today I'm going to tell you why people won't move to Missouri Missouri is in the middle
of the country and is considered a flyover state it is home to the Mark Twain National Forest the
Lake of the Ozarks and a few great universities Park University and Parkville Missouri and it's
one a lot of people don't know about but hands down the fastest thinking human being I have ever
known went there side note he was the second lieutenant and retired a two-star general a
few years back at least that's what I heard the show me state hasn't had any rapid growth in a
very long time in most decades they see around five percent growth the last time Missouri saw
double-digit growth was in the 1900s census in the 2020 census they had the lowest growth in
the history of the state 2.8 percent when you dig a little deeper into those numbers you realize if
it wasn't for a higher than average birth rate in the second half of that census they might
have slipped into the negative column the problem is nobody wants to move to Missouri and it shows
their migration numbers in a survey Missouri residents were asked if they would recommend
the state to friends or family 59 percent said no in this video we're going to look at
why people say they won't move there or they want to move out got it get it good let's take a look
number 10 unpredictable weather Missouri has a humid continental climate which means that
the weather can change quickly and drastically in the winter the temperature can drop below
freezing and in the summer they could reach 100 degrees and stay there for a while this
can be difficult for someone that's coming from a place that has a more consistent weather pattern
like San Diego where it's Pleasant 11 months out of the year and one month of extreme heat
number nine they're prone to natural disasters Missouri has located the Midwest which is a
region that is prone to natural disasters like floods blizzards and tornadoes in 2011 a series
of tornadoes devastated the state killing 158 people and injuring about 1100 more so real
disasters not like a burrito before a first date that's a disaster but not like these
number eight high crime rate Missouri has an incredibly high crime rate thanks to its big
cities you got Kansas City and you got St Louis and Springfield ain't no Peach either
people know this and it's one of the main reasons they stay away from the state in 2022 the violent
crime rate in Missouri was 4.6 for every 1000 residents now that's compared to the national
average of 3.3 for every 1 000 residents the property crime in Missouri is 2485 for every 100
000 residents compared to the national average of 2010. for every 100 000 residents now to be
fair in recent years St Louis's crime rate has been sliding down it's getting better a little
bit better not much but it is getting better now East St Louis right over the river in Illinois is
a different story even though it's another city in another state they're right up against each other
a river separates them you still get a little of the reputation and crime from East St Louis
number seven low wages Missouri has a lot of jobs and a lot of open jobs they just don't have a lot
of money to go with those jobs luckily the cost of living is kind of low here but when you're
looking to move to a place or be transferred from work or take a new job in a new place chances are
if you're moving to Missouri from some place I don't know on the east or west coast they're
going to lower your wages even though the real estate and the cost living might be lower a lot
of people can't get over that hump to think that I used to make 60 Grand a year to do this job in
Virginia now I got to move to Missouri and get paid 48 000. the median household income
in Missouri is about fifty one thousand dollars which is lower than the national average of sixty
seven thousand dollars that's household not individual this means that people in Missouri
struggle to make ends meet not as bad as let's say Mississippi and Arkansas but they struggle
number six High poverty rate now to piggyback off our low income we have poverty throughout
the state the poverty rate is higher than the national average in Missouri but in the cities
it kind of blows up the United States poverty rate right now is 11.2 percent the entire state
of Missouri it's 13.2 but when you get into the cities like St Louis St Louis is about 21 of
their population lives below the poverty line in Kansas City it's about 15.6 percent a majority of
the people thinking about moving to Missouri will be moving to a city so that becomes an issue is
it the worst in the nation absolutely not is it something that bothers people yes it does
number five low education level the high school graduation rate in Missouri is 84.3 percent which
is lower than the national average of 87.9 this means there's a whole bunch of people floating
around Missouri with no high school diploma not like high school diplomas are the end-all be-all
but it's really something nice to have especially when employers are looking to move big let's say
chip factories to your state they look at things like that how many people have college degrees how
many people graduated high school because they're going to need an educated Workforce and when you
don't see the right numbers you start looking at places like Ohio and and then Minnesota then
eventually you end up opening up your chip factory in Wisconsin there's a couple things that I think
they know I'm sure they know politicians know these things people that run States people who
run cities they know these things have to be tackled but they still don't because it costs
money and there's no immediate payoff for it but the more educated your populace is you're
going to have a lower crime rate you're going to have a lower homeless rate you're going to
have more people correct acting people when they use the wrong there why do we have three theirs
we should just have one like Aloha it means hello and goodbye or like orange it's a fruit and it's
a color or ham sandwich it's something that's delicious and it's also a great punch line to
a really dirty joke leave it to me everyone I'm gonna fix the education system in the United
States with my skill and know-how I'm sure we'll all look like idiots in like three or four years
number four Healthcare yeah the Health Care system in Missouri isn't great U.S news ranks them 42nd
in the nation in case you're confused that's out of 50. and it's really not the doctors or
the nurses or anything like that it's just the state has a relatively low number of hospitals
so a lot of people just kind of pass on going to the doctor when they really should nothing
like a 10 hour ER wait to convince you to maybe just stay home and see how things play
out I mean who hasn't been hit in the head with a crane hook got dizzy blurred vision
forgot the eighth grade and then started to vomit oh he seemed to work out for me
number three tax burden okay so first of all I'd like to sit everyone down that's answered
this survey and explained to you the taxes aren't that bad in Missouri but they complained about it
in the survey said that the taxes were too high in Missouri these people need to get out and explore
the rest of the country with overall tax burden Missouri is ranked 39th in the nation I did see
another report that said they're ranked 42nd but it's somewhere in there definitely not in the top
ten and these people said the taxes were too high in Missouri don't move to New Jersey or California
you'll cry yourself to sleep when you realize you're a horrible decision maker if you look at
wallethub wallet Hub ranks Missouri as 42nd with the overall tax burden of 7.11 New York is close
to doubling that with 12.47 they got Hawaii at number two with 12.31 so whoever answered
that survey and said the taxes are rough in Missouri you'd need to talk to a tax professional
number two political climate yeah this is something people complain about more and
more I've been doing these videos for like five or six years and I see complaints in my comment
section I get emails of people suggesting videos I should do and more and more it's starting to
be political stuff occasionally I'll jump in and do a political type video but I try and
stay away from it well a lot of people don't want to move to Missouri because of it and I
guess they're trying to stay away from politics too whether it's just politics in general or the
fact that Missouri is a very conservative State like I always tell people move wherever you want
they don't force you to start voting Republican or Democrat that's a beauty this country vote
however you want and truth be told we need at least two parties we all started voting
the same I'm sure things would get so much worse there's a balance in everything a yin and a Yang
all right before we get to number one if you're thinking about moving to Missouri or any state
there's a link for a website called home and money in the description area below they've got
all kinds of Real Estate State Tools like mortgage calculators things like that they can also get you
in touch with a real estate agent wherever you're looking to move to all right on to number one
and number one low quality of life Missouri has a low quality of life score it's actually well
below the national average no matter who's doing the survey there's different organizations that
do quality of life scores and what they add to it Missouri is always towards the bottom
of the barrel this course is due to a number of factors including the state's high crime
rate the low median household income and the low education attainment levels I think the
weather plays a big part in the quality of life and Missouri's got some pretty crazy
weather like we talked about earlier they usually don't add that into the quality of
life score but I think it definitely affects the quality of life in any place you move to
all right that's today's video hope you guys enjoyed it hope you got some
information of it now go out have a great day and be nice to each other