I apologize but I completely skipped over Illinois and Delaware in the video. There are several pins for Chicago metro, with a few for downtown Chicago specifically and three for suburbs. The non-Chicagoland pin is for Bloomington. For Delaware, there is one each for Newark (U of Delaware college town) and Rehoboth Beach.
You also skipped India, besides Illinois. I live in Elizabeth, Illinois which is 31 miles from Dubuque, Iowa including crossing the Julien Dubuque Bridge. My daughter is in college in Fargo, North Dakota. I could see myself living there. She wants me to move there with her. If I was to move overseas it would be to Segovia, Salamanca, Madrid, or Lloret de Mar, Spain.
Dear Kyle, I understand my mother in law recently paid for a pin to go on the map. Please could you let me know where she chose so I can make sure I don't end up in the same place? 😉
@@derbagger22 Embarrass is such a small town. I was stopped by a bear standing in the road staring at me sometime in the 90s in Embarrass. Finland had a gas station back then. Embarrass doesn't have a downtown; I think the bear was standing at the crossroad in the center of Embarrass. I have known people who claimed they were born in Embarrass.
We represent two of the Arkansas pins! You had asked what type of people choose college towns, and we're middle-aged, kidfree, self-employed (online business) folks who wanted a vibrant, small-to-mid-sized city with lots of amenities and not much pretense. Bonus points for it being a gorgeous area with nice people and tons of opportunities to really experience and just *be* in nature. We love how laid-back college towns are, especially in The South! They're like little oases across the country, filled with lots of energy and a progressive mentality around micromobility (bike/pedestrian/scooter infrastructure). We lived in SoCal for 20ish years, and we're both so much happier in Fayetteville, AR :) We moved here to get closer to family, but we're staying b/c we LOVE it here. Thanks for your channel. My 75-year-old dad also says thank you!
The appeal of college towns ("destination" colleges, not "commuter" colleges) is that they are more culturally and intellectually stimulating. Families can find employment - and babysitters. Seniors may be able to take advantage of "senior learning" programs at colleges and universities which offer courses designed for elders, often at a low per-course or annual fee.
I always felt I could be the old lady of Amherst, MA...huge college town...just to keep the mind engaged...but Seattle, WA works because you get bright, welcoming people and scenic beauty without the snow!
A lot of college towns and cities are small but have everything you need for students. I went to William Carey in Hattiesburg and it's an underrated small city in my opinion.
It’s funny how everyone loves to hate on California but yet that’s still where most people want to live. I myself would love to live in San Simeon Ca anywhere on this little road called San Simeon - Monterey Creek Rd that goes back into the foothills off highway 1, this whole area is what I think heaven will look like.
This has been fascinating to watch. Being a New Englander and just getting back from a 5 month spin around the western US, I still love it here in NH rather than anywhere else! So yes NE people love where they live!
Great stuff! Seattle is is a surprise yet not surprising at the same time. This map could get pretty crowded as time goes by. Have you thought about going digital using GIS? you could use choroplerh, graduated color/symbol maps to consolidate pins.
If you live in Seattle you can drive to the Pacific Ocean in 2 1/2 hours. You reach the Mountain Passes in 1 1/2 hours. You can drive to the Desert in about 3 hours. Beautiful High Meadows and lowland prairie. Eons old Glaciers and the wettest Rainforest in the USA, except Hawaii. Seattle itself kind of stinks to live but, Western Washington is a great area.
I'm guessing there may be people who might have initially said California (especially SoCal) but chose the Seattle area for a specific reason: WATER. Washington has lots of it but CA is drying up.
@@recoveringsoul755 From Northern California to Vancouver B.C. Its quite similar. Beautiful Ocean to the West. Beautiful Mountains to the East. Scrub brush deserts past the mountains. Lots of quality farmlands West of the mountains and and all along the East side of the mountains. Great areas to live if you can ignore the homeless people/crime and politics.
If I could live anywhere I'd probably choose the Grayling mi area. Ideally in the country along the Au Sable River. That area is gorgeous with trees everywhere, a beautiful clean river and big blue/turquoise lakes in every direction
I was just in grayling over the weekend. It's a 3 hour drive from metro Detroit, I've been going to a family cabin there for 20 years, it's right on m-72, 5 miles east of town. I have definitely noticed an increase in population since I started going!
@@kavanloughlin9193 My mom moved up by Grayling last year and since then I've fallen in love with the town. It has such a quaint downtown area, it's situated in such a scenic valley and the people are genuinely nice. It has quickly become a favorite place of mine
Marathon TX getting some love. We stayed there a week. Its a fanntastic small rustic far west town. Gateway to Big Bend, oasis a few miles away, mountains everywhere. Dark sky rated. Kyle, the area south of Cape Canaveral is called the Treasure Coast or Space Coast. Just got back from camping there in Melbourne. Fabulous, non crowded beaches.
I worked in Big Bend during summers in college back in the 90’s. I’d love to go live there again. But I do have it pretty good living in the PNW. Marathon and Alpine TX were the two places we would trek to with our coolers full of ice to go to a real grocery store back when I worked at Big Bend. The Marfa lights were amazing, too.
I'm a nomad who travels the country and this varies for me depending on time of year and all kinds of other things but if I didn't have to work ever, and could just live somewhere and enjoy life it would be on the oregon coast or off the coast of Northern California with the Redwoods. I love Colorado but I don't do snow too well
@Wandering Jackrabbit yep. It has all the beauty of the pacific nw with a fraction of the people. Go inland and add places like Lassen and it's pretty much perfect.
Rio Dell CA calling. This is the prettiest small town in America and under appreciated. My house is out on what is called Eagle Prairie and is surrounded by the Scotia Bluffs. Former-nomad to nomad; I will die here.
@@jamesbusald7097 ah man I remember that town, right in the bend of the river. It's amazing, I didn't get to stay long as I was trying to get to eureka by nightfall but that location is hard to beat. You have eureka to the north in case you need some amenities, the avenue of the giants is literally right down the street, right along the river. There were times when I sat along that river and debated ever leaving its that amazing in that area
"Switzerland here..." lol. Being Swiss I can tell this is Zürich, my city. Awesome place, and way underrated I feel like. Normally 1st, sometimes 2nd or third on nearly every QOL list. And for good reason. 1h to the Alps for skiiing or biking, safe, high income and low tax, at the lake with a swimable river right through the center, walkable and bikeable, fantastic public transport, great healthcare, great university and many good to great schools, highest club density in Europe and perhaps the world, it's really got it all (except perhaps the weather, and big city vibes, i always say it's more like a very large and rich village). We can probably outcompete anyone on almost every metric, and most definitely all things considered. I've been wanting to move for 15 years but there simply isn't a better place, anywhere.
Switzerland in general, given how many expats are there. I lived in Zurich for a year when I was 9 and recently visited again, like you said, a lot of nice things about it and experiencing it as a kid was quite a formative experience for me. Fond memories of riding the blue and white trams to my school.
That lake in Kansas appears to be Lake El Dorado off the I-135 N turnpike. As a Kansan that travels on the turnpike, Lake El Dorado has got to be the most scenic place to live in the whole state.
20 pins in the bay area, but only 3 in SF. As a bay area resident. Yeah, that tracks. don't get me wrong, SF definitely has a draw and plenty of people want to live there, but maybe some ppl might be surprised at how relatively small SF is compared to the bay area total population. (statistically the bay area is made up of two metro areas - the SF-Oakland one and the San Jose one, but locally everyone I know considers it as one big urban agglomeration) You add on the infamous microclimates and you get some very varying outcomes. For ppl who want the more traditional CA-style sun and lifestyle, San Jose and the cities around there are probably going to be more popular, and even for people who want more of the urban core, Oakland and other older inner east bay cities offer alternatives to SF (imo plus they're sunnier and cheaper, i'm biased). There are also oceanside cities that are going to be wildly different still, and don't forget north bay cities (not sure if you got any pins in the north bay). I've been in a bunch of different places in the US, and the bay area really strikes me as a place with huge differences over such short distances, for better or worse.
I've been to the Bay Area and I personally didn't like San Jose/South Bay because it reminded me too much of SoCal with how dry the hills are and the massive streets that I had to cross. I like San Francisco and Oakland a lot more.
@@AlexCab_49 yeah, to each their own! I’ve been in the South Bay a lot and it’s definitely not for me either but literally millions of people disagree with us
@@harktischris They like sunny weather, but they never walk long distances in constant sunny weather like I do because they have cars and spend a lot of their time in them. Walking in sunny weather isn't pleasant as it beats down on you and I found walking far more enjoyable in SF and Oakland because it's a lot cooler and the walking warms you up if it's chilly.
Good comment. Yeah, I much preferred living in Peninsula cities like San Carlos, Burlingame and Millbrae, than right in SF itself. Had my car broken into 7 times in 3 months. That was enough. Now living in SoCal.
I live in the East Bay and I chose the Bay Area because I love the weather, I love the vibe, I love the accessibility to things I like to do which includes a lot of outdoor activities as well as cultural activities. My sister lives in SF and until the pandemic hit really loved it there, but the situation on the streets has made their situation much worse.
Surprised Kyle didn't know that given Melbourne is a major international city (and the best city in Australia 😉). Also not sure that the pin on the NSW coast is Sydney. Looks more like somewhere on the far south coast, e.g. Merimbula. I can attest that that is a beautiful part of the world.
If I could live anywhere I would choose San Luis Obispo/Grover Beach. If you've ever been to the Central Coast of California, it is just beautiful and the weather and people are chill. Sadly not many jobs but if I had a remote job I would choose that.
Hey Kyle, love your passion for geography and the insight you bring to maps. I grew up in Ayr Scotland and after a quick Google search I came across Ayr Nebraska (Adams County) It seems a fairly unremarkable place but looks like it's just about slap bang in the middle of your huge and fascinating country so for that reason alone I would stick a pin there. It would surely be the only one for miles around!
Kyle, I watched the live stream, I waited for the video, I watched the video through to the end…and you forgot my home Illinois! I needed to know what that new pin in central IL is!
This is an interesting project, hopefully the sample size will grow. I have moved a lot around England and Wales, but would place the first pin for somewhere in Scotland if I participate soon enough and decide to choose staying within the UK.
I've been living in Coral Springs Florida almost all my life (it's a mid size town near Fort Lauderdale) and I don't really have any desire to move, but if I had to I would choose either somewhere near Toronto Canada or southern New Zealand.
Woodland Park, CO is the most perfect spot in the entire US for me - just far enough in the mountains from the springs so you don’t get the inner city BS, but close enough that if you do wanna have fun in the city it’s only about 30-40 min drive (maybe hour with bad weather). Right at the base of Pikes Peak, the prettiest non-volcanic mountain in the US 😍😍 and also close to the Colorado wolf and wildlife sanctuary, where I hope to work one day 🤞🏻
I'd go to any good Florida beach in a tiny town, about an hour from some big city, or South Padre Island (Texas, also good beach and very scenic in March)
A fellow valley native here (Modesto) now going to Cal Poly SLO I put a pin up there in Jackson Hole when you started this map. Never been but will be doing a road trip up there next month!
Great video but I think you skipped over Illinois. I agree with you that the Central Coast of Cali is probobly the nicest part of the state and I'd choose to live by San Luis Obisbo.
@9:44 thats where the space force base is now so we just call that whole area the space coast caus its cool also most of the original Floridians I know has moved to Charleston
The Research Triangle of NC (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill) has wonderful medical facilities. Having grown up just north in SoVA I have many friends who go there for major services instead of Richmond (which also has great medical services -MCV/VCU Medical College of VA) but The Triangle can be more easily accessible. And that of course can be a reason to move somewhere.
As a born and bred New Englander (originally from Newton, MA.) I would agree that most people of this region want to stay here. I often meet people who have moved away then came back after a few years away. There's just no beating the combination of history, scenic beauty and quaint small towns. I and many others say it's the best region of the country. If I was wealthy and money was no object I would stay in New England along the coast or a large lake. I've spent half of my life living along the coast and it really is choice geography. Fresh ocean air blowing over your house 24/7 is awesome. I love New Hampshire and have ties to the state so my pin would probably go there. Maybe in Hampton or Rye. Maybe inland on Lake Winnipesaukee or Sunapee. Could do without the cold winters though.
I live in SC; it affirms what I tell people - that people move here because it's cheap, not necessarily because it's where they really want to live. I'll be leaving and moving to Hudson County, NJ when I retire.
I'm from the Asheville area in NC (apparently the hot spot for the south, haha!) and I actually plan on getting out of here. Thinking long and hard about Tuscon, AZ. I've always loved new folks coming around but it's getting a bit too crowded around here to be affordable anymore.
Here is my take on where I would live if I had the resources to move wherever; In-county: NW section (only part to view Appalachian mountains) In-state: Union County, probably Blairsville In-country: Park City, UT or Castle Rock, CO In-world: South Island of New Zealand or Far western Austria
@@RCgeo No, Barrow (your friendly eastern neighbor that shares the longest border with you despite what people from DeKalb County say) Not in Mountains, view them. On some of the ridges near 211 by Braselton, you can see the Appalachians most days. I go on 211 a lot and you see the Appalachians within Barrow a couple of times.
@@RCgeo Yeah, times are changing. Too bad the county commissioners aren't very good at anticipating traffic and increasing lanes on developing land...
I already live pretty much where I would want to. Rural northern Vermont. But if I needed to move and money were no object, it would be to Ocean City, NJ. And if anywhere in the world were a possibility, I would move to either Heppenheim, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, or Oberstdorf, Germany.
North of Palm Beach would be the awesome Treasure Coast, including cities like Stuart, Port St Lucie, Fort Pierce and Vero Beach. I grew up in Palm City and live in Southeast Kansas, which got very little love. But I do miss Palm City sometimes. It's a very underrated part of Florida
Ended up checking out the raw data after seeing that pin north of memphis. Can't believe its Covington TN. I am shocked lol. I've lived here for 2 months and can honestly say I can't wait to leave. Would love to talk to the person who wants to live here lol.
This so great. I've been to so many places, it'd be hard to pin down 1 spot with cost of living aside. A lot of these pins are completely understandable and particularly after spending lots of time (thank God never lived) in Houston TX I understand why there's No pins. I'm also not surprised by people from Mass wanting to stay there. I grew up there in a gorgeous post card looking town but don't really ever want to move back but most people there are total Homers.
This was really interesting and a bit surprising to me. I guess I thought people would be more practical and would live where there was work or something, but it's good to know that with all else being equal people would choose to live where it's scenic. I also was a bit surprised to know that I am typical for New England LOL - I live about 20 miles from where I was born and lived my whole life and my ideal place to live is in the same state but on the coast :)
This is so cool! Great idea! Brilliant! (I can't decide yet where I prefer. NYC first thought but then there's Italy, France. (BTW- was that Melbourne in Australia or Sydney did you say? I think Sydney is further north towards Brisbane in NSW than where it looked like the pin was. ) I love this channel!!!
Interesting video. Regarding New Mexico I would choose Alamogordo, it's close to my 2 favorite mountain villages where summers are perfect and white sands which is always fun. I'm surprised no one chose Alamogordo. Great little town.
Heads up to those who want to move to the better Portland. Mainers hate Flatlandahs From Away. They're not very welcoming. It's hard to make friends, but the food is good.
@@margefoyle6796 yeah, MA is so developed, that people don't mind people moving in. We look like we have crusty exteriors, but we are actually pretty friendly and most will be good friends once made. But for more remote places of New England where people may flock to, disrupting the peaceful way of life will likely bring aggravation. I think of you are the considerate type that blends in well, you won't have any problems with the locals...
Great video and very interesting. Not surprised so few want to live in the UK, we’re not exactly making a good showing of ourselves at the moment. Surprised none want to live in Scotland though. I may be biased but it is one of the most beautiful places to live. Maybe once we’re independent we will be a bot more desirable. Ireland is probably the place to be though - still in the EU and also beautiful.
So are most pins people moving to a new state, or staying put, or moving within the state? I haven't visited enough places to even say. Surprised at the Seattle ones, do they know about the Cascadia subduction zone?
Having just returned from vacation, my husband and I would like to spend May-Sept in Chicago and the rest of the time here in Phoenix, AZ. (We don't do snow or cold well.) If we could live anywhere in the world, I might have a hard time deciding between Australia and Belize.
My grandfather's from Spring Green, I went up there a few springs ago and turkey hunted along the lower Wisconsin river way and then checked out where his Summer home was in Hayward WI. Loved the area!
In Australia “tropical Australia “ is the city of Cairns. Sydney is correct. The One at the bottom of Australia which you didn’t know what it was is Melbourne Australia’s second largest city The “ One in New Zealand” is Christchurch.
Well, I have a few areas. I cannot afford any of them though lol I think I could find a place in every state I'd be happy to live. The one in my state doesn't have the views, it just has nice infrastructure & is well maintained.
I LOVE North Carolina (I'm originally from PA). Sadly due to various reasons I'd probably only live in Western NC because of crime and other issues in the rest of the state otherwise I'd think about middle or coastal parts of the state.
Coloradan here. Tell me exactly how Colorado isn't the most popular state on this map? (Much to my chagrin) discounting what I think are shadows, I counted roughly 60 pins. No one else is even close. Say it ain't so.
@Geography King, my favorite geography teacher. In these nomadic times with luxury RVs and virtual social communities for connections, isn't this exercise moot? Any thoughts?
Live anywhere? No holds barred or stipulations? Then it would be Malibu Beach in California where homes are $50 million and your neighbors are Steven Spielberg, Barbara Streisand, Lady Gaga Jennifer Aniston and many others. Opulent luxury and a unobstructed California beach as your front yard. After all, these rich and famous people I just mentioned did, and do get to choose to live anywhere in the world they want and they chose Malibu.
I apologize but I completely skipped over Illinois and Delaware in the video. There are several pins for Chicago metro, with a few for downtown Chicago specifically and three for suburbs. The non-Chicagoland pin is for Bloomington. For Delaware, there is one each for Newark (U of Delaware college town) and Rehoboth Beach.
Given how many hundreds of pins there were in total for you to cover it's a more than fair mistake lol
And Utah. :)
You also skipped India, besides Illinois. I live in Elizabeth, Illinois which is 31 miles from Dubuque, Iowa including crossing the Julien Dubuque Bridge. My daughter is in college in Fargo, North Dakota. I could see myself living there. She wants me to move there with her. If I was to move overseas it would be to Segovia, Salamanca, Madrid, or Lloret de Mar, Spain.
You also skipped the Netherlands.
Very interesting that somebody said Bloomington its a pretty cool town but why central illinois I wonder theres just corn fields here
Dear Kyle, I understand my mother in law recently paid for a pin to go on the map. Please could you let me know where she chose so I can make sure I don't end up in the same place? 😉
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Always proud to see my lone pin in the Arrowhead of Minnesota. Grand Marais is beautiful and will make sure to visit again soon.
Always enjoy visiting Embarrass and Finland....my grandmother was from Embarrass...
Stationed at Silver Bay a couple years . Most beautiful.
@@derbagger22 Wait my grandma was from embarrass too…
@@derbagger22 Embarrass is such a small town.
I was stopped by a bear standing in the road staring at me sometime in the 90s in Embarrass. Finland had a gas station back then.
Embarrass doesn't have a downtown; I think the bear was standing at the crossroad in the center of Embarrass.
I have known people who claimed they were born in Embarrass.
This is a very interesting channel, Kyle. Very glad it’s successful.
Thank you!
I love this idea. Happy to see my one in Cork, Ireland!
We represent two of the Arkansas pins! You had asked what type of people choose college towns, and we're middle-aged, kidfree, self-employed (online business) folks who wanted a vibrant, small-to-mid-sized city with lots of amenities and not much pretense. Bonus points for it being a gorgeous area with nice people and tons of opportunities to really experience and just *be* in nature. We love how laid-back college towns are, especially in The South! They're like little oases across the country, filled with lots of energy and a progressive mentality around micromobility (bike/pedestrian/scooter infrastructure). We lived in SoCal for 20ish years, and we're both so much happier in Fayetteville, AR :) We moved here to get closer to family, but we're staying b/c we LOVE it here.
Thanks for your channel. My 75-year-old dad also says thank you!
Cool to see Northern Arizona get a little love.
The one in Ontario North of Toronto is mine in Orangeville 😇
Also the Aus town at 18:00 is Melbourne
The appeal of college towns ("destination" colleges, not "commuter" colleges) is that they are more culturally and intellectually stimulating. Families can find employment - and babysitters. Seniors may be able to take advantage of "senior learning" programs at colleges and universities which offer courses designed for elders, often at a low per-course or annual fee.
I always felt I could be the old lady of Amherst, MA...huge college town...just to keep the mind engaged...but Seattle, WA works because you get bright, welcoming people and scenic beauty without the snow!
A lot of college towns and cities are small but have everything you need for students. I went to William Carey in Hattiesburg and it's an underrated small city in my opinion.
It’s funny how everyone loves to hate on California but yet that’s still where most people want to live. I myself would love to live in San Simeon Ca anywhere on this little road called San Simeon - Monterey Creek Rd that goes back into the foothills off highway 1, this whole area is what I think heaven will look like.
I don't think anyone hates California for its beauty. It's just everything else that can blow chunks.
This has been fascinating to watch. Being a New Englander and just getting back from a 5 month spin around the western US, I still love it here in NH rather than anywhere else! So yes NE people love where they live!
I too would choose to stay in New England, probably New Hampshire. Beauty around every corner. I currently live in Concord and love it.
@@douglasdea637 im right up the hwy in Bristol, yes NH is amazing
Moving to Grand Rapids next month. Incredibly excited to be in Michigan.
Great stuff! Seattle is is a surprise yet not surprising at the same time. This map could get pretty crowded as time goes by. Have you thought about going digital using GIS? you could use choroplerh, graduated color/symbol maps to consolidate pins.
I'll be going digital maps once they get too cluttered.
If you live in Seattle you can drive to the Pacific Ocean in 2 1/2 hours. You reach the Mountain Passes in 1 1/2 hours. You can drive to the Desert in about 3 hours. Beautiful High Meadows and lowland prairie. Eons old Glaciers and the wettest Rainforest in the USA, except Hawaii. Seattle itself kind of stinks to live but, Western Washington is a great area.
I'm guessing there may be people who might have initially said California (especially SoCal) but chose the Seattle area for a specific reason: WATER. Washington has lots of it but CA is drying up.
@@sidneyvandykeii3169 you can drive to the ocean in an hour in the Bay Area and the mountains in a few, from where I am. Need more rain.
@@recoveringsoul755 From Northern California to Vancouver B.C. Its quite similar. Beautiful Ocean to the West. Beautiful Mountains to the East. Scrub brush deserts past the mountains. Lots of quality farmlands West of the mountains and and all along the East side of the mountains. Great areas to live if you can ignore the homeless people/crime and politics.
If I could live anywhere I'd probably choose the Grayling mi area. Ideally in the country along the Au Sable River. That area is gorgeous with trees everywhere, a beautiful clean river and big blue/turquoise lakes in every direction
I was just in grayling over the weekend. It's a 3 hour drive from metro Detroit, I've been going to a family cabin there for 20 years, it's right on m-72, 5 miles east of town. I have definitely noticed an increase in population since I started going!
@@kavanloughlin9193 My mom moved up by Grayling last year and since then I've fallen in love with the town. It has such a quaint downtown area, it's situated in such a scenic valley and the people are genuinely nice. It has quickly become a favorite place of mine
Marathon TX getting some love. We stayed there a week. Its a fanntastic small rustic far west town. Gateway to Big Bend, oasis a few miles away, mountains everywhere. Dark sky rated.
Kyle, the area south of Cape Canaveral is called the Treasure Coast or Space Coast. Just got back from camping there in Melbourne. Fabulous, non crowded beaches.
I worked in Big Bend during summers in college back in the 90’s. I’d love to go live there again. But I do have it pretty good living in the PNW. Marathon and Alpine TX were the two places we would trek to with our coolers full of ice to go to a real grocery store back when I worked at Big Bend. The Marfa lights were amazing, too.
I'm a nomad who travels the country and this varies for me depending on time of year and all kinds of other things but if I didn't have to work ever, and could just live somewhere and enjoy life it would be on the oregon coast or off the coast of Northern California with the Redwoods. I love Colorado but I don't do snow too well
@Wandering Jackrabbit yep. It has all the beauty of the pacific nw with a fraction of the people. Go inland and add places like Lassen and it's pretty much perfect.
Rio Dell CA calling.
This is the prettiest small town in America and under appreciated. My house is out on what is called Eagle Prairie and is surrounded by the Scotia Bluffs.
Former-nomad to nomad; I will die here.
@@jamesbusald7097 ah man I remember that town, right in the bend of the river. It's amazing, I didn't get to stay long as I was trying to get to eureka by nightfall but that location is hard to beat. You have eureka to the north in case you need some amenities, the avenue of the giants is literally right down the street, right along the river. There were times when I sat along that river and debated ever leaving its that amazing in that area
"Switzerland here..." lol.
Being Swiss I can tell this is Zürich, my city. Awesome place, and way underrated I feel like. Normally 1st, sometimes 2nd or third on nearly every QOL list. And for good reason. 1h to the Alps for skiiing or biking, safe, high income and low tax, at the lake with a swimable river right through the center, walkable and bikeable, fantastic public transport, great healthcare, great university and many good to great schools, highest club density in Europe and perhaps the world, it's really got it all (except perhaps the weather, and big city vibes, i always say it's more like a very large and rich village). We can probably outcompete anyone on almost every metric, and most definitely all things considered. I've been wanting to move for 15 years but there simply isn't a better place, anywhere.
Switzerland in general, given how many expats are there. I lived in Zurich for a year when I was 9 and recently visited again, like you said, a lot of nice things about it and experiencing it as a kid was quite a formative experience for me. Fond memories of riding the blue and white trams to my school.
That lake in Kansas appears to be Lake El Dorado off the I-135 N turnpike. As a Kansan that travels on the turnpike, Lake El Dorado has got to be the most scenic place to live in the whole state.
Is this intended to be ironic? I am very familiar with Kansas and I would respectfully disagree if this is a serious post.
20 pins in the bay area, but only 3 in SF.
As a bay area resident. Yeah, that tracks. don't get me wrong, SF definitely has a draw and plenty of people want to live there, but maybe some ppl might be surprised at how relatively small SF is compared to the bay area total population. (statistically the bay area is made up of two metro areas - the SF-Oakland one and the San Jose one, but locally everyone I know considers it as one big urban agglomeration)
You add on the infamous microclimates and you get some very varying outcomes. For ppl who want the more traditional CA-style sun and lifestyle, San Jose and the cities around there are probably going to be more popular, and even for people who want more of the urban core, Oakland and other older inner east bay cities offer alternatives to SF (imo plus they're sunnier and cheaper, i'm biased). There are also oceanside cities that are going to be wildly different still, and don't forget north bay cities (not sure if you got any pins in the north bay). I've been in a bunch of different places in the US, and the bay area really strikes me as a place with huge differences over such short distances, for better or worse.
I've been to the Bay Area and I personally didn't like San Jose/South Bay because it reminded me too much of SoCal with how dry the hills are and the massive streets that I had to cross. I like San Francisco and Oakland a lot more.
@@AlexCab_49 yeah, to each their own! I’ve been in the South Bay a lot and it’s definitely not for me either but literally millions of people disagree with us
@@harktischris They like sunny weather, but they never walk long distances in constant sunny weather like I do because they have cars and spend a lot of their time in them. Walking in sunny weather isn't pleasant as it beats down on you and I found walking far more enjoyable in SF and Oakland because it's a lot cooler and the walking warms you up if it's chilly.
Good comment. Yeah, I much preferred living in Peninsula cities like San Carlos, Burlingame and Millbrae, than right in SF itself. Had my car broken into 7 times in 3 months. That was enough. Now living in SoCal.
I live in the East Bay and I chose the Bay Area because I love the weather, I love the vibe, I love the accessibility to things I like to do which includes a lot of outdoor activities as well as cultural activities. My sister lives in SF and until the pandemic hit really loved it there, but the situation on the streets has made their situation much worse.
Never stop. Love watching your videos.
Monterey is up there for me... although western North Carolina for nature and D.C. for a big city are also enticing.
You can’t beat the Blue Ridge if you’re east of the Mississippi.
@Kev Dad Charlotte is more central. When I think western NC, I think the Appalachians more than the piedmont. I do like Charlotte though.
Franklin NC. I'd live the heck out of there
@@TuddsCrapshoot drive west of Charlotte for 30mins and you’ll start seeing mountains
Titusville/Cocoa Beach/Canaveral area of Florida is called The Space Coast. I went to high school there.
The city you didn't know in Australia is Melbourne. Looks like a pretty awesome city.
Surprised Kyle didn't know that given Melbourne is a major international city (and the best city in Australia 😉).
Also not sure that the pin on the NSW coast is Sydney. Looks more like somewhere on the far south coast, e.g. Merimbula. I can attest that that is a beautiful part of the world.
If I could live anywhere I would choose San Luis Obispo/Grover Beach. If you've ever been to the Central Coast of California, it is just beautiful and the weather and people are chill. Sadly not many jobs but if I had a remote job I would choose that.
Hey Kyle, love your passion for geography and the insight you bring to maps.
I grew up in Ayr Scotland and after a quick Google search I came across Ayr Nebraska (Adams County)
It seems a fairly unremarkable place but looks like it's just about slap bang in the middle of your huge and fascinating country so for that reason alone I would stick a pin there. It would surely be the only one for miles around!
Kyle, I watched the live stream, I waited for the video, I watched the video through to the end…and you forgot my home Illinois! I needed to know what that new pin in central IL is!
This is an interesting project, hopefully the sample size will grow. I have moved a lot around England and Wales, but would place the first pin for somewhere in Scotland if I participate soon enough and decide to choose staying within the UK.
I've been living in Coral Springs Florida almost all my life (it's a mid size town near Fort Lauderdale) and I don't really have any desire to move, but if I had to I would choose either somewhere near Toronto Canada or southern New Zealand.
Woodland Park, CO is the most perfect spot in the entire US for me - just far enough in the mountains from the springs so you don’t get the inner city BS, but close enough that if you do wanna have fun in the city it’s only about 30-40 min drive (maybe hour with bad weather). Right at the base of Pikes Peak, the prettiest non-volcanic mountain in the US 😍😍 and also close to the Colorado wolf and wildlife sanctuary, where I hope to work one day 🤞🏻
I'd go to any good Florida beach in a tiny town, about an hour from some big city, or South Padre Island (Texas, also good beach and very scenic in March)
A fellow valley native here (Modesto) now going to Cal Poly SLO I put a pin up there in Jackson Hole when you started this map. Never been but will be doing a road trip up there next month!
Kingston is at the very end of Lake Ontario, where it meets the St. Lawrence River.
Great video but I think you skipped over Illinois. I agree with you that the Central Coast of Cali is probobly the nicest part of the state and I'd choose to live by San Luis Obisbo.
@9:44 thats where the space force base is now so we just call that whole area the space coast caus its cool also most of the original Floridians I know has moved to Charleston
The Research Triangle of NC (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill) has wonderful medical facilities. Having grown up just north in SoVA I have many friends who go there for major services instead of Richmond (which also has great medical services -MCV/VCU Medical College of VA) but The Triangle can be more easily accessible. And that of course can be a reason to move somewhere.
Danggg I think you skipped over Illinois completely :(
As a born and bred New Englander (originally from Newton, MA.) I would agree that most people of this region want to stay here. I often meet people who have moved away then came back after a few years away. There's just no beating the combination of history, scenic beauty and quaint small towns. I and many others say it's the best region of the country.
If I was wealthy and money was no object I would stay in New England along the coast or a large lake. I've spent half of my life living along the coast and it really is choice geography. Fresh ocean air blowing over your house 24/7 is awesome. I love New Hampshire and have ties to the state so my pin would probably go there. Maybe in Hampton or Rye. Maybe inland on Lake Winnipesaukee or Sunapee. Could do without the cold winters though.
Got my pin in Seattle which is also where we live
Glad to know that I'm not the only one who wants to live in the Cleveland area, it is a much nicer place than it gets credit for.
Central coast of FL Brevard County (Space Coast), just south of that is treasure coast
I live in SC; it affirms what I tell people - that people move here because it's cheap, not necessarily because it's where they really want to live. I'll be leaving and moving to Hudson County, NJ when I retire.
Thanks! We'll be moving from Phoenix to Rockwood, TN just north of you in 2024. Preparing ourselves to go from 2" of rain to 54" of rain 😞
I'm from the Asheville area in NC (apparently the hot spot for the south, haha!) and I actually plan on getting out of here. Thinking long and hard about Tuscon, AZ. I've always loved new folks coming around but it's getting a bit too crowded around here to be affordable anymore.
My husband put his pin in Asheville, but had Tucson as a close second. Why do you want to leave Asheville?
@@margefoyle6796 it's getting a bit too crowded around there to be affordable anymore.
GA surprised me, as did SC especially so with as many people who talk about wanting to move there.
Me too, they are beautiful areas. Maybe the climate is too hot and humid for people?
Here is my take on where I would live if I had the resources to move wherever;
In-county: NW section (only part to view Appalachian mountains)
In-state: Union County, probably Blairsville
In-country: Park City, UT or Castle Rock, CO
In-world: South Island of New Zealand or Far western Austria
dawson county? (hi from gwinnett)
@@RCgeo No, Barrow (your friendly eastern neighbor that shares the longest border with you despite what people from DeKalb County say)
Not in Mountains, view them. On some of the ridges near 211 by Braselton, you can see the Appalachians most days. I go on 211 a lot and you see the Appalachians within Barrow a couple of times.
@@GeoHuman. ahh ok. I've driven from Winder up on 211 to i85 once it was nice. Beautiful rural area but the whole county is developing very quickly!
@@RCgeo Yeah, times are changing. Too bad the county commissioners aren't very good at anticipating traffic and increasing lanes on developing land...
I already live pretty much where I would want to. Rural northern Vermont. But if I needed to move and money were no object, it would be to Ocean City, NJ.
And if anywhere in the world were a possibility, I would move to either Heppenheim, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, or Oberstdorf, Germany.
I’m not surprised that nobody chose Houston. That’s not the kind of place that most people would want to move to if money were not an issue.
Whoever the person who chose Oklahoma is, I'm with you! I wouldn't live in Norman, but OK Is OK with me!
Ah ! my native Mississippi, never disappoints lol
North of Palm Beach would be the awesome Treasure Coast, including cities like Stuart, Port St Lucie, Fort Pierce and Vero Beach. I grew up in Palm City and live in Southeast Kansas, which got very little love. But I do miss Palm City sometimes. It's a very underrated part of Florida
Ended up checking out the raw data after seeing that pin north of memphis. Can't believe its Covington TN. I am shocked lol. I've lived here for 2 months and can honestly say I can't wait to leave. Would love to talk to the person who wants to live here lol.
I think retirees like college towns. They usually have some culture and relatively inexpensve real estate.
This so great. I've been to so many places, it'd be hard to pin down 1 spot with cost of living aside. A lot of these pins are completely understandable and particularly after spending lots of time (thank God never lived) in Houston TX I understand why there's No pins. I'm also not surprised by people from Mass wanting to stay there. I grew up there in a gorgeous post card looking town but don't really ever want to move back but most people there are total Homers.
This was really interesting and a bit surprising to me. I guess I thought people would be more practical and would live where there was work or something, but it's good to know that with all else being equal people would choose to live where it's scenic. I also was a bit surprised to know that I am typical for New England LOL - I live about 20 miles from where I was born and lived my whole life and my ideal place to live is in the same state but on the coast :)
I think money being no object and purely based on where you would love to live with no practical implications at all was the point.
This is so cool! Great idea! Brilliant! (I can't decide yet where I prefer. NYC first thought but then there's Italy, France. (BTW- was that Melbourne in Australia or Sydney did you say? I think Sydney is further north towards Brisbane in NSW than where it looked like the pin was. ) I love this channel!!!
It was actually for Gerringong and the one that I didn't know was for the Central Highlands of Victoria.
@@GeographyKing Must be around Daylesford.
Interesting video. Regarding New Mexico I would choose Alamogordo, it's close to my 2 favorite mountain villages where summers are perfect and white sands which is always fun. I'm surprised no one chose Alamogordo. Great little town.
I'm almost positive that the Wildlife Refuge in Wisconsin is the Horicon Marsh. Nice place, but the Northwoods are a lot more scenic
No pins in Leavenworth WA? That needs to change.
The pin in the Alaskan panhandle isn't on Homer. Homer is on the Kenai peninsula. That pin looks like it's placed around the Taku Glacier near Juneau.
Now Boulder,Colorado is place where I would stay...
Heads up to those who want to move to the better Portland. Mainers hate Flatlandahs From Away. They're not very welcoming. It's hard to make friends, but the food is good.
I found this true in NH as well. I hear from locals it's pretty much true in most of new England except eastern Massachusetts.
@@margefoyle6796 yeah, MA is so developed, that people don't mind people moving in. We look like we have crusty exteriors, but we are actually pretty friendly and most will be good friends once made. But for more remote places of New England where people may flock to, disrupting the peaceful way of life will likely bring aggravation. I think of you are the considerate type that blends in well, you won't have any problems with the locals...
Great video and very interesting. Not surprised so few want to live in the UK, we’re not exactly making a good showing of ourselves at the moment. Surprised none want to live in Scotland though. I may be biased but it is one of the most beautiful places to live. Maybe once we’re independent we will be a bot more desirable. Ireland is probably the place to be though - still in the EU and also beautiful.
Oh, and if I had to choose America it would probably be Seattle, or in Canada then it would be Vancouver. 🙂
I looked for my city, and, to nobody's surprise, Toledo, Ohio was not chosen.
La Cygne, Kansas! (Pronounced Lay seen)
I'm actually planning on moving down there soon, got a power plant job lined up there!
Looks like a nice small town. I hope you enjoy your move and new job
@@GeographyKing thank you! I hope so as well!
someone correct me if I'm wrong but I think you may have accidentally skipped Illinois when you were going over the US pins
So are most pins people moving to a new state, or staying put, or moving within the state? I haven't visited enough places to even say. Surprised at the Seattle ones, do they know about the Cascadia subduction zone?
Having just returned from vacation, my husband and I would like to spend May-Sept in Chicago and the rest of the time here in Phoenix, AZ. (We don't do snow or cold well.) If we could live anywhere in the world, I might have a hard time deciding between Australia and Belize.
If weather was not an issue, Norway would be a nice place to be.
If people ever visited Spring Green, Wisconsin, they'd want to live there, but it's just not on an interstate. It's not even on a 4-lane highway.
My grandfather's from Spring Green, I went up there a few springs ago and turkey hunted along the lower Wisconsin river way and then checked out where his Summer home was in Hayward WI. Loved the area!
@@hunterpaffrath349 Cool!!
In Australia “tropical Australia “ is the city of Cairns.
Sydney is correct.
The One at the bottom of Australia which you didn’t know what it was is Melbourne Australia’s second largest city
The “ One in New Zealand” is Christchurch.
Bergen in Norway is misplaced, it should be more south (between the two long fjords)
Put me down for wanting to live (move back to) St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador (Canada).
Did somebody put a pin in bloominton Illinois?
Bro this is so intimate and so cool. Really appreciate videos like this! You got me into geography man, thank you!
Thank you! Welcome to the club
I predict in perhaps that there will be an exodus from the southwest to the Great Lakes area because of the availability of fresh water.
I'd vote for Lake tahoe, or Hawaii
but any mountain or warm ocean area would be fine
Packing my hammock & that’s it!
Hilo, HI for me...
Grand Marais, MN is wonderful :D
only one in norman, oklahoma, but a ton in Austin, Texas... huh.
🤘🏽🧡🐂
I am from Regina, Saskatchewan. How do I subscribe? I am already subscribed on TH-cam. My apologies for the potentially ignorant question.
add one for Bonnyville Alberta... Thx
As a resident of the painted desert I am the exactly where I want to be.
Great job. There was a cluster in western North Carolina. I'm assuming it's Ashville; is that correct?
Very interesting concept…love the facial hair, btw 👍🏼
Is there a way to purchase a pin for $5 USD without doing a Patreon signup?
In summary, there are lots and lots of wonderfu places to live on this beautiful planet.
For outside the U.S I pick Tallinn, Estonia. If I could leave my area of the U.S, I would pick Albany, New York
I love these vids!
Well, I have a few areas. I cannot afford any of them though lol
I think I could find a place in every state I'd be happy to live.
The one in my state doesn't have the views, it just has nice infrastructure & is well maintained.
Where *exactly* were the pins in western North Carolina? I live in WNC and am just curious.
I LOVE North Carolina (I'm originally from PA). Sadly due to various reasons I'd probably only live in Western NC because of crime and other issues in the rest of the state otherwise I'd think about middle or coastal parts of the state.
I better put mine in for Montgomery Alabama!!!!!!!!
Coloradan here. Tell me exactly how Colorado isn't the most popular state on this map? (Much to my chagrin) discounting what I think are shadows, I counted roughly 60 pins. No one else is even close. Say it ain't so.
nobody in Louisiana lol I guess I will have to place one where I live now
I wonder if there is a map of the US by population as to what the population center pin 📍 drop would be on average for the whole United States?
Hey Kyle. Any chance of a live stream soon? I wanted to ask a few questions about a trip I have coming up, maybe you could help me. Love your vids
I do a livestream every couple of months but I'm not sure when the next one will be
Very curious
@Geography King, my favorite geography teacher. In these nomadic times with luxury RVs and virtual social communities for connections, isn't this exercise moot? Any thoughts?
I am a former resident of Kansas, I am very curious what specific intersection the viewer listed as his ideal location in Kansas?
Bowling Green, Kentucky
I dont see where to add a pin on patreon site
Live anywhere? No holds barred or stipulations? Then it would be Malibu Beach in California where homes are $50 million and your neighbors are Steven Spielberg, Barbara Streisand, Lady Gaga Jennifer Aniston and many others. Opulent luxury and a unobstructed California beach as your front yard. After all, these rich and famous people I just mentioned did, and do get to choose to live anywhere in the world they want and they chose Malibu.