My husband and I bought a house in a very small town at auction for $5000.00. We never regretted the purchase. Small town living is great! We live on retirement and SS and do alright.
Thank you. I’m single and 68. By Gods grace I’m still able to work a 40 hour week. I will need to move once I retire I’m always a little surprised no one thinks to mention how close you are to a hospital and how that hospital is rated teaching hospital etc. Perhaps that might be one of your future criteria?
I agree. I am working a full week also still at 65. I'll work until I can't. But no matter, I would not live anywhere that did not have a teaching hospital within an hour. You get what you pay for!
I think we have the best deal. We moved from NYC to The west side of Youngstown ,Ohio 5 years ago. We are retired and make just under 5K a month on SS. Our landlord charges us $450.00 a month and said as long as we pay on time, he’d never raise it. So far so good. We rent a 2 bdrm , 1 1/2 bath, house, with a nice yard.. We’ve saved a small fortune.
Wow! $450. a month is fabulous. I live 50 miles south of Cincinnati, in a small town. A 2 bedroom is $1000. Plus all utilities are paid by the renters. I'm glad you are enjoying it.
We moved from an hour north of NYC to small town Alabama. Bought a 3/2 and house payment is $560/month. Property taxes $450/yr, reduced to $2.70/yr as husband considered disabled. We are living on just about $5k/mo, too. The goal was to find something that one of us could afford when the other passes. Just finished watching and we are just outside Decatur. Lol😂
Briggs I got an idea for a video, I don't think You've done yet. How about a video on affordable RV parks across the U.S.? Since living the rv lifestyle myself and so many others doing it now, ( which is up 370% ) finding a nice affordable rv park is tough to do, a video on this matter would help so so many, thank you Briggs! ( A new and excited member here)
Get a piece of land that doesn't have permits . Might save you a bundle when rv prices inevitably go up . I know tucson has some reasonable ones but you need ac in summer .
This is April 2024. None of these places mentioned have the rental prices that are mentioned in this video. Rent has doubled if not tripled, while Social Security checks have not. I believe you now need at least $3,000 minimum to live anywhere in the U.S. Let me know if you disagree with me.
If you live in a van or RV and live off-grid on BLM land. I'm outfitting my RV with solar and changing over to 12/24v systems. There's no place city folk can live...even on $3k month
Where did his stats come from? Unbelievable this was done in 2021 I think. So he adjusted the cost to live there in 2024. Watching this was a waste of my time.
USA and SS is a joke! I live on 1600 a month and told I must tighten a belt. My home is paid off, which helps. But, I can't afford car repair, home repairs, etc. Eating out is not happening. And the only way you can live in any city in the USA is if you do passive income, REITs and ETFs, pull 2 jobs and put as much money from those jobs into passive income so that you can afford to retire. I don't buy steak, seafood, condiments, luxury anything and yet I'm told that I am wasteful with my money and just not being spending wisely! It is amazing how many people can't do math! The average amount needed for a true living wage in the USA is really 80,000 or more. It used to be around 50,000. This means we need to make at least 45 per hour or more, just to count for taxes!
I came to the same conclusion after checking many of these out! Greed will kill many of us older retired folks. We’re the fastest homeless population and the stress this causes is extremely bad for our health
Hi Briggs, My kids (My son and his wife) live in Ogdensburg, NY. They have been looking at houses. 50,000 will get you a house. It's VERY close to Canada and the houses are cheap. Canton, Watertown, and an Army base are near by. But it does get a lot of snow, not so much this year. Retirees can live there for cheap.
I lived in upstate New York. The property taxes were outrageous. Yes, you can get a House for $60,000, but the yearly property taxes and on it and the local school taxes could be as much as 6,000!
Yes, I love this content. Please do a series of videos about living on Social Security, especially in warmer locations because of winter heating costs.
thanks for the vids.... i will echo what others have mentioned and that is for seniors....its very important that there are medical facilities close by without having to drive for an hour or more. in 2021, i retired and took a 4 month vacation/home hunting trip through cali, arizona, new mexico and texas and unfortunately hospitals/medical facilities can be far and few in many of the cool and affordable towns i looked at...i am a vet and finding V.A. facilities is quite difficult in small towns/cities.
We live in the San Diego area. WE purchased our house in the 80's and never moved. We are the only people who can retire and afford southern ca and its weather. Our property taxes are very low and we have solar. Our water bill is our highest bill and we do not even water our lawn. We have no HOA fees. Feel bless we can afford to live here. All these places sound nice except the climates either too hot or too cold.
Very Similar, Southern California in the 80's to escape the Crime on the east coast, weather great, feel terrible it's so expensive people, especially young folk can't afford a townhouse for $500,000😳😬Seriously🤨 a house here in the 90's 3bed,2bath 1977 square ft, two car garage nice area for $159,000.. Same place today $845,000 it's the Chaotic Extreme Liberalism gone crazy,with Record Homeless, theft, gangs..🤔 Huntsville, Alabama is my future..with no bills😎🙏💪☝️👍
I grew up in So Cal. It's about the only area where the weather is good most of the time. Everywhere else is pick your poison territory. Oppressive humidity, blizzards, fire smoke all summer long (yes, So Cal has terrible fires too, but we moved to far north California, and it's sooooooo dry and the fire risk is even worse!) Not to mention tornadoes and hurricanes!
Hey guy, This must be an extremely old video, because I live in Apache Junction and I cannot touch a one-bedroom apartment right now for less than $1,200 a month. Since covid, everything got expensive because people have become greedy unmentionables in life.
TJANKS FOR THE HEADS UP, BASED OFF YOUR UNNECESSARY BIAS/ RACIST COMMENTS ABOUT DETROIT, IT MIGHT FOLLOW THAT THE PLACES U SELECTED MAY CONTAIN A MAJORITY OF MORE SWINES LIKE U, SO I WON'T BOTHER TO SHARE WITH FRIENDS & FAMILY & JUST UNSUBSCRIBE TO TOXIC ENTITIES LIKE U WHO STILL EXIST ON THE TUBE!
$1500 a month means better not have debt. Better use a bike for transport. Means being extremely careful with expenses. Pretty much strapped all the time. Moving in with relatives or split costs with roommates. Can be done, but would you want to? $1500 a month gets a much better life overseas. Of living in a vehicle on Federal land camping.
Would be interesting to see your budget broken down. Rent, utilities, groceries, car payment, gas, insurance, entertainment, miscellaneous. You can certainly reduce some of those categories and even do without. But Briggs keeps talking about "survive here." Surviving isn't much of a life. But if just existing is fine great. I have minimalist tastes except I like to eat out and go to the movies. Others have other habits/hobbies/passions. Not much of a life without some of these things.
Exactly, rent has doubled or tripled and none of these prices of rents are valid in April 2024. Social Security checks have not doubled or tripled while food and rent have. This explains the exploding numbers of homeless seniors.
Rent roze up because of population boom? I lived in motorhome for 20yrs! Portland suburb said I can't! I said I don't! I live in my semi 3 weeks out out the month!!
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I’m in for more, more, more!! 73 years old here and we would love to live. Wish you would also mention average house price. Some of us seniors considering the move will be selling our homes and will have money we could invest in a smaller home. Downsizing is in the picture or maybe a condo or duplex, just the average range of smaller homes. It would be wonderful info! ❤
FYI, I just moved from Port Charlotte, FL just south of Englewood, Fl and the rents are significantly higher than your quote - even from 2010. The costs are so high that I left Florida and moved to Carrington, ND which is overall much more affordable. The rents in Port Charlotte for a 1 Bdrmwas running (less than 6 months ago $1500/month not including utilites etc.) and we weren't as popular as Englewood.
@jaywizz7008 depends of course on what housing type you are looking for, but in Port Charlotte, a 1 bdrm apt was $1400 -1600 / month. I don't know what trailers rent for, but it should be easy to find out.
Have our own place here in Punta Gorda Florida and my daughter rents in Port Charlotte and the rent is ridiculous, remember when there was no Murdock and used to hunt deer and hogs off Peachland Blvd, there was no houses out there and North Port wasn't anything but a gas station and convenient store on the way to Venice, use to rent a house in Port Charlotte for about 250-300 dollars a month when I was 18-19
Also grew up in Englewood, on lemon Bay,New Point Comfort Rd, nice beach but expensive now, everything has changed so much down here,i remember a totally different world around here back in the 70s-80s it's completely different now
I love The World According To Briggs! 1-thing comes to mind that has become important to Seniors: Availability of the delivery of ordered goods. Fed-Ex, Walmart, Amazon…it makes small towns very appealing.👵🏼
@briantbmoth6472 Most of MO is the armpit of states. StL has been #1 in crime for years, same as Springfield being in the top five for crime. We are safer than 1% of other cities. We just had another murder last weekend. What a paradox for the Bible Belt . It is uber conservative around here. Can't they help control crime? NO. All they can do is to help the main public. We are in the bullseye of the diamond, Tulsa, StL, KC, and Little Rock. Police are so busy that they don't even bother to investigate property theft. KC is the best of the four. Good Healthcare, good universities and community colleges, good downtown, museums, restaurants, suburbs. Lee's Summit us a nice place to live.
Ok. I have to say. Rents may be cheap but did you know those amts don't include any utilities. Another shock? Apt complexes are charging, not only for costs IN your apt, but for maintenance (use it or not), bldg water, sewage, garbage, property care (snow removal, lawn mowing, ) electricity, and a bill for having to give you a bill! Then there's mandatory renters insurance. Theres also ppl who reroute electric wires so if it's yours you can keep yours turned off or pay their bill. So your rent may be advertised at 650 but the fees may add ùp to 900 w bldg costs, then you have the bills for your apt, maybe 200 if you use heat, air, refrigerator, hot water, lights, fans, tv, etc. So that your actual cost is 1150+/month. I've rented for many years & what no one is saying is that every place for rent in every city or state demands income of 3 to 3 1/2 times the rent. It's the first demand and if you dont have it, even if you have a chunk in savings, nobody will rent to you. Good luck w subsidized housing, the waiting lists are years long. The newest problem, though, is the migrants who are given preference for any living space, and the companies who are buying up all bldgs and houses to rent only. If you managed to get out of the US before or just after covid, you could get into Mexico w $500/month income. Now it is $3500/month and a healthy bit deposited in their bank. It's also no longer permitted to use the swinging door visa and illegal Americans are being deported back to the states. Good luck everyɓody❤
Wow I’m 58 and had a stroke at 52 and I live in Houston Tx . I’m now. 58 and get 2000. A month on SSDI and I pay 1200. For one bedroom and it’s not a nice place. Thank you for the info . Because of you I’m going to check out del Rio and Arizona I might be moving soon thank you.
Hey Briggs - Great video! Please do as many of these as you can. Love the small town on a budget ones! If you can split them up so people can watch the ones they're most interested in, e.g. areas of the US, etc. that would be awesome. Here's another idea for you: Please do a video on small towns for Older Hippies on a Budget - these would be places where the politics aren't too conservative, marijuana is legal, the weather is sunny and temperate, which keeps heating bills down and lets you have solar and grow organic food and exercise outdoors year round, and where you can live for not too much money. Extra points if the places have great internet, are diverse and are near a hospital. I'm up in the Pacific Northwest like you, and finding it pretty expensive here for retirement, and too cold and wet.
I want a place that old hippies DONT LIKE No Marijuana No hemp. I live in south Oregon and am sick of the cannabis smell and crime and the cartels that go with it.
@@monicaclark9581 I'm afraid you have us confused with someone else. We are quiet gardeners who just want to be left alone and have kind and tolerant neighbors. We don't like crime or cartels either. Rural Oregon where we live is just too expensive for us to retire.
I live in a small town in Georgia on the Flint River/Lake Seminole. I paid off my mortgage and CC before I retired and have paid off car. My power bill is approx $100, ph and internet is another hundred and pay cc every month (around $200). Taxes are less than $1500 a yr, home ins $1200, about $200 monthly. Decent local medical available, small hospital…nearest large hospital about an hr away. Very hot in the summers but have mild winters. Gulf of Mexico an hour away, generally not affected by hurricanes (exception 2018). Think I’ll stay where I am.
So Cal Native. Weather has made us picky. Husband hates humidity, brutal winters and summers. Baker City, OR did catch my eye as a place to retire. Thanks Briggs!
Baker City would be considered high desert just like Pennelton Oregon. Been to both and there is very little industry, which is how we all survive. Just remember that without business communities can't thrive and survive. We have lost the majority of manufacturing products to China and overseas. It's really very sad.
Do a list of the top two small towns in each state A: to retire to and B: affordable with jobs available (for non-college graduates)… so four towns in each state that people would want to move to. Some states have a plethora of cheap cities and towns but no jobs for the younger crowd… retired, I can live in an RV and move around but a twenty or thirty something is another story all together.
I currently live in Prosser, WA. For the past 23 yrs. We are hoping to return to IN. We like this area of the state. However the other side of the mountain…..King County dictates the woke politics. I realize your criteria and Prosser has come a long way. We have met some very kind people here. We own a large home with acreage. We have a good community hospital which is a blessing. We di have just twi seasons here…..I call them…..wind & fire. We get a lot of each. I’ve never lived anywhere so windy. I have lived in many places and sone states more than once. Prosser is growing. So much since we have been here. Overall…..not a bad place to live. It’s good for me. I sweat and hold ceremony with the Yakama or other tribes in the area. I am Lakota/Eastern Cherokee and my Rez is in SD. The Yakama are such a friendly tribe.
Briggs this was excellent, this was perfect. There is many places that I love. I know I love the idea of Decatur, Alabama. However, I am going to watch it again and I will write down all that caught my eye. I have to research also to see how close I would be to keep my Veteran Healthcare. Thank you so much for this list.
Yeah, I'm doing the same thing, watching it again and writing down an the places that catches my eye, but only the ones in warmer areas. I hate the cold and bitter temps. I just can't do it anymore.
Hi All My husband and I live in south Alabama, Tillmans Corner. House prices to buy very reasonable. Also we pay no property tax as seniors. They just built a beautiful new VA Center. It's close to Mobile but far enough away.
I live in the area of the Minnesota North Dakota border. There are several towns listed here. But really any town in this area is great. We drive to Fargo or Grand Forks for serious shopping. We even get a hotel for the night. Those are pretty cheap, too. I recently rented a two bedroom apartment for $400 a month. Then bought a house for $40K. It's a fixer upper. But is in a quiet neighborhood among other retirees. Yeah. There's no where else I want to live.
I grew up in SD and have lived in MN for 12 years. There truly is such a thing as "Minnesota nice." Winters can be brutal. I had a head-on collision because the road was snow-packed, and the side snow scraping was about 6 feet tall and because the other teenage driver was going too fast around an S curve. Totaled my car, but it kept me from getting killed. Learn to drive on snow and ice or get your butt off the roads!
Anytime someone points out something good it soon becomes discovered and what was a good deal is now a fantasy. What needs to happen is we stop being greedy but we all know that isn't going to happen.
Tiny homes are outrageously overpriced. $40,000 for a 200 sqft tiny home??? That’s $2000 a sgft! No foundation. No quality cabinetry. No basement. No storage. No appliances.. What a joke. If you applied the same pricing strategy for a modest 1500 sqft home you would pay 3,000,000 for it. What a gigantic ripoff.
@@jocarson5310 And to make matters worse, you have to LEASE the land, and it will keep going up! And a lot of those tiny home communities have ridiculous fees, like the one in Flat Rock, NC, which forces you to pay $5,000 just to move out! Insane.
The problem with many of the places (esp New England where I came from & love) even a $150k house can carry a 6k or more real estate tax every year wh substantially cuts into the budget.
What's funny about the statement is that Detroit hit a 57 year low in crime and is now lower than cities like Memphis, Little Rock, Rockford, Cleveland, Tulsa, OKC, Jacksonville, Springfield, Nashville, Indianapolis, etc
Briggs, for enjoyable retirement check out some of the small towns around Branson Missouri. They do get some winter, but not terrible. There are 4 beautiful seasons. At the moment a person can get a house for much less than the asking price. In the towns around Branson you get to drive to the vacationland of Branson for attractions if you wish to, but because you don’t live in Branson itself you avoid the Branson traffic and get a quieter place to live. In these towns there isn’t a high crime rate. In 2024 Missouri is trying to become more senior friendly. The state government has voted a freeze on property taxes for those 65 and above. The counties have to vote on the bill to accept it in their county. Taney county, the county where Branson is located, will be voting on the property tax bill in September 2024. This is the Omari’s, or part of it, so there is plenty of lakes, rivers, fishing and nature for the retiree to enjoy. Check it out!
@@mariannem8419 to each their own. Soon I’ll be sitting in my Sunroom sipping my coffee looking at the lake view, listening to the birds and breathing the clean air. In about 2 weeks.
Hi Briggs 😊 Just stumbled across your channel. Like you, I don't like the heat but am currently living in Dallas, Tx because I found an apartment for seniors that is dirt cheap but safe. I would love to find a place to live that doesn't "melt my false eyelashes off". Love that quote😂😂 I don't need good schools or a job as a retiree, but lower rent and access to medical facilities would be a good thing. Thank you for all the research you do to bring us this information!
Yuma AZ. There is the Colorado river there and in the winter close to the desert for riding your toys. San Diego is only 2 hours away. My parents lived in a nice resort park with pools and activities and golf courses. They bought their trailer new and my dad built another room addition to it. Annual payment was 4,700.00 for the rent space. Their trailer was paid off.
@@diannepierce936space rent for a decent 55+ mobile home park here is nearly $1300 a month Greed and Corp ownership of parks has even ruined that option now !
really enjoyed this video. this made me look at areas i hadn't considered. i am really looking to make the move to New Mexico and was wondering if you do any videos by state alone. keep up the great insights to place to live. you do a great job and love your comentary!
YES I would truly appreciate hearing about others as well. I need to live in a generally mild climate... due to health not too hot and I never lived where it snowed
I live near Phoenix and I know people that live in Apache junction and there was no way that there is a rental anywhere in Southern Arizona for less than $1,000 a month. In fact I did a quick search on Zillow rentals for Apache junction and only came up with one rental for $1,000 nothing for under $1,000. In fact you can't even rent a room in a shared house anywhere in Southern Arizona for less than $600. So now I don't believe any of your other towns. I have no idea how you're coming up with these numbers but it's pretty crazy.
I'm on a fixed income as I am only withdrawing from Social Security that I paid into. I sure hope that no one guts SS and Medicare or else I don't know what I would do as a widow.
Sorry fully funding payouts not possible beyond 2032. Known for 30 years, no solution. The G will always cheat the most vulnerable and unable to fight back.
Wausau has a great ski hill that they open up to ride the ski lift in autumn wkends to view the colors. Its provably a little colder and snowy but an awesome view coming into town from the south. 5 great granite hills across the area then its flat after the glaciers dropped off the granite.
Your way of saying Englewood is the right way,born in Sarasota and lived in Englewood until late 70s , live in Punta Gorda now not far from Englewood,, definitely more expensive now, one bedroom effientcy will set you back 250-350 dollars a week not month
The biggest issue with living in an area that has very cheap cost-of-living is you’re getting exactly what you pay for. The infrastructure is typically terrible, the healthcare support in the areas are typically very subpar and any kind of other general quality of life things that you’re used to living with is going to have to be scaled back and taken with a very big grain of salt.
Thank you so much for this! I like these positive informative videos. I'm trying to decide if I'm going to stay in Texas forever. I've been here 11 years. I hate the heat but I like the people
Love your videos. If you haven’t done this yet - how about affordable towns about 1 to 1.5 hours drive to beach in the following states: Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina or there about. Thanks for reading.
South Carolina Beach property has been in the millions since two years ago. Property taxes and insurance have gotten astronomical. I should know 😢 wish 18:23 I had not moved, but Hine site is 20 20. Ugh!
Thanks for all your extensive information. It helps to know or have at least a ball park figure of each affordable town in all corners of the U.S. Thx again! 🙏
I'll retire in the 2030's & what im most interested in is a warm - hot place with plenty of trees, of course low crime, very quiet with lots of walking/hiking trails!
Yuma Az is your spot then. Colorado River is there so boating and the desert for riding toys in the winter. You can walk but it’s the desert so you might want to drive a couple of hours to San Diego for hiking, biking and beaches.
I love all your videos Sir, always pro quality and I love your TH-cam style my man, you're one of the only creators I will watch older videos of just because they're that good 👍🏽
@@MagooTheHappyHustler most the cheap places to live are not public knowledge you just have to ask around. My cousin pays for a two-bedroom apartment that has been remodeled. For 450.00 a month.
I lived in Burley Idaho. I worked at the sugar factory in Paul. From 1997-2000. I would move back in a second if I could! It's a Nice little town, there is little dive restaurant called Charlie's for good eats. There are boat races on the snake river yearly.
I really like this site ! Thanks Briggs , really like your delivery snd your facts , don’t always agree with everything but overall really enjoy and find your content mostly useful ! ❤❤❤👍👍👍👍
The South United States one bedroom apartment is anywhere from 1200 to 1600 a month, forget homes 500.000 up, and that's cluster housing on slabs side by side. Cost of living and taxes have sky rocket and food tax high. Unless you go to a food desert and low poverty, level.
When I saw my town of Englewood, Fla., on this list I almost fell over. I know this is an old video list but I don’t think it’s ever been affordable. It’s in Sarasota County and a recent approval for an “affordable” apartment complex was just approved. A studio apartment will start at $1,700 a month! A suggestion for an upcoming video could be towns and areas that are booming and are pricing regular folks out of the market. Developers and investors are ruining my town. BTW, we’re looking at Bluefield, W.V. We fell in love on a visit there last fall. Also considering Toccoa and Rome Georgia.
My husband and I bought a house in a very small town at auction for $5000.00. We never regretted the purchase. Small town living is great! We live on retirement and SS and do alright.
Thank you. I’m single and 68. By Gods grace I’m still able to work a 40 hour week. I will need to move once I retire I’m always a little surprised no one thinks to mention how close you are to a hospital and how that hospital is rated teaching hospital etc. Perhaps that might be one of your future criteria?
I agree. I am working a full week also still at 65. I'll work until I can't. But no matter, I would not live anywhere that did not have a teaching hospital within an hour. You get what you pay for!
Not to mention availability of doctors
Access to decent healthcare is so important.
So true being single makes moving a bigger decision and a little daunting thanks for the replys
@@helenedwards9304 Oh yes, being single is not where I’d hoped to be at 60; yet it’s better than a bad marriage.
I think we have the best deal. We moved from NYC to The west side of Youngstown ,Ohio 5 years ago. We are retired and make just under 5K a month on SS. Our landlord charges us $450.00 a month and said as long as we pay on time, he’d never raise it. So far so good. We rent a 2 bdrm , 1 1/2 bath, house, with a nice yard.. We’ve saved a small fortune.
Wow! $450. a month is fabulous. I live 50 miles south of Cincinnati, in a small town. A 2 bedroom is $1000. Plus all utilities are paid by the renters.
I'm glad you are enjoying it.
You're living like it's 1975! Congrats!
We moved from an hour north of NYC to small town Alabama. Bought a 3/2 and house payment is $560/month. Property taxes $450/yr, reduced to $2.70/yr as husband considered disabled. We are living on just about $5k/mo, too. The goal was to find something that one of us could afford when the other passes. Just finished watching and we are just outside Decatur. Lol😂
@@beachbumetta Amen! That is amazing to hear! Congrats
@@beachbumetta Where an hour north? I’m sure I know it, as I was born and raised in Ossining.
Briggs I got an idea for a video, I don't think You've done yet. How about a video on affordable RV parks across the U.S.? Since living the rv lifestyle myself and so many others doing it now, ( which is up 370% ) finding a nice affordable rv park is tough to do, a video on this matter would help so so many, thank you Briggs! ( A new and excited member here)
Look up Thousand Trails
Get a piece of land that doesn't have permits . Might save you a bundle when rv prices inevitably go up . I know tucson has some reasonable ones but you need ac in summer .
definitely
I need a place in Texas near the Gulf in southern area. Try that one. LOL . Love 😍😍😍 your videos.
I love that idea, and hope he does do a video on that idea! Thank you for coming up with it!
A small to medium town that has a lot of retirees might be a good place for a handyman, something to think about
If only us old veterans got 1500.00 a month.
Negotiate
Do you have service related disabilities, and are a military veteran, you can apply for compensation monthly.
Depend on what percent disabled you are I think
I retired as an E8 with twenty years and get a little over $1000. You have got to be kidding if you think anyone could survive on that!
My rent is $1950! That's JUST the rent.
You should add if the state taxes Social security or pensions. That will make a big difference to retired people
This is April 2024. None of these places mentioned have the rental prices that are mentioned in this video. Rent has doubled if not tripled, while Social Security checks have not. I believe you now need at least $3,000 minimum to live anywhere in the U.S. Let me know if you disagree with me.
If you live in a van or RV and live off-grid on BLM land.
I'm outfitting my RV with solar and changing over to 12/24v systems.
There's no place city folk can live...even on $3k month
Where did his stats come from? Unbelievable this was done in 2021 I think. So he adjusted the cost to live there in 2024. Watching this was a waste of my time.
USA and SS is a joke! I live on 1600 a month and told I must tighten a belt. My home is paid off, which helps. But, I can't afford car repair, home repairs, etc. Eating out is not happening. And the only way you can live in any city in the USA is if you do passive income, REITs and ETFs, pull 2 jobs and put as much money from those jobs into passive income so that you can afford to retire. I don't buy steak, seafood, condiments, luxury anything and yet I'm told that I am wasteful with my money and just not being spending wisely! It is amazing how many people can't do math! The average amount needed for a true living wage in the USA is really 80,000 or more. It used to be around 50,000. This means we need to make at least 45 per hour or more, just to count for taxes!
I agree
I came to the same conclusion after checking many of these out! Greed will kill many of us older retired folks. We’re the fastest homeless population and the stress this causes is extremely bad for our health
Hi Briggs, My kids (My son and his wife) live in Ogdensburg, NY. They have been looking at houses. 50,000 will get you a house. It's VERY close to Canada and the houses are cheap. Canton, Watertown, and an Army base are near by. But it does get a lot of snow, not so much this year. Retirees can live there for cheap.
Hard to find people to help as one ages..weather is tough on arthritis
Please do more videos like. this..especially warm climates
Why nobody talk about Texas is good place?
Thanks, I am going to investigate this for a home.
I lived in upstate New York. The property taxes were outrageous. Yes, you can get a House for $60,000, but the yearly property taxes and on it and the local school taxes could be as much as 6,000!
Yes, I love this content. Please do a series of videos about living on Social Security, especially in warmer locations because of winter heating costs.
And arthritis!
thanks for the vids.... i will echo what others have mentioned and that is for seniors....its very important that there are medical facilities close by without having to drive for an hour or more. in 2021, i retired and took a 4 month vacation/home hunting trip through cali, arizona, new mexico and texas and unfortunately hospitals/medical facilities can be far and few in many of the cool and affordable towns i looked at...i am a vet and finding V.A. facilities is quite difficult in small towns/cities.
We live in the San Diego area. WE purchased our house in the 80's and never moved. We are the only people who can retire and afford southern ca and its weather. Our property taxes are very low and we have solar. Our water bill is our highest bill and we do not even water our lawn. We have no HOA fees. Feel bless we can afford to live here. All these places sound nice except the climates either too hot or too cold.
How much did you buy your house for and what’s it worth now?
That is first of a great , lucky,way to live and retire I've ever heard. no hater so I congrats to all luck and or smart picking people
Very Similar, Southern California in the 80's to escape the Crime on the east coast, weather great, feel terrible it's so expensive people, especially young folk can't afford a townhouse for $500,000😳😬Seriously🤨 a house here in the 90's 3bed,2bath 1977 square ft, two car garage nice area for $159,000.. Same place today $845,000 it's the Chaotic Extreme Liberalism gone crazy,with Record Homeless, theft, gangs..🤔 Huntsville, Alabama is my future..with no bills😎🙏💪☝️👍
I grew up in So Cal. It's about the only area where the weather is good most of the time. Everywhere else is pick your poison territory.
Oppressive humidity, blizzards, fire smoke all summer long (yes, So Cal has terrible fires too, but we moved to far north California, and it's sooooooo dry and the fire risk is even worse!)
Not to mention tornadoes and hurricanes!
Hey guy,
This must be an extremely old video, because I live in Apache Junction and I cannot touch a one-bedroom apartment right now for less than $1,200 a month. Since covid, everything got expensive because people have become greedy unmentionables in life.
Got it. I pass through Apache on a road trip from California to Missouri. Quaint, $1,200.00 is keeping up with California. Just ridiculous 😱
I suspect that’s the case for most of these towns.
Not sure where in CA you can rent for $1200 @bigvalley4987
@@bigvalley4987ha it's about 3500 in the Bay
TJANKS FOR THE HEADS UP, BASED OFF YOUR UNNECESSARY BIAS/ RACIST COMMENTS ABOUT DETROIT, IT MIGHT FOLLOW THAT THE PLACES U SELECTED MAY CONTAIN A MAJORITY OF MORE SWINES LIKE U, SO I WON'T BOTHER TO SHARE WITH FRIENDS & FAMILY & JUST UNSUBSCRIBE TO TOXIC ENTITIES LIKE U WHO STILL EXIST ON THE TUBE!
Yessss…
Please do more of this!
$1500 a month means better not have debt. Better use a bike for transport. Means being extremely careful with expenses. Pretty much strapped all the time. Moving in with relatives or split costs with roommates. Can be done, but would you want to? $1500 a month gets a much better life overseas. Of living in a vehicle on Federal land camping.
I live pretty good in the USA on $1500. I even save! Lol I live in a wealthy neighborhood. Just don't buy stupid stuff. ✌️♥️
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Would be interesting to see your budget broken down. Rent, utilities, groceries, car payment, gas, insurance, entertainment, miscellaneous. You can certainly reduce some of those categories and even do without. But Briggs keeps talking about "survive here." Surviving isn't much of a life. But if just existing is fine great. I have minimalist tastes except I like to eat out and go to the movies. Others have other habits/hobbies/passions. Not much of a life without some of these things.
You help me satisfy my wonderlust. Thanks Briggs!
Would appreciate a updated version. The wife and I love your videos looking to escape the current place of residents.
I cant find a single apartment in Apache junction that rents for 400 bucks. They're all ranging 1500 to 2000 for a 1 bedroom
Exactly, rent has doubled or tripled and none of these prices of rents are valid in April 2024. Social Security checks have not doubled or tripled while food and rent have. This explains the exploding numbers of homeless seniors.
Rent roze up because of population boom? I lived in motorhome for 20yrs! Portland suburb said I can't! I said I don't! I live in my semi 3 weeks out out the month!!
Yup he's completely wrong about AJ in this video I turned it off after that cause all the others are prolly wrong as well
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I’m in for more, more, more!! 73 years old here and we would love to live. Wish you would also mention average house price. Some of us seniors considering the move will be selling our homes and will have money we could invest in a smaller home. Downsizing is in the picture or maybe a condo or duplex, just the average range of smaller homes. It would be wonderful info! ❤
Apache Junction expensive ever since Covid
FYI, I just moved from Port Charlotte, FL just south of Englewood, Fl and the rents are significantly higher than your quote - even from 2010. The costs are so high that I left Florida and moved to Carrington, ND which is overall much more affordable. The rents in Port Charlotte for a 1 Bdrmwas running (less than 6 months ago $1500/month not including utilites etc.) and we weren't as popular as Englewood.
Can confirm the cost of housing has gone up so quickly and so fast it’s hard to believe and keep up with.
@jaywizz7008 depends of course on what housing type you are looking for, but in Port Charlotte, a 1 bdrm apt was $1400 -1600 / month. I don't know what trailers rent for, but it should be easy to find out.
Have our own place here in Punta Gorda Florida and my daughter rents in Port Charlotte and the rent is ridiculous, remember when there was no Murdock and used to hunt deer and hogs off Peachland Blvd, there was no houses out there and North Port wasn't anything but a gas station and convenient store on the way to Venice, use to rent a house in Port Charlotte for about 250-300 dollars a month when I was 18-19
Also grew up in Englewood, on lemon Bay,New Point Comfort Rd, nice beach but expensive now, everything has changed so much down here,i remember a totally different world around here back in the 70s-80s it's completely different now
I love The World According To Briggs!
1-thing comes to mind that has become important to Seniors: Availability of the delivery of ordered goods. Fed-Ex, Walmart, Amazon…it makes small towns very appealing.👵🏼
Been through many of these towns as a trucker. Spur Texas has a new gig: Tiny Homes. They allow them in the city..
THANKS! I'm bleeding out where I live! Looking for options, at this point I want to just dig big hole or live in a cave on the side of a mountain!
They Should have more affordable tiny home communities but wealthy "investor" types are trying to ruin that also
@@AndreaSimone57 one of the worst companies of that is Blackrock
What about Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska? You missed a big chunk of the heartland - the proper Midwest
The livability score is likely low. MO and AR are definitely South.
@@briantbmoth6472Native Missourian here. Most of Missouri considers itself Midwestern.
@briantbmoth6472 Most of MO is the armpit of states. StL has been #1 in crime for years, same as Springfield being in the top five for crime. We are safer than 1% of other cities. We just had another murder last weekend. What a paradox for the Bible Belt . It is uber conservative around here. Can't they help control crime? NO. All they can do is to help the main public. We are in the bullseye of the diamond, Tulsa, StL, KC, and Little Rock. Police are so busy that they don't even bother to investigate property theft. KC is the best of the four. Good Healthcare, good universities and community colleges, good downtown, museums, restaurants, suburbs. Lee's Summit us a nice place to live.
Awesome list of affordable small towns for retirement on a budget! Makes dreaming of a peaceful, cost-effective life totally possible. 🏡
Ok. I have to say.
Rents may be cheap but did you know those amts don't include any utilities. Another shock? Apt complexes are charging, not only for costs IN your apt, but for maintenance (use it or not), bldg water, sewage, garbage, property care (snow removal, lawn mowing, ) electricity, and a bill for having to give you a bill! Then there's mandatory renters insurance.
Theres also ppl who reroute electric wires so if it's yours you can keep yours turned off or pay their bill.
So your rent may be advertised at 650 but the fees may add ùp to 900 w bldg costs, then you have the bills for your apt, maybe 200 if you use heat, air, refrigerator, hot water, lights, fans, tv, etc. So that your actual cost is 1150+/month.
I've rented for many years & what no one is saying is that every place for rent in every city or state demands income of 3 to 3 1/2 times the rent. It's the first demand and if you dont have it, even if you have a chunk in savings, nobody will rent to you. Good luck w subsidized housing, the waiting lists are years long. The newest problem, though, is the migrants who are given preference for any living space, and the companies who are buying up all bldgs and houses to rent only.
If you managed to get out of the US before or just after covid, you could get into Mexico w $500/month income. Now it is $3500/month and a healthy bit deposited in their bank. It's also no longer permitted to use the swinging door visa and illegal Americans are being deported back to the states.
Good luck everyɓody❤
Wow I’m 58 and had a stroke at 52 and I live in Houston Tx . I’m now. 58 and get 2000. A month on SSDI and I pay 1200. For one bedroom and it’s not a nice place. Thank you for the info . Because of you I’m going to check out del Rio and Arizona
I might be moving soon thank you.
I always give thumbs up and have the bell on. Am I a productive member? Lol
Keep talking , your tje best example of whats wrong.
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Please, can you do this again but with cities that are relatively warm year round. And low humidity. (Raised in So. Cal. and am spoiled, but hey).
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I'm also 'spoiled'. So. Cal. (San Diego Co.) on the coast.
@@ginnylorenz5265 You forgot to mention crowded and costly.
None in the U.S. Have to retire in Latin America and many are.
Apache Junction- it was the second one he said
Hey Briggs - Great video! Please do as many of these as you can. Love the small town on a budget ones! If you can split them up so people can watch the ones they're most interested in, e.g. areas of the US, etc. that would be awesome.
Here's another idea for you: Please do a video on small towns for Older Hippies on a Budget - these would be places where the politics aren't too conservative, marijuana is legal, the weather is sunny and temperate, which keeps heating bills down and lets you have solar and grow organic food and exercise outdoors year round, and where you can live for not too much money. Extra points if the places have great internet, are diverse and are near a hospital. I'm up in the Pacific Northwest like you, and finding it pretty expensive here for retirement, and too cold and wet.
You'd have to move to Cali for all that. Better start playing the lottery!
Yeah, that's where I moved FROM 😂! I'm actually looking at Baja Mexico, near the border. But would love to find good options in the US.
I want a place that old hippies DONT LIKE No Marijuana No hemp. I live in south Oregon and am sick of the cannabis smell and crime and the cartels that go with it.
@@monicaclark9581 I'm afraid you have us confused with someone else. We are quiet gardeners who just want to be left alone and have kind and tolerant neighbors. We don't like crime or cartels either. Rural Oregon where we live is just too expensive for us to retire.
@@terrimykland1621I lived in southern OR when I was young and wish I could afford even to visit! I live in southern Mexico.
Yes keep the theme videos coming Many people really need this information
The price listed for Englewood is incorrect....the cheapest I've found is $1500/month for a shoebox
Interesting to see so many places that one most likely never would see if not for videos like these! Thanks
In the winter you can pay upwards of $600 a month for heating in Vermont New Hampshire and Rhode Island. Thats not included in rent.
@@kristendominique5554 Still cheaper than Westchester County , NY. in the winter. It gets cold there too
I live in a small town in Georgia on the Flint River/Lake Seminole. I paid off my mortgage and CC before I retired and have paid off car. My power bill is approx $100, ph and internet is another hundred and pay cc every month (around $200). Taxes are less than $1500 a yr, home ins $1200, about $200 monthly. Decent local medical available, small hospital…nearest large hospital about an hr away. Very hot in the summers but have mild winters. Gulf of Mexico an hour away, generally not affected by hurricanes (exception 2018). Think I’ll stay where I am.
So Cal Native. Weather has made us picky. Husband hates humidity, brutal winters and summers. Baker City, OR did catch my eye as a place to retire. Thanks Briggs!
Baker City would be considered high desert just like Pennelton Oregon. Been to both and there is very little industry, which is how we all survive. Just remember that without business communities can't thrive and survive. We have lost the majority of manufacturing products to China and overseas. It's really very sad.
Do a list of the top two small towns in each state A: to retire to and B: affordable with jobs available (for non-college graduates)… so four towns in each state that people would want to move to. Some states have a plethora of cheap cities and towns but no jobs for the younger crowd… retired, I can live in an RV and move around but a twenty or thirty something is another story all together.
I currently live in Prosser, WA. For the past 23 yrs. We are hoping to return to IN. We like this area of the state. However the other side of the mountain…..King County dictates the woke politics. I realize your criteria and Prosser has come a long way. We have met some very kind people here. We own a large home with acreage. We have a good community hospital which is a blessing. We di have just twi seasons here…..I call them…..wind & fire. We get a lot of each. I’ve never lived anywhere so windy. I have lived in many places and sone states more than once. Prosser is growing. So much since we have been here. Overall…..not a bad place to live.
It’s good for me. I sweat and hold ceremony with the Yakama or other tribes in the area. I am Lakota/Eastern Cherokee and my Rez is in SD. The Yakama are such a friendly tribe.
Briggs this was excellent, this was perfect. There is many places that I love. I know I love the idea of Decatur, Alabama. However, I am going to watch it again and I will write down all that caught my eye. I have to research also to see how close I would be to keep my Veteran Healthcare. Thank you so much for this list.
Yeah, I'm doing the same thing, watching it again and writing down an the places that catches my eye, but only the ones in warmer areas. I hate the cold and bitter temps. I just can't do it anymore.
Dublin Georgia if you want to be near a VA 🏥 and southern small town living.
Hi All My husband and I live in south Alabama, Tillmans Corner. House prices to buy very reasonable. Also we pay no property tax as seniors. They just built a beautiful new VA Center. It's close to Mobile but far enough away.
Looking good Briggs are you working out your hair and face everything looking awfully healthy, have a great day, I'm from Redondo Beach California ☺️
Thats an expensive town
Trailer parks - they are called tornado magnets.
😂❤😂
What does a GA divorce and a tornado have in common. Either way, someone loses a trailer!
Hurricanes too. I'm from Florida!😢
Here in the west, Trailer Parks are demanding extremely high rents.
Please continue this vid series for other places @ $1500/Mo..Thanks in advance~
I live in the area of the Minnesota North Dakota border. There are several towns listed here. But really any town in this area is great. We drive to Fargo or Grand Forks for serious shopping. We even get a hotel for the night. Those are pretty cheap, too. I recently rented a two bedroom apartment for $400 a month. Then bought a house for $40K. It's a fixer upper. But is in a quiet neighborhood among other retirees. Yeah. There's no where else I want to live.
So are you technically in MN or North Dakota? I imagine that there could be a great difference in taxes between the two states?
Good to know, thank you.
I grew up in SD and have lived in MN for 12 years. There truly is such a thing as "Minnesota nice." Winters can be brutal. I had a head-on collision because the road was snow-packed, and the side snow scraping was about 6 feet tall and because the other teenage driver was going too fast around an S curve. Totaled my car, but it kept me from getting killed.
Learn to drive on snow and ice or get your butt off the roads!
Anytime someone points out something good it soon becomes discovered and what was a good deal is now a fantasy. What needs to happen is we stop being greedy but we all know that isn't going to happen.
that's right their manta is " profit over people"
Next can you explore tiny home communities?
Tiny homes are outrageously overpriced. $40,000 for a 200 sqft tiny home??? That’s $2000 a sgft!
No foundation. No quality cabinetry. No basement. No storage. No appliances..
What a joke.
If you applied the same pricing strategy for a modest 1500 sqft home you would pay 3,000,000 for it.
What a gigantic ripoff.
@@jocarson5310 And to make matters worse, you have to LEASE the land, and it will keep going up! And a lot of those tiny home communities have ridiculous fees, like the one in Flat Rock, NC, which forces you to pay $5,000 just to move out! Insane.
@@jocarson5310 yes, those are a scam and sponsored by WEF to ensure we own nothing and eat our own feces...
The problem with many of the places (esp New England where I came from & love) even a $150k house can carry a 6k or more real estate tax every year wh substantially cuts into the budget.
🤣🤣🤣 ... BRIGGS! ... "having to choose between toothache and hemorrhoids" ... 🤣🤣🤣 ... I just 'spat' my dinner!!! ... 🤣🤣🤣
What's funny about the statement is that Detroit hit a 57 year low in crime and is now lower than cities like Memphis, Little Rock, Rockford, Cleveland, Tulsa, OKC, Jacksonville, Springfield, Nashville, Indianapolis, etc
Why can't you have both?
Yeah that was funny, that Briggs! What a great guy, you can't help but love him!
Never eat when Briggs is on a roll. You will choke!
👍😂👍@@lindajacquot5391
Briggs, for enjoyable retirement check out some of the small towns around Branson Missouri. They do get some winter, but not terrible. There are 4 beautiful seasons. At the moment a person can get a house for much less than the asking price. In the towns around Branson you get to drive to the vacationland of Branson for attractions if you wish to, but because you don’t live in Branson itself you avoid the Branson traffic and get a quieter place to live. In these towns there isn’t a high crime rate. In 2024 Missouri is trying to become more senior friendly. The state government has voted a freeze on property taxes for those 65 and above. The counties have to vote on the bill to accept it in their county. Taney county, the county where Branson is located, will be voting on the property tax bill in September 2024. This is the Omari’s, or part of it, so there is plenty of lakes, rivers, fishing and nature for the retiree to enjoy. Check it out!
Not a chance. You traded Claire McCaskill for Josh Hawley. No thank you.
Love that part of the country, and Josh Hawley too. Beautiful. Very mild 4 seasons.
@@mariannem8419 to each their own. Soon I’ll be sitting in my Sunroom sipping my coffee looking at the lake view, listening to the birds and breathing the clean air. In about 2 weeks.
Hi Briggs 😊 Just stumbled across your channel. Like you, I don't like the heat but am currently living in Dallas, Tx because I found an apartment for seniors that is dirt cheap but safe. I would love to find a place to live that doesn't "melt my false eyelashes off". Love that quote😂😂 I don't need good schools or a job as a retiree, but lower rent and access to medical facilities would be a good thing. Thank you for all the research you do to bring us this information!
As a retiree, the body can't take the cold anymore. What about a place where the climate is not too bad and also diverse.
Nor the scorching heat of the desert, unless of course, you just stay inside in the A/C or poolside if you have one.
Yuma AZ. There is the Colorado river there and in the winter close to the desert for riding your toys. San Diego is only 2 hours away. My parents lived in a nice resort park with pools and activities and golf courses. They bought their trailer new and my dad built another room addition to it. Annual payment was 4,700.00 for the rent space.
Their trailer was paid off.
Go to Thailand or veitnam @@MrTPF1
@@diannepierce936Barely any hospitals in the vicinity tho..
@@diannepierce936space rent for a decent 55+ mobile home park here is nearly $1300 a month Greed and Corp ownership of parks has even ruined that option now !
really enjoyed this video. this made me look at areas i hadn't considered.
i am really looking to make the move to New Mexico and was wondering if you do any videos by state alone.
keep up the great insights to place to live. you do a great job and love your comentary!
New Mexico seems like one of my only options. He might have one on New Mexico, I have seen some on other states alone.
YES I would truly appreciate hearing about others as well. I need to live in a generally mild climate... due to health not too hot and I never lived where it snowed
Great Video Briggs! Big THUMBS UP
La Grande, Oregon has a beautiful downtown, and outside of town is the Hot Lake Hotel, which is an awesome place to stay and soak in the hot tubs.
I just looked--average apt in Calhoun & Dalton GA is $1500 and up waaaaay over that.
Briggs, thanks for the updates! I am a Navy vet with VA and hoping to rcv retirement soon.
Looking forward to more in the series!
Love your videos. Very informative.
I live near Phoenix and I know people that live in Apache junction and there was no way that there is a rental anywhere in Southern Arizona for less than $1,000 a month.
In fact I did a quick search on Zillow rentals for Apache junction and only came up with one rental for $1,000 nothing for under $1,000. In fact you can't even rent a room in a shared house anywhere in Southern Arizona for less than $600.
So now I don't believe any of your other towns. I have no idea how you're coming up with these numbers but it's pretty crazy.
Yeah,I thought these rents sounded like something from the 80s.
@@darcy5761 yeah probably
Do more of these that are in moderate weather climates.
then they won't be affordable
@@lkd06 😭😭😭
I live in Wausau Wisconsin and the average rent for a one bedroom apartment is $1,200.00 a month if you want a place without lead pipes.
That's double from what he mentioned,.....mmmmmm🤔
@@geoffoakland Sure you can get a dump for $800 a month.
@@MrKallidia
In San Diego California, $800 get you a room.
Kingston, TN is the town that time forgot.
Why is that? I've been looking for somewhere like Mayberry. I don't like the city. And nice quiet small towns are hard to find quiet.
Love your videos. Please more about cheap retirement places. Tyvm
Kingsport, TN ;-)
HaHa, that’s what my mother had said of Baker City, OR once when visiting
Pretty country
I'm on a fixed income as I am only withdrawing from Social Security that I paid into. I sure hope that no one guts SS and Medicare or else I don't know what I would do as a widow.
Vote blue then.
@@brianweber4154other way around
Sorry fully funding payouts not possible beyond 2032. Known for 30 years, no solution. The G will always cheat the most vulnerable and unable to fight back.
@@brianweber4154 ok I will
@@brianweber4154?
Wausau has a great ski hill that they open up to ride the ski lift in autumn wkends to view the colors. Its provably a little colder and snowy but an awesome view coming into town from the south. 5 great granite hills across the area then its flat after the glaciers dropped off the granite.
Your way of saying Englewood is the right way,born in Sarasota and lived in Englewood until late 70s , live in Punta Gorda now not far from Englewood,, definitely more expensive now, one bedroom effientcy will set you back 250-350 dollars a week not month
The rents may be affordable, but it would be nice to see what they look like in the neighborhoods in which they reside.
The biggest issue with living in an area that has very cheap cost-of-living is you’re getting exactly what you pay for. The infrastructure is typically terrible, the healthcare support in the areas are typically very subpar and any kind of other general quality of life things that you’re used to living with is going to have to be scaled back and taken with a very big grain of salt.
Tiny Homes are becoming popular , especially by seniors and young couples.
Rent in Wausau is over $1,000 a month if you want a place you can afford to heat in winter.
Sure, I'd love to hear about 50 more places to live!. Great job!
You need to do some videos that include 2 bedroom apartments.
I rent out a three bedroom home on the far north side of Milwaukee for 1200 a month and that is 300 less than the average in the area.
So mostly cold places in the Midwest and east makes sense why it’s so cheap
It’s by region. Gotta keep watching.
I like cold weather myself especially 4 seasons, Pittsburgh is such an underrated city.
Really appreciated that you did this compilation update. Noticed you did not include any place from Colorado… Must be too expensive.
I live in CO. This place is STUPID expensive!
I lived in Colo in 1981 then in 1994-2001 what a huge change,was out there a few years ago and wow what a mess
No way are you renting anything other than a room in someone's home in Englewood FL for 800 a month. Prices for everything have exploded in this area.
Thank you so much for this! I like these positive informative videos. I'm trying to decide if I'm going to stay in Texas forever. I've been here 11 years. I hate the heat but I like the people
If you are considering Oklahoma or the Texas panhandle you need to consider the weather
Ive lived in Ok 70 yrs . Thevweather is less of a factor than you would think
Rather deal with TX or OK weather as opposed to snow, freezing weather and cold weather up north.
"Normal Schools" were teaching colleges and they were usually funded by the state.
Correct!
Coopersville is close to Lake Michigan, close to Grand Rapids for medical care. Very Small town rural
BTW! Qw thoroughly enjoy your viseo reviews, No matter what the topic. Knowlede is the key to life!
Do not trust the numbers in this video
Please share all 50 areas that we can live for a basic social security income only
Love your videos. If you haven’t done this yet - how about affordable towns about 1 to 1.5 hours drive to beach in the following states: Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina or there about. Thanks for reading.
South Carolina Beach property has been in the millions since two years ago. Property taxes and insurance have gotten astronomical. I should know 😢 wish 18:23 I had not moved, but Hine site is 20 20. Ugh!
No THANK YOU! I hate the heat!😮
Thanks for all your extensive information. It helps to know or have at least a ball park figure of each affordable town in all corners of the U.S.
Thx again! 🙏
2024 now and these prices are so out of date it’s not even funny! $750 then is 1150 now.
You do realize out of the 1500 you have to pay mortgage, groceries, gas, water, electric gas for car insurance......
Briggs I predict this will be a VERY popular video!
I'll retire in the 2030's & what im most interested in is a warm - hot place with plenty of trees, of course low crime, very quiet with lots of walking/hiking trails!
Hot Springs Village Arkansas
Yuma Az is your spot then. Colorado River is there so boating and the desert for riding toys in the winter. You can walk but it’s the desert so you might want to drive a couple of hours to San Diego for hiking, biking and beaches.
I am so enjoying this!
I love all your videos Sir, always pro quality and I love your TH-cam style my man, you're one of the only creators I will watch older videos of just because they're that good 👍🏽
I Love it! "Don't fear stats. Don't fear numbers"
Fear actual cost.
The only place you can live with $1500/month is tent city.
Memphis Tennessee you need exactly $900 a month to live a good life cheap as hell.
where in memphis? not being sarcastic. really interested for myself! peace
@@MagooTheHappyHustler most the cheap places to live are not public knowledge you just have to ask around. My cousin pays for a two-bedroom apartment that has been remodeled. For 450.00 a month.
@mikemagoosthewest memphis Rkansas they will pay you to stay afteŕ the sun sets. rhythmdojo6064
West Memphis arkansas
@@brianweber4154 west memphis is expensive from what ihear
I lived in Burley Idaho. I worked at the sugar factory in Paul. From 1997-2000.
I would move back in a second if I could!
It's a Nice little town, there is little dive restaurant called Charlie's for good eats. There are boat races on the snake river yearly.
Central Falls , RI is a ghetto place. Honestly RI in general is very pricey to live tax wise.
I really like this site ! Thanks Briggs , really like your delivery snd your facts , don’t always agree with everything but overall really enjoy and find your content mostly useful ! ❤❤❤👍👍👍👍
Much appreciated
This confirmed my decision, 13 years ago, to leave the States as I could see the writing on the wall and sure didn’t want to live in a tent!
Please where did you move?
@@darcy5761 Southern Mexico
Don't know how you select these towns but there are so many more towns to live in as long as you stay out of the larger cities in EVERY state.
Mr. Briggs, Are you factoring in the cost of Medicaid that seniors have to pay?
I love these videos of places I don’t think I’d ever want to live! Thank you for curing any of my wanderlust
Thanks! Could you please do one for Southeastern States where it isn't so cold?
The South United States one bedroom apartment is anywhere from 1200 to 1600 a month, forget homes 500.000 up, and that's cluster housing on slabs side by side. Cost of living and taxes have sky rocket and food tax high. Unless you go to a food desert and low poverty, level.
When I saw my town of Englewood, Fla., on this list I almost fell over. I know this is an old video list but I don’t think it’s ever been affordable. It’s in Sarasota County and a recent approval for an “affordable” apartment complex was just approved. A studio apartment will start at $1,700 a month! A suggestion for an upcoming video could be towns and areas that are booming and are pricing regular folks out of the market. Developers and investors are ruining my town. BTW, we’re looking at Bluefield, W.V. We fell in love on a visit there last fall. Also considering Toccoa and Rome Georgia.