If you haven't noticed we're in a recession here in the united states it might not be official but
we're there so the definition of a recession is this it's a period of temporary economic decline
during which trade and industrial activities are reduced generally identified by the fall in gdp in
two consecutive quarters that's already happened here's the rub whenever you have a recession
declared there's usually massive job losses the last seven recessions that's exactly what happened
that's not happening right now and i think that's why some people think that we're not in a
recession currently august of 2022 even though all the other factors are showing were in a recession
we've got tons of jobs for people there's plenty of businesses just begging for employees right now
if all the other factors continue for too long it might change but my personal opinion i don't think
it's going to be that big of a deal this time that being said people will lose jobs and when people
lose jobs they cut back some people ride out the tough times on savings some will relocate for
another job opportunity while others might find a lesser paying job and a more affordable place
to live until the recession ends either way a lot of people will be on the move in the coming months
today's video is the best dates to be living in to survive a recession i'll give you the states
and the reasons i would move there this video is my opinion that i get from stats that i've learned
over the last few years and ones i'm looking at now get it got it good let's take a look
number 10 texas that's right the lone star state shows up at number 10. in a lot of previous years
it would have been you know in the top five at least a lot of people have moved to texas and
it's not just because they like the dallas cowboys they have affordable housing low taxes good paying
jobs in most categories texas falls into the top ten but with that popularity has come a little
bit of a influx of people as you already know especially if you're in texas and that's kind
of like i've said before dulled the shine on the lone star state that's because their cost living
and their cost of housing have gone up quite a bit in the last few years but they're still
more affordable than most other desirable states sure you got places like louisiana and mississippi
that have cheaper homes and a lower-cost living but nobody wants to live there so low-cost living
low taxes affordable housing and job opportunities put texas on this list if i was gonna move there i
would probably go to the plano area which is just north of dallas in case you know it's in the metro
area case you don't know i'd look at san antonio too they do have some pretty sketchy neighborhoods
make sure you know where you're going if you're retired and living on a fixed income and you want
to move to texas i'd look at amarillo and lubbock not the greatest places to live but they're
definitely affordable number nine west virginia west virginia is definitely recession proof i mean
they're always one of the top five states that are leading the country in affordable housing and cost
of living it's beautiful it's got wonderful people they definitely don't have a great
job market even though it's not terrible anymore like it has been in past years their economy just
isn't doing great if you're working remotely west virginia is the perfect state to move to
because you could be pulling in a decent salary for someone maybe living in new jersey or even
new york and if you're living in west virginia doing that you're living like a king let's say
you're not knocking it out of the park either when it comes to salary this is a great place to live
because of the affordability the main reason people are great and it's a beautiful state if
you were gonna move to west virginia there's two areas i would look at on the west side charleston
the state capital it's a beautiful city it's got some jobs and it's still affordable and it's
the biggest city they got in the state there's also charles town which is on the north east
side of the state it's just west of harper's ferry and this whole area is great for people that kind
of want to live in the country but still need to let's say work in washington dc or even baltimore
both washington dc and baltimore are about an hour's drive from charlestown a little bit closer
if you're in harpers ferry number eight new jersey new jersey is a little unique and you
got to hear me out on this one because a lot of people probably just groaned because i never say
good things about new jersey new jersey has some things going for it number one its proximity to
new york city a lot of people still need to work in that city and that city is extremely expensive
place to live if you're working in new york city you still might be able to afford a house in new
jersey and be able to commute now is new jersey as cheap as let's say west virginia or mississippi or
something like that no new jersey's kind of an expensive place to live especially when you look
at taxes and things like that but is it cheaper than new york city absolutely new jersey has a
lot of things that most people might be surprised about when it comes to statistics they always show
up in the lowest crime rate top 10 lists and we're talking statewide we always get someone
in the comment section that will bring up like the worst city like new jersey has camden okay camden
sucks but that's not the whole state new jersey's also one of the best states to get an education
especially higher education they have some of the best universities in the country rutgers princeton
side note of that i had a guy argue with me one time i mentioned princeton was in new jersey and
he said no it was in massachusetts so right away i explained no you're confusing it with harvard
harvard's in massachusetts princeton's new jersey and he said no actually i'm confusing it with
brandeis how the hell do you confuse those two i actually emailed him back i replied to his email
how do you confuse those two his what he said was forgive me i'm from connecticut that's all he said
number seven idaho yeah there's a reason idaho always shows up on the most move to states
it's affordable it's nice they're easy on cost living and housing relatively safe one of the
biggest things statistic wise for idaho is their fiscal stability they rank fourth in the nation
why would you look at fiscal stability let me explain it to you fiscal stability tracks the
state's government credit rating their pension fund liability their budget balancing and their
liquidity when their fiscal stability is out of whack they usually start having to cut back on
things like fire departments police officers school lunch programs education no they got
it together and all those things in most cases are well funded please don't bring up schools
because i'm with you on that one schools are always underfunded but when you compare to
other states around there they're doing pretty good idaho is a great place to raise a family
it's great if you like to be outdoors it's also a great place to live if you hate californians
because that's a really good conversation to start with people it normally goes something like this
you know there's only one thing i hate more than jock hitch and that's californians moving to idaho
if you start a conversation like that with someone at a bar they may introduce you to their daughter
and ask you to marry her yeah most people from idaho that are like born and bred they've just had
enough of californians moving up here but here's one side to that that a lot of them don't realize
most the californians moving up there are republican they always think that a bunch of
liberals are moving up there from california trust me beverly hills and bel air and venice beach are
not clearing out and moving to idaho they're going to texas oregon and washington idaho has a decent
cost of living even though it has been going up in recent years it's still doing better than
most states that are desirable i've always got to throw that in because it's not affordable if you
compare it to mississippi arkansas louisiana and new mexico it is reasonable and they have jobs if
i was gonna move to idaho i would move to eagle idaho meridian post falls is pretty decent and
boise for being like the biggest city they have in the state it's a pretty nice place to live
number six new hampshire new hampshire is a great place to live especially if you like the outdoors
you like cold winters it is a beautiful state with amazing people and a lot of things to do
it's also got a decent economy right now and it's extremely safe here's the reason i bring that up
this isn't about crime or anything like that this kind of looking at your money but as states get
in worse shape with let's say jobs and stuff crime rate will go up new hampshire
maine and vermont are always number one two and three when it comes to the lowest crime rate new
hampshire also comes in number two for natural environment it's a beautiful state there's this
other stat that they are doing pretty good in their rank third in opportunity opportunity ranks
poverty housing affordability equality for women minorities and people with disabilities they're
third in the nation on that number five florida florida's just cheap it's a cheap place to live
and in most places it's not terrible sure you have places like miami and things like that that are
extremely expensive but a majority of this state is affordable in both cost of living and housing
they're ranked eighth in the nation when it comes to economy and fiscal stability they're
also number eight decent weather until a hurricane comes through sure you gotta deal with mosquitoes
also but all in all florida's not a terrible place to live now politically if you got problems with
what's going on there politically that might be a reason to stay away if that's your thing to me
i don't care about your politics if i want to move someplace i'm to move there it's always
seemed kind of silly to me to stay out of a state or a town because of how most the population votes
that's how you are then you've let the other side as you see them win they chased you off by their
voting record myself though if i was gonna move to florida they have plenty of jobs in the tampa
area and for being a beach community a coastal city whatever you want to call it nice bay there
it's fairly affordable and please don't bring up some on the water mansions are expensive yes every
place on the water has those but a majority of the state and the area around tampa are pretty decent
price wise number four washington state washington state shows up a lot these days on the best states
to move to best states in the country all that stuff i mean they don't have a state income tax
which is nice u.s news has washington ranked sixth in affordability 17th in education and
health second in quality of life and third in economic health and sixth in civic engagement
everyone's gonna just think about seattle and the seattle tacoma metro area that's not the
entire state that's actually about an eighth of the state you have incredible places to live
down in the southwest section of the state and the southeast section of the state sure spokane's not
the best place to live but it's not terrible especially when you compare to some of the
other places in the country there's a lot of nice small farming communities that you could live in
in washington state the other good thing is there's a lot of companies out of seattle
that are encouraging their employees to move out to the smaller towns still be close to seattle
but work remotely most of the time they want them to be close case they need to come in for
a meeting or like i always look at it the only reason they really want a remote worker to come
in is to fire them but sometimes you do have meetings and you have to go in so
that's kind of a thing these days and a lot of the companies in seattle that's what they're doing you
could live down in tacoma olympia tumwater aberdeen which those aren't the best places
to live but they're affordable and they're not too far away from seattle in case you do need
to go in there for that meeting myself i'm kind of getting into the areas around the vancouver
metro area vancouver washington which is down on the south side right across from portland oregon
you got battleground which i just did a video on you got ridgefield which is coming up on a video
those are great camas is wonderful mill plane is great castle rock which i haven't been to i'll
be going there in a couple weeks i'll tell you about it that looks kind of nice for a small town
stay at a long view anytime i mention anything good about washington there's this handful of
dudes and i see them all the time on here and they just have this thing where washington's
the worst state and this and that it's like okay it's time to move dude if you hate it
that bad and you think it's that horrible you need to move because most of the country seems
to think washington is one of the best states to live in washington is ranked sixth in the nation
for fiscal stability fourth for education economy is fourth natural environment 15th they got a lot
of good things and we haven't even talked about this one they're ranked eighth in the nation
for healthcare but really we're looking at economy and fiscal stability things like that that's what
you know getting through a recession is all about their unemployment numbers are good great state to
live in sure it rains a lot on the western side you gotta deal with that and also gets cold in
some parts nothing major number three utah utah is a state that i think that there's some weird
things with the whole mormon church and stuff and and just this reputation and mystique that goes
along with that that kind of holds a lot of people back from moving to utah granite the mormon church
you know it does have a lot to do with how this state is run and they do have
a little power in the state but anyone can move there you don't have to be a mormon
they don't control every aspect of everything you do in the state it's not like that and i think a
lot of people that don't understand how things are there i think that's kind of this vibe they
have about the state and it's a misplaced vibe utah's a great state i'm not a desert state and
granite i know they have mountains and all that to me it's kind of a desertous type state it's
not my thing but it is a properly run state with great people great economy cost living
in most areas is reasonable they actually come in number one in economy in the united states
fifth for fiscal stability crime that's eighth in the nation that is not bad education tenth that's
not bad either the only thing that sucks for them statistically wise is the opportunity thing okay
so that kind of blows they're ranked 30th in the natural environment 47th i guess not a lot of
people like the desert and their biggest feature the great salt lake smells like battery acid i
don't know i can't get past that every time i've been there i'm like this place stinks number two
minnesota that's right close your jaw minnesota is a great place to live let's think outside of
the twin cities minneapolis-st paul for being a major city it's not terrible it's not great either
their economy is not bad their opportunity their second best in the nation they got low crime rates
low unemployment numbers fiscal stability they're ranked 16th in the nation minneapolis is not
that bad though i mean if you're living in some place like falcon heights that's great shore
wood isn't horrible still water is great elk river minnesota is wonderful sure brutally cold winters
and decent summers their cost of living and housing are pretty low too especially for a
state that's somewhat desirable i was in well minneapolis all over but i was staying in apple
valley which is part of the minneapolis metro area that's a wonderful place to live but the
low-cost living affordable housing and they got decent jobs that'll get you through the recession
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all right on to number one and number one iowa if you can get past the boredom in iowa
this is a great state to live recession or otherwise i mean low-cost living affordable
housing they have jobs they have decent people low crime rate they're ranked 16th in education
fiscal stability it's 23 but that's not bad their opportunity they're ranked number one
in the nation if you want to move to iowa some of the best places are going to be around des moines
but there's also places outside of des moines like carroll denison atlantic is pretty nice up near
cedar rapids you have marion and one of the most statistically appealing towns in the united states
decorah iowa it's up in the northeast corner of the state i look at a lot of stats and i see the
rankings for a lot of different places this small town has across the board great stats crime rate
is 75 percent below the national average you look at their cost living it's actually 20 below the
national average their schools are rated in a plus their unemployment numbers are 64 percent
below the national average their income per capita is 4 percent below the national average but their
cost of living is so low and their housing so cheap it evens out all right that's the top 10
states and where to move in those states to ride out a recession hope you guys enjoyed the video
hope you got some information out of it where do you think is the best place to ride out the
recession let me know in the comment section below everybody have a great day be nice to each other