- [Briggs] Are you thinking about calling a realtor,
and moving to Ohio?
I know most of you just yelled hell no,
but things are changing in Ohio,
and it's not all bad anymore.
What is going on everyone?
Let's take a look at the pros and cons
of the Buckeye state, Ohio.
Ohio is a state that has seen better times.
And if you look at how they're doing now,
it's also seen some worse times.
I think Ohio is at the beginning of an upswing.
The state has almost 12 million residents,
and has never seen a census
where they actually lost population.
In the 1990 census they got close,
by gaining only half a percent,
but most decades,
Ohio has seen 10% growth or better.
And that's not normal.
When an economy of a state
takes it in the pants like Ohio has,
people usually start flooding out.
Ohio has some good things going on,
but it still has some negatives.
Today we're looking at the five biggest problems they have,
and five of the best things going on
in this Rust Belt state.
All right, let's take a look.
Number one, jobs.
Ohio's been a giant sucking void
of unemployment and despair since the collapse
of the American manufacturing in the 1970s and eighties.
And before you say it, stop typing.
They still have manufacturing,
but there was a serious decline.
From 1970s to the 2010s,
they had lost almost 800,000 manufacturing jobs statewide.
But that was then and around 2012,
things started to change.
These days Ohio has a booming job market.
Maybe not the entire state,
but there's pockets where they have got serious job growth.
The sectors that are growing
are IT, medical, manufacturing, and tourism.
Some of the top job providers in Ohio
include the Cleveland Clinic, Walmart,
Giant Eagle, Honda Motor Company,
and Berkshire Hathaway.
They also have a lot of government jobs
and you know, military and just normal government
like Wright Patterson Air Force Base.
That's a big employer there.
And the future looks pretty good.
Ohio wrangled Intel into building
a 20 billion chip making factory in the state
that should employ a whole bunch of people.
That by the way, is kind of getting fast tracked
because we're having this global shortage
of computer chips and stuff.
So Ohio should be seeing the impact from that pretty soon.
it's also slowly becoming a hotspot for remote workers.
So you got other people moving there because of price.
And they're just working from home
so that doesn't help the employment numbers,
but people are bringing jobs in themselves,
and moving to Ohio.
Number two, home prices.
It is dirt cheap to buy a home in the state of Ohio.
There's a few places like Columbus
where it can get a little expensive,
but compared to other states like California,
New York, Texas, Oregon,
they're not that bad.
A majority of this state still has decent homes
under 200,000.
I'm talking 175 to 200,000,
you could buy a decent livable home.
Sure they have some rundown ones
that are below a hundred thousand in some places,
but if you're looking for something decent near a city
maybe a suburb or something like that,
you can still find decent homes in Ohio for about $180,000.
When it comes to the median rent price in Ohio.
Now this is statewide
so don't bring up I live in Columbus,
my rent's twice as much as that.
The median rent in Ohio is about $1,200,
which is about $270 less than the national average.
And make sure you look at the upload date of this.
It's 2022.
I'm sure if you're watching this on 2024,
prices will have changed.
So Ohio's a great place to find a good realtor
or real estate agent, whatever you want to call 'em.
Start looking at homes
and it's not just real estate in Ohio that's cheap.
Their cost of living, so everything across the board
is cheaper in Ohio.
They're always in the top 10 for the lowest cost of living.
Number three, entertainment.
If you're not from Ohio
or you're not really familiar with it,
you probably have no idea that this place
has a lot of entertainment options.
First of all, it's one of the most sports minded states
in the country.
College football is insane here.
You have Ohio State University.
You have Ohio University.
The Akron Zips, Bowling Green, Cincinnati Bear Cats,
Cleveland State Vikings, Daytona Flyers,
Kent State is here.
Miami Redhawks, Ohio Bobcats,
which already said in Ohio State, Buckeyes,
the University of Toledo,
and the Toledo Rockets..
You have Wright State University,
Xavier and Youngstown.
That's just the division one.
They have a crazy amount of division two
and three teams as well.
You have the Cincinnati Bangles and the Cleveland Browns,
which have some of the most diehard fans
you will find on the planet.
I'm a Cleveland Browns fan myself.
I live in Oregon.
They even have the pro football hall of fame
in Canton, Ohio.
When it comes to baseball, you got the Cincinnati Reds.
And in Cleveland you have the Indians,
which I'm not getting behind
that whole guardians thing.
They just changed their name recently.
Used to be the Cleveland Indians,
now it's gotta be the Cleveland Guardians.
Then in hockey, you got Columbus Blue Jackets.
And of course the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA.
And that's just sports.
You look at like amusement parks,
you got Cedar Point and Kings Island.
Two of the best amusement parks on the planet.
They have great zoos like the Columbus Zoo
and the Toledo Zoo.
And if you like the outdoor stuff,
you have the Cuyahoga Valley National Park
and Hawking Hill State Park.
There's a bunch other ones too.
Those are just some of the big ones.
It sits on Lake Erie.
Ohio is a great state to entertain yourself
and I'm not even get into all the museums and stuff.
They have plenty of those.
One I will mention that's sort of a museum,
but it's just a house.
The Christmas Story House is in Cleveland.
Remember the movie the Christmas Story,
kid got his tongue stuck to the pole.
The house that Ralphie lived in, is in Cleveland.
Number four, the people.
If you don't know anyone from Ohio,
I would suggest you find someone from Ohio
and get to know them.
In my experience,
they always seem to share a couple different traits.
The first one is they're hardworking.
These people are not afraid to work, work hard,
work with their hands, work with their mind,
whatever you want, you're gonna get a good employee
out of someone from Ohio.
I don't know what it is.
I think it's just their culture
and how they're brought up in this state.
Ohio is known as a blue collar state
and these people they just that's how they are.
They take pride in it.
They don't brag about it.
They're just, that's what's expected,
and they live up to that.
The other thing that I've noticed in my experience,
is they have no time for fake BS.
Like you know, if you know,
fake it till you make it type person.
They have no time for you.
Be real, be honest, be yourself,
and you'll have friends from Ohio.
Act like a sleazy car salesman,
you'll find yourself standing alone
at a Cleveland Browns game.
Number five, healthcare.
Ohio is always in the top 10
when it comes to states with the best healthcare.
They just always are.
I don't know what their deal is.
I don't know why they excel at this
and have sucked at other things over time.
Healthcare is always good in Ohio.
It's kind of hard not to be good
when you got places like the Cleveland Clinic,
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
and university hospitals, Cleveland Medical Center.
Pick any major city,
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus, Youngstown, Akron.
They all have great hospitals
that they should be proud of.
Over the years of doing these lists,
whenever I'm looking something up about healthcare,
the Cleveland Clinic always seems to be in the top 10
of any lists about healthcare.
Number one, it's a very divided state.
Ohio's a state that doesn't have a lot of diversity
compared to other states.
I'm sure if you're in certain areas,
you're gonna say no, we have plenty of diversity,
No.
Compared to other states,
there's very little diversity in Ohio.
It always shows up on lists
where they're talking about states
that are very divided and segregated still.
And when you look at cities,
Cleveland and Columbus are very segregated.
Now that's just the segregation part.
Then you have a serious divide when it comes to politics.
Ohio is a battleground state.
Being one of the largest battleground states in the country.
Every year the state is overrun by the national politicians
and the media hoards that follow them.
Campaign ads to the point where some people
actually list it as a reason why they wanna leave the state.
Now those of you that are into politics
are trying to figure out
why someone would wanna leave for that.
That's like the super bowl to you.
That's like Christmas and the 4th of July,
all mixed to one,
a big political Donny Brook in your front yard
sounds like a good time.
Keep in mind,
over half the population of this country
can't stand politics.
They don't wanna talk about it.
They don't wanna hear about it.
They just wanna vote and go about their business.
I mean, it's good to be informed about politics,
but it's not good when you're obsessed
and you can't do anything,
but talk about politics.
I was really hesitant about putting this one in this video
because it's just gonna set
the whole comment section ablaze
with a whole bunch of stupidity,
but it is something that people in Ohio complain about.
So it had to go in here.
Number two, the weather.
Winters are harsh.
Weather is unpredictable.
And during the summer,
you you'll find out how bad mosquitoes suck
when you're in Ohio.
You're like an accidental blood donor in July.
But like I said, weather is hardly predictable in Ohio.
Especially when it comes to spring.
Some years you might not get a spring.
It might go from summer to like four days of spring.
And then on in winter or fall at least.
Snow in March isn't unheard of in Ohio.
Actually it's better described as not uncommon.
Nothing like to celebrate Cinco de Mayo in Cleveland
and you're wearing a winter jacket.
Talk to anyone that's from Ohio about the weather
and you will see their demeanor change.
They get worked up, really worked up.
Oh you know what sucks about Ohio weather?
And they get all gruff and they tighten up.
It's actually kind of entertaining.
I told someone that the weather in Oregon
was rough one time
and he's the actually from just outside of Cleveland.
Oh my God I thought the dude was gonna blow a gasket on me.
Oh dude, you have no idea how bad it gets.
Number three, it can get dangerous.
Ohio has a reputation for being dangerous in some places,
especially like Cleveland and Dayton Ohio.
Crime rates in those cities are pretty high
most of the time.
They've gotten better over the last few years,
but for most of the last two decades,
those two cities always seem to show up in the top 20
for the most dangerous cities in the United States.
They're not good.
Toledos know gem either.
Ohio was also one of the biggest states
when it came to the opioid crisis.
Right now they're dealing with fatal fentanyl cases
and it's just dragging the state down.
It has gotten better and it's trending better,
but it's still pretty bad.
I'm not gonna spend a whole bunch of time
on the crime in Cleveland and Dayton.
I mean, I've talked about those on other videos,
but it just can get bad.
The good news is it's getting a little better.
Number four, getting around.
Ohio is one of the worst places
when it comes to transportation.
One, they have some of the worst drivers in the country.
Two, the roads are really sketchy,
especially come winter time.
Black ice and snowstorms are always a great addition
to any road trip.
And then when summer finally gets here,
they're so busy fixing the roads and potholes
and all that other stuff and adding new roads here,
resurfacing roads, that there's orange cones
and traffic throughout the state,
because they can't do any of that stuff in the winter
because the winters are so harsh in Ohio.
Cleveland is also one of the pothole capitals of the world.
So that's always great.
In my experience,
there's only two cities that have worse maintained roads
than Cleveland, Ohio.
San Antonio, Texas and the worst of all is New Orleans.
On top of all that the major cities in Ohio,
most of 'em are considered to have some
of the worst public transit in the country.
They are adding some things
and some things have gotten a little better
in the last few years,
but they're well behind most other cities their size.
Number five, mental health.
Ohio's one of those states that always seems to show up
when we're talking about states with the most depression
or mental health issues.
Ohio has a lot of it.
Now most of the problems can be traced
to the weather and the lack of jobs
that they've had in the past.
That's a problem we have here in Oregon.
It rains so much and we have such cloudy skies
that people get depressed.
Crime and addiction problems that this state faces
are also big factors in their mental health as well.
If there is any good news to this,
like I said earlier,
they got great healthcare,
which includes mental healthcare.
They've got a lot of options
for people that are suffering through that in Ohio.
It's definitely a state
you have to take vitamin D supplements in.
That's what they suggest you do here in Oregon
because you don't get a vitamin D.
Vitamin D comes from the sun
and vitamin D helps you with your mood.
Get a big bottle of vitamin D
and never listen to Sarah McLaughlin music.
All right, that's today's video.
Hope you guys enjoyed.
Hope you got some information out of it.
What would you have added to this one?
What would you have taken away?
Let me know in the comment section below.
Everybody have a great day.
Be nice to each other.