BRITISH GUY Reacts to "15 Best Places to Live In The U.S. in 2024-2025"
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you should move to Wisconsin. WE GOT THE CHEESE!
Twitch suck. Sorry.
Wisconsin has shitty cheese@@xt3100
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Sometimes, the "Median" in these places home prices are high because the high-end houses are very high-end. Those homes in Sarasota you were looking at were millions. That's gonna drive up the price quite high. Im only at Austin, and it's provably not on the list, but the Triangle area in NC is actually really nice. Prices are still ok. Very safe compared to other places. Great schools. You can fly for fairly cheap to anywhere. You're a 3hr drive from the beach, 4hrs from the mountains. 8hrs from Orlando, 8hrs from NYC. Its big enough to have every you need yet small enough to still feel like a good town. And we have direct flights to london for ya! Get you a ryan air flight away from home quick!
Edit: Oops, I pressed send and the next word in the video was "Raleigh"!!😂
The biggest thing to remember is you can live CLOSE to these cities for way cheaper than what they post downtown prices are. You can live 20-30 min from Charleston SC for half of what they said.
The houses that are 20-30 minutes from Charleston that are half the price of the median home price will be small 1000 sqft (or less) bungalows in a not so desirable neighborhood. My kids live 20 minutes from Charleston in a decent area and the average home price for an average size house is till $400K+. You'd have to live a lot closer to the center of the state (where I live) to get an average size house in a decent area for $250K.
yep same in ny, manhattan most expensive but other broughs -brooklyn, queens, brox and staten island much less, living in brooklyn along the shore have view of ocean and 10min frm beach , you don't get that in manhattan
Yes, "Colonel" Harlan Sanders began his fried chicken business at a roadside restaurant in Corbin, Kentucky in the 1930s.
Well kind of. The restaurant chain known as KFC was started in Utah when a businessman bought the good Colonels recipe, but it’s all semantics really. I just prefer the answer of Kentucky Friend Chicken having started in Utah. 😂
@@chandlerroetker9593 So it still started by buying it from a restaurant in Corbin, Kentucky and is not Utah Fried Chicken.
Sure. But the restaurant wasn’t called “KFC”
@@chandlerroetker9593 So you're telling me Utah just used Kentucky's name? Or their recipe? Or both? lol
@@chandlerroetker9593 The name of the place in Kentucky was Colonel Sanders' Fried Chicken...the Kentucky part was clearly implied because of its location! The Utah businessman bought the rights to use the name which he originally called "Colonel Sanders' Kentucky Fried Chicken." A mouthful of a name that eventually dropped the colonel's name, and even later on (if I recall correctly, in the 80's) reducing it further to the acronym we use today, just KFC. But it BEGAN in Kentucky, no matter how you try to fry that bird!
I wish they had included some year-round weather info in these clips. Those upper-midwest cities get absolutely frigid during the winter. It takes a certain kind of fortitude to live there.
Yeah I agree! Wisconsin is very cold & has extremely bipolar weather. I live about 6 blocks from Lake Michigan, & Gordy when the winds blow in the snow...... I get the hot cocoa & watch all wrapped up!❄🌬☕
It's all about the weather. California coast has the best weather...which attracts people that attracts companies that attracts schools and then all sorts of political machinations finally driving up prices so only a few can afford to be there.
I love Charlotte, but the traffic is a nightmare for commuters.
Yes, and you can absolutely roast to death in the southern ones. So pick your poison carefully!
Which is why it's so unpopulated. Outside of the Twin Cities, Minnesota is like...Wyoming. Northern Minnesota can be scary cold
Look outside of cities but close. Houses are much cheaper and quieter but you can drive into the city if you want to. 🤷♀️
Agreed 100%!
Wisconsin's winter's can be brutal. Aside from the weather, Wisconsin is a nice place to live.
As a wisconsinite I can confirm, but we make up for it in its readiness to combat snowy streets and stuff to do year round
4:16 That's not the sea bro. Madison has 2 big lakes right in the middle of town.
Bro doesnt know that.
Keep in mind, median prices are in the middle ... between mansions and low price homes. I live in Central Florida. There are mansions in my city worth $1+ million. There are many more homes in the $200 to $300 thousand price range. I love Florida. I retired here from the snowy north 9 years ago. But be careful where you choose to live. I have 2 close friends who moved here at about the same time I did. They chose cities on the west coast near Tampa. They were lured by the beautiful beaches and Tampa facilities. One friend lost her entire home to hurricane Ian. The other had major damage due to Milton.. the same storm you went through in Orlando.Her city is only a few miles from Sarasota, near where Milton made landfall as a Cat 3+ storm. The east coast gets hurricanes, too. They can get storms coming if from the Atlantic Ocean. I live inland, between Tampa and Orlando. We get hurricanes coming in from both coasts, but by the time they reach us they have lost their intensity. We have the benefit of all the amenities of both cities about 45 minutes away in either direction.. theme parks in both cities, pro sports teams, zoos, great medical facilities, fantastic restaurants and great beaches. In about 90 minutes we can reach Cape Canaveral and watch rocket launches. There's so much to see and do here. Remember, summers are hot, hot, hot in Florida. But there's air con everywhere and lots of ways to stay cool. In the north, the winters can be brutal. To me, there's no way to get warm in the winter. I find winter cold painful and shoveling snow is the worst chore imaginable. Consider Central Florida, but be picky about the location you choose.
I moved to North Central Florida 20 yrs ago, from the north east and I haven't looked back since. I'm 1 1/2 hrs from some of the most pristine beaches in the country (St Pete's, Clearwater, and beaches in between) + Disney/Universal parks. If I want to visit the beaches on the East Coast (Daytona, Ormand, St Augustine) I'm about the same distance )give or take 20--30mins). I loved snorkeling for clams on the Gulf side after the storm season.( I haven't been lately due to health) Also, I am 20 mins from the Equestrian activities that are ubiquitous here in North Central Florida. I feel so lucky and proud to live here. There is no other place I'd rather be, honestly. But, I must admit, it is starting to get crowded.
Charleston South Carolina is the most BEAUTIFUL place I've ever visited! And I've traveled all over the USA.Sarasota is on par w Charleston but with the added benefit of white candy beaches. Sarasota is great!!
Both extremely expensive housing and get hit by hurricanes!
Greenville is a truly beautiful place to be. Falls park is right in the middle of downtown with actual waterfalls. The foodie scene is also on the rise around here. It's also an artistic/creative hub.
Shhhhh... don't tell anyone! Best kept secret in the South. We're full! :)
@@christybell9587I agree I’m trying to keep this place a secret but obviously people are starting to notice
The Carolinas are amazing. The weather and lifestyle cannot be beat. Your money goes so far and the outdoor activities are elite.
Agree. The Carolinas are the best.
Myrtle Beach alone gets around 15 million visitors a year, mainly due to the ocean grand strand.
Cost of living, crime, schools, taxes are all things to consider.
PS. Be sure to consider the climate, Charleston, SC for example is so hot in the summer you just can't believe it. Green Bay, Wisconsin on the other hand is miserable cold in the winter.
You don’t want any of these cities. You want the curbs surrounding these cities. Money goes farther on properties, and less taxes also
Suburbs not curbs.
I graduated from Sarasota High school in 1979. It is way bigger now than when I lived there. I wouldn't want to live there now.
A "median" is the middle value in a set of numbers arranged in order, meaning half of the values in the set are higher than the median and half are lower; it essentially represents the midpoint of the data set.
Average -a number expressing the central or typical value in a set of data, in particular the mode, median, or (most commonly) the mean, which is calculated by dividing the sum of the values in the set by their number.
Theyre synonyms
@@lochnesswes1 No, they aren't. Median can be significantly above or below average. For example, if your data set is 1 2 3 4 50 the median would be 3. The average, on the other hand, is 12.
Median is often used when the mean would potentially be influenced by the extremes. For example, if that 50 was a multi-million dollar home, it would drag up the mean price and make it less representative of the region.
@ every english dictionary and thesaurus is wrong? Median is a particular numbee in the data set either. The median between 1 and 50 is 25.
@@lochnesswes1 I have no idea what dictionary you are using, but mean and median are statistical terms and you are simply wrong by calling them synonyms. Google "mean vs median" and you can find some great sites that explain the two. As for the 1 and 50? The median will be the same as the mean when there are only 2 data points , and it will be very close to the mean when you have a very normal distribution of data points--but that does not make them interchangeable at all.
@ the dictionary is that of merriam-webster. The words are defined as "something representing a middle point". Each is derived distinctly, but represent a middle point
That is a lake in Wisconsin and if you love snow its the place to be.
Charleston, south carolina is absolutely gorgeous
Colorado is so beautiful but very expensive
Charleston is beautiful, but it can be just as (and usually more) expensive to live there than Atlanta or Charlotte...but then you're stuck dealing with South Carolina roads
I love visiting Charleston but if I lived near it, I'd live closer to Shem Creek. These are all cities, none of which I'd live in.
I'm retired Air Force and was stationed in Colorado Springs 1977 - 1979, and I absolutely loved it. I went back two years ago and didn't recognize it. Housing growth has at least tripled from when I had been there. There's a vast amount of military there. Air Force Academy, Peterson Air Force Base (now Space Force Command Headquarters), and Fort Carson Army Base. Winters can be brutal at times, but there is so much to do, and you're only about an hour drive from Denver.
I live in Loveland and it’s Great!
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The trick to knowing the right place to live is risk assessment. The more you know your risks the more you can deal with them. For example, elevation is important. Some parts of florida have wildly different elevations which greatly affect your risks of flooding. Take for example, I live in an area that is less than 200 feet from the water but the elevation difference is almost 10 feet compared to those closer to the water. As a result my chances of flooding are greatly diminished compared to those closer to the water. Only a cat 5 headon will cause any risks of flooding in my area. Beyond that I am at minimal risk of flooding. Small little things like that can make a big difference between living in one place and living in another. You can still enjoy many of the benefits but not endure much of the negatives. The people who had the biggest negatives were the ones who picked places with the most risk. That is why risk assessment is important in choosing where to live in florida. You can still enjoy nearly all the benefits of florida living but not be at risk of serious damage.
Don’t forget you have to add in property taxes, and house insurance on top of your mortgage payment
As well as state income taxes and energy costs.
I actually grew up in Lexington, Kentucky and I loved it! Lots of history, central to a lot of bigger cities and places of interest, low cost of living, mild seasons (while getting all 4), and it's only growing!
Yes, Kenrucky is where Colonel Sanders lived and where Kentucky chicken came from.
Tennessee and Kentucky are good places. Not hurt as much by hurricanes and tornados as some places. And NOT tons of snow. Anything north of there you get lots of snow and very cold weather. In Wisconsin you'll freeze to death and get snowed in. In Charlston, SC is a bad place to life on the Atlantic coast. Hurricanes hit here during the hurrican season. If you don't mind being in a terrible hurricane, go ahead. Sarasota, Florida, on the gulf coast, hurricane territory, as you already know,
I guess. Colorada, beautiful but a whole lot of snow and very cold. Why is this video so dark?
Although Austin, TX is inland and 200 miles from the Gulf of Mexico, it can still feel the effects of hurricanes. Hurricanes can cause flooding and high winds, and Austin has been affected by hurricanes in the past, including Tropical Storm Hermine in 2010. All the photos of places you see is the real thing. Virginia Beach, Virginia has a high risk of hurricanes, with 99% of homes in the city experiencing some risk. Alabama experiences a significant number of storms compared to other US states, but it ranks behind Florida, Texas, and Louisiana in terms of major hurricanes. Since 1851, Alabama has been directly hit by 23 hurricanes, five of which were Category 3 or higher.
North Carolina is a great place to live ! Charlotte, NC is about 20 miles from where I live west of
Charlotte. We seldom get snow and a fairly mild winter. Many sunny days through fall and winter.
I've lived in several states and this section to me is the best. In my town houses are lower than right in Charlotte and you can buy a very nice house for $250, 000 and even lower. Greenville, SC is not
too far from me in NC. It's far enough away from the coast that it doesn't get hurricanes or tornados.
It may get some rain from the hurricanes but is not directly hit by one, as a rule. You can get homes lower than what this video tells you, as you can get in all of these cities. You can get nice houses for $200,000 in most cities. According to recent forecasts, Boise, Idaho is likely to experience above-average snowfall this winter and very cold winters. Naples, Florid has an extreme Wind Factor™ risk for hurricanes, tornadoes, and severe storms. All homes in Naples have some risk.
Not a safe place to live. As you see the south is the best place to live if you don't want to shovel
snow all winter. Of course I'm biased, but I love the upper south as the best location to live, as
in NC, Tennessee and Kentucky. Hope this enlightens you some.
Note that some of these expensive cities have affordable suburbs or affordable housing one or two cities away, with the “metro” area. Which may allow you to live in the area, but commute in for a 15-30 minute drive to enjoy the city. Often the best schools are found outside the large city too.
Lexington is gorgeous!! Madison is gorgeous to and a great place but the snow and cold is real!
#6 Raleigh, NC is my hometown! I absolutely LOVE Raleigh!! 2.5 hours from the mountains and 2 hours from beach makes it a perfect spot and as stated in the video, it is VERY affordable! That doesn’t even mention the sports culture.
Come on Adam!!
Being the 3rd of 5 generations born and raised in Southern California, we appreciated and loved what we had. Over a 30 year time span, it changed dramatically. Everybody, from everywhere (millions), moved to SoCal. It began changing what we grew up with and what my children had to grow up with. People that lived there all their lives were being sacrificed. TBH- It wasn't a great feeling.
I was born (60's) and raised in Southern CA. I loved it here growing up but hate it here now. So many inconsiderate people, always in a hurry, anger, crime. The only thing I like about it now is the weather. I wish I could take the weather with me when I can finally move out of here.
Every state has good, bad and everything in between. Weather, cost of living, job opportunities, schools, culture, politics. Depends on what is important to you. I have lived in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and California. Like them all.Also, vast differences exist within each state. These videos can be a bit misleading, because you could travel 25,50 or 100 miles from these cities and the stats would be completely different.
That's very true, do your homework, Adam before you move.
Once you gain access to the USA,I would hold off purchasing a property until you have been granted a Green Card + are not in fear of being deported. Rent first
Boise (like most of the Pacific NW) is great weather wise. There is snow in the winter but not too extreme. No real tornados, hurricanes, or earthquakes to speek of. The cities are small and a LOT of wide open spaces in between. Cost of living is relatively low. Check it out!
I find it interesting in the comments many telling you how cold it gets in the north. They forget to tell you (and you've already experienced it) how freaking hot and humid it is almost year round in the south. As much as I don't like either extreme I'll take a few weeks of cold vs almost all year of hot and humid. (which the north gets also but not to the degree it is in the south. I've lived both areas. I'll take the north!) Also you have to think of schools and crime and healthcare. (remember healthcare here is not anywhere close to free)
I moved from the south to the Northeast because I couldn't take the heat and humidity any longer. Every year it seemed like summer dominated more and more of the calendar and the humidity was unbearable for most of the year. I moved for many reasons, but weather definitely played a role. I love cold weather and wanted to see some snow again. I love that I live somewhere with 4 distinct seasons again.
fr, hot and humid is a deal breaker. I'm born and raised in Utah, if I couldn't ski and snowboard I would lose my shit
@@nickinskeep I used to love to ski! But sadly I now have several chronic illnesses and chronic pain caused by those illnesses so skiing is in my past.
Yup, I almost always prefer NE/Mid-Atlantic when in USA -- love the 4 seasons. (Christmas in LA wearing tee & shorts felt weird & I still shiver over one Chicago winter.) For good or ill, I’ve noticed that both summers & winters in NE aren’t as bad as I remember from a decade or so ago.
Wisdom here. I spent first 13 years in Michigan (cold, snowy as hell, and just not ever sunny enough)... then 8 years in Arizona (with a side detour for a year to Los Angeles). Hot as hell, but at least dry heat... then 35 years in Massachusetts. Too DAMN expensive. Period. in middle of that transferred out to Colorado Springs for 4 years. Loved it. It wasn't appreciably colder than the midwest and Massachusetts, but it was a dry cold, so didn't feel as bad. Lots of sun helped. Then Austin Texas (Wimberley to be specific). Great in every dimension but one: "hotter (humidity!!!) than the freaking surface of the sun literally from late April to mid October. As in you do NOT do anything physical outside w/o AC. Period.
We've settled on the mountains of New Hampshire, about 2 hours outside of Boston. We hate 4 1/2 months of grey/cold/snowy winter a lot less than Texas 6 month sweat-fest. Has the highest score for individual liberty of any state, not too crowded... mountains, beaches, and, when we want the big cultured city, Boston is a relatively short drive. NO income taxes. NO sales taxes.
Don't come here if you are a leftist, please.
Anywhere in Colorado! I have hyperhidrosis which means I'm a sweaty boi, and the St. Louis Missouri summer heat and humidity keep me from enjoying my beloved outdoors with our weather being anything but temperate. I love the low humidity over there, and it feels insane going your whole life where sweat just sits on your skin and makes you feel gross, but when you make your way to the mountains, you sweat and it miraculously evaporates off of your skin and it legit cools you down! That is absolutely unheard of where I am from! Only visited Denver, Boulder, and Colorado Springs, but once I get out of grad school you can bet your sweet tuckus Imma be looking for the cheapest fixer upper home I can find out there! Also got a video recommendation for you. Youve been asking a lot of questions on your weather related videos about how tornadoes work and how to tell if you should evacuate or get in your basement. This video on how storm chasers decide what to do and how to stay safe is actually what led me to your channel. I would love to see your reaction to the strategies of storm chasers to prove to you that most professional storm chasers are not fearless dare-devils but have safety at the forefront of their minds and are well thought out in their actions. This video will cover all of the things storm chasers do in order to stay safe and will cover examples of what happens when you don't take those things into account. I would love to see you one day on a ride along to someday conquer your fear of storms, but I just ask you to watch this to plant a seed and learn more about it all. The alterior motive of sharing this video with you is to minimize misinformation or poor advice being given to your audiance. I was concerned when over multiple videos you would tell the possibly impressionable audience to get in their cars and drive out of the way of the tornado. From the comment section of your reaction to the 1999 Bridge Creek-Moore F5, you seem to have gotten the message that tactic might not be the best idea but I thought it would be a good idea to learn why for yourself as a potential American immigrant as well of the safety of your audiance. You will probably see a comment suggesting this video on your future uploads until a reaction happens or on twitch which I havent been able to catch as of late but hope to see you there soon brother! Link is below:
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-Places like Boulder, CO, Sarasota Fla, and Charleston, SC are full of rich (retired) people and they skew the averages for home prices. Normal working folks are pretty much priced out of the market. Doesn't mean that cities a little further away, and not so trendy aren't a lot more reasonable.
-Austin is expensive too. Places like Austin and Boulder are full of displaced Californians who fek up everyplace they move to in every way imaginable.
-Coastal is expensive - places like VA beach.
-Keep in mind that Green Bay and Madison Wisconsin get REAL winters. At least 5 months of snow and cold. I love the north (northern Minnesota), but I was born to it.
YES! Boise, Idaho is the same.
You WILL pay high dollar to live in either a coastal town or a tourist trap but you go 45 minutes outside of the city and prices drop
For me, the first item of livability is: what level of natural disaster risk or extreme climate am I willing to take? Hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, wildfires, droughts, blizzards, earthquakes/tsunamis, fiery heat, nether-freezing cold, etc. That narrows down things a lot. Then I look at crime stats (amount, type) and trends (up, down, stable). That narrows things down more. Now comes cost of living (housing, healthcare, insurance, taxes, living stuff), politics, people, housing design (meaning: oriented toward apartments, condos, cookie-cutter suburbs, eclectic neighborhoods, sprawling or more urban, etc.), natural/cultural sites you'd visit, etc. in short, it usually boils down to where can you afford and not want to kill yourself for any of the above reasons depending on your own priorities.
‘nether-freezing cold’ 😂
Guess WI is out.
Yes, the Carolina’s are a great place to live. I live about 20-30 minutes outside of Charlotte. My favorite thing about the city is its disc golf courses and community. Charlotte is known as the Mecca for disc golf. There are about 130 courses within an hour’s drive from Charlotte and unlike traditional golf the vast majority of courses are free to play because they are in public parks.
The median is NOT average. The median number between 1 and 10 is 5. But if you have (15) threes and only one 10, the average is 3.43.
Basically, there are some really expensive homes that make the middle price of homes seem like alot of money. But there could only be a few of the expensive homes with mostly affordable homes.
Charlotte is the armpit of North Carolina. The only time I go is to the airport and I live about one hour north in Catawba County
Search for most affordable places in the US. Don’t get stuck on big cities, you can TH-cam and twitch from anywhere! 😂
Greeneville,South Carolina is roughly 3 hours from the Atlantic Ocean and 3hours from the Great Smokey Mountains.
Adam, one thing you need to take into account before choosing where to live. The further south you go in the states the bigger the bugs are.
north it is
@@MoreAdamCouserNorth means snow and cold.
They don't bite! Much...
Yes! I moved from TN to Pittsburgh, PA 3 years ago and the amount of bugs is night and day. Here we get house centipedes that are bigger than in the South, which I hate, but we don't have to worry about cicadas, which I'm so thankful for. I would barely leave my house when those things came out of the soil. I'll trade a giant house centipede or 2 for millions of cicadas any day. 😄
Boise is the perfect middle ground, not too hot not too cold. Doesn't have hurricanes, earthquakes, floods (usually) or tornados.
US News @ World Report. A wee bit of a correction. Brother, come on over!!
Yes, that picture in Austin was real. I’ve been there multiple times
& not @
yep: Zilker park down on the Colorado River
My sister has lived in Charlotte, NC for 30 years and I'm there a lot. There is a lot of traffic but I do love Charlotte. It's only a few hours from the beach and the mountains are close by as well. My niece lives In Greenville, SC and I adore Greenville. It's close to the beach, Atlanta, the mountains, and has a lot to do nature wise. As others have said, you find houses outside of the city and the price is way better. The median prices are also misleading as million dollar houses can skew things. Best thing is to look for neighborhoods about 20-30 minutes outside of a city. I live outside of Chattanooga TN. We have tons of smaller areas just outside of the city and you just jump on the highway to go downtown. My niece's home outside of Greenville in a town called Easley was just under 200k and it's a big house with 4 bedrooms upstairs, a garage and open floor concept downstairs. It definitely pays off to go outside the city just a bit.
I live in Raleigh, in a nice but old house and neighborhood. I am glad to see we've fallen to #6 on a list like this because for many years we were always ranked in the top 2, which brought a lot of attention and growth here was insane. Things are still growing but have slowed and I'm thankful for it. Part of the slower growth is real estate is more expensive than US News and World Report would have you believe. $382K for a house in 2024 is doable if you want to live on the outskirts of the city or near the hood. It's not polite to say but it's true. The figures from that video are outdated by a few years.
Yea Charleston housing is crazy. There are so many McMansions as well as so many historic mansions that it skews the home prices. You can get a good house for like $250k.
And great food
VIRGINIA BEACH!!! WHOOP WHOOP! That would be the sunrise as Virginia Beach is on the east coast :). Virginia born girl here who used to live there. I miss it DEARLY. Besides the military bases, there's LOTS to do in Virginia Beach, Norfolk and Chesapeake. You're also a short road trip (hour or so) from Colonial Williamsburg, Yorktown, Jamestown and only a few more hours to Arlington National Cemetery, Monticello (Thomas Jefferson's home) and D.C.
Old Dominion is one of the nicknames for the state of Virginia which was the first, and therefore the oldest, of the overseas dominions of the kings and queens of England with Jamestown being the first colony. Virginia was named after The Virgin Queen, Elizabeth I.
When you question if the neighborhoods are actual pictures or CGI, that's actual. A lot of suburban neighborhoods can be very cookie cutter in their layout with all the houses of the same design and the lots the same size which can be annoying with so little unique character and diversity. It's quite possibly an HOA (home owner's association) neighborhood which means there is a monthly fee that you have to pay as a resident which will allow you certain benefits BUT it also means rules and restrictions so keep that in mind as you continue to ponder moving here.
RALEIGH (RAHley not RALLY), NC!!! Another great place. My sister used to live there and I have other family near there.
CHARLOTTE, NC!!! I have friends who live in and around there.
One thing you need to keep in mind, is that our weather can be very volatile, especially if you live in the north or the south. In Wisconsin it can get several degrees below zero in the winter, and in the south summers can be very hot and humid. In Florida we have hurricane season every year, which you have already had the joy of experiencing hurricane Milton. But imagine having to deal with that EVERY year. Also, Colorado Springs is elevation 5600 ft . That can be a little interesting getting used to. As a former resident of Colorado Springs, we also had to deal with dear and other wild life on a regular basis. not to mention snow. The same is here in Florida. Unfortunately, this wild life is not near as cute and cuddly.
actually Colorado Springs is just over 6000 feet. It takes a short while to acclimitize to the elevation (your body starts making red blood cells with a higher proportion of hemoglobin to carry more oxygen per cell - it's also why the US Olympic Training center is there!
When I lived there I found the snow to be a non-issue, most of the time, you'd get sunny and 60F weather the next day, with a dry wind that would literally evaporate the dry snowy powder. My only complaint with Colorado these days is its insane zoning, "strip mall urban sprawl" type roads and neighborhoods, and the spiraling cost of living due to all the Californiacs fleeing the destruction of their state and driving the prices up (same thing happening to Texas and Arizona and Nevada).
I bought my house in Florida, about 4 hours from Sarasota, in a rural area, as a Foreclosure for just 45 Thousand. 3 BD, 2 Bath, 1.5 acres. Not too much work on it later, it's worth over $150K and if you go for the rural area, you have more choices like this. It has a giant pole barn type workshop and 1 other shed,
Hey Adam... With Wisconson, or other northern states, especially close to the Great lakes (I grew up in Buffalo NY), I would not recommend moving to states where there is a lot of snow and negative temperatures in the winter time, especially if you didn't grow up in it....
I was stationed at Fort Carson and lived in Colorado Springs (1988-1992)... it is truly beautiful.... but, the winters can be brutal, especially if you are not used to the snow and severe cold! I remember many below zero temperatures, but one day of the year in 1989, the temperature was MINUS 20 with a WINDCHILL of MINUS 60!!! By the way.... do you know why the last 3 months of the year are so cold??
Because they all end in "BER" ... (BRRRRRRR!!!!!!)
😂😂😂😂😂😂😊😊
Anyway, a lot of Northern states, middle of the United States and Mountain states get really cold and a lot of snow... I recommend you visit a state you are interested in during each change of season to experience what the weather is like year round, that will help make up your mind where to move to... enjoyed the video... I will email you a video of the Cog Railroad that is in Manitou Springs, which is right near Colorado Springs. The Cog Railroad takes you through the mountains and up to the top of Pike's Peak Mountain, Named after a General Zebulon Pike, I don't remember the exact year. I went on it 3 or 4 times, I loved it! It was an awesome experience, each time. Enjoyed the video, I live in Florence, SC now, about 1-2 hours from Charleston SC or Myrtle Beach, SC... it is not too expensive here in comparison to some of those places shown, I have lived here since 1992, and I enjoy this little town!!! Have a great day! 😊
Adam, I cannot complain! I moved from NJ to South Carolina last year and it is EVERYTHING it says! And more!! Affordability, jobs, beaches, mountains, culture!! We've been coming here every year for 20 years and this is it for us!!!
I can vouch for Colorado Springs Colorado. It’s a beautiful town.
IN 2022:
The median home price in Naples, Florida varies by source, but is generally in the $700,000-$900,000 range.
Median household income: $135,657
Average family income: $104,984
Average household income: $277,872
Charleston SC is a City in the South, but a town to Cities.
Boise is my #1 hands down. Took a trip to snowmobile in Idaho a couple years back and it's BEAUTIFUL up there.
Madison is indeed an awesome place to live. Tons of things to do, low crime, beautiful setting wrapped around a series of glacial lakes. And if you are a geo nerd like me, you're practically right on top of some of the most fascinating ice age geology in the lower 48.
Madison was the one that stood out to me, here! Sounds incredible!
@@jlaurelcIt’s my hometown, born and raised!! It’s a nice place to live but I prefer a more rural lifestyle!!
People who enjoy a medium sized city/suburban lifestyle will most likely love living in Madison
I live in the Driftless. Gorgeous. If ya know, then you know.
@TheRagratus I miss Wisconsin. Speaking of driftless, I wrote the first Wikipedia entry on Blue Mound State Park once upon a time, most of which verbiage is still there. It was my accidental discovery of the Blue Mounds that first kicked off my fascination with the local geography and geology. I grew up in Indiana and we don't have anything quite like the driftless area.
Why would he want to move from cold to colder?
19:00 as someone who lives in the greater Greenville area, I recommend not living in Greenville itself, but one of the smaller towns around it like Taylors, Greer, Mauldin, or Simpsonville.
You’re not wrong, but what he didn’t cover is that Greenville is almost smack dab in the middle of Atlanta and Charlotte. 45 minutes from some of the best mountain hiking, and a few hours from Charleston and the beach. It’s also one of the fastest growing areas economically and industrially. If you want quiet suburban or rural area to live in close to city shopping and entertainment, you won’t do better than the Greenville-Spartanburg area.
@@rooroo_7 let alone the colleges
I'll stay where I'm at in Washington State thank you. When considering a place to live you also need to make sure the climate is good for you and the culture and political views agree with you in order for you to be happy.
Retirees from the states known for rugged weather tend to move to Florida many just for 6 months. The people who live half the year in Florida are referred to as “Snowbirds” Their income may be under the median, but often they use their retirement savings (nest egg) to secure housing.
Never been to Austin but lived in Texas most of my life and i have to tell you. The locals want you to stop moving to their city. They say it's over crowded and not enough housing. I would say don't move there also bc it's fucking hot in Texas and it's only going to get hotter. Summers down here last for like 5 months; and it might only rain once maybe twice during that whole time. It's ridiculous.
Preach!
I love my Central Texas home, but dang! It’s been SO HOT!
This year was better. Last year was brutal!
I live in Austin, Texas and it's undoubtedly the best balance of price, economic prosperity (including job opportunities) and fun social scene of any city I've lived in. Plus, there are tons of fun outdoors things to do in the area & the music scene is fantastic
Yep! Traffic is miserable but it's not mentioned for any of the cities in this video
If you are looking to move to Austin I would check out one of the surrounding areas not in Austin proper. It's nicer and more quite. Cost of living is better too. Much love❤
I agree. It has grown so fast, housing and traffic is ridiculous. Not too far outside the city is more livable. ❤
Adam, I live in Central Florida/ Lakeland. I love your reactions! Living here is what you make for yourself and family . But once you meet your tribe/ support! Go for it! But, this country can make you or break you!
We value and support positive people/ vibe!
15 is where I started (Go Big Blue!!) - Lexington, KY
13 is where I am now - Charleston, SC
I love them both, but nothing beats the climate, beaches and food if Charleston. ❤️ 🌴
The word "average" is used in a variety of ways, but usually means either the arithmetic mean, or else it means typical. Neither of these is a perfect match for what the median is.
By definition, the median is the value that splits the rest of the values evenly into equal numbers of higher values and lower values. The most straightforward way to calculate it, is to sort all the numbers into numerical order and pick the middle one. So, half of the houses in a given area sell for more than the median value, and half sell for less than the median value. (I'm assuming the data sample is large enough that the one value that falls exactly in the middle doesn't invalidate the use of the word "half" in the previous sentence.) In general, if you have what statisticians call a "normal distribution" of values, the median will be a very typical value, but that's not absolutely guaranteed. For example, in my high school geometry class, the median grade would have been a C, but there were very few students getting a C, because roughly half the class was sophomores who had Algebra I as freshmen, i.e., students who were decent at math; and the other half of the class was juniors coming from two years of flunky math, because they were still struggling with concepts like fractions; so the most common grades were A and F, followed by B and D, almost the opposite of a normal distribution. (And yes, this implies that the school district's decision to have all of those students take the same geometry class, was a terrible idea.) So, in situations like that, when the median is *not* a typical value, it's because there's something weird going on with the distribution.
In general, the median is a more useful statistic than the arithmetic mean, because it can't be thrown off by a small number of outliers. One billionaire moving into town can significantly increase the arithmetic-mean income (especially if it's not a very large town), but it doesn't change the median in the same way. Other average-like statistics include the geometric mean and the mode, but neither of those get used anywhere near as much as the arithmetic mean or the median. The standard deviation is also related, but different: it has to do with how much variation there is, rather than what the actual values are.we
All of these cities were well above the maximum size I'd ever consider as a place to live. In general, I want to live in a community somewhere in the 5-20 thousand range, i.e., large enough that you don't constantly have to leave town for basic things like groceries, but small enough that people know and care about one another, and too small to have career criminals (because they'd get recognized too easily). Though it is nice to have a larger city down the road a bit, within about an hour's drive, so you can easily go there for things like concerts and ethnic food and museums and whatnot, whenever you want.
precisely... my small town in New Hampshire has only 1400 people in it's 20 square miles, NO traffic lights, NO street lights! "downtown" is a church, an inn/restaurant, a general store/post office, and a library. Period.
But I have food/shopping for anything I need within a 20 minute drive. Regional medical center/hospital within 20 minutes. Boston is 90 minutes away. I have beaver ponds and woods trails right out my door. My neighbor across the street is a grass fed beef farmer (I buy 1/2 a cow for the freezer every year), we have a local dairy farmer where I get fresh Jersey milk and cream (raw!) every week. Lots of local organic produce (we also garden). Dark AF skies at night for stars!
And everyone in town literally does know everyone; zero crime. ZERO... lots of wildlife...
oh, and it is QUIET!
Our entire life has been moving to ever more peaceful, tranquil, natural, and as minimally f'd up by nitwits as possible places... this is end game for us. We've 4 acres with mountain (and farm) views.
There is, of course, zero "night life" for young'uns, but again, there are vibrant cities not that far (Manchester and Nashua are 45 minutes away, Boston 90)...
Pick your poison
I'm a 37 year old American and I have visited, and lived in many states. In my opinion, Colorado, Utah, and North Carolina are the best places to live. There is usually a goldilocks zone just outside major cities where you can have reasonable home prices, while still retaining the ability to make a high income, and not be very far from all the things to do. We hope to have you here some day. Good luck!
ALFUT WLWOYFKLE TI?! Are you mad?! Cost of living is nasty in Utah because of inflation! I live in Utah.
@@AC-ni4gt 🤷♂ Not everyone makes the same amount of money. I live in Draper right now, me and my family are very comfortable. I also have a residence in Boulder CO, much more expensive there, but we love it. As I said, just my personal opinion.
@@BollyWonka People seem to forget online that not everyone lives like them. I’m from Highlands Ranch and went to school in Boulder and I loved it. My family owns a mountain house in Fairplay and I own a second house in Slovakia. My fiancé and I are also very comfortable. It is what it is.
Nah Utah is terrible, no one should move here 🙃
@ As a Coloradan I see it as a wasteland. Who would ever want to live or visit there? /s 😉
i love lexington, spent last year down there and im from louisville. its so much cleaner than alot of other cities its small but the traffic is so ass bc its a college town. seen so many wrecks on campus
if lexinton is 13th for rent prices americas fcked 😂
Stay away from city limits no matter where tou are. Tax is higher. Rural living is county tax, much cheaper and more quiet nights sleep. You can get chickens and a cow. Look at staye laws and policies for education. Look up broken window rule when looking for a house. General rules for buying house in USA.
I have lived in the US all my life and never heard of the "broken window rule"
Florida is great, we live central Florida to avoid coastal flooding and harsh hits from hurricanes. SC is beautiful as well.
You are more funny than some comedians LOL. Even when you are just looking at the camera 😜.
Pretty much, much more funny than many so called comedians.
@@leahmollytheblindcatnordee3586AFFIRMATIVE.
If you think Charleston sounds expensive you should see the median house price in California where i live, I'd guess its double Charleston and the houses probably aren't as nice as Charleston either. Most houses in Southern California near the ocean are well over $1 million. I'd agree that the Carolinas are a good place to live, my aunt moved to SC from California a few years ago and she loves it there, doesn't miss California at all.
Lots of SNOW in Wisconsin.
Not so much the last few years. At least where I am. If you are central WI and south WI it's been pretty darn mild lately.
You can have cold and sunny at the same time. We frequently get days in Utah in winter that are brightly sunny but only 36* Fahrenheit (2* Celsius). Or colder.
Florida is beautiful but who wants to rebuild your house every 5 years??! Plus, insurance companies are being really shitty to their customers down there
I was born and raised in Florida and I'm almost 60. I've never had to rebuild my home.
I've been in Florida for 23 years and no one I know has ever had to rebuild their house.
Born and raised in Florida myself 64 years old been hir 3 hurricane in 2 years and no damage to my mobile home
You clearly aren't from Florida 😂
Lived in Florida for 30 years, I've lost one home to a hurricane back in 2006, But until then, and since then I haven't had any damage from any storm that came through the state. The idea that you have to rebuild "every 5 years" is extremely exaggerated.
I live near Lexington for 5 years. I'm headed there later today to see my doctor. It's a beautiful place to live. It feels like a small town even though it's fairly big. I highly recommend living there. I'm retired so i move to a very small town not far from Cincinnati.
This is bs I live in Colorado Springs.... its expensive af and they just keep raising prices
Man thats every place in the US. Live in Raleigh, everything keeps going up. Inflation has been outrageos.
@@griffisjmI don't even like spending money as much due to how bad the inflation is. Otherwise: I think we all have our biases and pride over our home.
Also, if you look outside the cities but still relatively close, housing costs are much lower. The small towns that encroaching metros swallow up are some of the best places to find good deals, and better yet, going even more rural, but still keeping the commute to 30-40 minutes or so will often find you paying half the price or even less of the housing prices you find in the cities. I live in a "suburb" town that got swallowed up by the Kansas City metro, and 7 yrs ago I bought my house, a 3 bedroom 2 bath house sitting on a half acre lot fully fenced with lots of mature trees and landscaping for just 93K. It also has a full, semi-finished basement - a must in this area!. I improved a few things like updating siding and adding stone accents on the bottom half and around the windows, new doors and windows and a carriage door look for my garage door, just infusing a bit of character, beautifying it, and now it's appraised at around 300K. But deals are easily found outside of cities!
Have you looked at the current state of American Politics ?
@@LoveReigns8290 its great now!
@@Michelle-j4k ❤❤❤
Have you looked at the current state of British Politics?
Right? He couldn't come at a better time. The next 4 years are going to be sweet!
Yeah it's so bright you gotta shades!!¡!
You are absolutely right prices of houses have skyrocketed compared to the amount of each household income
Sarasota was pretty well devasted by Hurricane Milton.
So, on that list, I lived in Colorado Springs Texas (for 4 years) and in (near) Austin Texas (also for 4 years)... Austin is now heinously expensive, and the traffic is insane. Summers are extremely hot (and humid) and basically last from end of April until mid-October. My wife called it "the surface of the sun"... (I grew up in Tucson Arizona, so I know hot, Texas heat is worse because of humidity. Cost of living (assuming you can buy a house) is very good; energy is super cheap, making everything else cheap. Also no income tax.
Colorado Springs is a gem; it does get a lot of sunshine (around 280 days a year are sunny), but does get a fair bit of snow in winter. Colorado's cost of living is high and not getting lower. but you cannot beat the local scenery; no way no how.
For a lot of the other places on that list (all of whom I've visited at times over the decades), you really don't get much in the way of affordability unless you are outside the city proper
Note: ALL the places in North Carolina or South Carolina share the "too damn hot, too damn humid, for too damn many months" issue with Texas (as does Huntsville Alabama). Boise is too dam cold for too damn long (as are both locales in Wisconsin - upper midwest winters are nasty cold. Cold as in far, FAR colder than it ever gets anywhere in the UK.
So, on that list, and give your relative youth, I'd got for Colorado, or, if you can afford it and handle the heat, greater Austin Texas.
In cities you would probably want to live outside the city but close. Much cheaper
My son and granddaughter lives in Colorado Springs. It is a gorgeous city indeed.
That video is all good and well, but don’t take the video as word. What’s the best to one person can be the worst to another person. Pick a region and research each state. Pick a state and research each city. Do you work remotely or need to be in an office? Kids? Schools. Income is major decisions to make. Crime is bad in major cities, especially right now. Live in the suburbs, it’s cheaper, less traffic but still close to cities.
At 20:40 that's a hot spring! Where Colorado springs gets it's name from, so yes it is a place to just go chill at 😊
Looked like Manitou Springs to be precise
🤣😂🤣 "Is that a horse"? yeah, might wanna steer clear of rural America.
Nah, we'd love it.
@@generaljesus9825 🤣😂
As someone who grew up in Colorado Springs, it is very pretty there! The mountains are only 30-40 mins away, it gets cold in the winter and hot during the summer! There’s so much to do there and so much life in that city! The place in the mountains looked like a hot springs resort, they are very nice and relaxing especially in the fall/winter!!
Some of the cities he lists have atrocious winter weather and miserable summer weather. I live in eastern tennessee. Perfect weather in all four seasons.
I moved from East TN 3 years ago because after living there for 17 years I felt there were no longer 4 distinct seasons. To me, it seemed like summer lasted longer and longer each year. And I could no longer stand the humidity. I moved to SW PA and I love it here. There are 4 distinct seasons, I can count on getting snow every year that won't be gone 15 minutes after it falls, and the humidity never reaches 100%. Don't get me wrong the Smokies are gorgeous, but I just couldn't take the weather anymore. I needed actual cold weather. Lol! My son comes to visit me here and he asked me "why does 35° in Pittsburgh feel so much colder than 35 in Knoxville? Dressing for the cold here is so different than dressing for the same temp in TN."😂
The median listing price for a home in Huntsville is $360,000, with a median listing price per square foot of $170. The median sold home price is $315,000. The average salary in Huntsville, Alabama is $64,058 per year, or $30.80 per hour.
My house is for sale on Lake Eucha in Jay Oklahoma. Has a guest house and it's on the lake!!! 8 acres 375,000$
Ayeeeeee Lexington, Kentucky mentioned! Born and raised in Kentucky!
Same here and I love it.
I was born and raised in KY too! It was the Eastern part of the state for me, but I did go to EKU . My friends and I loved being so close to Lexington so we could go to the mall most weekends. 😄
I lived in the Lexington/ Louisville area in Kentucky for a while and loved it, but when it snowed in September I went back to South Carolina.
@@DeborahDavis-zi6pm I remember always getting at least one big snow a year of at least 6" as a kid, but it seems like the snow has lessened with each year. The same thing happened in the 17 years I lived in TN. That's one of the reasons I moved to the Northeast. I wanted to experience a decent amount of snow again and in the 3 winters I've lomived here it hasn't disappointed.
It's drone footage
The Carolina’s are beautiful, affordable, and have a moderate climate. Sometimes getting snow and sometimes not. They got beaches and mountains too.
On the other hand, Florida is considered more desirable as it has had a steady flow of at least 1000 people moving there per day for the past 10 years. If you live in Florida tho, a couple things to keep in mind, the prices of houses are still going up here because so many want to move here. If you do get a house, get one that is a concrete block house because they are hurricane proof. If you live anywhere near the coast, also make sure it’s elevated. While Naples is beautiful, it is also on average only 3 feet above sea level, so a 10 foot tidal surge before a hurricane floods the whole city. My recommendation, if you like Florida, move to a city that is more inland, like Orlando. This way, if a hurricane makes landfall and heads for you, there is land that will slow it down before it gets to you. Also, the tidal surges don’t reach that far in land, so you don’t have to worry about flooding as much. Also, no matter where you live in Florida, you can get Florida resident discounts to all of the theme parks. Also, if you buy an annual pass to a theme park, you can pay for it in monthly installments, which are less than going to one park for one day. Plus, annual passes include free parking, which alone will usually pay for your annual pass if you go two or three times a month.
I laughed when they said the median price in Raleigh is $382K. You can find single family homes for under $400K but then you're on the outskirts of the city (or near the hood) and it's a small home. Having kids changes everything. If we move in a few years there's probably nothing under $600K today that I can consider. Maybe I'm spoiled.
😅 moderate climate? Maybe NC but in SC once you get to Charleston down to the Georgia border it's the exact climate as Florida 🔥 🥵
60k is not a good household income. Thats 2 mcdonalds workers
Maybe if your a manager - normal staff paid well less.
@MoreAdamCouser It's all relative. Where I live, $16/hr is starting rate at McDonald's
@@MoreAdamCouser If you are a manager you are probably making $60k or more so if its a 2 income household its going to be considerably more than $60k. I drove by Chic Fil A and they had a sign starting at $19 an hour so if that is what you start at I imagine if you are a manager you are making a bit more than somebody just starting. $60k for 2 incomes isn't much no matter where you live. You might live decent in a real low cost of living area somewhere like Jamestown, NY but that place is a shithole.
The "pool looking" things you saw in the Colorado Springs video was a resort in Glen Wood Springs just up in the mountains--a natural hot springs
Yes KFC was born in Kentucky
Come to Kentucky! Come for the chicken, stay for the methamphetamine 😂
Yep it's in the name. Kentucky Fried Chicken
While Sanders may indeed have been from Kentucky, his Kentucky Fried Chicken didn't really take off until a decade later in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1952, the Colonel franchised his recipe to Pete Harman, a local restaurateur in the city.
Colorado Springs! My home town. Best weather and so much to do year round. The mountains are beautiful.
Median is NOT "average"
1,2,3,4,5,100
Median: 50
Average: 32
Median household income for Naples, Florida in 2022 was $135,657.00. AVERAGE home price was $592,700.00. Now you have to understand the difference between Median and Average. The Median home price in Naples is $739,00.00. Median means half the homes are less than 739K and the other half are OVER 739K. There are 3 bedroom homes in Naples that go for 2 million and up. There are 2 bedroom condos that sell for 1.7 million. Yeah...million. A lot of millionaires live in Naples. The place has 90 golf courses! Of course the sun is up most of the time. And if a hurricane isn't whipping past, it's really nice. But like I said...bring money.
I grew up in the next town over from boulder colorado. I never liked boulder. Very expensive and it used to have a large population of hippies .
I enjoyed living in Boulder for my BA’s and MA at CU Boulder, but Highlands Ranch, Colorado is my home. Plus my family mountain house in Fairplay and my second house in Partizánske, SK. ❤😊
You have a kid. Pick a place where they haven’t banned books.
Absolutely
pick a state where the teachers aren't going to convince your kid they are trans behind your back and have the state take them away from you...
Your "game" can be played both ways
Yes it was there is actually a museum for it in Kentucky. Born and raised
I lived in Boulder, Colorado. I found it very expensive, and I'm much happier here in Oregon now.
Boulder has the trust fund babies as far as Colorado cities go.
@@jishani1Some of just stayed in Highlands Ranch. Did get my degrees in Boulder, though.