I live in Spokane right now and that crime rate completely shocked me. Because I thought the amount of crime was normal, because I lived here all my life.
Anecdotally heard that crime comes in cycles in Honolulu. We’re supposed in the cycle of when crime is worse. Lots of violent crime lately - public domestic abuse cases (shooting, throwing acid, etc). Lately there’s been waves of fentanyl-related events too. Really sad to hear.
Yeah I feel that on the crime in Spokane. It is weird when you tell people you’re from Spokane and 1. They’ve heard of it and 2. People from bigger places know about the crime
Eugene resident here. It was a decent place when I moved here in 2018. In 2020 it really went down the drain though. Homelessness, drugs,crime, and a rising cost of living ruined it. I drove around town yesterday, saw tents and garbage everywhere, and thought "this city looks like shit right now" 🤦
I live in Vegas. Dont move here unless you have a job lined up or a transfer. They post that there are jobs, but good luck getting hired. We moved here 6 mos ago and still haven't been hired anywhere. Thank god at least for my husbands pension! Nick Johnson rocks! Love his channel too!
Very true, I am moving back to Vegas after 2 years away. Moved away due to job-position, finally accepted an offer for my dream job and will be back in April.
I live in Tacoma, WA... I have for 50 years. there are areas that are bad - the Hosmer area is the worst- there are also areas that aren't quite as bad. Or maybe I'm just numb to it...
I moved to Vegas from the east coast and really like it. In Florida and NY where I lived, everyone talked about how they did not like it. In Vegas, everyone I know talks about how amazing it is. It’s very underrated- lots of outdoors like Colorado without the crowds. The weather is great 50s, 60s, and 70s year round October - April. It is hot June-August, but dry heat and much better than Florida. Of course it matters which part of town you live in. Because the strip distracts everyone away from all the nature, it is one of the few places you can still get 5-star views without crowds. You have almost everything you want within a 5 minute drive. Great dining. No traffic like other places. The city is growing faster than you can think, so will be interesting to see how the stats change!
Born and raised in Stockton. Graduated from the University of the Pacific, beautiful campus in Stockton. I taught in Stockton Unified School District for over 32 years. We have our problems like any city. We also have a wonderful museum, the symphony, live theatre, waterways that take you to the Pacific Ocean. A great university and community college. We are one of the most diverse cities in the U.S. I’ve traveled to far worse places around the United States and the world.
Many people are moving out of Anchorage to the Mat Su Valley because land and taxes are less expensive. The Mat Su has grown by over 6,000 people in the last few years.
I'm from Stockton. I had to look up the Kennedy neighborhood. It's the area that I would have called Sierra Vista. Maybe they changed the name. It was the ghetto. I went to college at SDSU and ended up working and retiring in the Silicon Valley. I've been back to Stockton to visit friends once in a while. My parents stayed in their home. Stockton was a divided city politically and economically.
I grew up in Stockton as well. It was once a great place to grow up, but not anymore. I am 60 years old now, living in my Quail Lakes home of many years. When leaving my little neighborhood community, I enter a town that I no longer recognize. Stockton has suffered a tragic fate.
@@michellejoy6752Stockton has never been a good city. There is nothing to do, the crime is in your face, and the people are unpleasant to put it nicely. It's a city you drive by and hope you never have to stop by again
Vallejo was OK when mare island naval shipyard was still open. Loosing all the government jobs nearly turned it into a ghost town. They have tried to repurpose some areas but pollution and asbestos concerns make many areas off limits. The city's municipal bankruptcy didn't help either.
Picking on me today Briggs. All the cities in Cali Ihave been through multiple times or lived next to and grew up there. I can confirm, Oakland, SF, San Jose, Fresno, Stockton,Bakersfield, Modesto are all places I avoid now. IDK how Imade it out in one piece after 50 years, maybe I didn't cause I have some mild pstd and anxiety for sure. Listen to abriggs on this one folks.
We lived in Honolulu for over nine years. Technically, the entire island of Oahu is a consolidated city and county of Honolulu. When new people were moving there, we always told them not to live anywhere that starts with a “W” - includes Waikiki, Waipahu, Wahiawa, Waimanalo, Waianae, Waipio, and so on.
I lasted one month in Honolulu. Luckily, I only shipped one pallet of my stuff. Crime shocked me. Waikiki was walkable, but it cost $400-$500 a month to park my car a mile from my apartment.
i live in wahiawa.... and for the most part you are correct. my home just appraised at 1.6 million though so i live in one of the nicer areas which are the older ones with families that still largely hold to traditional values. no gang bangers or homeless here!
my mother and most of my family on her side were born on Oahu. The islands have changed over the years. Too many people living there and many dont honor the hawaiian ways.
I live in vegas and today it’s a beautiful sunny 60 degrees with not a chance of a tornado, hurricane, mudslide, blizzard or any natural disasters. 😘 I’ll be in my pool during the hot months. No humidity and mosquitoes is pretty sweet too.
When people rate a city, you have to understand that it’s based on multiple factors and not just weather. Those are sweet things, though. Tornadoes in Vegas and surrounding state are very rare so I know you won’t have to worry about those…..
Live here too and love it! Love the nature. Mt. Charleston on the weekends in the summer to cool off. Having come from Florida where the heat truly is year-round, there was no such luxury to escape the heat like there is here. Seems like everything I need and want is in arms reach. Only complaint is the crime that requires more vigilance than where I live before, but I don’t think it outweighs the benefits when you learn to be more vigilant
Regardless of any other problems, Vegas is *not* running out of water anytime soon. It's actually one of the most water-efficient cities in the US, and does not even use all of its' minuscule allotment of 1.8% of water from the Colorado River (most of which goes to SoCal and Arizona). Las Vegas has a water intake below the deadpool level at Lake Mead - i.e., if the water dropped so low it stopped flowing over the Hoover Dam, Vegas would still get water. SoCal residents and farmers lose water (and power) before Vegas does.
My aunt moved to Honolulu back in the late 70's. She always held down a job & managed to support herself until the mid 2000's. Her last job was working as a live-in caregiver for an elderly man for about 10+ years. When he passed away, his son saw how much home prices were skyrocketing so instead of renting out the house (& allowing my aunt to stay in her rented room as she was promised by his dad), he kicked her out & sold the place for a ridiculous amount. He didn't give her any sort of severance pay, bonus, or just a small monetary gift to say thanks for taking care of his dad (which he refused to do himself). So at the age of 65, she ended up homeless. We tried to intervene by sending her money & have her move into my parents' place in Monterey, CA but she refused to leave "her home". She cut all contact, lasted about 5 years longer, & died after being physically assaulted by another homeless person in January 2018. The police suspected that it was a robbery & she put up a fight to defend the few possessions she carried around in a suitcase. We didn't find out until months later, after she had already been cremated... It still upsets me to know that she lived there her entire adult life, worked, paid taxes, & ended up dying on the streets instead of in her own house or even a rented apartment.
I'm so sorry to hear how your aunt passed. I grew up on the islands in the 1970s and 1980s and remember how it was. My plan was to retire there, but it's not the same anymore. The only thing I really miss is local food. Otherwise, Hawaii is paradise lost to me.
I'm so sorry for the horrible story that your aunt had to live out. Such a sad ending. Having been to Hawaii many times I can see wanting to live out your senior years there, but not as a homeless person. That population has increased dramatically in recent years, as it has in many/most cities, and the profile of the homeless community there has shifted.
Briggs the reason why home prices are still rising in these cities is the housing shortage! What’s causing the housing shortage is people that have homes with interest rates 4 percent or below are not selling their homes even if they relocate with their job they’re just renting them out cause interest rates are too high! That’s what is causing the housing shortage!
Most of the suburbs of Spokane are safe with great schools, but downtown has gotten downright scary with homelessness and rampant drug use. The Hillyard neighborhood used to be the worst and may still be the poorest zip code in the U.S. but it's not as scary as downtown.
I kind of thought that Bakersfield was going to make the list... Like Fresno Bakersfield is where people live who want to live in California but can't afford to live in California. I've lived in Bakersfield all my life and I hate it here, lol.
There's nothing wrong with living in Fresno. Maybe Bakersfield is shit, but Fresno isn't. The major issue Fresno has is the lack of housing for homeless and mentally ill people. Every large city needs residential care facilities for homeless and mentally ill people.
Re Eugene: You pretty much nailed it. What you did not convey is that the city, and many of its citizens, actively promote homelessness. We have one of the highest per capita homeless rates in the nation.
Spent a couple of weeks in Yuma years ago. It was summer and I must declare that Yuma is not a city, at least not in summer. There was just about nobody there.
A friend from here in Canada drive his RV there for the winter. He thinks it will be amazing...he asked if I wanted to go to Yuma for 6 months, no thanks!
Feels all that much worse when your watching an episode of LivePD and you actually know a couple of people on there. Also it got so bad that the city tried banning LivePD from filming here saying it was giving a bad representation of Spokane. No... That would Spokane. Moving as soon as i finish up settling my affairs and getting my office ready to move. Letting all my staff keep their jobs and work remotely, but have advising all of them to go with me. I'm a younger guy so it is easier for me but still nobody should stay here if they have the option
@@206remyboyz7 No. Some parts, yes. North end is pretty great. I guess it all depends on your financial situation. That can certainly skew your perception of a place.
I lived in the Shadle / Hillyard neighborhoods in Spokane growing up. I now live in the Hilltop neighborhood of Tacoma. This data definitely makes sense now! In the past year we’ve had a house burn down, two people shot, and a police standoff in the past year on just my Hilltop block.
Dude also grew up in Hillyard. It was not pretty, but it never really felt unsafe at least to me. Just run down. Ive since moved north near the Y and once i finish the process of getting my office ready i'm moving away. As a kid Spokane always felt run down but never crazy or unsafe. No longer. I do not leave my home unless it is with friends and avoid most areas like the plague. Really does not help that i have indisputable evidence of corruption and absolute incompetence of the city government who are responsible to fix this. They do not want it fixed and i mean that literally. They were offered a golden goose of astronomical funding to start tackling some of this with no strings attached. They did not take it because one city administrator went to school with the guy who was running this program and they did not like each other. I'm out. Also Tacoma be whack also. I have to go out there once a month for work. Thankfully i stay across the water in Gig Harbor because Tacoma straight scares me
I live in the Denver metro. I refuse to drive to my buddy's place in Lodo area. His car gets broken into (in a parking garage that he has to pay for) almost monthly. The homeless problem is astronomical and I've noticed a lot more violent crime just in the past 2 years. I felt safer in Tampa and that's really saying something.
I lived in Eugene in the late 70’s. It was a great place then. The economy took a hit, serious inflation. The construction industry collapsed so the timber industry, which was big in Eugene/Springfield followed. The city though was really nice. Sorry to hear it’s fallen so far..
these videos always make me laugh, great sense of humor included in them (the worst place to live in Tacoma is Tacoma). Was surprised to see Honolulu on this list. I know there is crime, but I always felt fairly safe in Waikiki, but haven't been there in a dozen years, so maybe things have changed.
Eugene is beautiful (primarily lived here since the 70's). Just like Pdx (if you go to old town, yeah it's going to suck) there are a few crappy areas, but overall it's a safe city with access to the beach or the mountain hiking in an hour's drive. Lived in Pdx, too, back in the 90's/2000's (about a decade). Eugene has done a lot in dealing with homeless, you ought to have visited during the pandemic - it's in far better shape now.
Far better now? Apparently you don't drive around here quite enough? There are so many tents, garbage, and drugged out bums, and it's even more expensive now than a few years ago. I agree about the nature stuff, but this place is in awful shape
I’ve lived near a couple of the places. With respect to heat in San Bernardino, imagine adding at least 5-10 degrees from the temperature in Los Angeles. And yes, the smog is bad, although probably not as bad as it was in the 80’s and 90’s when “red flag” warnings were more common. A couple areas I would recommend avoiding in that area are Muscoy and Colton . For the Tacoma area and city itself, it’s not all bad, it has a lot of gems like Point Defiiance Park with Owen Beach, Point Ruston, and some good entertainment options like the Grand Cinema and Museum of Glass, and pretty wide variety of food options. There are some nicer areas (and yes, more expensive) like the Proctor District, DuPont, Steilacoom, and University Place, but I recommend to definitely stay away from Lakewood, WA.
Stockton is horrible (I grew up close by) because it is a failed social experiment. They took lower income people and put them in middle income neighborhoods to show they could raise the quality of life of those from the lower income demographic but the opposite happened. They brought down the neighborhood. That's why you don't have nice area and poor areas, instead you have nice streets and poor streets right next to each other. As real estate broker, I rarely take listings in Stockton because the comps are very difficult due to how overlapping the areas are.
Moved from Portland OR to Spokane. It felt like a definite move up. The only thing bad about Spokane is if you compare it to Portland the restaurants here suck!
Yup, we moved from San Jose, CA (after growing up in Asheville, NC and going to college in Boone, NC) We absolutely love Spokane, live within walking distance of downtown and can bike, ski, or hike any day. But man do I miss the Bay Area restaurants…
As a nearly lifelong native Californian with family and friends all over the state, I could not agree more with these choices though I will admit I haven't been through Spokane in about six years. With friends in AZ, Yuma has only been good for two things in my experience: stopping for gas on the way to/from the Phoenix area or 1970-1993 when the Padres called it home for Spring Training games.
My dad's family has a long history in Spokane (and Colville, but that is hardly a city). My grandfather inherited a rooming house near downtown from his sister that we nicked named the Empty Arms, lots of good memories about that. My sister currently lives in Spokane, and they get by well enough, but I'm always surprised food/restaurants cost as much as Seattle without Seattle salaries. The hill is pretty nice to live on, however, if you can afford it.
My wife and I moved our family from San Diego to Spokane in 1996. Never regretted the move. Great schools and amazing outdoor activities. Lots of culture and sporting events. Yes there is homeless like San Diego has but what you can get for your money in regards to homes. Lots of people moving here. People are down to earth and friendly.
I'm originally from Detroit... And now I live in Washington on the Seattle side and I wouldn't even buy in Tacoma I don't care how many houses are for sale.
Yes, it is terrible on the west coast. So bad and too full of those scary people. And the weather and nature are not the most beautiful in the country. Did i accomplish my goal of keeping people from moving here?
@jc9457 --> Smart people are loading U-Hauls and Ryder trucks each week and leaving the Left Coast. several Moving Van companies are booked solid. It will be just you, the dopers and the illegal aliens left on the commie-coast. Enjoy Utopia!
Tacoma sucks. It's hilarious that people that live in Federal Way, Burien, Tacoma, Kent, Renton, Auburn and Spanaway say they live in Seattle. They have done that forever. I grew up in Bellevue, 4 miles from Downtown Seattle and have never claimed to be from Seattle.
I think Vallejo, CA should be near the top of this list. All you have to do is look up information about our crime rates and our police department. The unhoused population continues to grow and take over various areas.
i moved to philadelphia (okay the suburbs of philly) last year because my parents live in eastern PA and i need to live in a city to make money. It's awful. There's really nothing good I can say about living in the philly metrio area except I suppose the food. For a large city, there's simply not much to do. It's crowded with people who are rude and unintelligent. Everyone is obnoxious about the eagles. Expensive. Weather is awful. Don't move to philly or its surroundings.
When you mentioned St.Louis you said bulldoze East St.Louis unfortunately you did not differentiate between St.Louis, Missouri & East St.Louis Illinois 2 different states...Keep the videos coming Mr.Briggs
Stockton, Anchorage they always seem to come out in the gutter... and still either side of $400k for a house... and what's that house look like? Often that's a near tenement.
I moved out of Anchorage in 2020, and it was sadly getting worse there. Though oddly I wouldn't have guessed Sand Lake to be the hotspot for crime. Fairview and Mountain View always seemed like the place I didn't want to be around.
I was thinking the same thing. I had to remember where Sand Lake was at in Anchorage. I lived in Fairview for awhile growing up which is pretty close to downtown. He should've named Fairview, Mountain View, and Muldoon. If you want to find drugs, bums, and actual gang members then those are the places to be.
Portland, Oregon should be high on this list. Wow Briggs, I'm impressed. You actually acknowledge other cities than Seattle exist in Washington State. All you usually do is mention Seattle. Good job. Tacoma has good and bad parts. The North End of Tacoma is beautiful. Nice waterfront. The Hilltop area and Lakewood sucks. Spokane has good and bad areas as well. My uncle has a beautiful home with The Spokane River running right off his back porch. Boating and fishing in the summer. Not too bad. Browne's Addition and some of the areas around downtown Spokane are not good. That said I have never felt particularly unsafe in Downtown Spokane at night. Yes, there are homeless. But it's nothing compared to my old home town of Portland. Now that is a shithole.
Took the words out of my mouth. Also from Portland and having Eugene high up and not Portland definitely shows some bias. Portland absolutely deserves to be top 3.
I lived in Anchorage from 2021-2022. As far as Alaska goes it’s about as good as it gets as far as the economy, job opportunities, and education goes honestly.
Moved to Spokane from San Jose 2 years ago, grew up in western NC. We love it here and could actually afford a house unlike many of the other outdoor adjacent cities in the west. Spokane’s crime rate is terrible, but the issues are definitely concentrated in a few places around the city (east central being one of them). We walk downtown for dinner all the time and walk back late at night, never feel unsafe, there are usually a lot of people out on Friday and Saturday nights even in winter. Plus we can bike from our door to trails in 3 different directions, have great parks, and have lots of good skiing very close.
I moved to Spokane about 2 1/2 years ago from So Cal. (Orange County ) Born n raised in California. I’m having a rough time here…it’s gloomy here most of the year, crime is bad, trashy in some places and not much entertainment. Unless you like hunting or want to be reclusive, don’t move here.
@@SusanM. we actually are surprised at the entertainment for a small city, we go to a lot of concerts and events and have met a lot of other transplants we go out with regularly. We are in our mid-20s, I could see it being different at different ages though. We have never hunted in our lives but have a lot of fun biking the centennial trail or beacon or hiking in Riverside at least a couple times a week.
@@UsefulFarmer349 I’m glad you’re liking it in Spokane and have settled in nicely. Yes, I’m a wee bit older than you lol so I can see how you might find more to do. You know all the shopping and restaurants we had in California…especially in the bay area and socal, that isn’t here and I miss it. Plus, we live in a “good” neighborhood and yet my husband’s work truck has been broken into twice and his gas taken. “Petty Crime” is big here. The people are friendly though lol
I grew in San Bernardino my entire entire childhood until I moved to Perris when I was 14. When I was watching Nick Johnson's and I went there for meeting with a judge or to go the Pick-a-part on Waterman everywhere has gone worse. Nick Johnson has covered everywhere except for everything across the West of the 5th street highway bridge. So everything from Mt. Vernon Avenue where the MetroLink train station to Medical Center Drive is where the second hospital is, and Muscoy. It is all crap in San Bernardino, it is sad because I had good memories living there.
You said Rabbit Creek and Hillside East in Anchorage are bad?? I think you meant to say Fairview, Muldoon, and Mountain View. I lived in Fairview for awhile growing up and it was bad then and still sucks to this day. I like ypur videos Briggs but you were way off on this on. Rabbit Creek and anywhere in Hillside are nice.
Yeah, Spokane has a bad homeless situation, especially in downtown where they gather. We have programs, but we need people to get help. I can't really do anything. I was born and raise here. it's bad could be better, but it is home.
I just knew Stockton would be on this list!! Resident there from mid 80's to mid 90's. There are beautiful neighborhoods especially near UOP. A person walking their dog on the street behind me was shot dead in a drive by. The crime was everywhere but really bad downtown where I worked.
The worst neighborhood in Spokane is Hillyard. It’s the northeast corner - where the developed area stops. While many hoods are gentrifying, this area never will. Tacoma was known in Western Washington as Tacompton, when I was a teenager. But you mentioned that Compton is improving, so that might be changing. The worst neighborhood there was Hilltop. Northeast Tacoma, which is kind of not integrated with the rest of the city, isn’t (or wasn’t) as bad as the rest of it.
Fresno is actually a fun place to live. There are events like concerts , trivia nights at bars, karaoke, art hop, (the list goes on) happening every day of the week. A pretty nice zoo, a few lakes all within a 45 min drive and access to San Fran and LA within a 4 hour drive either way. People usually hate a place because they refuse to put any effort into looking for what a place has to offer.
As a proud Idahoan... if it's possible to be proud of being from Idaho... I chuckled when you said Spocompton (spokane) was on the Colorado border... I knew what you were doing. gotta try a lot harder than that.
I've lived in and around Spokane since 2001. It has been shocking to see the lack of regard for some of these beautiful and historic old neighborhoods that the city holds. The homeless crisis I have seen here is worse than what I ever saw in Portland Oregon simply due to a lack of facilities or amenities for these people to access. The suburbs and small towns around the area are wonderful and for the most part the violent crime is concentrated in the concentrated in the East central, West Central and areas around downtown which statistically are where the homeless population tend to congregate. The north side of town is still relatively town is still benign and middle-class and there are lots of and there are lots of great walkable neighborhoods as you get farther up into the South Hill for farther north in the areas around Colbert. Spokane Valley has a lot of wonderful areas and still a very family-centric vibe as does our Northern more rural areas such as Deer Park. There has been a dedicated effort to assist the local law enforcement in helping the crime rate particularly in the downtown area and to bring more arts and culture activities back to downtown in the aftermath of covid. Thank you for having such a wonderful Channel and for highlighting both the benefits and the drawbacks of so many of our lesser known cities!
@@benparrish9547 True that, there have been and show them the back out of town for. But thankfully at least in a small town, everybody knows everybody for the most part and nobody gets away with things for long and eventually somebody talks.
I grew up on O'ahu and have seen it gone downhill over years. Waikiki's crime is out of control. Some guy got his hand cutoff by a samurai sword during an argument. Just today, a woman had acid thrown on her just for kicks. The Aloha Spirit is on life support and fading fast.
We lived in Stockton in the early 70s. That was the first place I ever lived where I kept the house locked, and also locked my car doors when I was driving. 🤷♀️ ETA, the worst place back then was French Camp.
@@gusloader123 It’s still significantly closer than LA and SD and plenty of people go there for vacation. Hell once I got to San Bernardino I considered myself practically there unless there was traffic going up the mountain which I was lucky enough not to experience that
You can't beat the summers here. Highs in the low 80s, low humidity, and sunny. The rest of the year, it gets rainy, but beautiful scenery. Very green (unlike Las Vegas and Phoenix). To each his own.
@@thomasschellberg8213 yeah for two months the weather is nice and people are still awful. When my mom came to visit she these are the ugliest people I’ve ever seen and she has been to every state and 17 countries. To each their own.
Fresno isn't all that bad, mostly safe and chill. Plenty of beautiful women of all races are there! Everything will always be over exaggerated on the internet! That's why you can't rely on TH-cam channels like this for relocation advice or an accurate depiction of a place. I like Briggs, but he pulls a lot of sh*t out his a$$!!
I've been to Spokane once and I'd never, ever go back. There's nothing there except for Gonzaga. Everybody I saw looked like they belonged in King of the Hill.
I feel bad about Eugene Orygun. My wife and I lived there 40 years ago and it wasn't a bad place to be. We considered in years past that this might be a good place to retire, but the changes in the whole sense of place in the Eugene/Springfield area steered us away from that dream. SPOKANE, on the other hand (at least the central city area), is a place that I would have never considered living in my entire life growing up and living in the PAC NW. Even back in my early years and teens, it felt a bit dirty, grimy, and sketchy. In 1995, I was at a training session hosted at a hotel on the south side of the site of the 1974 World's Fair (Expo 74) and was SCOLDED by the hotel staff for exposing myself to danger by going on a solo evening stroll along the hiking paths that wander through the riverside park that the old Expo site had become....told me all I need to know about downtown Spokane...
West Valley City, UT. is basically So. Cal transplanted into the Salt Lake Valley. They brought their wretched Freakifornia attitudes/politics and their dope love to what used to be a nice place to live and have a family.
A major problem with Tacoma is there police are apathetic. A crime could be happening in front of the cops and they just don't care, as they don't want to get involved. But heaven forbid if there is a black news paper delivery person, then the cops go full rambo on the black guy.
Same here. Born and raised. Great outdoors. Great variety of neighborhoods for every budget. We have always had a couple neighborhoods that were troublesome. Love it here! Probably the tweakers are our biggest issue. That is causing most of our crime which is primarily car break ins, home break ins. Petty theft. We do get a lot of homeless shipped to us from Portland and Seattle which does not help. We do have drug dealing activity that causes most of the murder rates. Again the tweakers and druggies. Love the historic buildings here, schools and libraries are well kept and supported by tax payers, medical services are top notch. Downtown has seen a ton of money invested into it. They do need to fix the homeless issue around the downtown library. Park system is wondeful as well as trail and hiking opportunities. Grew up fishing, hiking, camping around here. Tons of options. Lots of new business construction and sports and entertainment venues. We even have a symphony. Classic art deco theaters in beautiful condition. Lots of beautiful examples of classic vintage architecture. Great art scene and distilleries and wineries.
@@DENVEROUTDOORMAN 😅 Trust me when I say it is not as bad as you think. It is definately not Seattle, but we do have a problem. As many cities do. We are a bigger city so yeah. It comes with growth. Fast growth.
I’ve lived in threes of these cities (Honolulu, Tacoma and Spokane). I never felt in any danger in Honolulu but the crime in Spokane shocked me.
I live in Spokane right now and that crime rate completely shocked me. Because I thought the amount of crime was normal, because I lived here all my life.
Anecdotally heard that crime comes in cycles in Honolulu. We’re supposed in the cycle of when crime is worse. Lots of violent crime lately - public domestic abuse cases (shooting, throwing acid, etc). Lately there’s been waves of fentanyl-related events too. Really sad to hear.
Yeah I feel that on the crime in Spokane. It is weird when you tell people you’re from Spokane and 1. They’ve heard of it and 2. People from bigger places know about the crime
Liberal people lack of values 😮😢
That’s why we called it spocane
Eugene resident here. It was a decent place when I moved here in 2018. In 2020 it really went down the drain though. Homelessness, drugs,crime, and a rising cost of living ruined it. I drove around town yesterday, saw tents and garbage everywhere, and thought "this city looks like shit right now" 🤦
I live in Vegas. Dont move here unless you have a job lined up or a transfer. They post that there are jobs, but good luck getting hired. We moved here 6 mos ago and still haven't been hired anywhere. Thank god at least for my husbands pension! Nick Johnson rocks! Love his channel too!
Very true, I am moving back to Vegas after 2 years away. Moved away due to job-position, finally accepted an offer for my dream job and will be back in April.
@@bigslick1125 congrats! Welcome back! 👽👽
I live in Tacoma, WA... I have for 50 years. there are areas that are bad - the Hosmer area is the worst- there are also areas that aren't quite as bad. Or maybe I'm just numb to it...
Stunned that Bakersfield didn’t make the list.
Bakersfield was #11.
I moved to Vegas from the east coast and really like it. In Florida and NY where I lived, everyone talked about how they did not like it. In Vegas, everyone I know talks about how amazing it is. It’s very underrated- lots of outdoors like Colorado without the crowds. The weather is great 50s, 60s, and 70s year round October - April. It is hot June-August, but dry heat and much better than Florida. Of course it matters which part of town you live in. Because the strip distracts everyone away from all the nature, it is one of the few places you can still get 5-star views without crowds. You have almost everything you want within a 5 minute drive. Great dining. No traffic like other places. The city is growing faster than you can think, so will be interesting to see how the stats change!
Vegas is cool I just wish there was better public transportation and less car dependent. They could use a good rail system or something
@@jaykay1899 yeah they need a decent commuter rail, like a long island railroad or something.
I have been to Vegas twice and I agree. Very underrated for the outdoors. Weather was perfect both times (spring).
Born and raised in Stockton. Graduated from the University of the Pacific, beautiful campus in Stockton. I taught in Stockton Unified School District for over 32 years. We have our problems like any city. We also have a wonderful museum, the symphony, live theatre, waterways that take you to the Pacific Ocean. A great university and community college. We are one of the most diverse cities in the U.S. I’ve traveled to far worse places around the United States and the world.
Many people are moving out of Anchorage to the Mat Su Valley because land and taxes are less expensive. The Mat Su has grown by over 6,000 people in the last few years.
I live in Eugene. You're right this used to be a great city. We call west Eugene felony flats.
I love when people go to Fresno and hang out in fig gardens and say wow it’s really nice here.
Hey man, fig garden is kinda nice
I'm from Stockton. I had to look up the Kennedy neighborhood. It's the area that I would have called Sierra Vista. Maybe they changed the name. It was the ghetto. I went to college at SDSU and ended up working and retiring in the Silicon Valley. I've been back to Stockton to visit friends once in a while. My parents stayed in their home. Stockton was a divided city politically and economically.
I grew up in Stockton as well. It was once a great place to grow up, but not anymore. I am 60 years old now, living in my Quail Lakes home of many years. When leaving my little neighborhood community, I enter a town that I no longer recognize. Stockton has suffered a tragic fate.
I got my BA from SDSU! Loved San Diego back in the day!
@@michellejoy6752Stockton has never been a good city. There is nothing to do, the crime is in your face, and the people are unpleasant to put it nicely. It's a city you drive by and hope you never have to stop by again
But, they do have Smitty's Wings & Things.
I nominate Vallejo, California for this list
I second your vote
Can’t be worse than Oakland
@@MrCamel2humpsOakland is worse imo, but frankly the entire bay area is pretty crappy in 2024
Excellent choice. Oakland and Richmond are bad places too.
Vallejo was OK when mare island naval shipyard was still open. Loosing all the government jobs nearly turned it into a ghost town. They have tried to repurpose some areas but pollution and asbestos concerns make many areas off limits. The city's municipal bankruptcy didn't help either.
Picking on me today Briggs. All the cities in Cali Ihave been through multiple times or lived next to and grew up there. I can confirm, Oakland, SF, San Jose, Fresno, Stockton,Bakersfield, Modesto are all places I avoid now. IDK how Imade it out in one piece after 50 years, maybe I didn't cause I have some mild pstd and anxiety for sure. Listen to abriggs on this one folks.
We lived in Honolulu for over nine years. Technically, the entire island of Oahu is a consolidated city and county of Honolulu. When new people were moving there, we always told them not to live anywhere that starts with a “W” - includes Waikiki, Waipahu, Wahiawa, Waimanalo, Waianae, Waipio, and so on.
I lasted one month in Honolulu. Luckily, I only shipped one pallet of my stuff. Crime shocked me. Waikiki was walkable, but it cost $400-$500 a month to park my car a mile from my apartment.
Or an M
i live in wahiawa.... and for the most part you are correct. my home just appraised at 1.6 million though so i live in one of the nicer areas which are the older ones with families that still largely hold to traditional values. no gang bangers or homeless here!
my mother and most of my family on her side were born on Oahu. The islands have changed over the years. Too many people living there and many dont honor the hawaiian ways.
Always love Honolulu don’t know what your talking about, it’s well with it especially if you like surfing 🏄♂️
I live in vegas and today it’s a beautiful sunny 60 degrees with not a chance of a tornado, hurricane, mudslide, blizzard or any natural disasters. 😘
I’ll be in my pool during the hot months. No humidity and mosquitoes is pretty sweet too.
When people rate a city, you have to understand that it’s based on multiple factors and not just weather. Those are sweet things, though. Tornadoes in Vegas and surrounding state are very rare so I know you won’t have to worry about those…..
@@rayb.6537 I’ve lived here my whole life. Just don’t drive in it and you’re good.
@@rayb.6537wow
Live here too and love it! Love the nature. Mt. Charleston on the weekends in the summer to cool off. Having come from Florida where the heat truly is year-round, there was no such luxury to escape the heat like there is here. Seems like everything I need and want is in arms reach. Only complaint is the crime that requires more vigilance than where I live before, but I don’t think it outweighs the benefits when you learn to be more vigilant
Sounds like a win to me. I loved both times I visited Las Vegas and the surrounding areas. Mount Charleston is awesome.
Regardless of any other problems, Vegas is *not* running out of water anytime soon. It's actually one of the most water-efficient cities in the US, and does not even use all of its' minuscule allotment of 1.8% of water from the Colorado River (most of which goes to SoCal and Arizona). Las Vegas has a water intake below the deadpool level at Lake Mead - i.e., if the water dropped so low it stopped flowing over the Hoover Dam, Vegas would still get water. SoCal residents and farmers lose water (and power) before Vegas does.
I was just thinking that. Not sure why he even thinks that.
Vegas is a horrible place to live.
Oh that’s because he’s full of shit. Like usually.
THIS!!!!! Vegas is not going to run out of water.
@@maryhobbs4183 I just came from there, it's actually very nice. There are some really nice places there.
My aunt moved to Honolulu back in the late 70's. She always held down a job & managed to support herself until the mid 2000's. Her last job was working as a live-in caregiver for an elderly man for about 10+ years. When he passed away, his son saw how much home prices were skyrocketing so instead of renting out the house (& allowing my aunt to stay in her rented room as she was promised by his dad), he kicked her out & sold the place for a ridiculous amount. He didn't give her any sort of severance pay, bonus, or just a small monetary gift to say thanks for taking care of his dad (which he refused to do himself). So at the age of 65, she ended up homeless. We tried to intervene by sending her money & have her move into my parents' place in Monterey, CA but she refused to leave "her home". She cut all contact, lasted about 5 years longer, & died after being physically assaulted by another homeless person in January 2018. The police suspected that it was a robbery & she put up a fight to defend the few possessions she carried around in a suitcase. We didn't find out until months later, after she had already been cremated... It still upsets me to know that she lived there her entire adult life, worked, paid taxes, & ended up dying on the streets instead of in her own house or even a rented apartment.
I'm so sorry to hear how your aunt passed. I grew up on the islands in the 1970s and 1980s and remember how it was. My plan was to retire there, but it's not the same anymore. The only thing I really miss is local food. Otherwise, Hawaii is paradise lost to me.
I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry for the horrible story that your aunt had to live out. Such a sad ending. Having been to Hawaii many times I can see wanting to live out your senior years there, but not as a homeless person. That population has increased dramatically in recent years, as it has in many/most cities, and the profile of the homeless community there has shifted.
Briggs the reason why home prices are still rising in these cities is the housing shortage!
What’s causing the housing shortage is people that have homes with interest rates 4 percent or below are not selling their homes even if they relocate with their job they’re just renting them out cause interest rates are too high!
That’s what is causing the housing shortage!
Well adding Five million illegals in 3 yrs hasn’t helped housing availability much nor will it going forward with even more on the way.
Most of the suburbs of Spokane are safe with great schools, but downtown has gotten downright scary with homelessness and rampant drug use. The Hillyard neighborhood used to be the worst and may still be the poorest zip code in the U.S. but it's not as scary as downtown.
I kind of thought that Bakersfield was going to make the list... Like Fresno Bakersfield is where people live who want to live in California but can't afford to live in California. I've lived in Bakersfield all my life and I hate it here, lol.
There's nothing wrong with living in Fresno. Maybe Bakersfield is shit, but Fresno isn't. The major issue Fresno has is the lack of housing for homeless and mentally ill people. Every large city needs residential care facilities for homeless and mentally ill people.
Bako ain't so bad nowadays, bettering i'd say
@@fuzzytigercatCentral Valley is on the up! I moved here in 2016, I really don’t mind it
I've been living in Las Vegas for 2 years now. It's so bad here I plan on staying :)
Re Eugene: You pretty much nailed it. What you did not convey is that the city, and many of its citizens, actively promote homelessness. We have one of the highest per capita homeless rates in the nation.
Spent a couple of weeks in Yuma years ago. It was summer and I must declare that Yuma is not a city, at least not in summer. There was just about nobody there.
Not now
A friend from here in Canada drive his RV there for the winter. He thinks it will be amazing...he asked if I wanted to go to Yuma for 6 months, no thanks!
There are reasons so many cops episodes are filmed in Spokane. Born and raised there, so glad to get out.
Live pd pulled folks over in the parking lot of the business I worked at more than once 😂
Feels all that much worse when your watching an episode of LivePD and you actually know a couple of people on there. Also it got so bad that the city tried banning LivePD from filming here saying it was giving a bad representation of Spokane. No... That would Spokane. Moving as soon as i finish up settling my affairs and getting my office ready to move. Letting all my staff keep their jobs and work remotely, but have advising all of them to go with me. I'm a younger guy so it is easier for me but still nobody should stay here if they have the option
Tacoma is on the upswing as prosperous Seattle-ites are being pushed out.
… and Point Ruston is pretty amazing. Seriously underrated area.
Also, they shut down the paper mill so it doesn't smell dank anymore.
Tacoma is still trash
@@206remyboyz7 No. Some parts, yes. North end is pretty great. I guess it all depends on your financial situation. That can certainly skew your perception of a place.
@@genxtechguy I mean I live in Tukwila it's noth much better here in All of south King county but id rather my survival chances here than in Tacoma...
The average home price in my hometown,Morgan Hill CA is 2.2 million.I am thrilled to see these low home prices
Briggs, you rock! Love the channel and content. Peace ✌️
I lived in the Shadle / Hillyard neighborhoods in Spokane growing up. I now live in the Hilltop neighborhood of Tacoma. This data definitely makes sense now! In the past year we’ve had a house burn down, two people shot, and a police standoff in the past year on just my Hilltop block.
Dude also grew up in Hillyard. It was not pretty, but it never really felt unsafe at least to me. Just run down. Ive since moved north near the Y and once i finish the process of getting my office ready i'm moving away. As a kid Spokane always felt run down but never crazy or unsafe. No longer. I do not leave my home unless it is with friends and avoid most areas like the plague. Really does not help that i have indisputable evidence of corruption and absolute incompetence of the city government who are responsible to fix this. They do not want it fixed and i mean that literally. They were offered a golden goose of astronomical funding to start tackling some of this with no strings attached. They did not take it because one city administrator went to school with the guy who was running this program and they did not like each other. I'm out. Also Tacoma be whack also. I have to go out there once a month for work. Thankfully i stay across the water in Gig Harbor because Tacoma straight scares me
I had my windows on my truck only smashed out twice last year in Denver, and there is a bum on every street corner.
I live in the Denver metro. I refuse to drive to my buddy's place in Lodo area. His car gets broken into (in a parking garage that he has to pay for) almost monthly. The homeless problem is astronomical and I've noticed a lot more violent crime just in the past 2 years. I felt safer in Tampa and that's really saying something.
Only 5 points and Lodo...Arvada fairly different
The democrat's promise" A chicken in your pot and a bum on every corner" !!!!
I lived in Eugene in the late 70’s. It was a great place then. The economy took a hit, serious inflation. The construction industry collapsed so the timber industry, which was big in Eugene/Springfield followed. The city though was really nice. Sorry to hear it’s fallen so far..
Sadly. The dream is over
these videos always make me laugh, great sense of humor included in them (the worst place to live in Tacoma is Tacoma). Was surprised to see Honolulu on this list. I know there is crime, but I always felt fairly safe in Waikiki, but haven't been there in a dozen years, so maybe things have changed.
Eugene is beautiful (primarily lived here since the 70's). Just like Pdx (if you go to old town, yeah it's going to suck) there are a few crappy areas, but overall it's a safe city with access to the beach or the mountain hiking in an hour's drive. Lived in Pdx, too, back in the 90's/2000's (about a decade). Eugene has done a lot in dealing with homeless, you ought to have visited during the pandemic - it's in far better shape now.
Far better now? Apparently you don't drive around here quite enough? There are so many tents, garbage, and drugged out bums, and it's even more expensive now than a few years ago. I agree about the nature stuff, but this place is in awful shape
I moved from Orange County to Fresno 17 years ago. Fresno has some bad areas, but a lot of it is really nice. I disagree with it being the worst.
I’ve lived near a couple of the places. With respect to heat in San Bernardino, imagine adding at least 5-10 degrees from the temperature in Los Angeles. And yes, the smog is bad, although probably not as bad as it was in the 80’s and 90’s when “red flag” warnings were more common. A couple areas I would recommend avoiding in that area are Muscoy and Colton . For the Tacoma area and city itself, it’s not all bad, it has a lot of gems like Point Defiiance Park with Owen Beach, Point Ruston, and some good entertainment options like the Grand Cinema and Museum of Glass, and pretty wide variety of food options. There are some nicer areas (and yes, more expensive) like the Proctor District, DuPont, Steilacoom, and University Place, but I recommend to definitely stay away from Lakewood, WA.
Stockton is horrible (I grew up close by) because it is a failed social experiment. They took lower income people and put them in middle income neighborhoods to show they could raise the quality of life of those from the lower income demographic but the opposite happened. They brought down the neighborhood. That's why you don't have nice area and poor areas, instead you have nice streets and poor streets right next to each other. As real estate broker, I rarely take listings in Stockton because the comps are very difficult due to how overlapping the areas are.
Moved from Portland OR to Spokane. It felt like a definite move up. The only thing bad about Spokane is if you compare it to Portland the restaurants here suck!
Yup, we moved from San Jose, CA (after growing up in Asheville, NC and going to college in Boone, NC)
We absolutely love Spokane, live within walking distance of downtown and can bike, ski, or hike any day.
But man do I miss the Bay Area restaurants…
@14:57 *San BERDOO* (most dont enunciate the second 'r' = Bernadino)
First heard that pronunciation from Chevy Chase in the film "Fletch" 1985. Funny film!
The Dino, have you heard of wood crest in San Bernardino?
As a nearly lifelong native Californian with family and friends all over the state, I could not agree more with these choices though I will admit I haven't been through Spokane in about six years. With friends in AZ, Yuma has only been good for two things in my experience: stopping for gas on the way to/from the Phoenix area or 1970-1993 when the Padres called it home for Spring Training games.
My dad's family has a long history in Spokane (and Colville, but that is hardly a city). My grandfather inherited a rooming house near downtown from his sister that we nicked named the Empty Arms, lots of good memories about that. My sister currently lives in Spokane, and they get by well enough, but I'm always surprised food/restaurants cost as much as Seattle without Seattle salaries. The hill is pretty nice to live on, however, if you can afford it.
"If you're demented and want to live in Fresno.."
TRUTHHHHH
Gangs. Yep horrible place
@@KimonSheriI moved the Fresno in 2016..it’s not that bad
I live in Vegas and love it. We have crime, but who doesn't
My wife and I moved our family from San Diego to Spokane in 1996. Never regretted the move. Great schools and amazing outdoor activities. Lots of culture and sporting events. Yes there is homeless like San Diego has but what you can get for your money in regards to homes. Lots of people moving here. People are down to earth and friendly.
I'm originally from Detroit... And now I live in Washington on the Seattle side and I wouldn't even buy in Tacoma I don't care how many houses are for sale.
When I lived in Spokane, the worst neighborhoods were either parts of Hilliard and West Central area which was known as felony flats
Too many liberal people there 😢
Lol yep! Felony Flats. I haven't heard that in ages. I'm so glad I moved away right when I was old enough
Yes, it is terrible on the west coast. So bad and too full of those scary people. And the weather and nature are not the most beautiful in the country. Did i accomplish my goal of keeping people from moving here?
@jc9457 --> Smart people are loading U-Hauls and Ryder trucks each week and leaving the Left Coast. several Moving Van companies are booked solid. It will be just you, the dopers and the illegal aliens left on the commie-coast. Enjoy Utopia!
Tacoma sucks. It's hilarious that people that live in Federal Way, Burien, Tacoma, Kent, Renton, Auburn and Spanaway say they live in Seattle. They have done that forever. I grew up in Bellevue, 4 miles from Downtown Seattle and have never claimed to be from Seattle.
Are ANY cities in the U.S. improving their homeless problems? (without just putting them on a bus and passing the buck to another city, of course.)
I think Vallejo, CA should be near the top of this list. All you have to do is look up information about our crime rates and our police department. The unhoused population continues to grow and take over various areas.
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I lived in Henderson in 2013-14...it was nice...safe.
i moved to philadelphia (okay the suburbs of philly) last year because my parents live in eastern PA and i need to live in a city to make money. It's awful. There's really nothing good I can say about living in the philly metrio area except I suppose the food. For a large city, there's simply not much to do. It's crowded with people who are rude and unintelligent. Everyone is obnoxious about the eagles. Expensive. Weather is awful. Don't move to philly or its surroundings.
Go birds
When you mentioned St.Louis you said bulldoze East St.Louis unfortunately you did not differentiate between St.Louis, Missouri & East St.Louis Illinois 2 different states...Keep the videos coming Mr.Briggs
I had a friend that lived in Tacoma and she loved it, she came from a good sound middle class family, not all
Of Tacoma is bad
Tacoma as a whole is s trap, nobody wants to live in Tacoma
Stockton, Anchorage they always seem to come out in the gutter... and still either side of $400k for a house... and what's that house look like? Often that's a near tenement.
I moved out of Anchorage in 2020, and it was sadly getting worse there. Though oddly I wouldn't have guessed Sand Lake to be the hotspot for crime. Fairview and Mountain View always seemed like the place I didn't want to be around.
I was thinking the same thing. I had to remember where Sand Lake was at in Anchorage. I lived in Fairview for awhile growing up which is pretty close to downtown. He should've named Fairview, Mountain View, and Muldoon. If you want to find drugs, bums, and actual gang members then those are the places to be.
Is Spenard still rough? I worked the overnight shift at a Mapco Express when it first opened in 1992. Saw some really crazy stuff during those nights.
@@gremlin35 I lived off Spenard for a few years and yeah it's gunshot alley. Those seedy motels still around too.
I'm surprised you forgot Tucson, Arizona.
Portland, Oregon should be high on this list. Wow Briggs, I'm impressed. You actually acknowledge other cities than Seattle exist in Washington State. All you usually do is mention Seattle. Good job. Tacoma has good and bad parts. The North End of Tacoma is beautiful. Nice waterfront. The Hilltop area and Lakewood sucks. Spokane has good and bad areas as well. My uncle has a beautiful home with The Spokane River running right off his back porch. Boating and fishing in the summer. Not too bad. Browne's Addition and some of the areas around downtown Spokane are not good. That said I have never felt particularly unsafe in Downtown Spokane at night. Yes, there are homeless. But it's nothing compared to my old home town of Portland. Now that is a shithole.
Took the words out of my mouth. Also from Portland and having Eugene high up and not Portland definitely shows some bias. Portland absolutely deserves to be top 3.
Lol. You're praising Spokane and putting down Portland? Put down the meth pipe, bruh. It's seriously affecting that smooth brain of yours.
But I guess you're a hick and you love living around other hicks. If the shoe fits...
@@nicko5945 Absolutely.
I love Portland.
I lived in Anchorage from 2021-2022. As far as Alaska goes it’s about as good as it gets as far as the economy, job opportunities, and education goes honestly.
Moved to Spokane from San Jose 2 years ago, grew up in western NC. We love it here and could actually afford a house unlike many of the other outdoor adjacent cities in the west.
Spokane’s crime rate is terrible, but the issues are definitely concentrated in a few places around the city (east central being one of them).
We walk downtown for dinner all the time and walk back late at night, never feel unsafe, there are usually a lot of people out on Friday and Saturday nights even in winter.
Plus we can bike from our door to trails in 3 different directions, have great parks, and have lots of good skiing very close.
I moved to Spokane about 2 1/2 years ago from So Cal. (Orange County ) Born n raised in California. I’m having a rough time here…it’s gloomy here most of the year, crime is bad, trashy in some places and not much entertainment. Unless you like hunting or want to be reclusive, don’t move here.
@@SusanM. we actually are surprised at the entertainment for a small city, we go to a lot of concerts and events and have met a lot of other transplants we go out with regularly. We are in our mid-20s, I could see it being different at different ages though.
We have never hunted in our lives but have a lot of fun biking the centennial trail or beacon or hiking in Riverside at least a couple times a week.
@@UsefulFarmer349 I’m glad you’re liking it in Spokane and have settled in nicely. Yes, I’m a wee bit older than you lol so I can see how you might find more to do. You know all the shopping and restaurants we had in California…especially in the bay area and socal, that isn’t here and I miss it. Plus, we live in a “good” neighborhood and yet my husband’s work truck has been broken into twice and his gas taken. “Petty Crime” is big here. The people are friendly though lol
Albuquerque nm
I grew in San Bernardino my entire entire childhood until I moved to Perris when I was 14. When I was watching Nick Johnson's and I went there for meeting with a judge or to go the Pick-a-part on Waterman everywhere has gone worse. Nick Johnson has covered everywhere except for everything across the West of the 5th street highway bridge. So everything from Mt. Vernon Avenue where the MetroLink train station to Medical Center Drive is where the second hospital is, and Muscoy. It is all crap in San Bernardino, it is sad because I had good memories living there.
You said Rabbit Creek and Hillside East in Anchorage are bad?? I think you meant to say Fairview, Muldoon, and Mountain View. I lived in Fairview for awhile growing up and it was bad then and still sucks to this day. I like ypur videos Briggs but you were way off on this on. Rabbit Creek and anywhere in Hillside are nice.
Agree! The part of Sand Lake where I live(by the lake) is upper middle class!
I lived in Spokane Valley growing up, brother is still there. I loved it! Wonderful for outdoor activities
Spokane Valley isn't Spokane. Two entirely different living conditions.
I wonder how Albuquerque NM didn't make this list. Its crime rate is 170.9% higher than the national average, and the average home price is 370k.
Yeah, Spokane has a bad homeless situation, especially in downtown where they gather. We have programs, but we need people to get help. I can't really do anything. I was born and raise here. it's bad could be better, but it is home.
I just knew Stockton would be on this list!!
Resident there from mid 80's to mid 90's. There are beautiful neighborhoods especially near UOP. A person walking their dog on the street behind me was shot dead in a drive by. The crime was everywhere but really bad downtown where I worked.
We call Tacoma and Spokane Tacompton and Spokompton here in Washington, respectively
Love the Diaz bros reference. Great video, as always 😊
I lived in las vegas. It was pretty bad. I moved back home. Las Vegas was a disappointing. You are right on.
you should do best midwest cities
There no good places in the midwest
What's the big deal about heat? Some of us far prefer the heat of Las Vegas, Yuma and elsewhere to the bitter cold of Laramie, Chicago or Des Moines.
The worst neighborhood in Spokane is Hillyard. It’s the northeast corner - where the developed area stops. While many hoods are gentrifying, this area never will.
Tacoma was known in Western Washington as Tacompton, when I was a teenager. But you mentioned that Compton is improving, so that might be changing. The worst neighborhood there was Hilltop. Northeast Tacoma, which is kind of not integrated with the rest of the city, isn’t (or wasn’t) as bad as the rest of it.
Surprised you left out the traffic in Tacoma. Also wounder where Berkeley landed on this list.
Fresno is actually a fun place to live. There are events like concerts , trivia nights at bars, karaoke, art hop, (the list goes on) happening every day of the week. A pretty nice zoo, a few lakes all within a 45 min drive and access to San Fran and LA within a 4 hour drive either way. People usually hate a place because they refuse to put any effort into looking for what a place has to offer.
Left the portland metro a year ago and will never return
I moved to Portland a month ago. I love it.
As a proud Idahoan... if it's possible to be proud of being from Idaho... I chuckled when you said Spocompton (spokane) was on the Colorado border... I knew what you were doing. gotta try a lot harder than that.
I still love my Portland and I’m still very happy here, and so are most of the people I know!
I am sorry to hear about Portland and Eugene!!
I've lived in and around Spokane since 2001. It has been shocking to see the lack of regard for some of these beautiful and historic old neighborhoods that the city holds. The homeless crisis I have seen here is worse than what I ever saw in Portland Oregon simply due to a lack of facilities or amenities for these people to access. The suburbs and small towns around the area are wonderful and for the most part the violent crime is concentrated in the concentrated in the East central, West Central and areas around downtown which statistically are where the homeless population tend to congregate. The north side of town is still relatively town is still benign and middle-class and there are lots of and there are lots of great walkable neighborhoods as you get farther up into the South Hill for farther north in the areas around Colbert. Spokane Valley has a lot of wonderful areas and still a very family-centric vibe as does our Northern more rural areas such as Deer Park. There has been a dedicated effort to assist the local law enforcement in helping the crime rate particularly in the downtown area and to bring more arts and culture activities back to downtown in the aftermath of covid. Thank you for having such a wonderful Channel and for highlighting both the benefits and the drawbacks of so many of our lesser known cities!
Yes except on deer park. Y’all been getting your crazy people crimes in the last few years 😂. Camp hope being gone has been a plus though
@@benparrish9547 True that, there have been and show them the back out of town for. But thankfully at least in a small town, everybody knows everybody for the most part and nobody gets away with things for long and eventually somebody talks.
I grew up on O'ahu and have seen it gone downhill over years. Waikiki's crime is out of control. Some guy got his hand cutoff by a samurai sword during an argument. Just today, a woman had acid thrown on her just for kicks. The Aloha Spirit is on life support and fading fast.
I’m surprised Salem Oregon didn’t make the list
As a California resident, Stockton does Suck!
We lived in Stockton in the early 70s. That was the first place I ever lived where I kept the house locked, and also locked my car doors when I was driving. 🤷♀️
ETA, the worst place back then was French Camp.
@8:52 Spokane WA is right up against the Colorado Border.....uh......When did the 2 states move?
San Bernardino is right next to Big Bear though which makes it almost worth it to live in that shit hole. Maybe that’s why prices keep going up there
Big Bear Lake is northeast of San Berdo city. It is in the mountains north of San Berdo. Only on a flat road map does it look close.
@@gusloader123 It’s still significantly closer than LA and SD and plenty of people go there for vacation. Hell once I got to San Bernardino I considered myself practically there unless there was traffic going up the mountain which I was lucky enough not to experience that
Great video Mr.Briggs!, how about a video on the best/worst cities and states for the self employed or starting a business?, thank you!
Nope
I'm shocked Bakersfield and Barstow didn't make your list.
I'm surprised Albuquerque and Pueblo didn't make the list!
After 13 states I can’t imagine living somewhere worse than Portland Oregon. The people the weather the government it’s all the worst.
You can't beat the summers here. Highs in the low 80s, low humidity, and sunny. The rest of the year, it gets rainy, but beautiful scenery. Very green (unlike Las Vegas and Phoenix). To each his own.
@@thomasschellberg8213 yeah for two months the weather is nice and people are still awful. When my mom came to visit she these are the ugliest people I’ve ever seen and she has been to every state and 17 countries. To each their own.
Fresno looks nice in the video. Surprised it's considered the worst.
Fresno isn't all that bad, mostly safe and chill. Plenty of beautiful women of all races are there! Everything will always be over exaggerated on the internet! That's why you can't rely on TH-cam channels like this for relocation advice or an accurate depiction of a place. I like Briggs, but he pulls a lot of sh*t out his a$$!!
@@jaymoses7460 Yeah, and I notice he was showing beautiful waterfront homes while he was talking about a "bad" neighborhood - LOL.
@@jaymoses7460facts. I've never seen or heard of any violent crime or robberies. At least from friends and family. Also the women here are top tier.
I've been to Spokane once and I'd never, ever go back. There's nothing there except for Gonzaga. Everybody I saw looked like they belonged in King of the Hill.
I feel bad about Eugene Orygun. My wife and I lived there 40 years ago and it wasn't a bad place to be. We considered in years past that this might be a good place to retire, but the changes in the whole sense of place in the Eugene/Springfield area steered us away from that dream. SPOKANE, on the other hand (at least the central city area), is a place that I would have never considered living in my entire life growing up and living in the PAC NW. Even back in my early years and teens, it felt a bit dirty, grimy, and sketchy. In 1995, I was at a training session hosted at a hotel on the south side of the site of the 1974 World's Fair (Expo 74) and was SCOLDED by the hotel staff for exposing myself to danger by going on a solo evening stroll along the hiking paths that wander through the riverside park that the old Expo site had become....told me all I need to know about downtown Spokane...
Did you leave Oakland CA out of the list on purpose?
He did were you not listening???😂
Cities that should have made it: Redding, CA, Richmond, CA, West Valley City, UT
West Valley City, UT. is basically So. Cal transplanted into the Salt Lake Valley. They brought their wretched Freakifornia attitudes/politics and their dope love to what used to be a nice place to live and have a family.
We've lived in Eugene for a few years now and never thought it was as bad as people make it out to be. Maybe because we moved from Phila?
Ya think? 😂
A major problem with Tacoma is there police are apathetic. A crime could be happening in front of the cops and they just don't care, as they don't want to get involved. But heaven forbid if there is a black news paper delivery person, then the cops go full rambo on the black guy.
All cities have good and bad areas. I grew up in Spokane and it has some great outdoors opportunities.
Same here. Born and raised. Great outdoors. Great variety of neighborhoods for every budget. We have always had a couple neighborhoods that were troublesome. Love it here! Probably the tweakers are our biggest issue. That is causing most of our crime which is primarily car break ins, home break ins. Petty theft. We do get a lot of homeless shipped to us from Portland and Seattle which does not help. We do have drug dealing activity that causes most of the murder rates. Again the tweakers and druggies. Love the historic buildings here, schools and libraries are well kept and supported by tax payers, medical services are top notch. Downtown has seen a ton of money invested into it. They do need to fix the homeless issue around the downtown library. Park system is wondeful as well as trail and hiking opportunities. Grew up fishing, hiking, camping around here. Tons of options. Lots of new business construction and sports and entertainment venues. We even have a symphony. Classic art deco theaters in beautiful condition. Lots of beautiful examples of classic vintage architecture. Great art scene and distilleries and wineries.
Yup homeless tents...bring the outdoors to the city
@@DENVEROUTDOORMAN 😅 Trust me when I say it is not as bad as you think. It is definately not Seattle, but we do have a problem. As many cities do. We are a bigger city so yeah. It comes with growth. Fast growth.
I left Fresno years ago. I hardly ever visit it today. The west side was bad 60 years ago and still is.
I've been in Tacoma 2 years now with no real problems. It's not nearly as bad as you think, though I live in one of the better parts.
Funny story, I was born in Yuma, AZ. Currently live in the East Central neighborhood of Spokane, WA. 😂 Oh, and my husband was born in Tacoma.
Grew up in Hillyard, back when it was Spokane's armpit, but then the artsy fartsy folks came in and it turned out okay.