have you ever thought about moving to the grand canyon state thinking about retirement may be
getting some real estate in Arizona if you said yes you aren't alone Arizona is one of the most
popular states for both retirement and buying homes Arizona's been a very popular state for
people relocating for a couple decades now but data shows that Arizona has seen a slowdown in
the rate of people relocating they peaked in 2018 with their inbound rate in the last few years
fewer people have left so they're still growing at a pretty good pace if you look at the united
van lines movers study which takes all the people moving to or from a state and gives the inbound
verse outbound percentages Arizona looks like this in 2018 the total inbound was about 60.2 percent
total outbound was 39.8 so they were growing at pretty good pace mostly it was from people moving
in in 2020 the total inbound rate was 54.15 total outbound was 45.9 so there's a big difference
between 2018 and 2020. this isn't the most statistically sound way of looking at it but it
is very interesting if you're one of the potential 54.1 percent this video will explain some things
you should know both good and bad before you move to the grand canyon state number 10
you're gonna need a car arizona like california is a driving state and your life in arizona will be
much easier if you have a car their public transportation isn't set any records for
availability but the good news is arizona car insurance premiums tend to be lower than the
national average and their gas prices stay about middle of the road when you rank all 50 states
car registration fees are low as well if you take out the five states that don't have registration
fees arizona is second only behind arkansas like most western states the cities in arizona are
kind of laid out and spread out kind of wide definitely not built up like some of the big
cities back east new york baltimore boston so you're gonna need a car number nine the politics
arizona was a solid red state since forever i mean they prided themselves on being a hardcore
republican state it's not really a thing as much as it used to be arizona may be the newest swing
state there's a few different reasons for this and one of the first things that the locals will point
out is that it's so many californians or whatever are moving to their state and changing the voting
demographics well that's part of it don't get me wrong i understand that and that is a big
part of it but there's other things too since the clinton administration more first-time registered
voters like 18 year olds college students that are you know registering to vote for the first time
they are choosing to register as a democrat more often than republican in the 1990s it was around
52 percent were choosing to be democrats over the 48 percent that were choosing to be republicans
in the 2000s it got up to 55 percent democrat 2010s most years it was like 56 56.5 so it's
trending higher for democrats it's not a big percentage but as time goes on this really starts
to add up the other factor is around 31.7 percent of arizona's population is hispanic or latino they
tend to register and vote for democrats put all those things together and that's how you take a
fire engine red state to a purple state number eight public education funding arizona ranks
pretty close to the bottom when it comes to per pupil spending in their public school system
they're actually ranked 48th in the nation they rank behind utah idaho tennessee and arizona and
yes there's 51 because they count washington dc so they're 48th out of 51 with about 8
82. the state that spends the most is new york and they spend over 20 000 per pupil if you want
to look at middle of the road it's california with eleven thousand north dakota with eleven thousand
eleven thousand give or take a couple hundred bucks is about the average for most states sure
if you're retired this isn't something you worry about it actually sounds like a good thing you
might save a little bit on taxes but if you're a young person starting a family arizona might
not be the best option if you're gonna be sending your kids to school not saying that their schools
are terrible they're not incredibly bad i mean they get decent marks they just don't spend a lot
of money on the kids they do have good colleges though my suggestion is if you move to arizona
be prepared to send them to a private school they have plenty of great ones to choose from
number seven scorching hot summers if you aren't from a desert state or really haven't visited
one during the summer you will be alarmed by two things one the most important one is how
hot it actually can get you're gonna experience 120 degree days i promise you and it's not just
going to be one off it's gonna be several in a row sometimes the second thing that will be alarming
is how the locals are just okay with it i grew up in southern california and it does get hot luckily
i grew up near the beach so it didn't get as hot as let's say out in death valley or something
like that but i've been to arizona and you know i'm surprised the cement didn't melt on a couple
of those days and the locals are like yeah it's a dry heat it's like you people are insane i made a
comment one time on one of my videos about how you need air conditioning when you live there and some
jackaloon from tucson just went on and on about how air conditioning is destroying the planet
you just went on and on he took it personally that i suggested you need air conditioning to
live in arizona okay so i guess he was offended at common sense he like turned into my dad a
swamp cooler is all you need yeah no wrong some of us aren't built that way now i made a comment
about it's a dry heat well not always from june to september it's monsoon season in arizona so
it's gonna get hot sticky and damp the good news is they do have 300 days of sunshine on average
so you're gonna have a lot of opportunity to get out and enjoy the outdoors wear some sunblock
number six spring training now this one may seem a little strange to a lot of you but there is a good
portion of this population that live and breathe baseball and spring training especially if you're
retired and have a lot of time on your hands is a wonderful thing to be around now right now there's
a bunch of people pounding out in the comment section about spring training that's something
you need to consider when you move to a state yeah yeah for some people it is believe it or not
it is a big thing i'm sorry this isn't the hard hitting documentary you were expecting to see
but not everything's negative and not everything's a statistic some things are just wonderful and
spring training especially for retirees is one of them spring training and warm weather go hand
in hand that's why they've had spring training out in palm springs california for a very long
time florida and in arizona so you get to enjoy things other than the arizona diamondbacks spring
training in arizona has been going on since the mid-40s and it starts off every year with
a festival in the last week of february while they still got decent weather i mean not terribly hot
weather number five cost of living the cost of living in arizona is cheaper it always has been
probably always will be it has got a little more expensive little faster than some of the other
states but it's still cheaper than places like california new york massachusetts whatever cost
of living and housing in arizona is five to seven percent lower than the national average which is
really good especially for a popular state compare that to some place like california where the cost
of living and housing is anywhere from 10 to 25 higher than the national average they're lower no
wonder people are moving there from california now i did plan on giving you a whole bunch of
stats on the rent prices in scottsdale and tucson and tempe and all that stuff but it's changing so
much right now with the economy when it comes to rent prices and cost of living i just figured it's
not a good idea to get into the numbers right now because two weeks from now it's gonna be different
and we're gonna get a whole bunch of comments of people disputing it but on average they tend to be
five to seven percent cheaper and when it comes to housing if you get outside the cities price
drops drastically a lot of places though aren't really set up for houses you know there might
not be any plumbing or anything like that uh you know septic tanks things like that that's a big
thing in arizona if you're buying just property land whatever number four it's more than desert
most people not from the area just think arizona is this flat desert of nothing but scrub brush
you know it is definitely not they have a lot of mountains and amazing landscapes other than the
you know just open desert the entire state is like an instagrammer or photographer's dream
it is not hard to get to a place in this state where a camera is your best friend and you can
capture some amazing photographs i always find it weird that just how people do they just think it's
a dust and dirt bowl that you know has nothing of beauty in it so wrong number three creepy crawlies
arizona's got a lot of things crawling around that state large bizarre bugs are kind of the normal
thing about living in arizona some of the more incredibly creepy varieties are like giant hairy
scorpions africanized bees you're gonna see desert tarantulas along with brown spiders the occasional
snake and of course my favorite the gila monster which is the largest lizard in the united states
and it's spelled with a g in a past video i called it a gila monster just to see if anyone
would uh leave comments oh my god did they leave comments it's a gila monster if you ever see a
hilla monster don't pick it up i mean they're venomous they have claws and they have a very
powerful bite they're kind of gross looking so you might not want to pick it up anyway but just don't
let your kids pick it up number two it's a very gun friendly state arizona is a very gun friendly
state we talked about this when we did the vermont video they're very gun friendly too and that's
kind of strange because they're very liberal or independent state arizona has always been into
their guns they don't have many restrictions on owning guns compared to other states they
do have some not compared to most states though they're always in the top 10 list when it comes to
best states for gun owners now the reason i bring this up that might be a negative for you that
might be a positive for you we're all different and that's okay you like your guns and you want
to you know have the freedom to have them and use them and do whatever with them arizona is a great
state for you if you got a problem with guns don't move to arizona the laws change all the time and
right now it looks like there might be more laws changing when it comes to guns but this is kind of
the breakdown arizona does not require individuals to purchase a permit or register their firearms
there are no background checks performed for private gun sales open carry is legal
in arizona and there are also no restrictions on magazine size in this state now that could
change a week from now please don't give me a hard time i totally broad brush the whole
very big conversation not talking bad or good about guns i own a couple myself i'm definitely
not a collector but i have weapons that's me you do you all right before we get to number one don't
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all right on to number one and number one the locals don't want you almost more than any other
state the locals in arizona really don't want any newcomers they're tired of it this has been going
on a very long time and the long time arizona residents have seen enough california license
plates to last them a lifetime idaho colorado they're also really big on this but if you had to
rank top 10 they're probably in about number four when it comes to hatred for californians or other
people moving to their state if you're coming from texas they're probably okay with that for proof
of that go to any video that i've made about arizona and i guarantee you can't make it five
ten maybe in the comment section without someone saying don't come here we're full
we don't want you at least that's for most people to quote daniel tosh unless you're an 18 year old
girl that just graduated high school looking for a party school then by all means show up there are a
handful of states though that really don't want you moving there and yeah arizona is definitely
one of them my suggestion if you're moving there sell your car before you go there move there buy
a car that's got arizona plates on it because your california plate may get you run off the road just
kidding it's not that bad but you might get some middle fingers thrown your way and if you talk to
any of them about it they'll explain how it's you californians and your filthy money coming
here raising all the prices and changing how they vote that's the general theme to any conversation
a person from arizona has with someone from california unless of course you're that 18
year old girl going to college here then the normal conversation is what dorm do you stay in
all right that's today's video hope you guys enjoyed it hope you got some information out
of it now go out have a great day move to arizona and be nice to each other