Spanish speakers. Number six people here are rude and shallow, too much money and not enough sense. Rich and snobby here have taken it to an art form here.
Movies and TV shows show you the glamorous shiny side of city but in reality there are a lot of bad areas and most people live check to check or are just living marginally above poverty. Most of Miami outside of city is not shiny and new but old crumbling and beat up.
I would recommend visiting only but never live here
Miami: paradise for the rich, hell for the poor.
Yep, sadly the image of Miami to tourists and reality of it from locals differ greatly, like night and day.
Drove to Fresno for a Michael Buble concert, you showed that venue in the video, small place. I wondered wtf he wanted to play there for.
Fresno has some of the lamest concert venues I’ve ever seen
I've always wanted to see him in concert, was it worth going to?
@@JaneDoe-ov1hb it sure was
@@dougi1967 awesome...
Yeah, the Plano one makes absolute sense, same with Frisco, Mckinney, Allen, and Denton. We have an immense amount of transplants moving into North Texas. It has caused cost of living, housing prices, and rent to skyrocket for native Texans.
The property taxes are going up like crazy. As someone who moved there many years ago, and is now retired on a fixed income, I can't afford to live there anymore.
@M. L. Hey, I'm not from Texas and I'm leaving. I'm one of the people Texas doesn't give a shit about.
@@M.Campbell Very kind of you. Is there anything you can do about the New Yorkers that have invaded Florida too?
Texas is boring tho
Traffic is terrible in OKC. Just drove through over the holiday. Got a nice chip in my rental car's windshield on the busy highway.
I'm from Jacksonville and grew up down the road from the Maxwell house plant. The coffee smell wasn't bad in the morning. It was when the heavy morning dew and foggy mornings rolled in and brought in the waste treatment smell and the coffee smell mix it was like someone blowing up the bathroom and then leaving the door open. You actually get used to it over time. The biggest problem are the bums and drug addicts asking you for money every time you go to the gas station and grocery store. They walk around the parking lot like sharks and bombard you as soon as you open your door to get out. Now I live hours away from there and buy my dad a ticket to visit me in a more normal environment.
Maxwell House had an identical coffee packing plant in Hoboken, NJ. I really liked the smell coming from the plant in winter. In the summer it was a bit overpowering. Maxwell House sold the Hoboken plant to a developer that put luxury housing. One of the buildings is called "Maxwell Place".
@MrSloika Cool. I was almost certain when I saw Hoboken, NJ, I was going to read about coffee and treatment plant stories😆
Live in and grew up in Jacksonville, FL. The smell was only bad at certain times and the coffee smell from Maxwell House always overpowered it. As someone who grew up here, crime def number 1 issue, number 2 is driving. The city is so big it takes 45 min to get anywhere, even with little to no traffic.
Moved to Providence RI for all of 6 weeks before getting tf out. Tiny old apartments with no amenities for like $1800 in a decent area
*That said, Boston and Maine being nearby was awesome.
I was just in Miami last week, the traffic there is terrible, that alone is enough to make someone regret moving there. It's bumper to bumper traffic on almost every street at any time of the day. Don't even bother driving to Miami Beach.. it took me 2 hours just to drive 5 miles from Miami Beach to my hotel no lie.
I could walk 5 miles faster than that lol
10:25 💯 facts it’s getting so bad I’m ready to gooooo ✈️
Solid video Briggs.
My son lived in grand junction Colorado and I loved it when I visited it!
I grew up in Fresno and left Kalifornia over a decade ago. I simply can't imagine why anyone would move *to* Fresno. It's a great place to be *from*.
Fresno born and bred. I think people have this idea of California and then they get to Fresno and it's....yeah
You misspelled California. Fresno is a rathole though.
Fresno is cheap compared to the Bay or SoCal, that's why ppl would move there
@@ssjrose9641 The spelling is appropriate to the politics of the Bay Area and SoCal.
@@Carrpocalypse I know what your implying, you don't have to explain it. I am not one of those rocknhead conservatives
I’m really enjoying your content! New sub!
I only mention this because of Aloha, Oregon. I was born in Florence after my parents relocated from Paris. My mother never left the United States. 😂😂😂
I have been going to SF for 19 years and there is always a parking problem. So I bought small cars and own motorcycles. SF is much easier to travel if you have a motorcycle or scooter.
Riverside CA , awesome Mexican food
That place by the mission with the 30 ft Mexican. That's the bomb
Tio's Tacos! Si.
So, Jacksonville! It’s actually not bad, but the thing that stuck with me the first time I was there - the SMELL.
About forty years ago I was seriously considering moving to San Francisco. This was just after when San Francisco was still cool. The Haight Ashbury music scene with bands like Jefferson Airplane. The hippie lifestyle.
With all what's going on in San Francisco these days I'm glad I never relocated there.
You missed out. If I was alive back in the 80s and 90s would’ve been my number one choice to live. Now the city is unrecognizable and the only people still there from the 80s are those managing real estate empires.
It's fine. Stop listening to Tucker. I never had any problems there
It all depends on which neighborhood you are in.
Russian Hill, Bernal Heights, Nob Hill… those are areas the residents can afford the prices. They rarely (if ever) visit run down, or failing neighborhoods. So their blinders keep them safe.
Jefferson Airplane era was 55 years ago. Haight Ashbury in the 80’s was nothing like the “Hippie era” of mid 60’s-early 70’s. It turned into a sales pitch tourist area.
My stomping grounds were Hunters Point, Mission, Excelsior districts 1958 - 1974🙋🏼
@@MrKim-kv2vv The Sunset and The Richmond are where I lived. They have both hardly changed at all in years.
We are too...
I definitely regret moving to Hawaii. But thankfully, I'll only be here for a few year's. My dislike for living on the island has nothing to do with the people or their culture. I don't like the cost of living, it's hard to find good service such as nail shops, estiticians, massage therapist, etc. Their isn't a good variety of food (IMO), ofcourse the cost of living is high but what gets me is the quality of almost everything- including housing. Ppl want you to pay big bucks for a lot less. Lastly, the bugs.
When you were talking about OKC and Tulsa, I was surprised you didn't say anything about the tornadoes/inclement weather they have there. I've heard that OKC has been hit by many big tornadoes over the years, whether it'd be the suburbs or downtown, both have gotten hit
OKC definitely gets more tornadoes in the city limits than Tulsa, where we have hills and trees
Unless someone in the survey mentioned the weather, there was no reason for him to mention it.
I live in OKC and have most of my adult life. The naders dont really hit OKC or Tulsa. Moore gets pummeled though. That is definitely tornado alley here in OK. But yeah if you cant handle violent weather OK is not for you.
Greetings from the pprc (Redding) great video as usual.🍺🍺
Now, Jacksonville was a really shocker!
Very high crime in Jacksonville.
@@phyll6133 exactly
Not entirely just browse the internet and you’ll find enough evidence that Jacksonville has shootings and robberies daily but the smell I stand with you on like I figured maybe from Dead Sea life or something
Ummm NO this place SUCKS
So, two years ago was right around the start of the pandemic, just before real estate became surreal estate. That would affect the regret factor.
Amendment: When I moved in early 2019, I was able to get the home I wanted close to work. Once the surreal estate market hit, it because a sellers market with the desire to move from an apartment to a home with more space, and many compromises were made to get a home... any home... and at any price. Some of those purchases are now "underwater".
I recall two other really smelly cities: "Smell" Segundo near LAX, and Martinez...everytime I went to Martinez, my eyes would water and I would feel like I was going to hurl...oil refineries, I think. It was bad...but Fresno just sucks in general. My ex used to describe really awful places as "Fresno without the charm"....love it!
Born and raised in Riverside and I miss it so much. I know it's for problems but it will always be home. Funny how things are all perspective with these things like this.
I loved it there years ago. Everything that was bad got worse. Still a great college and university there.
Great commentator , quick and to the point…good voice!
Add Des Moines IA to an updated list now. Sorry to hear about the exodus from California to Mexico but having lived there before now out here in Des Moines IA Mexico is a lot cheaper than California and it is the same vibes as California too for a much cheaper price tag. In fact I'm even considering it now myself.
Mexico? , yes , same here , heard expats rate their area fairly high,
i looked at tijuana prices once and wow they’re cheap. but they’re also a crime-ridden $ hithole
Can you please make a video for the best countries, states, and cities to move to if you're a Healthcare worker? Measuring the level of demand vs their normal negatives.
I feel like places like Honolulu, San Francisco, and Miami are great places to visit and if you have enough money great places to live but if you can’t really afford to live in a good part of town it can be pretty bad
Especially true with Miami. Just a short drive into places like Little Havana or Little Haiti will transport you into a third world country with run-down buildings and chaos.
The reason why I left Fresno even after going to Fresno State and graduating from there. When I got the job I have with USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) FSIS (Food Safety and Inspection Service) was the lack of opportunities there and in order to get promoted you have to be a supervisors favorite in order to move up, so I ended leaving for Southern California again where I was born and raised there.
Damn, so what do you do now?
The job I still currently have with USDA FSIS, I was able to transfer out of Fresno and I better opportunities for myself. I had to put some time in for a while before I could transfer out of there. Once I did that, it was a little rough but I did get promoted off of the slaughter plant lines.
As somebody who has lived in Tulsa County for most of my life, I confess I am literally close friends with some people who are the reason this place is slowly degrading. Its mostly because of younger people doing stupid shit and doing tons of drugs, which is mostly because a ton of people (at least who i know) have all been through some traumatic childhood with abusive parents and they literally refuse to go to therapy. Also the inbreeding thing is a complete lie.
Again we used to play Tulsa A LOT and the people there were great but it seemed like the whole place was a used car lot again like Amarillo, Cains Ballroom is awesome there but they have a real problem with housing along the river in the south west part of that city and a massive amount of people living in the park just outside of downtown on the north side….Broken Arrow is a nice part of Tulsa and Owasso is really nice now days they way they have built it up
As someone who lives in McAllen, he’s not wrong, there’s nothing to do!! I’m at Waco for college and I would say there’s more here than in McAllen and that’s saying something 😭😭
Even if you drive to Padre Island or Monterrey? As a citizen from Monterrey we usually go to shop in McAllen however we know that border cities are shitholes.
I live in Waco too!!
@@OrlValdez All of Texass is a shithole
this list was on point, FRESNO sucks TULSA, Miami i could only handle 3 months before i was ready to head back up north
Tulsa is honestly the weirdest city I’ve ever visited🥴 the energy is just off there
Facts!
Evidently you have never been to Austin Texas.
@@r.pres.4121 Austin is hipsters trying to force the city to be hip and cool, it feels fake as hell
What do you mean exactly?
Please explain more
IT'S the RASCIST RIGHT WING PHONY CHRISTIAN CREEPS that ruin the place
Don't even ask me about the north side of town !
In my opinion Miami just like NYC, and LA. Amazing to visit, but not to live. Everything there is superficial. If you’re not a bikini model, or celebrity, you wont “fit in” and they’ll LET YOU KNOW smh 🤦🏽♂️
Jacksonville, FL really does smell! I visited there a few years back and I thought it was just me! Lol
Im in Tulsa just moved a couple months ago. It’s fine I don’t see any issue. just the weather sucks so far. The people are friendly lots of trees around cheap rent gas etc coming from so cal I’m a little bored and used to all the things to do over there
After visiting for a couple of weeks, I adored Tulsa!!
I lived in the Central Valley in California for ten years. It is a crazy place. I lived in Fresno for one of those. You totally nailed the experience.
Snickering to myself about the "too hot in summer" comments about Fresno.
I grew up in the LA basin. In 1979 my parents decided to move to a place they'd only visited in spring. Chico CA. We arrived there in fall. Now, in 1979 there weren't a lot of places to get information on the climate of a given area. We found out that next summer how very hot and dry it got. Almost low desert hot at times. I think it was 113 F (45 C) one year before I moved away; up in Redding it was 117.
Ha ha hello from beautiful redding
I lived in Long Beach for a long time and not that far away from the water it's the desert as far as temps go. When people talk about beautiful weather in LA I have to assume that only means it snows once in a generation. I remember mornings in the high 30s. The air quality was crap. Every weekend you had to wash your car because of what the daily fog dragged in.
Tulsa is (or was) offering I think $10,000 to remote workers who moved there and I think they had to stay a year or something; I wonder how many of the people who participated in that program regretted it. I've NEVER heard anything good about Tulsa from anyone who was from there, either.
Tulsa really is getting better with the amenities and city projects/modernization. Lots of concerts happen in downtown Tulsa, the heart of live music in the region, while the Thunder overtakes OKC’s largest arena. Live music thrives here! Lots of small businesses and the warm community feel/volunteerism make it more wholesome. It’s very progressive with urban feel compared to the rest of the Green Country region it seats.
Im here right now for tulsa remote program it’s fine just crazy weather and some homeless ppl but we live in gated apartments so we have no issues with safety
Most people moved there on the program and leave after a few years
Kalispell, Montana…. This place is getting so crowded and cost of living is INSANE. Eastern Montana is not a cheap, empty place to move to anymore.
I grew up in Modesto (between Fresno and Sacramento). The whole Central Valley sucks (Sacramento is mid at best but improving) and Fresno is awful in particular. I would never move there.
I'm Trying To Get Outta Here Now
I lived in San Francisco in 1984 at Presidio. It was amazing then, a nightmare now
For San Francisco I would say that the real problem is not parking, its the cost of living, particularly housing. Renting is ridiculously expensive and forget about buying unless you are willing to put down a few millions (yes, in plural). Even with the high salaries you will be spending most of your paycheck on rent, utilities and food.
Just moved to Jacksonville 6 months ago. Do not underestimate how large Jacksonville is. The fact it is dying is intensified by how things get more spread out as business go down. You will have to drive 20 minutes everywhere you want to go.
In Atlanta you have to drive 1.5 hr to go 20 minutes away.
@@buckshot6481 traffic comes and goes. You local gym being 18 miles away never changes.
@Who Pete Weber Thinks He Is its just a shithole. Maybe its always been that way idk. The creator of this video has Jax listed in one of his "cities that are dying" videos too. Ask him
@@anthonybielobockie4991 it should be dying. It's garbage.
You really hit the nail in the coffin with riverside, CA everything you said about it is very true a friend of mine calls riverside riversnatch
north east Tennessee should be on this list!
Briggs, what kinds of reasons did people give for regretting their move to Bowling Green KY? I ask because I may be considering a move myself to Bowling Green in the near future. Thanks in advance, Jim Bob
I was in Bowling Green, KY this summer and was shocked at how aggressively people drive there and I’m from Dallas!! I also go to Houston frequently. They are walks in the park compared to BG. I was utterly shocked at how bad it was in BG. I ended up taking the backroads through the countryside to get back on the interstate rather than driving back through the city.
My daughter lives in Bowling Green. It's grown a lot, but there's not a lot to do.
I lived in BG during the 90s. It was a great city in which to live. Plenty of festivals and nice parks and schools and great neighborhoods in which to live. It had everything you could need but not too big. I know it has grown by ~50% since I left and traffic was growing quickly then. Scottsville Road is the main artery and Campbell Lane is now much more congested than it used to be so I imagine traffic and crime are the big gripes along with cost of housing. It is a college town which was always nice because that adds a younger vibe and there are many opportunities to do things that relate to the university. I really enjoyed my time there.
Dude just want to say I really enjoy the vids and thanks for education as well, blessings .
I appreciate that
My in-laws just moved from Jacksonville to a senior community in St Petersburg. They live there for years, my wife, sisters and brother were born there. They moved due to crime, they lived in a nice suburb, but in the last couple years two meth labs were busted within a mile of their home.
St Pete is no picknick
@@bukboefidun9096 It's spelt "picnic", stay in school.
@@crewser004 I meant it to be spiky.
@@bukboefidun9096
Have you seen one of those senior communities? The only crime is too many golf carts.
@@deathscythehell7937 lol
Re; cabin fever in Alaska - you can't see the sun for almost 3 months! It can drive you crazy!