today we're looking at a state that until recently was one of the most popular states for relocation
for over 300 years yes way back before we were a country and it was actually a state and no we're
not talking about California that's technically only been a state for about 172 years but we're
talking about the Empire State New York more and more people are taking a hard pass on the
Big Apple and the state that's attached to it I say it like that because there's this weird
thing that people think about New York City in New York state they don't think they're the
same they don't see it as a city in a state they see New York City as its own thing sort of like
Washington DC just in case you're geographically challenged I'm here to tell you without a doubt
New York City is a city in the state of New York it's very very large city but it's just a city
and a state the amount of emails I've gotten on that one is just bizarre I get some pretty weird
emails but every time I get that one I'm just kind of baffled I could write a book on strange emails
I get anyway while looking at the Census Data last year I realized that New York state had a
serious problem with its shrinking population I mean it's kind of known at this point unlike
most States it wasn't people were moving out as much as it were people not choosing to move
there anymore this isn't something that's happened very often in New York state we are talking about
a state that has gained population in all but one census since its most significant city was called
New Amsterdam that census was the 1980s census the 70s in New York and New York City sucked
today's video is based on a survey of people who have switched east coast states in the last five
years that didn't choose New York and why even though we're talking about New York State you'll
see answers really have a lot to do with New York City just makes sense 83 percent of the people
that moved to New York State really moved to New York City got it get it good let's take a look
number 10 the culture New York state is a very diverse State this could be a challenge
for people that are not used to a lot of diversity you're moving here from let's
say Alabama or something like that it might be a little strange for you and yes I'm well
aware of a lot of you don't think diversity is a good thing and if that's your mindset I
would suggest never moving to New York State especially New York City a little brain of
yours might stroke out if you just look at New York City alone yeah their you know diversity
can be a little bit uh overwhelming drive five or ten blocks in New York City and you're gonna
see a few different cultural neighborhoods I guess you could say and that's what a lot of
people put down as to why they didn't want to move there it was just a little too much for
them and again this is one of the ones that was probably just focused on New York City
even though other places like Buffalo Rochester Syracuse those are pretty diverse cities also
number nine political climate yes this is a big one I'm sure for southern states on the
East Coast that didn't want to move to New York State because of the politics New York state is
a very liberal State I usually avoid this one but it's a thing I mean people kept selecting
it so I gotta mention it my personal point of view is I don't care how an area votes I don't
care how you vote I'm gonna move wherever I want and I'm going to continue to vote how I want you
should continue to vote how you want that just makes a healthy democracy the reason I try and
avoid this one is we just get the comment section just filled with people saying their
little things about liberals or conservatives or Republicans whatever I'm here to tell you bashing
or leaving the catchphrase of the month in the comments section of a YouTube video has never
made anyone switch parties so if you're gonna leave a comment try and make sure you have a
point but yeah a lot of people just don't like the politics of New York and they choose to stay away
number eight the job market the job market in New York state is competitive again especially
in New York City I mean besides the fact they have a ton of people there that are willing to
work a lot of businesses have moved out of state in recent years so they have fewer people than
they used to have but they have far fewer jobs I mean unless you want to work fast food they
got tons of that I took a tour in New York City years back and the guy started talking about how
um expensive it was and a lot of people will work things like fast food while they do other
jobs too so they're having like two or three jobs the guy said and at night they don't have
much time to do anything but and I yelled out cry themselves to sleep hey stop for saying
song no later on we got on the subway and he was explaining some tips and tricks about riding the
subway and he said a lot of people that ride the subway and I said cry themselves to sleep
he just turns around he goes no dude shut up and just so you know it didn't end there
I said like three other times but at the end of the tour he goes okay guys thanks I'm just
gonna go home and cry myself to sleep then he pointed at me goes because of this guy so the
moral of this story is don't hit an Irish Pub before you go on a guided tour of New York City
number seven the cost of Health Care the cost of Health Care in New York state is
insane New York State always shows up in the top 10 for the highest cost of Health Care
depending on the study or survey you look at they're going to be somewhere between number
seven and number three just so you know Alaska always takes the top spot the average about
two to three thousand more a year than all the other states one study I saw said that
the typical health care costs a New York state resident about nine thousand seven
hundred and seventy eight dollars a year that's just the typical that's just the
average in Alaska it's about eleven thousand four hundred dollars a year kind of rough
number six the weather now this one I find kind of strange because yeah the weather
does vary from state to state but not that much if you're in New Jersey you're getting
the same weather as New York you know if you're Massachusetts it's probably a little bit colder
than New York sometimes and sometimes not so much there isn't much of a difference in the
North Atlantic states so I think a lot of the people that answered that one came from
the southern Atlantic states you know North Carolina South Carolina Georgia and Florida
that being said New York does get some brutal Winters especially Upstate New York you get
around Watertown Syracuse it gets pretty rough even in the southern part of the state that can
have some pretty rough Winters too summers are nice and they do get into the 90s but
you know just like every place else it's just the winters that really turn people off about
this part of the country you're not a winter person I wouldn't suggest moving to New York
number five the high cost living New York state has one of the highest costs of living in the
United States there's a lot of things that play into their High Cost of Living two of
them we'll talk about later which is taxes and housing but overall cost living daily
stuff is expensive in New York state one of the best ways to look at it is let's say the
average is a hundred dollars so if you go into a grocery store let's say Nebraska
where everything's average you buy a hundred dollars worth of stuff in New York state it
would cost almost 120 dollars to get that same stuff in 2022 100 worth of gas costs you about
a hundred and thirteen dollars in New York state the only thing they do get a break on
uh New York State's utilities are a little bit below the national average if you're in
the state that's considered the average and you pay a hundred dollars for your Utilities in New
York state it's 99 not much of a break but it's not above the national average so that's good
number four crime now since I know the stats I know this one's a little bit off everyone has
this idea in their head that New York state is just this dangerous dangerous place New
York City's got some crime just like every major city what most people don't realize is
they're focusing on reputation because the crime rate in New York City is actually nine percent
lower than the US average it's more dangerous in Pig's knuckle Arkansas than it is in New
York City you have a 1 in 47 percent chance of being the victim of a crime in New York
City look at Jacksonville Florida their crime rates 52 percent above the national average
overall the state's crime rate is two percent lower than the national average if they could
just get rid of Buffalo it would be a lot better buffalo has a crime rate that's 70 percent above
the national average and it's bringing the rest of the state down Rochester's no Peach
either their crime rate's 78 above the national average but I think this one's a little misguided
New York's had its time where it's been extremely dangerous it's not really that dangerous anymore
number three public transportation this one obviously was focused on New York City that's
what people had their mind I'm sure when they answered this one a lot of people don't want
to ride the subway a lot of people come from states where their car is their main mode of
transportation owning a car in New York City sucks now the rest of the state it's just like
any other state but owning a car in New York City again where most the people would move
to it's really not a good City for people that want to drive their car getting a parking place
paying for a parking place insurances through the roof there traffic it sucks some people
just don't want to ride in the Subway or take cabs all the time I guess New York city has an
excellent public transportation system but it can get crowded and it can become unreliable
at a moment's notice this can be a challenge for people that are used to having their car
number two the housing market the housing market New York state is brutal obviously New York City
plays a big part in that dragging their numbers down the upstate area that's not as bad it usually
hovers around 10 percent above the national average which isn't terrible New York City is
closer to 250 percent above the national average in 2020 New York state was ranked as the ninth
highest state for housing in 2022 they moved all the way up to number six it's actually hard to
believe that they're doing better than Oregon but yeah that one is a little misleading because New
York City is really you know raising the numbers on this entire State because they're so high
all right before we get to number one if you're thinking about moving to another
state not just New York any state there is a link for home and money
in the description area below they can help you get in touch with a real estate agent
anywhere in the country they also have some other things that'll help you with
home buying too on their website give them a look all right on to number one
and number one taxes taxes are brutal in New York state I've seen some study where New Jersey
actually had a higher tax burden but most people agree that it's New York state wallethub has them
at number one wild hub's a pretty good source when it comes to things like housing prices and taxes
for some reason everyone seems to think California has the highest taxes in the country and no they
don't wallet Hub has them at number 12. their total tax burden in California is 8.89 that's
in May of 2023 again according to wallet Hub New Jersey they're not terrible it's 9.76 percent
Hawaii being the second highest with 12.31 and New York state is 12.47 that's pretty high just
because people will ask some of the lowest States Alaska is the absolute lowest five percent of
their income is their total tax burden Delaware is 6.12 New Hampshire 6.14 Tennessee is 6.22 and then
everyone always asks Florida is 6.33 so if you're leaving New York and moving down to Florida like
so many other people are trying to save money Here's Where You're Gonna Save a bunch of money
all right that's today's video hope you guys enjoyed it I hope you got some information out
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