Living in Fargo, North Dakota
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2023
- Considering a fresh start in Fargo, ND? Let us be your guide to the city that has captivated so many with its unique blend of urban vitality and natural splendor. Whether you're pondering a move or simply seeking to discover the charm of the Fargo area, join us on this immersive tour. We delve into neighborhoods, amenities, and the cultural tapestry that makes Fargo a standout destination. From the allure of downtown to the tranquility of its parks, find out why Fargo is more than just a place on the map-it's a feeling, a community, a home.
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One thing i noticed here is that rabbits and squirrels are not afraid of humans. And one squirrel actually approached me with arms stretched out, seemingly asking for food. That immediately gave me an idea how good of people here are.
I live in ND and love Fargo!! I had cancer and doctored there and It was top notch 😊 everything is so clean because you can’t be homeless here 🤷🏼♀️ we do have 9 months of winter but I was in Mississippi one summer and I’d much rather have a snow storm than a hurricane or that heat and humidity 😅
I moved to Fargo from Arkansas 6 years ago… it was definitely a huge culture shock and change but I absolutely love it… I live in West Fargo
I came here in about 1990 to get a master's degree and never left. I've had no troubles finding good jobs in my field. Wages aren't as good as on the coasts but the low cost of living more than makes up for that. Fargo isn't for everyone. If it's strengths match what you want in life it's sure worth a look though. And yes, the winters are cold. It's not really that big a deal. Appropriate cold weather clothing and a car with auto start so you can let it warm up a bit go a long way to taking the sting out of winter.
Moved back to Bismarck from Phoenix Az because family here. Love it here. Much like Fargo.
I love Fargo! I studied at NDSU in 2019/2020 and it was a wonderful part of my life! Miss you Fargo ♥ Regardings from Brazil
How did a Brazilian survive in our climate?
I live here but is the quiet city and is the one which control teens and youth behavior in better way
ive lived in Fargo for 40 years
Going to North Dakota next year thanks!!!!
Thanks for the tour, we are new here in fargo,ND we just arrived sept.6. Nice informations you give to ask. We will visit soon the places that you showed to us. We need to adjust first to the cold weather here. Its too cold for us bcos we came from the philippines. Thanks again.🎉
Welcome! If you guys want to explore buying a home, reach out to us to start a conversation. Our lender and real estate agent team is here to help!
I'm from Greece and I'll move to fargo for 2 years for work, i hope it's a nice place
The winter will be very different for you! Reach out to us if you’d like to explore buying a home in Fargo!
My grandfather came to North Dakota from Greece. He sure loved the state.
Great video! Thanks!!
You bet! Reach out to us for help finding your next home!
Looks amazing. So clean and maintained. I am in Austin and cannot imagine life now without violence, homeless camps and pan handlers on every corner.
Oh believe me, Fargo has those too 😅 I work in downtown Fargo and get asked for money on a daily basis. I avoid certain street corners where a group of individuals sit and approach passing pedestrians. I’ve had food thrown at my car. Witnessed people doing drugs and urinating in the public parking ramp stairways and have had to take a self defense class sponsored by my employer. Although downtown Fargo has a lot to offer, it’s definitely not perfect. I grew up in Bismarck and even though the two cities are only 200 miles apart, they feel like different worlds entirely. Bismarck is much better, cleaner, and safer.
@@spaniel_lvrdo you feel like fargo is improving over all? Especially the downtown area? We have family in ND so we go every year and pass by Fargo and we’ve noticed a lot of development/improvement in the downtown area but it also seems like more homelessness. I’m thinking crime has gone up in the area despite the city’s efforts to improve downtown.
Curious as to your thoughts since you actually live there and we were just visiting (just came back last week)
@@kayletzgo there is definitely an increase in homelessness not just in downtown but city wide. They are continuing to develop downtown but the buildings they are developing have high rent. I’ve been in Fargo for 6 years and have noticed an increase in crime. The police force isn’t a large as I think it should be for the population of the area. They have a police hub downtown but people still panhandle, urinate in the parking ramps, and try to break into cars in the parking ramp. There are two things that keep the homeless population downtown. There is the Salvation Army building that provides them meals and then there is a downtown engagement center for them to go to during the day for medication if needed. There has been a homeless camp established along the river. I wouldn’t walk the path along the river alone for that reason. If you are going to move to the Fargo area, consider West Fargo or Horace. Horace especially is a much nicer area but houses are more expensive for sure. If you are familiar with Minneapolis, Fargo is much safer than that area but it doesn’t feel like other towns in the state. It definitely feels like a city rather than a small town.
I've lived in the FM area for 30 years now and I think your wrong about housing being affordable. Your paying an average of 350-400k for a 10-20 year old home. If you want new construction it's upwards of 550k+. That is not affordable. If your renting...say...a three bedroom apartment be prepared to pay $1500+ a month for a modern apartments and 1200+ for older buildings. Don't move here thinking it's cheap, because it's not...at all..
I'd say if your a family of 5 you'll need $70,000-$100,000 income to live comfortably.
Perspective is everything. Those prices are inexpensive compared to what people living in the states on the West and East Coast. For somebody from WA, OR, CA, AZ, FL etc - suddenly the cost of living (including housing) becomes comparatively inexpensive and the quality of life offered in FM becomes evident.
Yes this sounds affordable to me
Houses pop up in Fargo for $200,000 and even lower, where I live you'd be lucky to find ANY house for under $700,000. I see 1-2 bedroom apartments in fargo for as low as $500-$600, a one bedroom in my city rents for around $2,000. Fargo is one of the only cheap cities left on the west.
Fargo beautiful city to raise family 👪 ❤️ 💖 ♥️
A lot of people would agree! Grab a time we can talk: calendly.com/david-vanassche-calendar/home-purchase-meeting
i love Fargo, North Dakota.. from Winnipeg!
Just why!!! My parents decided to move to Winnipeg from Texas and Colorado!!!! My moms originally from Kenora which is a nice little tourist town but it sucks to live out in Winnipeg, Work my way back to Houston Fck me!!!!!
what is the average salary level for professions such as loader, plumber, electrician and what is the cost of housing if you rent?
Love this. Looking to move to Fargo very soon with my company!
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@@LivinginNorthDakotaI'm looking to move to fargo 8n july
You can call or text us anytime. Even 7 months in advance. 701-253-1872. We’re here to help make that move a smooth one!
Yeah thanks Sandford
I live in Georgia, smackdab in Hapeville next to the Airport and Atlanta. My uncle stays in Havana, ND. I'm thinking of relocating up to Fargo as a 2nd choice..
We’re here to help! Give us a call or text so we can meet over zoom and talk about making that move. Sara can introduce you to a lender and explain the real estate market fully so you can make the best move.
Read what I wrote DanielZ2131. I lived there, once. One of the best choices I made in life was to leave ND & Fargo
Havana, ND is a water - grass land and wind swiped and very cold 200 days of the year. Good luck with that.
yep, moving here next week for the second time. Im not a fan of winter but its so safe, clean and affordable!! And Im coming from Phoenix..lol
We have our Phoenix team as well. @LivingInThePhoenixEastValley. If you need help selling a home in Arizona and buying one in Fargo, you found the right place! Call us
I'm in East Mesa. I have often considered ND to relocate. I tolerate cold a lot better than bone dry 110° summers!
Funny… we have a team office in Chandler. You can literally hire our team to not only help you sell in East Mesa (Eastmark? or where are you) but can also help you buy in Fargo. Reach out to us if you want to explore that option.
I am living in Phoenix and looking to move to Fargo this June. How are you liking it @NicoleHRRCP?
Living in Grand Forks f0r 20 years and gp Fargo to shop.
Thinking about moving here after fellowship. Will visit the hospital from NY in a few weeks... My only concern is the landscape. Are there many lakes around? I'm accustomed to the hills in Northern Ca, biking, trails, water, Ocean... looks very flat. Also, I left Ca just before Covid and I recall the smoke being unbearable. Is it smoky there in the Summer?
Not really. In the 5 years that I've been living in this area only 1 summer was somewhat smoky due to wildfires in Canada. Personally being from California myself the summer humidity, insects, violent storms and brutal winters here are much more of an issue. And yes, it is extremely flat and there aren't any lakes, but there is the Red river which has really good fishing. Hope this helps.
Congratulations, thank you for the información. Later I will email at you.
If I came to this place, I would be a guy who is from Texas, the hot place in America, so cold places aren't really an issue for me.
Born and raised here. I will never leave!
Gross. There isn’t shit to do but drink.
Weird place to raise a family when there isn’t anything to do.
@@HumanInstrumentalityProject plenty to do. Do you live in LA or New York? P.S. we don't want your opinion
Build a bike/walking trail along the river between Fargo and grand forks
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Thanks for watching! If you’re thinking about moving or relocating to Fargo (or anywhere else in North Dakota) be sure to call, text or send us an email! We love helping people find the best neighborhood and home for their lifestyle, commute and whatever else is important to an ideal place to live.
Yeah if you can handle frozen it’s you place
May You make a video about Carington Nd someday?
Unfortunately we don’t see a lot of people moving to Carrington. If you’re thinking about moving there, give us a call so we can discuss the real estate market and finding you a home :-). Our team also lists and sells properties anywhere in North Dakota.
The most expensive area to buy a home in most neighborhoods in my area are the nice older neighborhoods
Very conservative state👍
What about the job market there?
Well the state has the lowest unemployment rate in the entire US so that says something
pls make another video on winter. lol
Streets are clean..I don't see any Electrical Posts...think electric cables are Buried...
So I plan on moving in 97 days, what kind of jobs are there?
Shoot us a text or give us a call to discuss. What’s bringing you to Fargo?
Fargo is getting to big and to many oblivous people when it comes to driving. Wahpeton, ND is better. BTW Essentia is the hometown hospital. Sanford just got there in 2010 or 2011. Essentia has been there as long as I can remember. Essentia used to be Dakota clinic.
Are wages in North Dakota higher or lower than the US average?
The median household income is $78,720/year in the whole state. That’s slightly above the national median household income of $74,580. That said - depending on your skill set and type of work you may be significantly above (or below) this level of income. Individuals in the Bakken Oilfield can make well over $100,000/year - but the work culture involves long overtime hours and is very cyclical with the price of oil.
The local lenders are able to offer people 1/2% down mortgage loans to encourage higher levels of home ownership. If you’d like to learn more about buying a home in North Dakota, shoot us a text or give us a call: 7012531872
Make sure you consider the political environment you want to live in when moving to the area. Moorhead, the Minnesota side, is in a state that is more liberal, including protecting abortion in the state constitution. While Fargo itself is relatively liberal, the state itself is not. If you have a trans kid, for example, you'll need to live on the Minnesota side for them to get health care related to that. There's a significant political difference depending on which side of the river you're on, so if that is important to you, definitely research before moving.
I think it really depends on why youre thinking of moving to Fargo, what exactly youre looking for and where youre originating from. Not a visually attractive place; It's not picturesque at all. Instead, I moved to western Minnesota a year ago, so Im only maybe 45 minutes away from stateline-which is Fargo/Moorhead. I head over every week as there are more options for shopping than you'll ever need. Also, very good health care facilities and top tier doctors. ND def has the tax advantages compared to MN.
What about north lakes?
ND has very few lakes you gotta go to MN for that
Looking at ND because it’s one of the last places that feel like America.
Reach out to us to discuss what area is best for you! We have agents in all corners of the state to help you find a home. Phone number in video description
@@LivinginNorthDakotaHow much is rent out there? Coming from NYC.
@@davidortiz3094 Dont come here. We dont want people from NY
I tried to ask this question by sending it to the email address listed above, but it bounced back as "undeliverable". As such, I'm going to try asking it here in the comments:
My son and I are considering moving to Fargo (among other places) and I have a very important question that doesn't appear to be addressed by any of the videos I've seen.
My son suffers from asthma and pollen allergies and is prone to chronic sinus infections. We currently live in central PA along the Susquehanna River - which is notorious for its bad air quality for people with asthma/allergies. This is the primary reason why we are looking to relocate.
We were in Fargo briefly a few years ago when taking a midwest road trip in the Summer of 2022 and we fell in love with much of it.
However - how is the area for people who suffer from seasonal allergies and asthmatics? I figure that with the long winters, that means a shorter "hay fever season", but once spring does bloom along the prairie there, how bad is the pollen count and how do people who suffer from hay fever usually fare?
Also, how is the air quality in general for asthmatics? When we were the a few years ago, much of the midwest was suffering from smoke in the atmosphere from the huge wildfires that were raging along the west coast that summer - so we didn't take that as indicative of what a normal summer would be like in those areas. Barring things like wild fires, etc, how is the air quality for asthmatics in Fargo?
Any insight you could provide would be appreciated. Thanks.
Sorry the email bounced! Not sure what’s going on there. In any case - I would need to refer you to look at other sources of info for this specifically as it relates to your son’s allergies and health concerns. As real estate agents-we can advise you on the market, what different areas can offer and are looking like etc - but I am certainly not an expert on how seasonal allergies might affect someone. Shoot me a text - 701-253-1872
Pollen is really bad here in the spring sorry to say. I get really bad allergies in the spring from all the tree pollen. Other then that no too bad
I live in fargo
For 11 years
Hey whats the job situation there ?
Bakken oil field can easily make 30+ an hour with no experience working 60+ hours a week
Jobs everywhere here
My opinion: I like Fargo, it's a cool town. It's the one real state in ND; politically, it's a blueish oasis in this reddest of red states.
Fargo or williston?
Fargo, Williston is an oil town. I’m partial to Bismarck but Bismarck is slightly more expensive than Fargo.
Completely different places and vibes. If you’re considering a move to North Dakota we will connect you with both a Realtor in Williston and Fargo so you can discuss the finer details and get help finding a home in either place.
I’m moving 2025
Roll Herd
Cold ? It gets - 45 bellow zero hahahahaha this guy will be frozen
Born in ND, spent my Uni days in Fargo which was a step up from Minot but 👎🏼 for my adult years no reason to stay. Youth isn’t tolerated well, then when visiting as an adult no respect from so called adults a generation above mine rude AF and I live in the Bronx now but the rudeness was something I had forgotten. If you do run in to friendly people they’re probably from Minnesota. I haven’t been gone that long but there’s nothing I would want to move back for and my friends there agree with me they’re just stuck due to work or fam.
If you are of color do not drive after 10pm you will be pulled over by cops trying to make a quota. Twice I was pulled over in the same night: for signaling too soon, and the second my stop at a stop sign was “iffy” as the cop told me in other words hoping I was drinking. I told one I do not drink he responded that wasn’t my question I said how much have you had to drink 🤷🏼♂️ when one doesn’t drink they have not had anything. And no I didn’t get arrested nor a ticket which told me each stop was opportunistic
For those thinking about Fargo, consider its reality is a function of its past. Fargo, Grand Forks & Wahpeton, ND are really just Western outposts of Minnesota. And thus the rest is:
Oh, North Dakota & South Dakota ought never to have been States in the Union. They had been grouped land-wise with most of Eastern Montana and in honor of the tribes living there, the "Dakota" Sioux, named Dakota. However, Post Civil War Republicans sought more U.S. Senate seat votes as the South slowly was being readmitted to the Union. Thus, divide by 3 and you get, well, "6 Senators." Neither SD or ND would have survived financially without the historically massive subsides provided by the Federal government, a government both, politically, claim to hate, AKA MAGA-ville. And why is the Federal money (gift) forthcoming? It's those senate seats of old. Well, while they claim to "hate it" but only after the checks are delivered by the U.S. Gov't's USPS. [But here note: the checks go to the few, not the many. To get the federal check you must "own or control the land." If you do not you get trickle-down]. Most all of SD's & ND's economic activity happens within 75 miles of the Minnesota borders. All of their small towns died economically by the 1960's, when most of WWII's cash-flow had been spent. Even its regional towns/cities of 8,000 or less are passing rapidly into history. It is Abe Lincoln and his Homestead Act of 1862 that's to blame. Dry land Farming West of the 98th can be sustained only with masses subsides. [The 98th is 50-miles West of Fargo]. Think the dust-bowel and FDR and the 1930's. The USDA told Lincoln in 1861 not to do it, but Lincoln was a Northern Whig, i.e., today they'd be called "Socialists." He believed in using the government to build the nation's infrastructure - remember the railroads being built West into a wilderness? Completed in 1869 and totally broke by 1875. Well, thank you Mr. Lincoln. America even today has not come to fully to accept that 2/3's of the nation is a dry or semi-dry desert or high plains desert. Slice down from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada to Dallas, Texas and you have basically tracked the 98th. West of that line to the Pacific Ocean it is, well, dry - very dry. All the dams and canals build by the U.S. Government were done to make a desert bloom and the senate seat votes (re-read the above) delivered the cash. Oh, Lincoln would have loved it. What I find most interesting about the area West of the 98th is the people their think their world was built by "Individual enterprise & effort." It was not. Life there was and is but a function of Washington D.C. policy or politics. Remember the rule: if you break it you own it. The USA Gov't. broke the Great Plains (once know as the Great American Desert - here think Oregon Trail and wagon trains) & the tribes and, YES, Now She Owns it and it is costly.
Wow! Great history lesson and perspective on how the area came to be.
A lot less chirping smoke detectors up there thats for sure
That noise is THE WORST! I went for the 10 year lithium batteries on my last set of smoke detectors. No longer a thing.
I see what you did there. 🤔👍😆
It isnt midwest nice. To clicky. If you didnt grow up here you aren't accepted into the in crowd. If you move go further west- by alot.
Seven videos and already moved 😂
Been here for almost 10 years and there is nothing to do. Whatever this guy shows is absolutely nothing about this Fargo and everything he shows is in west Fargo, not Fargo itself since it’s a dying place.
Everything new is West Fargo... but for someone researching moving to Fargo - "West Fargo" and "Fargo" are the same thing. Thanks for watching! Our team is here to help you buy (or sell!) a home in Fargo (and West Fargo, too ;-). )
Fargo sucks, move somewhere else.
We can certainly help you move somewhere else. When you sell your home in Fargo, where do you want to move next?