What you have to understand about D.C. is that it’s split into VERY contrasting neighborhoods. You wouldn’t believe you’re in the same city from one area to another, it’s like night and day. So if you own a home there you paid a hell of a lot more than the average price stated in this video, while other residents live in absolute squalor.
Shootings every night are actually quite common. In my city of Baltimore that’s usually the case, but in Chicago over 4th of July weekend, they had 117 shootings in just two nights 😳
Housing in the west coast (San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, etc) is significantly higher than most of the east coast and middle America. There are many factors as to why including the natural scenery and tech jobs. I absolutely can believe he wasn't exaggerating about the rate of shootings in Portland. Doesn't necessarily mean that someone dies from a gunshot wound each day but still. It's rough. Peter Santenello just did a video about Kensington Pennsylvania and I'm certain there is nothing in all of Europe that gets as bad as Kensington when it comes to open drug use.
I live in NE Portland. Cant' speak for the other parts but.... Yes ,most nights gun fire within a mile or two. East Portland Precinct is under 2 miles away. About 6 weeks ago my neighbor was yelling at a "mental" person who screaming and yelling.( we know what metal issues really means) She's in her house, he's on her front porch shouting though screen door. I went out on my porch, not more than 40 feet away...I can hear. He's saying he wants kill her. She is saying " go away" . He says he's gonna cut her throat. Afraid he might bust through the screen door, I yell at him to leave. He says " You want to have your throat cut too? I'll come over there and do it!" I call the police, 10 minute phone call......dispatch can hear him yelling in the background. They just say " run and hide" and " police are on their way" The police never showed up.
Life long Philadelphia resident here: Kensington is locally known as zombieland. Wanna have a conversation that makes no sense, or want to see someone sleeping while standing up go to Kensington. "K & A" ( the intersection of Kensington Ave and Allegheny Ave) is probably the only place where you can watch a junkie do drugs while having a conversation with the cops a meter away. And the healthcare system here couldn't care any less and in fact is detrimental. Even those wanting to go sober are basically on their own. It is no wonder Kensington became the biggest open air drug market.
Why would the President care about security for everyone just because he lives there? He/she has their own private police force in the Secret Service. Everywhere the President goes is pre-planned and security sweeps the location and the route multiple times. The area around the White House is pretty secure until you get a few hundred yards out then police presence tapers off again.
16:30 this has already happened in many metro areas, people being forced to move far away from their employment because they cannot afford housing close in.
If the housing affordability could be addressed, much of the crime and some of the homelessness would probably go away. Who wants to work 40+ hours a week and live in a shelter or car?
Hi Kabir, Houston has another major problem--humidity and heat! From spring through autumn you drip sweat. It wets your clothes, and could possibly contribute to the high crime rate.
I've lived in DC since 2005. Surrounding the pandemic, crime, including homicides increased dramatically, but are going back down again. Homicides are down 67% as of yesterday from this point in 2023. Yes, negative trends can reverse. It is really expensive here, though.
I moved from Chicago to Allen County, Indiana. The average cost of homes is $116,000. I'm headed to Vietnam in Sept. 2025. I plan on spending 3 months. I've secured an apartment for 6-million Vietnamese dong which is $216 a month.
224k might sound like a bargain until you realize the living nightmare horror show your life would become if you lived in a house at that price point in Philadelphia
I’m From Miami,Just Moved Back Recently and In My Opinion Is Safe,Especially Compared To The Other Cities On This List.The Biggest Problem With Miami Is The Cost of Living🌴🌴
Yeah, clubbing in Miami is for those that want to get ripped off. Buddy went with some friends a coupe years ago and he said a beer at the club was $18. For reference you can get most 12-packs of beer for about that price.
C'mon Kabir, a shooting every night is no different than regular stabbings in the U.K., the only difference being the access to guns. Each of those stabbings woulda been shootings if they had access to guns as Americans do.
In the year 2022/2023 there were 244 homocides in the entire UK that involved a knife. Thats England, Scotland, Wales etc. so a shooting every single night in Portland is similar, but Portland is just one city in one state in the US
Think of it like this. Higher properties prices means more rich people aka more people to get robbed. Also, even though the president and other politicians have high security, it doesn't mean everyone has that equally. A lot of people living in DC are just your average joe.
You don't understand about Washington, DC. The District of Columbia is a Federal District; HOWEVER, the City of Washington is NOT controlled by the Federal Government. The city has its own independent government consisting of an elected Mayor, and City Council. Even the National Guard in Washington, DC is under the command of the Mayor, NOT the Federal Government.
The Mayor of DC does not control the National Guard, unlike the state governors. The President and certain parts of the Department of Defense have command over the DC National Guard.
DC: they're on it but not for the average Joe or Jane. Length of time to get to work is relative, I've know some people who won't take jobs if it requires more than a 20 min drive. I've had commutes of 2 hrs each way and my daily commute now is 45 min to an1hr so one hour doesn't seem out of line to me. Kensington is really awful, that drug has decimated the area. Yes they have non-violent area but you figure that all that crime is going to spill over sooner rather than later. I think Settle has a lot of Tech Companies. I don't know what he's talking about prescription problem because Doctor's don't do hand scrips anymore, most scripts are electronics and you have have a designated pharmacy.
Having lived in Washington State for nearly 50 years I can say it used to be quite safe and reasonable until Amazon came in. That's when the population exploded, and real estate prices skyrocketed. It's believed Washington is nearly 1 million housing units short. The area where people live has used up nearly all the buildable land so any future housing will need to go up.
I don't agree with the statistics. DC a back stabbing...been to DC many times in the past and I have never ever felt threaten by anybody...same with NYC, Chicago, LA, Miami, Atlanta..... this guy is blowing this out of proportion.
The presentation of stats in these sorts of videos are misleading because they’re overly generalized. This one omits crime per capita which makes cities actually safer than rural areas. “More people means more crime” is true but it also means less chance of it actually happening to you as an individual. In Washington DC, for example, if you live in a nice neighborhood you could live your entire life without ever witnessing a violent crime while in a small rural town, the handful of crimes that occur will be right in your face. It’s more to do with your socioeconomic status than your geographic location.
Median home price is another misleading stat. If you have one mansion surrounded by a shantytown, you won’t find a house that sells for the median price.
Boomtowns are another distortion. If you move to a place where everyone want to move, it’s going to suck. Yogi Berra once said of a nightclub that nobody goes there because it’s too crowded. The trick is to find a place that makes you happy but nobody else wants.
Chicago: all of my friends moved there and they all love it and as far as their lives go, they don’t even have to think about the existence of the Southside.
rent controls don't work... see Argentina. thousands of houses sat empty during their rent control spell because letting i sit empty was cheaper than maintaining it to living standards. that made less housing available and what was available was out of reach for those who didn't have loads of money. landlords will do 1 of 2 things, not rent it at all or turn an apartment building into office space reducing housing availability.
Yawn...These videos are ridiculous. Everything is perspective, and his perspective is only his perspective. His other videos are no different. They are just based on his opinions and his COICE of perspective.
I’m not sure what you’re trying to point out here. He actively shows you what statistics he’s looking at when he’s making his judgments. If you have something of substance to say then make an argument about how the data he’s using is an accurate otherwise you should probably just keep your opinion to yourself.
To me, a good measure of a society lies in how much the leaders care for its citizens, the most vulnerable in particular. We don't even have healthcare for all. In the 1980s, they changed the way they calculated unemployment. If you are no longer drawing unemployment or work under-the-table, if you are grossly underpaid (e.g. 40% of the homeless in L.A. County are employed), or if you are working 3 menial jobs for 90 hours per week and barely sleep, they aren't counting you. The true number has been calculated to be around where it was during the Great Depression at 25%. America is already a failed state. The establishment allows immigration because it lowers base wages. A Congressman from Illinois proposed that since the young, Gen-Z's are onto why we really wage war and fund proxy wars, recruitment into the military has dropped to critical levels even though they keep building new bases. They're now talking about recruiting immigrants in exchange for citizenship. That's exactly what happened before the collapse of the Roman empire. Back in the 1990s, I used to go up to Seattle almost every weekend if my bands weren't playing because it was awesome. The city never slept. You'd go and catch a grunge or punk show and get dessert and coffee at 2 AM. If I forgot to retain some cash for parking, I would open my guitar case and sing for an hour. I remember when things began to change. Around 2005 or so, I spent 14 hours up there with a friend. It just wasn't the same. The music scene had all but died, and we came close to getting attacked by some scary looking dude with a knife while on the way back to the express bus. Even so, the shopping and restaurants were great and mostly affordable. Gas is twice as expensive now. Everything has gone way up. Food is almost double. To live there, you have to be at least well-off. We have the highest minimum wage in the country, but part of the reason is that no one can afford to live in Seattle anymore. The city center has turned into a rest stop for the rich techies with homeless tents pushed into every corner and under every bridge and overpass. The last time I traveled up there was just to pick up a family member at the airport. This was a few years ago, too. I was stunned by the sight of colorful tents littering the freeway. They increased in number the closer to Seattle you got. SeaTac Airport is not even really in the heart of the city either. Unless this country goes through a drastic change, I won't likely ever bother going there again. It's depressing. As for the rain, I live about 30 miles south, which is out of the weather phenomenon called the Convergence Zone, so it doesn't rain here as much. I always laugh when these TH-camrs whine about the rain when it's relegated to a certain area in Western Washington. Heck, if you travel to Sequim, which is still in Western Washington, they are located in the rain shadow near the mountains, are considered arid, and get less rainfall than Los Angeles. If he really lived in Seattle, he must never have gotten out much.😅
A metric that I judge a city by is ... do they organize, rally and protest against global injustice? This tells me that people in that city are compassionate, informed and willing to sacrifice. The biggest and most frequent pro-Palestine protests in the US have taken place in NYC, LA and Chicago. I wouldn't want to live in a city that's indifferent to the suffering taking place across the world.
I think the only global injustice you probably know is what’s going on in Palestine. And you probably don’t know much about that either. Where were you when anywhere from 300 to 600,000 Ethiopians were killed in the recent Civil War in 2022? I didn’t hear a peep from any of these activists about what was going on there.
Houston, Texas isn’t going downhill. If that was the case then why is it on pace of passing Chicago for the 3rd largest city in the USA. Houston is getting massive with all the construction projects all around the city. Yeah sure the crime is normal for any big city.
Exactly most of the people leaving Houston are over 50, and remember when Houston was a smaller city. Houston inside beltway 8 is getting more dense and expensive. I live in the actual city of Houston (not the suburbs) and unless you are trying to do something sketchy, buy ileagal things from sketchy people in sketchy parts of town, you might experience a violent crime. Otherwise compared to cities it's size, it's relatively safer than other major cities of comparable size. Remember Briggs is not a big fan of very large cities.
@@tyreedillard Yeah I live inside of the actual city and I’ve never had issues with crime. But yeah in the beltway 8 loop even 610 loop is becoming so dense. Near me there’s roughly 1200-1500 apartment units being built.
Nobody moves to TX because they want to. They move because they have to. The cost of living crisis is causing millions of Americans to find the cheapest possible place to live.
Not just mayors; city councils too. That's the real problem because they create the laws - or lack of - in the cities. Don't forget the district attorneys who refuse to enforce the laws.
@@notmyrealname1730 this would be an interesting revelation if Eric Johnson in his last campaign for mayor hadn’t run as and been elected as a democrat before switching parties after he won
Government controlling prices on anything is socialism. Government has laws that help tenants. My opinion is unless your property taxes go up on your apartment building(s) and/or utilities that you offer as paid go up or maintenance goes up, there is absolutely no reason to raise rent.
Washington D.C. as most know it is actually safe, beautiful, and one of the best in the world to visit as someone who lives close. The only dangerous areas are those outskirts east of downtown area! 🇺🇸🏛️
I live close, and drive in frequently for work.. but I only drive into Northeast. Crime is out of control- violent crime is almost double the national average- in a relatively small area. And I am just avoiding the Metro as much as possible because it gets crazy on there
To me, a good measure of a society lies in how much the leaders care for its citizens, the most vulnerable in particular. We don't even have healthcare for all. In the 1980s, they changed the way they calculated unemployment. If you are no longer drawing unemployment or work under-the-table, if you are grossly underpaid (e.g. 40% of the homeless in L.A. County are employed), or if you are working 3 menial jobs for 90 hours per week and barely sleep, they aren't counting you. The true number has been calculated to be around where it was during the Great Depression at 25%. America is already a failed state. The establishment allows immigration because it lowers base wages. A Congressman from Illinois proposed that since the young, Gen-Z's are onto why we really wage war and fund proxy wars, recruitment into the military has dropped to critical levels even though they keep building new bases. They're now talking about recruiting immigrants in exchange for citizenship. That's exactly what happened before the collapse of the Roman empire. Back in the 1990s, I used to go up to Seattle almost every weekend if my bands weren't playing because it was awesome. The city never slept. You'd go and catch a grunge or punk show and get dessert and coffee at 2 AM. If I forgot to retain some cash for parking, I would open my guitar case and sing for an hour. I remember when things began to change. Around 2005 or so, I spent 14 hours up there with a friend. It just wasn't the same. The music scene had all but died, and we came close to getting attacked by some scary looking dude with a knife while on the way back to the express bus. Even so, the shopping and restaurants were great and mostly affordable. Gas is twice as expensive now. Everything has gone way up. Food is almost double. To live there, you have to be at least well-off. We have the highest minimum wage in the country, but part of the reason is that no one can afford to live in Seattle anymore. The city center has turned into a rest stop for the rich techies with homeless tents pushed into every corner and under every bridge and overpass. The last time I traveled up there was just to pick up a family member at the airport. This was a few years ago, too. I was stunned by the sight of colorful tents littering the freeway. They increased in number the closer to Seattle you got. SeaTac Airport is not even really in the heart of the city either. Unless this country goes through a drastic change, I won't likely ever bother going there again. It's depressing. As for the rain, I live about 30 miles south, which is out of the weather phenomenon called the Convergence Zone, so it doesn't rain here as much. I always laugh when these TH-camrs whine about the rain when it's relegated to a certain area in Western Washington. Heck, if you travel to Sequim, which is still in Western Washington, they are located in the rain shadow near the mountains, are considered arid, and get less rainfall than Los Angeles. If he really lived in Seattle, he must never have gotten out much.😅
Thanks!
What you have to understand about D.C. is that it’s split into VERY contrasting neighborhoods. You wouldn’t believe you’re in the same city from one area to another, it’s like night and day. So if you own a home there you paid a hell of a lot more than the average price stated in this video, while other residents live in absolute squalor.
If you ask the cow, tipping might be pretty violent.
When people can’t afford rent, they become homeless even if they have a job. That is a major factor in homelessness.
Shootings every night are actually quite common. In my city of Baltimore that’s usually the case, but in Chicago over 4th of July weekend, they had 117 shootings in just two nights 😳
What up buddy!!! Glad to see you posting again
Thanks so much mate! Glad to be back :)
Kabir, too many Americans want government to do nothing other than support and maintain a huge military force.
Housing in the west coast (San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, etc) is significantly higher than most of the east coast and middle America. There are many factors as to why including the natural scenery and tech jobs. I absolutely can believe he wasn't exaggerating about the rate of shootings in Portland. Doesn't necessarily mean that someone dies from a gunshot wound each day but still. It's rough. Peter Santenello just did a video about Kensington Pennsylvania and I'm certain there is nothing in all of Europe that gets as bad as Kensington when it comes to open drug use.
I live in NE Portland. Cant' speak for the other parts but....
Yes ,most nights gun fire within a mile or two. East Portland Precinct is under 2 miles away.
About 6 weeks ago my neighbor was yelling at a "mental" person who screaming and yelling.( we know what metal issues really means) She's in her house, he's on her front porch shouting though screen door. I went out on my porch, not more than 40 feet away...I can hear.
He's saying he wants kill her. She is saying " go away" . He says he's gonna cut her throat. Afraid he might bust through the screen door, I yell at him to leave.
He says " You want to have your throat cut too? I'll come over there and do it!"
I call the police, 10 minute phone call......dispatch can hear him yelling in the background. They just say " run and hide" and " police are on their way"
The police never showed up.
Life long Philadelphia resident here: Kensington is locally known as zombieland. Wanna have a conversation that makes no sense, or want to see someone sleeping while standing up go to Kensington. "K & A" ( the intersection of Kensington Ave and Allegheny Ave) is probably the only place where you can watch a junkie do drugs while having a conversation with the cops a meter away. And the healthcare system here couldn't care any less and in fact is detrimental. Even those wanting to go sober are basically on their own. It is no wonder Kensington became the biggest open air drug market.
Why would the President care about security for everyone just because he lives there? He/she has their own private police force in the Secret Service. Everywhere the President goes is pre-planned and security sweeps the location and the route multiple times. The area around the White House is pretty secure until you get a few hundred yards out then police presence tapers off again.
President Trump does care about all Americans safety. Kamala don't give a shit about anything except power.
This dude does awesome videos about anything American.
Around 5:00 - That 50 minutes is just across Houston. To go 7.6 miles in Houston at 5:00pm it will take 32 minutes.
16:30 this has already happened in many metro areas, people being forced to move far away from their employment because they cannot afford housing close in.
If the housing affordability could be addressed, much of the crime and some of the homelessness would probably go away. Who wants to work 40+ hours a week and live in a shelter or car?
Houston had exactly 2 Repub mayors in the last 90 years. Most recent ended in 1982.
Hi Kabir, Houston has another major problem--humidity and heat! From spring through autumn you drip sweat. It wets your clothes, and could possibly contribute to the high crime rate.
you mean dew point and heat
its so hot in Miami I saw a dog chasing a cat and they were both walking.
I've lived in DC since 2005. Surrounding the pandemic, crime, including homicides increased dramatically, but are going back down again. Homicides are down 67% as of yesterday from this point in 2023. Yes, negative trends can reverse. It is really expensive here, though.
A shooting every night.
Chicago - How do we get that low?
I moved from Chicago to Allen County, Indiana. The average cost of homes is $116,000. I'm headed to Vietnam in Sept. 2025. I plan on spending 3 months. I've secured an apartment for 6-million Vietnamese dong which is $216 a month.
224k might sound like a bargain until you realize the living nightmare horror show your life would become if you lived in a house at that price point in Philadelphia
14:14 thats not fog thats very low level clouds, for a real eye opener, watch Cash Jordans videos about NYC.
I’m From Miami,Just Moved Back Recently and In My Opinion Is Safe,Especially Compared To The Other Cities On This List.The Biggest Problem With Miami Is The Cost of Living🌴🌴
Yeah, clubbing in Miami is for those that want to get ripped off. Buddy went with some friends a coupe years ago and he said a beer at the club was $18. For reference you can get most 12-packs of beer for about that price.
Washington, DC? Shhhh, don’t tell Mayor Bowser that ;).
50 minutes is not bad--caveat: I'm from California, where we can easily spend over one hour on the road during regular commutes.
C'mon Kabir, a shooting every night is no different than regular stabbings in the U.K., the only difference being the access to guns. Each of those stabbings woulda been shootings if they had access to guns as Americans do.
In the year 2022/2023 there were 244 homocides in the entire UK that involved a knife. Thats England, Scotland, Wales etc. so a shooting every single night in Portland is similar, but Portland is just one city in one state in the US
@@kabirconsiders Yeah, but also consider the size difference between the US and the entirety of the UK. Might be the same, but idk.
@kabir multiple shootings happen every day in most US major cities....Do a video on US city homicides yearly
@kabirconsiders Keep in mind U.S. law enforcement killed over 1,300 people in 2023 alone. So it's not just citizens committing homocides.
Think of it like this. Higher properties prices means more rich people aka more people to get robbed. Also, even though the president and other politicians have high security, it doesn't mean everyone has that equally. A lot of people living in DC are just your average joe.
Not surprised that my hometown of Portland is on this list. It's turned into an absolute crap hole.
Never mind my previous response. Benny Johnson is talking
Seattle.....30k a year...thats 40k a year before taxes. for a 1 bedroom apt.
wow.
You don't understand about Washington, DC. The District of Columbia is a Federal District; HOWEVER, the City of Washington is NOT controlled by the Federal Government. The city has its own independent government consisting of an elected Mayor, and City Council. Even the National Guard in Washington, DC is under the command of the Mayor, NOT the Federal Government.
The Mayor of DC does not control the National Guard, unlike the state governors. The President and certain parts of the Department of Defense have command over the DC National Guard.
DC: they're on it but not for the average Joe or Jane. Length of time to get to work is relative, I've know some people who won't take jobs if it requires more than a 20 min drive. I've had commutes of 2 hrs each way and my daily commute now is 45 min to an1hr so one hour doesn't seem out of line to me. Kensington is really awful, that drug has decimated the area. Yes they have non-violent area but you figure that all that crime is going to spill over sooner rather than later. I think Settle has a lot of Tech Companies. I don't know what he's talking about prescription problem because Doctor's don't do hand scrips anymore, most scripts are electronics and you have have a designated pharmacy.
Manhattan home prices are much higher.
Washington DC has a lot of bad neighborhoods still. It's a very divided city
Having lived in Washington State for nearly 50 years I can say it used to be quite safe and reasonable until Amazon came in. That's when the population exploded, and real estate prices skyrocketed. It's believed Washington is nearly 1 million housing units short. The area where people live has used up nearly all the buildable land so any future housing will need to go up.
Been in Washington 45+ years seeing as there are multiple military bases such as JBLM here we got a lot of transplants. That didn’t help either
Ok now where's the video about the high cost of living in London and how citizens of the UK are paying for. "Royal" family riches
I don't agree with the statistics. DC a back stabbing...been to DC many times in the past and I have never ever felt threaten by anybody...same with NYC, Chicago, LA, Miami, Atlanta..... this guy is blowing this out of proportion.
Leave Philly, come to Pittsburgh.
No comment who's saying this
The presentation of stats in these sorts of videos are misleading because they’re overly generalized. This one omits crime per capita which makes cities actually safer than rural areas. “More people means more crime” is true but it also means less chance of it actually happening to you as an individual. In Washington DC, for example, if you live in a nice neighborhood you could live your entire life without ever witnessing a violent crime while in a small rural town, the handful of crimes that occur will be right in your face. It’s more to do with your socioeconomic status than your geographic location.
Median home price is another misleading stat. If you have one mansion surrounded by a shantytown, you won’t find a house that sells for the median price.
Boomtowns are another distortion. If you move to a place where everyone want to move, it’s going to suck. Yogi Berra once said of a nightclub that nobody goes there because it’s too crowded. The trick is to find a place that makes you happy but nobody else wants.
Chicago: all of my friends moved there and they all love it and as far as their lives go, they don’t even have to think about the existence of the Southside.
rent controls don't work... see Argentina. thousands of houses sat empty during their rent control spell because letting i sit empty was cheaper than maintaining it to living standards. that made less housing available and what was available was out of reach for those who didn't have loads of money. landlords will do 1 of 2 things, not rent it at all or turn an apartment building into office space reducing housing availability.
Yawn...These videos are ridiculous. Everything is perspective, and his perspective is only his perspective. His other videos are no different. They are just based on his opinions and his COICE of perspective.
He selects cities based on what will get him clicks.
so whats your point. You just pointed out the obvious for what
I’m not sure what you’re trying to point out here. He actively shows you what statistics he’s looking at when he’s making his judgments. If you have something of substance to say then make an argument about how the data he’s using is an accurate otherwise you should probably just keep your opinion to yourself.
I see you are still falling down that RIGHT WING rabbit hole.
Sadly, Kabir's ratio of 1 left reaction for every 50 right wing reactions makes him the best of all the European reactors.
To me, a good measure of a society lies in how much the leaders care for its citizens, the most vulnerable in particular. We don't even have healthcare for all. In the 1980s, they changed the way they calculated unemployment. If you are no longer drawing unemployment or work under-the-table, if you are grossly underpaid (e.g. 40% of the homeless in L.A. County are employed), or if you are working 3 menial jobs for 90 hours per week and barely sleep, they aren't counting you. The true number has been calculated to be around where it was during the Great Depression at 25%. America is already a failed state. The establishment allows immigration because it lowers base wages. A Congressman from Illinois proposed that since the young, Gen-Z's are onto why we really wage war and fund proxy wars, recruitment into the military has dropped to critical levels even though they keep building new bases. They're now talking about recruiting immigrants in exchange for citizenship. That's exactly what happened before the collapse of the Roman empire. Back in the 1990s, I used to go up to Seattle almost every weekend if my bands weren't playing because it was awesome. The city never slept. You'd go and catch a grunge or punk show and get dessert and coffee at 2 AM. If I forgot to retain some cash for parking, I would open my guitar case and sing for an hour. I remember when things began to change. Around 2005 or so, I spent 14 hours up there with a friend. It just wasn't the same. The music scene had all but died, and we came close to getting attacked by some scary looking dude with a knife while on the way back to the express bus. Even so, the shopping and restaurants were great and mostly affordable. Gas is twice as expensive now. Everything has gone way up. Food is almost double. To live there, you have to be at least well-off. We have the highest minimum wage in the country, but part of the reason is that no one can afford to live in Seattle anymore. The city center has turned into a rest stop for the rich techies with homeless tents pushed into every corner and under every bridge and overpass. The last time I traveled up there was just to pick up a family member at the airport. This was a few years ago, too. I was stunned by the sight of colorful tents littering the freeway. They increased in number the closer to Seattle you got. SeaTac Airport is not even really in the heart of the city either. Unless this country goes through a drastic change, I won't likely ever bother going there again. It's depressing. As for the rain, I live about 30 miles south, which is out of the weather phenomenon called the Convergence Zone, so it doesn't rain here as much. I always laugh when these TH-camrs whine about the rain when it's relegated to a certain area in Western Washington. Heck, if you travel to Sequim, which is still in Western Washington, they are located in the rain shadow near the mountains, are considered arid, and get less rainfall than Los Angeles. If he really lived in Seattle, he must never have gotten out much.😅
Bad take on Chicago. Especially with the development of the South and West Loop.
A metric that I judge a city by is ... do they organize, rally and protest against global injustice? This tells me that people in that city are compassionate, informed and willing to sacrifice. The biggest and most frequent pro-Palestine protests in the US have taken place in NYC, LA and Chicago. I wouldn't want to live in a city that's indifferent to the suffering taking place across the world.
so you'd rather live in a shithole like chicago where there's a ton of murders, only because people are left-wing and pro-palestine lmao
😂😂😂 Love the satire!
I think the only global injustice you probably know is what’s going on in Palestine. And you probably don’t know much about that either. Where were you when anywhere from 300 to 600,000 Ethiopians were killed in the recent Civil War in 2022? I didn’t hear a peep from any of these activists about what was going on there.
If I'm not mistaken, all of these cities have democratic mayors.
I know many do it, but please stop calling Chicago ChiRaq.
Lots of reasons NOT to revisit America again.
As long as California has a 1 party political system, nothing positive will get done.
Houston, Texas isn’t going downhill. If that was the case then why is it on pace of passing Chicago for the 3rd largest city in the USA. Houston is getting massive with all the construction projects all around the city. Yeah sure the crime is normal for any big city.
Exactly most of the people leaving Houston are over 50, and remember when Houston was a smaller city. Houston inside beltway 8 is getting more dense and expensive. I live in the actual city of Houston (not the suburbs) and unless you are trying to do something sketchy, buy ileagal things from sketchy people in sketchy parts of town, you might experience a violent crime. Otherwise compared to cities it's size, it's relatively safer than other major cities of comparable size. Remember Briggs is not a big fan of very large cities.
@@tyreedillard Yeah I live inside of the actual city and I’ve never had issues with crime. But yeah in the beltway 8 loop even 610 loop is becoming so dense. Near me there’s roughly 1200-1500 apartment units being built.
Nobody moves to TX because they want to. They move because they have to. The cost of living crisis is causing millions of Americans to find the cheapest possible place to live.
What do all of these places have in common ? Democrat mayors .
Not just mayors; city councils too. That's the real problem because they create the laws - or lack of - in the cities.
Don't forget the district attorneys who refuse to enforce the laws.
Bro, what US city of significant cultural or economic importance has a republican mayor?
Yep, hate those Dems!
@@jasonhoffarth Dallas is one.
@@notmyrealname1730 this would be an interesting revelation if Eric Johnson in his last campaign for mayor hadn’t run as and been elected as a democrat before switching parties after he won
You should move to the US and vote for Kamala 🗳
Government controlling prices on anything is socialism. Government has laws that help tenants. My opinion is unless your property taxes go up on your apartment building(s) and/or utilities that you offer as paid go up or maintenance goes up, there is absolutely no reason to raise rent.
If K. Harris is elected every city in America will be on this list in the next year or two.
I would say that most are blue cities.
Washington D.C. as most know it is actually safe, beautiful, and one of the best in the world to visit as someone who lives close. The only dangerous areas are those outskirts east of downtown area! 🇺🇸🏛️
Washington IS beautiful!!! I could definitely live there.
DC means Drugs and Crime.
I live close, and drive in frequently for work.. but I only drive into Northeast.
Crime is out of control- violent crime is almost double the national average- in a relatively small area.
And I am just avoiding the Metro as much as possible because it gets crazy on there
To me, a good measure of a society lies in how much the leaders care for its citizens, the most vulnerable in particular. We don't even have healthcare for all. In the 1980s, they changed the way they calculated unemployment. If you are no longer drawing unemployment or work under-the-table, if you are grossly underpaid (e.g. 40% of the homeless in L.A. County are employed), or if you are working 3 menial jobs for 90 hours per week and barely sleep, they aren't counting you. The true number has been calculated to be around where it was during the Great Depression at 25%. America is already a failed state. The establishment allows immigration because it lowers base wages. A Congressman from Illinois proposed that since the young, Gen-Z's are onto why we really wage war and fund proxy wars, recruitment into the military has dropped to critical levels even though they keep building new bases. They're now talking about recruiting immigrants in exchange for citizenship. That's exactly what happened before the collapse of the Roman empire. Back in the 1990s, I used to go up to Seattle almost every weekend if my bands weren't playing because it was awesome. The city never slept. You'd go and catch a grunge or punk show and get dessert and coffee at 2 AM. If I forgot to retain some cash for parking, I would open my guitar case and sing for an hour. I remember when things began to change. Around 2005 or so, I spent 14 hours up there with a friend. It just wasn't the same. The music scene had all but died, and we came close to getting attacked by some scary looking dude with a knife while on the way back to the express bus. Even so, the shopping and restaurants were great and mostly affordable. Gas is twice as expensive now. Everything has gone way up. Food is almost double. To live there, you have to be at least well-off. We have the highest minimum wage in the country, but part of the reason is that no one can afford to live in Seattle anymore. The city center has turned into a rest stop for the rich techies with homeless tents pushed into every corner and under every bridge and overpass. The last time I traveled up there was just to pick up a family member at the airport. This was a few years ago, too. I was stunned by the sight of colorful tents littering the freeway. They increased in number the closer to Seattle you got. SeaTac Airport is not even really in the heart of the city either. Unless this country goes through a drastic change, I won't likely ever bother going there again. It's depressing. As for the rain, I live about 30 miles south, which is out of the weather phenomenon called the Convergence Zone, so it doesn't rain here as much. I always laugh when these TH-camrs whine about the rain when it's relegated to a certain area in Western Washington. Heck, if you travel to Sequim, which is still in Western Washington, they are located in the rain shadow near the mountains, are considered arid, and get less rainfall than Los Angeles. If he really lived in Seattle, he must never have gotten out much.😅