What is going on everyone? Welcome back the world according to Briggs. I thought
today we would take a look at the cities people are moving to with
the pandemic recession upon us people have started moving around the
country from places that have been hardest hit by
this economic downturn and it's going to continue to grow at a faster pace i'm
sure these people will be looking for work
and a better place to live a majority of those moving are going to be millennials
they're the ones who are in the prime working years of the
life cycle we have the greatest generation they're pretty much
almost gone baby boomers are mostly retired by now gen xers like myself
we're winding it down and some of us are starting to look at retirement in the
coming years that sort of shows that the possible
upcoming migration at least the bulk of them will be millennials
so where have they been moving well lucky for us the census
has a nice list that shows us exactly where working adults are heading
and why let's take a look number 10 columbus ohio founded in 1816
the city of columbus is ohio's state capitol
columbus comes in as the tenth state where millennials are moving to
one of columbus's biggest draws it ain't cleveland
that draws a lot of people in with a net migration of about 2750
on average the last five years individuals between the age of 25 to 39
are moving here millennials may be interested in moving
to columbus because the housing costs are generally more
reasonable than in many other large cities in the united states cost living
is 10 percent lower than the national average and you can get a decent home
for somewhere between 150 to 250 sure the 150 ones are gonna need some work
and they may not be in the best neighborhood but they're livable it's
not like you know there's a police crime scene
tape wrapped around the whole building you know
number nine paradise nevada most people have never heard of paradise nevada you
probably know where it is but you think it's las vegas most of the
las vegas trip is actually paradise nevada vegas is its own thing
down on fremont street area and all that with the casinos down there
but the strip for the most part is paradise nevada working adults have been
moving to this area at a good clip for about a decade now
paradise has just under 250 000 residents with the vegas metro area
having about two million two hundred thousand
i know a few people that fall into this category my friend kimmy is one of those
people she's from oregon and she moved vegas a
couple years ago she's got a youtube channel called
kimmy the explorer she explores vegas and the desert it's kind of neat there
was a net migration of about 2 800 millennials on average over the last
five years you can get a condo in paradise or a duplex for under two
hundred thousand hundred fifty to two hundred thousand somewhere in there but
you probably should be ready to pay about three hundred fifty thousand
and up if you want a decent home number eight phoenix arizona phoenix has
about 1.7 million residents and most of them
have burned themselves on a car seat at least once and on average they spend
40 a year on sunblock about 15 000 millennials moved to
phoenix from different states in 2019 and only 12 000 left the city that means
there was a net migration of 3 000 millennials in 2019
in case you struggle with math i thought i'd tell you that you don't feel like
pausing the video to open up your phone's calculator this is rare for a
major city their cost of living is four percent
lower than the national average that isn't easy to do number 7
nashville tennessee forget all the tennessee stereotypes when you visit
nashville they have their own stereotypes that are
equally as weird but nashville is a great city
and is one of those places that is attracting a lot of people because the
culture and the lifestyle nashville has about 700 000 residents
with about 2 million in the metro area i like visiting
nashville it's one of those cities you go visit when you don't want to visit
like new york la miami vegas things like that
this is an amazing american city 13 000 millennials moved to nashville
tennessee in 2019 and the cost of living has a lot to do
with them moving in there their cost of living is five percent
lower than the national average nashville's average millennial growth is
about 3 200 millennials a year
number six houston texas houston texas has a lot to offer millennials
low-cost living cheap housing good schools and a baseball team that cheats
houston is the first of three texas cities on this list
texas has been doing things right for the last decade or so
and it's bringing people in they've been stealing corporations from other states
just like the astros steal signals the cost living
in houston is eight percent lower than the national average
and you can get a decent house for in between 200 and 250 000
but they have some areas where 500 000 won't even get you into the neighborhood
they've got a big giant market that's very
spread out so yeah and it's a big city on average houston sees about 3 300 new
millennials every year number five charlotte north carolina now
this one's been getting really popular in the last few years charlotte carries
the nickname of the queen city because it was named after king george
the third's wife queen charlotte millennials have been making their way
to charlotte north carolina by the truckload in recent years
in 2017 there was a net migration of 5 000 millennials to this city
that was a big year on average they see about 3 800 more millennials move in
than move out livable homes here can be as low as 200
000 but you should probably expect to be getting a mortgage of
over i'd say 300 000. charlotte is a great city it has a lot of things to do
a decent airport a cost of living that's six percent lower than the national
average and they got jobs it's a good city to
live in good city to raise a family number four san antonio texas san
antonio is a city i would recommend to any veteran that
doesn't mind some heat it can get hot here this is a great city for anyone but
a little bit more for the military san antonio has some areas that you
should probably avoid they get pretty dangerous
all cities have them san antonio seems to be excelling in them in the last
couple years but that's just certain areas
stay away from them you're fine this city has a few nicknames two of my
favorites are the alamo city and military city usa the
reason they get the alamos because the alamos there and military city usa
is because san antonio has one of the largest active and retired military
populations in the country now their entire population
not just military is 1.5 million in the city alone and the metro area has about
2.5 million in 2019 11 000 millennials moved from
different states and a lot of that had to do with the cost of living
cost living here is 12 percent lower than national average now when it comes
to housing if you find yourself looking at a house
for 150 000 which they have a lot of them
there don't buy that your life will be at risk you want a
decent house in a decent neighborhood you're looking somewhere between 250 and
350 000. now like a lot of the cities on
this list it goes way up from there they have some beautiful homes in san antonio
i was looking at that go for like 750 000.
if you were to put that in some of the nicer neighborhoods of the los angeles
area that home would be you know 1.5 million something like that
crazy on average san antonio sees a little
over 4 000 millennials move in then move out number
three austin texas and we finally get to our
third texas city austin texas is the state capitol
and like portland oregon their motto is keep it weird i think austin didn't have
it first though austin isn't anything like the rest of texas politically
which is fine i just think it's something you should be aware of if that
type of thing matters to you in my opinion
it shouldn't but to each their own austin has just under 1 million
residents with the metro area having about 2.2 million
almost 16 000 millennials moved to austin in 2019 while about
10 000 left which is a little bit higher than their average which lands about
5 600 a year why are millennials heading to austin
good schools lifestyle housing all play a part but the main reason is
opportunity income per capita is 25 higher than the
national average and unemployment is 22 percent lower than the national average
so they got jobs and they're getting paid
for them now those are 2019 numbers we'll see what it looks like next year
when the 2020 numbers come out when it comes to buying a home
expect your realtor to be offering you houses north of three hundred thousand
they have a few below that but more than likely you're looking at a mortgage
between 350 to 450 000 why we'll tell you one
thing they have beautiful homes there that are
amazing for north of 500 000 really nice ones
number two denver colorado denver has been
in the popular migration city list since the 1990s probably even before then
portland and denver were always in the top five portland's still in the top 20
but disappeared from the top 10 a couple years back retirees and seniors have
been moving to denver since forever and now we see millennials have flocked
to the city in recent years denver has a little over 700 000 residents with the
metro area having just under 3 million on average they see about 6 300 more
millennials move in than out most stats aren't great for
denver crime is up there not terrible but it's
67 percent higher than the national average
housing is almost 50 percent higher schools aren't the greatest they're not
terrible they're just not great so why are people moving there the
number one answer is always the same the great outdoors
if you like being outside this is your place and considering most millennials
have hiking boots or mountain bike it only makes sense they also have too
many starbucks travel mugs and a trophy for everything no matter how small the
achievement is for a millennial they want a frickin award
never understood that they say the median home price is 290
000 in denver but honestly anything under 350
000 is going to have bars on the windows and a shelf by the front door
for some sort of weapon but they do have some really nice
and beautiful neighborhoods in denver and
number one seattle washington seattle washington took the top spot this year
for the same reason denver was number two the great outdoors
they got a lot to do outdoors in and around seattle the cost of living
housing are more expensive but the schools are better the employment is
lower and the average salary is higher and that's probably why more
people moved here instead of denver in 2019 close to 28 000 millennials
moved to seattle from different states 11 000 more
millennials moved to seattle in 2019 then actually moved
out housing is where it gets rough here if
you want an actual house not a condo or something like that
the starting price is going gonna be 750 000
yeah i'm not even kidding the emerald city is expensive i would say the middle
price range just by looking at zillow and a couple of the other websites
you're gonna wanna be ready to spend 850 000 to a million dollars for a house
now every time i say that i get people leaving comments about
who's gonna pull up down that kind of money well some people do but i'm
talking your mortgage will be one million
dollars and you'll pay it monthly that's how housing works
i don't know why people get that confused they seem to think i'm saying
that if you want a house you have to give
someone a million dollars the day you move in no
it's not how mortgages work weird all right so that's today's list i hope
you guys enjoyed it hope you got some information out of it
uh yeah millennials are moving and they're gonna be on the move even
more here in the coming months i'm sure in the next couple years it's gonna be
rough for a lot of us hopefully we'll all make it through
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