What is going on everyone? Welcome back to the world according to Briggs a channel
about places today we're doing another not to move here video
let me give you my little disclaimer all states towns and cities
have their good and they have their bad they have their pros they have their
cons on these not two videos we focus on the
negatives that people might want to know about
before they move someplace if you want to see just the good
contact a real estate agent or go to the city or state's tourism website
it's nothing but rainbows smiles and sunshine on those
these videos aren't designed to tell you not to move someplace that's
up to everyone you make your own decisions they're just showing you some
things you should know if you're thinking about moving to one
of these places not everyone is looking for the same type of place to live
the example i like to give people is a low cost of living
high unemployment and bad schools is probably more suited for a retiree
retirees aren't looking for jobs because they're retired they're not looking for
schools because their kids are probably grown
they just want a low cost of living whereas a young couple with kids
they'll want good schools and a good job market so
who are we talking about today today the honor goes to
tallahassee florida tallahassee is the capital of florida and is home to just
under 200 000 residents with about 385 000 living in the metro area they're
in the northern section of florida near the georgia border and in between
jacksonville and pensacola on the panhandle
alright let's see what they're all about number 10 it's a college town
tallahassee is a college town if you've ever lived in a college town
and not been a college student you know this can suck at times
especially if you're a little bit older there are eight colleges in the
tallahassee metro area including the massive florida state now
this next part is only a problem if you're not a fan of the florida state
seminoles they have a football team that is one of the better ones more
years than not and that means home games can get a little crazy
traffic parking crowds people wearing garnet and gold colored clothing with
the occasional face paint at the same colors now here's the things you should
remember streets are blocked off during college
games it's impossible to go anywhere during that time of the day
obviously around the stadium maybe out in the suburbs it's okay around the
stadium it's nuts if you're looking to raise a
family you probably want to find a place out in the suburbs and not really
be anywhere near the college campus if you gotta run errands
downtown or anything like that do it the day before or the day after plan ahead
don't do it on game days and it's pretty much the party never
stops so like i said that's all great if you're a younger
college person but if you're an older person it kinda
sucks number nine the driving driving in
tallahassee really isn't a pleasurable thing
tallahassee was ranked as the second worst city
for driving in florida right behind jacksonville according to quote
wizard.com the i-10 corridor from tallahassee to jacksonville is like
ground zero for florida's worst drivers it's like where they all hang out
bumping each other off the road and driving and drinking all that good stuff
apparently happens on the i-10 tallahassee locals probably contribute
their fair share of auto accidents every year but the majority come from the 32
000 students of florida state they seem to rack up most the incidents in the
city every single year now they did a survey and these were the
biggest complaints by the locals of driving in tallahassee
the roads are always under construction all the time all year long
it just seems like they're always under construction they also complain about
the slow speed limits apparently the speed limits in the city are pretty slow
another complaint was the roads are extremely narrow and it makes it
difficult to drive and then they say because of all those
things traffic builds up and just it becomes a mess some days now don't
get me wrong this isn't the worst traffic or
driving it just has some problems that i guess that annoy the hell out of the
locals and if you move there probably annoy you
too number eight it's got an expensive
airport if you ever fly into tallahassee international airport you'll probably
think you've landed at the wrong airport it is very small airport for a capital
city the front also looks like a shopping
mall that's a little weird you pull up to it you're not sure if you're flying
out or looking for a bath and body but what really sucks about this place is
cost the airfares are nearly 70 percent higher than the
national average that's even high for a smaller airport so why is that
that's sort of simple fewer passengers per plane means more
taxes per passenger you know the government's got to get theirs the
airlines need to be profitable too or they just quit flying to that airport
fewer passengers means higher ticket prices airlines
don't charge to cover empty seats to major airports because they never
have many empty seats small airport flights are normally half full
either that or the plane so small the pilot starts asking people how much they
weigh which is always uncomfortable you know it's just
business it still sucks number seven bipolar weather it's
florida so right away you know the weather is going to be a little weird
and unpredictable sort of like a 62 year old party clown with low blood sugar
you can see the sun rain hail and thunder
in one week it's always a good time locals will tell you the weather man is
a liar because the weather is so unpredictable
tallahassee gets about 59 inches of rain on average per year
the u.s average is 38 inches of rain per year so
for some place that calls itself the sunshine state they sure get a lot of
rain tropical storms are likely to hit
tallahassee on average every 3.5 years you'll never see snow so don't worry
about that i think the last time they saw it was december
of 1989 so it's been a while floods happen all the time
and because the weather be prepared to go without power for a couple days that
happens more often than it should number six poverty rate if all you know
about florida is the vacation spots you might not know that the entire state has
a serious poverty issue most states struggle with this but most
people don't know florida is one of them tallahassee turns it up a notch the
poverty rate in tallahassee is 27.1 percent
one out of every 3.7 residents of tallahassee live in poverty
that is 88 higher than the national average it's not good the poverty rate
across the state of florida is only 15.5 percent meaning tallahassee has a
dramatically higher than average percentage of residents below the
poverty line now a lot of the students enrolled as
undergraduates at the different colleges help with that
poverty rate 61.8 percent of them are living in poverty when you drive
around tallahassee you probably won't know this is happening
it's there's very select areas you got to get to to really have it thrown in
your face but yeah it's too bad number five they got no
beaches florida's known for its beaches
tallahassee is not everyone thinks florida is
beaches disney world and the everglades if you're not from the area and never
took a really close look at a map i'm going to blow your mind right now
florida has some cities without beaches orlando ocala gainesville and
tallahassee being the bigger ones they got a bunch of towns too but those are
really the cities you have to drive about an hour and a
half to the nearest beach at st george island if you want to have a nice
relaxing day in the ocean tallahassee is really about 22 miles
away from the gulf of mexico straight south but it's got no beaches
it's all salt marsh there you can also take the three hour drive
to jacksonville beach but i mean nobody wants to do that
i mean actually it's got nice beaches in jacksonville but i'd rather head to st
george island number four crime so i already told you about the poverty
issues that normally means there's some crime issues and in this case there's a
lot of crime issues and that's too bad there's a lot of good people living
in this city including a whole bunch of college kids just starting off their
lives looking to their future and in most of these situations the
crimes are committed on them the analysis of crime statistics in
american cities has named tallahassee as one of the least safest cities in
florida in 2019 they ranked them out of 134 cities tallahassee came in
126th for the safest city they suck they have numbers that are
really close to like east st louis numbers not as bad but they get up
there the tallahassee crime rate is 103 percent higher than the national
average the violent crime rate is 92 percent higher than the national average
in tallahassee you have a 1 in 19 chance of becoming the victim of a crime
in 2019 they had 451 assaults for every 100 000 residents and they had
8.4 murders for every 100 000 residents the
national average for murder rate is 6.1 number three employment is limited the
unemployment rate in tallahassee is currently kind of high areavibes.com has
them at 7 but the bureau of labor and statistics
have them at 8.1 percent that's april of 2020 may's numbers
aren't in yet most major cities have similar numbers because of
all the crap that 2020 is thrown at us but most major cities are sitting around
7.5 percent at least that's better than rural
america those numbers are closer to 20 to 25 percent
as of april here's the thing that sucks about tallahassee a lot of people
graduate and they want to stay here a while degree in hand they go looking
the good jobs aren't there in tallahassee most that wanted to stay
there end up relocating just for work if you live here and just
need a job keep in mind over the summer some
businesses like restaurants close down near the college after the students go
home for the summer if you're looking for a full-time job
i would suggest look for government jobs they have plenty in this town being the
state capital but you know the best thing i can say is
good luck they're hard to get sometimes number two they have alligators so first
things first for all of you people from the south that want to show us your
bunch of hard dudes stop typing i'm glad you're not afraid of alligators
doesn't mean everyone else is you know pussy because they're afraid of
alligators people not from the south will freak out
when they see an alligator outside the zoo
just like you'll freak out if you feel your first earthquake when you're
visiting california i grew up in southern california i could sleep
through a solid earthquake if i see an alligator on my way to get some
mcdonald's i turn around and start looking for a wendy's
alligator attacks are very rare but they do happen
there are alligators in all 67 counties in florida there's around eight attacks
a year you always have to take safety measures
when entering the water anywhere in florida always have your
pets on leash that's what one of the biggest things they get taken away from
people is their pets alligators jump out and grab your poodle and
that's it for fluffy you will see alligators wandering the streets
in florida that happens all the time there's more than a million alligators
that live throughout florida you'll find them in lakes rivers canals
golf courses ponds and the occasional swimming pool i'm not even kidding you
always see reports of someone had an alligator in their swimming pool
and number one lack of outdoor activities
other than college sports there isn't a terrible lot to do here college football
games are great don't get me wrong i love them as a matter of fact i always
suggest to people to go to a sporting event where the fans are crazy about the
team at least one time in their lives i'll tell them places like green bay go
to the yankees game red sox lakers organ ducks
ohio state montreal canadiens notre dame and then the seminoles it's just an
event you want to see and a lot of it has to do with the fans
there's no attractions no amusement parks many of the locals can agree that
this place is pretty much boring once you get past football
there's a ton of places to eat and shop but other than walking and
riding your bike on some trails there's not
any serious hiking anything like that residents always leave
town for any sort of fun activities and it's kind of strange coming from a state
that has places like tampa bay and orlando and
you know miami that it's just kind of boring there
all right so that is my top 10 reasons not to move to tallahassee florida like
i said tallahassee is a great place great
people and stuff like that but every place has its negatives and that's just
what i do here if you want to see the positives
absolutely go to their tourism website they'll have
all the great things for you not saying it's bad place these are just things you
should know about all right don't forget all the links
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