what is going on everyone how about we talk about my favorite southern city in
the United States Savannah Georgia Savannah is a coastal city in Georgia
right on the border of South Carolina and it's separated by the Savannah River
the Savannah metropolitan area has an estimated population of about three
hundred and eighty seven thousand people nets as of 2017
now that's the whole metro area the actual city itself is closer to 150,000
Savannah is Georgia's third largest city it's known for its well maintained parks
and its architecture its historic districts filled with cobblestone
squares and parks such as foresight parks shaded by oak trees and covered
with Spanish moss it's amazing Savannah is one of the most beautiful
cities I have ever been to and I've been to a lot of cities in this country the
hostess city of the south is the nickname for Savannah and if you spend
any time there you'll see how fitting it is Savannah has a lot of reasons someone
would want to move there but no place is perfect and that's what this video is
about but not so perfect things about Savannah so sit back and watch my top
ten reasons not to move to Savannah Georgia
number 10 the minimum wage in case I haven't made it abundantly clear yet
Savannah is in the state of Georgia and currently the minimum wage in Georgia is
$5.15 an hour yep five dollars and fifteen cents an
hour that's the lowest in the country their minimum wage has not been raised
since 1998 the good news for the people of Georgia the federal minimum wage is
$7.25 so although their wages are set at 515
workers in Georgia make no less than 725 an hour so here in Savannah you're in
Georgia so that sucks Georgia would like to pay the residents less but they'd end
up in court is what they're telling you
number nine housing housing in the city can get a
little ridiculous if you're looking to be in the heart of downtown Savannah you
better have a good paying job a safe decent sized apartment will be no less
than a thousand dollars a month with a single-family home being upwards of two
thousand dollars and before the people of Los Angeles San Francisco New York
start going off stop typing yes compared to those cities that's dirt cheap but
this isn't a major city that everyone's flocking to and it's not overcrowded do
yourself a favor and move just outside of downtown save yourself a ton of money
number eight no sex toys unfortunately it is a law that no residents may use a
sex toy in 1968 a resident was convicted because of the lock despite arguing the
law was archaic and its sex toys have a therapeutic value
they still got locked up thankfully the laws and taken serious anymore and the
government will be doing random sex toy checks on your property now this really
isn't a reason not to move here especially since it's not enforced
anymore it just kind of gives you an understanding of the mindset of the
local area you know both past and maybe present when they have laws like this if
it wasn't forced I'm sure the residents would be spending an awful lot of time
shopping for produce number seven schools Savannah has almost 50 public
schools within the city and they're not the best the average school test score
is 47 percent lower than the national average because of this only about 80
percent of the residents have completed high school and that's not the worst of
the country but it's not good you should think about enrolling your children in
one of the 26 private schools in the city or move them further away from
South Carolina schools are one of the main stats people look at before
relocating and I saw study a couple years back that showed as school
districts had gotten better crime rate went down the next time a district wants
to cut school funding they should pull up this study and show it to the people
number six Paula Dean if you aren't familiar with Paula Dean she's basically
a restaurant owner and chef who specializes in Southern cuisine from
Savannah she had a couple of TV shows on the Food Network she was in all the
daytime talk shows she wrote some cookbooks her first being the lady and
son Savannah country cookbook then in June 2013 Deen was the target of lawsuit
alleging racial and sexual discrimination during her deposition she
stated that she does in fact drop f-bombs every now and again just as
things were died down from that controversy in 2015 she decided to dress
up her family as the cast of I Love Lucy including her son as little Ricky
complete with brown face now apparently that's when it was put up in 2015 it
happened like in 2011 anyway most residents have a deep dislike for her
because of the stain she gave the city so for whatever reason you're a huge fan
of Paula Deen maybe you should keep that to yourself and be prepared to explain
to your family that yes this is in fact where she's from
number five the paranormal Savannah is the second most haunted city in the u.s.
it's an older city so this one's a no-brainer for the believers residents
of older homes claim they've opted in scenes shadows or feel someone's
watching them while they're at home alone this is the same for most the
hotels in the city too maybe it's just the ghost of Paula Deen's career who
knows also you're not safe if your home is brand new or freshly remodeled it
could have been built on a mass grave or something so if that kind of stuff
reached out maybe samaná isn't for you
number four the smell if you've ever been to this city you know it stinks the
Savannah River smells awful it makes the whole city smell like rotten eggs and
sulfur this happens with cities in the south
they have so many swamps marshes slow-moving creeks combined with the
summer heat it just gets brutal on the old sniffer
number three employment moving to a city without a job first is a pretty poor
idea the unemployment rate is at 3.7 percent in Savannah which isn't that bad
the downside is like many places these days the pay sucks
Savannah just has a few too many minimum-wage jobs like far too many the
poverty level in Savannah is 68 percent higher than the national average you
don't want to be in line for public assistance in Savannah it's hot it's
humid it stinks you're in line next to Paula Deen it's just a bad day number 2
the humidity like I just said the humidity gets pretty rough in Savannah
I've only been to Savannah once during the winter that winter was really nice
it was pleasant I have to admit I've spent about 4 summers or at least part
of the summer in Savannah over the years I had some girlfriends there when I
lived in Georgia and I really enjoyed my time so much so that I put up with the
heat you know it's amazing what a young man will do when females are involved
anyway being part of the South it's no surprise that the summers are absolutely
miserable in Savannah temperatures will get up in the hundreds and it'll feel
like it's even worse with the humidity and for some reason there never seems to
be a breeze like most coastal cities have now before
you do stop typing that's been my experience I'm sure they get the
occasional breeze that blows through
and number one crime if you're moving to Savannah for safety reasons like you
want to get away from you know New York or something like that you obviously
haven't done your research this place has some serious crime there's been over
4,000 crimes committed per every 100,000 people this year alone 2018 which is
about 45 percent higher than the national average and we still got three
weeks left to go every couple days or so there's news of a new murder and that's
nothing new for the Savannah residence which it's too bad this is a beautiful
city filled to the brim with good people if it wasn't for the crime I would
recommend Savannah to anyone that doesn't mind heat in that swamp smell it
is that nice of a city it's too bad need to get a handle on their crime in
their schools and this would be a great city all right so that's my top ten
reasons not to move to Savannah I hope you guys enjoyed it but we got some
information out of it like I said Savannah's great city I recommend at
least a visit stay in the good neighborhoods you'll be fine don't
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