Just retired and moved to a dead zone, it Sucks! No crime, no homeless people, no drug addicts, no lines everywhere, but the absolute Worst part was the Ridiculous cost of housing, 135k . I definitely would not recommend moving to a dead zone🏠
Native Buffalonian. I’m glad everyone thinks it’s dead here. Keeps prices low and life convenient. Everytime I go to these so called bustling cities, I pay 48 dollars for 6 hour parking and want to leave immediately ❤
Compared to Buffalo's golden years Buffalo is dead along with the other cities talked about on the great lakes. There's a reason that whole area is called the rust belt.
@@LavitosExodius not true at all. The rust belt is having a resurgence especially as they are one of the most climate resilient regions. The “golden years” were when they were nothing but giant factory towns with nothing to do except get cancer. I definitely rather live in the now.
@@LavitosExodius The companies that used to be here and places like it frigged off for a variety of reasons. For us it was largely a combination of New York State tax and minimum wage
Many of us have lived in these empty spaces and loved it. I came back to live in my hometown because it was at the end of the road and nothing exciting happened there. My kids whined about a lack of big city entertainment but they all managed to get drivers licenses so they could travel to concerts and sporting events. I grew up on the same block as my first grade teacher, and so did my son and daughter. They got a good education and both managed to graduate from university. They are successful because they grew up in a small town with parents who were interested in their children. I knew all my kids friends- and all my neighbors. Parents talked to each other. I wouldn’t want to raise a family in a big city.
We're trying to leave the cities. We want out of the city life. Recently, the police found I was trying to leave, and since they hate me so much, they charged me with a false charge. So, now I have to wait to finish this up and then leave. These people here in this city will make your life miserable. And, when you try to escape, they will try to trap you. About 1 more year of legal crap and we'll be out. Going to Montana.
People just can't fathom how COLD winter is in northern ND, MN, and Montana. The people are great, however. When you make a friend up there, it's forever.
I can fathom it. I went to extreme cold weather training in February at camp ripely MN in the late 80’s. 29 below. 60 below with the wind chill. And we were in TENTS
Went to WYO TECH right out of high school. Laramie is beautiful. Turned old enough to drink while I was there? First drive up beer store, and like 26 bars in that town? Ask me how I know, lol. I collected a straw from each one. Seriously though? Beautiful city, beautiful people. Wyoming is flat out cool AF.
Yo, I love new Mexico (I slipped up and called it north Mexico and all my mississippi homies laughed). We drove all the way to blue hole during covid, but it was closed so we spent time in Raton, I lived there briefly. Mississippi is a black hole, at least you have culture, we can't even say sir or ma'am anymore, a sign of respect letting strangers know we don't think of ourselves as any higher status. I still say it though because my mom will beat me if she found out otherwise. NM is awesome.
I have been throughout the state over the many years. There are parts I have yet to explore within. Anyone living in Albuquerque, Santa Fe or Las Cruces needs to hit the road to explore the state instead of saying it is boring here.
Why not Minot? Freezin is the reason. Spent my last miserable year in the Air Force at Minot AFB. Longest and coldest winter I've ever experienced in my entire life. Got so cold that I used to watch the weather Channel and envy Anchorage because it was warmer.
Family retired after 20+ yrs at Minot AFB. Its where they built their life. With the savings my uncle and aunt made, they can up and drive to any part of the country and do whatever they want til they die. They had a good community the whole time they lived up there. Theyve led good lives.
The beauty of America’s empty west coast needs to stay empty. I had the honor of visiting all of the land between portland and San Fran and I can say it is one of the most beautiful places on Earth.
The empty west looked amazing. I'm not familiar with this channel but it seems if there isn't a growing economy it sucks. Natural environments are needed and provide a different means for jobs such as conservation, low impact tourism ie only a fraction of it can be visited, some areas mean you can grow your own food and make a small living.
My Dad sailed the steamships hauling cargo from tip of lake superior down to Montreal on the Canadian side. Hauling over the great lakes relieved road congestion of too many trucks. But slowly all the great lake cities beautified their docks and got rid of the needed silos and rail yards to shunt cargo. Tis a shame. Dad eventually got into trucking management.
@@northstarstatepolitics1652 No, the culprit for the death of the internal water ways of the country, including the Great Lakes, is entirely due to the Jones Act of the 1920s.
I grew up in this area, between Muskegon and Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo, and I loved it and sometimes still miss it. It’s a tragedy what corporate greed has done to the lower lakes region. I really hope the trend reverses in my lifetime, but I’m not holding my breath.
Hello from Crescent City, Ca. You are mostly right on target in your assessment, except we are, not sadly, quite short on Applebee's! Our main export is now Bigfoot souvenirs.
I’m a lifelong “Region Rat”. There are some beautiful areas off of the “beaten path” of that stretch…it is sad to see what it has become from what it used to be. If you know you know.
The Utah Nevada dead zone is also lacking animals. Life is definitely not flourishing there. You need water for life to flourish. It is also a really scary place (speaking from experience) to drive when the gas gauge is getting close to empty. There is nothing there. No houses, no buildings, no animals, just miles and miles of empty.
You left out northern Maine. That area is a definite dead zone. The only economic activity there is potato farming. Logging used to be big, but that switched over to providing wood for paper mills decades ago and there are no mills remaining in northern Maine.
@@PogueMahone1 absolutely. I lived in New Brunswick for 20 years before moving to Maine. Outside of the cities (Fredericton, Saint John and Moncton) and the coastal town of St. Andrews, New Brunswick was a dead zone then and I imagine still is.
Yo, Todd, perhaps Stephen King will situate a future novel in your area. He could revisit the Wendigo theme that he chillingly touched on in Pet Cemetery. 🖤
@@rolandmeyer3729 They filmed a TV miniseries of a Stephen King book in Southwest Harbor back in the late 90s. We all had to watch it to see the familiar places. It was called Storm of the Century.
One thing you missed about the future of the Midwest is climate migration. The Great Lakes region has fresh water and fewer severe storms. The Southwest were all the people are has chronic water issues with all the states competing for the Colorado river. The Southeast has too much water with flooding and destructive storms. If you want to move somewhere more affordable than the Northeast or Mid Atlantic the Midwest is a good option. BTW most of Chicagoland is nice and not dead or dying. I guess you haven’t been here in awhile. Visit in the summer; winter can be rough. Good channel.
@carylhalfwassen8555 Chicago is a world class international city. Just like any other large city in the world, there are parts that can be dangerous. I've been there 100s of times in my lifetime and have never had any issues with crime or felt unsafe. Go to the lakefront and take in a museum or go to wriglyville and take in a cubs game or go to one of the countless amazing restaurants downtown or in one of the neighborhoods. Whatever youre insecure about, unless you're hanging around in Cabrini Green, it's not founded in anything rational.
There's no such thing as mistakes on the Great Lakes, it's a huge natural resource not to be overlooked and the cities along them were built at a time before the auto made flight to the suburbs possible. The infrastructure is already in place, many cheap affordable homes on small lots all within walking distance of corner stores, bakeries, shops, churches, clubs, businesses- the climate change value seeking liberals are fleeing from partched sunbelt cities and expensive crime infested cities on both coasts are salivating to grab those " mistakes " up. Billions being poured into Detroit restorations. Terminal Tower in Cleveland turning into apartments for younger crowd. These cities and others such as Buffalo have magnificent architecture worth saving. Even cheap Youngstown is getting marks as the place to work remotely. Amtrak is adding more routes to these areas, all you need is to bring a bike along. Most cities have busses with bike racks and bike ways now along many city streets. You don't need a car anymore. This channel totally missed it rehashing old history.
US highway 50 runs from Utah to California right through the middle of Nevada. It's been called the Lonliest highway, and I agree. I rolled down it doing 85 pulling a trailer. A few small towns, cattle ranches, lots of empty land.
@@ajf5823 I do honestly think in general Nevada wins at the emptiest roads in the US. I've been on the state highways as well and could count the other cars I saw on one hand, or so it felt!
@@johnchedsey1306agreed. Get off I-80 in Winnemucca and head north to Denio. When you get to the closed down gas station turn left and head towards Laketown, OR. Do it during winter and you're taking your life into your own hands. Over 200 miles of emptiness and you'll be lucky if you see 3 cars.
I've lived in Louisiana. The biggest problem is corrupt government and the fact that it can't be easily reformed due to being based on Napoleonic law instead of English common law, unlike the rest of the country. My uncle that has lived there since the 1960s has stated all of my life that half of Louisiana is under water, the other half is under indictment and that is the reason that it has always been a bad choice of states.
Ive mentioned this in other videos but I have lived in many cities including NY and LA and Miami, and Milwaukee has been the kindest to me. Lots to do, I feel very safe, the people are wonderful, and it’s so affordable. People complain about weather but Milwaukee salts the roads well. I plan on never leaving.
I grew up in Madison and still live in Wisconsin. You couldn't pay me to live there. As with any big city the drivers are A-holes. I now live in a small village west of Madison and go there when I have to. If you like the big city, more power to you. I hate it.
As a Milwaukee native, I find that awfully surprising. Because I just recently moved away from it, a year ago and I don’t like visiting at the least, but of all my family is there still. It does all depends on where you come from, because you might appreciate it much differently, it’s not definitely not the worse city ever. It’s just out of all Wisconsin cities and towns, I wouldn’t recommend it. I’ll stick to its suburbs, if I had to live there again.
@@SamuelFugatt One doesn't need to read the bio of another to know they're wrong about a geographical location we, ourselves, are familiar with. 😂 That kind of crap is just typical hate being exoressed to people that comfortably live in the country, farming. City folk, be afraid...because we aren't. 😂
I disagree about the Great Lakes. Maybe some of the cities are problematic but the region has water, fresh water, something you cannot live without. BTW, Buffalo has turned itself around (not completely) but it’s not sitting there waiting for heavy industry to come back or pinning their hopes on casinos. Another thing that you seem not to appreciate is places like Detroit, Buffalo, and Cleveland have the legacy of old money and very wealthy people who invested in the arts. Cleveland for example has one of the finest symphony orchestras in the world. And Buffalo, Cleveland, and Buffalo all have world class art museums. I agree, the heyday of manufacturing is dead but let’s appreciate all the important technology that has come out of the area and the potential they have to reinvent themselves. P.S., Buffalo, Cleveland, and Detroit still have major league sports teams. These are cities where the majority of the population is lower to middle class. I think it says something about the strength of those communities and people rallying their teams and keeping them relevant.
Ny is dying its socialist/communist authoritarian government is killing freedom and regulating everything to death also anyone who wants to live free and live in a constitutional republic like the United States is supposed to be ny is far from it and more like a dictatorship
THESE CITIES ARE DEAD because of horrible government mismanagement up to and including the destruction of the steel and coal industries .Sorry I lived in Buffalo for some time and it may turn around some BUT LIKE ALL THE "POOR STATES" IT WILL NOT TURN AROUND UNTIL INDUSTRY COMES HOME FROM THE SWEAT SHOP $5.00/DAY PAYROLLS OVERSEAS THATWILL ULTIMATELY DESTROY US BY HOLDING OUT SUPPLY. I am continually surprised at why major manufacturing doesnt move to some of these areas ..take some upper management from wherever they are now and build like they used to (with corrections) a psuedo company town
To join to the chorus about the lakes region; we have plentiful fresh water which is starting to lack nationwide, prebuilt infastructure (some cities better maintained than others, looking at you gary), and access to lake and river transport. The move of manufacturing overseas really hurt it but what is often overlooked was the lobbying of the oil industy to favor highway over water transport which is way cheaper (jones act and other restrictive policies) and the construction fo the welland canal in canada. As industry nearshores and the south continues to dy up the lakes region will be waiting to welcome its expats back. Houston region can't take all of them forever.
Freshwater lacking nation-wide? Lol dude it's pretty much only the west side, such as California, Arizona, and Nevada. The east coast is just fine and has plenty of water, which is why it's so much greener on the east side compared to the west side.
When my dad switched from the Navy to the Air Force, they sent us to Havre, Montana. The Hi Line. We lived there from 68-72. I was just a kid but I remember there wasn't much memorable about living there. I then returned in 1990 to Rudyard, 40 miles west of Havre! Yeah, its empty, hard scrabble life up there. Not for everyone but it has a weird stark quality, like look how we survive here.
We go to Cleveland to visit family and it's always struck me as a city that has a lot going for it. Sure there is poverty and crime but it has terrific theater, music, museums and food - not to mention the Christmas Story House.
As long as we get some beachfront, I'm game to add Oregon to our state! As for Alaska, people move there to get away from people, so being a dead zone is not such a bad thing for the state.
You’ve illuminated some areas that many of us have forgotten about. I’ve traveled to all these places many times back when I was an over-the-road trucker in the ‘80s & ‘90s. It’s sad that all the immigrants coming to the U.S. will probably not be settling in these areas either. The dynamic cities like New York, Boston, Miami, Houston, Dallas, L.A., San Diego, San Francisco, Nashville, Charlotte, Denver, Phoenix should continue to flourish.
Less population = even better. Also container gardening or farming is possible. I grown cucumbers, carrots, watermelons, corn, tomatoes and a few others container gardening
Southwest Michigan is one of the prettiest, nicest places in the United States. The Great Lakes region is also predicted to be one of the most livable places in the US in the future due to climate change. I think theres going to be an influx of people to the Great Lakes area once the south becomes unlivable.
It’s gonna be super hard and almost impossible. I know Mexico is hot, but I rarely hear people say it’s so hot that it’s already not livable. The reason behind is the invention of air conditioner. People can just survive hotness with that on. I’m not joking. The former prime minister and founding father of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew even stated that it was one of the important reasons they could develop. Specifically, people have no problem staying in the office to get online and participate in the global business with air conditioners on… But what about coldness? It’s not just as easy as put on more heaters. Coldness comes with snow, strong wind and difficulty of machinery running… Yes the climate is changing, but people are NOT gonna simply move back north because a cold place gets a little warmer. People are more tolerant for hotness due to air conditioners. Plus the whole new industry chain has been set up in the south, people will just naturally stay where they were born in the south. More comfortable. People and business have no need to urgently move, rent new places, build new infrastructure and spend any extra money…. So unless the sunny south states are all fucked up with crime, and a new industry is simultaneously emerging in the Great Lakes region, otherwise I don’t see too much hope.
I recommend any Sun Belt resident with a blue collar background intending to relocate to the Northern Midwest… …to find a local warehouse that’s literally a freezer. Work there full time for weeks or months. If they can’t tolerate that, then they certainly won’t like the BRUTAL winters that the Northern Midwest is historically known for. If the winters were more tolerable, people from the 1950s-80s that lost their above average paying manufacturing jobs would overwhelmingly likely find another excuse to stay and keep paying the mortgage & taxes instead of bailing to the South for yet another reason. At least major cities along the I-70 corridor aren’t getting much attention (except KC, Indy & Columbus)… particularly between Topeka & Pittsburgh. And their winters are more manageable than the Great Lakes’ frozen-hell-on-earth scenarios of winter weather.
I live there, let them downplay it. Part of what makes Milwaukee great is it's not oversaturated. Why ruin a good thing. So yes, it's terrible here, do NOT move here. Especially if your coming from L A, Portland or any city with crazy high crime rates. We're happy with our city being boring according to you ...
A Harvard study identified Buffalo and Duluth, Minnesota as the two places in the U.S. best suited to become receiver cities - that is, places receiving people fleeing from extreme weather elsewhere. In his 2019 State of the City address, Buffalo mayor Byron Brown acknowledged the city’s unique position. “We know that Buffalo will be a climate refuge city for centuries to come,”
@@ericl3498How about the east side? I'm asking a legitimate question out of curiosity, as I've never been there. But I've heard east side is kinda sketchy
I was born in Duluth Minnesota, same hospital, St Mary's as Bob Dylan was born in his talent didn't rub off on me...😅 Typical weather forecast in Duluth in the spring, summer and early fall ends with the phrase "cooler near the lake"...🥶😊
I would disagree with you about the Great Lakes region. I think as water becomes more scarce and many places in the west become too hot and dry, this region will see a good influx of people.
The Midwest has a lot of potential. Maybe not all the cities there, but definitely Chicago. The economy there is very diverse, they attract a lot of immigration, it is safe from climate change, and the cost of living there is a lot more affordable than cities on the East or West Coasts
@@Oxymerajust head out North Avenue and go straight to the Mississippi River to Carroll County Illinois. It’s a 2-1/2 hour drive from Chicago to Carroll County.
Great vid as always! Haven’t visited most of these regions, but a few years back I drove from Boise to Klamath Falls, Oregon. I recall one stretch of about 200 miles where I did not see a single other car or sign of civilization save for a “town” called “Wagontire” with a population of 2. If I had run out of gas on that trip, I would have been vulture food.
You been to the wrong parts then. Sure, Portland is a shithole, & Tillamook literally smells like shit, but those little beach towns are a goddamn paradise.
One of my best flights included landing in Wendover. It is a leftover airbase from WW2 and everything is sized for big bombers. Small planes like mine look tiny. And everything looks like WW2 was yesterday. The hangars still looked like they maintained, runway and taxiways were clean. And Briggs was right about the Casino on the border being the big thing.
The drive between SLC and Wendover on i80 across the salt flats is really nice. It is more than just a casino. The salt flats are an attraction in their own right.
Just as an aside Wendover was where the 509th Bomb Group trained for the use of the Atomic Bombs in WWII. Because of the secrecy involved the shear isolation was a security measure.
State of Nebraska is suing several social media companies because teens are having feelings of isolation, depression, and suicidal thoughts... Which are the exact things you get from living in Nebraska.
When I lived in the mountains of Colorado it was two hours to the nearest Walmart. This was twenty years ago when I left the state so it was most of the 1990's. We still had grocery stores and hardware stores.
I have to disagree about the “Empty West” or State of Jefferson. The population has grown like crazy since I moved up here a year ago. Some of the towns have doubled or tripled in size. It’s growing like crazy out here!
Live in the Empty North, it sort of sucks to live in. We have no crime, and is quiet, but when you have to drive 2.5 hours to get to a walmart, you find there is nothing to do. It is cold most of the time and tends to be fairly hot in the summer. It is probably great for retirees, which most of the population is, but for younger people with families, it isnt. Cant wait to move to a "bigger" place, or just a place I can go to a costco or chikfila 😂
About a decade or so ago, I drove up from Sherwood, ND to Elmore, SK, and I asked the Canadian border official how many people he sees coming through in a day, and he answered "about 25".
@Kristina-yl9zf yes. But they didn't stay in Greater Katy to avoid hurricanes. They stayed because their incomes double or tripled, and moving back to NOLA would've been financially stupid. Of course many of these people then endured Harvey.
Why is Louisiana on this list. The state has no "desolate places," such as Alaska, Utah, Montana. A drop in population doesn't make a state or city, desolate.
@@KristNi I’m a former Houston resident and yes, Houston gets hurricanes but it’s easier to evacuate from the area. In Katy, TX the land is plains-like rather than swamp. Harvey-like storms are rare. Houston, and the state of Texas has an economy far and away better than Louisiana. Louisiana is a pit. I know, I lived there from 1970 to 1984. I still have family there. I moved a couple hours away from Houston after retirement. I don’t like big cities.
I like how you just smacked down on the mistakes on the lake without providing any data to back it up. Cleveland is actually a gem unironically. Just look for yourself.
Alaska could very well be one giant Nevada as far as the US is concerned. Tourism has brought in some good money but its big money maker has been and will probably always be its energy and resources, even if it does die.
I would agree with you on Wisconsin. Milwaukee is like our version of Chicago, and they aren't that far apart 😂 The stories people tell me about travelling to or living in Milwaukee are crazy.
everyone seems to moving to the sun belt, but i'd like to see in a few years the numbers of people from the northeast who moved south who are now moving back, im 41 and in new jersey and have noticed a small number of people my age who had moved south especially florida who have now moved back to nj
Florida's getting expensive from what I hear. Same with Texas. As long as you don't live too close to a river or the coast, hurricanes won't be as much of an issue in NJ.
@@andyjay729 Hurricanes are not an issue anywhere if you don't live near the coast. Forty or fifty miles inland from the Gulf Coast, even the biggest, baddest hurricane just turns to rain.
I knew a girl from Scobie Montana. I loved listening to her stories growing up in the middle of nowhere! Totally different from my experience in the pacific northwest.
It's tough thinking about the lower great lakes. I left the Cleveland area in the mid 70s to attend law school in Columbus, and I could barely stand this cow town. The best times of of my life had all occurred on the North Coast, and Detroit, Chicago and even Buffalo were great towns too. I've been in central Ohio since then, and it turned out to be a great place to raise a family. But I really do miss the good times up north At least the Browns are in the playoffs.
Columbus and Cleveland have changed a lot in the last 50 years. Cleveland has had persistent problems with its neighborhoods, but a lot has been done with its downtown and entertainment districts. Look...I live near Cleveland's mortal enemy. .Pittsburgh. Briggs and others trash Cleveland without research. Northeast Ohio has almost 3.4 million people and it isn't the hole in the ground videos like this say it is. Geography King has a much better video about Cleveland.
@@penguinsfan251 I still know the area, but I have trouble seeing where we'll get manufacturing back, so I have trouble arguing with Briggs. And by the way, a lot of us see Pittsburgh as a great place. If they'd just get rid of the Steelers.
Hiya, we are looking to move from Australia to the states....could you please do a video on healthcare costs for each state, it's nearly impossible for me to find reliable information about these costs, and it's frustrating! I think it would be a great video for you as there are many people who would be in the same boat as me!😊 Thank you!
Are you outta your bleedin' mind, mate?? WTF would you leave a safe, well-run, civilized country where you actually have a say in government, universal health care, and decent retirement pensions for a banana-republic like the US? America is certainly a great place to visit, but good God...??? Personally, I'd give my spare left testicle to emigrate to Australia.
What you need to research is the cost of health insurance and the best employers offering it. Healthcare cost doesn't matter if your insurance pays for it, anyway. I used to bill health insurance in NY state. The employers with the best insurance there was the Federal government and state government, followed by, working in healthcare. The hospital I worked at, wrote off your deductible if you worked for them so it didn't matter what your deductible and coinsurance were. This is the first thing I have to explain to Canadians moving here. I assume you need this information as well?
What you need to research is the cost of health insurance and the best employers offering it. Healthcare cost doesn't matter if your insurance pays for it, anyway. I used to bill health insurance in NY state. The employers with the best insurance there was the Federal government and state government, followed by, working in healthcare. The hospital I worked at, wrote off your deductible if you worked for them so it didn't matter what your deductible and coinsurance were. This is the first thing I have to explain to Canadians moving here. I assume you need this information as well?
Another company I worked for had a $500 a year deductible when you used your health insurance. That is, your doctor files an insurance claim, but you still have to pay the first $500. Which is pretty standard for most insurances anywhere I've worked. But this company, you bring in your bill and they'll cut you a check for that $500. The reason some companies do this is, it's far cheaper for them to provide an insurance with a higher deductible. Another indication that a company is trying to get you a good insurance deal is, they provide an employee gym. Yeah. Insurance companies give them a rate deduction if they provide a gym free of charge to their employees. These are just a few things to consider, rather than the cost of healthcare. Most insurances require you to have a referral for a specialist, which cost more. With the referral from a regular doctor, the insurance will pay that. So it doesn't matter if it's more expensive. Cheapest insurance is just for you. But you certainly can cover your entire family, no matter how big. After four people, you don't pay more. And now in the US, you can insure your kids until age 26. Which was necessary for my kid in college because they don't have any options unless they work full time.
Dear Briggs - you might consider having a look for the videos about likely locations where people might move to due to global warming - the lower Great Lakes is well-represented.
Yes! I actually just moved back to SW Michigan because of this. I think it's beautiful and I think it will be one of the best places to be in 20-30 years
Where should they move to if the UN computer models are wrong and it turns out just to be another multidecadal cycle that started at the end of the 1970s?
I lived up in North Dakota for a year and I was surprised at all of the abandon houses. I listened to the stories of the in-laws about barn dances and other public gathering. My conclusion was that as farming became industrialized and required fewer people, these communities shank and many just dried up. North Dakota is fertile farm land, but no one else wants to live there due to the harsh winters.
I drove into neighboring Montana in the 1970's from Saskatchewan with my boss, saw all the deserted farmhouses, and asked him where everyone had gone. He told me they lived in town now, came out periodically to do the farmwork, and after harvest went to Florida for the winter!
Born and raised in Alaska, I left after high-school and while I loved it there the employment opportunities never seemed worth moving back for. The story is the same for most of my family.
Good video. A bit on the sarcastic side for my tast. As the narration mentioned several times "not in our lifetimes" I often thing of that in connection to a lot of things at my age. Well I could probably find lower rent in most of those places, but I would need some sort of internet access, and being near a decent diner would be nice.
It has been pointed out that downtown Detroit is experiencing investment and growth. So has Cleveland. Their neighborhoods have a lot of problems yet. Try doing a little more research.
The dead west is where i live. Now that CA has killed off the pot industry here in Humboldt, there isn't much going on up here. The biggest hurtle to living here is the coastal mountains making it a nightmare to get in or out of here. It's 5 hours to SF but it's less than 300 miles away. Winding 2 lane mountain roads are the norm out here
where are you at near Humboldt?I'm a southern Californian who moved to utah,and my wife hates it,I have been thinking of moving to either northern California,the top upper section,southern Oregon coast or Reno,so is it OK where your at?I know California has its major problems but don't know how bad that upper part is
This place frustrates the hell out of me. I want to see industry up here and for it to not be a poverty island in the redwoods. But it will take so much just to even make it viable. We need rail lines so we can even build things up because winding highways that reliably shut down every winter will hamstring any effort. Our biggest town being Eureka is just a disgrace, it's so ugly to look at.
@shadfletcher6815 You get coastal California tier prices,laws, and attitudes plus the remote living tax, plus hardly any jobs or things to do. It's got the bad aspects of California with the bad aspects of some dying town in a flyover state. You see closed storefronts, derelict buildings, and rain-soaked tweakers. It's pretty when you zoom out but ugly up close.
Briggs, I always enjoy your videos. I've had this thought on several of them. There is a book called American Nations by Colin Woodard. I don't know if you have the time, but I found it to be a fascinating read that gives a lot of back ground on the goings ons in our nation. I think you would also find it interesting. Looking forward to the next video.
I’m from one of these places. Most of the jobs went to other countries and the people moved to the nearest city you’ve heard of. Now the central school has less than 300 students from pre K all the way through high school and everybody leaves after graduation except for the guy that becomes the janitor eventually
Buffalo is not bad at all! Getting all fixed up and Gentrified at a rapid pace. Very clean. Was just given honor for best American city like 4 days ago. Cutting edge hospitals, Lakefront property, Phenomenal food. The poor will / May be pushed out soon IE: Gentrification... Buffalo is no dead zone. It's beautiful. Imho (Good People there) Even the rust belts of Buffalo have their charm :)
I was through Buffalo many years ago but have been to Rochester several times on business. I live in Texas and noticed all the downtown tunnels between buildings. Must be due to the snow. A while ago a person who moved to Texas from New York state was asked about the heat here. His reply was "You do not shovel heat". Now if Texas keeps getting hotter like it has in recent years, we may need tunnels also. 107 for many days this last summer.
The Last Frontier State , Alaska is awesome. Flights from Seattle to Anchorage are a mere 3.5 hours long. Not a long flight for this Washington resident. Alaska has flights to Seattle around the clock. Every few hours. Can't wait to visit again.
Ketchikan is closer to Seattle by air than it is to Anchorage. In fact, if you fly from Ketchikan to anchorage, often the quickest flight is through Seattle.
