Where Do You Want to Live? Unveiling of Viewers' Map 

I might not be the first one to say this, but a Geography King shirt would be the first RU-vidr shirt I’d ever buy.

This map is fun for showing the grass is always greener phenomenon most people feel. Of course people have different needs and wants from where they settle down as well. I'm originally from Northern Idaho andthe CDA area. Almost everyone I am/was friends with has either left or is in the process of planning their escape and you could not pay them to stay. The visual appeal of the natural environment is undeniable. But it's still funny to see it as some people's preferred destination.

I've ended using PayPal for the purchasing of pins. You can still participate in the map by visiting my Patreon page and following the steps there. If you would like to purchase a pin, please provide the following information: 1. where you are originally from 2. where you currently live 3. where you would live if you could live anywhere you want The pin will be placed at the spot where you'd like to live, but if you do not provide the other info I won't be able to assign a residence category (A-E) for you. For future videos where I show updates of this map, I'll shade in the lakes, bays, sounds, etc. to make the pins along the shorelines more visible. I may also add the state/province abbreviations for each one for easier viewing. Thank you very much for supporting the channel!

I live near Durango Colorado. Lived all over the country but this is by far my favorite.

You reminded me to get my pin. Never thought I'd find a channel with someone excited by welcome signs and license plates like myself. I love it! Keep doing awesome things Kyle!

I love that no one leaves Massachusetts. It's true - we all just want to stay here. The state has everything and we tend stick out in a bad way anywhere else we go 😊 I'll stay here with my fellow weirdos. Go Massachusetts!!!

I am amazed that there is another person out there who wants to live in Marathon TX, which is truly in the middle of nowhere. However, it is a quaint little place, surrounded by a lot of natural beauty, including my favorite place on the planet, Big Bend National Park. Kyle, you must visit there sometime. --- Roger Holland, Plano TX

Such a great idea! Very fun to see the results. Thanks for doing this! I look forward to seeing it grow with your channel.

this is awesome! well done, Kyle. even though you fund-raised the results took some effort, no doubt. this channel is great and I love nerd-ing out on geography stuff with other like-minded folks.

Yea that lone pin in Detroit is mine (not trolling lol). The media and Detroit's reputation tends to drive people away, but it is similar to most major American cities. It is a city that you have to give it a chance. There is a nice Riverwalk (apparent ranked #1 in the US), nice plaza in the middle of Downtown (also apparent ranked top 10 in the US), Windsor Ontario skyline across the river, great historic Art Deco skyscrapers, nice urban beaches (one in middle of Downtown and on Riverwalk) and actual beaches on an island (pretty close to Downtown), 4 pro sports teams within a block of each other in Downtown, Downtown shopping (from local to stores like Nike, H&M, Lululemon, etc with potentially an Apple Store in the future since Apple Academy is locating in Detroit), casinos, Greektown, Mexicantown, Corktown (oldest neighborhood), Eastern Market (farmers market which also has tons of murals in the area similar to Wynwood in Miami), the Belt (hip alleyway with tons of mural in Downtown), iconic People Mover (monorail), Qline (Streetcar), lots of museums, nice dedicated bike paths, boat tours and cruises, large events, conventions, and parades. This is just within the city not including the metro-area.

Okay but once you move to Seattle you have to obey Seattle rules. Jeans and a tee are acceptable just about everywhere. You let people into traffic and, if someone lets you in, you always give the wave. You must tell everyone it rains all the time even when the sky is blue. Coffee is actually a religion. Beer and wine are also religions but coffee is something that rules your life. Thanks for this. My husband and I have traveled around the country several times. I love so many cities but I’m always excited to come home to the green trees. Mountains and blue skies.

Best idea for a map ever, the search for my own Nirvana, wow so many lovely places so many places to be happy in, nevermind if you aren’t in the perfect place, somewhere will be home.

I'm originally from Twin Falls, Idaho, still live here, and want to stay here. Not a huge city, but not a super tiny town either. Great scenic areas close by, lots of recreation, and a decent climate

You really did your research with this data, trying to find correlations and everything, very impressive!

Since sending the pin, I’ve successfully moved to my dream location! Of course, that happened to be Seattle like everyone else, but it’s like that for a reason.

Very interesting. This explains why Seattle where we live never crashed in 2020 even after all the bad publicity it got. Washington State really is the most beautiful and it has a great economy so it makes sense that people want to move to Seattle the most

Hey Kyle! I work as an airline pilot, and your channel is my favorite on RU-vid. I visit many of the cities you talk about and gain a much greater appreciation for them from your videos! I can't wait to see your channel explode even more than it has!

This was really interesting, and I'm glad I bought a pin! Massachusetts is such a great place to live. I love it here. I've lived all over the country thanks to college/grad school/being a military kid, but my roots are in Massachusetts and I'm glad to be home. Worcester gets a bad reputation but it's up and coming.

I live in Seattle but I was born in San Diego and go back very often. I guess I have a connection to the top 2 most desired places to live 😁

this was such an interesting video to see! can't wait to see how it looks with a larger sample size

Born and grew up for almost 24 yrs, in southwest WY. Then lived in Portland, OR for 23 yrs, before moving to Syracuse, NY for 2 yrs. Been back around Portland, OR metro area ( including Vancouver, WA ) the last 3 yrs, and I *really* miss the northeast. Not around Syracuse, but somewhere in the New England area. I really miss the 4 seasons, and am *so* tired of having to deal with fire season every single summer here around Portland ( besides the skyrocketing crime. ) If I could afford it, I would probably live in Portsmouth, NH, but pretty much anywhere in the New England area, in general.

There are only a few basic reasons people live where they do. 1) a desire to live in a specific climate/geological area 2) a desire to live near a loved one 3) a desire to live wherever they have to live to find employment that will enable them to live at the socioeconomic level they want or 4) there are things where they are that prevent them from relocating - family obligations, lack of enough financial flexibility to gather the resources to move, legal obligations. Fascinating subject. Thanks for the video.

So surprised to see the responses for Duluth and the the lower peninsula's north coast! Don't get me wrong, life on the Great Lakes can't be beat... when it's *summer!*

I was born and raised and continue to live in San Diego (county). I love seeing the US (and would love to see beyond it) but I truly love San Diego and can’t imagine living anywhere else; it’s not that I don’t love other places. I discovered your channel because I’m planning a cross-country road trip with my wife and daughter.

This is really fascinating to me. I've been lucky enough to live in 4 different states, visit all 50, and visit 55 countries. I currently live in Denver and it's no surprise how many people want to move here. I70 gets more and more congested every year and there's no room to expand it. I went to college in Minneapolis and I absolutely loved it there. I'm looking to build a house on a lake near Brainerd, MN in the next several years. Minnesota is definitely my favorite state in the country. I was surprised to see Duluth had a relatively large amount of responses! If I could have a place to live in Denver as well as Minnesota, that would be ideal but housing here seems almost unattainable at this point. Outside of the US I found a few places to be super livable. I enjoyed my time studying abroad in Lyon, France and still have friends over there. Norway is incredible and it's no surprise several people chose that. I'm actually learning some Norwegian now and I'd like to go back. I enjoyed how laid back and cheap both Malta and Cyprus were. If I liked the beach more I'd certainly consider those. Singapore is terrific - it feels like the city of the future - but the humidity and heat are oppressive and the government is a bit overbearing. In Australia I could've seen myself living in Perth or Melbourne. Nice climates and a very vibrant culture - although Perth is the most isolated city of its size in the world which would make it difficult to travel for short times.

Great work ,you can tell you love what you do.I'm glad I discovered your channel.

Great analysis, Kyle, as ever and thanks for the mention of us UK folks who contributed to this even if we don't want to live here!

Thank you Geography King - I am a nerd about a lot things - geography is definitely one of them. Given the skewed sample here of people who actually like geography, perhaps I shouldn't have been surprised that the desire to relocate to San Diego was so strong. As a life long resident of San Diego, on balance, it's probably one of the nicest places to live in North America. I realize visiting/traveling to various places is not the same as living there. I think we could all agree that there are days when each place can claim their own slice of perfection. It's my belief that San Diego gets more than it's fair share of those slices. As some of the comments here have pointed out: Near/Long-Term Negatives: real estate bubbles (poor new family affordability); climate change (fresh water/rising sea levels/fires); high taxes and cost-of-living (high paying job required); growing density issues (no comparison to LA where you are expected/required to run red lights/stress levels are really high). Positives: beaches/surf are year round attractions [I regret being unable to insert sunset photo here]; weather (almost always sunny and 70F); Outdoors 365 days a year (albeit one needs to travel for skiing/fishing) and it only rains occasionally. In sum, when I come to visit your city, please understand that I promise not to move there, and I will tip well when dining in your restaurants. I'll be the one with the bumper sticker "just passing through"!

Props again for the guayabera, compay. ("Compay" [comb-PIE, as an approximate English pronunciation] is Spanish Caribbean slang for "buddy", a term common in Cuba.)

I still need to contribute to this! Will be pretty interesting to see the results!

Great job. Very fascinating. I am really glad I joined this group

I was raised in Cajun country, southwest Louisiana but left and moved to rural northern Michigan. I left and moved to Houston TX for a few years. It just wasn't for me or my family. I have returned to northern Michigan. I call it The Shire because that's what it is to me. A quiet place of natural beauty and wonderful, salt of the earth people. I have found my place. This was a great idea for a video, Kyle. Fantastic content, as always.

This is a really cool idea, I really liked this video!

As a Massachusetts native, I can say that it’s a common sentiment among people I know that this is the best state to live in. For vacation other places take the cake, but in terms of having a state to hang your hat in for the other 90% of the year it doesn’t get better than this.

Loved the video and concept in this edition!!!

what cool concept geo king! thanks for putting this together!

If I had to choose another place outside of my province, I would move to Montreal or Halifax. I don't know much about the US, but I do like San Francisco and Portland OR. The New England area has always interested me, I need to visit it one day.

Great idea Kyle. Love ❤

Interesting project. Pin purchased, although I had a hard time deciding where I'd move to.... I agree the sample population may be skewed, but not a big deal since the conversations being spurred are most important (IMO). I am looking forward to playing with the data set.

I liked this very much. I missed the the video where you asked people where they wanted to live. The results are fascinating and some are surprising. I live in an area many people choose to live, yet I'm always searching for other options.

I’m a senior senior citizen. Consider Astoria OR my home. Only 2 times in my life did I get to pick where I lived (not family or husband decision). I chose San Diego and I’d choose it again but I’m old now and live near my daughter and granddaughters (2) in South Orange County. It’s not San Diego though it’s only a Camp Pendleton away. Astoria is small wet and beautiful. It surprises people when I say I didn’t own an umbrella. Rain is soft and gentle. You can do outdoor activities 11-12 months of the year unlike in the Ark-La-Tex. Also there are no poisonous snakes or poison ivy/oak in Clatsop county. I spent over 30 years in Louisiana and 8 in Arkansas. No way would I ever moved back to the South‼️

To the people wanting to move to San Diego, you aren't wrong.

Very cool! Looking forward to seeing the excel sheet with the raw data!

This is the first time I have ever donated to a channel and had to do it 2 times due to my lack of reading the instructions. smh Love what you do on this channel, keep up the great work!!

As a popup, very interesting. I was posted to North Queensland with the Army in the Early 80s. Decided to stay. Beautiful one day, perfect the next. Except for the crocs, snakes, spiders, sharks, jellyfish and cyclones that is. Subscribed.👍

I literally love West Virginia. It’s one of the most underrated states. It’s absolutely breathtaking. When I first drove through I was in shock because I had no idea how beautiful it was. It’s actually a nice kept secret because it keeps the population low and the housing cheap. Great place to remote work.

Nice video man. I’m loving the geo stuff. I lived in Bristol for a good while. Chattanooga is a swell place to dwell

Little Queen is an amazing Heart album. Nice touch.

Hey Kyle! You mentioned reading Stephen King and his references to Maine. We share a love for New Mexico and people think of Tony Hillerman who is also very good. One I would like to also mention is Michael Mc Garrity. His main character is former St Fe Sheriff Kevin Kerney. His books are filled with the geography of central and southern New Mexico. One read, and you'll be hooked. Great stories! You too, amigo!

Hey Kyle, 6:03 - you are spot on with this comment. Michigan is a peninsula state, which means that for many road trips south, especially from the Detroit area, one must take a fairly unhappy stretch of I-75 in Ohio to exit the state. A four to six hour road trip within the State of Michigan can usually put you in nicer spot in less time, and often on one of the Great Lakes or the smaller inland lakes. I have lived in Michigan for 25 years and I would like to relocate to Traverse City or the Leelanau peninsula. But it is not as if Michigan is all I know; I went to college in Atlanta and to high school near you, right up on the ridge in Chattanooga. And I have lived outside the US twice in my life; three years in Japan and then a bit later another three years in South Korea. And I love the Gulf of Mexico. From NOLA through the pan handle down to Naples, you can’t beat the Gulf for warm water and fantastic shrimp. But just as you observe, I want to move from one spot in Michigan and retire in another spot in Michigan.

I’m a huge outdoor enthusiast! I’ve hiked 11 out of the 15 14ers in California. I spend a considerable amount of time in the Sierra Nevadas, and tbh that Mountain Range is the only reason why I love California. But yes! I too would love to move the PNW. Would love to climb all the Strato Volcanos up there

Rep💛HR,OR! Awesome video haha always love watching the content. I gotta get out and explore more of the US

It would be interesting to me (and tedious for you) to color-code the pins so that they indicated which group from the intro they represented (I mean the "live and stay," "never been," "from and move back" groups).

From Washington, can confirm its pretty damn nice there. *Especially* the parts on the western side that aren't Seattle. Just make sure you don't have seasonal depression for the winter months (4 months of sunny and 75 degree days in the summer make up for it though). The Sunshine Coast of BC, the San Juans, and parts of the Puget lowlands are in a bit of a rain shadow though, if you like a little more sun.

Hope u do more geographic profiles of the states. Thanks 4 all the vidz, safe travels

This was a fun project to participate in!

This says more about people's happiness than the actual geographic locations. Some people just will never be happy no matter where they are

2:08 It's interesting that the top 2 places to live are a place that is always cloudy and a place that is always sunny.

I love the bent paddle in the back ground. You gotta go to the BWCA main the maps of the canoe area would really get you going.

Had I saw this earlier I would have put in a pin on the white mountain region of NH. World class pancakes (pollys and bentons) and beer (treehouse and hill farmstead) a short drive away. Also no where else compares in the fall. Peak fall is approximately October 5-12 i highly recommend visiting during that time as well as the Stowe area and green mountains in Vermont as well as Moxie falls, Baxter state park, and Acadia national park in Maine. A hidden gem in the us you might not hear about is the pittsburg NH area way up north. The town of Dixville notch has a population of 12 and is where the first votes are cast in the national election. A lot of the roads are offroad/ 4wd only. Its a beautiful and serene area with very few tourists. The most incredible breakfast Aprils maple is in Canaan VT 30 mins down the road

It was most interesting to see represented on maps where your viewers want to live. The locations of the pins were quite diverse and a few choices were somewhat surprising. As I bought a pin, here's the answers to your questions: 1). Born in NE Texas, but raised and came of age in Harrisburg, PA, which I consider my hometown. 2). For the past 20 years, Gaithersburg Maryland has been home. I'm quite fond of living here. It's close to DC and within reasonable driving distance of Baltimore, Philly, NYC and the DE beaches, along with Pittsburgh and of course, the NC Outer Banks. It's also a "Character Counts!" City, values I fully support and appreciate. I chose to live here partly for this reason specifically. It's overall a good place to call home, IMHO and affordable when compared to housing costs in other cities in the County or DC/MD/NOVA Metro. 3). While Toronto, Ontario and Dublin, Ireland are sorely tempting, everyone we know and care about are mostly in the Mid-Atlantic region. Having built so much of our lives here, but also being anxious about rising sea levels (a genuine concern for much of the eastern part of our state), it's hard to pick one place... But put the pin somewhere around Parkton MD, in Baltimore County. Because ultimately, central Maryland's become our adopted home. Give us a nice house in a quiet neighborhood with some trees and that's about all we'd need. :)

Born in SC, raised in a small town of 1600 in FL, and currently live in Philly. I was also surprised that PA wasn't on the list as often because Philly and Pittsburgh are affordable cities with a lot to offer. Being raised in a small town made me get into geography and travel. I think everyone should travel at some point because it opens up your perspective so much. There are many people from my hometown who are content staying there. But I couldn't imagine living there again lolol. It's interesting how so much of America is rural though, crazy to think about.

Thanks Kyle for video. I will help you out with a pin. My mom is in icu right now so I'm doing catch up. I'm from Louisiana as u probably know. I would like to live in Montana or wyoming. Hunting and fishing but I'd have to get my seasoning shipped to me. Take care!

Happy to say that I live exactly where in the world I want to live. It's a place most people who visit my state hardly know exists unless they stumble upon it and I personally wouldn't have it any other way. The people who come here for various reasons usually try to find a way to live here but it's not the easiest place to make a living.

I'm from Houston. Poor Houston! Love it here because it is where I'm from but truth is things like traffic, mosquitos, humidity, flooding, and overall flat geography are nothing to get excited about. Surprised the Woodlands didn't get at least one pin.

Great content! I moved from Boise 4 years ago to the Santa Fe area. We lived in Boise for 30 years, but my heart was in NM. Lived in ABQ a long time ago. There's something so special about this state. I'm an artist and do very well here. And the food is divine, as are the architecture and sunsets. What city in Ecuador did your dad live? I lived in Quito for 6 months

I believe by looking at the from/to pairs, you can have some statistics regarding what people are trying to escape from. My guesses would be running away from too: - crowded - boring - expensive - hot and/or humid - rainy (I did this by leaving Seattle)

Hey I'm in Dalton near you! As soon as I have the money to spend, I'll be on your map!

My pin is in New Buffalo Michigan, a beautiful harbor town in the South West corner of the State. I currently live in Chicago and would want to come back here often, but I don't have a car. Luckily, New Buffalo is serviced by two different Amtrak lines and is also not too far from the South Shore line in Michigan City Indiana. It's far enough from Chicago to have a small town quiet feel but it is still extremely easy to get back to Chicago if I want to. They also have the Stray Dog restaurant, which has fantastic food and a great view of the lake where you can actually see Chicago on the other side.

Just FYI guys for anybody considering moving to Seattle, WA: I have a close friend who moved out there 6 years ago because she thought she'd love it. But year after year of the continuous depressing weather, overcast, constant rain, & lack of sunlight has really, REALLY taken a toll on her mental health & has mentally drained her. She said she absolutely hates it there & is sick of it, & cannot WAIT to get out if she could.

Eeeek, you talked about my pin! Great job Kyle, this is an awesome idea!

Love it! Awesome concept

Shoutout to the one person who chose around Klamath Falls, I never saw the poll but I'm eyeing Medford myself.

Though I didn't have a pin (first I heard about this), I am a person who moved this summer from the most people destination (Seattle area) to place I've wanted to live for awhile (Tucson). Santa Fe might still end up being a future destination city, but that's to be determined. Not surprised to see so much western US represented. It is beautiful and scenic. It's a shame about our droughts.

Anyone can love the mountains. It takes a soul to love the prairie. -Willa Cather 2 months between Lemmon, South Dakota, and Tioga, North Dakota, waiting on weather to finish cutting wheat, hauled the equipment to Hill City, Kansas, back to Belfield to get my pickup, and somewhere going back south in the sandhills I looked around and things just felt right, like I had always been here, and northwest Pennsylvania had been a lifetime ago. I couldn't let Nebraska only have one pin. I live a block off US6 in Cambridge, went to high school on US6 in Cambridge Springs.

Awesome project! Love it!

I live in Albany and overall it's nice. The main positive is the fact it's a day trip drive to both the nature in the Adirondacks and to the busy life of NYC. The only issue is the state government is INSANELY corrupt

Seeing my pin was so cool! I chose to live near Kennedy Space Center in Florida because I love rockets, and I hope the same can be said of the person who wants to live in South Padre Island Texas!

Cool enjoy the information myself but I'm staying in my home town. God bless you. 🙏❤😊❤🙏😊😊

Love this video!!

I’m the dude who picked Vik, Iceland (yes,I’ve been there, and yes, it plucked my magic twanger). However, realistically (I.e. legally) it’s a bit of a fantasy, so I’m not sure it counts. My medium-term choice would be the Poncha Springs area of CO, and my climate/zombie apocalypse leave-a-patch-of-fertile-ground-to-my-descendants for the long haul would be in the Finger Lakes region of NY. Can’t have everything, though.

The Tampa Bay area has everything you want with out all the craziness of South Florida. Especially if you have a family, its has beaches, only an hour from Disney and a great nightlife and restaurant scene.

I love your channel Geo King. This was a v. interesting show. Suggestion: If it's not to difficult to do, you could find a source of official data on where people want to live and report on that!

Man, Kyle, if you drew that by hand, that's almost spot on! Keep up the great content!

That Memphis pin though

👍🏼 Puerto Peñasco, Sonora?!? 🦐🏖️🎣🦈 🦐 Let's go, Rocky Point! 😎✌🏼

As a native Houstonian, I'm not surprised. Anyone who wants to live in Houston more than anywhere else needs to get their head checked

Great Video !!!😊

Awesome to see a good number of people wanting to join me in Portland, OR

If anyone watched this video and thought "I'm not sure where I'd like to live..." then that's your sign to get out and see this country, this world! If you find that your home is perfect, then blessings to you! But, go see something while you still can, go see it all. Fill up the tank, take the kids and go see everything!

Hey i just started studying urban geography and planology (is that an enlgish word) at uni. Love your channel keep up the good work

Love this channel!

I recently retired at 60 and have lived in Maryland for 55 of those years. I am totally open minded about moving to a different area,...and have researched and visited many of the areas I have an interest in. The pandemic and working from home has turned the best ''affordable'' areas upside down,....and nothing seems to be affordable anymore. In the end, I may just decide that Maryland (for me) is paradise and why bother leaving everything,...and everyone I know.

I think a lot of people would like to live where there is more scenic beauty, but of course, in most cases, there are few well-paying jobs there. With the switch to remote work that COVID forced, I wonder how many people will actually try moving to some of these spots if they can.

Interesting results. I'm one of the 53 who's from somewhere else and wants to stay where they currently are. I've also lived in 8 of the listed 27 "most popular desired places to live," as well as several others shown on the U.S. map. I can confirm that the grass isn't necessarily greener elsewhere...unless you live in a desert ;-)

Interesting video. Hope to see a follow up when you get more pins.

San Diego makes sense, but I’m shocked anyone wants to live in L.A. or San Francisco.

Interesting how many people would willingly chose to live in the most congested and expensive cost of living places in the US. Now, if this poll was hypothetical and money wasn't a factor, then sure, i can see why these places would be desirable. live in Atlanta and even that's started to get insane as of late, personally Id love to move the midwest myself like Arkansas, Oklahoma, maybe Montana if it wasn't so damn cold there lol.

Just came back from Fairbanks Alaska. Would be a great, quaint town to live in. It is a nice blend of American comfort with Alaskan wilderness. Highly recommend it for people who want to travel far north!

I’m from Denver and I still live there. I’ve always wanted to move to Phoenix, Lake Havasu or Sedona because I love the warm weather there. Everyone says I’m crazy, somebody even asked me if I was really from Colorado lol