What strikes me about all of these videos like this is how absolutely ludicrous the home prices everywhere are. The overall message is, don’t move until this ridiculous bubble bursts.

@bukboefidun9096

11 ай бұрын

I concur

@rexx9496

11 ай бұрын

Tell me about it.

@naomiemoore5725

11 ай бұрын

Totally agree about rent and home prices. Where I live the rent is ridiculous. How people can afford them is beyond me. I purchased when it was still reasonable to do so. My mortgage payment was 1/3 of what a one bedroom goes for now. And everything is more expensive across the board. Regular gas is over $5 a gallon. Food prices are outrageous as well.

@TheCharleseye

11 ай бұрын

You'll have to convince the Coastals to stay where they are, first. They're the ones who have been overpaying for homes wherever they go, inflating the market beyond the reach of locals. The entire Country is getting gentrified, by people who finally figured out that their States' policies make life unlivable. Rather than stay and help roll things back (which would require admitting they were wrong) they take the money from the sale of their overpriced Coastal home and jump ship. Leaving their mess behind them and creating another wherever they move.

@rexx9496

11 ай бұрын

@@TheCharleseye I think this is a ridiculous take in the grand scheme of things. The problem isn't that people move from state to state. That's been happening since we were a country. The problem is generally inefficient land usage and too many single use zoning regulations. The amount of residential zoning that only allows single detached family homes is ridiculous. This creates sprawl and doesn't allow you to create affordable housing unless you are going way out into fringes of a city. Take a city like Montreal for example, rents are actually quite cheap for a world class large city. Much of this has to do with far more flexible zoning which allows more types of housing to be built, in their case many quadplexes. They still have American style suburbs on the outskirts of town, but there is far more density in the city and variety of housing for all types of income needs. We stopped doing that in the US and give homeowners groups to power to basically hold up any building project indefinitely and it's at the point where builders only make profit on higher end housing. Thus it causes people to have to move to afford a house. The average person leaving California isn't some house rich millionaire buying up entire blocks of homes in Boise. It's more like to be someone who couldn't even afford their first home. Gavin Newsom has signed regulations to get rid of rigid zoning laws, but NIMBYs and homeowners groups still have plenty of legal tools to jam up construction of affordable housing so that it doesn't get built.

I recently left a major city that exploded in the 2010s. The character of that city changed dramatically, and it became expensive, crime-ridden, and overrun with homeless people in the span of a few short years. I relocated to a much smaller city in a different of the region of the country, and I’m so glad it has never made any lists of the best cities to move to. It’s amazing how quickly the character of a place can change.

@Sammy-il1qf

11 ай бұрын

That's the negative side of these channels unfortunately. Locals will see an influx of people and accommodation prices rise!

@mrbear716

11 ай бұрын

Oh, they're coming . 🤣😂😂😂

@amanojyaku4598

11 ай бұрын

@@mrbear716 I’m sure that’s how they felt about us when we arrived, too.

@mrbear716

11 ай бұрын

@@amanojyaku4598 Facts

@rickloudermilk6351

11 ай бұрын

oh, so you moved from Austin.

As a region, the Midwest is very underrated. The cold winters are awful, but otherwise its a really great part of the US.

@miketrimm3914

10 ай бұрын

The awesome Summers in Michigan make you forget the cold and snow. Been enjoying Michigan for 65 years and keep telling everyone how awful it is.

@cevinzeke5110

9 ай бұрын

The cold winters aren’t even bad. Put a coat on.

@sb-tb1oh

9 ай бұрын

The winters aren't that awful. They are short, unless you live in the upper Midwest, in which case you embrace the beauty of winter which means snow. Otherwise, the winters are not that long. The midwest ain't Alaska or even Montana. But we have Water :) and no earthquakes

@MissBabalu102

8 ай бұрын

@@miketrimm3914 Is Michigan better than Wisconsin where I partly grew up? More water and lower property taxes? I usually like people I meet from Michigan, they seem healthier and balanced. I've been visiting lower priced areas, because the internet is misleading, and have been repeatedly disappointed.

@laverdadbuscador

8 ай бұрын

It's bad compared to the south or California....but it largely depends on which side of the lake you're on as winds blow Eastward. Lake effect is no joke. Me personally I'd rather be cold than hot.

I grew up around Burlington, VT. It's a beautiful and incredibly relaxed city with an emphasis on localy made craft products and outdoor recreation. The art scene is strong for a city of its size and there is not a "keeping up with the Joneses" attitude there at all. (No one wears suits or drives fancy cars). It gets flack for being the only state in New England that doesn't border the ocean, but Lake Champlain is the sixth largest lake in the country, so there's plenty of waterfront property and parks and water recreation available.

@midlife_minimalist

11 ай бұрын

Just wish it wasn’t so cold and aren’t the property taxes really high? I visited a friends sister at Middlebury College back in high school and to this day (now 56) I still remember how unbearably cold it was there. I like a change of seasons and even a little snow but that was just another level of cold.

@clav93089

11 ай бұрын

@@midlife_minimalist ​Winters can be rough, although there have been some mild ones lately. It's a beautiful place in the summer and fall though! Yes, property taxes are high because of strict zoning laws that make it difficult to build more housing, but that's changing! Also, aviation innovation is becoming an industry there (air-force, F-35 testing, pilot training, and electric plane testing and manufacturing) so there may be some higher paying jobs in the near future that help prop up the tax base as well.

@milesholbrook6721

11 ай бұрын

​@@midlife_minimalistnowhere near as cold as Fargo

The reason why Nebraska had a low death rate during the COVID pandemic is due to how well the hospitals are in Omaha.

I am so glad you included the segment about California being the original "move to" state. I'm from L.A., recently moved out of CA to another state mainly for a different quality of life and also because it is cheaper to live. However, I love my home state and my family still lives there. I do get a bit frustrated when people from other states say they hate it when Californians move to their state. I feel like this is a trend that people have picked up recently, where they decide to blame Californians for moving, and although that might be partially true, people from other states are also relocating to their city/state. Also, I think people fail to realize that the state of California has welcomed people from not only other states but also the rest of the world. We have had to deal with cost of life increasing, traffic, homelessness, etc. all because people from other states wanted to live in CA and you will not hear native Californians complain about people from out of state. We will complain about the traffic but not about people moving into the state.

@alexstokowsky6360

11 ай бұрын

California is looked at as fiscally irresponsible and out-of-touch elsewhere. People think that the voters have a hand in that mess, so that is why they don't want Californians to move into their State.

@NYCHFAN

11 ай бұрын

Exactly. I've lived here all my life. There were a lot of folks complaining about migration into the state in the early 1970's, what folks forget is that if there is no growth at all, cities will become stagnant and die. Also, do we expect people to stay where they are if there is no future? (I'm thinking Detroit) This is why people leave rural areas for the cities. They're making a way for themselves to be educated, have a decent job and future. ❤

@gabesmith1476

11 ай бұрын

Including opening the borders and letting everyone from everywhere in and afterwards claiming to be the 'original move to state,' as mentioned by 'word according to Briggs,' that ended 168 years ago! As a result, moving to an area that is smaller, older, and friendlier, and changing the entire makeup of the location, destroying its natural diversity and culture, and bringing a mentality of division! And sowing dissent in places moved to

@samgould8567

11 ай бұрын

The problem isn’t so much Californians, it’s California cash. Californians love to complain about the rich, but to the rest of the county, Californians moving in just feels like the rich taking over and stripping away any possibility of a normal life.

@Gozer_is_God

11 ай бұрын

​@gabesmith1476 Destroying their natural diversity? Please elaborate. I don't see too many Native Americans in these communities. I see a bunch of fools with a victim mentality. This is a free country. If you don't like it.. leave.

Reno was a very small, rural town until Wilbur D. May donated his 2400/2600 acre Double Diamond Ranch to establish UNR. My Dad worked on the ranch in the late 40s, specifically hired to feed cattle from a horse drawn hay wagon. When he inquired about using a tractor, he was told (by Wilbur May), that the whole purpose was for him to train the team.

@CraftEccentricity

11 ай бұрын

@@Electrodexify Awful places to be when it all collapses!

@gump1005

11 ай бұрын

I shot a man in Reno with a paint gun just to watch him dye.

@SunnynPhilly

11 ай бұрын

@@gump1005 When I hear that whistle blowin', I hang my head and cry. 😂

@davidbowman5471

10 ай бұрын

Reno, is "NOT" very small

@donaldpereira2652

10 ай бұрын

@@davidbowman5471 not now, thanks, in large part to the Double Diamond Ranch. In the 1940s, it WAS a small, rural town. If you're gonna make stupid comments, you need to get your shit straight.

Gotta watch this and hope my city doesn't show up on the list

@cheriemonami

11 ай бұрын

Well?

@bigdawggkev

11 ай бұрын

That really shows what kinda person you are

@Aztal

11 ай бұрын

@@bigdawggkevyeah the kind of person who would like thier kids to be able to afford a house here

@Aztal

11 ай бұрын

@@cheriemonami no such luck

@TheCharleseye

11 ай бұрын

I hear ya. These Coasties see a city trending, flock to it, pay over asking price - to ensure a quick purchase, and price everyone else out of the place where they grew up. They decided to go for mass gentrification. It's horrible.

Yellowstone (the show) has caused an increase of people moving to Montana over the last few years. There has been an increase of over 2 million tourists directly due to the show. It's ironic that the show seems to fight against development and tourism, yet has been responsible for the increased interest in both those things.

@zeppinator7725

11 ай бұрын

They’re acting like any people are in Montana in the first place

@krispyrr

11 ай бұрын

@@zeppinator7725 yeah no one lives in montana

@elijuh3

10 ай бұрын

I hate that show! I tried to like it. Just can't. And I hate that it is ruining the whole vibe of that area.

@elijuh3

10 ай бұрын

The numbers for Greenville are low or maybe outdated. I live here.

@BillLaBrie

10 ай бұрын

Hope and pray the winters freeze them out.

Briggs. My wife works as a nurse at a rehabilitation hospital here in Virginia. She comes home the other day and says "I'm leaving you for a voice." (She was joking. If she was serious I don't think I would post this.) My response was "Can you make dinner first?" Anyway she starts telling me how her and the rest of the girls at work watch this KZread channel and she says "We all agreed that the narrators voice makes us all have impure thoughts" I said "well that is something, what channel?" She comes back with "World According to Briggs" I look at her and say "He's selling real estate and moving options and you think that is hot? He is also like 20 years older than you." Her only response was "Don't hate on my daddy issues"

Briggs, I really enjoy your videos. Just a correction: Reno calls itself "The Biggest Little City in the World." Keep up the great work.

I worked in Fargo for a year for a marketing company and loved every day there, even the winters. I tell people all of the time that Fargo is a great city that they need to visit. So much culture and most people are so nice. Still have some good friends there and have been back a few times.

@athenaguan3809

11 ай бұрын

that windy weather will blow you off all over. divercify? its a joke a Asian lady all most cannot survivual in front of food truck they insult you right at your face without any manners! friendly comm

@athenaguan3809

11 ай бұрын

unity? no they pretend they care ever worse thay donit. fargo its the last place you wanna be. donit believe this vedios.

@skurinski

11 ай бұрын

@@JillWhitcomb1966 that's not a good thing

@alistairt7544

11 ай бұрын

​@@athenaguan3809Huh?

I can't help but MARVEL over the fact one of the coolest, hip areas of North Carolina gets missed time and again. And that is Winston-Salem. Its in a piedmont area. The city is full of history. It is a college town. A slew of amenities. Its walkable. Cool restaurants. It's SUPER AFFORDABLE. Good hospitals. Views of Pilot Mountain. Lakes nearby. Lots of community spirit. I have researched, studied, analyzed, visited lots of southeastern towns. WS IS the goldilocks. PLUS it has all the amenities of nearby Greensboro and High Point. The triad area makes up these 3 cities and they are all within 20 minutes of each other. No traffic. I repeat - no traffic! Sooo much to offer. Really cool vibes. I plan to cash out of Asheville and go there in about 18 months. I couldn't be happier w discovering this gem. Briggs - you ought to look into it.

@boblittle2529

5 ай бұрын

True. I lived 12 years in Jamestown - right between Greensboro and High Point. W-S is a great city and a lot more hip than GSO whom the college kids referred to as "Greensboring" :D

Man, I have been watching your channel for years now and I must say, I love how far you have come. Keep up the good work!

I live in Boise Idaho and most of the people that complain about people moving here aren't originally from here. I'm a San Francisco 49ers fan and was told to go back to California one day. I'm 47 and have lived in Idaho for 47 years. The guy who said it has lived here for less than 20 and is from..... California.

@geraldinevaughn8435

10 ай бұрын

Exactly. If you look up percentages of Idaho Natives, I think it's like 46%. Thr rest are transplants. 😂

@hollyloomer7667

9 ай бұрын

51 year old Boise, Idaho native born and raised. I completely relate to your comment. I've had to really adapt my mind set from grumpy native to realizing that many of these transplants just want to raise their family with less crime. But I still get grumpy with the terrible driving habits and I will flip you the slim shady if you so much as try to bully me on the road. lolz

Just moved to flagstaff, Arizona myself. And it's been absolutely wonderful so far. Everyone is chill, they dinrnget stressed out as much. The town is at an elevation of 7000ft. So I always say "they're on mountain time" and it's not hot like the rest of the state. They do get a ton of snow though. The only complaint I have so far is the housing price. But it's such a cool place and always smells like pine trees.

The only reason my wife and I have yet to move from California to? Is because I have 14+ ? Surgeries to go and I'm still fighting the military(army) since 1999. So until these surgeries are done we are stuck😢. We just want to leave but I have the top specialist around America working on me here.(pray for us).

@wendywehner2320

8 ай бұрын

🙏

Lexington native here. Glad to see our wonderful little city get some recognition. Much love from Ky Briggs.

Thanks for mentioning California. Not only have people from all over the country moved here for decades and even longer but people from all over the world! We will now be leaving CA because we can't take the craziness anymore! Its really sad because topography wise it's a beautiful state .

@PatrickCole-md9bu

8 ай бұрын

Please stay!

@chip9177

5 ай бұрын

Please stay & Change the way you vote

Well done Briggs, you hit every part of Missoula perfectly and the only thing that I would add is the public transportation is awesome since its completely free and is not limited in location it goes to almost every corner of the city with little interruptions. I loved this video today!

@kerrynight3271

11 ай бұрын

Impressive! Thanks for letting us know. Great public transportation in red states is a bit unusual, isn't it?

@chrisbritton58

11 ай бұрын

@@kerrynight3271 Montana is really not as red as the rest of the world says there are parts that have democratic mayors since before WW2 with no chance of that changing and other areas that are very red like around Great Falls, Haver or Miles City. Missoula is not a conservative city at all quite liberal for Montana.

@kerrynight3271

11 ай бұрын

@@chrisbritton58 Good to know! I knew I was treading into waters I knew almost nothing about. I appreciate the information.

@evanwalters6574

11 ай бұрын

Hi Chris are you local in Missoula? I'm in Australia (US citizen expat, originally from Texas, Aussie girlfriend) and have been thinking of moving to Spokane, WA in a few years after marriage, but Missoula may be a good alternative. Wanting to live in a cold place and get back into hunting. Any chance I can connect and inquire more with you about Missoula?

I live in a small town 25 miles south of Missoula, and it's always fun to make the short trip to have a nice dinner or to shop. However the developers long ago created a very weird road setup here, and driving around can be challenging. Housing prices used to be reasonable for years but the Covid era resulted in opportunistic price gouging, leaving the locals in a bad place. Remember, no sales tax here. Missoula is a nice island in Montana. "Keep Missoula Weird" is a commonly seen bumper sticker.

@Nordicjumper

11 ай бұрын

I live right outside of Missoula. I just love this area! As a skier, hiker, and a mountain biker, it’s very hard to beat this area.

@tiki_trash

11 ай бұрын

I live in Missoula and I'm certainly proud, and frankly not really surprised, we made the list but I'm kind of pissed off too. We're really being hit hard by newcomers from both out of state and rural Montana. Housing prices are outrageous. "Bring back Lake Missoula" is another popular bumper sticker, lol!

I lived in Lexington, KY for 2.5 years while attending the University of Kentucky and I thought it was a great place to live.

I started waiting for Athens when you mentioned the one town with two great bands. The B-52s and REM were both great, and when Kate Pierson sang with REM it just made them that much better.

@rexx9496

11 ай бұрын

Shiny Happy People!

@lilithsmith1290

11 ай бұрын

Is just like the girls marry the guy ,because he is a good dancer!

@alechagen6291

11 ай бұрын

Yup I knew Athens would be on the list as soon as he gave that clue! What a shiny happy place to live!

I think another really good one is Minneapolis and the Minneapolis Saint Paul metro area. They have decent schools, cost of living there is about average to cheap, the outdoors are beautiful, an abundance of jobs in almost any industry and the people are polite. It's just the extreme cold and the crime. Tbh a lot of the places listed have an extreme cold issue, I'm glad I love the cold!

Another fabulous video! They all look like really nice cities, as far as it is possible to tell from the brief visuals shown. Thank you for the video!

I hate hot weather, and I don't overly hate the cold. I would like to see you do a video showing the top ten states(or parts of states) (in the lower 48) with the coolest summers.

@uzin0s256

10 ай бұрын

pensylvania is amazing for you then.

@baileyanderson244

10 ай бұрын

Same, that would be interesting

@joliesseox2415

10 ай бұрын

YES

@wintermoon5194

10 ай бұрын

PA is hot and humid in the summer. Not as hot as the south but if you hate the heat, PA isn’t a good option. I would say coolest summers would be Maine, Oregon coast, Michigan’s upper peninsula, north eastern Minnesota up against Lake Superior, northern Vermont, New Hampshire, and western towns at higher elevations .

@wildemthefem5773

9 ай бұрын

I’m from the south and feel the opposite way lol. I can take the extremely, humid heat down here, but I die in the winter 🥶 I’d like to see that video too. Good idea 😊

You're the best Briggs!

@WorldAccordingToBriggs

11 ай бұрын

You're the best!

THANK YOU for the California info about early migration. I've lived here all my life (I'm 61) and remember the "Welcome to California, now go home!" and "California Native" bumper stickers when I was a kid. Most of my school friends were from other states - their parents moved here for the jobs and friendliness. I figure every other state that hates the migrations in feels the same. ❤❤ For me, most of these cities would be overlooked due to weather. 😊 Kerp these videos coming - I LOVE your commentaries with the info. 😂

I was not expecting Athens, Ga to be #1. I moved here a year ago from Phoenix, Az and the city is awesome. Something to do every weekend. And there is a growing economy because the Atlanta metro continues to expand more and more toward Athens.

@rituwebpro

11 ай бұрын

atlanta is sprawling and boring tho

@bukboefidun9096

11 ай бұрын

As long as the entire south of Atlanta squalor stays put you should be fine.

@michealhughes9413

11 ай бұрын

@@rituwebpro not true Atlanta has something going on all the time if you can deal with traffic .Atlanta will soon gobble up Athens as the both grow toward each other

@brucegoolsby1470

11 ай бұрын

Wait! You moved there from Phoenix? I live in Phoenix but most of my relatives live in Athens as both my parents were born and raised there. Visited last year and loved seeing the growth and touring the University of Georgia campus.

@melaniedennis476

11 ай бұрын

I lived in Athens for 3 years and LOVED it

I was only in Reno for a couple of days 15 years ago but my take it was only casinos, pawn shops and liquor stores. Most soulless city I've ever visited

@EvangeliumDiSilenti

11 ай бұрын

A lot can change in 15 years.

@boxingandbulldogs6341

11 ай бұрын

With Reno, it's not about the city proper. There's a lot of outdoor stuff to do around there.

@EvangeliumDiSilenti

11 ай бұрын

@@Electrodexify agreed 🤣

@rosewoodsteel6656

10 ай бұрын

@@EvangeliumDiSilenti Did it?

thank you for taking that time out to say what you said about the original “move to state”. I’m from CA, my parents aren’t .., most of my friends parents were not … a few parents I can think of were from Portland, ME ..High Point, NC.., New Jersey .. Philippines, Egypt.., Evanston, IL.., Newport News, VA, the list goes on.. But again, thank you for saying that, good to here. Ppl fail to realize that the country, as well as states and cities, are always evolving

@naomiemoore5725

11 ай бұрын

Totally agree. I am a native Californian. My parents moved here from New York and New Jersey after my dad fell off a church roof and ended up in the hospital for three months in a full body cast. He couldn't take the winters anymore so that's how they ended up here. It's just crazy expensive and all the major metropolitan areas are horrendously over populated.

@TheCharleseye

11 ай бұрын

What he said was way off the mark from what the issue is. "Oh, the gold rush!" Come on. It doesn't matter that a bunch of people moved to California to pursue their dreams. That's not why they're moving _out_ of California. They're fleeing terrible results of policies that most of the rest of the Country _said_ were crazy, to begin with. Because California has a massive population, any exodus from there is potentially terrible for any place in the wake of it. Californians are the reason people in States like Idaho can no longer afford to continue to live in their own home State. Californians decided to escape the mess they made of California. So, they started picking areas and buying up houses. Since they had a lot of money from selling California houses, they happily overpaid for said properties and inflated the market way beyond the reach of locals. This, of course, also spiked the rental prices. Californians are busy gentrifying the rest of the Country and then getting upset when people get mad about it. Sorry but nobody wants to become the next homeless people you trip over on your way to Starbucks. But yeah...gold rush and dreams, or something.

@brenda5511

11 ай бұрын

I agree. My grandfather was stationed in San Diego, and eventually made his way to California from Iowa.

@andyjay729

11 ай бұрын

@@TheCharleseye So what exactly do you plan to do about it? Low-cost housing is anathema to you people (muh property values!!!). And banning people from moving from one state to another is grossly unconstitutional.

@TheCharleseye

11 ай бұрын

@@andyjay729 I never said I was going to do anything about it. I love your attitude, though. "Well, we can knowingly wreck people's lives if we want to and there's nothing you can do about it! We have money, so people with less money don't count! So there!" It's a truly entitled mind that comes out with such bile. What a disgusting way of thinking.

I’m from Missoula and I just got back from there while visiting with my parents. Happy to see it on this list!

Briggs I liked this Video. But I want to make note of a small detail you aren’t aware of, it’s winter in both Omaha and Des Moines, It’s not that they get cold, generally speaking in winter they are usually 15-20 degrees warmer than St Paul… what kills you in winter in Omaha &Des Moines is that they aren’t consistent, your body never gets a chance to acclimatize. On Monday it could be 32 out on Tuesday zero. And within a week you might hit 40. Then back it with consistent winds. They can blow right through your layers frequently. Back in the 80’s I remember going to OU NU games frequently over thanksgiving weekend… I rennet kick offs at 62 degrees and 31 degrees. With a north wind! St Paul could reach minus 11 and a ski sweater would keep you warm.

We were surprised by how much we like Superior WI after moving from the Cities. Good access to everything and there’s a big puddle of water that keeps it from getting to hot.

@mandandanmandamayor3511

11 ай бұрын

Superior is like the wrong side of the tracks from Duluth Minnesota. Duluth has unparalleled beauty and great weather.

Always appreciate and enjoy your videos!

One reason these cities are often overlooked may be due to how they're all close enough to some larger cities to be overshadowed by them. The Twin Cities for Fargo, Charlotte and maybe Atlanta for Greenville, the Bay Area and Las Vegas for Reno (relatively), Boston, NYC, and even Montreal for Burlington, Kansas City for Omaha, Spokane and maybe Boise and even Seattle for Missoula, Cincinnati and maybe Nashville for Lexington, Chicago for Des Moines, Balitmore and DC for Annapolis, and Atlanta for Athens.

@seanmcdirmid

11 ай бұрын

Missoula is equidistant (driving wise) to Seattle, Boise, and Salt Lake City (boise is 15 minutes closer than SLC and Seattle). But Spokane is just an easy 3 hours away. You will transfer in Seattle, Denver, or SLC, however, from GEG.

@twostop6895

11 ай бұрын

Seattle is nowhere near Missoula playboy, Spokane yes which it’s population is similar to Tacoma Washington

@twostop6895

11 ай бұрын

@@Electrodexify KC’s whole metro area is over 2.1 million

@andyjay729

11 ай бұрын

@@twostop6895 I'd say Missoula is kinda in Seattle's "watershed", especially for major healthcare. A lot of Montanans who need extensive medical care go to Seattle hospitals (esp. Harborview). Are Missoulans more Seattle team fans or Denver fans? I know the Seahawks and Mariners are big in Idaho.

@vgshwk

11 ай бұрын

Does moines is closer to KC

Really appreciate you're giving rent prices.😊

The fact that you throw out $500,000 homes as an overlooked "hidden gem" place to live location is insane to me 😆😆 It's overlooked because most can't afford that lol.

@ryanmartinage

11 ай бұрын

For real my dude. $500k is overlooked I guess it’s time to just get an old van and make that my home at this point shit.

An excellent video. Highly recommended. Thank you very much.

Wow, you are over a million I have been subbed since you were like 50k and even back then you made such high-quality videos I was always surprised how low you were. Now the number is starting to catch up the the content man. I am super proud of how this is going for you. Anyway, you mentioned how Greenville kind of has done a lot of things to make itself a nicer place. I would be interested in a list of cities that are actively trying to get better and are not there yet but they are taking steps. Like places to move that are going in the right direction. I know that sounds like a lot of work but I just thought it sounded like a cool idea. Love your stuff man I liked your travel series too that was really cool.

I been to Greenville so many times my uncle lives there and he has a beautiful house and property and it’s right by University thanks for the video

Good evening Briggs! Have a great day! 🎚️🇺🇸🪖👮‍♂️

I’ve been watching your videos for a few years and this is my first time seeing you not what I expected but not complaining

We moved here to Portland from Athens GA. Definitely an awesome place. Well done Briggs. 👏

Great video. One thing to look at is income per Capita which is a tell of actual wages, especially for skilled services. Also check out incarcerations per Capita which is a tell on the law enforcement policies (or local population issues). You might find a place with great laws but rough enforcement (which is where the rubber meets the road) and vice versa.

Hey man, could you please do another 2nd part and maybe a 3rd part of underrated cities. I feel like the US have a lot of great cities that over looked. After all the US is so big!! I’m also a veteran so I got to see great places but still I love to see more.

No way you can leave out Widespread Panic when you mention music from Athens Georgia! Awesome video

We thoroughly enjoy your videos! Not only great information, but hella perfect blend of humor and sarcasm too. Keep up the good work and if we run into you in this awful state, we’ll buy you a coffee (or a beer)

People are leaving big cities for rural areas for obvious reasons. I’d like to see top ten rural areas to move to where people can buy acreage and get off grid to be as independent from corporate & globalist totalitarian agendas.

@brianzabel9928

11 ай бұрын

Statistically people are on the whole NOT moving to rural areas but instead to cheaper urban areas.

It’s my dream to move from San Diego to Burlington and some of my friends think I’m crazy! Their commitment to sustainability and community has me in awe.

@seameology

11 ай бұрын

The arts scene is second to none. But after living in Fargo then attempting to find a place in Burlington, their rentals were absolute trash. Might be different now. This was 1996. I had to leave Burlington after a month because of this!

@seameology

11 ай бұрын

Burlington is only an hour ir so away from Lake Placid, NY where I ultimately ended up for ten years. Drop dead gorgeous scenery on both sides of Lake Champlain.

Omaha-You had me at limited cultural diversity.

@AJ42K

11 ай бұрын

Top 10 Whitest Cities in America. Omaha is on that list. Just ask Briggs.

I love living in the Reno area, we're growing fast though. Yes, we're completely opposite of Vegas and that's fine by me

@meropale

10 ай бұрын

Opposite of Vegas is not a bad thing at all!

Columbus Ohio is actually a very nice City. Surprised its not on the list.

@JonasMatthewBahta

11 ай бұрын

I was expecting it to be on here, it seems like the best alternative between Cincinnati and definitely Cleveland.

@alexstokowsky6360

11 ай бұрын

@@JonasMatthewBahta It beats any large City in the Midwest, not just Ohio. How in the World he can put Des Moines and Fargo down over Columbus, I will never understand.

@JonasMatthewBahta

11 ай бұрын

@@alexstokowsky6360 , considering have been 42 states I’ve never been to Fargo, but I’ve definitely been to Des Moines and Columbus. What I like about Ohio in particular is that it’s close to the Northeast without the Northeast prices and its a pioneer in innovation. The Wright brothers, Neil Armstrong, and John Glenn was born here, and the first traffic light in the world was built here. California, despite being a popular state does not or has not seem to build that reputation like Ohio has.

@robindear5043

11 ай бұрын

​@@JonasMatthewBahtaSay hi to Alex P. Keaton for me😊

I live in Missoula! It’s very awesome, but the traffic on Reserve St in Missoula really shows how much this city has grown. I wouldn’t even put it on the list of being overlooked, it’s extremely popular nowadays. I ski and mountain bike, so this city is my paradise. Also, just want to point out, Missoula is not that cold. It gets less snow than typical Montana cities. Bozeman, Billings, Butte, Great Falls, and Kalispell have more snow on average than Missoula. The Bitterroot valley and Missoula are part of the “banana belt” of Montana.

Great video Briggs! My guess was Athens, GA. Thanks for the validation!

Its always so interesting to hear what people consider desirable in a city, top of my list will always be walkability, architecture, and culture. I am also an old victorian widow by heart so i must be by the sea, so for me i will continue to overlook almost all of these cities save for one LOL

Interesting video! Re: beautiful campuses -- The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA and UC Santa Cruz. Both have huge forests! Evergreen is basically Hogwarts, with a forest, water, forest dwellers, probably some witches, and you could study magic if you wanted to. It's amazing. They both also have the weirdest mascots.

I got my MBA from U of M in Missoula and it’s a great town. We visited Reno when our daughter toured UN-Reno. My main takeaway was that I never saw so many people standing around doing nothing.

@SenorJuan2023

11 ай бұрын

On campus or in town?

Great job Briggs ❤❤❤😊😊😊

Good video. I appreciate the up-to-date housing cost information. (Usually, the info provided is out-of-date.)

I miss Athens. Went to UGA in the early 90's. Such a great town. If I ever moved back to the South, I'd move there. Saw REM in 1984 at the 40 watt, I was only 11.

I've lived in many places but Fargo is by far my favorite and why I moved back after spending a year in Floriduh. Fargo has an excellent quality of life and affordability that is hard to beat. Fargo punches way above it's weight in my opinion. Fantastic downtown area. Incredible restaurants and art galleries. Boutique shops galore. Extremely friendly people and the city is very clean. A multitude of parks and open spaces. I find winters here absolutely beautiful and the area has a lot of winter events and cross country ski trails. Summer is beautiful with cool evenings and mornings. Summer brings at least one or more open air markets downtown every weekend. NDSU brings some diversity, a plus in my book. For those that think the movie Fargo( Fun fact it wasn't even filmed here) is what it is like here think again.

@seameology

11 ай бұрын

I live in Detroit Lakes. I went to Fargo shopping and on the way home, the traffic going into Fargo was bumper to bumper for 40 miles. Because, Fargoans come for the lakes! Therefore, living in Fargo does not mean you can't enjoy beaches.

@daniel1571

11 ай бұрын

Butt cold.

@andyjay729

11 ай бұрын

@@daniel1571 That's putting it mildly.

@docbailey3265

11 ай бұрын

Well. I live on the ocean in Florida. My Februarys might be a little nicer. Florida to Fargo is quite a change.

@andyjay729

11 ай бұрын

@@docbailey3265 You could always do the snowbird thing; I'd imagine plenty of Fargoites (who can afford it) spend winters in Florida and other warmer climates like Padre Island, Hawaii, or even Southern CA. Likewise, as the planet warms up, I wouldn't be surprised if an increasing number of people from south of the 35th parallel (who can afford) are already spending the summers in cooler climates. Who knows, maybe Anchorage and other Alaskan cities may experience a boom.

Looking for a dream back in the past to this crap we deal with now. Completely different. Great video as always. Even for the smaller sample size.

Luv your videos & the flux capacitor 👍

I've never found Omaha to be hot and dry. Hot and humid are more like it. Way too hot. Way too humid. I was just there a few weeks ago.

@kw9859

11 ай бұрын

EXTREMELY humid! Don't bother wearing makeup or doing your hair type of humid because it'll be ruined in an hour.

@livethe402

11 ай бұрын

Ya people say Florida is hot and humid but I’ve looked it up. Plenty of Florida is actually cooler and less humid even in the summer. I think it may be something to do with Omaha getting all the hot warm air from the gulf without getting any cooling effect from the water. I’d have to ask Bill Randby though to find out for sure.

I love Greenville. Downtown is gorgeous at night. Lots of jobs. Asheville is awesome. I recommend going to the Biltmore mansion.

I just wanna give you a shoutout for your effort and time on all these videos man.

Moved to Greenville SC and I love love love it. It is humid in the summer and the roads are awful but the people are so nice! A lot to love about Greenville!

Thanks, Briggs. I’m drawn to a couple cities on this list. We’re hoping to escape the brutal Texas summers, so a move north is what we plan. Minnesota and New England are where we are considering. I don’t care how cold it gets there. We can always come back to Texas to visit friends & family during the winter. Wishing you well.

@lilypfefferle7525

11 ай бұрын

I know this sounds crazy but if you’re looking to escape brutal summers, don’t move to Minnesota! We get weather extremes because of the humidity from the lakes! As somebody from Minnesota who currently lives in Massachusetts, the weather around Boston is much more mild. They like to complain a lot, so it sounds worse than it is.

@SunnynPhilly

11 ай бұрын

I’m currently living in the DFW area because of work and the heat is brutal. 🥵 I grew up back east, lived in upstate NY for about 5 years and we’d get over 100 inches of snow every year off Lake Ontario. I have family in NE Ohio, that area is nice with Cuyahoga National park, and all the hike/bike trails. Lots of lakefront property along Lake Erie with great views too.

@mandandanmandamayor3511

11 ай бұрын

@@lilypfefferle7525 You are talking about southern Minnesota. Northern Minnesota, other then the San Francisco bay area, has the most comfortable weather in the United States in the Summer.. Dryer than any place east and souith of it. Highs in the 70s and low 80s and low humidity. Plus, I am stunned Rocherster didn't make this list as it has the best health care in the world.

@lilypfefferle7525

11 ай бұрын

@@mandandanmandamayor3511 you’re right, I made the assumption that he would be moving to the Twin Cities because I couldn’t fathom someone from Texas willingly moving to northern Minnesota.

@lilypfefferle7525

11 ай бұрын

@@mandandanmandamayor3511 sidenote, the entire north shore along Lake superior gets the worst weather in the state and you couldn’t convince me that’s not northern Minnesota.

Just a thought, but the housing prices you cited are all the evidence required to underscore that affordable housing is an emergency crisis, regardless where you want to live. That is all.

Hey Briggs. You’ve got a friend! ❤️ from 🇨🇦

Have you ever done a video on the lakes region in Maine? Really enjoy the channel btw

better check the Superfund sites in Montana. being down stream, your water has a funny taste!

Hey, limited cultural diversity is in fact huge plus.. unless crime and homelessness and squalor and poor schools and gangs and druggies are considered a big plus of course

@gregorystinette8271

11 ай бұрын

Dats rayciss. Shalom

@bukboefidun9096

11 ай бұрын

@@gregorystinette8271 facts are racist these days, eh?

Glad u mentioned Athens and those 2 of my favorite bands..Even happier though that you didnt mention the town i want to move too..The fewer that know about that the better..Thanks Briggs..

I believe that Grand Rapids, Michigan is a city that is overlooked. Great place for health care specialists, medical research centers, hospitality, several hospitals in the metropolitan area and in and outside the city.

@boblittle2529

5 ай бұрын

I love GR. KZoo is pretty cool too.

At the start when Briggs said that one city was his fave and two fave bands are from there I instantly knew it was Athens, GA. Guess that wasn't difficult to figure out.

@bigdawggkev

11 ай бұрын

Same here. REM is my favorite band of all time

@kathrynhaught630

11 ай бұрын

Same here and I'll point out that my favorite band - The Black Crowes - also got their start there.

I was gonna correct you with Des Moines, not gonna lie! Lol, love your videos. I watch them all.

It is AMAZING how different your voice seems depending on the studio microphone versus the standard mic.

Have you ever thought about a series on the cities with the gentlest 4 seasons? I moved from the Midwest to Texas, and I miss having 4 seasons, but I have no desire to move back to harsh winters and high humidity. Austin's 105+ July temperatures keep me inside all day, though. I would love to know where the "Goldilocks" cities are. Not very realistic, I know.

@dkguida

11 ай бұрын

Coasts have moderating effects on climate. I'd say Philly, San Fran, Portland, D.C. are probably some of the areas you'd want to look at for that zone you're looking for. Good luck! :)

@midlife_minimalist

11 ай бұрын

@@Electrodexifywhat the heck is a proper 4 seasons? They said gentle 4 seasons which I take to mean summers not too hot and long and winters not too cold and long. I grew up in the DC area and they certainly have distinct 4 seasons but DC summers are hot. Winters aren’t terrible but some years are worse than others. Beautiful fall and spring.

@midlife_minimalist

11 ай бұрын

I’m looking at Greenville which was on his list. They get 4 seasons but all relatively mild. They certainly are hot and humid in the summer but it’s not a long summer (vs Texas and FL for me) You can also escape to the mountains for the day. My big negative is they have income tax and I’ve lived so long without state income tax that it’s hard to make that change. Their property taxes are low which coming from TX might off-set but I’m homesteaded in FL so my property taxes are pretty low and can only increase 3% a year. But then my insurance costs might at least eventually offset the income tax.

@CSMtnBabe

11 ай бұрын

I have it!. And it gets overlooked in ALL of these rankings/videos etc. And that is Winston-Salem, NC. It gets missed b c all the attention goes to Asheville and Raleigh. WS is super affordable...has TONS of amenities, a walkable downtown, historic buildings and a burgeoning arts scene. It has a LOT going for it, including mild seasons.

@mellocello187

11 ай бұрын

@@Electrodexify, haha! California, regressive. Not. Unless Omaha is attracting the rural Trumpers, in which case, good riddance.

I’m surprised Ogden, Utah never makes these kind of lists…. Close enough to SLC by driving and by train….

@DragonKazooie89

8 ай бұрын

Brigham City too

I'm glad you gave so much attention to the Midwest.

The area south of Missoula...in the Bitterroot Valley is protected from weather by the Bitterroot Range to the east, and the Rockies to the west I've heard it called the "banana Belt " of Montana...still cold and snowy winters, but much less.

I misheard "sailing capital" as "saline capital". I think it still fits.

Sister went to UGA in Athens and worked in a pizza parlor there. The B-52s used to come in before they were famous. But they dressed just like they did after they became famous, she tells me.

I live right outside Athens.. It was 97 degrees today. 95 yesterday.

Thank you for including Kentucky! Lexington would not be my first choice, even though what you said about it is correct, but it’s a great city. The state is BEAUTIFUL and the populated areas have more diversity and open-mindedness than most people expect from the south. Yes the summers are humid, but I’d never live in farther north. In the spring and fall, it’s one of the most gorgeous places on earth 😍

The airport point is more important than you think. My favorite thing about living in Manhattan is I can fly anywhere without driving 4 hours just to get to an airport. I grew up in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Especially true if you love to travel like I do.

@SenorJuan2023

11 ай бұрын

So true. I live in South Lake Tahoe and the logistics of getting to a major airport is a hassle. We also don't have a bus going directly to Vegas. Uggh

@Earth1218

10 ай бұрын

I didn’t appreciate how important airport service is until moving to my current city. We used to be the international hub for a major airline. You could step on a plane here and step off in any major city around the world. The airline merged (was bought out) with another airline and the hub was moved to its home base. It quickly became much harder for our city to compete with other regions for corporate headquarters and international business. City leaders and the airport authority have been re-establishing some transatlantic flights with other airlines. That has helped. Of course, for someone looking to travel for pleasure, an airport with a connecting stop isn’t a dealbreaker. But international executives can’t be bothered to cool their heels at the airport Shake Shack in Chicago or Atlanta waiting for a flight.

@rosewoodsteel6656

10 ай бұрын

@@SenorJuan2023 But, if you live in Tahoe, why would you want to leave, anyway? :)

Excellent video, good mini-lecture on migration also-good points:). Significant additional costs for heating fuel raise the costs of several of these cities, though. For many people, the average real estate costs are high in several of these places. I love Burlington, VT, but it’s always been expensive. For my money, Cleveland beats all of these: world class arts & culture, healthcare, best park system of any major city, A Great Lake, easy access to many major places, Very affordable real estate, and pretty easy traffic. Despite popular perceptions, Cleveland is also safe in most areas and has many gorgeous neighborhoods. And, not for nothing…we have been mostly in the 70’s this summer as opposed to much of the country that is experiencing record torching heat. Just sayin… Thanks for another great video!

@marthahancock7938

10 ай бұрын

And, three pro sports organizations! Guardians, Cavs, & Browns

Great to see you in the video!

Great video, so shocked by the cost of housing and rent in our country! People cannot afford these prices. It was good to see what you look like :)

@rosewoodsteel6656

10 ай бұрын

Most two income families can afford it, but have to put aside 1/4 to 1/3 of their income to pay for it. Also, salaries are usually higher in high cost areas.

You mentioned the high costs and limited job opportunities in Burlington. Problems of this nature began in the 80’s when many students from the several universities there decided to stay. This continued for years. You’d have college graduates whose permanent job was security, or bartender, or bookstore clerk, or waiter. You get the picture. Add to that you had a lot of high tech jobs and it being the banking center of the state, as well as inflated rent because of the tons of college students, and it is not a land of opportunity. I was supervisor in the mid to late 90’s of the contract security at the former IBM plant. Out of about 30 guards, only 2 did not have a college degree, and 4 had Masters. They may have been the most educated security guards anywhere! 😂

@NYCHFAN

11 ай бұрын

I used to live in Chico, CA, and it was the same story there. That was 30 years ago, so I doubt it's the same. Housing prices skyrocketed when the town of Paradise burned down and folks had nowhere to go but Chico. ❤

grew up in Greenville. It sucks. They shove the crime problems under the rug, the people are rude and fake, horrible traffic because so many people have moved there and the roads cannot keep up. Do not recommend

@r.pres.4121

11 ай бұрын

Plus I heard Greenville is loaded with narrow minded bible thumping screwballs.

@duckmeister5385

11 ай бұрын

Really? I love it, myself.

@michealhughes9413

11 ай бұрын

i love greenville...its 2 hours from my house and i cant stay away

@Tagsum

8 ай бұрын

in comparison to other places I've lived, I'd have to disagree. traffic not as bad as people say. roads either. people alot nicer here than Florida. I think the people who grew up here just don't know how bad it is in most other places.

Thanks for the Athens shoutout! I've lived here for 15 years and its a great place to live.

big fan of your channel and loved this video, i have wanted to relocate for years. im from the big apple and its hard to find a place that fits the check listso a video like this is awesome. i use to live in williamsburg Va and i loved it because it was a summer tourist town and was afforable back when i lived there but then of course things changed, old mone didnt live so many visiors (at least thats the vibe i was getting when i went back) big chain places moved in mom and pop places and cheaper hotels closed down. it lost that small town feel and rent and housing prices went way up.. i went to LA once love the big city and diversness of the state but omg the problems of LA and prices even compared to here were shocking. now that im a single guy living alone id love a fresh start so videos like this help with options. hope to see more

My brother lives in the Omaha metro area and it’s a very nice city. He’s with the military and his base is just a short drive south of downtown. It is somewhat of a military town. The downtown area is nice with the Old Market area and lots of great restaurants and parks to visit. The riverfront area is neat.

@ryanevers4283

11 ай бұрын

Also home to the #1 Zoo ranked in the world and home of the NCAA College World Series

@stephen5174

11 ай бұрын

@@ryanevers4283 except for them taking away Rosenblatt 😭

@ryanevers4283

11 ай бұрын

@@stephen5174 so sad! agreed

@KristNi

11 ай бұрын

Omaha is boring and blah

@TJDawgs72

11 ай бұрын

I’m assuming he’s stationed on Offutt Air Force Base…the suburbs around the base have been blowing up over the last decade in housing and population alike. That area, and the city of Omaha and the metro in general are very nice places to live. Unfortunately the state of Nebraska is trying at best and they tax the metro heavily to cover almost everything in the state.

What you mentioned about California is the reason I like Texas. People don't move here because of the weather or scenery, they move here for opportunity. It's nice being around a lot of out of state and out of country people that are here for the same reason.

@goeast12

10 ай бұрын

Obviously, no one moves to California for opportunities in the entertainment, technology and defense industries. Instead, the move here for the weather and then accidentally stumble into an Apple or Google office with their computer engineering degree. What’s amazing is it happens so frequently that with less than 40 million people California has created the fifth largest economy in the world and it’s larger than the economy of India which has a population of 1.4 billion.

@uzin0s256

10 ай бұрын

texas is overrated and so shit. I love living here in california.

@653j521

9 ай бұрын

@@davidgarcia5593 Because Texans are taught they are superior to everyone else in the world? They talk as if that's true, anyway. Might be covering insecurity with bragging. Hard to know.

I don’t plan on moving any time soon I’m 16 but I just find ur vids entertaining and I do want to move out of my city at sum point keep up the good videos

That “watching paint dry” comment about DeMoinse had me dying for a few mins so I had to rewind 😂

Grew up in Omaha. It's a really nice city with some great local restaurants. It's a shame that the weather there can kinda suck sometimes, though.

@livethe402

11 ай бұрын

Can’t beat a burger from Dinkers! But ya you will miss the heat until it turns to summer then you will instantly miss the winter. Which I suppose is great that those are the only two seasons you miss as we don’t have much of a fall or spring.

@termitesc.aardwolf3644

11 ай бұрын

@@livethe402 I personally love Zio's Pizzeria and the cheese dip from Romeo's.

@ryanevers4283

11 ай бұрын

@@termitesc.aardwolf3644 haha or a nice steak! And cant forget about a day at the zoo!