What is going on everyone? Welcome back to the world according to briggs and a video
about states you don't want to move to in 2022. a couple weeks ago we did some videos about the best
states to move to or live in in 2022 those videos weren't based on any one stat or group of stats
it was our opinion based on what we've learned over the last few years of researching videos
today we're looking at the other side of that coin the states you don't want to move to in 2022 if
you watched our video about the cheapest states to move to a couple weeks back you'll find a lot of
these states are on both lists the reason for that of course is if a place sort of sucks nobody wants
to live there and if nobody wants to live there it's not going to be that expensive but you'll
find a couple surprises on this list because we're not just talking if a place sucks right now what's
the future going to be there i mean if you're moving someplace in 2022 you don't plan on just
staying there for 2022 hopefully and most likely you're gonna be staying there five ten years or
the rest of your life all right let's take a look number ten texas yeah you heard me right i said
texas on a lot of videos i've said what a great state texas is and it is there's a lot of people
moving there because it's a great state the taxes aren't killing people the home prices have been
reasonable they don't have a ton of crime compared to other states texas is a great place to live
right now i don't know how much longer that's gonna be i think they're gonna be a victim of
their own success much like oregon and california have been in the past as people start moving into
the place it's going to get more expensive they also have a lot of political issues going on right
now that you know half the population think is great and the other half aren't cool with what's
going on in the state now this happens in every single state in the union i mean every country too
you can't please everyone but i think in texas it's a little amplified and it's going to get
more and more amplified i have a lot of friends that have moved to texas army friends and even
friends i went to high school with in california they've moved to texas in the last 5 10 15 years
or whatever a lot of them are saying texas is changing and they're not digging it and it's not
just them a lot of native born texans don't really like what's going on either not the political part
the influx of people and how their state is changing this is gonna cause more friction as time
goes on i promise you if you do look at the stats of where they rank when it comes to crime they're
ranked 33rd the nation which isn't terrible healthcare they're ranked in the 40s which
is terrible and their schools are ranked 33rd in the nation the big saving grace for them right
now their economy their 15th best in the nation so to be clear texas is great now i just don't think
it's going to maintain its greatness for much longer i hope i'm wrong like i said it's a
great state number 9 oklahoma when you look at oklahoma they have a truckload of problems they
have some good things too their people are great love the people of oklahoma they're always decent
friendly and welcoming that's been my experience if you had a different experience sorry one of the
biggest problems in oklahoma is the health care system they're always ranked towards the bottom
i saw one report where they're ranked 47th in the nation i saw another one where they're
ranked 48th so they're always towards the bottom which really sucks because a lot of retirees
and senior citizens live there and if you don't know as you get older you're going to need good
health care when you look at their economy it's not doing great either they have a lot of jobs
but they don't have a lot of good paying jobs when you don't have a lot of good paying jobs
this of course leads to more poverty and more crime when people don't have money they start
committing crimes oklahoma is ranked 41st when it comes to crime ninety percent of that crime is
obviously going to be found in the bigger cities their smaller towns are decent places to live
one saving grace is oklahoma does have a lower cost of living so i mean if you're bringing a
job it might be a great option but i think oklahoma's bad outweighs it's good right now
number eight kentucky kentucky always seems to be a medalist when it comes to the poverty olympics
kentucky's never been considered a really good state to move to when it comes to employment
unless of course you make whiskey or you coach basketball teams they've always had a poverty
level that's well above the national average they've had serious opioid and drug addiction
problems throughout the state since forever and their health care is normally towards the bottom
of the barrel as well they do have one positive that i find strange because they're one of the
leaders in the whole opioid crisis and every other drug you can imagine which is a crime and there's
a lot of problems that come with it but kentucky has sort of a low crime rate compared to other
states which is good but still their economy and their schools are always in the top 10 when it
comes to the worst this is another state that the jobs they do have tend to be on the low paying
side and that doesn't look like it's going to change anytime soon so yeah i went and moved
there in 2022 23 24 25 26 27 i don't know all the way up to maybe 2044. maybe they'll turn it around
by then number seven arkansas we've talked about the phenomenon that is the northwest corner of
arkansas many times in this channel if you don't know this first time tuning in arkansas sucks as
a state in so many ways i could do five videos on it except for the northwest corner where you got
springdale rogers and fayetteville that seems to be pulling it together if they could just spread
some of that to the rest of the state it would be great so i say arkansas is not a good place
to move but three quarters of it isn't a good place to move two cities that are considered by
most to be the worst cities in the united states are pine bluff and little rock arkansas
arkansas has been this way since forever and they don't show any signs of change in their ways
number six alaska if you love the outdoors and nature is your thing and you don't see past how
beautiful landscape is then forget everything i'm about to say because it really won't affect you
alaska is one of the most beautiful states we have downside is they don't have a lot of
jobs they have a lot of drug issues and a ton of poverty they are one of our states that have been
losing residents over the last handful of years since the 1940s alaska has gained double digits
on their population started off in 1940 with a 22 percent increase and then in 1950 77 1960
census it was 75 and then it stayed in the 30s for quite some time this 2020 census they only gained
three percent with the last couple years like 1819 they'd actually lost population and in the coming
years i'm sure that's gonna continue they'll just keep losing population but alaska just doesn't
have the jobs to maintain the people they do have so people are flooding out it's a great state if
you love the outdoors and you're let's say retired and have checks coming in the mail you don't
have to worry about getting a job it's a great state to live in but the problems they do have
i don't see changing over the next decade or so so it's definitely not a good place you want
to move to in 2022 unless you fit the criteria of not needing a job and you love the outdoors
number five west virginia this one breaks my heart i have some really good friends in west virginia
but i know they know the situation that's going on in west virginia west virginia has a butt load of
problems including loss of their coal industry the opioid crisis people flooding out of there
like it's on fire their infrastructure is falling apart but they have gotten better they're just
not where they need to be to make them a very desirable place to live they are sort of like
alaska though they're a great place to be if you like to be outdoors and you're not really relying
on getting a good job when you move to that state i've said a couple times in recent videos that i
think west virginia's future is in tourism i mean they have amazing landscapes and things to do out
in the wilderness every time i look on the news or something they're talking about bringing coal
mining jobs back to west virginia i don't think it's a thing i don't think it'll ever happen
coal powered this country for a lot of years but most places have moved past coal am i saying
they should just shut down all the coal mines no there's still a need for it nothing like it was 10
20 30 years ago but they still need coal past its natural beauty west virginia has three positives
that are undeniable the people are amazing the low cost of living and the low cost of housing
just don't consider moving there if you need a job and you don't already have one lined up
number four mississippi yeah mississippi's on the list again for suckage you know why you
shouldn't move to mississippi it's mississippi mississippi has been on a downward slide since
i don't know the civil war what's come out of there that's been good in the last 200 years
elvis to be fair to mississippi the dollar sign and the padded toilet seat were both invented in
the magnolia state if you do move to mississippi you will find a lot of really cool things low
cost living low housing a lot of day drinking and friendly people even the non-day drinkers they're
pretty friendly too but epidemic level poverty is what really brings mississippi down and it
shows no sign of letting up that's why i wouldn't move there in 2022 or i don't know again like that
other state maybe in 2044. if you look at where mississippi ranks compared to other states they
are the absolute worst when it comes to health care the state's economy is third from the bottom
and their school system usually ranks in the 40s as well but their universities are pretty good i'm
just talking like high school on down number three new mexico the land of enchantment is another
frequent customer when it comes to suckage videos if you do just look at the standard stats and
rankings for new mexico it doesn't paint a pretty picture when it comes to crime they're the second
worst in the nation ranked 49th along with education 49th and when it comes their economy
their 47th their healthcare isn't even setting any records they're number 34 when it comes to
health care they've been this way for a very long time and they show no signs of change in it either
new mexico is another state that's been in double digits every single census for growth until
2020 where they got 2.8 percent growth compared to past years where it was 13 20 16 28 25 67
at one point now they're down to 2.8 percent when you don't have a lot of options for people they
start leaving the state and the amount of people moving in slows down to a trickle like new mexico
couple years ago i did a video on new mexico and how bad it was it was top 10 reasons not to move
there and a local news station contacted me and wanted to put it on the news one night they did
and what was incredible about it was they tried to dispute it but they kind of agreed with everything
i said they kind of took up the attitude of well we're working on it i brought up this little piece
of trivia about new mexico in a recent video but it's a good way to explain the current situation
this state is in approximately 75 of the roads in new mexico are unpaved the reason for that is they
have a lot of open space with nothing going on in those open spaces no giant industries are moving
in there nothing like that so is new mexico a great place to move in 2022. i don't think
so number two alabama if you don't know much about alabama looking at the stats on this one
are kind of important it kind of tells you what's going on in this state when it comes to crime
alabama is ranked 45th in the nation when it comes to their economy they're ranked 45th in the nation
when it comes to their healthcare they're ranked 45th in the nation when it comes to their schools
they're ranked 50th they have the absolute worst schools in the nation if you're really
not sure how all that works look at it this way number one is good number 50 sucks and between 45
and 50 there's not much of a difference alabama like all southern states is filled to the brim
with decent people my opinion i just think the decisions and the moves that their government
makes the state government is what really has been screwing alabama since the creation of the
united states again though i don't see anything changing in alabama in the next couple decades
all right before we get to number one don't forget we have another channel called on
this day there's a link down below alright on to number one and number one louisiana that's right
the pelican state made it to the number one spot they share the same problems alabama mississippi
new mexico and kentucky have and most those things aren't good louisiana has two of the most violent
cities in the united states new orleans and baton rouge along with that you've got shreveport which
is horrible and then dozens of small towns that have poverty rates that can be best described as
criminal not for the people for their state government louisiana is often brought up in
the conversation when you're talking about the most corrupt state governments they've
had so many people go to jail for all sorts of political shenanigans so where does louisiana
rank compared to other states well overall they're ranked number 50th their crime 50th economy 49th
healthcare's 45th and their schools are ranked 48th this is another state that's been like
this forever and they show no signs of changing how they're gonna do things i mean mississippi
always used to be the bottom of the barrel but mississippi even though it's not great
has gotten a little bit better and moved past places like louisiana and alabama the main reason
is their crime's gotten better i mean outside jackson mississippi the crime rate throughout
mississippi has gotten a lot lower where in louisiana and alabama it's actually gotten
worse i mean when mississippi starts showing you how you should do things you got some problems
all right everyone that's today's video hope you guys enjoyed it hope you got
some information out of it now go out have a productive day and be nice to each other