okay, Boomer let's talk about where you should be moving for retirement in 2021.
What is going on everyone? Welcome back the world according to briggs it is time to talk about some
baby boomer stuff the first thing we should talk about is retirement that's probably the
most important subject for this generation right now most are in retirement age or about to be
a couple months back we talked about another generation the millennials and
where they should be moving to millennials are in their prime earning years and should
be looking towards the future and setting themselves up for a successful retirement
and for those of you who left comments last time i said successful retirement let me explain it to
you that just means you have some savings and retirement income other than social security
a nice fat 401k is a good thing baby boomers are getting up there in age they're in their mid 50s
to late 70s here in 2020 one of the most important things for this age bracket is cutting costs right
now can't live like you used to when you're not working anymore really probably the easiest way
to do this is move someplace where the cost of living and housing is a little bit lower than
where you're living if you spent your life living and working in california new york chicago seattle
chances are you need to get out of those places the u.s census does an annual report
called the american community survey where they gather stats and rank cities towns and states in
the u.s we poured over the stats and figures and came out with the best dates for boomers right now
i say we but really it was sookie i mean why not that's what she went to school for
she does this all right let's see what states the boomers should be looking at for retirement
number 10 utah utah is a great state in so many ways it's actually hard to make a negative list
for the beehive state what makes them land at the number 10 spot the first thing is the stat called
well-being basically that's how do you feel about the community what are your opportunities in the
community how clean is your community and how is your relationship with the people in the community
as expected utah is one of the best they're actually ranked number five in the nation
the poverty rate among boomers is 6.5 percent for comparison the poverty rate and some of the
worst states for baby boomers like new mexico and mississippi it's 13 and 14 percent they
also have some of the best nature national parks that we have to offer in this country
utah is the only state in the u.s where every county includes part of a national
forest that's kind of cool about 56 percent of baby boomers can afford to own a home in utah
number nine vermont this one surprised me a little bit vermont is normally considered a
state with a high cost of living thing is it is in the cities but there's a steep drop once
you get outside the cities and in the more rural areas now this is a common theme in almost every
single state but a little bit more in vermont they were ranked sixth and well-being and they
have one of the lowest crime rates in the country when you start getting up there in age you start
looking at crime stats a little bit more nobody ever wants to be the victim of a crime but it's
a little more devastating when you're an older person 8.7 of the boomers live in poverty in the
green mountain state which compared to some of the other states like i said before is not much
vermont is a great state for baby boomers maybe not the diabetic type because vermont produced
1.9 million gallons of maple syrup in 2019 that's more than double what any other state produced
number eight alaska the last frontier has been a destination for people winding it down for
many years you get paid to live here actually yeah it's kind of cool they give you a little you know
yearly stipend is it called a stipend anyway you get money for living there housing is reasonable
and it's very sparsely populated some people as they get older really grow a disdain for
other human beings i have no studies or stats on this one it's just my experience
you know i get it i'm a 50 year old youtuber i see extremely talented filmmakers like casey neistat
dan mason stuff like that i get a little jealous doesn't make me move to alaska
it makes me try harder what i'm doing but if the midwest or northeast doesn't
float your boat baby boomers should check out alaska their high state of well-being
score means most alaskans dig living here and that goes for baby boomers too they rank third
in well-being keep in mind groceries can get a little pricey here because everything's got to
be shipped but most everything else is pretty cheap the natural environment is a big deal
for anyone moving to alaska if that's not what you're into you probably shouldn't give alaska
much consideration the poverty rate for baby boomers here is 7.4 percent which isn't terrible
but if you do want to retire with an ocean view alaska has more coastline than any other state
number seven minnesota minnesotans have nature a low-cost living and a lower
than average chance of living in poverty baby boomers that can handle a cold winter can find
great small towns to enjoy their golden years in minnesota fish garden complain about the weather
all the things retirement is supposed to be about minnesota has far too many great towns
to talk about in a 10-minute video minnesota is a great place for seniors and families with very low
crime outside the twin cities area in well-being they're ranked 12th and their poverty rate among
boomers is 7.3 percent minnesota's life expectancy is one of the highest 80.7 years making them the
third best in the nation the national average for comparison is 74.5 years another great thing
about minnesota for retirees and boomers the north star state has more golf courses per capita than
any other state yeah more than california more than florida more than all of them
number six wyoming the cowboy state is in that part of the country that's seen a lot
of californians riding on in along with idaho and montana wyoming is becoming increasingly
popular a lot of those people moving in there are baby boomers when you look at cost living
wyoming is always in the lowest top ten last year they were number nine the cowboy state
has one of the least stressed populations and they are actually number one for least stressed
seniors and retirees that's good they are ranked as second when it comes to well-being and their
baby boomers only have a 7.2 percent poverty rate you might not expect this from a place that has a
nickname like the cowboy state but wyoming was the first state to have a female governor that
has nothing to do with baby boomers or anything like that i just thought it was very interesting
number five south dakota south dakota is starting to be the next idaho in my opinion i do a lot
of research on a lot of different states and i'm starting to see a growing interest
in south dakota not just from residents but from businesses too businesses are starting
to relocate here replacing old industries that died out in the last couple decades up until
its closure in 2002 the home stake mine in leed south dakota was the largest and deepest gold
mine in all of north america the mount rushmore state only has about seven percent of its boomers
living below the poverty line and that's good they rank ninth in well-being and people really
seem to love this place they have a lot of open space and baby boomers seem to like a
lot of open space they want to get land to live on and they want it to be bigger than
you know the standard size you're getting in a suburb or something like that they want an acre
or so a lot of them and if they can afford it they're moving to south dakota to get it
number four north dakota besides sharing one of its names and a border the peace and garden state
has very similar stats to south dakota they get a tad bit colder and have a few less trees but
they're fairly similar north dakota ranks 10th in well-being and second in people missing their
front teeth i don't think those have anything to do with each other but who knows they do
play a lot of hockey in north dakota and that's a good way to lose your front teeth i played hockey
for years and the only reason i still have my front teeth is because i was a goalie i also
never played rugby which from my understanding is another great way to lose your front teeth
speaking of rugby rugby north dakota is the home of the geographical center of north america yeah
like if north america was a record that's where that little hole goes in and for those of you that
don't know what a record is google it for those of you that are watching this for a place to live you
already know what a record is you remember them fondly you actually probably remember going to the
record store only 6.7 percent of the boomers in north dakota live below the poverty line
number three new hampshire new hampshire is very similar to vermont in more ways than i have time
to list in a 10-minute video they do beat vermont in baby boomers who live here have the lowest
poverty rate in the nation at 5.3 percent that's solid the granite state doesn't produce nearly as
much syrup as vermont but they are the only state that has a pumpkin as the state fruit a pumpkin
fruit pumpkin's not a fruit hold on hey google is a pumpkin a fruit pumpkins are fruit
mother the people of new hampshire love living here and they're ranked 11th in well-being
one of the main reasons for this is the great outdoors this is one of the nicest
states for people that enjoy the outdoors they even have surf yeah people actually
surf in new hampshire they don't have that much coastline but people get there and surf
two nebraska nebraska is number two for a couple reasons low cost of living and very low housing
prices both owning and renting nebraska is considered one of the most boring states in
the nation but like i've said in previous videos some people are looking for a little boring
only 6.7 percent of the boomers live in poverty in the cornhusker state and it is ranked 18th for
overall well-being that's a little high for this list but the cost of living in housing being so
low things like that can be overlooked nebraska has extremely low crime and a ton of baby boomers
so be amongst your own boomers make up almost a third of the state's population nebraska is a
great state to move to it's just boring by most people's standards for proof of that the state
soda is kool-aid no kidding kool-aid it's not even a soda it's just a boring bland sugary
drink that they consider a soda doesn't make sense what's nevada's state soda vodka tonic
and number one iowa remember everything i said about nebraska same thing here as far as the
boring part costs living in housing they're very very similar both states are in the middle of the
country and are considered flyover states some actually consider nebraska and iowa
drive through without stopping states the boredom thing is what raises the well-being in each state
iowa is ranked the 23rd yeah they don't have a lot of community here you know they don't feel
like they're in touch they're kind of middle of the road when it comes to state well-being
the poverty rate for boomers is only six percent in the hawkeye state if you like bacon you'll
be glad to hear that pigs outnumber humans in iowa seven to one but for 2021 iowa is probably
the best state for boomers to retire or just to move they have jobs too even if you're a boomer
or semi-retired or whatever you can get a good job in iowa they have jobs right now
all right that's our list i hope you guys enjoyed it hope you got some information out
of it you know these retired and boomer ones they always seem to do really good a lot of people are
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