What is going on everyone? Have you ever heard the expression "it's
no day at the beach"? If you haven't it's normally part of a
conversation about something unpleasant like a tough day at work
dental work passing a kidney stone etc the reason we say that is to most of us
being at the beach is a good time so if it's a bad time
it's no day at the beach get it okay most people dream about living at the
beach and that's why having an ocean view home
costs double or more what the same house might cost
a mile or so inland but just living in a beach town is a dream for a lot of
people today's video is about beach towns that
some would consider affordable and might actually be an option now or
in the future for a lot of us on this video we look for towns that are
on the coast have somewhat of a low cost of living and
reasonable housing costs and i'll tell you up front that i'm sure we missed
some in a lot of people's opinion i would love to hear about it in the
comments section below as always if this list gets a good
amount of views we might do a viewer's version of your suggestions
one other thing i want to tell you is if you've come to this video looking for
affordable beach towns in southern california or let's say hawaii
forget it they don't exist alright let's see what we got
number 10 jacksonville north carolina yeah not the florida jacksonville this
one's in north carolina jacksonville is a military and a beach
town right outside of camp lejeune north carolina which is the largest
marine corps base on the east coast this one kind of
shouldn't be on the list because it's a little bit inland
but it has a bay called the new river and most people really consider this a
beach town the town is home to 73 000 people and
they aren't all marines or in the navy they say a median home price here goes
for about 160 thousand dollars now that's what they say and that's the
averages but realistically you can get a nice three-bedroom home
built in the last 10 years for under 250 thousand dollars
it's a good price they do have the marine corps air station new river right
outside of town and that can get a little loud so that
might help bring down the property value but it's a nice place to
live the crime isn't terrible and the cost of living is 15 percent
lower than the national average so it is a definitely good place to live
and buy a home rent's pretty cheap here too
number nine gulfport mississippi gulfport is mississippi's second largest
city after the capital city of jackson this is a beach town that's right on the
gulf of mexico and not too far from biloxi mississippi the beaches here are
really nice i've been there a couple times it's been years but i've been
there a couple times they still look great the waterfront district is always
a good time people get to stroll around with cocktails in their to-go cups and
wander up and down the beaches if you want and into the casinos
this is a tourist town sort of like vegas with cut off jeans
the median home price they say is 127 thousand dollars now realistically you
can get a nice three-bedroom home for between 220 and
300 000. keep in mind we got some nice ocean here
those are really good prices for what you're getting if you want to
go big you can get ocean view home for under 500 000
they have one right now that's just like 490
000 that is directly across beach boulevard from the sand
that's how close you are look out your front door you can see the ocean or the
gulf on top of all that good news the cost of
living here is 14 percent lower than the national average
this town has a lot of really good people too you'll notice that as soon as
you go there people are decent here a lot of the south is that way you got to
go into some really crappy neighborhoods to
find bad people in the south a lot of times
number eight aberdeen washington this one is one of my favorites
aberdeen is located at the mouth of grey's harbor if you like
water this place has more than enough it is on grey's harbor like i said
the pacific ocean is right there and they have three rivers that flow into
the harbor all around the town and of course
waterfalls from the sky on a regular basis like the rest of the pacific
northwest it rains a lot here it is also the
birthplace of kurt cobain yeah he was born here
they even have the kurt cobain memorial park named in the memory of the late
nirvana musician the median home price here is about 160
000. that's what they say but realistically you're looking at 220
to 300 000 to get something decent what really makes this place shine is
the state has no income tax that's always a good thing especially if
you're like retired a lot of states will tax your retirement income
no not here the cost of living is also about five percent lower than the
national average so it's all good this is a definitely
good place to live if you don't mind the gray skies in the rain really
number seven port arthur texas right on the border of louisiana you have
port arthur texas texas in general does a good job of keeping the cost of living
low port arthur takes it a step further some of the homes here would probably go
for about 20 percent higher anywhere else in texas but being so
close to louisiana the property values are a tad bit lower
probably because you got that bayou stank on it but realistically if you
want a nice livable home here you're looking at 150 000 to 200 000
that is still very low especially being so close to the ocean or the gulf
nice homes start around 300 000 here now here's where this place really gets good
the cost of living is 17 lower than the national average in
port arthur not bad at all you just gotta deal with
being so close to louisiana number six hampton virginia most people
have never heard of hampton virginia i'm one of them
hampton is right next to newport news virginia which i have heard of
it's part of the whole hampton road metro area on the virginia peninsula
hampton is an independent city in the commonwealth of virginia it is a
commonwealth and they got about 140 000 residents hampton has three really
nice beaches with great views sure the occasional nuclear-powered
naval vessel cruises by but that's a small price to pay for such an amazing
view of the ocean what i like about this town is the cost
of living this is a very desirable place to live unlike some of the other towns
on this list and they still maintain a low-cost living they're actually three
percent lower than the national average if you know this area and you've seen
this area you'd think it should be you know
10 over the national average no it's still lower you could buy a older
livable home for around 200 000 here a decent one starts around 250 000 and
goes up it goes all the way up but this is a
nice place to live that's still relatively cheap
number five palm bay florida hey look at that florida made the list
unlike california they have nice beach towns that are still affordable
shockingly the cost living here is six percent lower than the national average
i didn't see that one coming i thought florida was gonna be up there but no
they have some nice places palm bay is in between vero
beach and cocoa beach on the atlantic side
it has a golf course and some killer mountain biking and you're not terribly
far from orlando in case you want to give disney all your money
the median home price here is 120 000. now i always
say but realistically because median means they take all the properties for
sale most expensive and the cheapest and the cheapest could be a lot someplace or
a vacant home that's been vacant for 20 years
and it's going for 20 000. well you average all that out and you come up
with a median home price which is really not realistic so really what you're
looking for here is nice homes start around 200 000
that's for nice livable home 250 starts the nicer homes
built sometime after duran duran was relevant palm bay is a
nice place to live especially if you're the
retirement age because everyone wants to move to florida when they're retired
it's nice it's warm hurricane season can get a little scary
but other than that it's a nice place to live
number four ocean springs mississippi ocean springs
is a town of about 17 000 and it's still able to keep that
small town mojo the magnolia state has a lot of problems being expensive isn't
one of them the cost of living is seven percent
lower than the national average the housing is 16 percent lower
and the town sits on the beach ocean springs is right across the biloxi bay
bridge from biloxi which isn't very expensive either there are
plenty livable homes for around 150 000 in ocean springs but you really want
to be looking somewhere around 225 250 000 for a nice one that you won't
need to do a bunch of work with it'll just be a nice house the downtown
area is great the architecture is amazing
has streets lined with old oak trees it just gives you that whole
old south feeling number three surfside beach texas surfside beach is
also known as surfside to you know the people that live there it
sits on the shores of the gulf of mexico near the city of freeport texas
the population is a little over 500 and it's a great place to live if you don't
mind climbing stairs all the homes here are
built on stilts the cost of living is three percent
lower than the national average and the housing is only one percent lower
that's not the lowest on this list but the best part about this place is how
close you are to the water it is so close that like i said
everything's built on stilts because the water likes to come ashore and visit the
locals apparently you could buy a house stilts and all for
under 200 thousand but the nicer ones start around three hundred thousand
and you go up from there surfside also has
lake jackson in the area it's almost a beach town but if you're looking for a
place close to the beach look at lake jackson this town has some
of the best stats i have ever seen and it still maintains a low cost living
and low housing prices so yeah lake jackson if you want this
area i'd pick lake jackson and drive to the
beach when i want to go number two lubick maine i bet you didn't
think anything in new england could possibly be
considered cheap well luckily lubic is so far away from
everything else it stays cheap lubic is one of the most northeastern towns in
the united states right across this bridge
is canada there are a bunch of places more north of here but
eastport lubic look like they're the furthest east
normally when a town is located near the canadian border i suggest it to retirees
as we all know prescription medications are normally
about two to three times more expensive in the united states than canada
but this island across from lubic is very rural and i couldn't find anything
that would look like a pharmacy if i'm wrong let me
know in the comment section below the cost of living in lubic is seven
percent lower than the national average and housing
is 47 percent lower you can get a nice house
with a view of the water or even on the water for less than two hundred thousand
lubic is a beautiful small town if you ever get a chance you're in the area
which most of us never will but if you are in the area
check it out and number one pensacola florida pensacola has some of
the whitest sand beaches i have ever seen i've been to a lot of beaches i
grew up in southern california and our sand was
sort of yellowish brown like a beige here you have
white soft sand it's amazing you have the city part which is on pensacola bay
the beaches the few that they have on there are okay
but you have pensacola beach where all the white sand and touristy things are
and that's right on the gulf you just gotta go over a couple bridges to get
there this is a great place to live great
weather most of the year and tons of outdoor stuff to do
sure you have to deal with the sound of naval aircraft every now and then but
it's also where the blue angels train so it makes it okay by the way they have a
really really good air show in pensacola every single year
almost every year it got cancelled this year like everything else
the cost of living in pensacola is seven percent lower than the national average
and housing is five percent lower they have a lot of homes here for sale for
under a hundred and fifty thousand dollars i'm not even kidding these are
livable homes probably not in the best neighborhood but under 150 000 if you
want something nice three bedrooms in a nice neighborhood you're looking at
220 to 260. that's it this is a great place to live
all right so that is my cheapest beach cities in the united states
like i said i'm sure there's a bunch of others that i missed
these are the ones that we found that were very attractive to most people i'd
love to hear if you know of a really good one
maybe we'll make another list like i said before but that's that
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