The thought of retirement makes me cry. My apologies to everyone who have retired and filing social security during this time after putting in all those years of work just to lose everything to a problem you weren't to blame for.it's especially difficult for people who are retired.
@@TomD226 Thank you for this tip. It was easy to find your coach. Did my due diligence on her before scheduling a phone call with her. She seems proficient considering her résumé.
I would love to see more of these retirement videos also but for a single income. $2k. And NOT down south please. 😊 I can’t bear moving to a poverty stricken area even though I live at that level of income. Can’t afford Oregon anymore 😢
Please do this for small towns. I know you've talked about this before, but there are so many great small towns in this country, and I love hearing your take on which ones are good for retirees.
@@kellymiller3747 Yes! Being within an hour or two of a larger city is ideal, for proximity to more advanced healthcare if needed, as well as entertainment options.
I moved to Mesquite, Nevada from NC after finding out about it from another WATB video (thanks for that!) Over 65 is 42% of the population. I found my tribe. :-) Lovely small town, very little traffic, very green considering it's in the desert. Lots of golf courses, three big casinos. Any big store shopping requires a trip to St George or Las Vegas (an hour away, and 1.5 hrs away respectively) and better health care in St. George. Friendly people - came here not knowing a soul and two years later have met and become good friends with quite a few people. Love it here. Thanks TWATB!
Sarasota: way too hot and humid in the summer and the insurance costs and property taxes are horrific. Come winter it’s a log jam of traffic on the roads and at stores and restaurants because of the snowbirds. Consider yourself warned.
It is hard to get a really nice house in Boise without spending a small fortune. I sold my home in Boise 2 years ago for about $800K (It now would sell for $90ok). It was 2800 square feet and in a decently nice neighborhood with a $150 per month HOA. We bought a home in a much nicer neighborhood with a gold course on the border of West Virginia and Pennsylvania. We paid $555k (only $40 per month HOA) and it is 4600 square feet and up on a hill with a killer view of the valley bellow that makes me so thankful every morning when I wake up and see that beauty. Boise is awesome, but you better have some California money. :)
SLC decent homes built to what few codes exist here are now the same price as SF CA. Ridiculous. Our crime in so called affordable areas is huge, especially murder. To be safe in SLC you need to avoid all areas of Murray West Valley, Taylorsville, Kearns, Moab is one big methamphetamine fest.
I retired to Bentonville, Arkansas, moving from Little Rock. Lots of positives here - do a little research and you will find that the NW Arkansas area (Fayetteville, Springdale, Rogers, Bentonville, Bella Vista all run together into one decent sized city) is frequently on top ten lists of best places to live, whether you are working or retiring.
When my husband had to retire early, we left Sacramento, CA and moved to a little town north of Monterey, CA. I found a senior manufactured home community 2 miles from the beach. We purchased our 860 sq ft home for $148k. Yes, we have a lot lease & electricity, gas, water & sewer all for the comfortable cost of less than $1,000/month. All stores & doctors offices are in a 2 mile radius. Not bad for living near the ocean. A senior manufactured home community is a great way to live.
If I may add to this... Last year we had to move out of San Antonio Texas. We planned on retirement there but we couldn't afford the property taxes on our 1,500 sq ft. track house. Yes the property taxes are frozen when you reach 64 but the were frozen at a bit over $700. a month. Now in a larger home in New Mexico we only pay $128 a month. Otherwise San Antonio is all that you said.
Isn’t Governor Abbott trying to do away with property taxes in Texas? I’m sure they’d be replaced with other taxes but possibly easier to avoid taxes by not being a conspicuous or super consumer. Being from California (140+ on the cost of living index) a less expensive car costs you way less in registration, taxes, upkeep, insurance and high mileage econo-boxes and motorbikes help reduce insane gas taxes as well.
@@coastalhillbilly3419 NGL I for the last 20+ years of me living in this state TX is not what it seems. Other than high property tax we got high crime, low insurance accessibility, low funding for schools, law enforcement and other emergency service, failing rural communities, decaying infrastructure, low minimum wage, and the cost of living is getting higher. I’m planning on leaving not only this state but this country also. I don’t see it getting better tbh
How about a real challenge - best snowbird city pairs? Two cities: one for winter and one for summer. Compared by things like cost of living, livability, travel between etc. Here’s an example, Phoenix AZ and Flagstaff AZ. Here is the real trick, they don’t have to be in the same state, but it should be extra points for being close like those two cities.
Native of Az here for 44 years. Grew up in Phx and lived in Tucson for the last twenty years. Tucson is the only place I'd live in if I was stuck in Az for the rest of my life. I love it here
We are thinking of Chandler, Gilbert or Mesa to retire to, as I have family around that area...but heard good things about Tucson also...the only drawback I see is running out of water but conservation seems to be the answer.
@@airforceveteran71 lack of water seems to a thing these days. Not concerned, I just wouldn't be in that city with the heat and hustle and bustle with that traffic. Imo Az, can be depressing after a few summer hot months
I'm single, female, not easy to fit into groups, live alone for 45 years, but want to play in a pool twice a day, eat great good, and want to walk most days for 1-5 miles every day and I need to have a good heath care.
The elephant in the room in FLA is the cost of insurance. Both home owners and auto are out of control. 2 weeks ago, I asked my insurance company what would it cost me to insure my 2 cars in FLA vs MA. It would cost me 2300 more in FLA. My FLA home has the same replacement cost as the one in MA but it costs me $1500 more a year. So every time you do these videos, cost of insurance needs to be discussed.
I’ve heard several insurance companies are no longer insuring homes in Florida … not because of hurricanes, etc. … but due to the increasing number of claims to replace roofs. True or false? 🤷🏼♂️
I have lived in Florida for a year and yes the the cost of living in this state is rising sharply. Homeowners insurance is drastically higher than a year ago. It is a big unknown for any person relocating here. My auto insurance doubled coming from NC. Property taxes varies across the state and many towns are adjusting their taxes due to the increased number of people moving to the state. These new residents are putting a strain on the services offered. So expect local taxes to increase. While the state has no income tax, sales tax, gas prices and property taxes make up the difference.
@@MPerski There was a rash of roofing companies replacing roofs that didn't really need it. I think that is somewhat under control. There are hurricanes which typically impact coastal areas the hardest. I just moved to The Villages (central FL between Orlando and Ocala) and expected to be told to replace the 15 year old roof before insurance would cover it. State Farm had an inspection done ( I paid $199) and they said it was good for another 5-10 years. Bottom line my home and auto insurance here is a little cheaper than back in CO. So I guess it depends on several factors like location, age of structure (newer than 2004 better for hurricane resistance), your past claims if any, credit check, etc. However I think people should stay away from condos in FL. The collapse of those buildings last year are forcing new laws for the HOAs.
If you can find an insurance company. I moved to FL a year ago, but I quit this place, lol. I'm in Destin and have not hit the beach because its not appealing to me. Its gorgeous, but sand and heat its not my thing. Plus there is nothing around us. Closest city is New Orleans.
I would tell any senior that making a large investment in the state of Florida is becoming less realistic as time goes on. Insurance here in this state is getting out of control. Many insurance companies are moving out of the state. The state controlled insurance company is unreliable. Anything controlled exclusively by the government is not a good thing. The high cost of living that has been in south Florida is creeping north. There is not much in the cost of living between Miami and Orlando. I live in 1hr east of Orlando. Hurricane season creates a death trap for seniors. As people age their mobility decreases dramatically. Hurricane Ian trapped many seniors in their homes due to the inability to drive away from the storm. You need flood insurance, homeowners insurance, and a hurricane insurance rider. With the current political environment in Florida, you need MONEY in this state. Many services are getting cut from the budget and this leaves seniors on a fixed income or people below the poverty line in a financial bind. This is the #1 state for financial fraud. Please check your bank account and risk tolerance before moving to Florida.
Great video. Interesting that some people look at the percentage of people over 65. Wherever I wind up I hope the average age is not TOO high. My in-laws live in a 55 and older community and ALL of their conversations involve what new medicines they were given and who died that week 🙄
Agree I'm in a 55 and over. It's also hip and knee replacement. It's also supposed to be an active community. I work out every day and don't see many working out.
I am in the retired bracket but prefer to be in areas with loads of young people. How about a video of good college towns with affordable places to live for older Americans?
Hello Briggs! Somethings that I haven't seen factored into your calculations are the environmental factors, such as the anticipated costs for heating/AC, water availability and so forth. For example, I lived in northern NM for a while and love Santa Fe; but friends in the area say their wells are running dry. Another one--I like winter and cool weather, but the costs of heating a home in WI could run as much as half the rent for a 2 BR apartment. Air quality concerns, especially with the increased frequency of wildfires, plus industrial/environmental factors, make for health issues for retirees and other vulnerable groups. These are some of the factors that have made me decide to move to the mountains of Panama, where the temps are in the 60's and 70's year round and the AQ is consistently great. Appreciate your work!
Just an anecdote about Boise, Idaho. Last year I took a road trip to Yellowstone and visited some towns in the area (Wyoming, Montana and Idaho) that I wanted to check out for relocation (most of them recommended by Briggs last year). I spent a night at a cool hotel in St. Anthony, Idaho, and in the morning the manager and I struck up a conversation. He said that St. Anthony had been on hard times in recent years, but that things were starting to pick up economically as people moving there from Boise and Spokane. The reason, he said, was that they wanted to escape the people moving into their cities from California, Portland and Seattle. It's really no different from me wanting to move to someplace like that to escape what has happened to my home state of Colorado. Life goes on.
Please, more videos like this, Briggs! I am mobility challenged and will have to survive on SS alone. I am looking for age restricted communities where the HOAs are manageable on a fixed income. Not looking for fancy. Not looking to impress anyone. Close to shopping and medical. Prefer not to have a car! So far, I can afford Ohio and some Indiana. Whatcha got like that?!
Currently texas is in triple digits and if it snows or get below 32, its sucks. I wouldn't recommend anywhere in the southwest. I lived there for 12 years and trust me it isn't worth it.
If you are coming to Sarasota....bring PLENTY of money and patience. It has become very crowded and super expensive with property and auto insurance issues...plus housing costs and rents are out of control....no longer resembles the place I moved to in 1980.
I live in Florida . It’s lovely if you don’t need to go outside. I want to move but not to anywhere hot again. Reality is retirees need a place where assisted living and nursing home care is affordable,safe, and compassionate. Well staffed. It’s going to need to be addressed at some point. It’s inevitable and more important. Older people do not need big homes to clean and grass to cut unless there wealthy. Condos are the best choice and condos that have a resterant or grocery store with hospitals nar by. So when you do a retirement video it’s more then the cost of living or how much the homes are.
Sorry you missed a couple of important points about Cape Coral and Sarasota. Because of all the recent hurricanes, home insurance can run in the thousands per Month (huge problem in Florida) and six months of weather are fabulous but the other six months (mid May to end Nov) are like living in a sauna!!! Oh yeah, don’t forget the very large bugs (especially palmetto bugs) are everywhere including inside your home. Been in Florida past thirty years and now that we’re retired, we’re outta here real soon!!!
I'm from Sarasota. It's more like June thru October are very very Humid. It's not even the heat, the humidity kicks up in June and winds down in September. 8 months out of 12 great for outdoor activity.
I think you should do multiple classes of places to retire video's each year. Maybe break it down by size, (small town/city) or best places in each state, or type of town, (Mountain town/laketown/ocean/river).
When my wife and I was looking to move from Coral Springs FL in 2016. We looked at Sarasota FL, but it was right on the coast, we wanted something a bit more inland. We settled on Lutz, got a good deal on a foreclosure on 2.1 acres, (paid for lump sum) and totally remodeled updating it. The solar panels, battery and generator backup, geothermal heating and cooling and rain water collection, (for irrigation) bumped the remodel cost a bit but it was worth it. (extremely low monthly cost) Great health care, plus we're close to Tampa, Clearwater, St Petersburg, Sarasota beaches. We're in our 50's but planning on retiring in our home.
I exited Florida nearly two years ago. At the time, I was living in Odessa. If you like Florida (and everything that comes with it), Lutz, Odessa and Land O' Lakes is a pretty good area.
@@charliehargrave7458 We got it covered, plus things will change once we get that idiot Florida man out of office. Just have to stick it out until then. Once he started messing w/ the mouse he was done, they employ more people in this state than any other business here. You don't mess w/ people's money and think you're gonna get away w/ it, lol.
@@davidmandelstamm8725 Yes it is, my wife and I love it. We need to get rid of Florida man in office then things will change. You lived here so you know how quickly the winds will change. Been there done that too many times in my 32yrs of living here. We get the peace and quiet, when we're in the mood for some excitement downtown Tampa is only a 20 minute drive away.
Please add rental prices to the stats not all of us are looking to buy. Renting makes it so much easier to move on if you do not the area or city/town.
This list is for retirees in upper middle class to wealthy. Would you consider making a list for people on a middle class income? $300,000 and up for a place to live is just too much. Also I love Santa Fe but New Mexico is not friendly to retirees tax wise.
The best way to describe Florida is to start with Earth. A little bit closer to the sun, you have Venus. A little closer to the sun, you have Mercury. A little closer, you get to Florida. Get the idea ?
The WHOLE video, I was so excited because I knew South Carolina was going to be on this list, so right before number two I was like this is not gonna be anywhere in South Carolina, but whenever I saw it was Greenville, I was just thinking YEEESSS, I actually used to live in Greenville, and I still drive past this city almost every day.
Briggs, more vids on this topic would be fantastic! Still a couple of years out myself, but can never be too prepared! Agree with another poster about suburbs of the cities would be great too!
Our insurance cost in a small town in So Cal went up from 900/yr to 1900/yr in a year and a half! They told us it was because it would cost more to replace our home in a disaster, as cost of homes went up. In our area, we don't have the expensive homes like in LA and the coast. My question to them was, why didn't our home insurance go down in 2008 when the market crashed? The appraisal on our home was down to $170k, way less than what we owed. Can't wait to leave this state
Yes please!! More retirement videos. What’s important is no taxes on retirement income. AND…, Maybe do a video on returning and living on cruise ships. How does the retirement taxes work for that??
BTW Congratulations Briggs for getting over a million subscribers. Been following you for a few years and you should have a couple million and I hope you do soon. Stay safe and healthy Sir.
I work for Medicare. If you retire and can afford a half million dollar house, you will have such an income related monthly adjustment amount for your Part B you still won't be able to afford that home.
Can't argue any of these choices as I have not personally been to a lot of them. However, I strongly believe that the Midwest is totally being over looked for retirement spots. Cities such as Omaha and Des Monies are amazing places to live. Very affordable for the most part, nice people, clean air (unlike the coasts), strong local economies, great healthcare, four seasons (winters can get a little rough, and summers can get a little humid, but its childs play to the humidity in Florida).
@@climberis1 when I moved out of California I lived in the Central Valley . High crime and bad air . A blue collar worker can’t afford to stay in Cali . Been in Iowa a year and haven’t heard of a cat convertor getting stolen . All the parks have clean rest rooms with no graffiti .
Madison, Wisconsin is the best place you mentioned. You seem to be focused on sunbelt cities. Yes these retirees will no longer have to deal with snow but they will just sit inside watching tv snuggled up to an air conditioner for a good part of the year because it's too hot to go outside.
Visited for retirement search early June last year. Vibrant youth scene with downtown below capital is a gem of mid-west. House prices are getting pricey. After Green Bay, Mad-city is 2nd choice.
Nice town, but it’s insanely liberal. I’m not into that sort of left wing political thing. If you’re a conservative, better learn to keep your mouth shut.
@@donb4449🤨 Wow thanks for the info🤔 I always wondered why Milwaukee had a woke pathetic ideology.. Anyplace that Pimped BLM is a place not to go if have moral, conservative values.. I grew up in nut case democrat perversion, escaped and taught my family what true Conservatives are about.. Not the fakes that are bigots but True Conservatives..📕🔍😎👋🙏💪☝️👍
Good to see Tucson on this list. Have visited it in recent years. Although retirement is still several years off, I have plans to relocate to that area within the year. And Briggs, as a current temporary PNW resident, your retiring elsewhere besides Oregon will be good for your wallet long-term. Great videos BTW, you and Nick Johnson have outstanding, helpful content.
I'm an American. My husband is British. We're retiring in 3.5 years to the coast of Cornwall England. Thanks for the great video! (Back to the video now) ETA: There are homes here in the UK hundreds of years old! lol, We just stayed in a cottage on the coast, 16th century. (Homes over 70 yo... :D)
I dig all your videos! They are apropos to me since I retired at 67 last year from Denver and swore I was never gonna scrape off another icy windshield again (+ all the other things you said in your leaving denver video).. so I downsized and hit the road in my small sedan with my Rottie boy in March 2022 and have been living in Airbnb's since. So much fun! I've always been a renter so am looking to live in a warm town no more than an hour from the beach. Would love to see a vid of places close to an ocean but not ON the ocean. So far the best ones I may return to longterm are Mobile, AL and Edisto Island, SC. Gulfport, FL was amazing but pricey. Also maybe a vid of the most overrated destinations. I was dissapointed in St. Augustine, FL for example.. great history but no place to put your car! And if ya can find a place the price in outrageous $15 for the main parking garage downtown.. no off-street..short term by the water $5 an hr, bums, entitled tourist etc. Keep up the great work along with your entertaining delivery and goofy stories 😉 Got it get it good
Hey there, maybe you’ve already done this video I’ve only been watching for a couple of years, but I’d love to see a best of everything video. An area with affordable housing, low crime, tolerable weather, tons of amenities. If such a place exists I’d like to know about it. Love the channel
This was a timely video for me for a number of reasons. 1) I plan on retiring from my county job next year. 2) I am tired of CA been here for 59 years and it has changed for the worse. 3) Wife and I are getting a divorce and there is no way I could afford a place here in CA, plus see #2. Looking at Bullhead City, AZ. There is some new home construction going on there, but yes it is hot. One of the pluses is there is an Amtrak station close by in Needles, CA which for around $60 and a five hour train ride will take me all the way to Fullerton, CA which is very close to my kids, family & friends.
We like Bullhead City (& also Laughlin NV & Fort Mojave, they are all basically the same area) and have spent a lot of time there recently. Down at the river is very much like a beach resort and we LOVE THAT RIVER when its hot outside (pure CO mountain SNOW MELT! stays cold even in hottest temps). Also for its size of town/population there are a TON of nice restaurant options because of all the casinos. Also many musical acts tour to this area and it is nice to take in a concert or two (or three) We prefer smaller towns over large cities, but sometimes you want to be near a big city and for this area that would be Las Vegas Baby! I don't want to live in Las Vegas, but I love visiting there for for even MORE restaurant/entertainment options.ete. Good area in my opinion!
@@jackthefunshack8618 Yeah I am getting excited about the move (next year) to Bullhead City. The things you mention are exactly my reasons for moving to Bullhead City, AZ. I might add it is close to Williams and the Grand Canyon, Flagstaff. Sure it is another 2 - 3 hours to these places, but compared to the stressful drive from CA to AZ, these are more pleasant hours. I agree with you about Vegas, it's nice it's there but I wouldn't want to live there. I hope to have enough money left over to waste it on a boat so I can enjoy it on the river or Lake Mohave, right now I have my PWC but it's kind of hard to enjoy it with more than one other person. The casinos across the river are nice, I don't gamble much but I do enjoy free AC and drinks.
Cape Coral and Sarasota, FL, eh. Years ago I would agree that they are great cities to live out your final years, but not a place if you're a homeowner of any age, regardless if you have a mortgage or not. They are paying very high insurance premiums for their homes, which will suck out your retirement savings faster than some would think.
Even though Tucson is like 40 degrees to the East of Phoenix, I was more surprised at the fact that you mentioned Tucson over any of the West Valley senior citizen occupied cities in Phoenix like Sun City or Sun City West where you have to be 55+ to live in with really low property taxes and great accommodations for senior citizens. Just my 2 cents' worth..
Thanks Briggs!! Another great video!!! We would love to learn about the best places to retire to, but for renting!! We don't want to have to worry about fixing anything any longer. Thanks for all you do - we love you!
Great video Briggs, again I am surprised that Santa Fe made the list. My son lives there, and it’s a pretty expensive place to live. The weather is pretty good, but for health care travel to Albuquerque may be necessary. That’s been the case for my son who has to deal with some health problems.
How about a video on top 10 places to move where you don't need a car but not in a major metro area. Like planned community that has everything there. No traffic no stress etc
I couldn't imagine spending 300k on a house and Im 50! The house flipping party is over. 🎉 I have actually heard buying old house boats to live in is where its at. No idea 💡 if thats true.
Pittsburgh used to make all these lists so I moved here in 2005. About 10 years ago this place started to change and it has fallen so fast that the locals who haven't descended into a life on drugs are in a state of shock.
Hi Briggs, This was really great. Thank you, for researching these retirement locations. Thank God working from home is a popular option these days. One can truly enjoy their home more and with neighborhoods such as this, looks like a win, win!
YES! Except I live in Florida and want to escape our summers to somewhere up north where it’s cooler. Would like to live in FL from October - April and up north May - September. But can’t figure out WHERE we should go!
Sarasota is lovely. Been there twice. That airport has a huge salt water aquarium. The fishes r really something to look at while u wait for ur flight. Too expensive & that insurance is way too high of a price making it not so adorable, IMHO.
Have you spent a winter in Santa Fe? It gets really cold and has blizzards. In fact, Santa Fe has less that 6 months of really warm weather. There are nice and warm days throughout the year and it gets lots of sunshine. But anyone expecting mild and warm winters will be disappointed. The Fall is fantastic, though and Spring is the worst part of the year.
I’m closing in on my retirement and I’d like to move from Minnesota to a warmer climate, but the prices on homes are stupidly ridiculous and Mortgage prices has been skyrocketing on a roll(currently over 7%) do I just invest my spare cash into stock and wait for a housing crash or should I go ahead to buy a home anyways?
Interest rate is currently at 4.75%(8th rate hike since March last year) Inflation at 7% and mortgage rates is at over 7.5% but yet minimum wage remains the same and my retirement portfolio has suffered tremendously these past years, so my question is how do senior citizens retire and live off such unstable economy. The long term game is obviously not for me at this point.
If anything, it'll get worse. Very soon, affordable housing will no longer be affordable. So anything anyone want to do, I will advise they do it now because the prices today will look like dips tomorrow. Until the Fed clamps down even further, I think we're going to see hysteria due to rampant inflation. You can't halfway rip the band-aid off.
Home prices will come down eventually, but for now; get your money (as much as you can) out of the housing market and get into the financial markets or gold. The new mortgage rates are crazy, add to that the recession and the fact that mortgage guidelines are getting more difficult. Home prices will need to fall by a minimum of 40% (more like 50%) before the market normalizes.If you are in cross roads or need sincere advise on the best moves to take now its best you seek an independent advisor who knows about the financial markets.
Personally, I can connect to that. When I began working with a fiduciary financial counsellor, my advantages were certain. I got into the market early 2019 and the constant downtrends and losses discouraged me so I sold off, got back in Dec 2021 this time with guidance Long story short, its been 2years now and I’ve gained over $850k following guidance from my investment adviser.
Interesting Josh. I've been thinking of going that route been holding on to a bunch of stocks that keeps tanking and I don't know if to keep holding or just dump them, do think your Inv-coach could guide me with portfolio-restructuring as i wouldn’t mind a recommendation.
@ 11:12 In 1992-2001, outside Phoenix, Arizona a few years before retiring from the military, I bought a brand new 3bedroom, 2 baths 2 car garage all electric, Heat Pump central air house for $ 67,000 dollars. When I sold it in 2001 i pocketed $34,000 in equity after living in it for 9 years. It was a great place to retire at..
A couple of years later, they built the Arizona Cardinals stadium 3-4 blocks from my old $67,000 dollar house... I wonder how much that property has appreciated today...
Can you do place’s which retirement are best for seniors in the suburbs ❤! Maybe some places to retire on a pension and small social security benefits. With good health care, but not with heat. Or maybe some beach areas that are in the middle of the upper east coast.
I lived in Sarasota for 10 years. The beaches are beautiful a few weeks a year. Red tide is now a constant problem, and there are dead fish rimming the shore. They clean them up every morning but the smell is gross.
I was stuck on AZ, NM, TX, CA, I CAN'T DO HEAT NO WATER, no herb. Nope not a state I'm going to even pass thru let alone go around. I'm going to go look at the 20 most unusual trees in the world now. Bye bye for now. Have a great Sunday. Stay Cool folks!
We're going to retire to Alpine, TX sometime before 2030; near to Big Bend NP. Best weather in Texas, except for maybe Fort Davis, which is about 30 minutes from Alpine. We live in San Antonio now. Too crowded for my taste.
Briggs San Antonio is in Texas. Too many people, crap electrical grid, property taxes are insane, and have you check their temperatures this month. Ha no way
Thanks for another great video. I would like to add that Colorado Springs has been changing a lot in recent years. Just like all of Colorado, it has been turning a little more "blue" and is getting close to being politically purple (if that matters to you). Also, crime has really spiked in recent years, and many areas of the city are becoming run down.
THANKS FOR SHARING . . . SHARING THE POLITICAL CLIMATE IS ULTRA IMPORTANT TODAY . . . THEY HAVE RUINED AMERICA WITH ALL OF THE BACK DOOR CORRUPTION AND HAVE NEGLECTED OUR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
I had to laugh when you said that homes over 70yrs old are not in decent shape. My home is 78yrs old, and going strong. Yes, after 78 yrs things can get a little iffy, but in the North with our winters, that is doing reasonable and OK. My house is considered on the young side. Great video, by the way. Ms. B. Churchill
Santa Fe= a challenge for those with any breathing issues. Boise= No way. The Panhandle or Ketchum. Tucson=+ San Antonio=+ How about the beach towns, west of Panama City all the way to Pascagula? Way cheaper than Ft.Myers or Sarasota.
My girlfriend and I were recently in Taos New Mexico for a few days and I couldn't figure out why I was having a hard time breathing. I am 63 and never had any issues,.I assumed it was the high altitude.
As I'm almost 70 & my partner is 62 we're thinking about possibly relocating when she retires in about 4 years. I have a background in research so I did some checking and came up with the several cities/areas for us to consider & I'm surprised these didn't make this list. Wondering on your opinion. NOTE: We'll probably stay close to the Mid-Atlantic area as that's where her family is. Also I like the heat and she likes the cold so I avoided extremes - Bowling Green, KY - Murfreesboro, TN - Lexington, KY - Charlottesville, VA - Morgantown, WV - New Castle, DE - Lancaster, PA - Athens, OH I treated Asheville/Greenville/Spartanburg as one area What"re your thoughts? PS love your channel and your videos. Always enlightening and entertaining
Dude, do safe, quiet, and affordable suburbs near cities that would be the best to retire to. Also including rentals.
Yes, 'cuz ZERO of these interest me. I have no desire to be piled in and upon in my retirement years lol.
They exist?
Ashburn is a suburb
Definitely!
How do you determine if a city is quiet? Will you be supplying a decibel meter?
The thought of retirement makes me cry. My apologies to everyone who have retired and filing social security during this time after putting in all those years of work just to lose everything to a problem you weren't to blame for.it's especially difficult for people who are retired.
@@TomD226 Thank you for this tip. It was easy to find your coach. Did my due diligence on her before scheduling a phone call with her. She seems proficient considering her résumé.
Not sure what you’re saying. Retired collecting s.s. Life is great
@@leojack9090no one is asking for a coach you human kumquat
I love to see more retirement videos, especially for middle class cost ($3k monthly)...
I would love to see more of these retirement videos also but for a single income. $2k. And NOT down south please. 😊 I can’t bear moving to a poverty stricken area even though I live at that level of income. Can’t afford Oregon anymore 😢
Please do this for small towns. I know you've talked about this before, but there are so many great small towns in this country, and I love hearing your take on which ones are good for retirees.
Small towns within an hour or two of a larger city? Tough to be out in the boonies for single people.
@@kellymiller3747 Yes! Being within an hour or two of a larger city is ideal, for proximity to more advanced healthcare if needed, as well as entertainment options.
I moved to Mesquite, Nevada from NC after finding out about it from another WATB video (thanks for that!) Over 65 is 42% of the population. I found my tribe. :-) Lovely small town, very little traffic, very green considering it's in the desert. Lots of golf courses, three big casinos. Any big store shopping requires a trip to St George or Las Vegas (an hour away, and 1.5 hrs away respectively) and better health care in St. George. Friendly people - came here not knowing a soul and two years later have met and become good friends with quite a few people. Love it here. Thanks TWATB!
@@janinejohnson5014Nevada is beautiful. Moved here 2yrs ago from Long Island and don't regret it.
Sarasota: way too hot and humid in the summer and the insurance costs and property taxes are horrific. Come winter it’s a log jam of traffic on the roads and at stores and restaurants because of the snowbirds. Consider yourself warned.
Plus all of the flooding that came with Debby in August 2024.....that was horrible and in nice areas too.
Please do a video on retiring abroad. It's crazy expensive in the US!
He's done a bunch.
It is hard to get a really nice house in Boise without spending a small fortune. I sold my home in Boise 2 years ago for about $800K (It now would sell for $90ok). It was 2800 square feet and in a decently nice neighborhood with a $150 per month HOA. We bought a home in a much nicer neighborhood with a gold course on the border of West Virginia and Pennsylvania. We paid $555k (only $40 per month HOA) and it is 4600 square feet and up on a hill with a killer view of the valley bellow that makes me so thankful every morning when I wake up and see that beauty. Boise is awesome, but you better have some California money. :)
And Pennsylvania doesn't tax your pension or SS. Southwest PA cost of living is low compared to the rest of US
SLC decent homes built to what few codes exist here are now the same price as SF CA. Ridiculous. Our crime in so called affordable areas is huge, especially murder. To be safe in SLC you need to avoid all areas of Murray West Valley, Taylorsville, Kearns, Moab is one big methamphetamine fest.
I retired to Bentonville, Arkansas, moving from Little Rock. Lots of positives here - do a little research and you will find that the NW Arkansas area (Fayetteville, Springdale, Rogers, Bentonville, Bella Vista all run together into one decent sized city) is frequently on top ten lists of best places to live, whether you are working or retiring.
In every video that includes Arkansas, Briggs always mentions the NW cities in a positive way.
When my husband had to retire early, we left Sacramento, CA and moved to a little town north of Monterey, CA. I found a senior manufactured home community 2 miles from the beach. We purchased our 860 sq ft home for $148k. Yes, we have a lot lease & electricity, gas, water & sewer all for the comfortable cost of less than $1,000/month. All stores & doctors offices are in a 2 mile radius. Not bad for living near the ocean.
A senior manufactured home community is a great way to live.
People hate on NY, but the Finger Lakes are heaven on earth 9 months out of the year.
If I may add to this... Last year we had to move out of San Antonio Texas. We planned on retirement there but we couldn't afford the property taxes on our 1,500 sq ft. track house. Yes the property taxes are frozen when you reach 64 but the were frozen at a bit over $700. a month. Now in a larger home in New Mexico we only pay $128 a month. Otherwise San Antonio is all that you said.
Isn’t Governor Abbott trying to do away with property taxes in Texas? I’m sure they’d be replaced with other taxes but possibly easier to avoid taxes by not being a conspicuous or super consumer.
Being from California (140+ on the cost of living index) a less expensive car costs you way less in registration, taxes, upkeep, insurance and high mileage econo-boxes and motorbikes help reduce insane gas taxes as well.
@@coastalhillbilly3419he has been saying that since 2018 but yet our property taxes are still going up
@@digdog66 At least you're in Texas though ❤️🇺🇸
@@coastalhillbilly3419 Hells Foyer? Best hope the grid holds up.
@@coastalhillbilly3419 NGL I for the last 20+ years of me living in this state TX is not what it seems. Other than high property tax we got high crime, low insurance accessibility, low funding for schools, law enforcement and other emergency service, failing rural communities, decaying infrastructure, low minimum wage, and the cost of living is getting higher. I’m planning on leaving not only this state but this country also. I don’t see it getting better tbh
How about the ten best places to retire for people that hate cities?
How about a real challenge - best snowbird city pairs? Two cities: one for winter and one for summer. Compared by things like cost of living, livability, travel between etc. Here’s an example, Phoenix AZ and Flagstaff AZ. Here is the real trick, they don’t have to be in the same state, but it should be extra points for being close like those two cities.
Good idea!
I love Flagstaff.
Utah for April-October
Florida October-April
Neither state taxes SS
We have kids in both states
The best place to retire (for me) is outside the US. 2030 is my year, or earlier.🤞🏽
Please don't describe the climate anywhere in Florida as "mild". It's so sweltering hot most of the year that I can't go outside for a walk.
Insurance very high
florida boy here. ya either love the humidity or ya don't. stuck in colo till the spring. can't wait to get home.
U should do a video of 10 cheapest states to move to in 2024 thanks I really appreciate it.
Native of Az here for 44 years. Grew up in Phx and lived in Tucson for the last twenty years. Tucson is the only place I'd live in if I was stuck in Az for the rest of my life. I love it here
We are thinking of Chandler, Gilbert or Mesa to retire to, as I have family around that area...but heard good things about Tucson also...the only drawback I see is running out of water but conservation seems to be the answer.
@@airforceveteran71 lack of water seems to a thing these days. Not concerned, I just wouldn't be in that city with the heat and hustle and bustle with that traffic. Imo Az, can be depressing after a few summer hot months
I'm single, female, not easy to fit into groups, live alone for 45 years, but want to play in a pool twice a day, eat great good, and want to walk most days for 1-5 miles every day and I need to have a good heath care.
Me too!
San Diego, Califonia😎👍
@@Justaguywithtruth I too often overlook the obvious.
Madison is beautiful, great place to live. Nice people, beautiful parks, great shopping, quiet and peaceful, and there is plenty to do.
The elephant in the room in FLA is the cost of insurance. Both home owners and auto are out of control. 2 weeks ago, I asked my insurance company what would it cost me to insure my 2 cars in FLA vs MA. It would cost me 2300 more in FLA. My FLA home has the same replacement cost as the one in MA but it costs me $1500 more a year. So every time you do these videos, cost of insurance needs to be discussed.
I’ve heard several insurance companies are no longer insuring homes in Florida
… not because of hurricanes, etc.
… but due to the increasing number of claims to replace roofs. True or false? 🤷🏼♂️
I have lived in Florida for a year and yes the the cost of living in this state is rising sharply. Homeowners insurance is drastically higher than a year ago. It is a big unknown for any person relocating here. My auto insurance doubled coming from NC. Property taxes varies across the state and many towns are adjusting their taxes due to the increased number of people moving to the state. These new residents are putting a strain on the services offered. So expect local taxes to increase. While the state has no income tax, sales tax, gas prices and property taxes make up the difference.
@@MPerski There was a rash of roofing companies replacing roofs that didn't really need it. I think that is somewhat under control. There are hurricanes which typically impact coastal areas the hardest. I just moved to The Villages (central FL between Orlando and Ocala) and expected to be told to replace the 15 year old roof before insurance would cover it. State Farm had an inspection done ( I paid $199) and they said it was good for another 5-10 years. Bottom line my home and auto insurance here is a little cheaper than back in CO. So I guess it depends on several factors like location, age of structure (newer than 2004 better for hurricane resistance), your past claims if any, credit check, etc. However I think people should stay away from condos in FL. The collapse of those buildings last year are forcing new laws for the HOAs.
If you can find an insurance company.
I moved to FL a year ago, but I quit this place, lol.
I'm in Destin and have not hit the beach because its not appealing to me. Its gorgeous, but sand and heat its not my thing.
Plus there is nothing around us. Closest city is New Orleans.
Insurance and the culture wars
I would tell any senior that making a large investment in the state of Florida is becoming less realistic as time goes on. Insurance here in this state is getting out of control. Many insurance companies are moving out of the state. The state controlled insurance company is unreliable. Anything controlled exclusively by the government is not a good thing. The high cost of living that has been in south Florida is creeping north. There is not much in the cost of living between Miami and Orlando. I live in 1hr east of Orlando. Hurricane season creates a death trap for seniors. As people age their mobility decreases dramatically. Hurricane Ian trapped many seniors in their homes due to the inability to drive away from the storm. You need flood insurance, homeowners insurance, and a hurricane insurance rider. With the current political environment in Florida, you need MONEY in this state. Many services are getting cut from the budget and this leaves seniors on a fixed income or people below the poverty line in a financial bind. This is the #1 state for financial fraud. Please check your bank account and risk tolerance before moving to Florida.
We once considered Bonita Springs but as you say insurance cost are hitting the roof like one of many hurricanes.
“FLORIDA”…….the HATE STATE
Briggs, how about best small areas to retire, not everyone wants to be in or near a city. Thanks
But we still need good medical care, places to shop where we don’t have to drive an hour. (That’s what I’m doing now)
Great video. Interesting that some people look at the percentage of people over 65. Wherever I wind up I hope the average age is not TOO high. My in-laws live in a 55 and older community and ALL of their conversations involve what new medicines they were given and who died that week 🙄
And the daily poop report
Agree I'm in a 55 and over. It's also hip and knee replacement. It's also supposed to be an active community. I work out every day and don't see many working out.
I am in the retired bracket but prefer to be in areas with loads of young people. How about a video of good college towns with affordable places to live for older Americans?
Could you please consider adding the average rent if you do another retiree video? I really dont want to maintain a house when I retire. 😮
Hello Briggs! Somethings that I haven't seen factored into your calculations are the environmental factors, such as the anticipated costs for heating/AC, water availability and so forth. For example, I lived in northern NM for a while and love Santa Fe; but friends in the area say their wells are running dry. Another one--I like winter and cool weather, but the costs of heating a home in WI could run as much as half the rent for a 2 BR apartment. Air quality concerns, especially with the increased frequency of wildfires, plus industrial/environmental factors, make for health issues for retirees and other vulnerable groups. These are some of the factors that have made me decide to move to the mountains of Panama, where the temps are in the 60's and 70's year round and the AQ is consistently great. Appreciate your work!
Just an anecdote about Boise, Idaho. Last year I took a road trip to Yellowstone and visited some towns in the area (Wyoming, Montana and Idaho) that I wanted to check out for relocation (most of them recommended by Briggs last year). I spent a night at a cool hotel in St. Anthony, Idaho, and in the morning the manager and I struck up a conversation. He said that St. Anthony had been on hard times in recent years, but that things were starting to pick up economically as people moving there from Boise and Spokane. The reason, he said, was that they wanted to escape the people moving into their cities from California, Portland and Seattle. It's really no different from me wanting to move to someplace like that to escape what has happened to my home state of Colorado. Life goes on.
Please do more of these videos because Florida is getting insane. Auto and home insurance is out of control.
Yes. Over-rated. Grew up and lived there for 43 years in Miami (Miami Shores, FL). Florida is over rated...just like fairy tales.
Please, more videos like this, Briggs! I am mobility challenged and will have to survive on SS alone. I am looking for age restricted communities where the HOAs are manageable on a fixed income. Not looking for fancy. Not looking to impress anyone. Close to shopping and medical. Prefer not to have a car! So far, I can afford Ohio and some Indiana. Whatcha got like that?!
Currently texas is in triple digits and if it snows or get below 32, its sucks. I wouldn't recommend anywhere in the southwest. I lived there for 12 years and trust me it isn't worth it.
Please do a full video on how to retire full time on cruise ships.
How to retire on a cruise ship?Cough up 1.5 million for a 200 sq ft cabin..
I know ...I have worked on the ships
@@gracealleman4102 There must be a more cost efficient way. I’ve heard of lots of people doing this.
Yes, please!!
Yes!!
Yes!!!
If you are coming to Sarasota....bring PLENTY of money and patience. It has become very crowded and super expensive with property and auto insurance issues...plus housing costs and rents are out of control....no longer resembles the place I moved to in 1980.
I live in Florida . It’s lovely if you don’t need to go outside. I want to move but not to anywhere hot again. Reality is retirees need a place where assisted living and nursing home care is affordable,safe, and compassionate. Well staffed. It’s going to need to be addressed at some point. It’s inevitable and more important. Older people do not need big homes to clean and grass to cut unless there wealthy. Condos are the best choice and condos that have a resterant or grocery store with hospitals nar by. So when you do a retirement video it’s more then the cost of living or how much the homes are.
Seeing as I'm retiring in a year or so, I'd love to see more retirement related videos.
Sorry you missed a couple of important points about Cape Coral and Sarasota. Because of all the recent hurricanes, home insurance can run in the thousands per Month (huge problem in Florida) and six months of weather are fabulous but the other six months (mid May to end Nov) are like living in a sauna!!! Oh yeah, don’t forget the very large bugs (especially palmetto bugs) are everywhere including inside your home. Been in Florida past thirty years and now that we’re retired, we’re outta here real soon!!!
I'm from Sarasota. It's more like June thru October are very very Humid. It's not even the heat, the humidity kicks up in June and winds down in September. 8 months out of 12 great for outdoor activity.
@@adoho we’re in Central Florida so I guess a lot hotter here and for longer period
I think you should do multiple classes of places to retire video's each year. Maybe break it down by size, (small town/city) or best places in each state, or type of town, (Mountain town/laketown/ocean/river).
I would like to see more of the best or cheapest, small town or large city, mountain / coastal / desert / historic places to retire by state.
When my wife and I was looking to move from Coral Springs FL in 2016. We looked at Sarasota FL, but it was right on the coast, we wanted something a bit more inland. We settled on Lutz, got a good deal on a foreclosure on 2.1 acres, (paid for lump sum) and totally remodeled updating it. The solar panels, battery and generator backup, geothermal heating and cooling and rain water collection, (for irrigation) bumped the remodel cost a bit but it was worth it. (extremely low monthly cost) Great health care, plus we're close to Tampa, Clearwater, St Petersburg, Sarasota beaches. We're in our 50's but planning on retiring in our home.
Hope you can afford homeowners insurance.
I exited Florida nearly two years ago. At the time, I was living in Odessa. If you like Florida (and everything that comes with it), Lutz, Odessa and Land O' Lakes is a pretty good area.
@@charliehargrave7458
We got it covered, plus things will change once we get that idiot Florida man out of office. Just have to stick it out until then. Once he started messing w/ the mouse he was done, they employ more people in this state than any other business here. You don't mess w/ people's money and think you're gonna get away w/ it, lol.
@@davidmandelstamm8725
Yes it is, my wife and I love it. We need to get rid of Florida man in office then things will change. You lived here so you know how quickly the winds will change. Been there done that too many times in my 32yrs of living here. We get the peace and quiet, when we're in the mood for some excitement downtown Tampa is only a 20 minute drive away.
Good for you. Got a good place to live and it didn't cost a fortune😅😅
Love your videos and sense of humor. Can you please do a video for only warm climates, like FL, SC ,GA, and maybe NC, Thanks
Please add rental prices to the stats not all of us are looking to buy. Renting makes it so much easier to move on if you do not the area or city/town.
Pleas3 do affordable retirement communities when you can. Great work, Briggs.
Keep them coming! I retired a few months ago and I'm looking to relocate, so any news is welcome.
This list is for retirees in upper middle class to wealthy. Would you consider making a list for people on a middle class income? $300,000 and up for a place to live is just too much. Also I love Santa Fe but New Mexico is not friendly to retirees tax wise.
I moved to Costa Rica in 2010 never been sorry.
The best way to describe Florida is to start with Earth. A little bit closer to the sun, you have Venus. A little closer to the sun, you have Mercury. A little closer, you get to Florida. Get the idea ?
That’s so fuckin stupid
I 've lived in NYC & PA there are lots of nice houses that are over 100 years old. I'm living in one now.
The WHOLE video, I was so excited because I knew South Carolina was going to be on this list, so right before number two I was like this is not gonna be anywhere in South Carolina, but whenever I saw it was Greenville, I was just thinking YEEESSS, I actually used to live in Greenville, and I still drive past this city almost every day.
Briggs, more vids on this topic would be fantastic! Still a couple of years out myself, but can never be too prepared! Agree with another poster about suburbs of the cities would be great too!
Our insurance cost in a small town in So Cal went up from 900/yr to 1900/yr in a year and a half! They told us it was because it would cost more to replace our home in a disaster, as cost of homes went up. In our area, we don't have the expensive homes like in LA and the coast. My question to them was, why didn't our home insurance go down in 2008 when the market crashed? The appraisal on our home was down to $170k, way less than what we owed. Can't wait to leave this state
Yes please!!
More retirement videos.
What’s important is no taxes on retirement income.
AND…,
Maybe do a video on returning and living on cruise ships. How does the retirement taxes work for that??
BTW Congratulations Briggs for getting over a million subscribers. Been following you for a few years and you should have a couple million and I hope you do soon. Stay safe and healthy Sir.
Texas property taxes are quite high.
But no income tax
I work for Medicare. If you retire and can afford a half million dollar house, you will have such an income related monthly adjustment amount for your Part B you still won't be able to afford that home.
Can't argue any of these choices as I have not personally been to a lot of them. However, I strongly believe that the Midwest is totally being over looked for retirement spots. Cities such as Omaha and Des Monies are amazing places to live. Very affordable for the most part, nice people, clean air (unlike the coasts), strong local economies, great healthcare, four seasons (winters can get a little rough, and summers can get a little humid, but its childs play to the humidity in Florida).
Nothing wrong with cold and snowy climates to retire if you enjoy winter activities. Boise would be best for me.
Moved to Cedar Rapids from California to retire . Starting 2023 Iowa has no income tax on pensions . Houses are cheap . No problems with health care .
These places has only 2 season, summer and winter, you have to stay home all day long !
If you only got 10 years left to live you wanna spend half of it in a dead cornfield with only 10 hours of daylight
@@climberis1 when I moved out of California I lived in the Central Valley . High crime and bad air . A blue collar worker can’t afford to stay in Cali . Been in Iowa a year and haven’t heard of a cat convertor getting stolen . All the parks have clean rest rooms with no graffiti .
Madison, Wisconsin is the best place you mentioned. You seem to be focused on sunbelt cities. Yes these retirees will no longer have to deal with snow but they will just sit inside watching tv snuggled up to an air conditioner for a good part of the year because it's too hot to go outside.
Madison is number one in my view. I visited just a few weeks ago.
Visited for retirement search early June last year. Vibrant youth scene with downtown below capital is a gem of mid-west. House prices are getting pricey. After Green Bay, Mad-city is 2nd choice.
Nice town, but it’s insanely liberal. I’m not into that sort of left wing political thing. If you’re a conservative, better learn to keep your mouth shut.
@@donb4449🤨 Wow thanks for the info🤔 I always wondered why Milwaukee had a woke pathetic ideology.. Anyplace that Pimped BLM is a place not to go if have moral, conservative values.. I grew up in nut case democrat perversion, escaped and taught my family what true Conservatives are about.. Not the fakes that are bigots but True Conservatives..📕🔍😎👋🙏💪☝️👍
Briggs, you could do a Top 10 on anything and I'd watch. 💗
Good to see Tucson on this list. Have visited it in recent years. Although retirement is still several years off, I have plans to relocate to that area within the year. And Briggs, as a current temporary PNW resident, your retiring elsewhere besides Oregon will be good for your wallet long-term. Great videos BTW, you and Nick Johnson have outstanding, helpful content.
Lived in Tucson for 7 years. It is a beautiful city but the 6-8 lanes of traffic everywhere is a real turn OFF though
I retired two years ago and moved to Oro Valley (just outside Tucson) half time and Panama City Beach half time. Perfect!
We just retired to Greenville and love it so much! It's very affordable and the people are lovely. We moved from Ohio.
I'm an American. My husband is British. We're retiring in 3.5 years to the coast of Cornwall England.
Thanks for the great video! (Back to the video now)
ETA: There are homes here in the UK hundreds of years old! lol, We just stayed in a cottage on the coast, 16th century. (Homes over 70 yo... :D)
I'm so envious of you. Love England. Hope your retirement is wonderful 😊
I'm actually heading to the UK and visiting Cornwall in a week. I could be happy living there.
South American?
@@renferal5290 We just spent a week there for my birthday. I was sad to go home!
@@tonimilstead5089 Thank you! ;)
I dig all your videos! They are apropos to me since I retired at 67 last year from Denver and swore I was never gonna scrape off another icy windshield again (+ all the other things you said in your leaving denver video).. so I downsized and hit the road in my small sedan with my Rottie boy in March 2022 and have been living in Airbnb's since. So much fun! I've always been a renter so am looking to live in a warm town no more than an hour from the beach. Would love to see a vid of places close to an ocean but not ON the ocean.
So far the best ones I may return to longterm are Mobile, AL and Edisto Island, SC. Gulfport, FL was amazing but pricey.
Also maybe a vid of the most overrated destinations. I was dissapointed in St. Augustine, FL for example.. great history but no place to put your car! And if ya can find a place the price in outrageous $15 for the main parking garage downtown.. no off-street..short term by the water $5 an hr, bums, entitled tourist etc.
Keep up the great work along with your entertaining delivery and goofy stories 😉
Got it get it good
Hey there, maybe you’ve already done this video I’ve only been watching for a couple of years, but I’d love to see a best of everything video. An area with affordable housing, low crime, tolerable weather, tons of amenities. If such a place exists I’d like to know about it.
Love the channel
This was a timely video for me for a number of reasons. 1) I plan on retiring from my county job next year. 2) I am tired of CA been here for 59 years and it has changed for the worse. 3) Wife and I are getting a divorce and there is no way I could afford a place here in CA, plus see #2. Looking at Bullhead City, AZ. There is some new home construction going on there, but yes it is hot. One of the pluses is there is an Amtrak station close by in Needles, CA which for around $60 and a five hour train ride will take me all the way to Fullerton, CA which is very close to my kids, family & friends.
We like Bullhead City (& also Laughlin NV & Fort Mojave, they are all basically the same area) and have spent a lot of time there recently. Down at the river is very much like a beach resort and we LOVE THAT RIVER when its hot outside (pure CO mountain SNOW MELT! stays cold even in hottest temps). Also for its size of town/population there are a TON of nice restaurant options because of all the casinos. Also many musical acts tour to this area and it is nice to take in a concert or two (or three) We prefer smaller towns over large cities, but sometimes you want to be near a big city and for this area that would be Las Vegas Baby! I don't want to live in Las Vegas, but I love visiting there for for even MORE restaurant/entertainment options.ete. Good area in my opinion!
@@jackthefunshack8618 Yeah I am getting excited about the move (next year) to Bullhead City. The things you mention are exactly my reasons for moving to Bullhead City, AZ. I might add it is close to Williams and the Grand Canyon, Flagstaff. Sure it is another 2 - 3 hours to these places, but compared to the stressful drive from CA to AZ, these are more pleasant hours. I agree with you about Vegas, it's nice it's there but I wouldn't want to live there. I hope to have enough money left over to waste it on a boat so I can enjoy it on the river or Lake Mohave, right now I have my PWC but it's kind of hard to enjoy it with more than one other person. The casinos across the river are nice, I don't gamble much but I do enjoy free AC and drinks.
I would like a large small town to retire to, in other words I need good medical care but also has a small town vibe to retire to.
Cape Coral and Sarasota, FL, eh. Years ago I would agree that they are great cities to live out your final years, but not a place if you're a homeowner of any age, regardless if you have a mortgage or not. They are paying very high insurance premiums for their homes, which will suck out your retirement savings faster than some would think.
Thanks for pointing out that safety was not a consideration, but that is as important, if not more, to many retirees.
More retirement videos would be great! Retiring in two years
Even though Tucson is like 40 degrees to the East of Phoenix, I was more surprised at the fact that you mentioned Tucson over any of the West Valley senior citizen occupied cities in Phoenix like Sun City or Sun City West where you have to be 55+ to live in with really low property taxes and great accommodations for senior citizens. Just my 2 cents' worth..
Thanks Briggs!! Another great video!!! We would love to learn about the best places to retire to, but for renting!! We don't want to have to worry about fixing anything any longer. Thanks for all you do - we love you!
Retirement planning is important
OMG. I would move in to a pizza oven before I would move in to Florida.
Great video Briggs, again I am surprised that Santa Fe made the list. My son lives there, and it’s a pretty expensive place to live. The weather is pretty good, but for health care travel to Albuquerque may be necessary. That’s been the case for my son who has to deal with some health problems.
How about a video on top 10 places to move where you don't need a car but not in a major metro area. Like planned community that has everything there. No traffic no stress etc
You might want to find A New country.
Walkability scores can be found but not for a lot of places.
I couldn't imagine spending 300k on a house and Im 50! The house flipping party is over. 🎉 I have actually heard buying old house boats to live in is where its at. No idea 💡 if thats true.
Love to see one for single retirees Briggs.
Pittsburgh used to make all these lists so I moved here in 2005. About 10 years ago this place started to change and it has fallen so fast that the locals who haven't descended into a life on drugs are in a state of shock.
Hi Briggs, This was really great. Thank you, for researching these retirement locations. Thank God working from home is a popular option these days. One can truly enjoy their home more and with neighborhoods such as this, looks like a win, win!
Can you do a top 10 overseas?
I'd like to see a video on where the best places are to be a snowbird for a 6 to 9 months out of the year to just rent a place
YES! Except I live in Florida and want to escape our summers to somewhere up north where it’s cooler. Would like to live in FL from October - April and up north May - September. But can’t figure out WHERE we should go!
Best county's to homestead in? 2023 edition 😊
I lived in Greenville for two years. A very underated city imo
Sarasota is lovely. Been there twice. That airport has a huge salt water aquarium. The fishes r really something to look at while u wait for ur flight. Too expensive & that insurance is way too high of a price making it not so adorable, IMHO.
Have you spent a winter in Santa Fe? It gets really cold and has blizzards. In fact, Santa Fe has less that 6 months of really warm weather. There are nice and warm days throughout the year and it gets lots of sunshine. But anyone expecting mild and warm winters will be disappointed. The Fall is fantastic, though and Spring is the worst part of the year.
I’m closing in on my retirement and I’d like to move from Minnesota to a warmer climate, but the prices on homes are stupidly ridiculous and Mortgage prices has been skyrocketing on a roll(currently over 7%) do I just invest my spare cash into stock and wait for a housing crash or should I go ahead to buy a home anyways?
Interest rate is currently at 4.75%(8th rate hike since March last year) Inflation at 7% and mortgage rates is at over 7.5% but yet minimum wage remains the same and my retirement portfolio has suffered tremendously these past years, so my question is how do senior citizens retire and live off such unstable economy. The long term game is obviously not for me at this point.
If anything, it'll get worse. Very soon, affordable housing will no longer be affordable. So anything anyone want to do, I will advise they do it now because the prices today will look like dips tomorrow. Until the Fed clamps down even further, I think we're going to see hysteria due to rampant inflation. You can't halfway rip the band-aid off.
Home prices will come down eventually, but for now; get your money (as much as you can) out of the housing market and get into the financial markets or gold. The new mortgage rates are crazy, add to that the recession and the fact that mortgage guidelines are getting more difficult. Home prices will need to fall by a minimum of 40% (more like 50%) before the market normalizes.If you are in cross roads or need sincere advise on the best moves to take now its best you seek an independent advisor who knows about the financial markets.
Personally, I can connect to that. When I began working with a fiduciary financial counsellor, my advantages were certain. I got into the market early 2019 and the constant downtrends and losses discouraged me so I sold off, got back in Dec 2021 this time with guidance Long story short, its been 2years now and I’ve gained over $850k following guidance from my investment adviser.
Interesting Josh. I've been thinking of going that route been holding on to a bunch of stocks that keeps tanking and I don't know if to keep holding or just dump them, do think your Inv-coach could guide me with portfolio-restructuring as i wouldn’t mind a recommendation.
@ 11:12 In 1992-2001, outside Phoenix, Arizona a few years before retiring from the military, I bought a brand new 3bedroom, 2 baths 2 car garage all electric, Heat Pump central air house for $ 67,000 dollars. When I sold it in 2001 i pocketed $34,000 in equity after living in it for 9 years. It was a great place to retire at..
A couple of years later, they built the Arizona Cardinals stadium 3-4 blocks from my old $67,000 dollar house... I wonder how much that property has appreciated today...
Can you do place’s which retirement are best for seniors in the suburbs ❤! Maybe some places to retire on a pension and small social security benefits. With good health care, but not with heat. Or maybe some beach areas that are in the middle of the upper east coast.
I lived in Sarasota for 10 years. The beaches are beautiful a few weeks a year. Red tide is now a constant problem, and there are dead fish rimming the shore. They clean them up every morning but the smell is gross.
I was stuck on AZ, NM, TX, CA, I CAN'T DO HEAT NO WATER, no herb. Nope not a state I'm going to even pass thru let alone go around. I'm going to go look at the 20 most unusual trees in the world now. Bye bye for now. Have a great Sunday. Stay Cool folks!
We're going to retire to Alpine, TX sometime before 2030; near to Big Bend NP. Best weather in Texas, except for maybe Fort Davis, which is about 30 minutes from Alpine. We live in San Antonio now. Too crowded for my taste.
Most people who retires have arthritis & it hurts in winter time. Even the natives in Alaska, winters in Arizona, Florida, etc. 😅😢
I've been living in Sarasota for 30 years you are right about all that but is getting more expensive
Briggs San Antonio is in Texas. Too many people, crap electrical grid, property taxes are insane, and have you check their temperatures this month. Ha no way
Yes please do more. So very helpful!!
Thanks for another great video. I would like to add that Colorado Springs has been changing a lot in recent years. Just like all of Colorado, it has been turning a little more "blue" and is getting close to being politically purple (if that matters to you). Also, crime has really spiked in recent years, and many areas of the city are becoming run down.
The blue plague moved in and destroyed Denver
And what’s wrong with purple-blue. I want to avoid “let’s elect a man wearing an ankle bracelet” red.
The Springs just elected a far left mayor.
It is gone.
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I had to laugh when you said that homes over 70yrs old are not in decent shape. My home is 78yrs old, and going strong. Yes, after 78 yrs things can get a little iffy, but in the North with our winters, that is doing reasonable and OK. My house is considered on the young side. Great video, by the way.
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Retirement planning is crucial, and knowing the best cities helps immensely. Thanks for the helpful rundown!
How about more videos about adorable land for off-grid living & 4 senior?
Like videos like this. Wife and I have been looking to leave California at some point in the future. Looking at Midwest to be closer to her family.
Yes more videos on retirement places. Thanks!
Santa Fe= a challenge for those with any breathing issues.
Boise= No way. The Panhandle or Ketchum.
Tucson=+
San Antonio=+
How about the beach towns, west of Panama City all the way to Pascagula? Way cheaper than Ft.Myers or Sarasota.
My girlfriend and I were recently in Taos New Mexico for a few days and I couldn't figure out why I was having a hard time breathing. I am 63 and never had any issues,.I assumed it was the high altitude.
As I'm almost 70 & my partner is 62 we're thinking about possibly relocating when she retires in about 4 years.
I have a background in research so I did some checking and came up with the several cities/areas for us to consider & I'm surprised these didn't make this list. Wondering on your opinion.
NOTE: We'll probably stay close to the Mid-Atlantic area as that's where her family is. Also I like the heat and she likes the cold so I avoided extremes
- Bowling Green, KY
- Murfreesboro, TN
- Lexington, KY
- Charlottesville, VA
- Morgantown, WV
- New Castle, DE
- Lancaster, PA
- Athens, OH
I treated Asheville/Greenville/Spartanburg as one area
What"re your thoughts?
PS love your channel and your videos. Always enlightening and entertaining
From these options, I like Tucson, San Antonio and Greenville