What is going on everyone? Welcome back to the world according to Briggs I am
Briggs I travel I learned about the United States I make videos and
occasionally I have a jello shot or two why because they taste terrific and I'm
secure my manhood that's why I also get a lot of emails which I read one of the
themes of these emails I've gotten a lot lately over the last year at least is
what is the cheapest decent city to live in now that one's sort of tough because
really it's an opinion I mean you can live in a city like Detroit and think
it's decent and pay almost nothing compared to let's say Seattle but is
Detroit a decent City some might think so most don't it used to be maybe it'll
regain its shine someday we'll see basically people want to know where they
can live comfortably and maybe be able to put some money away without having to
worry about being murdered while checking your mailbox seems reasonable
so what we'll do here is we'll take a look at cities that have a good average
income and a low average rent and a quality of life score that is you know
respectable and then we'll sort of make an opinion that's how we're gonna do
this list that being said let's see who's number ten number ten San Antonio
Texas San Antonio is a great city probably my second favorite Texas City
behind Austin San Antonio vents and festivals every single year most of them
are family orientated with majority of those being focused on the area's
Spanish and Mexican heritage one of the city's nicknames is military City USA
that's because San Antonio is home to four military bases known collectively
as Joint Base San Antonio the average rent for a single family according to a
few different websites is about thirteen hundred and seventy five dollars that's
not terrible especially when you consider that they do have the
relatively low cost of living here and according to the US Census Bureau's
American Community Survey the average yearly income here is just under $50,000
like I said this is a great city with good people and the quality of life
score is six point six out of ten not a bad place to be especially if you're a
veteran number nine Toledo Ohio now buckle up everyone I know I just said
Ohio and it's kind of on a good list but yeah besides having one of the most
storied minor league baseball teams Toledo isn't a bad City
if you're driving it's about the midway point between Cleveland and Detroit it's
by far better than either one of those places Toledo has been losing residents
since the 1970s but not as many as some of the other Rust Belt cities so of
course this means there's a lower cost of living and housing the average rent
here is about seven hundred and seventy five dollars for two-bedroom house the
average income in Toledo is right about thirty six thousand dollars a year but
with a low cost of living thirty six thousand dollars goes a long way here's
the thing about Toledo they have jobs now but they're probably gonna be
getting more they're kind of focused on the whole green energy industry and some
companies have moved there in recent years crime isn't terrible compared to
other Ohio cities and Detroit and stuff and like I said the jobs are decent now
it's been years but one knock they do have their zoo sort of blows I forget
which one it was because it was some years back but they didn't have a major
animal like lions it's like the zoo without lions a zoo without lines that's
like going to see a Led Zeppelin show and they don't play stairway the quality
of life in Toledo is 6.2 probably would have been higher they had some freaking
lions number eight Nashville Tennessee if you
love music especially live music move to the land of poorly maintained facial
hair Nashville Tennessee now I'm not even talking about the male
populations facial hair if you're shocked that I just said that keep in
mind we're talking about Tennessee the average rent on a two-bedroom home is
right about a thousand dollars here now before you do stop typing we're talking
about averages averages that were calculated by the US Census Bureau so if
your opinion is different keep in mind math doesn't care about your opinion the
average annual salary in Nashville is forty-seven thousand one hundred and ten
dollars which isn't bad when you got thousand dollar rent for a two-bedroom
house the quality of life in Nashville is six point one out of ten number seven
Huntsville Alabama Huntsville wasn't much of a city until the 1960s when it
became a hub for NASA these days Huntsville is undergoing a
transformation with tech companies green energy craft brew and young people yeah
they have a lot of young people moving to Huntsville Huntsville is the fastest
growing city in Alabama and the residents are enjoying this sort of
rebirth and they're merging downtown the city has still maintained its low
hustle living if you can handle the heat and humidity which it gets plenty of
Huntsville could be what you're looking for
I got boob sweat there while I was visiting during the summer once I back
then I was in shape not like I was a pound overweight and I still got boobs
but I don't even have a pair the quality of life in Huntsville is 6.3
out of 10 which isn't bad especially when you consider it it's in Alabama the
average rent is only $1,050 for a two-bedroom house which again isn't bad
when you factor in the average salary is $54,000 a year
number six Beaverton Oregon Beaverton has been showing up on cities to move to
lists for the last few years it's about 15 minutes outside of downtown Portland
with a fraction of the homeless so that's good the average rent is about
fourteen hundred and twenty dollars which is a tad higher than others on
this list but the average salary here is about $55,000 they have the Nike world
headquarters and a few Intel campuses here and great health care Providence
Kaiser's here it's a great place to live crime is low schools are good and it's
considered one of the best cities to raise a family now the downside is you
might run into me at like a Dutch bros coffee place or something cuz I live on
the outskirts of ebert I frequent the Dutch brothers far more often than is
healthy I'm sure the quality of life in Beaverton is seven point one out of ten
not bad number five Des Moines Iowa if you're
looking for a nice quiet life that is relatively cheap you have to talk about
Des Moines Iowa if you don't know anyone that was raised and I with it's from
Iowa you have missed something special this entire state is filled with decent
people every single one of the people I know that was Iowa born and raised are
some of the best people I know hands-down Des Moines has been drawing
Millennials and younger families for the last five or six years this is home to
more than 80 insurance companies including giants like allied insurance
and Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield the job market is thriving in Des Moines
Iowa data Roos business service companies and asset management
corporations are calling Des Moines homes so like I said if you could work
in an office you like a quiet life and you can get past the boredom a lot of
people consider this place boring you need to call a real estate agent and get
the ball rolling they've only got six hundred and twenty three thousand
residents in Des Moines the average salary here is about 51
thousand dollars a year that's incredible considering this is dead
center of the country where everything's supposed to be you know cheaper and
you're not getting paid as well they're getting paid decent in Des Moines Iowa
their quality of life is 7.2 and the average rent in Des Moines is about nine
hundred dollars like I said Des Moines a great place to live
number four Fayetteville Arkansas Fayetteville Arkansas is home in the
University of Arkansas and the Clinton House Museum now I don't know what the
person running the Clinton House Museum thinks they got there or why they want
to keep us on the internet from seeing it but this is the Google Streetview
picture you get of the Clinton House Museum
they had Google blurred out from the street view just because some lame-ass
decided this was a good idea if I'm ever in Fayetteville again III won't visit
it's just uh I'm not going to visit I may drive by and flip them off but
that's my own we'll hang up other than blurry pictures of work
President Clinton once lived Fayetteville is a great city I said it
before on this channel but that whole area Northwest Arkansas Rogers
Springdale in Fayetteville it's not like the rest of Arkansas it's actually
really really nice the average annual salary in Fayetteville is about forty
six thousand dollars a year which is great when you consider the average rent
is 870 dollars their quality of life score is seven point five not a bad
place to live number three Madison Wisconsin Madison was one of those
places that I've considered moving to even though it is the starting point for
possibly the worst road trip ever known to man not just me this was a horrible
road trip back before satellite radios and phones that could plug into your car
sound system we had CDs this girl left all my CDs in the back window of my car
in August somewhere around Kearney Nebraska it got
so hot they all warped becoming unplayable she felt so bad that she had
done this she figured it was a good idea to sing Madonna songs for about three
hours for me she sort of knew four songs that was it she kept getting to certain
spots and would start humming Madison has growing healthcare IT and
manufacturing industries they're booming right now so if you're looking for a job
this is this is a great place to start looking it's also the home of the
University of Wisconsin at Madison that's where picked up that crazy girl
that she'd just graduated and we headed back to California
anyway Madison Wisconsin only has about 650
thousand residents it's relatively small it's the state capital and the average
salary there is about $55,000 a year now their rent is a little high
it's about $1,400 a month for a two-bedroom house but the quality of
life in Madison is seven point six out of ten it's not bad number two Wichita
Kansas Wichita has affordable housing costs and relatively high salaries for
the Midwest actually for just about any place not just the Midwest this is
another city that's very similar to Des Moines Iowa great people with a
laid-back life like I said might be considered boring to some people but
others it's just what you're looking for these people are very family focused in
general Wichita is just a nice place to live the median household income is just
under fifty thousand with forty nine thousand nine hundred and eighty two and
the median rent for single-family home is a thousand dollars that's that's
doable for a lot of people I mean doable in the sense you could live comfortably
and save money for the future it's great quality of life in Wichita is seven
point three out of ten not bad and number one El Paso Texas
that's right Texas shows up twice on this list they almost got three but
Austin's a little pricey El Paso is one of the best cities in Texas I know most
of you think it's crazy being so close to the border and it's but trust me it's
not as much of an issues you've probably been led to believe El Paso is all about
big families big clothes families they all seem to know each other they all
seem to be related now it does have its problems but people and the cost of
living aren't two of them the median household income is forty six thousand
four hundred and thirty one median rent for a single-family home is only twelve
hundred dollars El Paso's rent might not be the cheapest on this list but you'll
find out low-cost groceries and dining out make up the difference when I was
stationed there I had nothing but a good time I was young and I was filled with
hormones and fell in love everytime I walk down the street in that city it was
incredible that's a great town though their quality of life is seven point two
out of ten which isn't bad El Paso is probably one of the most inexpensive
towns with a good quality of life to live right now
all right so that's my list hope you guys got some information on it hope you
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