As a person who has lived in Indiana, Florida, North Carolina, Georgia, Montana, and California, and I have traveled through all 48 contiguous lower states….. any top 10 list is completely subjective. I can tell you plenty of pros and cons about every state… the reality is, the best state to live in is the place you feel at home and have people who love you.
@@LeaveMeAloneBleez I miss the mountains and outdoor lifestyle of Montana. I love the winding roads and country life in NC. Kayaking in January off the gulf of Florida is a gift. The family values and lack of social pressure to look good or have money makes the Midwest the best place to raise kids. My advice to anyone who moves to a new place is to find the “thing” that place offers and enjoy it. There’s always something to discover!
I think what ruined America is once all the technology came and social media. Lack of values.. Things are different now. I'm older in my 50s. I see changes in a lot of places. I have family too in several states. The world to me seems like it is changing. I try to embrace what is left of my life and enjoy my friends and family.
I moved to Florida for a while. I had a good time. I rented a small apartment and drove a used economy car. I had plenty of cash. On weekends I went to Disney and Universal. I went to the beach. It's what you make of it. I only came back to Tennessee because I got cancer. Anyways I'm still happy to be back. It's a great state! Edit: I beat the cancer. Second edit: Thanks to all of the congratulatory comments. I didn't expect this many responses. Never had this many before.
I think a lot of people that complain maybe came from the midwest and thought places like Cedar Rapids and Omaha were big. They get to NYC and their minds almost explode.
@@WorldAccordingToBriggs right! They can't even fathom the amount of people/population density in a place like NYC. I grew up in a tiny little town with only about 5,000 people (not super small). When I moved to a bigger city, I was shocked!
I think, especially for young people, they know places like LA or NY are crowded in the sense it's gonna be loud, lots of people but they don't actually realize all the issues that come with that. Like a huge reason so many fail in those places is because there aren't enough jobs in their field or there are so many people trying to break in that companies are free to take advantage so they're expected to work for free or for almost nothing just because there are hundreds of desperate people that will if you don't. Same with cost of living, everything is insanely expensive just because there are so many people and it let's everyone charge insane prices. Loads of crime, again, they may not really realize how bad it is until they see it themselves. Even getting the dream job, if you live outside the city and have to commute in, you may not really realize the toll the super long commute everyday will have on you because it can add an hour or 2 to your work day each way. I think it's more that they don't fully understand what moving to a crowded city fully means, especially if they come from a small town or the country, like going for vacation to scope out a place does not work.
Growing up in a town of 3000 in southwestern ohio, my mind was blown just going to Dayton. My kids often ask if we can “go to the city” for dinner.. it’s all about perspective.
My grandmother lived with her sister in Arizona during the Winter. Her sister lived up here in the Puget Sound area in the Summer. It was perfect for both of those Widows.
I lived in Arizona for 5 years out in Gilbert, I love Oregon more. I am a gun guy and you can have everything out here, plus you are so close to outdoor activities. I would look at Bend, Oregon if you want a place to retire and be away from the more liberal cities
The real problem with Florida: people (usually from the Northeast) come down here for vacation, decide they like it better than the snow, then move down here. That's when they discover two things: (1) they're surrounded by the people they were trying to get away from (especially after they notice that a huge part of Florida's population are not from Florida at all); and (2) vacation mode is OVER. Now you actually have to work here, pay bills, all that stuff, just like back home. It's not "vacation forever". It's not Disneyworld and Mai Tais on the beach after work every day. It's the same crap you were running from, just in a warmer climate.
YES! People don't realize that every city is expensive, traffic is everywhere, and there are jerks in every nook and cranny of the country. Only the weather changes honestly.
I lived in Canada for four years. The Canadians told me, often, that I wasn’t like most of the Americans they’d met. Turns out they knew people on the border, Buffalo, New York and Florida, where the Canadians vacationed. Basically they knew New Yorkers
I don't like Florida because of the heat, reptiles, & slow people. Traffic is nothing compared to NYC, & prices are inflated everywhere...not to mention it's boring 😴
Oddly enough, I would predict some of the those states would be the same as the ones in this video. I would think Florida, California, Arizona, Idaho, and Iowa would very much be “either you love it or you hate it” sorts of places. But yes, I would like to see if Briggs proves me right, or wrong.
Florida is #1 ?lol this is why we need to make south Florida it’s own state consisting of palm beach county Broward county and Miami dade county cuz it’s a whole other experience
I've lived in Florida most of my life. The thing I think a lot of people don't realize is that Florida is huge and vary diverse. Living in South Florida for instance is a very different thing than living in Central or North Florida. Almost everyone in South Florida is from someplace else and the population in general is very transient. In Central or North Florida, you're a lot more likely to find people who were born there and have lived there their whole life. It's also a lot less expensive than South Florida. A lot of tourists seem to think Florida consists of Miami and Disney World.
Not true about inexpensive in the northwest panhandle of Florida since the pandemic. That used to be true. Rent is 4x higher than 3 years ago, houses are at least 3x more. Huge homeless population of migrates who came here then ran out of money and can't afford to live here, or people who lived in the "Red Neck Riviera" all their lives being evicted as rents skyrocket. Even families are living under the overpasses. The panhandle is overdo for a big hurricane hit, unfortunately there's no place to put the surplus of people on these low flat lands by the Gulf. 😞 NYC is full of empty buildings now!
@@southernlady8809 The Panhandle has expensive areas but it's still not as bad as South Florida. Prices in South Florida are insane. Places like Ocala and Deland are still a lot cheaper than South Florida.
I have lived in North Florida all my life, small town but has really grew over the years. Everyone is pretty much kind and caring. I would never live anywhere else. 🌅💕💕💕
I grew up in the Seattle area and went to the U of Washington in the mid 1960s. I lived in an on-campus dorm, where I bumped elbows with students from all over the country. Second year, I noticed that a lot of the students from California, mid-West and South, were gone. Their reason proved to be that they just could not adjust to the Seattle winters. They are not very cold, but they are wet. It rains or drizzles continuously from November through April. When you have to walk across open campus some 2-3 miles a day to go to classes, and you don't see the sun for four months, some folks just cannot do that.
Which is why I was surprized Oregon made the list but not Washington. I guess Portland must be that much worse, or Seattle just has enough cool things like the music scene to fight back against the weather.
@@ladyofthecreek279 Yes. Many, many friends I met at UW from other states had huge issues with SAD their first winter. A quality All Spectrum Light at their desks did wonders for them. None of that "Morning for 5 min" crud though. All spectrum desk lamp all day.
SAD is real. I grew up in Southern California. My dad grew up in Nebraska. He dropped out of college to join the Navy in like 1951. He said the minute he got off the bus at Camp Pendleton, he knew he’d never go back to Nebraska again. On Sundays after church, I’d often get dragged along on a one day road trip with my parents. When I was an adult, I realized that it had been his habit that if it was grey or rainy at home, he’d drive to the coast or to the desert away from the weather to find some sunshine for a few hours. On weekend days that we stayed at home, if it was sunny, he was outside all day doing “stuff”. If it was rainy or even just grey, he was on the couch watching sports, often golf, which he somehow observed through his eyelids.
I moved to rural Ohio. I don’t understand why anyone would dislike most of Ohio. I don’t find anything here to be depressing, and my area is really beautiful.
If it's any comfort to you, I drove to Dayton several years ago (from NC) and I thought the parts I went through were quite nice. I'm a country girl so the farmland was pretty to me.🎃
Before retirement I worked for a large conglomerate that owned companies all over the world. We had many companies in California I had to visit regularly. One major thing I found telling was every time I'd visit one of our companies there people would beg me to help them transfer to another area of the country. Most of the people I met who moved to California for work dreamed of one thing, moving back where they came from or anywhere out of California.
We have a large family of Texans who moved here to CA up the street. Hope they don't become too big of PIA's as they are somewhat "in your face" types. I know their neighbors aren't too happy about it. We live in N. CA and there are a LOT of Texans and Oklahoman's and Louisianans. Some moved here for jobs, MANY because of weather disasters, family, politics. Some moved here because Texas especially likes to give it's medically indigent one way tickets to CA promising they will be given a house. Wrong. You can't even get benefits for a minimum of proven 6 months residency. Emergency medi-cal only works in a hospital, no medications, no Dr visits etc. So yeah people move here thinking the lies are true and then find out no. They think it's all Hollywood because they're told that. No. Not happening. Fire is chasing out some and they go back to the tornadoes and hurricanes and floods. The weather however if you move to the right spot is much better and less extreme than back east. . You to come here for the right reason like any state. I know of a few medically fragile people moving to states with notoriously bad health care. They moved for the "freedom" and now they're having issues. Those of us native Californians are always glad to see them leave. The media keeps trying to stir people up "OMG people are leaving CA." For most of us, we say good riddance. Go back to Texas and OK, and FL with your issues. Fine with us.
I was born and raised in So Calif-----Expensive? Yes----Crowded? Yes----Very good weather? Yes---People are friendly or not depends on where you live---Beverly Hills---Newport Beach---etc the people have attitude beyond reason---Every state and area has pros and cons so find a place that suits all your needs---For me I would never live in Arizona---Florida---Texas---or any of the southern states---The Carolina's and a few other states---Oregon and Washington would be fine
@@collinsfriend1 you're full of $hit and your neighbors should be begging Texans to come to your democrap shithole. Texans would make it friendly and get rid of the clowns that vote clowns like newsome in. Get over yourself.... California has nothing to offer but good weather.
I have family there & spent tons of time in northern Calif, and love it! Cost of living is about 20% higher than Fl., but what each state offers is vastly different. If u love EXTREMELY hot and muggy summers for 9 months every year, where u can’t be outside except to walk to your car, and Gators are everywhere, move to Fl. The number of ppl moving to FL is nearly equal to the no. Moving out, due to the climate. There’s Tons of shopping. Tons of art and entertainment, & friendly ppl for sure, so if I don’t mind an indoor lifestyle most of the year, the property taxes here are cheap, and there’s no state income tax.
If you think about it, most places in the US have bad climate, with hurricanes, tornados, excessive raining, floods, forest fires, boiling heat, high humidity, freezing cold, etc. Southern California is the only moderate year-round climate I can think of.
Moved to Ohio from California just over 4 years ago and love it! The house my parents bought back in the early 90’s was a 4 bedroom 2 bath(1800sqft)for just over 200k in a housing track. I bought a 4 bedroom 2 bath(3000sqft) on 15 acres for roughly the same price in Ohio! I went from a hour long traffic sit to and from work daily to 15 minutes in Ohio “traffic” both ways. I would say the Only thing I mildly miss is the food, Cali does food better than here.
I moved to Ohio from Cali also during the end of 2020 to end of 2021 and I couldn't deal with ohio being ohio haha I ended up moving back home to Cali last year
California has a higher cost of living, so the food could be better but it's more expensive. Money simply goes farther in Ohio than it does in California.
Hey Briggs I appreciate your hard work on putting these videos together, i do have 1 request. I am U.S. army vet and currently living in Georgia outside of Atlanta. I was wondering if you can make a top 10 list of veteran friendly states. Thanks in advance.
I grew up in South Florida, it's the best place to be November through February, and Hell on Earth the rest of the time. Unfortunately, a lot of people experience the good weather and think they'll "just get used to" or "adapt" to the rest of the year, but you won't. There is no adapting to 95 degrees and 100 percent humidity. Air conditioning used to be for rich people, I grew up without it. Back then, so many houses were owned by retired Snowbirds, but the advent of affordable air conditioning caused a tidal wave of people to move down there and live in unhappiness.
We are thinking about moving to Iowa from Virginia ( trump supporters). Simply for the thousands of acres your state offers in public land deer 🦌 and turkey 🦃 hunting
I've lived in Iowa my entire life, I've got 6 acres in the literal middle of nowhere. He lost me at the "boring" part, last I checked you can't target shoot or ride dirt bikes/4 wheelers around your yard in a city... If drinking in a night club is your thing then you're probably not gonna like it much, but if you prefer drinking around a bonfire then feel free to pull up a lawn chair and join the rest of us.
Don't be telling everyone. Let them follow this advice. HA! Yeah, wages can be higher in other places, people don't figure in hidden costs living in other places. Especially the Mountain West.
As a person who moved to Florida for two years (and loved it)....and only moved back to Illinois because of personal life issues that came up ...I think the people complaining about moving to Florida are just people that never should have moved there in the first place....as you said..."it was probably too different from what they wanted"
This New Englander spent two weeks in Florida and knew I could never tolerate that heat all year. And I went in the spring! I'll take the snow and the seasons and breathable air and pass on the oppressive heat.
So, grew up in Tennessee, moved to Florida in 2016. Trying really hard to move early next year. Our biggest reasons being: the weather (too effing hot), the people (a mixed bag, it's somewhat diverse in Orlando but everyone seems to be grumpy and in a hurry all of the time, and don't get me started on the tourists), and the cost of living (it wasn't cheap to begin with but it's skyrocketing, and wages aren't following suit).
40 yr Floridian here… you’re right… TOO EFFING HOT! You may want to try St Augustine area… cool coastal breezes … Orlando is landlocked and stifling hot… I live in Central Florida as well and it is miserable 10 months out of the year. I’m retiring to either North part of S Carolina or Tennessee to escape the heat.
The two biggest reasons I just moved back to Georgia: economics and the people. I could not make a living and had to work two jobs just to survive( nobody wants to work OT in Florida) true Floridians and Puerto Ricans were great the transplants from the north were absolutely horrible people to deal with. I lived on the east coast and the weather was glorious most of the year as were the choices in cuisine, except biscuits you simply can not find a really good “cat head” breakfast biscuit anywhere there.😢
Yeah, Orlando has a wage to cost of living problem and is WAY hotter than other parts of the state, cant lie. Even being born here i understand the humidity is intense, its NOT for everyone , you really gotta be adjusted to it
I have moved 40 times in my life... for school, career, family, and now for personal choice. I have lived in several of the states on this list and I can vouch for many of your respondents. What I have found though is that if you throw yourself into the community - volunteering, getting active in local issues even bad places seem less horrible. Especially if you make a difference in the lives of people who are less fortunate than yourself. Now that I am older and can choose my home without being encumbered by school age children or job, I have returned to the two places I have enjoyed the most... small town Pennsylvania for the spring, summer and most importantly PennState season and then Palm Beach for the late fall, winter and early Phillies season.🎉
Living in 2 cities helps a lot with liking the weather year round and having variety. We like splitting our time between eastern and western wa... eastern is like the south (hot summers. Cold winters... chelan has 300 days of sunshine, ski while it's sunny) and the west is temperate like California but rainy (we're in sequim with little rain but there's still stretches of gloomy days to escape). Nice part about wa is the trip between the 2 is only 6 hrs... so we can switch much more easily and frequently than Northern to Southern usa
" if you throw yourself into the community - volunteering, getting active in local issues even bad places seem less horrible"... or it just confirms your suspicions about how corrupt the "Good Ole Boy" network in your area actually is..
@@brianleeper5737 I guess I guess it depends on your motives. I don't get involved in anything political... just helping people who need help. Providing basic necessities for battered women's shelter, food for the food pantry, book bags and basic medical care for impoverished children... things like that. At least those are some of the things I have enjoyed volunteering at over the years.
@@shade0762 I lived in a little city in Virginia with a mayor who looked and acted like Boss Hogg. It was a complete waste of time to do anything to improve that place and I eventually moved away, which is what I would have done in the first place except for that little housing market crash in 2008.
My elderly mom and I moved from central Texas to the Adirondacks last August. Multiple reasons why. Except for fuel oil costs, we absolutely LOVE IT !!!!! It’s unbelievably gorgeous, the people have been more friendly than in Texas and we don’t sweat to death. As a 4th generation native Texan, I would have never believed I’d move to upstate New York….almost to Canada and love it as much as I do.
@@eskieman3948 Yes we are. It's Fall and the leaves are beautiful, it's in the mid 60s and Christmas is.around the corner, gorgeous with the white snow and the quiet it brings. The fireplace will be glowing and I can go skiing or skating. I live 3 miles from a beautiful public beach. If I'd like I can weekend in NYC or Toronto. Our schools are way better than Florida's orTexas and our population is better educated. You can keep the bugs, snakes, gators and all that crap in Florida. I've lived in both TEXASS and Flor a duh. I couldn't wait to leave.
That "dry heat" in Arizona is insane. that squishy feeling while walking across the parking lot is a combination of the melting asphalt and your shoes melting at the same time.
As someone who lived in Florida most of their life I clicked on the video expecting it to be number 1, and as always Florida doesn't disappoint at sucking
I'm in CO, and it's getting outrageously expensive! And it's getting very crowded in the Front Range. The highways and roads aren't able to handle the huge increase in traffic very well.
Moved to CO last yr and I’m one of the folks that regret it. It right away gives the vibe of a place not equipped for this many people. And there’s still so many developments, where are the cars gonna go in such a car dependent area?! It’s taken me an hour to drive like 18 miles from DIA on the 70… at 11:30 at night 😐. I get it why locals are sick of it. I grew up in HI and they’re dealing with overcrowding too. I was shocked at the amount of traffic when I visited. Why we gotta keep plowing over nature to build more parking lots and luxury homes 😩
I have lived in Colorado all my adult life (in my 60s now), and it breaks my heart to see how overcrowded, expensive and "Californicated" it has become. I lived in Europe (Ukraine) for 13 years and returned two years ago. I've been very disappointed ever since, and I am ready to find a new state or perhaps go back to Europe (although things are pretty messed up in much of Europe now too). Let's face it, it's hard to find an "ideal" place to live.
@@paulofearghail9408 I moved to CO 10 years ago when I retired. I moved from Las Vegas, NV. The drought there was a consideration. Now I'm thinking of moving to a small city in Nebraska, where my son recently moved, and the rents are 75% lower than they are here. I had to go back to work to keep up with the cost of living here in CO. I'm tired of working. I grew up in a small city in northern AZ that became overrun by people from out of state buying vacation homes. The locals got priced out of the market. Yes, it's very hard to find an "ideal" place to live!
I’ve lived in Colorado since 1968 (age 7). Population 1,000,000. The California invasion of the 90’s was the start of the destruction of my once great State. I wish everyone who moved to Colorado since 1990 would go back where they came from.
My in-laws moved to Florida from Vermont and moved back to Vermont within a year. They said nobody in their neighborhood down there went outside, the garages were closed up tight, and there was nobody out walking around, even when it was cool enough. They're lucky they returned to Vermont. Hurricane Ian wiped out the whole neighborhood where they lived in Florida.
The West Coast of Florida is pretty awful yeah. Sarasota is probably the best but indeed, you won't find the classic tight knit American communities you would in New England down in Florida. The culture down there doesn't support it.
I’m from Connecticut, and moved to Palm Harbor FL on the Gulf Side 5 years ago and yah it’s totally different but don’t regret. I know all my neighbors cause they are always outside biking or waking the dog. Your mom probably was in a gated community, it’s totally different from historical small town Florida. You just have to know where you are moving to, each city and place has a different vibe and culture
My wife and I moved from upstate NY to South West Florida eleven months ago. We both will gladly take the hot summers and hurricanes absolutely anytime over the cold and gray dreariness of the depressing Northeast. We should have moved here years ago.
The number 1 turn off for Florida is it's a tropical/subtropical swamp filled with mosquitoes, snakes, gators, and other annoying things. The temps are high most of the year, and many are not used to that. 90+ degrees for almost 6+ months of the year gets real old, especially since it's wet heat. Sweating is worthless, which really hits home when you're mowing and doing yard work. Add to that the cost of having frequent hurricanes and the tax deals aren't so hot after all. There are spots worth living in, but most outsiders aren't going to find them.
I can tell you that there are 50 different states people regret moving to. Most of the time when people move it's because of financial or family reasons. So essentially people are moving from a place they called home and are moving to a foreign land, to them.
Kinda curious as to why Virginia isn’t mentioned as far as how bad it sucks briggs, me and my better half will be getting the hell up out of here as soon as possible We are in southwest Virginia The whole state is insufferable
Pretty misleading honestly. I believed a lot of what he said about NC along with what others sold me about NC like nick Johnson and just people I know and North Carolina is just as much as a shithole as California. I’m sure every state has its own major problems. Maybe it’s just an American problem. But I’m pretty sure Nick and Briggs are really politically motivated with the states they talk crap about.
@@Willyamsii Politically motivated in what way? He shits or red and blue states alike, and every state has their things you can praise and things you can talk shit on. States are big so you must talk in generalities, there is no guarantee your experience will perfectly match his assessment, how could it? Sounds to me like you played yourself.
As a Massachusetts resident I can tell you people from other parts of the country have a real hard time adjusting to the NE way of life. It’s a little bit faster, angrier, and more aggressive then what non natives are used to. Outsiders feel like outsiders forever and it takes a toll. Watch Casey Afflack in his SNL Dunkin Donuts skit. It’s like that everywhere you go. Every day.
I grew up in the northeast and hated it. I had to live in Boston for 6 years, and really hated it. The NE sucks in every way, weather, people, cost of living, roads, etc, etc, etc....
We moved here from the South and love Massachusetts. It may depend upon where Massachusetts you live, but the suburbs of Boston can be lovely ones, with good schools. Then there are the cultural assets, such as the Massachusetts Fine Arts museum. It’s great, and I have visited museums all over and it is my favorite by a long shot. It is particularly good if you happen to be a portrait painter.😃
Currently living in New England and I will say that it certainly depends on where in New England you are. The Northern NE states and Western MA have people that are sweet as pie, especially in Maine. Our schools are the best in the country and we take care of our elderly (we have better healthcare choices too). I'm not a fan of cities, so I understand Boston not being for everyone (I avoid it like the plague). But most people who aren't from New England and have never been just assume everywhere out here is Boston or "spooky land." I know lots of people who have moved out of Mass because they claimed they hated it here and then after they moved they realized how much worse it is in other states. My dad moved to Texas and thought it would be great, but found out real quick how much he hated it once he realized their doctors sucked compared to up here. But yeah, I mostly just wanted to comment that New England does not = Giant Boston.
I agree with your #1. I'm from West Virginia and for a short time I moved to Florida. I have relatives in FL. But I still found it hard to get close to people. I have lived in other states like Kansas and Pennsylvania. But FL was really the worst when it comes to the locals. After 6 months I moved back to WV.
One of the biggest problems seen in the large metro areas is that Florida tends to be a transient state, meaning that people move in, stay for a period of time, then move on or maybe back out of Florida. There's little motivation to get to know your neighbors. I lived up North in an area where people were born, lived, and died within a 30 mile radius at most.
I went to W. Virginia for a business trip 25 years ago. A coworker who lived there took us for a boat ride on the river. Most beautiful place I ever saw.
I moved to Arizona over a year ago and now have survived two summers here. I don't regret it at all. Granted, I graduated high school here so I was very aware of what summers are like. That probably makes a huge difference in whether one regrets it or not. I won't say I'm a huge fan of the summers, but it beats the gray, dreary Pacific Northwest winters that caused me to always feel depressed. And the desert landscape and region is a wonderland for someone into photography, like I am.
I moved here to AZ from CA three years ago. Summers are a bit warm, but love the feeling of living in a free state. I do need to return to CA on occasion, but its only for a few days at a time. No regrets moving
Arizona sucks hate it here. Its over crowded and people trash the land. Thats why they are locking the land down more and starting to charge for use of the land. Not to mention the idiots who don't clean up or think safety when they are out shooting. It's getting bad out here.
@@jakecivis7402 I do agree that there's way too much litter throughout the state (though that's not a problem that solely happens in AZ). It's a little frustrating to be in a beautiful desert spot and then come across a bunch of energy drink containers
I grew up in the midwest. Moved to AZ in 2002 when i was in the military and chose to stay. The summers are hot but having lived in places with high humidity I will take Arizona’s brand of hot, plus the non-summer months are fantastic. Moved to Las Vegas for work five years ago and just moved back to Phoenix. Basically I’d never move to a place that gets buried in snow each year. If i want to see snow i’ll take a day trip up to Flagstaff.
I moved from CA to TX, and completely disliked living there. After three years in TX, I moved to Alabama, and I love it here! That being said, I do miss CA, but not the CA of today; CA used to be a paradise on earth in the 90s, a state like no other! Low prices, great houses, beautiful landscapes, the finest weather, good schools, and interesting people. Hope these good old times will come back to Cali.
It won't get back to the way it used to be. And I'm still here. The homeless are expanding further east into central Orange County, where just a couple of years ago there were virtually none. Property crime has also increased.
That is how my Dad described California when he lived there back in the late 70s and 80s. It's sad to see what happened to Cali. It sounds like it was an amazing place back in the day.
Every time I meet someone who used to live in California anytime from the 70's to the early 2000's, they describe the place like it was a utopia. Sometimes I kinda wish I was born at an earlier period so that I could experience what once was the "Golden State." Nowadays when I see California, all I see is ridiculously high prices on everything (especially houses), extremely high taxes, a large number of homeless people (who unfortunately have been leaking here into Oregon since around 2016 or 2017), an extremely corrupt government, incompetent leadership, and a decedent society that doesn't seem to care about ANY of the problems that face their formerly beutiful state. Whatever state people describe that appeared in the 70's to early 2000's seems to no longer exist. Despite all of that, I feel like California will eventually go back to what it used to be at some point in the future. Probably not in the same way like it was back then, but it might become a state that people would actually want to visit or live in again. However I seriously doubt that will happen anytime in the near future, possibly not for the next couple of decades. Something I'm hoping to do in the future is travel around the country and visit a decent chunk of the states. Unfortunately for California, it's one of the states that I will likely never visit anytime in the near or potential far future. It's up there with New York, Hawaii, and Alaska as one of the states that simply don't interest me for both financial reasons and touring reasons. Another reason I don't want to visit California for the time being is the politics. Here in Oregon, I hardly visit the city of Portland primarily because of both the homeless crisis and the politics being too extreme and unwelcoming to me. Luckily for Oregon, so long as you stay away from Portland it doesn't really matter all that much what your political opinions are. You'll likely be accepted anywhere whether you're left, right, or centrist. Unfortunately for California, it seems like the entire state would be just like visiting Portland in terms of its political climate. I try not to let politics get heavily involved with wanting to visit a place, but California is one of those places that feels like it would be an unavoidable problem.
@@vjoe5389 Moved out of California several months ago to the East Coast. The California I knew and loved and died a slow, death. I love living in the East. The cost of living is so much lower. I moved to a rural , mountain town. It doesn't have the glitz or amentities that I was used to, but it has been worth it.
@@churchofpos2279 I’m glad that worked out for you. Very unfortunate that you had to move from a state you formerly lived in and loved, but at least things turned out all right for you. As for me, I plan on continuing to live here in the west coast. Despite its problems, I love it here in Oregon. I also think that unlike California, Oregon seems to have a genuine shot at changing for the better in the near future. Only way I’d permanently leave this state is if the state government did something similar to what happened in California. Hopefully things don’t come down to that. If I did have to move I’m thinking somewhere like Texas, Florida, or Arizona would be a nice place to live out my days if Oregon takes a major turn for the worse. Washington is also another alternative option as it’s very similar to Oregon and is right next door, but if Oregon takes a massive nose dive like California did, it’s likely Washington will follow suite.
Floridian here. I know plenty of folks that have moved down here and can't believe the summer weather (which is actually from mid-April through Halloween). The 3 H's (heat, humidity and hurricanes) are part of the price Floridians pay for the awesome winters.
I would subscribe to his channel but I can't stand it when he always downgrades most of the Midwestern states especially Iowa there's a lot more to Iowa than just farms & cornfields but that's all he thinks it is obviously he hasn't traveled to the bigger cities in Iowa so he doesn't know what he's talking about sometimes I get the feeling that he thinks he's better than most people just because he used to live in California & now Oregon well the majority of people can't afford to live in anyone of those states & that's why they have such a huge homeless problem but you'll never see that in Iowa & I'd say that's something to be proud of so live in these expensive states where housing is very costly & thousands of homeless people all over them living in the streets & tents nothing to be proud of that state but I sure am of Iowa!!!!!!
In 1984, I moved FROM Ohio TO Florida. I didn't regret it. I moved a few times over the years ending up in Utah in 2002. Things didn't work out there and in 2004 I moved from Utah to Ohio... and soon remembered why I left 20 years prior. In 2010, I had the chance to once again move from Ohio to Florida, and jumped on it. Again, no regrets.
I'm from North Dakota I was surprised that my state did not make the list. There are some good points to living here But the biggest draw back is the weather and that it can get rather boring here especially if you live in one of the smaller cities . Good points , low cost of living.. plenty of jobs in the major cities .Great place to raise your kids. Not too much crime in most of the state .
-40 can be a bit of a deterrent. But that's just a couple of months out of the year. The Bakken has calmed down a bit since the boom. Still plenty of good jobs, but the raw craziness has been taken down a notch or two!
My sister lived in Ohio for 2 years. To me it seemed like one of those states where there's low cost of living but also a lot of poverty. Atleast where she lived..
I'm originally from MA and lived in the southern US for quite a few years now. Florida, for me, was one of those places that really has to be subdivided. The Kissimmee area where I lived was horrid with crime (at least at the time), and there's a lot of poverty in the area. However, if you go to the coasts, it's mostly retirees and other non-natives. Then you have the Everglades area, and Miami is an altogether unique beast from what I've heard. New England in general is a lot more fast-paced and aggressive than the South, which I don't think people understand. We expect you to be with the program and don't hold your hand, which a lot of people don't appreciate. People there ARE friendly, but it's not a culture where being polite for it's own sake is a thing; you either like someone and you hang out, or you don't and you fight with/avoid each other. I had a hard time living in AL, AR and VA because people often seemed to be close-minded and overly sensitive. There was also always a lot of talking behind people's backs, rather than actually resolving personal issues. I had a boss who fired me because something I said apparently offended a coworker, but nobody ever told me they were offended or what I said that was offensive; I was just told not to do it again, then fired when I apparently did. How am I supposed to not be offensive if I don't understand what behavior I'm doing that's offending people? Direct confrontation of a problem just seems to not be a thing in some parts of the south.
I really appreciate how genuine and polite your presentation is about this. At the end of the day misconceptions about what it might be like to live somewhere tend to drive the disenchantment. You may love vacationing somewhere, and when the luster of vacation mode wears off there then you’re just left with the regular hum drum of life. I moved to Florida from NY and I love it. I love how generous and welcoming people are. It’s wonderful
A lot of people believe in lies too or get shipped to those states by other entities with empty promises. Texas has been shipping their medically indigents with one way tickets to CA telling them they'll get a house and medical care etc. No. They get emergency medi-cal which ONLY covers hospitalizations- no after care, no Dr's no medications, no services. and no they don't get a house. They get a homeless discharge. A list of shelters and food pantries they can try to get to, one bus ticket for town, in the winter a combination overcoat sleeping bag, a bag lunch. That's it.
@Fred Wills another America criticizing where someone comes from than accepting them. I'm already sick of people disliking Americans who are not white skin colored and now criticizing where someone comes from. Thanks for being another one to have America being called the Divided States Of America.
You might want go rethink living in Florida. I've seen people move from New York to Florida and see promotions saying don't New York my Florida. Which is funny since former President Donald Trump comes from Bew York and resides in Florida now. I guess Florida's need to teach me their English after being a former Spanish Colony before becoming apart of America.
@@BrandonHanson ???? Not sure what your comment means. I am a Floridian who does not desire Florida to become a heavily taxed state with criminals reigning supreme. That is what we mean by “Don’t NY my FL”. We enjoy law and order and no state income tax.
@@ReallyRyan. well, you are FREE to leave for a “better place”… may I suggest Chicago…NYC…Baltimore… L.A…. Seattle… Portland. You can enjoy ALL those things you described PLUS you can enjoy the benefit of being TAXED INTO THE GRAVE. The only person tripping you here is your lack of motivation to do so….stop blaming others and look in the mirror. We won’t miss you.
I have lived in Ohio for 26 years and lived here my entire life.(but born in Arizona). Ohio is not a bad state to live or grow up in. The major cities are all great especially Columbus. Housing is extremely affordable, you have Lake Erie and many fun neighboring states. You can do a lot of traveling because it’s a cheap state to live in. I live in NW Ohio
One of my Facebook groups OP asked us to show our grocery hull & receipt where we lived. Ohioans grocery prices were so much higher than where I live it was crazy.
@@pippishortstocking7913 interesting because grocery prices have gone up in price over the summer. If you don’t mind me asking where you live / price comparison?
I grew up in NW Ohio… great state, great people. I have also lived in Indiana, FL, VA, Louisiana, and now MI. I loved VIRGINIA!! Beauty everywhere, great weather, season changes, and short winters. Friendly people! Louisiana is the worst place I’ve ever lived in my life. I think HELL has to be cooler than Louisiana Weather was awful, people were hard to get to know. I like Michigan a lot too and I have family here Kids, grandkids, and great grandkids. Friendly people, lots of beautiful trees, And a blizzard beats a hurricane any day! But if I was by myself I had no family I would move back to Virginia in a heartbeat! Absolutely my favorite place I’ve ever lived. I was in the Shenandoah Valley and it’s just stunningly beautiful.
We recently moved to Savannah GA, and the incomprehensible amount of visitors just ruined anything good about the place. Crime is getting really bad, so I sold our house just before things started tanking and moved back to Texas.
Savannah is truly beautiful but yes, sadly crime is too high to enjoy it. You basically HAVE to stick to one small area downtown or risk getting at bare minimum hounded by homeless and at worst, getting mugged.
@@aerrae5608 I know people who have visited Savannah, but they didn't mention the homeless. Where did they come from? Is it from people who used to live there?
@@Allaiya. there's a lot of homeless people that travel to other states just to be homeless, savannah is warm most of the year and there's a less likely chance they'd freeze to death in the winter. It's a tourist spot so there's always new faces with money you can hound. Same reason why New Orleans has such a big homeless population but you see most of them in the tourist areas.
Moved from a ski town in CO to Phx, AZ. Best move we ever did. I still love AZ though I’m enjoying actual seasons here in UT, but it took over 10 years for me to even consider moving to a place that snows after living in that ski town. My brother moved to southern ID 8-9 years ago and loves it. 💁🏽♀️ It’s really about knowing what you’re getting into, I think.
@@scottcampbell1566 CO may have sunny days, but where we lived, there were feet of snow all winter. It even snowed in July a couple times during our time living there. As my mom liked to say after moving to AZ, “It may be hot, but I haven’t once had to shovel the heat off the sidewalks or scrape the sunshine from my windows.”
@@celestialbeing5291 I lived in a ski town, but I do NOT like skiing. I was a kid so not much choice in where we lived. Flag is gorgeous and I definitely wouldn’t mind living there. Yes, it gets snow, but not like we did in CO. Nonetheless, I’d be way more likely live in Phoenix than in certain parts of CO again.
@@TheHcjfctc hahahaha yeah that’s definitely truth. Different strokes & all. I can’t stand the oppressive heat! Lot more people die from heat 🥵 than cold 🥶. Now that said I like my 4 seasons. Couldn’t imagine living in Florida or so cal anywhere without a true fall. I also like the snow ❄️ just not all the time. So I get it. Seems to me I’ve noticed people always are somewhat or overly attracted towards the opposite of where they grew up. City they crave country & vise versa it’s interesting
People who live in the western half of the U.S. have a hard time adjusting to the summer humidity in the eastern half, especially in Florida. I visited some friends in Florida a few years ago. The second I got off the plane it felt like I had just stepped into a steam bath. When I was there we spent most of our time indoors with the air conditioner on. I don't know how people can ever get used to such a hot humid climate. It's miserable.
I moved from Sacramento to North Carolina. The humidity was shocking at first. A few summers in, you sitting outside watching the thunderstorms rolling in with a beer
I was born in Florida and lived there for 39 years (just moved to CO last week) and no, I never got used to the weather and I always hated it. It's the main reason I've wanted to move out west for so long.
You don't. And working outside in a labor environment?? In Calcutta 800 people died of heat stroke.......in ONE DAY. Seniors, children, and const. workers. I went to a speech tournament in Florida and was changing dress shirts three times a day!!
Visited Disney world many years ago in April and got on a ride at Splash Mountain. Whoever was in the cart before us must not have used deodorant because the entire ride stunk like there’s no tomorrow! Almost fell out of the ride because it was too disgusting to touch anything inside since the smell was horrid! It was definitely hot and humid that day. Visiting FL from April to Oct will be a no for me.
@@shirleyy2711 Florida during the summer smells like BO and stagnant water. It's especially true after a major hurricane hits and no one has ac or hot water. I remember working at Publix in 2004 while in school, and hurricane Charley hit. It was the most miserable 2 weeks of my life. Florida is an awful state, and people that have been moving there in droves over the last 15 years are going to figure out just how bad it's going to get when a category 5 slams into Central Florida from the east coast. After the close call with Dorian, I knew I had to leave before Florida's luck runs out. Tbh, it wasn't the wind or flooding that scared me about hurricanes. It was being without air conditioning for even a couple days, let alone weeks in the middle of summer.
I'd like to make some honorable mentions of the states people regret moving to: -Hawaii: It's incredibly expensive in every way, be it from houses to foods; even smaller houses have whopping price tags to it so unless you're a wealthy millionaire, you're basically stuck scraping at the bottom of the barrel. While the people are nice, they're also pretty apprehensive in tackling the ongoing homeless issue in Honolulu where people sleep in tents and benches. And the government of Hawaii is borderline defiant in reducing high costs, along with providing the homeless actual houses and jobs so the state is pretty much a lost cause unless you live in an area of Hawaii that isn't insanely expensive. Though even then you'd feel as if you're completely isolated from the mainland and also feel completely cut off from the outside world. -Puerto Rico: Not technically a state per se, but its a huge gamble in moving and living there. A friend of mine from Georgia said that she moved from that state to Puerto Rico to get the tropical feel to it. What she saw instead was that the island was a total disaster. The cost of living in Puerto Rico is outrageous, and the overall living condition was deplorable. And never mind the fact that the island was well into an inescapable debt, she mentioned that almost NONE of the people in Puerto Rico spoke English at all (except in San Juan), and they lacked the proficient literacy in speaking that language. Worse, power outages were borderline frequent as a result of total mismanagement from LUMA Energy and even tripled the amount of the bill she received despite carefully conserving energy. And even worse was the lack of police force outside of the capital, and majority of the cops are corrupt, inept and unprofessional. She mentioned that Puerto Rico has a lot of entitled drivers that don't follow the basic rules, overall cementing her regret to moving to the island. -Michigan: It's still going on a downward spiral, and its government has done so little to revitalize the state, which also includes Detroit. The neighborhoods are so run-down and often times dangerous, you're basically setting yourself a target for people with a serious hood mentality, who are more than happy to pull the trigger no matter who and what you are. -Alaska: Like Hawaii, Alaska isn't cheap and it's not for the people who have poor tolerance for cold weather. And unless you love winter adventure, there's not a whole lot to do. Of course, you have Canada that will keep you company, be sure to have your passport ready if you're going to set foot towards Canada. -Minnesota: Society-wise, since what happened two years ago, there's plenty of hostilities here and there so you have to be on your wits if you don't want to be a target of crime. And Minneapolis has seen better days too so best to avoid it. While the overall state is still nice, it still bears some of the heavy scars. -Arkansas: Given its poverty-stricken nature of the state, its no surprising that trying to make ends meet is easier said than done. It's not a bad state, but unless you're at least well-off or have a sizable amount of income, this may not be suited for people with poor income. I'd list out more, but I'd rather not clog up this comment, but, there you have it. Whether they're considered to be correct or wrong, feel free to comment. And feel free to make honorable mentions of the states you regret moving to.
Very informative! You're right about Minnesota, especially Minneapolis. Lots of car jacking, burglary, etc. I have lived in Minnesota my whole life, and I hate it. I'm stuck here for now helping my Mom.
I don't get why people hate the rain. It's rather calming to hear the raindrops patter on the window. Honestly Surprised that Oregon ended up on the list for that reason
Becuse it creates mold, floods, and ruins everything. Ambient rain noises are completely different than having to actually deal with the after effects of rain.
Late comment here, but I felt inclined to reply. It's not that I hate the rain, I hate that it's ALWAYS raining. Even when it isn't raining, the ground is saturated and muddy, and the air is foggy/hazy and humid all the time. Miserable for people (like me) who like to be outside as much as possible
@@mikemiller659 I live in Phoenix in a 2600 sf home and keep my temp anywhere from 76-78 degrees and my level billing is $210 a month. Hardly unaffordable for cooling. I think I turn the furnace on maybe a dozen times in the winter.
In spring 2022, I moved from Washington State to Vermont. I regretted it for financial reasons. It was a financial disaster because of the housing situation in that state. The food prices were high too.
People have enough money to rent a place and live just fine for the most part the problem is finding anything. I almost had no where to go when I had to move places I almost moved to NH. But got lucky and found a place in the last 2 days I had.
I moved back home to Western WA 5 years ago and we just bought our first home 2 years ago and feel like we got in JUST under the wire. Had we waited even a couple months we couldn’t have afforded to buy. I have looked in VT though because I spent summers there and all my fathers side of the family lives there, I couldn’t afford it even if I wanted to.
Love WA and would be hard pressed to move to a state with extreme hot or cold weather. The western part of WA, 50+ miles out of SEA-TAC, is great. Summer is amazing!
wow, houses must be super high in VT then as they are really high in WA state. Zillow sends me emails every month about the median price of housing in my zip code and it is up to $625K now. Western WA, 90 miles out of Seattle. Seattle's median is twice as high.
What's keeping you there? My wife left Joliet (she was not in the IL state prison😆) to go to college in '67 and stayed in CA after graduating. Her entire family eventually left IL too.
Born in Japan, lived in Commifornia as a kid, grew up and live in Vegas. I see all of the places listed as places to escape from NOT, Move too. I don't drink, smoke or gamble. Vegas is amazing if you don't have vices that run you're life!
@@bidensucks6792 Sorry that you use your political views as YT handle. If you think LV is amazing you’d like it in Dubai, the fakest city on earth. Japan is amazing, btw.
I moved to California from Wisconsin almost 2 years ago and despite the problems California may have, I’m not looking back. The weather and beautiful scenery are unmatched by any other state, especially Wisconsin lol. Shit, I just took a day trip to Yosemite a few days ago I couldn't do something like in any other state, goodbye to my winter jacket. 😂 California may be a bit spendy but I think if any state deserves to cost more than another, it's California. California certainly does have affordable areas too, I've been strongly considering moving up to the northern coast where it's much cheaper and a lot wetter too. As for the homeless people you don't see it unless you are in a particular area, specifically high-population centers, aside from that there isn't much to complain about. I've also met A LOT of people who have left California for “greener pastures” and ended up coming back because not many states have as much to offer as California.
Yep you have to think twice before jumping yes dmv fees are nasty and you save in other states.but all of a sudden food is more expensive or is taxed in those states and look at the hidden property taxes like in Texas.
@@brianmatthews4149 Texas property taxes suck!!! unless you are old. Ours almost doubled in one year from $8,000 to $14,000. They need Prop 13 like California has. That locks the increase in the property tax to about 1% per year. No worry about getting priced out of your home because someone paid too much for your neighbor's house.
Everyone I have ever met that moved to another state for a relationship, that relationship had ended. You are so right, don't leave a place for anyone, do it for you! lol
I grew up in South Florida, specifically Key Biscayne and Coral Gables. In 1994 my wife and I moved to Northern California. We both agree this was the best move we ever could have made. I still have friends and loved ones in Florida, and was there recently for a visit. However, I'm so thankful every day for the privilege of living in Northern California. The lifestyle we enjoy here is just so different, and sublime. I wouldn't trade it for anything else.
Northern California is very pleasant. I am a Bolivian, my father met my mom in Chico and we moved to the New York when I was born but I remember going back to Chico when I was a kid during the summer and remembering all of the fun i had eating amazing food, hiking, playing in the fields etc.
@@Spacebuddy-dm6ps The counties with the largest decline in population, by percentage, were Lassen 4.3%, Del Norte 1.3%; and Plumas 1.2%. Of the larger counties it was Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego which declined the most.
In 2005 I moved to Maryland after retiring from the military. After 15 years of trying to make it work, I finally left the Old Line State to relocate to Oklahoma, which placed me closer to my children. Reasons I regretted moving to Maryland: - Baltimore and its high crime rate - High housing costs - COVID19 restrictions - Strict gun control laws - Failing education system, especially Baltimore I am glad I moved out.
@@blushdog That's the part of Maryland I left. Bethesda is too expensive; Silver Spring is too schizophrenic; Takoma Park is too stuck-up; and Wheaton is too downwardly mobile.
You were wise to get out of Baltimore! That is where I was born 73 years ago. That city is horrible, unless you have plenty of money to live in the nicer areas. And the smaller towns outside of Baltimore now have the Ghetto relocated there. I live in the country now in Maryland and I love it. I also lived in Tulsa, OK for awhile and I loved it, just was terrified of those pestie tornadoes.
I spent the night in Tucson (Arizona) a few years back. As I was leaving next morning--around 10 AM--it seemed hot, and I made a guess that it was about 90 degrees. Then I saw a temperature-time display on a downtown bank. It said it was 115 degrees. I realized that all the stories about humidity were right. If it was 115 here in south Georgia, with 95 percent humidity, people would literally be dying. The governments would be putting out Public Safety Announcements for senior citizens to find an air conditioned store or mall to shelter in. Life is hard. It's harder when it's hotter-n-hell.
I used to take my boat to bullhead city AZ, next door to Laughlin NV. The big thermometer would read 125+ degrees during summertime. The water was cold and refreshing as it moved from the Colorado River. But once you got out of the water, you and your clothes would dry in less than 10 minutes and you'd to jumping back in the water to cool down.
I moved to Florida from California ten years ago…and have not regretted it. If someone moves here without doing their homework, I suppose it would be a rude awakening. I have found people here to be friendly and accommodating IF you don’t show up with an attitude…methinks the disgruntled expected life to revolve around them rather than re-acclimating themselves to a difference in lifestyle.
@@markdamstra when I first moved here, late summer was brutal…however, after a couple years, I found that I got “Floridated” where in San Diego Iwould stop surfing in a wetsuit once the ocean temp was 66oF…here, I started wearing a wet suit when the ocean temp “dropped” below 75. If you live close to the coast, the breezes are enough…inland, for three months it is terrible..no way I would live in Orlando or any other inland area.
Born in Florida and finally left for Virginia after 45 years and have never regretted the move. Florida has got to be the most screwed up state in the country. No state income tax but that's no reason to stay or move there.
I loved living in Minnesota but it's really hard to live there by yourself and have enough food to eat. I had to go to the food pantry because I was hungry. It's also not good for people who hate driving because you still need a car. I ended up coming back to NY, unfortunately I probably should have stayed in MN though! I don't know if I'll ever stick to living in one state but I'll keep travelling and trying, determined to find my perfect stallion.
As far as Florida goes I tried living in Orlando and Miami and the reason why it's hard to live in that state is because all the ads for room and board are scams. All of them. Also in Miami most business owners also have stores in NYC and they regularly fire people which makes THEM terrible people because they're firing people who were.just.fired. in cold weather states and who might or might not still be living in homeless shelters. I would say the problem isn't with our country, it's the kinds of people who are business owners to more than one store. As soon as they become powerful enough to open up more than one store, and do three or four, they become really wretched individuals. Florida business owners who also have stores in NYC are party-hard people with personal assistants who probably steal from their accounts and guide their bosses to fire the weakest, nicest people who are simply trying to make a life for themselves. That's why it's hard to live in states. They feed on the weak and then end up buying mansions, fancy apartments in different states, and expensive cars for themselves and themselves only, possibly even starting fires in third world countries. America actually allows Ceo-type personalities to thrive and throw people out into eternal homelessness and that kind of thing probably shouldn't be allowed.
@Corey Pack they are all different. AZ is blazing Hot and mostly conservative. Nevada is kinda dull, but slightly less conservative. CA is lovely if in the bay area, but very expensive.
The cost of living in Minnesota has really skyrocketed, especially in housing. Crappy weather, crime, and weird people. I live in Minnesota, and I hate it. Also, high taxes too and corruption
I came back to Florida because of family, and I can’t wait to get out of here again. And I can contest, the people, and the weather are less than ideal.
Politics aside there are nice people and not so nice people everywhere. With my luck I would research and research and research an area and then end up living right next door to some idiot Karen.
It’s good to know that culture shock is the biggest issue with a move to Florida. I’m a native northerner who’ll be spending some extended time down there in the near future, but 25 years of life in Tennessee should grant me some immunity to the shock.
As a Florida native who also lived in Tennessee for 20 years.. and in Wisconsin for 7.. I can say that I prefer the South. You already know as a Tennessean that it's humid and miserable in the middle of the summer and with Florida you get more of that. But the winters are like long falls which is nice. Very few cold days where you would need a jacket all day. And if you're in South Florida it's even less likely you'll ever need a jacket. I think the biggest shock is probably the number of bugs and lizards in Florida compared to Tennessee. We see them in Tennessee but Florida has three times as many. Depending on where you live politics can be varied and overall the schools can be not so great but Tennessee is similar that way.
@@VictoriaGates I was born in Nashville, and can't stand the place. I don't much care for the whole state. It is rocky and there are too many hills and winding roads there for me. So Tennessee may not get piles of snow, but it does get piles of ice and navigating those hills and curves in it is not fun. I drove from Nashville to Knoxville one winter and tried to get a weather report on the radio. No luck there. All I could get was country, bluegrass, and crazed preachers threatening hellfire if you looked crosseyed. I noticed there isn't much of a middle class there either. I'm not much into American music anymore, and it is everywhere - LOUD. If you don't go out to drink and listen to bands and do what everyone else does, consider yourself an outlier. What's wrong with lizards? They're cute and more afraid of you than you are of them. They also eat bugs. We don't have camel crickets here in Florida. Enough said.
@@Miami7 I didn't mean to sound like I don't like Florida, because actually I do. In fact I'm planning to move back there because I prefer it personally and I have family there still. I actually consider Florida part of the South... Hehe.. But it's definitely its own thing also. I was born in Orlando and grew up in Homestead, My mom moved us up to the Midwest to try to get away from the crime and stuff and it's pretty up there but way too cold! I married a guy from Tennessee and we had kids but unfortunately he passed away a few years back so I'm thinking.. move back to my home state and near my family there in North Florida. South Florida's got a few more problems with crime so North Florida's a bit more like the South that I'm used to.
@@VictoriaGates One thing I noticed when I went up north. Everyone was so stuffy, weaving black, white, and gray. They all looked like clones of each other. Here in Florida we actually wear colors! Even to work! And we aren't exposed to loud music everywhere we go. There are still a few idiots ruining their hearing, driving around with loud music, but thankfully, they passed a law about that! I understand how you mean about Florida. For northerners, I imagine it is a huge culture shock. I am so very sorry to hear about your husband. Yes, south Florida is a world unto itself and quite expensive, until you get to the Keys. There it changes but is terribly expensive as well. There is nothing like being around people who love and care about you, wherever they are!
Everything you said about Florida is 100% accurate. I was born there. Now live in PA. Many new friends to Florida can’t stand the ignorance of the people. It’s like every jerk from every state moved there. Also the hurricanes and heat is a major turnoff.
I lived in the ft lauderdale area on and of half my life. My sis has been in Clearwater for 30 yrs…. My theory is the rude NE people take 95 south on the east coast and the family friendly Midwest folks come down 75 on the west side. I’ll take the sunshine in the winter but would never live there year round.
My stepmother is from Florida and says all the clothing stores here suck, the food options suck, the drivers suck (I very much doubt it’s worse than Florida), and the weather sucks. She even hates the summer here, like TN is somehow worse than Florida, and she hates the cold (of course) so she doesn’t like any other season either. She’s not made any attempt to make friends, but she says the people are unfriendly and also suck. She absolutely hates it here. So as soon as she can convince my father to retire, now he’s moving with her to Florida, where he has no family. The timelines coincide with what we hope will be my pregnancy and the birth of his first grandchild, which he had been so excited about until he met the Witc- my stepmother. So soon he’ll be dragged back into her cauldron swamp. In the meantime, they take trips every month and expect me to take care of their dogs, because dad lets me live in an unused area in one of his buildings rent free. But they do that because I’m disabled, so going and taking care of dogs that can topple me to the ground, and not having an option, resulting in vomiting from pain if I have a migraine because I have to drive and take them out when I’m actively in a migraine… it’s no good. But apparently that’s how they do it in Florida, and I need to get on board. Florida, please take her back, but just her. He really doesn’t deserve to be stuck there.
@@LostinMIA The heat and Hurricanes is enough to keep me away, if its cold out you can always put on more clothes but if its to hot you can only take so much off
The thing is that moving to another state IS exciting, but after a while you tend to miss "home". I've lived in 6 states, but after about 2 or 3 years I tend to move back "home" to California. 😆
I moved to Kauai for 6 years, I'm originally from San Diego, CA. I moved because the winters were getting colder sooner and I was injured in a car accident so the cold agitated my injuries to an insane degree. Kauai is pretty but there are some things that are backwards there and racism is rampant there. They call white people houlie, which is kinda the equivalent to the n word, and the police will harass people that are not from there and give them harsher punishment. There's more but I will stop here. I'm glad to be back in California.
You mentioned that Colorado almost made the top ten, which doesn't surprise me these days. I've been a Coloradan all my adult life, and the changes have broken my heart. I would be interested to know what some of the reasons were that people gave for regretting moving here.
I just moved to Leadville CO from Orlando Florida, and I can honestly say that I do not regret my decision in the slightest (of course it helps that I have visited Leadville many a few times over the last 3 years). I love the people, I love the cold, I love the mountains and the forests... don't like how expensive food is though or the state income tax, but a lot of other things are cheaper here than in FL. I've been wanting to live in CO since I was 8 years old and saw pictures of it. Now after 39 years, the dream has come true. I'd probably regret moving here if I had to move near the front ranges like CO springs, *gag* Pueblo or the areas around Denver. No thanks.
I was a CO native for 30+ years and saw the state go from an affordable, pleasant place to live to essentially landlocked California. I put up with it longer than I should have, but the constant traffic, rude yuppies, radical left politics, and housing market insanity broke me and I couldn't do it anymore. I live just up north in Wyoming and my only regret is not moving sooner.
People should examine their motives before making the big leap to another area. A quote that anyone who contemplates moving to another state or has moved and regrets it should consider: “The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven..” ― John Milton, Paradise Lost
My first 7 years was in Michigan. Been in Ohio for 50 years since. My only complaint is our weather. We have 2 seasons anymore ands that’s summer and winter.
I lived in many states over the years, including Florida and Ohio. Hands down, I would choose Ohio over Florida any day. Ohio may be cold for 4-6 months out of the year, but the Autumn and Spring are glorious! I can actually enjoy spending time outside during the Summer months. It gets hot and humid in Ohio, but no where near like it is in Florida. And anyone who said Ohio is ugly obviously has traveled very little around the state. From the rolling hills to the meadows to Lake Erie… Ohio is a beautiful state. It may not have mountains but that doesn’t make it ugly. And boring is a state of mind… You can be bored anywhere if you aren’t willing to venture out to new places. I have never been bored in any state I have lived because I explore at every opportunity. I moved back to Ohio recently and have Zero regrets. Ohio is no longer the rust belt state of years ago, even if Briggs likes to throw that out every opportunity he gets in his videos about Ohio. Columbus is a perfect example of the future of Ohio.
From Ohio and moved away for 14 year and moved back and have no regrets. The Autumn's is glorious here spring an summer not to hot so you can enjoy the outdoors.
I have visited all 48 lower states, and most of the National parks in those states, and will agree that there are many, many wonderful places to visit. When wondering if there was anywhere that I visited, that I would want to move to, other than my life long state of Ohio, and I cannot think of anywhere I would rather spend the rest of my life. There are many places that I would like to revisit, and many places I would like to visit for the first time, but I do not believe I will find anywhere I would rather spend the entire year, or anywhere I would feel as comfortable as North Central Ohio.
The heat in Southern Arizona is VERY brutal. After 105°F, that "it's a dry heat" doesn't matter anymore. I survived through 117°F, 118°F temps with 120°F heat indices, many times. It's getting hotter here. Growing population with a growing amount of vehicles. In a Car dependent City/Suburban areas. I'm moving out in 2023.✔📦🚘
I lot of people complain about Florida being humid but in reality the heat is worse in Arizona when compared to Florida since I’ve been to Florida and live in Arizona. Turns out I’m more used to tropical humid temps than dry heat and the dry winters here crack your skin to the bone. In all honesty humidity is better for your skin and it is so hot in Arizona in the summer that you can’t even go out 😭
My husband and I moved to the Front Range of Colorado from Texas (which is my home state) 5 years ago. I love my home state and I miss the food and (most of) the people, but I don’t regret the move. It was difficult for someone his age to get a job in his field in Texas, but less difficult outside Texas/the Deep South.
I moved to Tucson, AZ once. I only stayed for a month and got the heck out of there. I've never been that hot in my life...and I'm from Florida ! My daughter called it "2 suns". 😀
I agree native of tucson you never get used to the long hot brutal summers, just deal with it, how I worked outside in my youth , I wouldn't do it again. Will leave in the near future for a four season climate.
To be honest I used to live in Ohio, and I wish I never moved back to my home state Minnesota because life in Ohio was so much better. The cost of things were so much cheaper too
I miss the no tax on food. And I miss the big and beautiful homes. But there's the oddness of Ohio I'll never miss! I went back home to Cleveland last year and was kinda scared. And I've live in the south side of Chicago twice and still never felt the ick like I did in Cleveland!
Exactly. I moved to Phoenix after doing my research and on paper, I thought I could handle the heat. After all it’s only a few months. Boy did I regret it. We have 3 seasons here Summer, After Summer and Before Summer. Next Stop, Alaska?
Yes the heat..U go from the car with AC, and to the house with AC..and the bulldings with AC. My daughter lived in Palm Springs it was Too hot to walk the dog until after dark..it burned the dogs paws.
@@marinhusky8863 not really. Look at the average monthly temps for Phoenix metro. You'll be surprised. Right now it's 87 at 18% humidity. It feels very cool in the shade. It will be in the low 60s tonight, but it will feel like 50. But keep peddling this... We don't need any more people.
@@marinhusky8863 I can relate. I'm a 9.5 year Resident of Arizona (The Valley specifically). I just survived my 10th Summer 🥳(as I moved to The Valley in the month of March 2013). It's VERY hot here. More than the "3 months" that people keep declaring. Which is NOT true. It's much longer. Most move to Southern Arizona for their health. The weather has ruined my health. I have Kidney problems now. I'm a local Female CDL Driver. So I spent many days outside vs inside. My 10th anniversary is to be in my (already made Reservations) U-haul leaving Arizona. I'm definitely going to miss Arizona. I accomplished so much within this (almost) decade. However, I'm entering a new phase in my life. I'm ready to explore more of the State of my Roots and an environment that is NOT so "It's a dry heat" hot.
I love four seasons myself. The winters are tough but it comes with beautiful snow and hot cocoa. Fall leaves and apple picking then the best ocean sunsets and beaches. I’d miss the feelings of each New England season even the rough ones. I appreciate spring so much and love spring fever feelings. Florida for me is a place to vacation to in winter. I’d hate living there
My sister moved to California for a few years and then to Ohio for a similar paying job, but lower cost of living. Eventually she got another job in the Columbus area. She seems to like it. The Connecticut & Idaho being so high up surprised me. I know so many people who moved to FL. One guy's job fell through, so I think he was regretting it.
@@Allaiya. I find it surprising that a place with 12 feet of snow 8 months out of the year would have expensive housing. (but I'm spoiled, I live in SoCal. We scurry inside shivering when the thermometer gets down to 65)
I understand the issues with NYC but upstate NY is such a gem. If you can handle the cold it’s great in a lot of areas to raise families. Taxes are high but the price of homes are reasonable in Dutchess County, Ulster, Albany area, Ithaca, Rochester and Plattsburgh, great family and communities vibes
I absolutely love Ohio. There are tons of things to do here and it is actually beautiful. I have traveled all over the USA and Europe. Ohio is a great place to live.
@@JoDo777 Well, it depends upon what kind of activity interests a particular retiree. I'm interested in natural history, and for me that means traveling extensively, and exploring particular areas that are relevant to my specific objectives--that is, where does a particular species occur that I'm interested in studying. I'd like to live in the western half of the country, and some areas I'm considering include Tucson AZ and St George UT. I have also been considering Las Cruces NM. My 'ideal' would be a city large enough to have all the basic amenities and a reasonably large population of well-educated (or at least intellectually curious) people, and of course a university would aid in this goal, and one that has ethnic diversity, particularly including an Asian population, and reasonable access to airports (either a hub or an airport that conveniently feeds into a hub) for both domestic and international travel, and lots of miles of mountains and deserts. I had also thought of Davis CA but I'm considering less due to high costs and widespread issues in California. I'm not interested in golf, wine tasting, theme parks, gambling, or beaches, some or all which may be important to other retirees--perhaps your question centered more on some of these. Feel free to ask for more clarification on anything I've typed.
I agree 100%. I am from Florida and I still live here. I can say it is absolutely the people. It does seem in some instances that Florida celebrates stupidity and enforces it to strange degrees. Florida is a beautiful place to live but the people are making it ugly.
agreed!! we went from a jimmy buffet, live and let live state attitude to people being assualted on the streets for looking “jewish” or wearing a mask. it is insane the turn it’s taken here.
Yep, I'm from Sarasota but I live in NC for now. I miss Florida, especially the fishin' for snook and stuff. But I'm about to move to the VA Beach area because there are lots of fish and it's legal to grow plants there that FL doesn't allow yet. When they get with the times I'll probably go back to Florida but not Sarasota. That place is overrun now.
I'm truly surprised Minnesota didn't make the list. I'm from Ohio (lived there for the best part of my life) and went to college in Tennessee then back to Ohio. Got married and divorced. Ruined Ohio for me. I wanted to leave. I met a woman from Minnesota that fixed my heart and talked me into moving there. Good marriage but everything else sucks! My career experience didn't matter at all to employers here. 30+ years of auto body repair, restoration and painting didn't count for anything. My last job before retirement couldn't even pay me what I was offered in 1992 at Peterbilt of Northwest Ohio ( but turned down because I didn't want to work on big trucks). After moving here 14 years ago I regret not going back to Tennessee. So my reasons that Minnesota sucks are these things: generally low pay if not working in the iron mines. Not being respected because you're not from here. Everything is miles further apart than anywhere else I've been. But the biggest one for me, the 6 months of snow and frigid temperatures (-20 to -30 for weeks or months) with no real heat in summer. So, No, I don't like Minnesota at all!
totally agree!! Lived in Mankato, Minnesota as a kid. When people repeat the cliche about "friendly, cheerful Midwest people" I don't know whether to throw up or laugh. If you're not from Minnesota those folks have no use for you.
@@mikemcgown6362 There is a world of difference between the Twin Cities Metro Area, the rest of the state, and Minnesconisn. Minnesconin's are seems to be exceedingly nice. Greater western Minnesota seems to be nice as well. It seems to me to be that Doucheluth, the TC, and Mankato just suffer from being metro areas.
It's statistics. The video is counting the number of people who return from a state, so the top states aren't going to be the worst to live in, they're going to be the most common states people move to and have some percentage move back. Surprisingly Texas isn't on the list. I guess people who move there stay.
Midwesterner here. I only lasted 90 days in Daytona. I literally got pulled over by a cop the very first time I entered town, and everything went down from there.
I moved out of Florida and into Illinois, yes I know shocking. Two reasons for the move. 1) When looking for an apartment I was told "I don't make enough money." 2) Jobs in my field are more plentiful in IL than in FL.
I found FL in general has a unique disregard for education, I'm from there and don't miss it at all. I mived back to FL after college and it was a big mistake, nobody pays what you are worth.
@@notverynotoriousg5674 I know what you mean, but it is not only in FL. Educational accomplishment for me I've found doesn't mean much, as being a veteran has lost its "appeal" in the U.S. Experience is the determining factor.
I moved to Clearwater from PA in 2009 and stayed in Florida till 2023. I absolutely loved it! After seeing the whole state and experiencing everything it has to offer, it was time to go back to four seasons. Too many people are moving to Florida with high expectations of sunsets and luxury. It’s a very different experience, and you have to embrace it all or you’ll end up disappointed.
I am in Ohio and it does somewhat suck, but I think it is unfair to call it ugly. Those people apparently never got outdoors. Except for the flat parts that look like Iowa, there are so many beautiful and diverse landscapes, and awesome parks in the NE where I am. Parks are generally free, too, whereas other states make you pay to see nature.
Agree planet earth is beautiful. Except for Ohio. Just kidding man, keep getting out there! Plus you’re close to PA and WV which have amazing landscapes too.
How you adapt to where you move is key to being happy. I'm retired Army, and the military is going to send you where they need you. It is then up to you to adapt to that new place, not the new place to adapt to you. I've lived in several states, been to all 50, and have lived in or traveled in several foreign countries. I learned to embrace the differences in culture from place-to-place and made it a point to study the history of the area, learn some of the local language etc. This made MY time in an area more interesting and relevant - for my family too. If you are planning to move, read the above carefully. Most of the stress that natives to an area have with newcomers is the whining about how much better stuff was where they came from. Nobody asked you to move there, you chose it, YOU adapt. Those who make the adjustment do just fine, those who don't will eventually move or stayed pissed at the world and make everyone around them miserable too. Or you can just move to Cary and feel right at home ; ) (Cary is an acronym meaning Containment Area (for) Relocated Yankees) I've lived in NC for 25+ years now, love the state, but will retire in the Mountain West where I grew up. It would be cheaper to stay here, but almost all my family is in the West now - plus, it's always been "home" for me. FYI in NC we call the folks from up North that move here "Halfwayers" because they stop halfway to Florida. I'm seeing a lot more Cali and Illinois plates lately, so it isn't all NJ and NY, so we'll need another term for those folks lol.
I thought for sure that Pennsylvania would be on this list. I've seen a lot of people move here over the years and then regretting it soon after. Mostly due to the weather and the terrain. Plus we have arguably the worst roads in the country and it takes it's toll on you after a while. I laughed when I seen Oregon in this list because I lived in Eugene for two years and I regretted it immensely. I never seen so much rain in my life and I felt like crying, the rain wouldn't stop for five months straight. Very depressing.
@@fnsshehrbvfgyssbvvsmmmdjjd4611 I kinda like Michigan. Ann Arbor is a nice town. Lansing is decent. Of course Detroit and the town with the bad water give the whole state a bad name. We have lots of really great towns here in PA but we have trash towns too like Reading, Wilkes-Barre, Hazleton and Scranton that give the whole state a bad name.
I’ve never met anyone who regretted Pa. Roads and weather don’t effect me. Snow means money, and roads, well, we’re the 2nd oldest state and our borough and towns made in 1600-1899, they weren’t meant for cars, and we were a train state! The train needs to come back, and our roads aren’t that bad, the Deep South is dirt roads in some cities.
Agree 100%. We have lived all over the country, there are nice people and NOT nice people everywhere, every city is expensive and has traffic, etc. If you have a good job (which could be anywhere, it depends on what you do) and good family/friend relationships, ANY place is nice. Only the weather changes and let's face it MOST of us have heat and a/c in the house. Sure, some areas have more things you may like to do but day to day most of us are too busy to do most of those things. Live where your job is and vacation wherever you want!
I've moved to Ohio from Columbia,SC and its been okay. I don't like that food prices are higher and more taxes. It's beautiful in the spring this winter is going to be interesting
I was born & raised in Oregon, lived there pretty much my entire life, I moved to Washington state a year before I turned 30 & I'm partially happy with the move. What drove me out was the price of housing is too expensive, the area I grew up in was Beaverton, but also my family lives in Washington & well, there's Portland, I use to love Portland, spent a great deal of time there when I worked as an event organizer but it really plummeted downhill. My parents got a lot of money off the the home I grew up in, close to the Beaverton & Aloha border, the person that helped them sell it claimed that so many people are fleeing Portland but still want to live nearby so houses in the Beaverton suburbs are hot & yeah, they got a decent amount for that house. I like being close to family but I do greatly miss my friends, some say that Portland got worse since I left & others are still locked up in their homes & only leave when they absolutely have to so they're unaware of the state of Portland other than what they hear on the internet & from other friends. Where I'm at has a lot of older & younger people, not many in their 30's it feels like so I've been lonely. Not for lack of trying, I've been going to things & even got to know some people but these kids are barely 20 years old so there's quite an age gap, I didn't exchange info with them because they're freshly out of high school & that feels awkward. Also, I actually enjoyed the rain back home, it never was a factor to drive me out but I did move to a sunnier part of Washington, the other side of the mountains, people here do not understand rain which made me feel sad. I LOVE Halloween, it's my favorite holiday & back home, even when it rained on Halloween, we got tons of trick-or-treaters & last year at the house I'm living in, we got so many of them come by & more houses were built, more kids moved into the neighborhood so I doubled the amount of candy from last year this year, expecting a ton of them but around 4pm, there was a light drizzle that started & barely went away, it got lighter at one point but then heavier, making it close to being like a regular rainfall but light by my standards & typically back in Beaverton, this would never stop the kids but here? They're not use to rain. I got about a quarter of the amount of trick-or-treaters from last year, not even the kids next door came by. I guess that's another problem I have with this area, so many people don't know how to function when it rains & as someone who grew up in the rain & is pretty much semi-aquatic (everyone who grew up near Portland OR is, check their hands for webbing lol), things shutting down because of a light drizzle is such a downer. No, I don't regret moving to here but I would like to be somewhere with more activity. Maybe I'll wait until my aunts & uncle pass away & find somewhere with more happening because compared to Portland, where I'm at feels like there's so much less happening or I could find a city that better fits me that's still close enough to the family where I can go back & see them frequently enough, in the past, we had the gorge separating us which meant we never saw them in the winter due to dangerous passage. I had relatives die in the winter & we missed their funerals because we couldn't make it safely through the gorge. My family likes to die at inconvenient times like my uncle died just before my family left for a trip to Hawaii & his funeral was while we were gone so it's just my luck, if I'm too far away, surely I'll miss future funerals & due to growing up with this separation, I didn't get to know my extended family so well & now, I know them a lot better. Kinda late, almost all of them are in their 70's except for my aunt who is 69. My parents were both the babies of their families. It's tricky balancing where to live, want to be close to family but also want to experience the things I like & live the way I want to & I don't want to miss anymore funerals.
You're definitely right about California and Florida, I can confirm right off the bat that I couldn't move to either regardless of what promising features they do offer - visit them at least once or twice, but that's it!
Born and raised NorCal gal (52yrs) and last year I convinced my husband (MI native but transferred to CA in the mid70s courtesy of the military) that we should check out GA since he retired (me having never stepped foot in GA before) so we booked tickets and flew out a week later and were in contact on our house in less than 24hrs. 😂 Freaked out all of my NorCal family but 4wks later we were on the road with the younger brat and our three huskies. Do NOT miss that place at all!
I moved to Oregon about 10 years ago for my wife's health. She was diagnosed with lupus, and became really sun sensitive, so we had to leave New Mexico. Although I don't regret moving here, because the weather is perfect for my wife, I kinda agree with the white trash comments. That's the one thing that caught me off guard after moving. The gutter punks I knew in Albuquerque had way more class, and common courtesy.
Yeah. Oregon has way too much white trash. While I grew up in a wealthy part of Maryland despite not being wealthy, the hicks, Neo-Nazis, and juggalos are gross.
Where in Oregon? I lived there for about 10yrs and never saw that. Granted that was in the 90’s. The biggest place I saw that kind of thing was Midwest.
The first 10 years of my life I lived in Arizona. Then I moved to California, I stayed until I was 18 by joining the Navy. I was eager to leave, then I returned for a year. I then went back to Arizona and then stayed as an adult for 5 years. Arizona sucked for me as an adult. I promptly moved back to California. I'm happy here.
As a person who has lived in Indiana, Florida, North Carolina, Georgia, Montana, and California, and I have traveled through all 48 contiguous lower states….. any top 10 list is completely subjective. I can tell you plenty of pros and cons about every state… the reality is, the best state to live in is the place you feel at home and have people who love you.
Facts
So what are your fav
@@LeaveMeAloneBleez I miss the mountains and outdoor lifestyle of Montana. I love the winding roads and country life in NC. Kayaking in January off the gulf of Florida is a gift. The family values and lack of social pressure to look good or have money makes the Midwest the best place to raise kids. My advice to anyone who moves to a new place is to find the “thing” that place offers and enjoy it. There’s always something to discover!
I think what ruined America is once all the technology came and social media. Lack of values.. Things are different now. I'm older in my 50s. I see changes in a lot of places. I have family too in several states. The world to me seems like it is changing. I try to embrace what is left of my life and enjoy my friends and family.
Nice! Thanks for sharing that good point!
I moved to Florida for a while. I had a good time. I rented a small apartment and drove a used economy car. I had plenty of cash. On weekends I went to Disney and Universal. I went to the beach. It's what you make of it. I only came back to Tennessee because I got cancer. Anyways I'm still happy to be back. It's a great state!
Edit: I beat the cancer.
Second edit: Thanks to all of the congratulatory comments. I didn't expect this many responses. Never had this many before.
sorry about ur health i hear tenn is growing too.
@@markdamstra I've beaten the cancer. I just stayed home. Yes Tennessee is growing quite a bit.
Congratulations!!! That’s a huge blessing and accomplishment! For many many many more years and forever.
@@bestyoutubechannelever3206 good for u all this talk of states makes me want to travel. Never been to TX Or I'd Montana Alaska someday
@@markdamstra Give TX a shot. I am a trucker and my routes sent me there many times. Loved it there.
Imagine moving to any of the major US cities and complaining it was crowded, as if you couldn't have known that in advance.
Yep. That's what most of these lists leave out, every city is crowded, has traffic, and is too expensive. Go figure??
I think a lot of people that complain maybe came from the midwest and thought places like Cedar Rapids and Omaha were big. They get to NYC and their minds almost explode.
@@WorldAccordingToBriggs right! They can't even fathom the amount of people/population density in a place like NYC. I grew up in a tiny little town with only about 5,000 people (not super small). When I moved to a bigger city, I was shocked!
I think, especially for young people, they know places like LA or NY are crowded in the sense it's gonna be loud, lots of people but they don't actually realize all the issues that come with that. Like a huge reason so many fail in those places is because there aren't enough jobs in their field or there are so many people trying to break in that companies are free to take advantage so they're expected to work for free or for almost nothing just because there are hundreds of desperate people that will if you don't. Same with cost of living, everything is insanely expensive just because there are so many people and it let's everyone charge insane prices. Loads of crime, again, they may not really realize how bad it is until they see it themselves. Even getting the dream job, if you live outside the city and have to commute in, you may not really realize the toll the super long commute everyday will have on you because it can add an hour or 2 to your work day each way. I think it's more that they don't fully understand what moving to a crowded city fully means, especially if they come from a small town or the country, like going for vacation to scope out a place does not work.
Growing up in a town of 3000 in southwestern ohio, my mind was blown just going to Dayton. My kids often ask if we can “go to the city” for dinner.. it’s all about perspective.
I regret moving to Arizona. The heat is unbelievable. The summers here are literally uninhabitable.
Agree!
Amen brother!! 118 during the day, 115 at night.
I moved to Sedona in September, and I’ve loved every second of it. I feel like a good state for you to live in is a state where you feel most at home.
My grandmother lived with her sister in Arizona during the Winter. Her sister lived up here in the Puget Sound area in the Summer. It was perfect for both of those Widows.
I lived in Arizona for 5 years out in Gilbert, I love Oregon more. I am a gun guy and you can have everything out here, plus you are so close to outdoor activities. I would look at Bend, Oregon if you want a place to retire and be away from the more liberal cities
The real problem with Florida: people (usually from the Northeast) come down here for vacation, decide they like it better than the snow, then move down here. That's when they discover two things: (1) they're surrounded by the people they were trying to get away from (especially after they notice that a huge part of Florida's population are not from Florida at all); and (2) vacation mode is OVER. Now you actually have to work here, pay bills, all that stuff, just like back home. It's not "vacation forever". It's not Disneyworld and Mai Tais on the beach after work every day. It's the same crap you were running from, just in a warmer climate.
YES! People don't realize that every city is expensive, traffic is everywhere, and there are jerks in every nook and cranny of the country. Only the weather changes honestly.
And Florida cops will call the SWAT team if you have a joint Most states you can walk down the street with one
I lived in Canada for four years. The Canadians told me, often, that I wasn’t like most of the Americans they’d met. Turns out they knew people on the border, Buffalo, New York and Florida, where the Canadians vacationed. Basically they knew New Yorkers
I don't like Florida because of the heat, reptiles, & slow people. Traffic is nothing compared to NYC, & prices are inflated everywhere...not to mention it's boring 😴
Don't forget the hell like humidity🤣🤣🤣🤣. They don't realize that till they have to live in it 7 months of the year.
You totally need to do the reverse of this. Top 10 states people where very glad they moved to.
And Boise is “too crowded”??
😂😂😂😂
Oddly enough, I would predict some of the those states would be the same as the ones in this video. I would think Florida, California, Arizona, Idaho, and Iowa would very much be “either you love it or you hate it” sorts of places. But yes, I would like to see if Briggs proves me right, or wrong.
Lol, no one was ever pleased to move anywhere in Amerikkka, it’s a dump and means you’re on your ass. Joke country!
@@dankelly5150 if infrastructure and housing are not able to easily and affordably manage the population growth then yes, an area can be too crowded.
Florida is #1 ?lol this is why we need to make south Florida it’s own state consisting of palm beach county Broward county and Miami dade county cuz it’s a whole other experience
I've lived in Florida most of my life. The thing I think a lot of people don't realize is that Florida is huge and vary diverse. Living in South Florida for instance is a very different thing than living in Central or North Florida. Almost everyone in South Florida is from someplace else and the population in general is very transient. In Central or North Florida, you're a lot more likely to find people who were born there and have lived there their whole life. It's also a lot less expensive than South Florida. A lot of tourists seem to think Florida consists of Miami and Disney World.
Not true about inexpensive in the northwest panhandle of Florida since the pandemic. That used to be true. Rent is 4x higher than 3 years ago, houses are at least 3x more. Huge homeless population of migrates who came here then ran out of money and can't afford to live here, or people who lived in the "Red Neck Riviera" all their lives being evicted as rents skyrocket. Even families are living under the overpasses. The panhandle is overdo for a big hurricane hit, unfortunately there's no place to put the surplus of people on these low flat lands by the Gulf. 😞
NYC is full of empty buildings now!
@@southernlady8809 The Panhandle has expensive areas but it's still not as bad as South Florida. Prices in South Florida are insane. Places like Ocala and Deland are still a lot cheaper than South Florida.
@@chardtomp Just stating what I've seen in the panhandle, major changes. 😩
I have lived in North Florida all my life, small town but has really grew over the years. Everyone is pretty much kind and caring. I would never live anywhere else. 🌅💕💕💕
Great if DeSantis were not governor
I grew up in the Seattle area and went to the U of Washington in the mid 1960s. I lived in an on-campus dorm, where I bumped elbows with students from all over the country. Second year, I noticed that a lot of the students from California, mid-West and South, were gone. Their reason proved to be that they just could not adjust to the Seattle winters. They are not very cold, but they are wet. It rains or drizzles continuously from November through April. When you have to walk across open campus some 2-3 miles a day to go to classes, and you don't see the sun for four months, some folks just cannot do that.
Is SAD, Seasonal Affective Disorder, a problem there?
Which is why I was surprized Oregon made the list but not Washington. I guess Portland must be that much worse, or Seattle just has enough cool things like the music scene to fight back against the weather.
@@ladyofthecreek279 Yes. Many, many friends I met at UW from other states had huge issues with SAD their first winter. A quality All Spectrum Light at their desks did wonders for them. None of that "Morning for 5 min" crud though. All spectrum desk lamp all day.
SAD is real. I grew up in Southern California. My dad grew up in Nebraska. He dropped out of college to join the Navy in like 1951. He said the minute he got off the bus at Camp Pendleton, he knew he’d never go back to Nebraska again. On Sundays after church, I’d often get dragged along on a one day road trip with my parents. When I was an adult, I realized that it had been his habit that if it was grey or rainy at home, he’d drive to the coast or to the desert away from the weather to find some sunshine for a few hours. On weekend days that we stayed at home, if it was sunny, he was outside all day doing “stuff”. If it was rainy or even just grey, he was on the couch watching sports, often golf, which he somehow observed through his eyelids.
@@nudebovine Oregon sucks
I moved to rural Ohio. I don’t understand why anyone would dislike most of Ohio. I don’t find anything here to be depressing, and my area is really beautiful.
Same here! I love our state besides the cities but the country parts are great! ❤
If it's any comfort to you, I drove to Dayton several years ago (from NC) and I thought the parts I went through were quite nice. I'm a country girl so the farmland was pretty to me.🎃
Winter lol. Same reason I moved out of Michigan. It's a beautiful state, but I hate the cold and lack of sunshine in the winter months.
@@pksracing I suppose the cold isn’t for everyone, but that seems like a vastly different answer than most of what we heard in the video.
Ohio cities are boring plus there’s politics
Before retirement I worked for a large conglomerate that owned companies all over the world. We had many companies in California I had to visit regularly. One major thing I found telling was every time I'd visit one of our companies there people would beg me to help them transfer to another area of the country. Most of the people I met who moved to California for work dreamed of one thing, moving back where they came from or anywhere out of California.
We have a large family of Texans who moved here to CA up the street. Hope they don't become too big of PIA's as they are somewhat "in your face" types. I know their neighbors aren't too happy about it. We live in N. CA and there are a LOT of Texans and Oklahoman's and Louisianans. Some moved here for jobs, MANY because of weather disasters, family, politics. Some moved here because Texas especially likes to give it's medically indigent one way tickets to CA promising they will be given a house. Wrong. You can't even get benefits for a minimum of proven 6 months residency. Emergency medi-cal only works in a hospital, no medications, no Dr visits etc. So yeah people move here thinking the lies are true and then find out no. They think it's all Hollywood because they're told that. No. Not happening.
Fire is chasing out some and they go back to the tornadoes and hurricanes and floods.
The weather however if you move to the right spot is much better and less extreme than back east. . You to come here for the right reason like any state. I know of a few medically fragile people moving to states with notoriously bad health care. They moved for the "freedom" and now they're having issues. Those of us native Californians are always glad to see them leave. The media keeps trying to stir people up "OMG people are leaving CA." For most of us, we say good riddance. Go back to Texas and OK, and FL with your issues. Fine with us.
I was born and raised in So Calif-----Expensive? Yes----Crowded? Yes----Very good weather? Yes---People are friendly or not depends on where you live---Beverly Hills---Newport Beach---etc the people have attitude beyond reason---Every state and area has pros and cons so find a place that suits all your needs---For me I would never live in Arizona---Florida---Texas---or any of the southern states---The Carolina's and a few other states---Oregon and Washington would be fine
@@collinsfriend1 you're full of $hit and your neighbors should be begging Texans to come to your democrap shithole. Texans would make it friendly and get rid of the clowns that vote clowns like newsome in.
Get over yourself.... California has nothing to offer but good weather.
I have family there & spent tons of time in northern Calif, and love it! Cost of living is about 20% higher than Fl., but what each state offers is vastly different. If u love EXTREMELY hot and muggy summers for 9 months every year, where u can’t be outside except to walk to your car, and Gators are everywhere, move to Fl. The number of ppl moving to FL is nearly equal to the no. Moving out, due to the climate. There’s Tons of shopping. Tons of art and entertainment, & friendly ppl for sure, so if I don’t mind an indoor lifestyle most of the year, the property taxes here are cheap, and there’s no state income tax.
All of the freaks from other states moved to California and wrecked it, so we natives are outta there!
the two states i regret moving to most are Depression and Poverty..
haha
If you think about it, most places in the US have bad climate, with hurricanes, tornados, excessive raining, floods, forest fires, boiling heat, high humidity, freezing cold, etc. Southern California is the only moderate year-round climate I can think of.
san diego
Moved to Ohio from California just over 4 years ago and love it! The house my parents bought back in the early 90’s was a 4 bedroom 2 bath(1800sqft)for just over 200k in a housing track. I bought a 4 bedroom 2 bath(3000sqft) on 15 acres for roughly the same price in Ohio! I went from a hour long traffic sit to and from work daily to 15 minutes in Ohio “traffic” both ways. I would say the Only thing I mildly miss is the food, Cali does food better than here.
Please don't California my Ohio 😮💨
Ohio has terrible food 🍱 but California has abysmal politics so … I would rather eat Ohio slop.
I moved to Ohio from Cali also during the end of 2020 to end of 2021 and I couldn't deal with ohio being ohio haha I ended up moving back home to Cali last year
California has a higher cost of living, so the food could be better but it's more expensive. Money simply goes farther in Ohio than it does in California.
@@EnsignRedSquad Politics are abysmal mostly everywhere.
Hey Briggs I appreciate your hard work on putting these videos together, i do have 1 request. I am U.S. army vet and currently living in Georgia outside of Atlanta. I was wondering if you can make a top 10 list of veteran friendly states. Thanks in advance.
I saw an episode on my lottery dream home and the state was VA and the city was Virginia Beach described as military friendly
Great idea!
San Diego is vet friendly plus CA tax 😅
We have NAS in Meridian, MS. Lots of navy decide to retire here after having been stationed there.
North Carolina’s motto is “the most friendliest Military state”😊
As a Floridian, could not be any happier to be #1!!! Love it!!!
I grew up in South Florida, it's the best place to be November through February, and Hell on Earth the rest of the time.
Unfortunately, a lot of people experience the good weather and think they'll "just get used to" or "adapt" to the rest of the year, but you won't. There is no adapting to 95 degrees and 100 percent humidity.
Air conditioning used to be for rich people, I grew up without it. Back then, so many houses were owned by retired Snowbirds, but the advent of affordable air conditioning caused a tidal wave of people to move down there and live in unhappiness.
I moved from the Chicago area to Iowa and absolutely loved it. The people are friendly and I could hunt and fish to my hearts content.
I love Iowa!
We are thinking about moving to Iowa from Virginia ( trump supporters). Simply for the thousands of acres your state offers in public land deer 🦌 and turkey 🦃 hunting
i hear good things about de Moines
I've lived in Iowa my entire life, I've got 6 acres in the literal middle of nowhere. He lost me at the "boring" part, last I checked you can't target shoot or ride dirt bikes/4 wheelers around your yard in a city... If drinking in a night club is your thing then you're probably not gonna like it much, but if you prefer drinking around a bonfire then feel free to pull up a lawn chair and join the rest of us.
Don't be telling everyone. Let them follow this advice. HA! Yeah, wages can be higher in other places, people don't figure in hidden costs living in other places. Especially the Mountain West.
As a person who moved to Florida for two years (and loved it)....and only moved back to Illinois because of personal life issues that came up ...I think the people complaining about moving to Florida are just people that never should have moved there in the first place....as you said..."it was probably too different from what they wanted"
Good point.
This New Englander spent two weeks in Florida and knew I could never tolerate that heat all year. And I went in the spring! I'll take the snow and the seasons and breathable air and pass on the oppressive heat.
Moved from Mi. 40 years ago to Fl. So glad I did.
@@Simbecile Enjoy your winter.
@@sharonw4325 Glad you did too.
Briggs, It'd be great to do a "Top 10 States people were glad to move to".
I think he has done that already, maybe not exactly top 10 states where people glad to move to, but top 10 states people are moving to in 2023.
So, grew up in Tennessee, moved to Florida in 2016. Trying really hard to move early next year. Our biggest reasons being: the weather (too effing hot), the people (a mixed bag, it's somewhat diverse in Orlando but everyone seems to be grumpy and in a hurry all of the time, and don't get me started on the tourists), and the cost of living (it wasn't cheap to begin with but it's skyrocketing, and wages aren't following suit).
40 yr Floridian here… you’re right… TOO EFFING HOT! You may want to try St Augustine area… cool coastal breezes … Orlando is landlocked and stifling hot… I live in Central Florida as well and it is miserable 10 months out of the year. I’m retiring to either North part of S Carolina or Tennessee to escape the heat.
The two biggest reasons I just moved back to Georgia: economics and the people. I could not make a living and had to work two jobs just to survive( nobody wants to work OT in Florida) true Floridians and Puerto Ricans were great the transplants from the north were absolutely horrible people to deal with. I lived on the east coast and the weather was glorious most of the year as were the choices in cuisine, except biscuits you simply can not find a really good “cat head” breakfast biscuit anywhere there.😢
Yeah, Orlando has a wage to cost of living problem and is WAY hotter than other parts of the state, cant lie. Even being born here i understand the humidity is intense, its NOT for everyone , you really gotta be adjusted to it
@@diodelvino3048 yes… I live not far - in Lakeland…we’re victims of being landlocked without the nice coastal breezes. It’s hotter than a mother!
I have moved 40 times in my life... for school, career, family, and now for personal choice. I have lived in several of the states on this list and I can vouch for many of your respondents. What I have found though is that if you throw yourself into the community - volunteering, getting active in local issues even bad places seem less horrible. Especially if you make a difference in the lives of people who are less fortunate than yourself. Now that I am older and can choose my home without being encumbered by school age children or job, I have returned to the two places I have enjoyed the most... small town Pennsylvania for the spring, summer and most importantly PennState season and then Palm Beach for the late fall, winter and early Phillies season.🎉
You figured it out, congratulations!
Living in 2 cities helps a lot with liking the weather year round and having variety. We like splitting our time between eastern and western wa... eastern is like the south (hot summers. Cold winters... chelan has 300 days of sunshine, ski while it's sunny) and the west is temperate like California but rainy (we're in sequim with little rain but there's still stretches of gloomy days to escape). Nice part about wa is the trip between the 2 is only 6 hrs... so we can switch much more easily and frequently than Northern to Southern usa
" if you throw yourself into the community - volunteering, getting active in local issues even bad places seem less horrible"... or it just confirms your suspicions about how corrupt the "Good Ole Boy" network in your area actually is..
@@brianleeper5737 I guess I guess it depends on your motives. I don't get involved in anything political... just helping people who need help. Providing basic necessities for battered women's shelter, food for the food pantry, book bags and basic medical care for impoverished children... things like that. At least those are some of the things I have enjoyed volunteering at over the years.
@@shade0762 I lived in a little city in Virginia with a mayor who looked and acted like Boss Hogg. It was a complete waste of time to do anything to improve that place and I eventually moved away, which is what I would have done in the first place except for that little housing market crash in 2008.
My elderly mom and I moved from central Texas to the Adirondacks last August. Multiple reasons why. Except for fuel oil costs, we absolutely LOVE IT !!!!! It’s unbelievably gorgeous, the people have been more friendly than in Texas and we don’t sweat to death.
As a 4th generation native Texan, I would have never believed I’d move to upstate New York….almost to Canada and love it as much as I do.
Upstate New York (both sides of my family lived there) is beautiful, and radically different than the NYC area. Upstate New Yorkers are Americans.
@@eskieman3948 Yes we are. It's Fall and the leaves are beautiful, it's in the mid 60s and Christmas is.around the corner, gorgeous with the white snow and the quiet it brings. The fireplace will be glowing and I can go skiing or skating. I live 3 miles from a beautiful public beach. If I'd like I can weekend in NYC or Toronto. Our schools are way better than Florida's orTexas and our population is better educated. You can keep the bugs, snakes, gators and all that crap in Florida. I've lived in both TEXASS and Flor a duh. I couldn't wait to leave.
Texas is the new California. Even parts of Fort Worth is sinking in a eerie reminder of Central Valley.
That "dry heat" in Arizona is insane. that squishy feeling while walking across the parking lot is a combination of the melting asphalt and your shoes melting at the same time.
As someone who lived in Florida most of their life I clicked on the video expecting it to be number 1, and as always Florida doesn't disappoint at sucking
I'm in CO, and it's getting outrageously expensive! And it's getting very crowded in the Front Range. The highways and roads aren't able to handle the huge increase in traffic very well.
Moved to CO last yr and I’m one of the folks that regret it. It right away gives the vibe of a place not equipped for this many people. And there’s still so many developments, where are the cars gonna go in such a car dependent area?! It’s taken me an hour to drive like 18 miles from DIA on the 70… at 11:30 at night 😐. I get it why locals are sick of it. I grew up in HI and they’re dealing with overcrowding too. I was shocked at the amount of traffic when I visited. Why we gotta keep plowing over nature to build more parking lots and luxury homes 😩
I know it's become the new California in terms of cost of living and crowding.
I have lived in Colorado all my adult life (in my 60s now), and it breaks my heart to see how overcrowded, expensive and "Californicated" it has become. I lived in Europe (Ukraine) for 13 years and returned two years ago. I've been very disappointed ever since, and I am ready to find a new state or perhaps go back to Europe (although things are pretty messed up in much of Europe now too). Let's face it, it's hard to find an "ideal" place to live.
@@paulofearghail9408 I moved to CO 10 years ago when I retired. I moved from Las Vegas, NV. The drought there was a consideration. Now I'm thinking of moving to a small city in Nebraska, where my son recently moved, and the rents are 75% lower than they are here. I had to go back to work to keep up with the cost of living here in CO. I'm tired of working. I grew up in a small city in northern AZ that became overrun by people from out of state buying vacation homes. The locals got priced out of the market. Yes, it's very hard to find an "ideal" place to live!
I’ve lived in Colorado since 1968 (age 7). Population 1,000,000. The California invasion of the 90’s was the start of the destruction of my once great State. I wish everyone who moved to Colorado since 1990 would go back where they came from.
Florida is hells waiting room
My in-laws moved to Florida from Vermont and moved back to Vermont within a year. They said nobody in their neighborhood down there went outside, the garages were closed up tight, and there was nobody out walking around, even when it was cool enough. They're lucky they returned to Vermont. Hurricane Ian wiped out the whole neighborhood where they lived in Florida.
The West Coast of Florida is pretty awful yeah. Sarasota is probably the best but indeed, you won't find the classic tight knit American communities you would in New England down in Florida. The culture down there doesn't support it.
I’m from Connecticut, and moved to Palm Harbor FL on the Gulf Side 5 years ago and yah it’s totally different but don’t regret. I know all my neighbors cause they are always outside biking or waking the dog. Your mom probably was in a gated community, it’s totally different from historical small town Florida. You just have to know where you are moving to, each city and place has a different vibe and culture
Vermont my home state
My wife and I moved from upstate NY to South West Florida eleven months ago. We both will gladly take the hot summers and hurricanes absolutely anytime over the cold and gray dreariness of the depressing Northeast. We should have moved here years ago.
Have a nice winter haha!
The number 1 turn off for Florida is it's a tropical/subtropical swamp filled with mosquitoes, snakes, gators, and other annoying things. The temps are high most of the year, and many are not used to that. 90+ degrees for almost 6+ months of the year gets real old, especially since it's wet heat. Sweating is worthless, which really hits home when you're mowing and doing yard work. Add to that the cost of having frequent hurricanes and the tax deals aren't so hot after all. There are spots worth living in, but most outsiders aren't going to find them.
I can tell you that there are 50 different states people regret moving to. Most of the time when people move it's because of financial or family reasons. So essentially people are moving from a place they called home and are moving to a foreign land, to them.
That's a excellent point. I'm retired now, and can now choose where I want to live.
Briggs' vids are a vibe, on top of being helpful af. Thank you.
Glad you like them!
Kinda curious as to why Virginia isn’t mentioned as far as how bad it sucks briggs, me and my better half will be getting the hell up out of here as soon as possible
We are in southwest Virginia
The whole state is insufferable
Pretty misleading honestly. I believed a lot of what he said about NC along with what others sold me about NC like nick Johnson and just people I know and North Carolina is just as much as a shithole as California. I’m sure every state has its own major problems. Maybe it’s just an American problem. But I’m pretty sure Nick and Briggs are really politically motivated with the states they talk crap about.
@@Willyamsii Politically motivated in what way? He shits or red and blue states alike, and every state has their things you can praise and things you can talk shit on. States are big so you must talk in generalities, there is no guarantee your experience will perfectly match his assessment, how could it? Sounds to me like you played yourself.
As a Massachusetts resident I can tell you people from other parts of the country have a real hard time adjusting to the NE way of life. It’s a little bit faster, angrier, and more aggressive then what non natives are used to. Outsiders feel like outsiders forever and it takes a toll.
Watch Casey Afflack in his SNL Dunkin Donuts skit. It’s like that everywhere you go. Every day.
I grew up in the northeast and hated it. I had to live in Boston for 6 years, and really hated it. The NE sucks in every way, weather, people, cost of living, roads, etc, etc, etc....
We moved here from the South and love Massachusetts. It may depend upon where Massachusetts you live, but the suburbs of Boston can be lovely ones, with good schools. Then there are the cultural assets, such as the Massachusetts Fine Arts museum. It’s great, and I have visited museums all over and it is my favorite by a long shot. It is particularly good if you happen to be a portrait painter.😃
Currently living in New England and I will say that it certainly depends on where in New England you are. The Northern NE states and Western MA have people that are sweet as pie, especially in Maine. Our schools are the best in the country and we take care of our elderly (we have better healthcare choices too). I'm not a fan of cities, so I understand Boston not being for everyone (I avoid it like the plague). But most people who aren't from New England and have never been just assume everywhere out here is Boston or "spooky land." I know lots of people who have moved out of Mass because they claimed they hated it here and then after they moved they realized how much worse it is in other states. My dad moved to Texas and thought it would be great, but found out real quick how much he hated it once he realized their doctors sucked compared to up here. But yeah, I mostly just wanted to comment that New England does not = Giant Boston.
@@abryant9166 agree, large parts of the region are great
I'm originally from MA, and I had to look up the SNL Dunkin skit. I can assure you that it's 100% accurate! 😂😂
I agree with your #1. I'm from West Virginia and for a short time I moved to Florida. I have relatives in FL. But I still found it hard to get close to people. I have lived in other states like Kansas and Pennsylvania. But FL was really the worst when it comes to the locals. After 6 months I moved back to WV.
Almost Heaven
One of the biggest problems seen in the large metro areas is that Florida tends to be a transient state, meaning that people move in, stay for a period of time, then move on or maybe back out of Florida. There's little motivation to get to know your neighbors. I lived up North in an area where people were born, lived, and died within a 30 mile radius at most.
I went to W. Virginia for a business trip 25 years ago. A coworker who lived there took us for a boat ride on the river. Most beautiful place I ever saw.
I moved to Arizona over a year ago and now have survived two summers here. I don't regret it at all. Granted, I graduated high school here so I was very aware of what summers are like. That probably makes a huge difference in whether one regrets it or not. I won't say I'm a huge fan of the summers, but it beats the gray, dreary Pacific Northwest winters that caused me to always feel depressed. And the desert landscape and region is a wonderland for someone into photography, like I am.
I moved here to AZ from CA three years ago. Summers are a bit warm, but love the feeling of living in a free state. I do need to return to CA on occasion, but its only for a few days at a time. No regrets moving
Arizona sucks hate it here. Its over crowded and people trash the land. Thats why they are locking the land down more and starting to charge for use of the land. Not to mention the idiots who don't clean up or think safety when they are out shooting. It's getting bad out here.
@@jakecivis7402 I do agree that there's way too much litter throughout the state (though that's not a problem that solely happens in AZ). It's a little frustrating to be in a beautiful desert spot and then come across a bunch of energy drink containers
@Jason Mimosa chill bro. You’re gonna stroke out.
I grew up in the midwest. Moved to AZ in 2002 when i was in the military and chose to stay. The summers are hot but having lived in places with high humidity I will take Arizona’s brand of hot, plus the non-summer months are fantastic. Moved to Las Vegas for work five years ago and just moved back to Phoenix. Basically I’d never move to a place that gets buried in snow each year. If i want to see snow i’ll take a day trip up to Flagstaff.
I moved from CA to TX, and completely disliked living there. After three years in TX, I moved to Alabama, and I love it here! That being said, I do miss CA, but not the CA of today; CA used to be a paradise on earth in the 90s, a state like no other! Low prices, great houses, beautiful landscapes, the finest weather, good schools, and interesting people. Hope these good old times will come back to Cali.
It won't get back to the way it used to be.
And I'm still here. The homeless are expanding further east into central Orange County, where just a couple of years ago there were virtually none. Property crime has also increased.
That is how my Dad described California when he lived there back in the late 70s and 80s. It's sad to see what happened to Cali. It sounds like it was an amazing place back in the day.
Every time I meet someone who used to live in California anytime from the 70's to the early 2000's, they describe the place like it was a utopia. Sometimes I kinda wish I was born at an earlier period so that I could experience what once was the "Golden State."
Nowadays when I see California, all I see is ridiculously high prices on everything (especially houses), extremely high taxes, a large number of homeless people (who unfortunately have been leaking here into Oregon since around 2016 or 2017), an extremely corrupt government, incompetent leadership, and a decedent society that doesn't seem to care about ANY of the problems that face their formerly beutiful state.
Whatever state people describe that appeared in the 70's to early 2000's seems to no longer exist. Despite all of that, I feel like California will eventually go back to what it used to be at some point in the future. Probably not in the same way like it was back then, but it might become a state that people would actually want to visit or live in again. However I seriously doubt that will happen anytime in the near future, possibly not for the next couple of decades.
Something I'm hoping to do in the future is travel around the country and visit a decent chunk of the states. Unfortunately for California, it's one of the states that I will likely never visit anytime in the near or potential far future. It's up there with New York, Hawaii, and Alaska as one of the states that simply don't interest me for both financial reasons and touring reasons.
Another reason I don't want to visit California for the time being is the politics. Here in Oregon, I hardly visit the city of Portland primarily because of both the homeless crisis and the politics being too extreme and unwelcoming to me. Luckily for Oregon, so long as you stay away from Portland it doesn't really matter all that much what your political opinions are. You'll likely be accepted anywhere whether you're left, right, or centrist. Unfortunately for California, it seems like the entire state would be just like visiting Portland in terms of its political climate. I try not to let politics get heavily involved with wanting to visit a place, but California is one of those places that feels like it would be an unavoidable problem.
@@vjoe5389 Moved out of California several months ago to the East Coast. The California I knew and loved and died a slow, death.
I love living in the East. The cost of living is so much lower. I moved to a rural , mountain town. It doesn't have the glitz or amentities that I was used to, but it has been worth it.
@@churchofpos2279 I’m glad that worked out for you. Very unfortunate that you had to move from a state you formerly lived in and loved, but at least things turned out all right for you. As for me, I plan on continuing to live here in the west coast. Despite its problems, I love it here in Oregon. I also think that unlike California, Oregon seems to have a genuine shot at changing for the better in the near future. Only way I’d permanently leave this state is if the state government did something similar to what happened in California. Hopefully things don’t come down to that. If I did have to move I’m thinking somewhere like Texas, Florida, or Arizona would be a nice place to live out my days if Oregon takes a major turn for the worse. Washington is also another alternative option as it’s very similar to Oregon and is right next door, but if Oregon takes a massive nose dive like California did, it’s likely Washington will follow suite.
Floridian here. I know plenty of folks that have moved down here and can't believe the summer weather (which is actually from mid-April through Halloween). The 3 H's (heat, humidity and hurricanes) are part of the price Floridians pay for the awesome winters.
And bugs ... many!
So. Many. Bugs,@@alanstevens1296.
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BIG bugs!
@@alanstevens1296 Bug you.
red NJ here. do you drop dead from the heat in the summers?
You're almost at a million subs, Briggs. Congratulations in advance! 🎊 🎉🎊 🎉
I would subscribe to his channel but I can't stand it when he always downgrades most of the Midwestern states especially Iowa there's a lot more to Iowa than just farms & cornfields but that's all he thinks it is obviously he hasn't traveled to the bigger cities in Iowa so he doesn't know what he's talking about sometimes I get the feeling that he thinks he's better than most people just because he used to live in California & now Oregon well the majority of people can't afford to live in anyone of those states & that's why they have such a huge homeless problem but you'll never see that in Iowa & I'd say that's something to be proud of so live in these expensive states where housing is very costly & thousands of homeless people all over them living in the streets & tents nothing to be proud of that state but I sure am of Iowa!!!!!!
In 1984, I moved FROM Ohio TO Florida. I didn't regret it. I moved a few times over the years ending up in Utah in 2002. Things didn't work out there and in 2004 I moved from Utah to Ohio... and soon remembered why I left 20 years prior. In 2010, I had the chance to once again move from Ohio to Florida, and jumped on it. Again, no regrets.
I'm from North Dakota I was surprised that my state did not make the list. There are some good points to living here But the biggest draw back is the weather and that it can get rather boring here especially if you live in one of the smaller cities . Good points , low cost of living.. plenty of jobs in the major cities .Great place to raise your kids. Not too much crime in most of the state .
I have a farm near Minot, it is my happy escape place when I need to regain my sanity.
-40 can be a bit of a deterrent. But that's just a couple of months out of the year. The Bakken has calmed down a bit since the boom. Still plenty of good jobs, but the raw craziness has been taken down a notch or two!
I'm in Ohio and I'm doing fine!! Just stay to myself and enjoy. My jobs are good, nice home and that's my paradise!!
TOO cold
@@mikemiller659 there are much colder states
My sister lived in Ohio for 2 years. To me it seemed like one of those states where there's low cost of living but also a lot of poverty. Atleast where she lived..
@@sundinfamforlife4129 I'm in Akron Ohio. It's cool with me, a bachelor and no kids so I guess that's to my advantage. Hope you doing good fam.
@@mikemiller659 weather isn't everything
I'm originally from MA and lived in the southern US for quite a few years now. Florida, for me, was one of those places that really has to be subdivided. The Kissimmee area where I lived was horrid with crime (at least at the time), and there's a lot of poverty in the area. However, if you go to the coasts, it's mostly retirees and other non-natives. Then you have the Everglades area, and Miami is an altogether unique beast from what I've heard.
New England in general is a lot more fast-paced and aggressive than the South, which I don't think people understand. We expect you to be with the program and don't hold your hand, which a lot of people don't appreciate. People there ARE friendly, but it's not a culture where being polite for it's own sake is a thing; you either like someone and you hang out, or you don't and you fight with/avoid each other.
I had a hard time living in AL, AR and VA because people often seemed to be close-minded and overly sensitive. There was also always a lot of talking behind people's backs, rather than actually resolving personal issues. I had a boss who fired me because something I said apparently offended a coworker, but nobody ever told me they were offended or what I said that was offensive; I was just told not to do it again, then fired when I apparently did. How am I supposed to not be offensive if I don't understand what behavior I'm doing that's offending people? Direct confrontation of a problem just seems to not be a thing in some parts of the south.
This is late but u def right. We all j keep it real w ppl. If u from here u appreciate it. If u not, u might get offended by it
I really appreciate how genuine and polite your presentation is about this. At the end of the day misconceptions about what it might be like to live somewhere tend to drive the disenchantment. You may love vacationing somewhere, and when the luster of vacation mode wears off there then you’re just left with the regular hum drum of life.
I moved to Florida from NY and I love it. I love how generous and welcoming people are. It’s wonderful
A lot of people believe in lies too or get shipped to those states by other entities with empty promises. Texas has been shipping their medically indigents with one way tickets to CA telling them they'll get a house and medical care etc. No. They get emergency medi-cal which ONLY covers hospitalizations- no after care, no Dr's no medications, no services. and no they don't get a house. They get a homeless discharge. A list of shelters and food pantries they can try to get to, one bus ticket for town, in the winter a combination overcoat sleeping bag, a bag lunch. That's it.
@Fred Wills another America criticizing where someone comes from than accepting them. I'm already sick of people disliking Americans who are not white skin colored and now criticizing where someone comes from. Thanks for being another one to have America being called the Divided States Of America.
You might want go rethink living in Florida. I've seen people move from New York to Florida and see promotions saying don't New York my Florida. Which is funny since former President Donald Trump comes from Bew York and resides in Florida now. I guess Florida's need to teach me their English after being a former Spanish Colony before becoming apart of America.
@@BrandonHanson ???? Not sure what your comment means. I am a Floridian who does not desire Florida to become a heavily taxed state with criminals reigning supreme. That is what we mean by “Don’t NY my FL”. We enjoy law and order and no state income tax.
@@ReallyRyan. well, you are FREE to leave for a “better place”… may I suggest Chicago…NYC…Baltimore… L.A…. Seattle… Portland. You can enjoy ALL those things you described PLUS you can enjoy the benefit of being TAXED INTO THE GRAVE. The only person tripping you here is your lack of motivation to do so….stop blaming others and look in the mirror. We won’t miss you.
I have lived in Ohio for 26 years and lived here my entire life.(but born in Arizona). Ohio is not a bad state to live or grow up in. The major cities are all great especially Columbus. Housing is extremely affordable, you have Lake Erie and many fun neighboring states. You can do a lot of traveling because it’s a cheap state to live in.
I live in NW Ohio
Ohio is about to be the new tech valley with Intel moving in.
One of my Facebook groups OP asked us to show our grocery hull & receipt where we lived. Ohioans grocery prices were so much higher than where I live it was crazy.
@@pippishortstocking7913 interesting because grocery prices have gone up in price over the summer. If you don’t mind me asking where you live / price comparison?
I grew up in NW Ohio… great state, great people. I have also lived in Indiana, FL, VA, Louisiana, and now MI. I loved VIRGINIA!! Beauty everywhere, great weather, season changes, and short winters. Friendly people! Louisiana is the worst place I’ve ever lived in my life. I think HELL has to be cooler than Louisiana Weather was awful, people were hard to get to know. I like Michigan a lot too and I have family here Kids, grandkids, and great grandkids. Friendly people, lots of beautiful trees, And a blizzard beats a hurricane any day! But if I was by myself I had no family I would move back to Virginia in a heartbeat! Absolutely my favorite place I’ve ever lived. I was in the Shenandoah Valley and it’s just stunningly beautiful.
@@_cohen Illinois near the Iowa border.
We recently moved to Savannah GA, and the incomprehensible amount of visitors just ruined anything good about the place. Crime is getting really bad, so I sold our house just before things started tanking and moved back to Texas.
Savannah is truly beautiful but yes, sadly crime is too high to enjoy it. You basically HAVE to stick to one small area downtown or risk getting at bare minimum hounded by homeless and at worst, getting mugged.
Georgia as a whole is a mess imo. I moved to Smyrna GA from Wake Forest NC and the culture shock is unbelievable (in a bad way)!!!
If texas ever legalizes Pot that’s where we might go
@@aerrae5608 I know people who have visited Savannah, but they didn't mention the homeless. Where did they come from? Is it from people who used to live there?
@@Allaiya. there's a lot of homeless people that travel to other states just to be homeless, savannah is warm most of the year and there's a less likely chance they'd freeze to death in the winter. It's a tourist spot so there's always new faces with money you can hound. Same reason why New Orleans has such a big homeless population but you see most of them in the tourist areas.
Moved from a ski town in CO to Phx, AZ. Best move we ever did. I still love AZ though I’m enjoying actual seasons here in UT, but it took over 10 years for me to even consider moving to a place that snows after living in that ski town. My brother moved to southern ID 8-9 years ago and loves it. 💁🏽♀️ It’s really about knowing what you’re getting into, I think.
Huh 🤔 that’s interesting seeing Colorado has more sunny days than anywhere in the states. Think it was like 290 avg a year.
@@scottcampbell1566 I found it odd she like skiing but didn't mention FLAGSTAFF, Arizona.
@@scottcampbell1566 CO may have sunny days, but where we lived, there were feet of snow all winter. It even snowed in July a couple times during our time living there. As my mom liked to say after moving to AZ, “It may be hot, but I haven’t once had to shovel the heat off the sidewalks or scrape the sunshine from my windows.”
@@celestialbeing5291 I lived in a ski town, but I do NOT like skiing. I was a kid so not much choice in where we lived. Flag is gorgeous and I definitely wouldn’t mind living there. Yes, it gets snow, but not like we did in CO. Nonetheless, I’d be way more likely live in Phoenix than in certain parts of CO again.
@@TheHcjfctc hahahaha yeah that’s definitely truth. Different strokes & all. I can’t stand the oppressive heat! Lot more people die from heat 🥵 than cold 🥶.
Now that said I like my 4 seasons. Couldn’t imagine living in Florida or so cal anywhere without a true fall. I also like the snow ❄️ just not all the time. So I get it.
Seems to me I’ve noticed people always are somewhat or overly attracted towards the opposite of where they grew up. City they crave country & vise versa it’s interesting
People who live in the western half of the U.S. have a hard time adjusting to the summer humidity in the eastern half, especially in Florida. I visited some friends in Florida a few years ago. The second I got off the plane it felt like I had just stepped into a steam bath. When I was there we spent most of our time indoors with the air conditioner on. I don't know how people can ever get used to such a hot humid climate. It's miserable.
I moved from Sacramento to North Carolina. The humidity was shocking at first. A few summers in, you sitting outside watching the thunderstorms rolling in with a beer
I was born in Florida and lived there for 39 years (just moved to CO last week) and no, I never got used to the weather and I always hated it. It's the main reason I've wanted to move out west for so long.
You don't. And working outside in a labor environment?? In Calcutta 800 people died of heat stroke.......in ONE DAY. Seniors, children, and const. workers. I went to a speech tournament in Florida and was changing dress shirts three times a day!!
Visited Disney world many years ago in April and got on a ride at Splash Mountain. Whoever was in the cart before us must not have used deodorant because the entire ride stunk like there’s no tomorrow! Almost fell out of the ride because it was too disgusting to touch anything inside since the smell was horrid! It was definitely hot and humid that day. Visiting FL from April to Oct will be a no for me.
@@shirleyy2711 Florida during the summer smells like BO and stagnant water. It's especially true after a major hurricane hits and no one has ac or hot water. I remember working at Publix in 2004 while in school, and hurricane Charley hit. It was the most miserable 2 weeks of my life.
Florida is an awful state, and people that have been moving there in droves over the last 15 years are going to figure out just how bad it's going to get when a category 5 slams into Central Florida from the east coast. After the close call with Dorian, I knew I had to leave before Florida's luck runs out.
Tbh, it wasn't the wind or flooding that scared me about hurricanes. It was being without air conditioning for even a couple days, let alone weeks in the middle of summer.
Florida living isn't southern lifestyle at all. It's a weird combination of chaos, party, rudeness and kowtowing to the big tourist industries.
Move to Michigan. Or Ohio
@@marknewton6984 ew Ohio is midwest Florida but poorer. Recommend NC or honestly out of country if someone wants to retire to a warmer place
I'd like to make some honorable mentions of the states people regret moving to:
-Hawaii: It's incredibly expensive in every way, be it from houses to foods; even smaller houses have whopping price tags to it so unless you're a wealthy millionaire, you're basically stuck scraping at the bottom of the barrel. While the people are nice, they're also pretty apprehensive in tackling the ongoing homeless issue in Honolulu where people sleep in tents and benches. And the government of Hawaii is borderline defiant in reducing high costs, along with providing the homeless actual houses and jobs so the state is pretty much a lost cause unless you live in an area of Hawaii that isn't insanely expensive. Though even then you'd feel as if you're completely isolated from the mainland and also feel completely cut off from the outside world.
-Puerto Rico: Not technically a state per se, but its a huge gamble in moving and living there. A friend of mine from Georgia said that she moved from that state to Puerto Rico to get the tropical feel to it. What she saw instead was that the island was a total disaster. The cost of living in Puerto Rico is outrageous, and the overall living condition was deplorable. And never mind the fact that the island was well into an inescapable debt, she mentioned that almost NONE of the people in Puerto Rico spoke English at all (except in San Juan), and they lacked the proficient literacy in speaking that language. Worse, power outages were borderline frequent as a result of total mismanagement from LUMA Energy and even tripled the amount of the bill she received despite carefully conserving energy. And even worse was the lack of police force outside of the capital, and majority of the cops are corrupt, inept and unprofessional. She mentioned that Puerto Rico has a lot of entitled drivers that don't follow the basic rules, overall cementing her regret to moving to the island.
-Michigan: It's still going on a downward spiral, and its government has done so little to revitalize the state, which also includes Detroit. The neighborhoods are so run-down and often times dangerous, you're basically setting yourself a target for people with a serious hood mentality, who are more than happy to pull the trigger no matter who and what you are.
-Alaska: Like Hawaii, Alaska isn't cheap and it's not for the people who have poor tolerance for cold weather. And unless you love winter adventure, there's not a whole lot to do. Of course, you have Canada that will keep you company, be sure to have your passport ready if you're going to set foot towards Canada.
-Minnesota: Society-wise, since what happened two years ago, there's plenty of hostilities here and there so you have to be on your wits if you don't want to be a target of crime. And Minneapolis has seen better days too so best to avoid it. While the overall state is still nice, it still bears some of the heavy scars.
-Arkansas: Given its poverty-stricken nature of the state, its no surprising that trying to make ends meet is easier said than done. It's not a bad state, but unless you're at least well-off or have a sizable amount of income, this may not be suited for people with poor income.
I'd list out more, but I'd rather not clog up this comment, but, there you have it. Whether they're considered to be correct or wrong, feel free to comment. And feel free to make honorable mentions of the states you regret moving to.
The roaches love it there. They refuse to move out.
Please continue. I always enjoy hearing opinions about places
Very informative! You're right about Minnesota, especially Minneapolis. Lots of car jacking, burglary, etc. I have lived in Minnesota my whole life, and I hate it. I'm stuck here for now helping my Mom.
@@tracyseymour6059 Isn't diversity grand?
Super informative! Ty!
I don't get why people hate the rain. It's rather calming to hear the raindrops patter on the window. Honestly Surprised that Oregon ended up on the list for that reason
Becuse it creates mold, floods, and ruins everything.
Ambient rain noises are completely different than having to actually deal with the after effects of rain.
It doesn't rain every single day. It depends on where in Oregon you live.
Late comment here, but I felt inclined to reply.
It's not that I hate the rain, I hate that it's ALWAYS raining. Even when it isn't raining, the ground is saturated and muddy, and the air is foggy/hazy and humid all the time. Miserable for people (like me) who like to be outside as much as possible
I moved to Arizona and the heat is definitely not fun. But nothing an AC can beat. The weather is beautiful from October till the end of May.
$500.00 a month electric bill keeping the AC on.
@@mikemiller659 I live in Phoenix in a 2600 sf home and keep my temp anywhere from 76-78 degrees and my level billing is $210 a month. Hardly unaffordable for cooling. I think I turn the furnace on maybe a dozen times in the winter.
It's all about the elevation. It snows above 5000' and you need heat to keep the pipes from freezing.
Az has BIG issues w/ water. U may run out.
@@mikemiller659 that’s awful.
In spring 2022, I moved from Washington State to Vermont. I regretted it for financial reasons. It was a financial disaster because of the housing situation in that state. The food prices were high too.
People have enough money to rent a place and live just fine for the most part the problem is finding anything. I almost had no where to go when I had to move places I almost moved to NH. But got lucky and found a place in the last 2 days I had.
I moved back home to Western WA 5 years ago and we just bought our first home 2 years ago and feel like we got in JUST under the wire. Had we waited even a couple months we couldn’t have afforded to buy. I have looked in VT though because I spent summers there and all my fathers side of the family lives there, I couldn’t afford it even if I wanted to.
I live in VT for 30 years. It’s not as expensive as where I came from but the housing is tight & always has been.
Love WA and would be hard pressed to move to a state with extreme hot or cold weather. The western part of WA, 50+ miles out of SEA-TAC, is great. Summer is amazing!
wow, houses must be super high in VT then as they are really high in WA state. Zillow sends me emails every month about the median price of housing in my zip code and it is up to $625K now. Western WA, 90 miles out of Seattle. Seattle's median is twice as high.
I regret not leaving Illinois.
You're not alone. Fortunately I'm in the southern half. A little less insanity.
Ha we left Illinois in 1984. Best thing we ever did.
We were in southern Illinois
What's keeping you there? My wife left Joliet (she was not in the IL state prison😆) to go to college in '67 and stayed in CA after graduating. Her entire family eventually left IL too.
Central?
Colorado has significantly increased suckitude in the last 10 years. Big time. It used to be a nice place to live.
Born in Japan, lived in Commifornia as a kid, grew up and live in Vegas.
I see all of the places listed as places to escape from NOT, Move too.
I don't drink, smoke or gamble. Vegas is amazing if you don't have vices that run you're life!
With this attitude please move back to Japan or better even to China.
@@annakubiak2302
I'm American, not japanese.
Sorry that you have such low standards that you think any of those places are acceptable to live in.
@@bidensucks6792 Sorry that you use your political views as YT handle. If you think LV is amazing you’d like it in Dubai, the fakest city on earth. Japan is amazing, btw.
No. It’s NOT
I moved to California from Wisconsin almost 2 years ago and despite the problems California may have, I’m not looking back. The weather and beautiful scenery are unmatched by any other state, especially Wisconsin lol. Shit, I just took a day trip to Yosemite a few days ago I couldn't do something like in any other state, goodbye to my winter jacket. 😂 California may be a bit spendy but I think if any state deserves to cost more than another, it's California. California certainly does have affordable areas too, I've been strongly considering moving up to the northern coast where it's much cheaper and a lot wetter too. As for the homeless people you don't see it unless you are in a particular area, specifically high-population centers, aside from that there isn't much to complain about. I've also met A LOT of people who have left California for “greener pastures” and ended up coming back because not many states have as much to offer as California.
Yep you have to think twice before jumping yes dmv fees are nasty and you save in other states.but all of a sudden food is more expensive or is taxed in those states and look at the hidden property taxes like in Texas.
@@brianmatthews4149 Texas property taxes suck!!! unless you are old. Ours almost doubled in one year from $8,000 to $14,000. They need Prop 13 like California has. That locks the increase in the property tax to about 1% per year. No worry about getting priced out of your home because someone paid too much for your neighbor's house.
@@flywall3216 that's like liveing in New Jersey. Holy crap.
@@flywall3216 That was from the Govana Arnie right? Get to de choppa!
@@brianmatthews4149 Exactly, my dads utility bill is 5 times higher than mine because he always has to use heat or AC.
When a person moves to another state for a relationship, it’s over from the get go. If you move, do it for what’s best for you.
Everyone I have ever met that moved to another state for a relationship, that relationship had ended. You are so right, don't leave a place for anyone, do it for you! lol
I grew up in South Florida, specifically Key Biscayne and Coral Gables. In 1994 my wife and I moved to Northern California. We both agree this was the best move we ever could have made. I still have friends and loved ones in Florida, and was there recently for a visit. However, I'm so thankful every day for the privilege of living in Northern California. The lifestyle we enjoy here is just so different, and sublime. I wouldn't trade it for anything else.
Northern California is very pleasant. I am a Bolivian, my father met my mom in Chico and we moved to the New York when I was born but I remember going back to Chico when I was a kid during the summer and remembering all of the fun i had eating amazing food, hiking, playing in the fields etc.
People in California are moving out, which parts are they moving out of?
@@Spacebuddy-dm6ps The counties with the largest decline in population, by percentage, were Lassen 4.3%, Del Norte 1.3%; and Plumas 1.2%. Of the larger counties it was Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego which declined the most.
Cool@@thejdgoodwin
In 2005 I moved to Maryland after retiring from the military. After 15 years of trying to make it work, I finally left the Old Line State to relocate to Oklahoma, which placed me closer to my children. Reasons I regretted moving to Maryland:
- Baltimore and its high crime rate
- High housing costs
- COVID19 restrictions
- Strict gun control laws
- Failing education system, especially Baltimore
I am glad I moved out.
I'm a Maryland expat living in Florida, and I have zero regrets. Wild horses couldn't drag me back there.
Move to the dc metro area
@@blushdog That's the part of Maryland I left. Bethesda is too expensive; Silver Spring is too schizophrenic; Takoma Park is too stuck-up; and Wheaton is too downwardly mobile.
You were wise to get out of Baltimore! That is where I was born 73 years ago. That city is horrible, unless you have plenty of money to live in the nicer areas. And the smaller towns outside of Baltimore now have the Ghetto relocated there. I live in the country now in Maryland and I love it. I also lived in Tulsa, OK for awhile and I loved it, just was terrified of those pestie tornadoes.
NJ here i hear good things about okc.
I spent the night in Tucson (Arizona) a few years back. As I was leaving next morning--around 10 AM--it seemed hot, and I made a guess that it was about 90 degrees. Then I saw a temperature-time display on a downtown bank. It said it was 115 degrees. I realized that all the stories about humidity were right. If it was 115 here in south Georgia, with 95 percent humidity, people would literally be dying. The governments would be putting out Public Safety Announcements for senior citizens to find an air conditioned store or mall to shelter in. Life is hard. It's harder when it's hotter-n-hell.
I agree Phoenix seems slightly less hot than it is but when your shoes actually melt on the pavement it’s kinda unsettling…
I used to take my boat to bullhead city AZ, next door to Laughlin NV. The big thermometer would read 125+ degrees during summertime. The water was cold and refreshing as it moved from the Colorado River. But once you got out of the water, you and your clothes would dry in less than 10 minutes and you'd to jumping back in the water to cool down.
I moved to Florida from California ten years ago…and have not regretted it. If someone moves here without doing their homework, I suppose it would be a rude awakening. I have found people here to be friendly and accommodating IF you don’t show up with an attitude…methinks the disgruntled expected life to revolve around them rather than re-acclimating themselves to a difference in lifestyle.
Methinks you are right...
robert how are the summers from NJ here.
@@markdamstra when I first moved here, late summer was brutal…however, after a couple years, I found that I got “Floridated” where in San Diego Iwould stop surfing in a wetsuit once the ocean temp was 66oF…here, I started wearing a wet suit when the ocean temp “dropped” below 75. If you live close to the coast, the breezes are enough…inland, for three months it is terrible..no way I would live in Orlando or any other inland area.
@@roberthiggins986 there are so many quaint towns in FL. so many. I am a native NYer. i do need to be near a big city. how is miami
Moving to florida from oregon next summer. My inlaws are down there and oregon is turning into a dump. California ruined my state.
Born in Florida and finally left for Virginia after 45 years and have never regretted the move. Florida has got to be the most screwed up state in the country. No state income tax but that's no reason to stay or move there.
I loved living in Minnesota but it's really hard to live there by yourself and have enough food to eat. I had to go to the food pantry because I was hungry. It's also not good for people who hate driving because you still need a car. I ended up coming back to NY, unfortunately I probably should have stayed in MN though! I don't know if I'll ever stick to living in one state but I'll keep travelling and trying, determined to find my perfect stallion.
As far as Florida goes I tried living in Orlando and Miami and the reason why it's hard to live in that state is because all the ads for room and board are scams. All of them. Also in Miami most business owners also have stores in NYC and they regularly fire people which makes THEM terrible people because they're firing people who were.just.fired. in cold weather states and who might or might not still be living in homeless shelters. I would say the problem isn't with our country, it's the kinds of people who are business owners to more than one store. As soon as they become powerful enough to open up more than one store, and do three or four, they become really wretched individuals. Florida business owners who also have stores in NYC are party-hard people with personal assistants who probably steal from their accounts and guide their bosses to fire the weakest, nicest people who are simply trying to make a life for themselves. That's why it's hard to live in states. They feed on the weak and then end up buying mansions, fancy apartments in different states, and expensive cars for themselves and themselves only, possibly even starting fires in third world countries. America actually allows Ceo-type personalities to thrive and throw people out into eternal homelessness and that kind of thing probably shouldn't be allowed.
Car dependent areas Do Suck
@Corey Pack they are all different. AZ is blazing Hot and mostly conservative. Nevada is kinda dull, but slightly less conservative. CA is lovely if in the bay area, but very expensive.
Miserablesota.
The cost of living in Minnesota has really skyrocketed, especially in housing. Crappy weather, crime, and weird people. I live in Minnesota, and I hate it. Also, high taxes too and corruption
I came back to Florida because of family, and I can’t wait to get out of here again. And I can contest, the people, and the weather are less than ideal.
Plus DeSantis lives in Florida.
Politics aside there are nice people and not so nice people everywhere. With my luck I would research and research and research an area and then end up living right next door to some idiot Karen.
@@lacee7494 ... We moved to Florida two years ago and I have two of the best neighbors I've ever had in my life...
It’s good to know that culture shock is the biggest issue with a move to Florida. I’m a native northerner who’ll be spending some extended time down there in the near future, but 25 years of life in Tennessee should grant me some immunity to the shock.
After Tennessee sure you're immune to a lot 😂 absolutely love TN & it's ppl, it's an interesting place though 😊
As a Florida native who also lived in Tennessee for 20 years.. and in Wisconsin for 7.. I can say that I prefer the South. You already know as a Tennessean that it's humid and miserable in the middle of the summer and with Florida you get more of that. But the winters are like long falls which is nice. Very few cold days where you would need a jacket all day. And if you're in South Florida it's even less likely you'll ever need a jacket. I think the biggest shock is probably the number of bugs and lizards in Florida compared to Tennessee. We see them in Tennessee but Florida has three times as many. Depending on where you live politics can be varied and overall the schools can be not so great but Tennessee is similar that way.
@@VictoriaGates I was born in Nashville, and can't stand the place. I don't much care for the whole state. It is rocky and there are too many hills and winding roads there for me. So Tennessee may not get piles of snow, but it does get piles of ice and navigating those hills and curves in it is not fun. I drove from Nashville to Knoxville one winter and tried to get a weather report on the radio. No luck there. All I could get was country, bluegrass, and crazed preachers threatening hellfire if you looked crosseyed. I noticed there isn't much of a middle class there either. I'm not much into American music anymore, and it is everywhere - LOUD. If you don't go out to drink and listen to bands and do what everyone else does, consider yourself an outlier.
What's wrong with lizards? They're cute and more afraid of you than you are of them. They also eat bugs. We don't have camel crickets here in Florida. Enough said.
@@Miami7 I didn't mean to sound like I don't like Florida, because actually I do. In fact I'm planning to move back there because I prefer it personally and I have family there still. I actually consider Florida part of the South... Hehe.. But it's definitely its own thing also. I was born in Orlando and grew up in Homestead, My mom moved us up to the Midwest to try to get away from the crime and stuff and it's pretty up there but way too cold! I married a guy from Tennessee and we had kids but unfortunately he passed away a few years back so I'm thinking.. move back to my home state and near my family there in North Florida. South Florida's got a few more problems with crime so North Florida's a bit more like the South that I'm used to.
@@VictoriaGates One thing I noticed when I went up north. Everyone was so stuffy, weaving black, white, and gray. They all looked like clones of each other. Here in Florida we actually wear colors! Even to work! And we aren't exposed to loud music everywhere we go. There are still a few idiots ruining their hearing, driving around with loud music, but thankfully, they passed a law about that! I understand how you mean about Florida. For northerners, I imagine it is a huge culture shock. I am so very sorry to hear about your husband. Yes, south Florida is a world unto itself and quite expensive, until you get to the Keys. There it changes but is terribly expensive as well. There is nothing like being around people who love and care about you, wherever they are!
Everything you said about Florida is 100% accurate. I was born there. Now live in PA. Many new friends to Florida can’t stand the ignorance of the people. It’s like every jerk from every state moved there. Also the hurricanes and heat is a major turnoff.
I lived in the ft lauderdale area on and of half my life. My sis has been in Clearwater for 30 yrs…. My theory is the rude NE people take 95 south on the east coast and the family friendly Midwest folks come down 75 on the west side. I’ll take the sunshine in the winter but would never live there year round.
Love Florida❤
My stepmother is from Florida and says all the clothing stores here suck, the food options suck, the drivers suck (I very much doubt it’s worse than Florida), and the weather sucks. She even hates the summer here, like TN is somehow worse than Florida, and she hates the cold (of course) so she doesn’t like any other season either.
She’s not made any attempt to make friends, but she says the people are unfriendly and also suck. She absolutely hates it here.
So as soon as she can convince my father to retire, now he’s moving with her to Florida, where he has no family. The timelines coincide with what we hope will be my pregnancy and the birth of his first grandchild, which he had been so excited about until he met the Witc- my stepmother. So soon he’ll be dragged back into her cauldron swamp.
In the meantime, they take trips every month and expect me to take care of their dogs, because dad lets me live in an unused area in one of his buildings rent free. But they do that because I’m disabled, so going and taking care of dogs that can topple me to the ground, and not having an option, resulting in vomiting from pain if I have a migraine because I have to drive and take them out when I’m actively in a migraine… it’s no good.
But apparently that’s how they do it in Florida, and I need to get on board.
Florida, please take her back, but just her. He really doesn’t deserve to be stuck there.
@@LostinMIA The heat and Hurricanes is enough to keep me away, if its cold out you can always put on more clothes but if its to hot you can only take so much off
This sounds very similar to California a few decades ago. A bunch of people “fleeing” other states bringing all their baggage.
The thing is that moving to another state IS exciting, but after a while you tend to miss "home". I've lived in 6 states, but after about 2 or 3 years I tend to move back "home" to California. 😆
From CA left before & went back will never go back again id rather live in Mississippi than go back to that shithole again
@@alewis1244 lol why it has just as many pros as cons, like any other place.
@@mbear6689 More power to you! I love California and after living in so many other states, I love it even more! 😆
@@alewis1244 California is awesome and it’s a huge state, landscape and experiences vary widely.
I moved to Kauai for 6 years, I'm originally from San Diego, CA. I moved because the winters were getting colder sooner and I was injured in a car accident so the cold agitated my injuries to an insane degree. Kauai is pretty but there are some things that are backwards there and racism is rampant there. They call white people houlie, which is kinda the equivalent to the n word, and the police will harass people that are not from there and give them harsher punishment. There's more but I will stop here. I'm glad to be back in California.
You mentioned that Colorado almost made the top ten, which doesn't surprise me these days. I've been a Coloradan all my adult life, and the changes have broken my heart. I would be interested to know what some of the reasons were that people gave for regretting moving here.
I just moved to Leadville CO from Orlando Florida, and I can honestly say that I do not regret my decision in the slightest (of course it helps that I have visited Leadville many a few times over the last 3 years). I love the people, I love the cold, I love the mountains and the forests... don't like how expensive food is though or the state income tax, but a lot of other things are cheaper here than in FL. I've been wanting to live in CO since I was 8 years old and saw pictures of it. Now after 39 years, the dream has come true.
I'd probably regret moving here if I had to move near the front ranges like CO springs, *gag* Pueblo or the areas around Denver. No thanks.
I feel the same way. I lived in California for 62 years and it turned to shit and I had to move out. Sad.
I was a CO native for 30+ years and saw the state go from an affordable, pleasant place to live to essentially landlocked California. I put up with it longer than I should have, but the constant traffic, rude yuppies, radical left politics, and housing market insanity broke me and I couldn't do it anymore. I live just up north in Wyoming and my only regret is not moving sooner.
@@somethingbig3797 Yeah, Leadville is out of the way. Good choice! If you can telecommute or retire, it's nice!
@@ShenmueAtheist Fine! As long as you can see the mountain range. Lucky you!
People should examine their motives before making the big leap to another area. A quote that anyone who contemplates moving to another state or has moved and regrets it should consider:
“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven..”
― John Milton, Paradise Lost
"everywhere i go, I am" I think one should visit places you want to move to in the most trying time ie florida in july.
Very true. There is no place where one is going to just be able to run away from oneself!
@@diannt9583 amen to that. This country is so big and great. I want to see so much more than I have. will travel in retirement years from now.
IMHO, when you’re young you want opportunity. In middle age, you want quality of life. In retirement you want good health care.
My first 7 years was in Michigan. Been in Ohio for 50 years since. My only complaint is our weather. We have 2 seasons anymore ands that’s summer and winter.
Michigan 👋🏻 ❄️
I'm from FL and I have a lot of MI family. Love going up to visit in July. It's still warm, but it's refreshingly cool for a Floridian.
I lived in many states over the years, including Florida and Ohio. Hands down, I would choose Ohio over Florida any day. Ohio may be cold for 4-6 months out of the year, but the Autumn and Spring are glorious! I can actually enjoy spending time outside during the Summer months. It gets hot and humid in Ohio, but no where near like it is in Florida. And anyone who said Ohio is ugly obviously has traveled very little around the state. From the rolling hills to the meadows to Lake Erie… Ohio is a beautiful state. It may not have mountains but that doesn’t make it ugly. And boring is a state of mind… You can be bored anywhere if you aren’t willing to venture out to new places. I have never been bored in any state I have lived because I explore at every opportunity. I moved back to Ohio recently and have Zero regrets. Ohio is no longer the rust belt state of years ago, even if Briggs likes to throw that out every opportunity he gets in his videos about Ohio. Columbus is a perfect example of the future of Ohio.
I agree. Was a little surprised at that comment because, honestly, Ohio has some really cool ciites and beatiful wooded areas.
Ziggy Stardusk Same! Briggs constantly trashes Ohio in his videos. I now know most of his videos are based on his opinions vs facts.
From Ohio and moved away for 14 year and moved back and have no regrets. The Autumn's is glorious here spring an summer not to hot so you can enjoy the outdoors.
I have visited all 48 lower states, and most of the National parks in those states, and will agree that there are many, many wonderful places to visit. When wondering if there was anywhere that I visited, that I would want to move to, other than my life long state of Ohio, and I cannot think of anywhere I would rather spend the rest of my life. There are many places that I would like to revisit, and many places I would like to visit for the first time, but I do not believe I will find anywhere I would rather spend the entire year, or anywhere I would feel as comfortable as North Central Ohio.
Ohio bashing is a West Coast rite of passage.
Our friends moved to Arizona about 8 mos ago and now they are moving back to Washington state , the heat was way too much!
The heat in Southern Arizona is VERY brutal. After 105°F, that "it's a dry heat" doesn't matter anymore.
I survived through 117°F, 118°F temps with 120°F heat indices, many times. It's getting hotter here. Growing population with a growing amount of vehicles. In a Car dependent City/Suburban areas.
I'm moving out in 2023.✔📦🚘
I lot of people complain about Florida being humid but in reality the heat is worse in Arizona when compared to Florida since I’ve been to Florida and live in Arizona. Turns out I’m more used to tropical humid temps than dry heat and the dry winters here crack your skin to the bone. In all honesty humidity is better for your skin and it is so hot in Arizona in the summer that you can’t even go out 😭
My husband and I moved to the Front Range of Colorado from Texas (which is my home state) 5 years ago. I love my home state and I miss the food and (most of) the people, but I don’t regret the move. It was difficult for someone his age to get a job in his field in Texas, but less difficult outside Texas/the Deep South.
I moved to Tucson, AZ once. I only stayed for a month and got the heck out of there. I've never been that hot in my life...and I'm from Florida ! My daughter called it "2 suns". 😀
@@Sab_MJsMama Both are way too hot and I don't live in either one now.
I agree native of tucson you never get used to the long hot brutal summers, just deal with it, how I worked outside in my youth , I wouldn't do it again. Will leave in the near future for a four season climate.
To be honest I used to live in Ohio, and I wish I never moved back to my home state Minnesota because life in Ohio was so much better. The cost of things were so much cheaper too
I've lived in both states and I've always seen Ohio as a better and less cold version of Minnesota
Yes ohio is better
Ohio is beautiful.
I miss the no tax on food.
And I miss the big and beautiful homes.
But there's the oddness of Ohio I'll never miss!
I went back home to Cleveland last year and was kinda scared. And I've live in the south side of Chicago twice and still never felt the ick like I did in Cleveland!
Exactly. I moved to Phoenix after doing my research and on paper, I thought I could handle the heat. After all it’s only a few months. Boy did I regret it. We have 3 seasons here Summer, After Summer and Before Summer. Next Stop, Alaska?
Yes the heat..U go from the car with AC, and to the house with AC..and the bulldings with AC. My daughter lived in Palm Springs it was Too hot to walk the dog until after dark..it burned the dogs paws.
Very true. It's not that the hot parts of Arizona are hot, but that they are hot for almost 9 months of the year.
@@marinhusky8863 not really. Look at the average monthly temps for Phoenix metro. You'll be surprised. Right now it's 87 at 18% humidity. It feels very cool in the shade. It will be in the low 60s tonight, but it will feel like 50. But keep peddling this... We don't need any more people.
@@lanaj1107 I lived there so I am speaking from experience. I guess the definition of heat is relative but most places are in the 70s or lower by now.
@@marinhusky8863 I can relate. I'm a 9.5 year Resident of Arizona (The Valley specifically). I just survived my 10th Summer 🥳(as I moved to The Valley in the month of March 2013). It's VERY hot here. More than the "3 months" that people keep declaring. Which is NOT true. It's much longer.
Most move to Southern Arizona for their health. The weather has ruined my health. I have Kidney problems now. I'm a local Female CDL Driver. So I spent many days outside vs inside. My 10th anniversary is to be in my (already made Reservations) U-haul leaving Arizona.
I'm definitely going to miss Arizona. I accomplished so much within this (almost) decade. However, I'm entering a new phase in my life. I'm ready to explore more of the State of my Roots and an environment that is NOT so "It's a dry heat" hot.
I love four seasons myself. The winters are tough but it comes with beautiful snow and hot cocoa. Fall leaves and apple picking then the best ocean sunsets and beaches. I’d miss the feelings of each New England season even the rough ones. I appreciate spring so much and love spring fever feelings. Florida for me is a place to vacation to in winter. I’d hate living there
My sister moved to California for a few years and then to Ohio for a similar paying job, but lower cost of living. Eventually she got another job in the Columbus area. She seems to like it.
The Connecticut & Idaho being so high up surprised me.
I know so many people who moved to FL. One guy's job fell through, so I think he was regretting it.
Definitely was expecting to see Massachusetts since many move here for school or their first jobs and unfortunately housing costs are through the roof
@@cg0825 I think Massachusetts is a great state. I'd love to live there, but yes, the housing was way too expensive.
@@Allaiya. I find it surprising that a place with 12 feet of snow 8 months out of the year would have expensive housing. (but I'm spoiled, I live in SoCal. We scurry inside shivering when the thermometer gets down to 65)
I can totally understand why Connecticut is on the list--it's just too damn expensive. But yeah, Idaho is a bit surprising.
@@UncaAlbyGmail It's likely because of the education. MA I believe has the best & top-performing schools in the USA.
I understand the issues with NYC but upstate NY is such a gem. If you can handle the cold it’s great in a lot of areas to raise families. Taxes are high but the price of homes are reasonable in Dutchess County, Ulster, Albany area, Ithaca, Rochester and Plattsburgh, great family and communities vibes
I absolutely love Ohio. There are tons of things to do here and it is actually beautiful. I have traveled all over the USA and Europe. Ohio is a great place to live.
..except that the winters are depressing and cloudy much of the time, like much of eastern half of the country (except Florida).
@@JoDo777 Well, it depends upon what kind of activity interests a particular retiree. I'm interested in natural history, and for me that means traveling extensively, and exploring particular areas that are relevant to my specific objectives--that is, where does a particular species occur that I'm interested in studying. I'd like to live in the western half of the country, and some areas I'm considering include Tucson AZ and St George UT. I have also been considering Las Cruces NM. My 'ideal' would be a city large enough to have all the basic amenities and a reasonably large population of well-educated (or at least intellectually curious) people, and of course a university would aid in this goal, and one that has ethnic diversity, particularly including an Asian population, and reasonable access to airports (either a hub or an airport that conveniently feeds into a hub) for both domestic and international travel, and lots of miles of mountains and deserts. I had also thought of Davis CA but I'm considering less due to high costs and widespread issues in California. I'm not interested in golf, wine tasting, theme parks, gambling, or beaches, some or all which may be important to other retirees--perhaps your question centered more on some of these. Feel free to ask for more clarification on anything I've typed.
I agree 100%. I am from Florida and I still live here. I can say it is absolutely the people. It does seem in some instances that Florida celebrates stupidity and enforces it to strange degrees. Florida is a beautiful place to live but the people are making it ugly.
Yeah, all those North Easterner’s have ruined Florida……and Florida man.
agreed!! we went from a jimmy buffet, live and let live state attitude to people being assualted on the streets for looking “jewish” or wearing a mask. it is insane the turn it’s taken here.
@@lisaschreiber2893 yeah, the Democrats are out of control with their crime. It’s a shame.
Yep, I'm from Sarasota but I live in NC for now. I miss Florida, especially the fishin' for snook and stuff. But I'm about to move to the VA Beach area because there are lots of fish and it's legal to grow plants there that FL doesn't allow yet. When they get with the times I'll probably go back to Florida but not Sarasota. That place is overrun now.
Yeah its almost like Floridians are pushing people in front of subway cars like they do in NYC. Those animals !
I'm truly surprised Minnesota didn't make the list. I'm from Ohio (lived there for the best part of my life) and went to college in Tennessee then back to Ohio. Got married and divorced. Ruined Ohio for me. I wanted to leave. I met a woman from Minnesota that fixed my heart and talked me into moving there. Good marriage but everything else sucks! My career experience didn't matter at all to employers here. 30+ years of auto body repair, restoration and painting didn't count for anything. My last job before retirement couldn't even pay me what I was offered in 1992 at Peterbilt of Northwest Ohio ( but turned down because I didn't want to work on big trucks). After moving here 14 years ago I regret not going back to Tennessee. So my reasons that Minnesota sucks are these things: generally low pay if not working in the iron mines. Not being respected because you're not from here. Everything is miles further apart than anywhere else I've been. But the biggest one for me, the 6 months of snow and frigid temperatures (-20 to -30 for weeks or months) with no real heat in summer. So, No, I don't like Minnesota at all!
Not enough people move to Minnesota. Turns out people by and large can be smart?
totally agree!! Lived in Mankato, Minnesota as a kid. When people repeat the cliche about "friendly, cheerful Midwest people" I don't know whether to throw up or laugh. If you're not from Minnesota those folks have no use for you.
@@rosiebrinsek5411 they call it "Minnesota nice". Being rude and mean in a polite way.
@@mikemcgown6362 There is a world of difference between the Twin Cities Metro Area, the rest of the state, and Minnesconisn. Minnesconin's are seems to be exceedingly nice. Greater western Minnesota seems to be nice as well. It seems to me to be that Doucheluth, the TC, and Mankato just suffer from being metro areas.
It's statistics. The video is counting the number of people who return from a state, so the top states aren't going to be the worst to live in, they're going to be the most common states people move to and have some percentage move back. Surprisingly Texas isn't on the list. I guess people who move there stay.
I used to live in Oregon for a decade and moved to Montana a decade ago. I love it here
Midwesterner here. I only lasted 90 days in Daytona. I literally got pulled over by a cop the very first time I entered town, and everything went down from there.
I moved out of Florida and into Illinois, yes I know shocking. Two reasons for the move. 1) When looking for an apartment I was told "I don't make enough money." 2) Jobs in my field are more plentiful in IL than in FL.
I found FL in general has a unique disregard for education, I'm from there and don't miss it at all. I mived back to FL after college and it was a big mistake, nobody pays what you are worth.
@@notverynotoriousg5674 I know what you mean, but it is not only in FL. Educational accomplishment for me I've found doesn't mean much, as being a veteran has lost its "appeal" in the U.S. Experience is the determining factor.
@@hlw1306 Old landlord had a good sized place and was $300-$500 less than the area I was in FL, which was also smaller.
I moved to Clearwater from PA in 2009 and stayed in Florida till 2023. I absolutely loved it! After seeing the whole state and experiencing everything it has to offer, it was time to go back to four seasons. Too many people are moving to Florida with high expectations of sunsets and luxury. It’s a very different experience, and you have to embrace it all or you’ll end up disappointed.
Uh..2023 hasn't come yet. You a time traveller? Maybe you can tell me who'll win the superbowl
Nicely put!
@@justinratcliffe947 The Chiefs lol
@@justinratcliffe947 LOL😂~:)
@@musicman76enator Sorry, BILLS🏈🏈🏈...
I am in Ohio and it does somewhat suck, but I think it is unfair to call it ugly. Those people apparently never got outdoors. Except for the flat parts that look like Iowa, there are so many beautiful and diverse landscapes, and awesome parks in the NE where I am. Parks are generally free, too, whereas other states make you pay to see nature.
Agree planet earth is beautiful. Except for Ohio. Just kidding man, keep getting out there! Plus you’re close to PA and WV which have amazing landscapes too.
No flat parts of Ohio resemble anywhere in Iowa, Ohio is truly an ugly state.
How you adapt to where you move is key to being happy. I'm retired Army, and the military is going to send you where they need you. It is then up to you to adapt to that new place, not the new place to adapt to you. I've lived in several states, been to all 50, and have lived in or traveled in several foreign countries. I learned to embrace the differences in culture from place-to-place and made it a point to study the history of the area, learn some of the local language etc. This made MY time in an area more interesting and relevant - for my family too.
If you are planning to move, read the above carefully. Most of the stress that natives to an area have with newcomers is the whining about how much better stuff was where they came from. Nobody asked you to move there, you chose it, YOU adapt. Those who make the adjustment do just fine, those who don't will eventually move or stayed pissed at the world and make everyone around them miserable too. Or you can just move to Cary and feel right at home ; )
(Cary is an acronym meaning Containment Area (for) Relocated Yankees)
I've lived in NC for 25+ years now, love the state, but will retire in the Mountain West where I grew up. It would be cheaper to stay here, but almost all my family is in the West now - plus, it's always been "home" for me.
FYI in NC we call the folks from up North that move here "Halfwayers" because they stop halfway to Florida. I'm seeing a lot more Cali and Illinois plates lately, so it isn't all NJ and NY, so we'll need another term for those folks lol.
I thought for sure that Pennsylvania would be on this list. I've seen a lot of people move here over the years and then regretting it soon after. Mostly due to the weather and the terrain. Plus we have arguably the worst roads in the country and it takes it's toll on you after a while.
I laughed when I seen Oregon in this list because I lived in Eugene for two years and I regretted it immensely. I never seen so much rain in my life and I felt like crying, the rain wouldn't stop for five months straight. Very depressing.
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At least they don’t live in michigan
@@fnsshehrbvfgyssbvvsmmmdjjd4611 I kinda like Michigan. Ann Arbor is a nice town. Lansing is decent. Of course Detroit and the town with the bad water give the whole state a bad name. We have lots of really great towns here in PA but we have trash towns too like Reading, Wilkes-Barre, Hazleton and Scranton that give the whole state a bad name.
Who would reggret moving to Pa? That’s like the most anti American thing I’ve ever read. It’s the best state. It’s the state that made the States
I’ve never met anyone who regretted Pa. Roads and weather don’t effect me. Snow means money, and roads, well, we’re the 2nd oldest state and our borough and towns made in 1600-1899, they weren’t meant for cars, and we were a train state! The train needs to come back, and our roads aren’t that bad, the Deep South is dirt roads in some cities.
Moving to another state because of unhappiness with something? The unhappiness moves too.
Moving because of family homophobia, that cant follow
Agree 100%. We have lived all over the country, there are nice people and NOT nice people everywhere, every city is expensive and has traffic, etc. If you have a good job (which could be anywhere, it depends on what you do) and good family/friend relationships, ANY place is nice. Only the weather changes and let's face it MOST of us have heat and a/c in the house. Sure, some areas have more things you may like to do but day to day most of us are too busy to do most of those things. Live where your job is and vacation wherever you want!
Good point!
Not always. I was unhappy in Tampa and been happy for 4 years in Bangkok. I come to realize what Florida is missing is COMMUNITY.
This is so true! I completely relate to this
I've moved to Ohio from Columbia,SC and its been okay. I don't like that food prices are higher and more taxes. It's beautiful in the spring this winter is going to be interesting
I was born & raised in Oregon, lived there pretty much my entire life, I moved to Washington state a year before I turned 30 & I'm partially happy with the move. What drove me out was the price of housing is too expensive, the area I grew up in was Beaverton, but also my family lives in Washington & well, there's Portland, I use to love Portland, spent a great deal of time there when I worked as an event organizer but it really plummeted downhill. My parents got a lot of money off the the home I grew up in, close to the Beaverton & Aloha border, the person that helped them sell it claimed that so many people are fleeing Portland but still want to live nearby so houses in the Beaverton suburbs are hot & yeah, they got a decent amount for that house. I like being close to family but I do greatly miss my friends, some say that Portland got worse since I left & others are still locked up in their homes & only leave when they absolutely have to so they're unaware of the state of Portland other than what they hear on the internet & from other friends.
Where I'm at has a lot of older & younger people, not many in their 30's it feels like so I've been lonely. Not for lack of trying, I've been going to things & even got to know some people but these kids are barely 20 years old so there's quite an age gap, I didn't exchange info with them because they're freshly out of high school & that feels awkward. Also, I actually enjoyed the rain back home, it never was a factor to drive me out but I did move to a sunnier part of Washington, the other side of the mountains, people here do not understand rain which made me feel sad. I LOVE Halloween, it's my favorite holiday & back home, even when it rained on Halloween, we got tons of trick-or-treaters & last year at the house I'm living in, we got so many of them come by & more houses were built, more kids moved into the neighborhood so I doubled the amount of candy from last year this year, expecting a ton of them but around 4pm, there was a light drizzle that started & barely went away, it got lighter at one point but then heavier, making it close to being like a regular rainfall but light by my standards & typically back in Beaverton, this would never stop the kids but here? They're not use to rain. I got about a quarter of the amount of trick-or-treaters from last year, not even the kids next door came by. I guess that's another problem I have with this area, so many people don't know how to function when it rains & as someone who grew up in the rain & is pretty much semi-aquatic (everyone who grew up near Portland OR is, check their hands for webbing lol), things shutting down because of a light drizzle is such a downer.
No, I don't regret moving to here but I would like to be somewhere with more activity. Maybe I'll wait until my aunts & uncle pass away & find somewhere with more happening because compared to Portland, where I'm at feels like there's so much less happening or I could find a city that better fits me that's still close enough to the family where I can go back & see them frequently enough, in the past, we had the gorge separating us which meant we never saw them in the winter due to dangerous passage. I had relatives die in the winter & we missed their funerals because we couldn't make it safely through the gorge. My family likes to die at inconvenient times like my uncle died just before my family left for a trip to Hawaii & his funeral was while we were gone so it's just my luck, if I'm too far away, surely I'll miss future funerals & due to growing up with this separation, I didn't get to know my extended family so well & now, I know them a lot better. Kinda late, almost all of them are in their 70's except for my aunt who is 69. My parents were both the babies of their families. It's tricky balancing where to live, want to be close to family but also want to experience the things I like & live the way I want to & I don't want to miss anymore funerals.
Huge speech, Portland, OR is an abominated City these days. I wouldn’t want to live in that city at all after hearing about it.
Moved from Florida to Massachusetts last year, super pleased with it. Gonna pretend Florida doesn't exist now.
You don't exist now.
@@marknewton6984 I'll happily take it over existing as a Floridian.
That's why I love this channel, the objectivity. Florida is accurately depicted and placed as Number 1.
You're definitely right about California and Florida, I can confirm right off the bat that I couldn't move to either regardless of what promising features they do offer - visit them at least once or twice, but that's it!
Born and raised NorCal gal (52yrs) and last year I convinced my husband (MI native but transferred to CA in the mid70s courtesy of the military) that we should check out GA since he retired (me having never stepped foot in GA before) so we booked tickets and flew out a week later and were in contact on our house in less than 24hrs. 😂 Freaked out all of my NorCal family but 4wks later we were on the road with the younger brat and our three huskies. Do NOT miss that place at all!
Where in GA?
I have live in Southern Illinois all my life. Chicago sucks for sure, but the corrupt politicals makes the whole state bad.
Don't vote for them.
@@michaelsmith2733 she probably doesn't but her neighbors do. I live in mpls and have the same problem.
If you haven't already, could you please do a list of the geographically safest states?
@@MrJedi5150 yeah
I moved to Oregon about 10 years ago for my wife's health. She was diagnosed with lupus, and became really sun sensitive, so we had to leave New Mexico. Although I don't regret moving here, because the weather is perfect for my wife, I kinda agree with the white trash comments. That's the one thing that caught me off guard after moving. The gutter punks I knew in Albuquerque had way more class, and common courtesy.
So much white trash in Oregon. We recently moved back here for work. They are everywhere. Oregon is an appendage of the South.
Is your wife an oompaloompa? It's just you look like Willy Wonka.
Yeah. Oregon has way too much white trash. While I grew up in a wealthy part of Maryland despite not being wealthy, the hicks, Neo-Nazis, and juggalos are gross.
Having lived in both New Mexico and Oregon I have to agree with you. Way more class and courtesy all over New Mexico vs Oregon.
Where in Oregon? I lived there for about 10yrs and never saw that. Granted that was in the 90’s. The biggest place I saw that kind of thing was Midwest.
It’s been awhile since I checked this channel out
The first 10 years of my life I lived in Arizona. Then I moved to California, I stayed until I was 18 by joining the Navy. I was eager to leave, then I returned for a year. I then went back to Arizona and then stayed as an adult for 5 years. Arizona sucked for me as an adult. I promptly moved back to California. I'm happy here.
I'm glad you're happy. Nothing better.