What is going on everyone how's
2019 treating you we're almost halfway through the year and currently the world hasn't blown up
So that's a good thing as you can imagine
I get a lot of questions about moving on this channel both in the comments section and in emails believe it or not
I've actually gotten several handwritten letters sent to my peel box as well
A lot of the questions aren't just about states and cities. So that's the majority of them
But I also get a serious amount of people asking about
regions
The four main regions defined by the US Census Bureau in the United States are the West the Midwest
South the Northeast there are several sub regions like the Pacific
Northwest New England the Great Lake Region, the nation's armpit and the land of boredom in tears
but most people see the country as five regions the West the
Southwest the Midwest the southeast and the Northeast and that's the way we're gonna do this series
The best places live in each of the states of these five regions now, I like to do lists of ten
So you may see two or three from one state?
But each state in a region will get at least one kind of make it fair
But like you get the southwest region and they've only got like four states there
So I got a double up at least right?
That being said let's find the best places to live in our first video of this series
Here's my top ten best places to live in the West
Number ten Hood River Oregon what River is a beautiful place to live with views of Mount Hood and the Columbia River?
It's hard not to get taken back by the beauty of this place every single day you wake up Hood River is the perfect place
To be if you're outdoorsy
I've been here a couple times just for the day went to a couple pubs things like that
And it was nice but in July we're going back to state for a couple days and one of the hotels that's got a river
View and I'll get great footage. I promise you I love this town during the summer
You can camp by the river enjoy fishing hiking they got tons of trails around there
Like I said, if you're an outdoorsy type would rivers your place in the winter. You can ski or snowboard at Mount Hood
It's right there. They have great pubs some great food. The possibilities are endless in this town
Just like the beer the only real nach Hood River has is the cost of living
It's not terrible, but it's high for the area
I shouldn't say high for high compared to all the other places in the area
But it's also one the nicer place in the area. They have little Dan crime good schools and jobs
It's a great place to live in Oregon. Not too far from Portland either
Number nine mogul Nevada, when you think of safe places to live Nevada isn't typically on the top of anyone's list
In fact Nevada's actually ranked number 31 as far States going safety and crime and all that stuff mogul
However is breaking with Nevada norms and is one of the safer towns to live in in the West
mogul is just outside of Reno near the California border and the crime rate here is actually
85% lower than the national average and that's even despite the fact that they just had a big marijuana bust from a traffic stop
Within the city limits that was just this week. I read up all about it
I think the girl that got arrested out of the - it's one of my subscribers I could be wrong
I looked her up and I remember seeing the name then I saw the picture and I'm pretty sure it's her
Number eight whitefish. Montana
Whitefish can be found right between Kootenai National Forest and Glacier National Park
It's a nice area there a lot of things to see and do crime here is very low
It's about 25% lower than the national average residents here don't have time to commit many crimes instead
they'd rather be keeping up with what's going on with the
HGTV 2019 Dream Home, it was built just this last week or so. I
Checked it out. It's amazing
I was through whitefish this year on the train and it looked about the same as it did when I stayed there three or four
Years ago whitefish always reminds me of Aspen, Colorado
It's like rich people from New York and Los Angeles moved in and made it their dream town
That's kind of I just get that vibe from both of these places
whitefish is safer than
64% of the cities in the United States and they got decent schools and a ton of stuff to do as you can
Imagine cost livings a little high up there, but it's too nice not to be you know
Number seven st. Helena, California Saint Helena is where you want to live if you're looking to relocate to the Napa Valley
This is wine country and within the city there's 7,000 acres of vineyards. Which offer employment
Opportunities and wine we can tell the town doesn't lack employment by the low unemployment rates called a statistic
It's 2.5 percent and the median household income is 78 thousand dollars a year
So they got jobs and they're getting paid well for it and it also has wine grapes in the middle of town
So that is a win-win right there. It's like every suburban moms dream
You want to put the local Starbucks out of business put a vineyard in the middle of town again?
The only bad thing about this place is cost living everything else is great
Well, I imagine the wine if you're like in recovery or something stop typing
Number six Newcastle Washington Newcastle is just west of Cougar Mountain regional wild limb Park
That's a mouthful Newcastle has about eleven thousand residents
The city is the perfect place to raise a family here because it's got a low crime good schools
The overall crime rate here is 28 percent lower than the national average which makes Newcastle safer than like 67 percent of the US cities
Newcastle is right across from Mercer Island on Lake, Washington
Mercer Island is one of the most expensive places to live in the country and Newcastle ain't cheap either like most the best places to
Live it's like it's only knock everything else is great Newcastle, I guess whether it's it's, Washington
So they got some bad weather too, you know desert folk and stuff, but Newcastle's a really nice place
I've been there a couple times. It's great
Number five, Sheridan, Wyoming
Sheridan is where you need to be if you're looking for a safe place to relocate in Wyoming the city is located
Just east of Big Horn National Forest Sheridan's kind of up there at the northern section part of the state sort of by itself
They have some small towns around it, but nothing major stop typing being so secluded helps this city maintain its safety
I mean who wants to drive 12 hours from Albuquerque to burglarize a home that's filled with taxidermy and animals and vintage firearms
Nobody that's where all the criminals are down in Albuquerque. It seems like the city's overall crime rate is
26% lower than the national average and the news hardly has any crime to report instead they report on
Restaurants and small businesses and people that raised like a really big sheep or something like that. That's it
Number four South Ogden Utah South Ogden is home to about
16,000 residents and is about 20 minutes away from the Ogden Bay area of the Great Salt Lake which smells like battery acid
South Ogden is a very affordable place to live with the average home costing around
$175,000 that is good money for being on this list. That's about 23% lower than Utah's average
So here's the thing. Most of Utah is really nice
I mean if you can get past the desert thing like I've said many times I'm not a desert guy
So that's a no-go for me. But some people don't mind everything else. It's a great place great state
They have some of the best ratings I come across on a consistent
Basis whenever I'm doing a video and I look at the stats and if it's in, Utah
I know it's gonna be good stats
South Ogden is one of the only places on this list that doesn't cost an arm and a leg to live and if there's any
Amputees out there watching this video. I hope saying that doesn't offend you. My cousin sex wife is missing her neck
It goes ears 5 chins shoulder blades. That's it
No word if she's ever been to Ogden South Ogden is a great city
The only real knock on it is maybe the schools aren't the best compared to the rest of Utah?
But if you take some place like Cleveland, they're amazing schools
Number 3 Eagle, Idaho if you've never heard of Eagle
You're not alone the locals want it that way and for good reason it's an incredible place to live
Eagle is a small town outside of Boise. Eagle is a very safe place to live with a crime rate
That is about 75% lower than the national average
The crime is so low that the news last week covered local high school sports and the blooming iris
But if you go back a week further
you do discover a guy that stole thirteen thousand dollars from the Cub Scouts over the last year that made the news for most the
Week so not a lot of high crimes are going on here
Here's the deal about moving to Eagle if you're coming from, California
Don't tell anyone they would be more accepting of you. If you said you just got out of Canyon County Detention Center than California
They don't want you there from California
and if you look in the comments section this video you're gonna see all kinds of comments from people from Idaho that use words like
commie fornia
Liberal bias all that stuff. It's it's just gonna be there. Just watch
Number two superior Colorado with the name like superior you better have something going for you
Could you imagine if this town had a name like superior and it was like a total slum?
That would be like naming your son Einstein and he struggles with third grade math two years in a row
Superior is about a 20-minute drive down the highway from Boulder and is home to just under 13,000 residents
This is a beautiful town being so close to the base of the Rocky Mountains. You can get an unobstructed view
Every single day from like your bathroom, you know, it's just right there. It's hard to block it
This town just isn't easy on the eyes
it offers great potential for employment the job markets increased by
2.7 percent in the last year and they expect even more job growth in the next ten years
The crime is low decent schools little pricey to live there, but superior Colorado is a great place to live
And
Number one Meridian Colorado. That's right. Colorado gets the top two, you know why because Colorado is awesome
Meridian is a small town of only about
3,300 residents just south of Centennial
This is a perfect location because of its close proximity to large cities such as Centennial Aurora and Denver
while still having that whole small-town thing going on the town is extremely safe with an overall crime rate being
67
percent lower than the national average and the town has some of the best public schools in the area the local high school even has
A graduation rate that's 13 percent higher than the state average and Colorado's whole state average is pretty good, too
They got some good schools there. Here's the thing about Meridian
It's graded an A or an A+ in every single category, but weather and cost of living weather
They can't do anything about that just happens and cost of living
Well, they really can't do much about that either unless they start to suck really bad
Which is by the way
The fastest way to lower your cost of living in any town start having some crime parks some cars on the lawns
You know things like that forget to pick up the trash for a couple weeks
Those things will lower your cost of living really quick Meridian's doing none of that
Alright so that is my top 10 best places to live in the West. I hope you guys enjoyed it
Hope you got some information out of it. There's like five or six more videos coming out in this series
I hope you guys enjoy those too. Don't forget to leave a comment hit that like button if you haven't already subscribed, please do so
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