want to get away want to find a beach city or town that isn't too touristy in today's video
I'm going to tell you about 10 of the best beach towns nobody really knows about now obviously if
you're from the area of one of these beach towns you know about it maybe even if you're from the
same state but most of the people in the US have never heard about these towns these are the beach
cities that don't get overrun by tourists every summer like Venice California Miami Beach Virginia
Beach South Padre Island Atlantic City or Myrtle Beach during the summer and spring break all those
cities go crazy wall-to-wall people you can't find parking it just makes the whole trip not
worth it in some cases the towns on this list do get some extra people during the summer and
spring break obviously I mean any place that has a beach and water people will show up now
are the cities on this list ghost towns during the summer spring break no are they crowded
maybe are these cities internationally known not really they are just the way a lot of us
like our beach towns you know places where you might be able to relax on a vacation or maybe
even find a nice place to call home in retirement or even now get it got it good let's take a look
number 10 Ocracoke Island North Carolina now that's a tough word to say and I'm sure I
messed it up a little bit but this is a little unknown Island on the Outer Banks of North
Carolina Ocracoke Island was first settled by the English in the early 17th century the
Island was used as a stopover point for ships traveling between the North American colonies
in Europe in the 18th century became a popular destination for pirates the most famous pirate
ever to live died here well just off the coast Blackbeard he was killed in a battle off the
coast of the island in 1718. Ocracoke Island is a small island like I said off the coast
of North Carolina and what is known as the Outer Banks it is known for its beautiful
beaches and laid-back atmosphere the island is home to a variety of activities like sunbathing
fishing boating and Hiking there are a number of restaurants and shops on the island as well
as a few historical sites if you want to get here it's kind of hard to get to there's no Bridge you
gotta take a ferry and it's already about 150 miles away from Norfolk Virginia this is truly
a Hidden Gem if you want to buy a home here the minimum is going to be about 450 000 they have
a population of just under 800 people and their average temperature year round is about 57 degrees
number nine Block Island Rhode Island Block Island is just off the coast of Rhode Island
about 30 miles it's in between Martha's Vineyard and Long Island this is another place that you'll
have to take a ferry to get to they do have planes but most people will take ferries people
do go visit this place during you know different times of the year but it's a good size Island so
there's plenty of room to I don't know explore walk around rent a moped it's not going to get
crazy with a bunch of college kids Block Island was first settled by the English in the 1660s
The Island was used as a fishing and whaling Center in the 19th century Block Island became
a popular destination for summer vacationers but it's definitely overshadowed by Martha's
Vineyard Nantucket Block Island is home to a number of historical sites including the old
Harbor Light and the southeast Lighthouse but it is known for its beautiful beaches and its
Charming Little Village it's very active Arts Community here also while researching this I
found it's a great place for bird watching it's kind of popular in that crowd and if you want to
buy a house here at a minimum you're gonna be paying about 1.3 million dollars every house
they have for sale that's showing on Zillow is amazing but Block Island sits about 30 miles
from Providence Rhode Island and they have a average yearly temperature of 54 degrees
number eight Friday Harbor Washington Friday Harbor is on the east side of San Juan Island
which is north of Seattle and right across from Victoria Canada Friday Harbor was first settled
by the Hudson Bay Company in 1850 the town grew quickly and by the 1880s it was a major
Center for fishing and logging in the early 20th century Friday Harbor became a popular
destination for artists and writers the town is home to a number of art galleries and museums if
you want to move here it's got tons of outdoor activities this is a good sized Island and they
only have about 2200 residents if you want to buy a home up here they start off around 400
000. there's not many of those that's in town if you want to spread out to all San Juan Island
you're looking at nice Coastal properties that are like you know two million three million dollars
Friday Harbor does have a airstrip but most people arrive by ferry Friday Harbor sits about
100 miles north of Seattle Washington and they have an average yearly temperature of 52 degrees
number seven Edisto Beach South Carolina Edisto Beach is a small town on the coast
of South Carolina this town is on Edisto Island in South Carolina's Low Country
it's right between Charleston and Hilton Head if you're looking for it on the coast I love this
part of the country this is one of my favorite places between Charleston and Savannah Georgia
uh it's just amazing area but Edisto Beach is known for its beautiful beaches and unspoiled
nature and it's laid-backed atmosphere it's kind of a reminds me of Key West kind of the
town is also home to a number of historical sites including Edisto Beach State Park and
the Penn Center which is on Saint Helena Island right in that area Edisto Beach
was first settled by the English in the 17th century the Island was used as a plantation
for rice and indigo in the 19th century Edisto Beach became a popular destination for summer
vacationers if you visited Edisto Beach and just fell in love with it and wanted to stay
buy a house forget it nothing's for sale but if anything was for sale you're looking above
700 000 at a minimum the island itself not Edisto Beach does have some homes for sale and they start
around five hundred thousand four hundred fifty somewhere in that area they go all the way up
into the millions obviously it's near the ocean that's what happens the closest city big city I
should say is Charleston South Carolina about 60 miles away Edisto Beach has a population of about
1400 residents and their average yearly temperature is 67 degrees that's not bad
number six Sanibel Island Florida Sanibel Island is just offshore from the Cape Coral Fort Myers
area this place is known for good fishing 25 miles of bike path beautiful beaches and not a
lot of people most the year I have a friend from high school who retired out the Cape Coral area
I asked him if this gets a lot of tourists or anything like I said not really it's the locals
love it but there's other places the tourists will go to in the Cape Coral area like Fort Myers Beach
and a few other places he said if you're smart you'll go to Causeway Island Park which is the
little Causeway islands where the bridge that takes you out to Sanibel Island he did say if
you go out there pack a lunch because he thinks there's only like one building and it's a bathroom
Sanibel was first settled by the Spanish in the 16th century the Island was used as a fishing
and farming community and in the 19th century Sanibel Island became a popular destination for
winter vacationers the island is home to a number of nature preserves things like that but if you
like beautiful beaches clear water and tons of seashells this is a great place to go and it's
not terribly crowded now like I've said it's not terribly crowded compared to other beaches
in the area Sanibel Island sits about 25 miles from Fort Myers Florida they've got a population
of about 6 600 people and if you want to buy a house there you're looking at 500 000 for a
shack and it goes up into the tens of millions the average year-round temperature here is 75 degrees
number five Provincetown Massachusetts Province Town is at the northern tip of Cape
Cod Massachusetts this Seaside town is on the site the Mayflower landed in 1620 and it's commemorated
by a huge Tower called Pilgrim Monument and the neighboring Province Town Museum Provincetown was
used as a fishing and whaling Center in the early days and in the 19th century it became
a popular destination for artists and writers people like that you know hippies just kidding
I used to have a neighbor he was just an angry old man and no matter what the situation was if
anything went wrong he blamed it on those goddamn hippies he'd Shake every time he said it his head
would like shake like jello my cable's out and it's hippies see the price of gas see what those
hippies are doing to us one time he actually said if you leave it up to those hippies we'll have a
nuclear war I was like you know John never mind hippies aren't known for their nuclear weapons and
way Provincetown is a very LGBT plus friendly atmosphere if you want to buy a house here you
better have a pretty thick bank account you won't find anything below let's say 1.5 million dollars
they actually have one home there right now that's going for 6.5 million it's not worth it it's five
bedrooms three baths it's rustic it's old it needs a lot of work I think this person put it up there
in case some rich billionaire is just looking for a chunk of property it's ridiculous 6.5 million
dollars for this house I don't get it you can even buy a house that's it's a huge house it's got like
four bedrooms six baths almost 8 000 square feet and it's on the pier I'm sure it was a restaurant
or something like that at one point anyway if you want to live here the nearest Big City would
probably be Boston that's about 120 miles away y'all Scott Province Rhode Island which is about
the same distance like 122 miles away Provincetown has a population of about 3 500 residents and the
average year-round temperature is 52 degrees it's a little brisk but it's a beautiful little town
number four Malibu California now this one's a little complicated really I'm talking about Zuma
Beach Zuma Beach is located in Malibu California and it's about 25 miles west of Los Angeles
anything you need if you're living in Malibu you might find there but probably the closest city
is Santa Monica which is part of the LA area but most people will go into Santa Monica if they're
looking for something this whole area is just beautiful California coastline got everything
from swimming sunbathing you can have a picnic there's also a number of hiking trails in the
area that are up into the hills behind the beach now Zuma Beach is a county beach which means it's
always free to go there you don't have to pay anything there might be some parking that you
got to pay for but not a big deal now Zuma is a huge beach the parking lot will fill up
during holidays and the summer months but that doesn't mean the beach is overcrowded there are
a ton of Hollywood types that live around this area I'll give you a few because this could go
on all day Pamela Anderson lives there or has had a house there Jennifer Aniston lives there
musician Beck actress Kristen Bell Halle Berry Valerie Bertinelli Emily Blunt Jeff Bridges Mel
Brooks Bruce Buffer the announcer for the UFC James Cameron Avatar director Johnny Carson
used to have a beautiful house here he's since passed away obviously Cher lives there Dick Clark
used to live here Courtney Cox lives here John Cusack Miley Cyrus has a home here or at least
used to Robert Downey Jr basically has a farm in the Hills above Malibu and Zuma Mel Gibson
he was famously arrested here for drunk driving Whoopi Goldberg Louis Gossett Jr Kelsey Grammer
you get the idea that's only to the G's that brings us to another thing about Malibu it
is expensive to live here there's homes right now going for 39 million 36 million 54 million
46 million uh at a bare minimum if you want to buy a house here you better have two and a half
million dollars better be ready to spend that but like I said if you want to go to a bigger
city Santa Monica is right down the road it's about 23 miles La is about 25 miles downtown LA
is closer to 30 miles Malibu has a population of just over 10 000 residents and Zuma Beach
is kind of on the north side of it they have an average yearly temperature of 61 degrees
now because the ocean breeze if it's let's say 65 in Malibu and you go in a little bit to Thousand
Oaks West Lake Village Newbury Park that area or even Calabasas it'll be probably 90 or 85.
number three Manzanita Oregon Manzanita is a small town on the Oregon coast about 25 miles south of
Seaside and about 25 miles north of Tillamook this town is known for its beautiful beaches
and laid-back atmosphere and its abundance of outdoor activities this is another place
now it kind of every time I've been there I get that hippie Vibe too you know like there's the
art types there things like that not talking bad about them I'm just telling you you know what to
expect if you move to a place like this it's also home to a number of art galleries shops
and restaurants Manzanita was founded in 1850 by a group of settlers from the Midwest the
town was originally named Manzanita station because of the mini manzanita trees that grew
in the area the town's name was changed simply to Manzanita in 1890. Manzanita as
you can imagine is a popular destination for tourists especially during the summer months
but it doesn't get nearly as crowded as places like Cannon Beach Seaside Tillamook there's a
number of hiking trails here great fishing and kayaking and if you look looking forward
on a map it's about 90 miles west of Portland Oregon just far enough away not to get any of
that Portland stank on you Manzanita has a population of just over 600 residents so it
is definitely not crowded with locals and the average year-run temperature here is 53 degrees
number two Cape May New Jersey Cape May is a small town on the coast of New Jersey and it's known for
its beaches and its Victorian architecture it's also got a really nice atmosphere one of our
long time subscribers on this channel is from just down the road Lou is from Wildwood and he
said if you want Taurus and you want crowded beaches you go to Wildwood if you want to go
someplace and relax you head down to Cape May if you want to buy a home in Cape May you're looking
at about 1.2 million dollars to be really near the beach and it goes up doesn't get crazy like
Malibu there's no 50 million dollar homes here I think they max out probably closer to four
but if you go Inland a little bit in the town you could find homes for 450 000 500 000 things
like that Cape May is about 100 miles north of Philadelphia just kidding it's 100 miles south
of Philadelphia but it's only about 40 miles down the coast from Atlantic City far enough away not
to really affect your real estate prices but close enough to go to if you need to get something Cape
May has a population of up 4 000 residents and their average yearly temperature is 52 degrees
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and number one Destin Florida Destin is a small town on the coast of Florida and it's known for
beautiful beaches it's really clear water and its abundance of seafood restaurants the town
is also home to a number of golf courses and spas and it is centrally located it's about
two hours East of mobile and about two and a half hours West of Tallahassee or about you
know 120 miles west of Tallahassee if you want to buy a home here it's actually reasonable it's
got nice Coastline and everything like that great beaches but if you get in a
couple miles off the beach or a couple blocks at least a home start going for about 440 500
000 things like that you get down towards the beach 2.5 1.6 1.6 a lot of those going on here
and I think the or the most expensive home I found was about 4.8 million dollars that's
right on the beach beautiful ready to go just gotta have the coin for it Destin Florida has
a population of about 12 000 residents and they're year-round average temperature is 75
degrees that's nice that kind of temperature you hit the beach you know nine months out of the year
all right that's today's video hope you guys enjoyed it hope you got some
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