What is going on everyone? How about we look at affordable big cities? Recently we did what
we felt were the best cities and states to move to in 2022. We really didn't focus on any stat it was
basically our opinion sort of what we've learned over the last year of doing videos
those videos spurred on a bunch of requests for affordable places in 2022 according to the us
postal service nearly 36 million addresses were changed in 2020 and 2021 is looking like it'll
be a lot more than that historically the main reason people move is money has something to do
with their money economics whatever the situation the cost of living is too high they can't afford
to buy a house or even rent a place or they're not getting paid enough where they're living so they
move some place for a better job today we're ranking these big cities by their median home
price and they also have to have a below average cost living keep in mind we're using the median
price and it's different from the average median is just the middle it's hard to give an average
for a city because there's so many different neighborhoods so many different income levels
but i always give a guesstimate of what i found on zillow and different real estate websites kind
of give you an idea what you're looking at if you move there i will tell you there's a few cities i
didn't include because they have so many problems that makes it not worth the move no matter how
cheap they are i'll tell you about those at the end of the video all right let's take a look
number 10 boise idaho boise idaho is one of the top 10 cities to move to right now it has been for
i'd say the last decade it was like number one or two or three back around 2016-17 but
it slipped down to like number seven considering there's around 200 medium or large cities in the
united states that's not a bad number if you're looking for work boise is not a bad place to look
their unemployment rate in september of 2021 was 2.2 while the national average was around
4.8 percent a lot of people consider boise to have great weather most of the times i've been there
it's been really hot or i've been there during the winter and it has that bone chilling cold
but that's just my experience most people think it's got really good weather and a nice climate a
lot of great outdoor things to do around here both in the summer and the winter and when people list
why they move to boise outdoor activities comes in third but the number one reason is always cost
a living cost of living is 12 below the national average and the median home price is 305 000 but
really you're not going to find anything below 375 000 you probably should be prepared to pay
about 450 000 to get something nice now if you're coming from mississippi or arkansas something like
that and you just heard those prices you probably spit your drink out because you're used to prices
wherever you're from in those states if it's rural community i got bad news for you cities
will always be more expensive and places like jackson mississippi and little rock arkansas
are perfect examples of what i talked about at the beginning they've got more problems
that overshadow a low-cost living and low housing number nine grand rapids michigan grand rapids
has popped up a couple times since the new census information came out they've slowly been gaining
people kind of secretly and in this last census they're one of the few cities in michigan that
actually gained population the secret's out about grand rapids it's a good place to live their
population actually grew about seven percent from 2010 to 2020. the cost of living in grand rapids
is nine percent lower than the national average and the median home price is 281 thousand dollars
you can find fixer-uppers here for around 200 000 so it's actually less than the medium you're gonna
have to put some work in it but if you want something nice 300 to 350 thousand will get
you something decent and livable number eight tampa florida tampa is one of the better cities
in florida that really doesn't get as much attention as orlando or miami or even jacksonville
i mean everyone knows about the tampa bay area the whole metro area but tampa the city doesn't really
get as much attention as i think they probably should it's not a bad place to live a couple years
back i did a video called top 10 reasons not to move to tampa just like i did for like every major
city i had a really hard time finding 10 things that were legit sure they got a little crime they
got a little poverty just like every place in the country but nothing really stands out as horrible
some people know this and that's probably why they haven't had a census where they actually
lost population since 1980 and this last one they gained almost 14 percent so people know
about tampa the cost of living in tampa is five percent lower than the national average and the
median home price is around 266 thousand dollars this is like a normal coastal city though the
closer you get to the ocean the higher the prices go and they get into the millions but if you go
a few miles inland it's not too hard to find a nice home for around 220 to 260 thousand dollars
is it gonna be the greatest house no it's probably small little older probably well maintained though
and if you're the fixer-up type they've got plenty of homes on the north side of the city
away from the ocean for under 200 000. the only thing i would say is if you got a problem with
strip clubs you might not want to move here the only city in the nation that has more strip clubs
per capita is portland oregon i always thought that was funny but don't worry if you move there
there's really no like city ordinance where they force you to go to the strip club once a month
number seven brownsville texas brownsville has been getting a lot of attention lately with all
the tech companies moving in there including tesla and elon musk's spacex they're all looking at that
area this is bringing a potential for a lot of new jobs here in the future they got jobs now don't
get me wrong but the future looks very bright for the brownsville area brownsville is located in the
western gulf coast of south texas it's not too far from the water and it's a nice place to go
if you really want to get some decent real estate for a pretty good price the cost of living in
brownsville is 15 lower than the national average and the median home price is about 265 000 that's
their median price you could find decent livable homes right now for under 200 000 in brownsville
is it going to be in the greatest neighborhood probably not might there be some crime around
your house maybe is it south side chicago east st louis crime absolutely not every place has crime
there's no avoiding it but brownsville definitely isn't like a war zone or anything like that
number six amarillo texas yep we're staying in texas with amarillo amarillo is up in the
panhandle of texas and it's really a city that's often overlooked if you decide to drive from
albuquerque to oklahoma city it is right there in the middle it's like a good place to get gas
and a great place to pee but when you've filled up and relieved your bladder you might want to look
around because this is not a bad place to live amarillo's housing market is usually about 30
percent lower than the national average currently it sits about 28 lower and there are groceries
it's actually 10 percent lower than the national average this is a very inexpensive place to live
not the most exciting city in the united states but if you want to save some money and you're not
looking for a crazy nightlife amarillo may be the place for you the cost of living in amarillo is 14
lower than the national average and the median home price is only 249 000 but just from poking
around zillow and taking a look at what they had there are plenty of homes here that are below 200
000 i mean you can get something decent livable anywhere from 150 000 to 200 000 and you won't
have to put a ton of work into it again is it in the best neighborhood probably not if you want
something in a really good neighborhood you're looking around 400 450 000 in the amarillo area
number five knoxville tennessee finally knoxville makes a list knoxville is a great place to live
they've got a lot of things going for it and cue the people that are gonna say they got poverty
and they got crime and they got this and that every city has it let it go like i always say is
it detroit bad is it south side chicago bad no it is not knoxville is not that bad of a place don't
try and get street cred by saying your hometown in knoxville is just overrun with gangs and violence
get that all the time it always seems to be coming from some place like knoxville tennessee
now memphis on the other hand that's a total nightmare but if you want to move to knoxville
it's a good choice their cost of living is 18 lower than the national average and a
median home price is about 249 000. poking around zillow i found out they have a lot of older homes
that look like they've been redone or well maintained you can get those for
180 000 if you're like a retired couple or a young couple starting out this is a great
idea they have a whole range of houses going all the way up to you know a million dollars but you
could find a lot for right around the 175 to 250 area that are perfectly fine even the utilities
in knoxville are cheaper than everywhere else it's like 12 percent cheaper than the national average
number four st petersburg florida back to florida we go with saint pete's
st petersburg is right across old tampa bay from the city of tampa remember them from earlier in
the list this is another great place in florida to live that really doesn't get as much attention as
i think they should right down the coast from here you have sarasota which is much smaller and you
hear about that a hell of a lot more st petersburg like tampa is great because of the weather it's
like summer here almost all year round it seems like you can go boating fishing golfing
that's all here for you just to do it's very popular with a lot of retirees the cost living
here is nine percent lower than the national average the median home price here is 245 000 you
can find a lot of homes here for under two hundred thousand they're gonna be older and they might
or might not need some work and they might be a little small again like knoxville it's a really
good place if you're retired don't have a bunch of kids things like that but if you want something
a little bit better you're looking at 350 on up and since it's so close to the coast way up
number three springfield missouri so springfield i was kind of on the fence with adding this one
they've got a little more crime than i'd like to see in a place where i'm kind of suggesting
people move to but when you look at springfield it's a lot like chicago they've just got some
neighborhoods that really excel in crime but a good portion of the city is a decent place to live
for chicago it's on the south side chicago and a little on west side for springfield it's some
of midtown and the northern section but it is cheap throughout the city it's not just in the
bad neighborhoods so that's a plus the cost of living in springfield is 12 percent lower
than the national average and the median home price is about 243 000 they're getting a little
popular these days too in the last census they added almost six percent to their population if
you just kind of look at the houses they got going right now anything below 150 000 is probably in an
area you might not want to live in but you could find plenty of houses for right around 200 000 190
220 somewhere in that area will get you something decent in an okay neighborhood if you want to get
something really nice here you're probably only looking at three hundred and twenty thousand
dollars that'll be in a great neighborhood with a good front yard good sized backyard
all that good stuff number two fort wayne indiana fort wayne is one of my favorite
places to suggest people move to this is probably one of the best cities in the nation right now to
raise a family obviously you can find a million and one small towns that are probably better but
as far as raising a family in a city fort wayne madison wisconsin these are a couple that i always
suggest to people because they're great places to have a family the cost of living in fort wayne is
12 lower than the national average and the median home price is about 242 000 you can find plenty of
older well-maintained homes in fort wayne that are under two hundred thousand now they're gonna be
older so you know that brings its own challenges but if you want something new you're probably
looking anywhere from 250 on up to 350. that'll be new that'll be nice great place to have a family
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and number one tulsa oklahoma as much as i hate to admit it tulsa is one of the best places to move
as far as big cities go tulsa is the second largest city in the state of oklahoma and
it's not a bad place to live now don't forget like i said in the beginning these are places
that are affordable affordable places normally have some problems that go along with it maybe a
little high crime horrible weather something like that tulsa is going to be one of the cities where
people are going to want to tell us about the crime right there it's got some crime not as
much as springfield definitely not as much as east st louis detroit or south side chicago
like i keep saying but tulsa is very affordable and that's why it's on the list they actually
have a cost of living that's eight percent lower than the national average and their median home
price is only 225 000 tulsa has some neighborhoods where you're gonna find homes that are 500 000 on
up but they have a ton of places where you can get nice homes for 175 000 something like that up to
220 you're getting something decent anything below let's say 120 000 in tulsa probably not gonna be
the best place to live but if you're on a budget maybe it's you know something you want to explore
all right before we end this one up here are some of the cities that are actually cheaper that you
still don't want to move to because they've just got too many problems east saint louis
is horrible crime's horrible nobody should live there nobody wants to live there that does live
there you have jackson mississippi which is got crime severe poverty and it's the state capital
it's not worth moving to of course there's pine bluff arkansas avoid that at all costs
and then there's little rock arkansas little rock arkansas is a joke stay out of there
that's why those ones aren't on the list alright everyone have a great day be nice to each other