Californian here. Fixed property taxes are a big bonus here along with being able to be at the desert, beach, or mountains all in the same day. Weather is good for the most part. However, most 40 year olds and up remember and want the CA from the 1980's, where people felt free to live, lower daily taxes, it was safe, and clean for the most part. Now with Newsom, it is no longer that way. I graduated from MC, so my ultimate goal is to get back to MS.
@@LivingInJackson yes, let me reassure you that I do believe you have a better quality of life in MS. In CA, we often have 110 degree summers and about one month of rain, so it is dry here. We, in southern California, have pretty bad air quality, large homeless population, and crazy commute times from traffic, just mention the 91 to a Californian and you'll get an earful! I would say a vacation in CA is ideal, but everyday life not so much.
@@hiphoppeep yes. And also now a year later, the crime has increased so much bc our governor decreased punishment for any theft under $999 so stores have to just watch thieves walk out with their stuff. We recently did have an 80 year liquor store owner in Norco shoot a man from Los Angeles who tried to rob him so many Californians, thankfully, are armed now bc crime is so bad.
Screw cally... we vacationed there for 30 years. Its not the place everyone thinks of anymore...switched over to florida and so glad. Now considering ms or al or fl foe retirement.
It’s a great place to retire, but it’s drawing our young people away to places like Tennessee and Texas. Even in recent years, our state hasn’t grown in the past 5 years. Can’t say it’s too soon yet, but if the tred continues, it could hurt our state. Illinois and West Virginia are seeing the same thing. Everytime i go see my family in the delta, the area is dying more and more. The state needs to address that issue.
Leaving the SF Bay area for the Jackson Metro area, Lord willing, sometime between Spring 2021 and early 2022. Looking forward to the move. I'm a native Floridian, so I'm used to the heat, humidity and mosquitos. :)
@@LivingInJackson Retiring and planning to attend Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson after taking some time to settle in. Will most likely want to live in Madison, Ridgeland or Clinton. We will definitely contact you when our plans firm up.
What is the homeless situation in the Jackson metro area? Can you do a video on that? Are there large encampments like here in California? We have money flowing in to help but oddly nothing is changing for the better. I am tired of living somewhere I see the money being wasted or just flat disappearing.
Check the stats. Mississippi may be the last in everything but we have the largest influx of people moving. I came back home after retirement. We welcome everyone who wants to relocate in Mississippi. But you better like sweet tea. WELCOME.
Lool Mississippi definitely does not have the largest influx of expats moving there. Texas and Georgia are leading. There are hardly ANY young professionals in Mississippi. Most of us run the second we graduate college. At least, I did and almost everyone from my graduating class left also. I’ve been gone from Mississippi for 10 plus years. No plans to return unless some RADICAL changes happen there.
@@KM-hw1rt you are right but after I moved back iwas really surprised at the number of transplants that I have had the privilege if meeting. Most are in the medical field and the hospitals we have here are known for attracting individuals from across country. Anyway want them to have a warm welcome.
I moved to California from Ms in the 80's, the best decision i ever made as far as finances. I went from makings $18,000 a year combine income with my wife to over $250,000 a year in California. Love California but Ms will always be home.
im homless and 18 in cali right now its way too expensive over here and I'm dying to move I hate it here I was born and raised here so trust me when I say its too expensive Mississippi is the place for me
You should, I’m from Chicago lived in la for the last 6 years. Im losing my la apt facing homelessness and im considering Mississippi bc it’s more affordable. I definitely understand
You should compare the most expensive city in CA to the most expensive city in MS. LA vs Oxford would be a honest comparison. Also if you were selling real estate in CA, you’d probably be a millionaire.
Ok not that I would advocate ever living in Commiefornia because I’m a southerner myself, but considering the median household income in Mississippi is quite meager, it’s all relative. Also consider the violent crime and crumbling infrastructure in MS may deter many people from moving there if they’re used to any semblance of safety and poverty that isn’t as bad as a third world country.
46 years of earthquakes in SF Bay Area, *one* caused any real damage. I know nobody who has ever had property damage from an earthquake. How many people that you know have lost property due to tornadoes and hurricanes? Also, earthquakes don't take a day to go through. Less than a minute and you're back to your day.
@@LivingInJackson sounds like the reality is far less sensational than the hype on both fronts. I know I'm far less scared of earthquakes but they're what I know. 😆
@@MattCouzensMusic No, you're right. I've experienced earthquakes and tornadoes-nothing quite looking at the weather 3 days before and thinking ,"wow, might die tomorrow.."
I’m from MS. Currently living in AZ as of 6 months ago. While I do miss MS at times, Jackson is most definitely the LAST place I would want to be lol. After dental school I was so happy to move back to Hattiesburg - aka God’s Country. Hahaha jk jk All in good fun, but I am team H - Town (Tuffburg) for life. 🤙🤙
I would move because of the cost of living but i would live in the delta or near a big city due to my political views. I could save money and for a shack here in Californian i could afford a nice place there. I live in northern California and its 2 hours north of the capital. The life style and politics are very difference was you travel north of the state capital it is very Christian, very republican, and outdoorsy. My political views are more inline with the stereotype of San Francisco but depends on the issue. However i cant afford to live there and want to try some place different.
@@LivingInJackson thank you. I live with my parents due to financial reasons, and cant afford to live on my own, i am on ssi due to health reasons, and graduated with my bachelors finally after 18 years but graduated into covid.
Prop 13 was passed in the late 70s and it is based on where you live that if you live in a nice area its nicer schools, not good neighborhoods not funded schools. It is ridiculous. What your looking at is orange county that is the rich part of California. The price there for a home could be a really nice new built home for that price in orange county.
Sounds like you are looking for blue. I am from Vermont moving to mississippi and while I am blue, vermont is too far for me! however the jackson area, minus madison is actually pretty blue, especially hinds county. I think also youd be surprised how much blue you find when you break down a political map by town. The government isn't necessarily representative of the people.
Central Valley Ca gets HOT! Hot, smoggy and smokey! My sky is brown all August long!! So, fires, smoke, pesticides and smog. Want to rent an 25 year old apartment along a major freeway in a poor ag town will run you 1500.00 or more! Cockroach infestation is free!! It's sad as hell but it sucks here. Gas prices hahaha We won't even talk about that here.
from Meridian, we're jealous of Jackson over here on the border with Alabama, though we will go out of our way to trash talk Jackson. Trying to make Meridian sound good, which it is not.
I’ve helped people who have moved the Brandon area on the east side of the Jackson metro and commute to work in Meridian. I’ve personally only been there a few times so I can say to much about it good or bad.
Not exactly. Even if you can afford California, I think you can stretch those dollars to a better lifestyle in Mississippi. Cali is still a great vacation option though where you can go occasionally spend all the money you're saving!
I can't think of Mississippi without seeing Emmett Tills face and what they did to him. All those people lynched for no good reason, and for their murderers to not only avoid consequences but also be held as heroes for it. Mississippi has got to be the most evil place on earth..
The Mississippi I know today despises those episodes of history as much or more than any one in other areas of the country. I won’t say there aren’t people anywhere in the state that are like that, but evil people are everywhere. Bad things have happened all over the world throughout history, but that past doesn’t have to define the present or the future.
@@LivingInJackson True there are evil people everywhere but not to the level of Mississippi. The people of Mississippi were offended and angry at the thought of any of the many murderers there to face consequences for those horrific crimes. I've never seen so many evil people in one place. I can't understand why any decent person would want to live there. Keep in mind this wasn't that long ago, people like Carolyn Bryant are still alive and with so many people advocating and protecting the right to behave this way, what do you think all those people were teaching their children?
I think I'll have to agree to disagree with you. I live in Mississippi and the people I see are nothing like the ones you're thinking of. I certainly would have nothing to do with anyone who thought like that, and no one I associate with would tolerate it either. It's a different time. Come visit Mississippi and you'll see. I'd be happy to buy you lunch and show you the positive side of Mississippi you don't see in media and movies, the side that is overwhelmingly what Mississippi is today.
@@LivingInJackson Thank you i appreciate that and I don't doubt that you are a good person. But I guess we will have to agree to disagree. The way the overwhelming majority in Mississippi endorsed murder is something I've never seen in the history of the world. To see the way Roy Bryant and JW Milam were defended and held as heroes for mutilating and torturing a 14 year old boy to death by an entire state of people is just as unbelievable as it is true. That is an evil by a majority that is unheard of but again true. I feel like you are being honest to your experience in Mississippi but naive to believe that can truly change within a generation or two, I just don't see how that's possible. That whole state endorsed and even celebrated that demonic behavior. When Milam and Bryant were acquitted the whole state of Mississippi celebrated like they won the superbowl. Again I just don't believe its possible for that centament to disappear within a generation or two..
I may not be the best person to ask just because I don’t really have that experience, but from my perspective anywhere here in the metro area is fine. I don’t feel like there is an area with a lot of racists. Sure they do exist here and there but the few I’ve ever gotten that vibe from I don’t associate with. Out in the more rural areas may be different but I’ve never lived outside of the metro and in Starkville which is a college town and very inclusive of pretty much everyone. I think that view that Mississippi is full of racists is outdated and if it exists, it’s limited to older people in more rural areas where I just haven’t been to see it. I know that’s still how the state is portrayed but I believe you will be pleasantly surprised here.
@@LivingInJackson oh haha I don’t believe most of Mississippi is racist. I went there for college. But I know that many states still have towns where people of color aren’t kindly welcomed. Just apart of reality. But I asked because I want to actually move to a rural area, either near or in the forest. But thank you!!
Mississippi is 36% percent African American. Thats the largest AA% in the entire country, but there is still some racism. North Mississippi is where majority of racism is today in Mississippi but central Mississippi in Rankin, Madison, or Hinds county is probably the best.
I've lived in Mississippi for 40 years that's all my life. The only comparison between Mississippi and California is that Mississippi has a lower cost of living than California. But other than that Mississippi isn't for young and energetic people, it's for retirees and for people that wants to settle down and enjoy a laid back slow paced life. California is way more beautiful than Mississippi and Mississippi is a rural state with no big nor metro cities. California has more jobs, business, entertainment and better schools. Mississippi is the poorest, worst, high poverty, lack of businesses, lack of entertainment. It's really nothing to do in Mississippi. Mississippi is behind and last in a lot of things. California is a very beautiful state and is attractive. So I choose California over Mississippi. California is 100 percent better than Mississippi.
people who want to leave california are ungrateful for where they live , born and raised in cali, moved to Chicago then texas , born if you ain’t in cali you wrong 🤣 evey other booboo state in USA are horrible to live in , don’t matter if it’s cheap and chill Bruh, weather trash everywhere else , stone cold winters and humid summers it’s disgusting , cali is where it’s at
I don't know, everybody has their own reasons. We can't compete on that SoCal weather, but there are a lot of great things about Mississippi and other parts of the country as well.
Californian here. Fixed property taxes are a big bonus here along with being able to be at the desert, beach, or mountains all in the same day. Weather is good for the most part. However, most 40 year olds and up remember and want the CA from the 1980's, where people felt free to live, lower daily taxes, it was safe, and clean for the most part. Now with Newsom, it is no longer that way.
I graduated from MC, so my ultimate goal is to get back to MS.
@@LivingInJackson yes, let me reassure you that I do believe you have a better quality of life in MS. In CA, we often have 110 degree summers and about one month of rain, so it is dry here. We, in southern California, have pretty bad air quality, large homeless population, and crazy commute times from traffic, just mention the 91 to a Californian and you'll get an earful! I would say a vacation in CA is ideal, but everyday life not so much.
Come on. We would love to have you.
@@jenniferm586 not to mention the 🔥
@@hiphoppeep yes. And also now a year later, the crime has increased so much bc our governor decreased punishment for any theft under $999 so stores have to just watch thieves walk out with their stuff. We recently did have an 80 year liquor store owner in Norco shoot a man from Los Angeles who tried to rob him so many Californians, thankfully, are armed now bc crime is so bad.
4:25 - groceries
6:31 - gas, some of the lowst prices in nation.
8:50 - tax comparison
11:19 - property tax comparison, .77% in California, .8% in Mississippi.
13:09 - he sells homes
14:00 - Flowood, Mississippi, $460,000, 2700 sq. ft., 4 bedrms., 3 baths.
14:31 - $499,000, California, 3bedrm., 2 baths, condo.
16:14 - not same price, California, $1,049,900 n Mississippi, $259,999. Both 3 beds, 2 baths, close to 2000 sq.ft.
Thanks for the outline!
Screw cally... we vacationed there for 30 years. Its not the place everyone thinks of anymore...switched over to florida and so glad. Now considering ms or al or fl foe retirement.
This video was especially helpful. Again, thank you.
Gators, run 20 mph. Dangerous snakes hanging from trees. Fire ants
Swamps. I'm still thinking about it.
Probably a good winter spot. Tornado, ouch.
It’s a great place to retire, but it’s drawing our young people away to places like Tennessee and Texas. Even in recent years, our state hasn’t grown in the past 5 years. Can’t say it’s too soon yet, but if the tred continues, it could hurt our state. Illinois and West Virginia are seeing the same thing. Everytime i go see my family in the delta, the area is dying more and more. The state needs to address that issue.
Leaving the SF Bay area for the Jackson Metro area, Lord willing, sometime between Spring 2021 and early 2022. Looking forward to the move. I'm a native Floridian, so I'm used to the heat, humidity and mosquitos. :)
@@LivingInJackson Retiring and planning to attend Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson after taking some time to settle in. Will most likely want to live in Madison, Ridgeland or Clinton. We will definitely contact you when our plans firm up.
Native Mississippian myself here, Gulf Coast region, but I think I’de love to visit CA someday.
Might as well.
California is the funnest and most beautiful state I have visited. I’m from North Carolina.
I lived in Forest, Mississippi and Palo Alto, California
I prefer Mississippi
I'm in Hayward. Considering MS.
I hella want to move
What is the homeless situation in the Jackson metro area? Can you do a video on that? Are there large encampments like here in California? We have money flowing in to help but oddly nothing is changing for the better. I am tired of living somewhere I see the money being wasted or just flat disappearing.
Check the stats. Mississippi may be the last in everything but we have the largest influx of people moving. I came back home after retirement. We welcome everyone who wants to relocate in Mississippi. But you better like sweet tea. WELCOME.
Lool Mississippi definitely does not have the largest influx of expats moving there. Texas and Georgia are leading. There are hardly ANY young professionals in Mississippi. Most of us run the second we graduate college. At least, I did and almost everyone from my graduating class left also. I’ve been gone from Mississippi for 10 plus years. No plans to return unless some RADICAL changes happen there.
@@KM-hw1rt you are right but after I moved back iwas really surprised at the number of transplants that I have had the privilege if meeting. Most are in the medical field and the hospitals we have here are known for attracting individuals from across country. Anyway want them to have a warm welcome.
Sweet tea is my most favorite thing
Would you ever do a Mississippi vs Massachusetts/NH/ New England video? Good work as always
I second this! moving from Vermont. Maybe do MS vs New england as a whole?
I moved to California from Ms in the 80's, the best decision i ever made as far as finances. I went from makings $18,000 a year combine income with my wife to over $250,000 a year in California. Love California but Ms will always be home.
Come on back home! That money you made in California will go a lot farther in Mississippi!
Yeahhhh I think I’m fine in San Diego where I live, but hey! People can do what makes them happy, I mean I don’t hate Mississippi or anything lol
im homless and 18 in cali right now its way too expensive over here and I'm dying to move I hate it here I was born and raised here so trust me when I say its too expensive Mississippi is the place for me
You should, I’m from Chicago lived in la for the last 6 years. Im losing my la apt facing homelessness and im considering Mississippi bc it’s more affordable. I definitely understand
You should compare the most expensive city in CA to the most expensive city in MS.
LA vs Oxford would be a honest comparison. Also if you were selling real estate in CA, you’d probably be a millionaire.
Maybe we can do something like that in a future video. Thanks for the comment. Are you from CA?
Ok not that I would advocate ever living in Commiefornia because I’m a southerner myself, but considering the median household income in Mississippi is quite meager, it’s all relative. Also consider the violent crime and crumbling infrastructure in MS may deter many people from moving there if they’re used to any semblance of safety and poverty that isn’t as bad as a third world country.
It’s not communist. I live there trust me
It is relative for sure, but there are parts of California that I believe are just as bad or worse than the worst parts of MS.
@@LivingInJackson how’s the water in Jackson?
Jackson VS the Gulf Coast video
Just moved to Gulfport after a year in Jackson...one of the best moves I ever made.
@@BPD1586 Two totally different worlds huh?
@@ghostthewiz5492 Like night and day...complete opposites
46 years of earthquakes in SF Bay Area, *one* caused any real damage. I know nobody who has ever had property damage from an earthquake. How many people that you know have lost property due to tornadoes and hurricanes? Also, earthquakes don't take a day to go through. Less than a minute and you're back to your day.
@@LivingInJackson sounds like the reality is far less sensational than the hype on both fronts. I know I'm far less scared of earthquakes but they're what I know. 😆
@@MattCouzensMusic No, you're right. I've experienced earthquakes and tornadoes-nothing quite looking at the weather 3 days before and thinking ,"wow, might die tomorrow.."
@@technicpapa I'm sorry. That's gotta be stressful. FWIW I am glad you made it! :)
Don’t forget, a lot of homes in California don’t have AC and the poverty and crime is really bad
I didn't even know that. Thanks for the extra perspective!
I’m from MS. Currently living in AZ as of 6 months ago. While I do miss MS at times, Jackson is most definitely the LAST place I would want to be lol. After dental school I was so happy to move back to Hattiesburg - aka God’s Country. Hahaha jk jk All in good fun, but I am team H - Town (Tuffburg) for life. 🤙🤙
Gas is 5.00 too
That just sounds terrible
I would move because of the cost of living but i would live in the delta or near a big city due to my political views. I could save money and for a shack here in Californian i could afford a nice place there. I live in northern California and its 2 hours north of the capital. The life style and politics are very difference was you travel north of the state capital it is very Christian, very republican, and outdoorsy. My political views are more inline with the stereotype of San Francisco but depends on the issue. However i cant afford to live there and want to try some place different.
@@LivingInJackson thank you. I live with my parents due to financial reasons, and cant afford to live on my own, i am on ssi due to health reasons, and graduated with my bachelors finally after 18 years but graduated into covid.
Prop 13 was passed in the late 70s and it is based on where you live that if you live in a nice area its nicer schools, not good neighborhoods not funded schools. It is ridiculous. What your looking at is orange county that is the rich part of California. The price there for a home could be a really nice new built home for that price in orange county.
Sounds like you are looking for blue. I am from Vermont moving to mississippi and while I am blue, vermont is too far for me! however the jackson area, minus madison is actually pretty blue, especially hinds county. I think also youd be surprised how much blue you find when you break down a political map by town. The government isn't necessarily representative of the people.
@@hiphoppeep I agree.
Central Valley Ca gets HOT! Hot, smoggy and smokey! My sky is brown all August long!! So, fires, smoke, pesticides and smog. Want to rent an 25 year old apartment along a major freeway in a poor ag town will run you 1500.00 or more! Cockroach infestation is free!! It's sad as hell but it sucks here. Gas prices hahaha We won't even talk about that here.
from Meridian, we're jealous of Jackson over here on the border with Alabama, though we will go out of our way to trash talk Jackson. Trying to make Meridian sound good, which it is not.
I’ve helped people who have moved the Brandon area on the east side of the Jackson metro and commute to work in Meridian. I’ve personally only been there a few times so I can say to much about it good or bad.
Bottom line is if you can afford California, choose California. If you can't afford California, choose Mississippi.
Not exactly. Even if you can afford California, I think you can stretch those dollars to a better lifestyle in Mississippi. Cali is still a great vacation option though where you can go occasionally spend all the money you're saving!
I can't think of Mississippi without seeing Emmett Tills face and what they did to him. All those people lynched for no good reason, and for their murderers to not only avoid consequences but also be held as heroes for it. Mississippi has got to be the most evil place on earth..
The Mississippi I know today despises those episodes of history as much or more than any one in other areas of the country. I won’t say there aren’t people anywhere in the state that are like that, but evil people are everywhere. Bad things have happened all over the world throughout history, but that past doesn’t have to define the present or the future.
@@LivingInJackson True there are evil people everywhere but not to the level of Mississippi. The people of Mississippi were offended and angry at the thought of any of the many murderers there to face consequences for those horrific crimes. I've never seen so many evil people in one place. I can't understand why any decent person would want to live there. Keep in mind this wasn't that long ago, people like Carolyn Bryant are still alive and with so many people advocating and protecting the right to behave this way, what do you think all those people were teaching their children?
I think I'll have to agree to disagree with you. I live in Mississippi and the people I see are nothing like the ones you're thinking of. I certainly would have nothing to do with anyone who thought like that, and no one I associate with would tolerate it either. It's a different time. Come visit Mississippi and you'll see. I'd be happy to buy you lunch and show you the positive side of Mississippi you don't see in media and movies, the side that is overwhelmingly what Mississippi is today.
@@LivingInJackson Thank you i appreciate that and I don't doubt that you are a good person. But I guess we will have to agree to disagree. The way the overwhelming majority in Mississippi endorsed murder is something I've never seen in the history of the world. To see the way Roy Bryant and JW Milam were defended and held as heroes for mutilating and torturing a 14 year old boy to death by an entire state of people is just as unbelievable as it is true. That is an evil by a majority that is unheard of but again true. I feel like you are being honest to your experience in Mississippi but naive to believe that can truly change within a generation or two, I just don't see how that's possible. That whole state endorsed and even celebrated that demonic behavior. When Milam and Bryant were acquitted the whole state of Mississippi celebrated like they won the superbowl. Again I just don't believe its possible for that centament to disappear within a generation or two..
We are more than our history. I just wish people would realize that. We are evil, every state is evil, but at least we arent California.
Dont invite those fools here
Why would anyone want to live in
Mississippi! Lol stop😂😂
What are some places in Mississippi where black folks shouldn't settle due to racism?
I may not be the best person to ask just because I don’t really have that experience, but from my perspective anywhere here in the metro area is fine. I don’t feel like there is an area with a lot of racists. Sure they do exist here and there but the few I’ve ever gotten that vibe from I don’t associate with. Out in the more rural areas may be different but I’ve never lived outside of the metro and in Starkville which is a college town and very inclusive of pretty much everyone. I think that view that Mississippi is full of racists is outdated and if it exists, it’s limited to older people in more rural areas where I just haven’t been to see it. I know that’s still how the state is portrayed but I believe you will be pleasantly surprised here.
@@LivingInJackson oh haha I don’t believe most of Mississippi is racist. I went there for college. But I know that many states still have towns where people of color aren’t kindly welcomed. Just apart of reality. But I asked because I want to actually move to a rural area, either near or in the forest. But thank you!!
I can tell you. Rankin, Madison, Clinton. Just about the entire state.
@@KM-hw1rt thanks!
Mississippi is 36% percent African American. Thats the largest AA% in the entire country, but there is still some racism. North Mississippi is where majority of racism is today in Mississippi but central Mississippi in Rankin, Madison, or Hinds county is probably the best.
I live in LA it’s a shithole a 1 bedroom apartment is renting out for 1500 in the ghetto
Omg me too lol! I wanna leave LA
I moved from ms to cali
How do you like it there compared to MS?
I've lived in Mississippi for 40 years that's all my life. The only comparison between Mississippi and California is that Mississippi has a lower cost of living than California. But other than that Mississippi isn't for young and energetic people, it's for retirees and for people that wants to settle down and enjoy a laid back slow paced life. California is way more beautiful than Mississippi and Mississippi is a rural state with no big nor metro cities. California has more jobs, business, entertainment and better schools. Mississippi is the poorest, worst, high poverty, lack of businesses, lack of entertainment. It's really nothing to do in Mississippi. Mississippi is behind and last in a lot of things. California is a very beautiful state and is attractive. So I choose California over Mississippi. California is 100 percent better than Mississippi.
Don’t move to Mississippi. The job market is horrible. I don’t know why anyone under the age of 65 would move here.
people who want to leave california are ungrateful for where they live , born and raised in cali, moved to Chicago then texas , born if you ain’t in cali you wrong 🤣 evey other booboo state in USA are horrible to live in , don’t matter if it’s cheap and chill Bruh, weather trash everywhere else , stone cold winters and humid summers it’s disgusting , cali is where it’s at
I don't know, everybody has their own reasons. We can't compete on that SoCal weather, but there are a lot of great things about Mississippi and other parts of the country as well.