The Great Escape: Top 10 U.S. Cities Everyone's Fleeing in 2025

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

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[@michaelm8460]

Toledo?

[@AnyahEMB]

I was born and raised in New York City. Most of those who can leave eventually do. The quality of life almost anywhere else is better. There will always be people moving in to replace those who leave.

[@john-o1g9p]

got a job outside nyc [just off the gw bridge on the jersey side] in englewood. lasted 6 months. holy god i thought, every, damn. day.

[@magellanicspaceclouds]

100% correct. I cannot wait to escape, but the money's good so I'm saving to get an easier start somewhere else.

[@Violator225]

Migrants

[@RandomRabbit007]

I moved to NYC (Queens) from California (near the Bay) 2.5 years ago (my wife is completing her medical residency here). CANT WAIT to leave back to California the DAY her residency is done (Mid 2025). NYC is a sick place, people are wayyyyy to aggressive, stressed, anxious and anti-social. Also the weather sucks the majority of the year (but hey the pizza is good lol). See 1 skyscraper you've seen them all, concrete jungle is not the way humans are intended to live. I miss the rivers, lakes, hills, mountains, beaches, forests, etc. You couldn't pay me enough to live in NYC.

[@Violator225]

@ California sucks I’d argue worse and I’m a native

[@katekrylov]

"Too many people causing too many problems And not enough love to go round" Genesis.

[@dispatchdebbie]

👍🏼✌🏼

[@zackmaxie7681]

Its ok now superman is back

[@katekrylov]

@@zackmaxie7681 Really? Where?

[@TheMidnightCloak]

I’m one of the people who fled Los Angeles because of the cost of living. If rents ever go down I’d be happy to move back, but I’m not holding my breath.

[@seanmcdirmid]

Enough people will leave and arrive so rents are barely affordable, they will reach an equilibrium.

[@sciagurrato1831]

“rents ever go down”,,,.lol

[@s.cosmin306]

take care Briggs and everyone and have the best new year 2025

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

You as well.

[@DialloMoore503]

Thanks! You as well.

[@BankC6969]

Happy New Year to you and yours! 💯⛄️⛄️⛄️

[@user-hr1ci1gq8i]

As a long haul trucker who has been through all these areas night and day I can say you are right on brother! Keep up the good work sir.

[@SolracCAP]

New York City being #1 is not surprising. Being the biggest, it can lose a lot of people in absolute numbers but how about as a percentage? Would like to see a list based on percentages.

[@Rgtmgtm]

Exactly lol

[@Billynomates-1980]

Same. Numbers aren’t really that useful.

[@bit1733]

You're right. Absolutes don't give context to make sense of or make meaningful any comparison.

[@ggjr61]

NYC population dropped 1.95% in 2024

[@ycplum7062]

@@ggjr61 0.3% for 2025, which is the year the video is comparing. As a percentage loss, I think it puts NYC below everyplace else on the list. I suspect NYC's loss would be below several other cities not on the list.

[@dracphelan]

A few months ago I was in New York. I found myself thinking "How can people stand to live like this?" Apparently, some of the people there feel the same way. But, different people have different ideas of the ideal place to live.

[@andrealmoseley6575]

I thought that in the 80s

[@john-o1g9p]

@@andrealmoseley6575 i hear ya babe. was there in 86. l;asted 6 mos.

[@magellanicspaceclouds]

Yea, I cannot fathom how anyone can actually enjoy this life. Crowded sidewalks, trains, and buses. Crazy traffic and blatant disregard for rules of the road. Tons of trash and filth everywhere. Rat and roach infestations. It's disgusting. 🤮

[@donaldwert7137]

I flew to Boston once and, at one point I looked at the window and said "Good God!" Buildings as far as the eye could see. I felt that it had to be NYC, but I don't know that for sure. I did know it wasn't a place I would like to go.

[@RandomRabbit007]

Yeah it sucks here. NYC is a mentally ill place. Cant WAIT to leave back to California. NYC is great if you love aggression, anxiety, stress and an impossible cost of living with some terrible weather mixed in.

[@christophejergales7852]

Here's the top ten cities over a 5 year span from 2017-2022 by percentage: 1 Paradise, Nevada −22.03% 2 Jackson, Mississippi −12.69% 3 East Los Angeles, California −10.02% 4 Aurora, Illinois −9.98% 5 El Monte, California −9.30% 6 San Francisco, California −8.59% 7 Hialeah, Florida −8.10% 8 Detroit, Michigan −7.83% 9 Santa Ana, California −7.76% 10 Birmingham, Alabama -7.70%

[@user-wc8fp4cx6c]

Thanks for posting a much more informative list than this channel's content creator.

[@EndTheSimpademic]

Katy, Texas picked up 34,000 evacuees from New Orleans from Hurricane Katrina. Two thirds of them never returned.

[@biggmike1293]

Aaaand increased the houston area crime rate with it

[@bukboefidun9096]

And Katy went downhill

[@TonyBenton0728]

Atlanta did also .

[@EndTheSimpademic]

@bukboefidun9096 yes and no. The FEMA checks were enough to pay rent in Alief and SW Houston, but weren't large enough to pay Katy rents. Those evacuees were forced to get jobs. And Katy has always had a service industry staffing shortage due to a shortage of transit options (a wise decision of regional leadership imo). Igloo hired a small handful as well

[@WindyMarrant]

and they came here too...our crime went through the roof and never got better. They came into my tattoo shop wanting their FEMA checks cashed and demanding free crap

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[@paulayala4816]

Back in the 80's and 90's I noticed a lot of people moving into California from Michigan. It seems they came out because Michigan State was playing in the Rose Bowl, and they noticed it was warm enough to go to the beach in January. Now at retirement age, all those people are moving out, realizing it is expensive to be a retiree here in CA.

[@loose-arrow-garage]

I too grew up in L.A. Even as a kid I hated the city and couldn't wait to get the hell out. As soon as I graduated high school and turned 18, I left and never looked back!

[@YTJJ-z3i]

Hi! In which city did you move?

[@scorpioguy94]

Good decision I fell the same way I'm deciding moving to Phoenix soon!

[@Cyrus992]

@@scorpioguy94why Phoenix?

[@Gypsygirl9]

From what I hear, people are leaving Phoenix too. Crazy traffic, 700& electric bills, no way.

[@recordcastle1118]

Philthydelphia, Pa has gotten progressively worse since the 1980s. Except for two small areas that are a few miles in diameter, 90 percent of the city keeps deteriorating. Fiscal mismanagement/waste, defunding/crime and attitude, in that order, are the prime culprits. Those same issues seem to plague most cities these days.

[@coldjay6421]

Center City and the surrounding neighborhoods, South Philly, University City, northwest Philly, and the northeast are doing fine. The city is going to finish this year with one of its lowest homicide rates since the 1960s. Sounds like you are clueless about Philly

[@PallasAthena-d4b]

As someone from up of the northern border that visited St. Louis, New Orleans and San Francisco, my heart bleeds for these cities. They really have their unique charm. Unfortunately, I don’t see how they can pick up and get better.

[@Gypsygirl9]

It's thel8cal governments that ruin the cities they ate supposed to be maintaining in good standing. Should be illegal what they do. Pockets gotta be getting lined.

[@LeonNikkidude]

30k out of over 8 million is not a big loss of population!

[@williamwilkins3084]

If the trend keeps on going and growing it will be.

[@A_Lion_In_The_Sun]

​@@williamwilkins3084not if texas and florida keep sending their migrants up to us.

[@user-wc8fp4cx6c]

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[@mjpottertx]

People are starting to bail out of Houston and Austin, too.

[@bingobangoboingo.6787]

I left St Louis in 2022 because of the crime. After 9pm I would hear gunshots throughout the night like it was Call of Duty

[@ronica2623]

3 decades ago my co-worker and I were at a conference and stopped at a 7-11 to get a Soda. I looked at a parked car and said “are those bullet holes?” the car was riddled with them. Yikes. So yeah…as bad as you made it sound…seems like it’s the city living

[@davidtardio9804]

What I am still trying to figure out is how so many people can leave a city like San Francisco or Chicago and yet the home prices don’t go down. The same could be said about cities not on this list, like Portland, OR

[@davidgreenhow7811]

I live in Seattle which will probably be on Briggs' list if he does a similar top 10 video next year. He addressed this issue when he was talking about New York. It will probably take decades before rent prices actually fall due to population loss; in the meantime, the best we can hope for is that they will increase by decreasing percentages.

[@50whatnomadtravelnursemtb5]

It’s peanuts to lose even 50,000 people when there is 8.3 million people! Even Los Angeles that 20k loss is actually helping them

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[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

Let's Goooooooo!

[@MazinAlyasiry]

High cost of living, high taxes, high crime rates, increasing homelessness, failure to contain natural disasters. All of these reasons can be solved by the government.. But the government is interested in the absurdities around the world, and forgets all these problems!!

[@BlakeFerret]

Looking to the government to solve these problems is the reason almost all of these problems persist.

[@r.pres.4121]

The military industrial complex controls the government so the priorities is starting more wars and ignoring all other serious problems.

[@Mike-h8m]

I am fleeing Las Vegas. It's too crowded and loud. I still prefer NYC over Vegas.

[@StephenAcree-e9c]

I have lived in the City of St. Louis for most of my life. The streets do suck but I have never been the victim of a crime and I live in a beautiful Victorian neighborhood. I love both Baltimore and New Orleans. I guess it takes all kinds!

[@intallpines]

Great ariels of NYC! You are certainly not kidding about Scams, Briggs. They are everywhere and thriving! Happy New Year 2025!

[@elwoodblues9613]

I echo what others have written: percentage change says more. A city of 3,600K losing 20K isn't as big as a city of 400K losing 7.8K.

[@briankepner7569]

For me the trick is yes congested cities doesn't matter who lives there there's too many people it's really annoying so I've moved continuously further and further away from cities. From Denver up into the mountains to evergreen and now I live in rural Oregon. What's consistent is that the people who don't live in cities have a different view of life than those people that live in them. There's more freedom or fresh air less traffic. And so you have to drive what 8 minutes more to get to the same amenities as I did before. I'm close to a great hospital 12 mi. There's just something relaxing and escapist to get out of the endless sound noise and traffic of Denver. Evergreen Colorado is an amazing place but it does exclude the people that aren't willing to go to the effort that it takes to live there. Meaning snow and mountain living. Where life is easy the people that don't want to make the effort congregate. So I strongly suggest finding out what kind of lifestyle you require and try to live on the edge of that I would go further into the mountains if I could. But I do like my amenities like not having to drive 30 minutes just to buy something Oh wait that would be like living in Denver again so there isn't happy medium.

[@melsyr10]

Great video Briggs!! I always give you a thumbs up 👍 before watching

[@lindajacquot5391]

Me too

[@patryan8531]

That's a believable list, i moved out of san diego in '81, i grew up at the beach( 4 blocks away) but in the mid to late '70's it seemed like the population doubled, the rent did.imo

[@arnoldjones2435]

I’m very surprised Seattle isn’t on this list. The homelessness went up by 18% (according to the Seattle Times). They have 8 months of gray, it’s not friendly and the rent and taxes are increasing because. Of the light rail expansion, you can make good money but. For me it wasn’t worth it anymore.

[@BankC6969]

It’s still growing would be my guess? I know that Washington is one of the fastest growing states still. I left Denver (I miss it bad!) to live near family in Chicago. I’m making the best of it. Schools are absolutely amazing here and the union jobs are great around here. It’s blue collar mixed with white collar and the “class” difference is striking. Ok, off the soapbox! lol 😂

[@joshuasanders6375]

Even with all the problems Seattle has, it’s still gaining in population. It has everything people are looking for, high paying jobs, stable economy, culture, night life, diversity and endless bikini baristas

[@franciscobuenrostro3891]

Seattle is still growing. I like in the Bay Area and I knew several people who’s goal was to move to Seattle

[@genxtechguy]

It has its problems, but it has a strong economy and is still growing.

[@missingrighty]

"The Wire" was not just based on Baltimore but filmed there as well. They used real cops as some of the actors. It's incredibly realistic

[@tedgemberling2359]

I'm pretty sure the drop in SF is temporary. It's such an awesome city in many ways that there will always be people who want to live there.

[@A_Lion_In_The_Sun]

I'd say california is just too expensive, but theres also the nagging fear of "the big one"

[@vlads.9972]

I think it would be more appropriate to compare the percentage - people leaving in relation to the city population, i think Memphis would be #1 Chicago wouldn't even make the list. Still enjoyed the video though.

[@BankC6969]

As a fellow Chicago resident I think that the suburbs are shrinking but Chicago seems to still be growing…

[@BankC6969]

This might be one of the best comments sections I’ve seen on KZbin! Thanks everyone and Briggs and Co! 💯💯💯

[@AA_dagr8t]

You should do a video about the worst and best roads in the country, that would be interesting.

[@andrewknaff9220]

Low budget sci-fi films that are borderline adult films, is an amazing sentence. Thanks for that Briggs!

[@Hueyck]

1:04 St. Louis shouldn’t be on this list. Most of those people move to St. Louis county. To skip the 1% tax and the decaying infrastructure since the city population of 275,000 can’t support infrastructure designed for a city of 1 million.

[@ingridjenner6946]

I was raised 60 miles east of st Louis in Illinois, I would rather live in the bfe than the city

[@breakingthechainusa1007]

Myrtle Beach, Orlando and Las Vegas growing like crazy

[@michealhughes9413]

and Atlanta!!!!

[@A_Lion_In_The_Sun]

Climate change is gonna mess them up. Myrtle beach will be under water, the humidity in orlando is unbearable already, las vegas is having water supply issues and Atlanta is apparently open to getting hit by hurricanes now.

[@decolonizeEverywhere]

I imagine it might be difficult every once in awhile to rent a U-Haul or a moving truck in La seeing as how so many people are doing it just to live in them because they can't afford their apartments. Kind of puts a new Twist on the phrase rent with the option to buy.

[@judeshort9447]

Lots of people in St. Louis are moving to the suburbs like 30 to 45 minutes outside downtown. Lots of great things to do in the city, people just don’t like living close to downtown

[@timothykeith1367]

Saint Louis suburbs can be very nice

[@ratbrat9978]

As a Minnesotan, after being forced to work in new Orleans for 14 months, I call it the "Big Sleazy".

[@Cam-vz2zk]

Honestly parts of Minneapolis are not much better....less humidity though.

[@Tay-xd7wb]

We relocated from Iowa to New Orleans and love it.

[@RoseGrace100]

@@Cam-vz2zkMinneapolis has turned to slums and crime.

[@Alan-lv9rw]

Blue areas are dying. Red areas are thriving.

[@VanguardShags]

As you partially alluded to after your initial mistake, Detroit is not losing people. It has been slowly gaining people for at least 3 years (read what Duggan came forward with regarding census problems and estimates vs. postal data) more likely 4 years, and it's accelerating. And it's not just downtown that is really nice these days - even Midtown was completely renewed and beautiful 8 years ago, and today, there are at least another nine major neighborhoods that are fully rebuilt, clean, well-policed, and gaining young college grads. Is Detroit's comeback a slow process? - absolutely. You try bringing back a city that was in population decline for 66 years, job decline for decades, and that's bigger than San Francisco, Manhattan, and Boston combined, that lacks the tax base of even one of those cities. Does Detroit deserve to be on your list? - absolutely not.

[@johnaleffi5509]

This page is BS. I live in NYC. They are building everywhere. Rent and property values going up. 2020 census. NYC gained 629000 people. If everybody was leaving these cities like LA and SF. Property values and rents would nose dive. Just the opposite is happening.

[@TheMisterGriswold]

Was just in Baltimore for an extended visit. Loved it.

[@strikeryachts]

California here we come !

[@jerryrichardson2799]

Animaniacs: "Are we dead? Or is this Ohio?" My sister lives in a Cleveland suburb and teaches at a public school in the city.

[@ajsimms3683]

Happy New Year Briggs! Thank you for a great year of interesting facts, entertainment, and laughs! 🎉🎉🎉

[@shabushi1997]

Thanks for time stamps

[@medward007]

He compared Detroit's potholes to Detroit!

[@lonnieschreiner5879]

Sure they are leaving the big cities after ruining them and moving into smaller nice towns. Can see where that is going.

[@williamwilkins3084]

Of course - they're going to do the same thing to those smaller towns they're moving to as well.

[@BankC6969]

I grew up in Colorado in the nineties. My suggestion is to prepare now for influxes of people. Housing is the worst, but infrastructure is a close second! It won’t matter the size of the town. You just need to attempt to prepare. 🤷‍♂️🙈 (Edit) you can keep the small town feeling if you prep. Look at the small towns in Colorado that turn into major cities during the summer. They built for the summer. Traveling those areas in winter can be amazing! Trying to “FORCE” the town to stay small will backfire badly. Just sayin it’s worth researching to help.

[@BirdsNNVA]

Thanks, Briggs. This was just what i expected. But your tips about fake Ubers and so forth are very helpful.

[@LASLOEGRI]

Thank you for posting chapters!

[@Zenas521]

About Detroit, when are they going to get Robocop?

[@Gypsygirl9]

Briggs, keep an eye on what's happening in FL. The next 2 years will see people leaving in droves due to unafforadable home owners insurance.

[@dvferyance]

Not even the 49ers play in San Francisco anymore.

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

There are a lot of teams that don’t play in the actual city they are named for.

[@AJ42K]

Tampa Bay Rays play in St. Petersburg- uhhh...I mean now Homeless.

[@A_Lion_In_The_Sun]

​@@WorldAccordingToBriggsthe Jets, the Giants...

[@user-sk5nq7dk6i]

Briggy, just another Masterful work by your genius.

[@JR-gh8lp]

As a New Yorker, this is welcomed news ❤

[@r.pres.4121]

The good news is that Cincinnati OH, Pittsburgh PA, Buffalo NY, and Newark NJ didn’t appear on this list. Also Boston MA didn’t appear on this list as well.

[@1982rrose]

And none of those I would want to move to in the first place.

[@davidcobb464]

The benefit of being older is that one sees cycles repeat. Big cities will come back in the future.

[@jtommyprice]

Memphis and St Louis are never coming back. Watch a Memphis city council meeting and you’ll know why. They are on KZbin. Council of clowns.

[@nothat0therguy992]

Now here's a city video I'm interested in

[@davidlarson2534]

I wish San Diego was on this list. I’m moving back in two days. Well, not San Diego, moving to La Jolla. I’m done with Temecula. Good list and it all makes sense.

[@Sunset-chaser777]

Will you adopt me? LJ is the most beautiful town in the world

[@scorpioguy94]

You must make good money!

[@joshuagarner1654]

I feel ive seen this topic tens times already

[@Sunset-chaser777]

😂right?

[@PropagandasaurusRex]

I live in a city of 400,00 residents. Very little crime, manageable housing costs and no potholes anywhere. And the city's growth rate is only at 2% or so.

[@sjambler]

To paraphrase Yogi Berra: nobody lives there any more, it's too crowded.

[@michellejohnson2233]

Many would stay in San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York City if not for soaring housing costs and overpriced everything. An LA-county resident, I like the nicer LA-city communities and SF, but they're out of my range. Enjoy NYC to visit, maybe not to live. The other cities on this list -- no way. Been to St. Louis, it's just depressing.

[@vgshwk]

I would be leaving anywhere down south.

[@williamwilkins3084]

I already have. Too much racial tension and too many transplants causing cultural tension...never want to move back.

[@lucaspeddie3114]

Maybe headed to Nebraska myself.

[@vgshwk]

@ Nebraska is backwards maga also except for maybe parts of Omaha

[@annjames1837]

​@@williamwilkins3084😂

[@firemarshal24]

Your assessment is wrong. You forgot Jacksonville, FL; Miami, FL (sinking into the ocean); Little Rock, Arkansas; Dallas,TX; Oklahoma,OK; Knoxville, TN; and Mobile, AL. All poor cities with no industry and infrastructure. Florida road infrastructure is a huge mess. Highways are parking lots instead of roadways.

[@billm1866]

30,000 loss for NYC is a drop in the bucket. Rents have not been impacted and are as high as ever.

[@KILLKING110]

the thing with population density is that when population drops the amount of stuff like infrastructure doesn't meaning less money available for infrastructure among other things

[@TrevorRobertKelk-bq6zn]

Mr Briggs love your descriptions!! And excellent voice, and very sarcastic tones!!! Hahaha much love to all from Trev in Yorkshire ❤😂😂😂😂😂❤

[@theycallmebico3652]

When he talked about CALIFORNIA I died. He said apparently a lot 😂. I died laughing

[@ScottBurbridge-m2j]

i used to enjoy visiting NYC. i feel it's tremendously unsafe and unpleasant, now.

[@realrareap2420]

Nowhere in America is unsafe, this isn’t iraq

[@420BlackBird-r6q]

I live in NYC since 1984 and each year it gets more and more crowded. I was so happy during COVID lockdown. The peace and quiet was unlike anything I feel before living and working here. I use to hate getting on the subway or bus because it is a madhouse. It still is but less so. I love it now. But the prices are way too high. And the CCP Chinese took over Flushing. I hate that. Use to be more Tawanese and Hong Kong venders.

[@A_Lion_In_The_Sun]

I think they moved out to little neck.

[@georgeappleby6868]

A couple things about New Orleans. I can eat a lot of po boys and they don't have basements. They do have crazy potholes but after mardi graz they fill them with beads, so at least they're pretty potholes 😂

[@LyleFrancisDelp]

Best crab cakes in Maryland are made in my kitchen.

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

You are correct!

[@Susan-id5xj]

I love crab cakes 🤤

[@hollywoodteee]

I knew Memphis would make the list

[@lizwaters4066]

These numbers would be more informative if they were also reported as a percentage of total population. And information on the year and number of top population. I have lived in two of the cities.

[@motorwolfe]

the Duke of New York said this list is A Number 1.

[@bobauer312]

This is very short on context; the St. Louis metro area has not lost population, it has gained. Yes, St. Louis city has gone down, but people have just moved to St. Louis county or across the river to the metro east (where I live). I moved here in 2000 for a job, still in the same house. Good cost of living, very little crime. Many great things in this area, I.e. Forest Park, the St. Louis Zoo (world class, free admission), Busch Stadium and the Cardinals, St. Louis Science Center… Every city of any size has a few blemishes, overall this is a great area to raise a family

[@marycasey9404]

I left Los Angeles in 2010 and moved to Oregon. Best thing I ever did. Lived in the Portland area until 2022 and moved with my daughter and her family to Pocatello, ID, worst thing I ever did. I'm moving back to Oregon!

[@marktevault57]

Portland OR, the capital of leftwing stupidity

[@DialloMoore503]

The Pacific Northwest is the best!

[@glennphelps9300]

@@DialloMoore503 not so much in Portland. Used to live there.

[@DialloMoore503]

@@glennphelps9300 That’s my hometown. Not much to do there, but you can’t beat the vibe.

[@MinecraftInfrastructure]

@@DialloMoore503dude, for real.

[@StormFanatic210]

Coworker of mine lived in New Orleans and worked Loss Prevention in the City. Some of those he caught stealing that were convicted, they literally put a bounty on his head.

[@blakerascon7745]

Some cities I would add are: Philadelphia, Boston, Washington, D.C., Milwaukee, and Portland.

[@kirkjones9639]

I'm sort of surprised that Portland and/or Seattle wasn't on that list. FYI get a Unix/Posix compliant operating system if you're worried about security, First Principles my dude, get a decent O/S and Windows for your foundation and go from there. You will be happier.

[@Some1sp3cial]

Was not surprised to see Chicago make the list

[@InsertNewNameAqui]

Incompetent ahh bozo mayor

[@JeanSheridan-c5c]

Not surprised Chicago is #4. I left Illinois 2 years ago.

[@rickyaz8640]

They’ve all moved to Arizona

[@scorpioguy94]

​@@rickyaz8640 I'm moving there next year to Phoenix from LA

[@danielintheantipodes6741]

I have not been to the USA, nor, therefore, to Cleveland. Nevertheless, I maintain FAITH in the city. The Cleveland Symphony remains one of the finest orchestras in the world. That must count for something positive, something significant in Cleveland's favour. People who go to LA to become famous are very naive. They were naive in 1930 and they are naive now in 2024. Thank you for the video!

[@Susan-id5xj]

Yep, it's a nice city. I only travel to Cleveland for concerts, plays, sports, gaming, and shopping. Living in a rural area, the only problem I've had was parking. I got ticket but it was only $25! So much cheaper than Minneapolis and Denver for example.

[@nancy8521]

He'll No to California

[@theoryofclubs-bv8gy]

Honorary Mention: Shreveport, LA Why I bought a house here? I'm sure even I'll never know.

[@crzycatlady65]

I wonder how many of the people who Moved out of these cities just moved to another City in the Same state?

[@joywebster2678]

A friend is moving from Suburban Portland with her husband to St Louis burbs Missouri to retire. YIKES.

[@A_Lion_In_The_Sun]

During covid, a lot of the people who left NYC just moved to Long Island and New Jersey. They still work in the city, just wanted their own house and yard.

[@lakenneth374]

2024, California experienced positive population growth. The state’s population increased by just over 250,000. Notably, Los Angeles County grew by 0.05 percent.

[@josephmclennan1229]

Illegal Aliens ?

[@lakenneth374]

@@josephmclennan1229 NO, it`s where the money and future of the world is. EX: Let's look at Venture Capital 2024 distribution in Billion: California $104.02 ...NY $29.24...Mass $21.35...Illinois $10.45...Texas $10.26...Florida $7.24. Even Tesla had to relocate the engineering department back to California. with "AI" the future of the world California will lead.

[@SamMcKinley]

I think that NYC will be for the rich. Neighborhoods are improving and tourism is up. However people are leaving. NYC also receives a lot of immigrants. I believe in Memphis. The economy is good. When Nashville becomes more expensive, people will need somewhere to go.

[@SuzanMiller-ou5kq]

I’m thinking Cincinnati or Pittsburgh for my next move

[@Susan-id5xj]

Columbus is better.

[@UserName-ts3sp]

Both cities are nice

[@panas1122]

People who leaving from cities to suburbs (more likely poorer red states) make house prices growing quick in those states.

[@john-o1g9p]

raised in columbus. cleveland was always known as the mistake on the lake and the football team was the cleveland bungles. good to see they are carrying on the traditions.

[@carolinapaez5730]

I love Chicago

[@HowerShawn]

Cleveland is losing population, but definitely not dying. People who move in are bringing in more money.

[@billbergendahl2911]

When I was in Times Square in New York City many years ago I took a picture of a man playing a guitar. He was wearing only underwear and a straw hat.

[@chengliu872]

So many people are moving away from California that in Phoenix U-Haul has deals for people moving to California.

[@christophermooney1228]

What about Portland Oregon?

[@seanmcdirmid]

Still growing so not on the list.