So, recently I was sent an article from The Wall Street Journal where they listed what they thought
were the 10 best cities for remote workers to relocate to and I don't know call A realtor I
guess they base their findings on things like internet price internet speed proximity to the
airport and home prices they even had the number of parks restaurants and art venues
for some reason those are all great not sure why they included the art venue thing and not a lot
of other things but okay I thought I would sort of review their list and expand on what they had
and see if these really are the best cities for remote workers the first thing I did notice was
a few of these cities have those programs that will pay remote workers to relocate there they
didn't even mention them one of the only companies I do sponsored videos for is called makemimove.com
this is a website that'll help you find and get these offers if you're a remote worker which is
a sweet deal but one interesting fact I did find from The Wall Street Journal article was fully
remote workers make up about 13 of working Americans right now or it's about 25 million
individuals this was according to a study done at Stanford University in today's video we will
look at the Wall Street Journal list add some things to it and find out which ones have those
offers for you to move and get some cash just to move got it get it good let's take a look
number 10 Fort Wayne Indiana Fort Wayne Indiana is one of my favorite Indiana cities they have decent
crime numbers, and the Wall Street Journal pointed out that 100 of the homes get at least 100 Mbps
internet with a monthly price of about 39.70. Fort Wayne Indiana has a really low cost of living,
and the typical home price there are about 281 thousand dollars those are all not bad
Fort Wayne doesn't have a really high crime rate their violent crime rate is 34 percent
lower than the national average but their property crimes a little bit higher it's
seven percent above that's nothing now there wasn't anything in Fort Wayne itself as far as
an offer to move there but one of its suburbs New Haven Indiana does have a very attractive
offer if you want to move there first of all you get five thousand dollars just to relocate
and you get to have Bourbon and burgers with the mayor they have a few other incentives that go
with that one but I think that's pretty cool Bourbon and burgers with the mayor
number nine Wichita Kansas Wichita Kansas has a hundred percent of their homes able to get 100
Mbps which is a plus their internet's a little more expensive about 50 bucks for that and the
Wall Street Journal claims that their homes typically go for around 286 000 that's typical
two three bedroom house type thing Wichita does have a very low cost living which is always good
so I think Wichita's a solid choice for number nine I would have gone with Topeka myself Topeka
has cheaper internet houses are just a touch more expensive their cost of living is actually
a little bit lower in Topeka than Wichita and Topeka has a lower crime rates just a little
bit lower Topeka also has one of those offers I also like Topeka's offer ten thousand dollars
just to move to Topeka and a thousand dollar Jimmy John's credit that being said Wichita yeah I could
see them fit at number nine because they're cheap they have the right speed internet and
if you called a real tour today they'd probably pick up the phone and be eager to talk to you
number eight St Louis Missouri St Louis Missouri 100 of the homes get at least 100
Mbps which is good now where they really shine is their homes are less than 190
000 typically you can go above that with any City or any state or any town but we're talking the
averages here and according to the Wall Street Journal the typical home here goes for 184
thousand dollars St Louis cost of living is pretty decent for a major city it's actually 15 percent
lower than the national average and housing is 34 below the national average St Louis does have
some problem now we all understand that we've heard about their crime issues and stuff like
that they're getting better now it's not great but it is getting better two years ago their
total crime rate was almost 300 percent above the national average right now it's about 190 percent
above the national average and I get it that's a horrible number but it's just showing progress
number seven Kansas City Missouri and Kansas actually the Wall Street Journal thinks this
is a fine place to live again 100 of the people there have at least 100 Mbps internet which is
always good they say the typical home here goes for about 191 thousand dollars their median's a
little bit lower than that and their average I'm showing other places say it's right around 198.
when you look at the Kansas City Kansas part their cost of living is pretty low it shows
that it is 18 below the national average their housing is 41 below the national average if you
look at the Kansas City Missouri side of things it's 12 percent below the national average and
their housing is 22 percent below the national average both sides have a good amount of crime
both around 150 percent above the national average I did forget to mention that their internet on
average goes for about 40 a month that's not a bad rate I used to have Comcast here in Oregon
and it was like 125 a month I was getting a gig or whatever but it's 125 a month I switched to
another company now I'm paying 56 a month and it's faster overall I think this is a good choice
Kansas City's a decent place to live myself again I would take Topeka topeka's just west of Kansas
City but overall Kansas City is not that bad in both States if you do move there as a remote
worker just make sure you know which neighborhoods suck and which ones don't they have a lot of
really safe places but they also have a lot of really ugly neighborhoods that got some crime
number six Huntington West Virginia Huntingdon West Virginia is a solid place to live if you
want to save some money so they got that one right that goes for all of West Virginia 100
of the homes get at least 100 Mbps and the average rate for internet is about 33 dollars
not bad everything's cheaper here if you want to buy a home it's only 148 000 that's what the Wall
Street Journal is reporting that's fair that's about what I've seen at other places too 150 155
000 pretty close I think they could be lower on this list on cost alone I've been pushing
for quite some time to get people to move to West Virginia if you're a remote worker they don't have
a lot of really high paying jobs but if you could move to that state and bring a job with you all
the better if you're surviving in let's say New York City or Northern Virginia working remotely
you could live like a king just about any place in West Virginia now Huntington doesn't have any
offers for remote workers but plenty of places in West Virginia do uh Lewisburg Morgantown Charles
Greenbriar Valley offering up to twenty thousand dollars just to move there
number five Lafayette Indiana we've talked about Lafayette Indiana before every time I've talked
about remote working they always pop up if you don't know where to find Lafayette Indiana it is
in between Chicago and Indianapolis a little closer to Indianapolis and this is not a bad
place to live of course they get 100 Mbps 100 of the homes and that goes for about 41 dollars a
month homes here though are a little expensive compared to other ones on this list the Wall
Street Journal says the average home here goes for 318 thousand dollars that's still below the
national average which right now is about 360 000. I would have put this city a little higher
on the list maybe number three or two something like that but five still a good showing they
have a great offer if you're a remote worker you get up to five thousand dollars relocation
money you have access to Purdue's library and a continued education discount Purdue's
right there so it only makes sense there's a couple other things you get including 10 off
moving in storage with pods that's always good but yeah lafayette's not an bad place to live
number four Conway Arkansas surprise surprise Arkansas actually shows up on one of these lists
in a lot of ways it makes sense because Arkansas is extremely inexpensive almost every place you
go in that state the cost of living is going to be at least 20 percent below the national
average Conway's cost living is pretty low their housing is pretty low they got a little bit of
crime nothing like Pine Bluff or Little Rock I mean Conway's only got a crime rate that's
30 above the national average you take a look at Pine Bluff and their crime rate's 238 above
the national average their violent crime rate is 433 percent above the national average there were
towns in France on D-Day that had less violence than Pine Bluff Arkansas Little Rock's not much
better 217 percent above the national average for total crime and their violent crime rate is 432
percent above the national average Hanway is like an oasis there are no offers to get you to move
there there are some in Northwest Arkansas you can get almost eleven thousand dollars to move to
Fayetteville Arkansas now I should mention when these offers come through there's usually some
kind of stipulations like you must be at least 24 years old with two years work experience you must
have full-time work either remote or by yourself and you currently live outside of Arkansas that's
the rules for the one in Fayetteville each one has something like that that's what's
really cool about the makemimove.com website they tell you all that stuff
number three Evansville Indiana Evansville Indiana sits on the Ohio River not too far from Owensboro
Kentucky and about an hour west of Santa Claus Indiana yeah it's a real place the Wall Street
Journal said that 100 of the homes have 100 Mbps I looked it up and they're only covered lest they're
using like starlink or something like that I looked it up and all I could find was about 85
percent of the homes have 100 Mbps or higher now the good news about living here besides Evansville
is kind of an all right place to live their homes are going for less than 200 000 The Wall Street
Journal says that the average home goes for about 183 thousand dollars that's not bad they have some
crime it's not terrible their cost of living is extremely low and they have plenty of things to do
they're also offering a package that's worth about six thousand one hundred dollars just to move
there five thousand dollars is in cash in case you haven't noticed Indiana's doing a hard push
to get people to move there and all these little towns and the different counties like Henry County
Crawfordsville Noblesville White County Perry County Terre Haute all these places in Indiana
are offering money to get you to move their if you're a remote worker it only makes sense I've
said this before from us City standpoint you're moving people into the town that pay taxes that go
to the restaurants go to the stores they put money into the local economy and they're not taking up
a job somebody else could take up it's a win-win in my opinion I think Evansville is about where
it should be maybe two or three so I think that's a pretty good choice by The Wall Street Journal
number two Joplin Missouri Joplin Missouri we finally get to Missouri I mean sure we talked
about St Louis earlier and St Louis is in Missouri but St Louis is almost like its own place that's
how I've always looked at it kind of like New York New York is part of New York state but it's really
it's his own place Joplin Missouri is right near the Tri-State marker the Tri-State marker is where
Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma meet all in a little huddle there like they all got together to start
rumors about Arkansas and that's the marker right there that is the point where all three states
meet it is not that exciting it's a bunch of rocks down a dirt road here's Four Corners where Arizona
New Mexico Nevada and Colorado meet serious drop-off in quality and enthusiasm if you ask
me for the Tri-State marker but Joplin Missouri is not a bad place to live 100 of the people
do get at least 100 Mbps of Internet the typical home the Wall Street Journal says goes for about
two hundred and three thousand I looked it up pretty close as far as their cost of living goes
it is extremely cheap to live here their cost of living 17 percent lower than the national average
and housing's 34 percent lower their crime rate is a little high their total crime rate is 213
above the national average and their violent crime rate isn't terrible it's only 37 above
the national average like I said there are cities in this country that are like 400 percent above
the national average so 37 is not that bad in the grand scheme of things but there was no incentives
to move to Joplin Missouri all right before we get to number one don't forget if this is something
you're looking for and you're looking for a place to move your remote worker and you'd like to get a
little cash in the deal you're not sure where you want to go check out makemymove.com you might walk
away with twenty thousand dollars worth cash and incentives just to move all right on to number one
and number one Springfield Missouri Springfield Missouri is not too far east of Joplin Missouri
about an hour and 15 minutes maybe a little bit less Springfield is the third largest city in
Missouri and it has a metro area of almost 500 000 people so it's not the biggest town
and in case you're wondering yes it was named after Springfield Massachusetts when immigrants
came this way they named it after their Town Wall Street Journal says 100 of the homes in
Springfield get at least 100 Mbps of Internet the typical price for that's about 32 dollars
and the typical home here goes for about 308 thousand dollars which is the second highest
on this list and I'm not sure why I mean they got a low-cost living great they got internet
and plenty of things to do they also have a pretty high crime rate the overall crime rate is
254 percent higher than the national average and their violent crime rate is 305 above the national
average that's pretty high I definitely wouldn't have put Springfield Missouri as the number one
spot on this list but The Wall Street Journal saw differently there are no incentives to move here
for remote workers that is unfortunate all right that's today's video want to thank makemimove.com
for sponsoring my videos and for having such a cool website that I can get information
from there's a link for them down below alright everyone have a great day be nice to each other