Top 10 US Cities That Are Going Downhill in 2024

Top 10 US Cities That Are Going Downhill in 2024
Are you wondering what cities will be going downhill in 2024?
In 2024, these are the cities you should probably avoid moving to. Don't take a job, don't buy real estate, try and avoid these places.
This video is my opinion/ prediction for 2023.
Real estate and the cost of living will continue to change at an accelerated pace for the next few years in these states. Combine those with crime and poverty, and you see why some of these US cities make this list.
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[@rickhall517930]

The pandemic didn't cause the problem; the handling of it corrupt and incompetent governments did.

[@mmmd3429]

PPP loans that were forgiven willy nilly. Nothing to see here.

[@vincienzo]

And it's not even just municipal governments, there's plenty of blame to go around at the federal and state levels, as well as the wealthy elites from the private sector and their armies of lobbyists and the bankers that they pay to hide their wealth and dodge taxes.

[@bigfoot-id8bv]

Democrats did it.

[@MrMrREmm]

What about their voting pattern?

[@rustyshackleford6637]

LF Schumaker 2B Miles 1B Pujols RF Ludwick 3B Glaus CF Ankiel C Molina P Looper SS Ryan

[@buckshot6481]

The whole country is going downhill.

[@movingtokc]

Man, I couldn’t imagine living with this mindset.

[@hughfuller8416]

@@movingtokcI agree wholeheartedly.

[@thetest8777]

​@movingtokc he's not wrong unless your rich

[@daryl252000ify]

Scientist coined a new phase for the time period we're living in. It's called, "The Enshittenment". Reference is, The Juice Media.

[@commonsenseisntcommon1776]

@@movingtokc -Maybe check the wide open border?

[@4knanapapa]

As a resident of the Detroit metro area, I'm happy to see Detroit didn't make the list, in fact It has made a dramatic turn around and has become a popular city for those wanting to enjoy the urban experience.

[@BeautifuLakesStreamsBiologists]

portland, the new Detroit.

[@GoUMBuckeyeater]

Same! I’m happy to see Detroit not on the list. People crapped on Detroit for so long. It’s a hidden gem.

[@anabolicamaranth7140]

Detroit is way undervalued.

[@KristNi]

New Orleans, Baltimore and Memphis are new Detroits. The new Detroit is probably a Atlanta in the 1990s or so. But, when America slides out of production the entire country will be a Detroit and that's sad

[@richardmyers7847]

​@@anabolicamaranth7140too many 🐒

[@FreeRoamBaltimore]

Baltimore didn't make this list. City's going downhill faster than a rollercoaster.

[@knp278]

This comment insinuates Baltimore wasn’t in the gutter already

[@MrMrREmm]

It says GOING downhill... Baltimore already went down the barrel

[@rustyshackleford6637]

I went to Baltimore last year... thought I was in zombieland

[@rdspam]

“Downhill in 2024”. They are already in the equivalent of Death Valley.

[@furmanmackey5479]

Back in the mid 1970s my job required me to make numerous trips to and from D.C. and Baltimore. Back then I figured both cities as "Dead Zones" and swore I would never get any closer than the N.C.-VA to either of them ever again. However, life led me to live in The Peoples Republic of Maryland for seven years while The Lovely Bride and I worked ourselves nearly to death to get the hell out and back to our beloved home state of South Carolina. Because The Lovely Bride was undergoing treatments for a rather rare form of cancer, and I was under periodic care from VA we made several trips per month into and out of Baltimore. We learned early on that arriving in Baltimore before the sun was fully up or leaving after it got dark were bad moves indeed. If it tells you anything we NEVER made the roughly two hour round trip to and from "The City" unarmed! In 2019 we finally made our "escape" from the PRM and have no interest in ever returning!

[@SGG140]

Could you please do a study on which states have the most state employees? Federal employees? Municipal employees? And maybe the negatives and positives of your findings. Thank you for the work you put into your videos.

[@rustyshackleford6637]

SS Eckstein CF Ankiel 1B Pujols RF Encarnarcion 3B Rolen LF Schumaker C Molina P Wainwright 2B Miles

[@sgtlz]

I agree with the idea of a study on the states that have the most Federal, State, and Municipal employees. I will bet that these states have strong employee unions participating in the states governments pretty much like California and the other Blue States.

[@alexstokowsky6360]

It's not a State, but I think you will find that Puerto Rico most likely has the most Government employees per population.

[@653j521]

@@alexstokowsky6360 And Wash DC?

[@kingjames1586]

Bureaucracy enslavement has pillaged “we the sheeple” because we’ve chosen to submit sovereignty to grossly corrupt government 🤷🏽

[@drivingwithricks]

I grew up in the 70s and things were very affordable, even gas. Now 50 years later, I can't even afford a park bench. Wages are stale and the cost of living is going through the roof. I'm retired and with my SSI, pension, and 401k together, I still can't make ends meet in a small little town 😢

[@steph8030593]

That’s because things in small towns are more expensive

[@hughjass1044]

I think every city in America is going downhill. Some are just doing it faster than others.

[@jakearsenta2144]

Like Canada.

[@Luka_D_Snots]

Consequence of Bidenomics

[@KristNi]

You're correct

[@Woketard]

Hmm. City dwellers are too pompous to admit THEY voted for this. I mean, how many are blaming themselves for the flood of poor foreigners being dumped at their doorsteps? They can blame their leaders, but THEY voted for it. Every single major city in the US votes blue no matter who. Start blaming and harassing the voters. They caused it.

[@Football__Junkie]

Imagine if the government didn’t give millions to Ukraine and Israel for machines of destruction, and instead they gave to construction and infrastructure projects in America

[@kirkshanghai]

Texas' extreme car-dependent city planning was always a bad choice, and it was always gonna catch up to them in some way-- from ridiculous traffic to highway extension projects, to insane road repair costs. Should have invested more in public transportation ages ago....

[@mmmd3429]

Insanely true! Oil & Gas bought and paid for those politicians.

[@drew8642]

Oil based state of course

[@carlerickson74]

Plus the weather absolutely sucks! Lol 3 seasons, Infernal blast furnace hot, severe thunderstorms and hail/tornadoes, and cold icy! Yeah! Sounds fun! 😆

[@Cyrus992]

Land use codes make traditional designed areas illegal.

[@Sandy-r7t]

Dallas used to have trollies before GM moved in. Most of us Texans believe we don't have good public transportation because of GMs influence over progress.

[@aaronaustrie]

The U.S as a whole I believe is getting worse!

[@chrischristides]

The progressive government created the problems.

[@jakearsenta2144]

Stop complaining. I am from Canada and US is heaven compared to there

[@tmghui888]

@@jakearsenta2144Canada is actually better if you look at statistics. Much lower crime rates than the US, the middle class actually earns more than the American middle class from what I have read, and the poor are more cared for by the government compared to the US.

[@Rhaspun]

@@tmghui888 The US has a much larger population that Canada. It still has the largest amount of immigrants of any country and they continue to come in. They are always playing catch up in the US. Canada has the population that is almost equal to California.

[@scottchristensen4081]

Hey Briggs. You mentioned that Dallas is becoming a victim of its own success because of such rapid growth. I think this is happening to an extent in all 4 of Texas’s major metros because the cities struggle to meet the induced infrastructure demands of all these new residents, especially in roadways, electricity, and water. It’s certainly true that fast growing cities have their growing pains, but I definitely think Dallas is in the best shape out of every city on this list.

[@anderander5662]

Just wait till they get more diverse…

[@ma1375]

"Get it. Got it. Good. " clever catchphrase from a 6 year subscriber.

[@KimonSheri]

They still have oil. We need Texas desperately

[@AudaciousLex]

imagine thinking Dallas hasn't already BEEN diverse lmaoooo@@anderander5662

[@Joe_doesnt_know]

Nope dallas is racist lol

[@bracebrooks967]

Interesting video! I'm not suprised Chicago and New Orleans were listed here seeing how both of those cities are on a whole different level of having the reputation of being politically corrupt. I hope we see an opposite video of the cities going uphill for 2024.

[@nntflow7058]

To be fair, New Orleans like many cities alongside cities in Florida are battered by natural disasters too. It's just not located in a good area to begin with.

[@khaosleigon504]

I'm born and raised from New Orleans and moved to Richmond Virginia back in 2014 ever since I moved here I've seen a better quality of life as far as making money and raising a family I don't want my kids to go through what I did growing up I've seen things I wish I haven't seen especially surviving Katrina with my family but Richmond is pretty boring but at least I'm making money 🙄 lol

[@bracebrooks967]

@@nntflow7058You're absolutely right, I visited that city to meet up with relatives 2 years ago. Just 4 days after I left back to my home state by airplane another hurricane did quite a bit of damage to that city. There's no I way I ever want to relocate to Louisiana.

[@bracebrooks967]

@@khaosleigon504Good for you all, I hope you all continue to have a good life there in Richmond. I also hope you all get to at least regularly visit non-boring parts of the United States during your vacations.

[@brianwilson6403]

​@@nntflow7058No, being below sea level is not a good area to be in.

[@bromontana8100]

Living in Florida is exactly like living in a giant Walmart

[@Chiller11]

That’s funny, unfortunate but funny.

[@EmilyTienne]

You are funny! 😂

[@rdspam]

If your Walmart is managed by an evil crazy guy.

[@uselesscause3178]

I think it is more Dollar Store quality at Harrods pricing. /source Floridian

[@eksbocks9438]

And then there's the customers as well....

[@GoUMBuckeyeater]

As a Michigander I’m so happy to see Detroit not on this list. Such a hidden gem and has had so much improvement.

[@bingo8789]

Look at Atlanta Dallas and Charlotte

[@Pivot35]

How can you go downhill when you’re already at the bottom? lol Just kidding just kidding i’ve never even been to detroit.

[@Nonquack]

I’m really surprised San Francisco didn’t make this list.

[@franklinmartin8103]

San Fran is already a has been. The video is his list of those cites that are destined to go down, not those cities that have already crashed and burned. San Fran is still burning.

[@tdgdbs1]

Bottom out already.

[@perfectallycromulent]

@@tdgdbs1 if you think that, you've never been to the rust belt. cities there have lost 2/3 of their population. SF has a long way to go before it's Detroit. and even then, it will still have better weather than any city in the rust belt.

[@dosbaggos5575]

Frisco started tanking in the late 70's

[@paulmarshall9189]

Me too.

[@SurfsFlatTrader]

What about San Francisco!?? I thought it would be number one

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

SF has been so low the can really just go up.

[@seanmcdirmid]

They don’t have that much debt compared to the cities on this list. No Californian city was on the list, probably related to California law on how much debt a city can take on.

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

​@@WorldAccordingToBriggsbut they never will but they will fall off into the ocean

[@nothingnessofeverything]

SF has dropped a lot of the regulations and is innovating new concepts in tehere infrastructure to turn office buildings into live work spaces. Yes it’s been so bad they have already begun the process of climbing back up

[@mmmd3429]

Funny what research proves versus what fools consume on 24/7 news. Facts don't care about your feelings.

[@bunny_smith]

Flat out, this is the result of giving Corporate America a pass on all taxes. Most corporations worth their salt have legally taken advantage of tax loopholes so their tax liability is zero and most states and municipalities, in fact, give them generous benefits to relocate to their area. That's great if you want to create jobs, but corporations are where the money is. They should be responsible for paying a significant tax burden. And it's not like the tax breaks kept corporations from moving overseas anyway. This is the richest country in the history of the world at its richest point in its history. Citizens should not be living in poverty in broken down cities. This was a choice.

[@tyreck9835]

Big Briggs, hear me out.. ✋🏿‘Best Cities For Young Professionals in 2024’🤚🏿

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

Nope

[@danieldanieldadada]

Yeah no, Ty. BB ain't yo genie.

[@rentslave]

Cities are OBSOLETE. COVID unintentionally proved that beyond all doubt.

[@TheRedishFire99]

I think his audience mostly consists of boomers who don’t really care

[@bretkilker119]

Maybe San Francisco didn’t make this list because it’s not going downhill……it’s already hit rock bottom.

[@adeserti]

We got stranded in Portland this summer due to United Airlines. The 4 days we spent there we saw multiple people stealing from stores, neighborhoods with hookers calling out to us, and all the homeless tents and garbage. Never was more happy to lift off on our flight

[@mxl_reps_951]

Thats any major city

[@jamesmarsh9888]

@@mxl_reps_951That’s any Democrat-led major city.

[@robertmartinjr.4537]

That is not a Portland only problem in some of these rural communities across the country are drug riddled with opioid addicts violent crimes on par with large urban areas. Decay is setting in large swaths of the country. Some of these migration magnets will feel it in a few years.

[@judah-je1jm]

​@jamesmarsh9888 Any city stop the left right games all cities are falling meanwhile Republicans making bills to send billions to Israel and Hamas but to Americans they say NoMas Republican Democrats both do big ponzi schemes

[@golferpro1241]

Democrat dump

[@wthao]

It doesn’t help that a lot of these city are giving tax breaks to billion dollars corporations and on top of that also giving them money to stay.

[@janeentumbao8690]

Interesting things about Chi-town I'd just learned... The Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge pays for Canadian pensions and some goes to Australia. Those parking meters-that money goes to Abu Dhabi. Yup. And there's much more, but I'll spare you the deets. But if all that money stayed local, we wouldn't have so much debt, schools could be funded better and we could get better resources for the homeless.

[@KTJohnsonkidThunder]

Illinois Tollway actually.

[@JulianFigueroa-e5j]

Sources??

[@jondiaz3475]

Rich Daley's parting gift on his way out of office. :(

[@mckinley312]

This is not true. Show me your source and I’ll show you mine.

[@janeentumbao8690]

@@mckinley312 I've already done that, but the comment was deleted. Yay? 😄

[@j.clements2093]

I had no idea Miami had such a huge budget deficit. With the astronomical property tax revenue from the high property value, we should be able to meet the 2 billion I think. I’ve been wondering what the local governments have been doing with all the extra cash.

[@KimonSheri]

Find out. Let us know

[@EugeakaEugene]

South Florida is like California - for very rich. Millionaires

[@schmitty8225]

Miami has been one of the most corrupt cities in America for the past 50 years. No surprise its in debt.

[@paulzhang1798]

@@KimonSheri actually miami's debt per capita is down by 1.4% compare to 2017. dallas is down by 31.9%. NYC is down by 11.2%. according to forbes. resonable debt is a way to boost economy. given the economic volume of US big cities, it is totally reasonable.

[@mariecameau097]

We pay property taxes 40% go to Vatican,30% to England and 30% for usa

[@roadrunneroperationsllc]

Im shocked Denver isn't on this list. Ive never seen a city get so crappy so quickly in my life.

[@RidiPwn]

meanwhile our national debt is 33 trillion... what you say to that

[@herschelwright4663]

I’m surprised that Los Angeles didn’t make the cut.

[@rickpicone9751]

He can do a whole vid on California's cities by itself.

[@beefsupreme6488]

Albuquerque should definitely be on here. My dad used to live in Oregon and we would visit Portland when i go up there. I thought Portland looked completely normal sure the homeless is more than Albuquerque but the violent crime, property crime ect is x10 in Albuquerque.

[@LyleFrancisDelp]

NYC is a real shame. Giuliani had that city in pretty good shape. Made Times Square a place you could take your family to visit. Crime was down. And now….it’s just a pile of crap.

[@KimonSheri]

Sad and true

[@rickhall517930]

And the Leftist media made sure that changed!

[@Cyrus992]

It was decent until the late 2010s

[@arnoldjones2435]

TF!? Check out his last four years as mayor also. The cop expansion was started by Dinkins. We had the lowest crime under DeBlasio in 2017.

[@LyleFrancisDelp]

@@arnoldjones2435 Nice try but no ceegar. Giuliani cleaned that city up. Not Dunkin. Not Bloomberg. It was Giuliani. Period.

[@edruttledge342]

"Going Downhill" appears to be assessed only on the basis of debt to so-called "assets" of a municipality. An interesting criteria to use. And, I posit, porous/wholly simplistic when determining a future status of a city. I suspect some of those you identify are in/will be in deep trouble, but not solely on the debt to "assets" ratio. Using your "debt to "assets" ratio criteria, it would be interesting to see a list of "ten US cities that are going uphill." I'd like to see that as well.

[@maryutz8358]

How did San Fran and L.A. not make this list?

[@HealthyMBS1]

home prices everywhere need to come down 50%. Wages have not even remotely increased to the point to validate home price increases

[@tammyicious]

So true.

[@patrickchilds5486]

In Florida I’m in a very affluent area people paying cash for homes. Paying 3 million and gutting the homes!

[@alisjopapa9833]

@@patrickchilds5486foreigners?

[@mmmd3429]

​@@patrickchilds5486Hopefully they can get homeowner insurance.

[@rentslave]

Foreigners,bankers,and NJ schoolteachers.@@patrickchilds5486

[@Thatguy-mo8jd]

Chicago property taxes are insane. Almost like a second mortgage payment

[@FAAMAN841]

Gotta pay for the illegals in Chicago...

[@FAAMAN841]

Gotta pay for the illegals in Chicago...

[@FAAMAN841]

Gotta pay for the illegals in Chicago...

[@FAAMAN841]

Gotta pay for the illegals in Chicago...

[@DogWalkerBill]

Three cities important to me: Pittsburgh (my hometown); Philadelphia (I live bear there now and New York City (where I lived for 50 years.) I dare say there are boroughs of NYC where you can buy a house for lots less than 800k. Say Staten Island! But the City & State governments are going to hell.

[@keithwollenberg5237]

Miami's biggest problem is going to be staying above sea level.

[@SA-hz1rs]

its the crime buddy

[@coach2208]

Another liberal with climate change brain damage. Florida will always stay high and dry. You should be worrying about those who are corrupting your brain.

[@andrewcarlson2178]

Al Gore, is that you ?

[@BossAce254]

​@@andrewcarlson2178 that's definitely Al Gore. We know his handwriting 😂😂😂

[@pdxmtngoat]

Every time I visit Dallas, I am just glad I don't have to deal with the traffic like my friends do. The traffic in DFW is hideous with tollroads absolutely everywhere you go. Traffic is as bad as California.

[@Krebbulous]

Sounds like the whole country is in trouble

[@elishadan212]

The US economy too is grappling with uncertainties, global fluctuations, and pandemic aftermath, causing instability. Rising inflation, sluggish growth, and trade disruptions need urgent attention from all sectors to restore stability and stimulate growth.

[@antoniete387-]

Things are strange right now. The US dollar is becoming less valuable because of inflation, and other powerful nations waking up to trade in their own currencies. Good thing is, a lot of people still turn to the Dollar because of the safety is somehow assures. I'm worried about my retirement savings of about $420,000 losing value because of these factors and more. Where else can we keep our money?

[@georgec.wilkerson]

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[@robertl.anderson]

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[@georgec.wilkerson]

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[@nicoled.conyers]

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[@kingquan3826]

As a current New Orleans resident, you’re spot on. From the sudden Fires, crime, corruption, inflation and bad economy. I’m at the point where I feel like maybe this city needs to go downhill. It’s just too bad. It’s becoming harder to live here.

[@Jc-do4fy]

New Orleans is actually doing a whole lot WORSE than this guy describes.

[@KristNi]

Just move away

[@kingquan3826]

@@KristNi that’s the plan. And you wanna know something crazy. I was just thinking about a relationship I’m currently in and I was trying to see how to make this long distance relationship work and your comment popped up lol. Thanks for the answer

[@kingquan3826]

@michaelthomas9440 referring to the new movie?

[@donh6177]

Hard to believe that there was no city in California on this list especially San Francisco!

[@penguinking4830]

You believe in Fox News too much. You would hate SF. It is way above your IQ level.

[@ralphjohnson3202]

​@@penguinking4830The IQ can't be to high if your still living there.

[@darkwoodmovies]

SF already hit its bottom, there's nowhere else to go but up

[@sterlingmarshel6299]

@@ralphjohnson3202 everything you use on a daily basis puts money in the Bay area. smartest people only need to apply

[@thebaxters1375]

I was surprised California wasn’t on the list as well!

[@ellerose2928]

chicago is not as bad as people say. a huge city where you can avoid the dangerous areas with great people and amazing food. i miss it!!

[@Javier-mh8sp]

It is bad. Why do you think so many people are moving out.

[@curtsuneson6161]

Dallas may have a lower average housing cost But they have some of the highest property taxes in the country. In fact their property taxes are so outrageous that there are loan shark companies that specialize only in property tax loans advertising everywhere. It's crazy

[@curtsuneson6161]

@@davidgarcia5593 yeah well take the lasagna out of the oven next time

[@dracphelan]

Dallas has been spending (and overspending) on ridiculous projects (with bonds). They keep on building parks on decks above freeways, overpriced suspension bridges when a normal bridge will do, and other things that they boost the cost on in order to overly decorate it. BTW, most of the highway building projects you are seeing are paid for by the county and the state, not the city.

[@GeauxTigers2024]

I’ve been considering moving outside of Dallas in 2025 but I’ve been having my doubts bc of reasons like that should I?

[@dracphelan]

@@GeauxTigers2024 IMO, yes. I wish I could convince my wife to move.

[@kcross4293]

Lol I take it you wasn’t at the last 90 billion dollar Dallas revamp city council meeting…there’s a lot more to come

[@thullraven1]

@@GeauxTigers2024 The suburbs are fine. Just don't move to Dallas itself. Garland also sucks. Stay out of there.

[@Eugene-pt5lu]

Lived in Dallas in 2007-2009 despised it more than living in Atlanta, Baltimore. Chicago, and my birthplace Los Angeles. Dallas Metro a little town called Pleasantville with a bunch of Steford wives.

[@in2why724]

From the burgh here, Pittsburgh cost of living for certain communities is not very good. There’s an article from 2013 I believe about how the black community is the less fortunate in Pittsburgh. If you haven’t read it you should check it out.

[@robbieross6646]

Stay out of the big cities anywhere in the United States if possible. Live rural, buy land, become as independent as you possibly can.

[@ColdPotato]

Bad news for rural people living on rural incomes.

[@devinmccurry5546]

Or aim to move to Europe or something

[@daystar39]

We get the government we deserve....we voted FOR this mess and we gotta live with it

[@mmmd3429]

Greed-flation is worldwide.

[@suzanmiller558]

I didn’t vote for it

[@mmmd3429]

@@suzanmiller558 It's one big club and you're not in it.

[@daystar39]

me either Suze...but many did @@suzanmiller558

[@skidmoda]

Yep, it seems some of the NPCs are waking up. So hopefully these cities and states will vote in their own interest and not on emotion.

[@EugeneWilliams-m9p]

You forgot Los Angeles I was there a month ago and I seen a ton of people in poverty

[@SA-hz1rs]

nothing like poorida

[@kaidrewry552]

Love this channel... and ur voice is awesome lol, could totally listen to your podcasts. And interesting-- I wonder how these cities will be like in 2025

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

Thank you

[@mrbig7718]

What exactly does those cities have in common? And how long has those cities had that exact thing in common? And before i get fingers pointed at me, im from New Orleans. Im just asking

[@susan7775]

I’m surprised Seattle isn’t on this list. When I was a teenager I walked all over the downtown area alone, and even walked out to the Seattle Center. Course, that was almost 60 years ago. It’s a dump now, the mayor and city council are worthless

[@PamelaG-mg1yd]

I loved Seattle in the 90's. People used to complain about the Californians taking over. Homeless was on the rise and I asked a young homeless couple where they were from and their response - Ft. Lauderdale. Weeks later, an article in the paper exposed how Southern cities were buying one-way bus tickets to ship their homeless problem to the North.

[@jameskubajak8489]

Coming from the south suburbs of Chicago, I'm not surprised to see Chi town made this list, but Honolulu does! It like what B.J. Hunnycutt said after finding out their unknowing soldier hails from Hawaii: "Why would anyone want to get drunk in Honolulu?"🥴

[@ahadumer418]

Do you still live there

[@FIRE_DrNinjaTurtle]

When you said St. Louis blows, I busted out laughing 😁

[@detroit8v715]

No need for Detroit to be on this list as the city has already hit rock bottom and is slowly improving. The downtown area is getting really nice and the surrounding areas near downtown are being revitalized and getting nice. Since bankruptcy, Detroit has balanced its budget ever since, and the current mayor, Mike Duggan, is trying to reduce the tax rate for residents.

[@darkwoodmovies]

Pittsburgh can pay off its debt by either asking every resident for $14k, or alternatively, ask literally any single corporation based in Pittsburgh to fully pay its taxes.

[@als7594]

A couple months ago I saw estimates of population loses in the city of Pittsburgh of around 14% by 2030. 2020 they had 303,000 residents and by 2030 Pittsburgh may have closer to 255K to 260K residents. As of 2023 the population has already dropped to less than 296K.

[@objectivethinker3225]

The question is are they moving to the suburbs? Pittsburgh's population is incredibly small. The Metro area is where everyone lives. And people will continue to move there so long as the brainwashed residents of the city vote for radical progressives who can't stop spending money.

[@brennanconway3728]

Where did you see that? Pittsburgh will likely continue to shrink, but I am highly skeptical that it will lose 50,000 residents in less than a decade. That would make it, by far, the fastest shrinking major city in the country and the fastest Pittsburgh had shrunk since the 1980s despite all evidence pointing to population losses leveling off. Pittsburgh's economy has improved significantly over the past 20 years and the city only lost 0.9% (less than 2,000) between 2010 and 2020, which was significantly better than the Census Bureau had estimated. I just don't see a 14%, 50,000 person loss happening given the city's current trajectory. Also your current population number is not correct. The most recent official estimate from the Census Bureau put Pittsburgh at 302,898, basically a net zero change since the 2020 census (down 60 residents).

[@rdspam]

The metro area is 2.37 million people. The number moving out of the small city proper, with its 3% wage tax, to the suburbs, with mostly 1% wage taxes, doesn’t really reflect “population decline” other than in this specific taxation scenario. From 1940-2020, the “city” shrank from 671,000 to 302,000, down 55%. But the MSA went from 2.06M to 2.37M, up 15%. Future growth will similarly not be in the city limits. For the debt, they will need to expand the “commuter tax” already applied to those commuting in for work.

[@macrosense]

But what about the metro region?

[@als7594]

@@rdspam Yes, I'm focusing only on the city itself. Allegheny country has only lost about 500k residents since it topped out in the 50's and the demise of the steel industries in the late seventies. It now sits around 1.1 million. I was downtown renewing a five year permit in June. The garage I usually park at, I got a parking place on the first floor. Five, ten, fifteen years ago at 7:45 in the morning I would be on the top floor of that garage lucky to get a spot. The city itself is dying and the politicians have no idea how to fix it. The problems have been mounting for decades and elected officials are more worried about offending particular groups than turning around the city. Example back in the eighties they tried to clean up the crime problem and the got sued for cracking down on the criminals. Now the criminals are slowly taking over many city neighborhoods. I know city neighborhoods that were nice places to live thirty years ago. Today it's not safe to walk the streets in those same communities.

[@TerryAnnOnline]

You have the Texas flag for Missouri.

[@Eskimo8888]

Anything to get comments

[@garyd.7372]

A city is in bad financial shape when they have to borrow a flag from another state.

[@RobScuremusic]

No Baltimore? No cities in CA? I find it hard to believe.

[@TheRedishFire99]

I’m not sure about other places, but I live in CA and conditions in LA and SF have been slightly improving

[@calminacrisis126]

Baltimore already on the bottom

[@jaycasado5029]

These are cities going downhill. LA and San Francisco BEEN downhill

[@Brooklyn94269]

Baltimore going up slowly

[@SA-hz1rs]

florida is falling apart

[@paulzhang1798]

I don't think this method is accurate. Take Dallas for example, their debt per capita is actually down for 32% from 2017. NYC is down by 11.2%(according to forbes). only the NOLA is the only city among the cities you mentioned whose debt is actually increased.

[@arnoldjones2435]

Not one city of California is on here that’s interesting. As a native New Yorker living in Colorado, I’ve been hearing about this collapse for awhile.

[@commonsenseisntcommon1776]

San Fran should be Number 1!

[@dawnreneegmail]

92081 here and I was pleasantly surprised that San Francisco, Los Angeles or San Diego did not make this list ( or home area Long Beach for Briggsy!) For all the carping I read on the net I think you inadvertently proved that we're expensive alrighty but the books at least look good. Good to know my former home area of the Front Range also avoided your list. I go broke incrementally monthly.... y'know the frog in a pot experience 💁🏼‍♀️. 😊

[@bwebbs28]

People just love to hate California, yet we remain the most populated state.

[@markhandel5928]

Los Angeles and san Francisco are the bottom 2 cities. He just likes to favor California city. Presently those 2 cities are the bottom as is the state as a whole.

[@johnteets2921]

Well, I won't bother watching then, thanks.

[@adamsusmilch5615]

I'm no mathematician but chicago at 42k per person seems to me to be number 1. As a fellow ex chicagoan (which there are now many of us) I can safely say that corruption there is mind boggling and has been for 100+ years. The rooster has to eventually come home to roost doesn't he?

[@Humandriver5280]

The Dallas metro is a textbook case of how not to develop. Small Oklahoma towns will become suburbs. If you build a six lane grid, they will come.

[@2dirtydogs820]

Denton is a 'burb now because of DART.

[@Mega_DP]

Houston laughs at your six lanes

[@2dirtydogs820]

@@Mega_DP I drove through Houston once and am scarred for life!

[@Mega_DP]

@@2dirtydogs820 lol

[@BeautifuLakesStreamsBiologists]

Should have mentioned that higher interest rates have a significant influence on the downward housing price trend in most areas.

[@tkyap2524]

Talking about it is useless. Doing something positive about it is required.

[@nathanarmstrong7662]

Briggs is the best!

[@PSkitt82]

Fiscals? At that point, you just say economics to pluralize fiscal. Fiscal and economic mean the same thing.

[@sterlingmarshel6299]

he is referring to government pensions so saying fiscal is correct

[@jimandersen3003]

where's San Francisco? too gone to be called a city?

[@jamesmichaelfrank]

San Francisco is not going down hill it already hit rock-bottom .

[@damienjackson7534]

Indianapolis, Indiana should seriously be on this list!!💯💯

[@ethancook5705]

The only thing saving Indy is Eli Lilly.

[@damienjackson7534]

@@ethancook5705 Is that the employer?

[@ethancook5705]

yes. It is a Pharmaceutical Giant.

[@damienjackson7534]

@@ethancook5705 I saw that sign whenever I go to and from work. The roads here are terrible. My tires busted 3 times and I had to pay out of pocket.

[@ethancook5705]

I know the feeling. Chicago is bad as well.

[@arlitabeard7693]

My poor home town Portland it use to be a great city still miss Oregon loved the weather in the Portland area

[@mashton6631]

I lived in Portland in the early 2000s it was magical, it was seriously the best place to be in the world! My family still lives there I went back to visit in 2022 I couldn’t believe my eyes -I live in Australia now it’s paradise

[@genekelley7579]

🛑🛑 I can’t believe that “💩 Hole”, San Francisco isn’t on this list. 💯 With every business and folks, getting out of California, it seems a bit odd to me. 🤷‍♂️

[@kennyedwardscrucible]

The problem is c'estui vie trust 1099 - 1933 the debt is owed to us..Georgia guidestones fiat currency 😢

[@mac76311]

The country is going downhill. Thanks current government

[@jimmbear3998]

Nice video, I lived in Dallas for 18 months, 20 years ago and didn’t like it then, with more people and higher home prices I don’t see any reason to return as there are no beaches, mountains or much culture. A lot of the places on this list fall into the category of nice place to visit but wouldn’t want to live there (NY, Honolulu, Chicago, New Orleans). Surprised Honolulu made list as I have been there multiple times and driven all over Oahu, always felt safe and never saw any crime. I did see some homeless on one beach but nothing like you have in other major U.S. cities. New Orleans saddens me because the French Quarter and Cajun food is so good with some of the most memorable restaurants. However once you are outside of the French Quarter you realize what a disaster the city and state are. Miami is a nightmare, unless you are a multi millionaire. I have been to Philadelphia a couple of times and remember someone on the plane calling it Philadelphia, PU. It just seems so old/dirty/polluted. It is sort of like NYC or Chicago without all the cool stuff those places have to do.

[@kdj77]

How you left out San Francisco or LA is mind blowing 🫨

[@sterlingmarshel6299]

not really they are not close to as bad fiscally as the cities he named.

[@tmghui888]

This is about the fiscal problems the cities are facing and nothing else. SF and LA are nowhere close to the fiscal problems that these cities are facing.

[@bettymohr2784]

This is your most helpful video. Knew that all those cities were in trouble with crime but didn't realize the financial problems! Good to know. Thank you.

[@peteshallcross787]

The best move I ever made was leaving Illinois in 2017. At one time , there were more govt workers there than any other state. No wonder they have major debt and their population is decreasing every year. This year they put into law no cash bail to help with their rise in crime, lol. Good luck!

[@AliSwanson1728]

Democrats ruin everything they get their hands on!

[@ahadumer418]

So what do think is the future of illlnois like I can never leave this state because of family but I like living in the Chicago suburbs

[@DaniG.German883]

@@ahadumer418Islamization

[@ven412]

New Orleans has a number of million dollar homes and 5 times as many 100k homes you don’t want to be anywhere near. Avg home price doesn’t tell you anything.

[@heystarfish100]

I have lived here in Illinois my whole life, 60 years. I would always say to myself, “these rotten politicians have really run out of ideas to cover up their failures and will have to face up their mistakes.” I can dream but that’s about all I can do. This whole State is so corrupt and the people are totally crazy. Very few conservatives here who are fighting but voter apathy is killing us. The rats always win.

[@jennteal5265]

I just don't know how rural Illinois survives. Grew up in Michigan, have now spent half my life in Iowa. I just have a really hard time seeing Illinois as anything other than a lost cause and yet I'm _well aware_ the biggest problem is Cook COunty and Chicagoland in general.

[@cassidy_c]

tbf illinois at the moment is probably the least corrupt it’s ever been, i think we’re only the 4th most corrupt state now! but there’s still very big corruption issues but every passing year i feel like they’re getting prosecuted more and happening less.

[@cassidy_c]

@@jennteal5265rural illinois survives because of cook county, as much as there’s parts of chicago that are pretty shit there’s lots that are very rich as well. rural illinois gets lots of money from chicago because in its current state it can’t economically sustain itself. go to any town in rural illinois and u can tell there’s no money there. outside of chicago and it’s suburbs the only places that have any sort of good economy going are bloomington and champaign

[@PiratePrincessYuki]

The only thing worst than St. Louis is East St. Louis. You forgot San Francisco. The way it looks with all the businesses moving out it’s now pretty much considered a dead city.

[@jk47500]

Why is it still so expensive?

[@PiratePrincessYuki]

@@jk47500 San Francisco killed it’s economy and crime is through the roof. And East St. Louis, crime ridden.

[@KristNi]

​@@jk47500Because it's California

[@jgg2220]

When I divide 382 million by Pittsburgh’s population I get $1,261 per individual (population around 382,000). How are you calculating your figure?

[@starchunkss]

Haven't watched the video yet but I know without a doubt St. Louis will be on this list. I have family doing everything in their power to get out of there. The crime is through the roof!

[@debofiveklub7804]

Have your family move to St Louis County. Brigg always focus on St Louis City but there are some great suburbs in St Louis County.

[@ShawnConrad-tw8du]

Its the blackies

[@1970joedub]

Years ago the St Louis City schools lost accreditation for about ten years… a decade… so there’s that.

[@rustyshackleford6637]

​@@debofiveklub7804St Louis has been downhill, that isn't new. It's a shame because if the crime wasn't so bad, St Louis could boast itself as a walkable city with the convenient setup of the metrolink. I love hanging out anywhere from CWE to forest park to Brentwood areas. Downtown is beautiful too walking around the arch. You're right about St Louis County being a fine area. Anywhere along 270 on the Westside is very desirable.

[@jondiaz3475]

STL has 650 million in debt, but conveniently received 600+ million from the settlement of its lawsuit against the NFL when the Rams left town. They could erase the debt tomorrow *if they wanted to*. Lots of good going on in STL right now, as long as you are outside of the city. Boeing is hiring engineers away from every tech company in the region, medical care is great, nice houses in decent neighborhoods aren't terribly expensive, and cost of living is very manageable.

[@donaldwilson2620]

I'm surprised San Francisco wasn't on the list. With the homeless problem, rise in crime, and many businesses and people leaving that city due to the expensive cost of living, I was for sure it would be on this list.

[@beanbon666]

It’s not in the list because SF IS already downhill. Has been downhill.

[@jenniferharris7633]

I thought for sure it was #1.

[@AYouTubeChannelwithNoName]

@@beanbon666 Bingo

[@nebworth3688]

Briggs is biased toward California

[@kristinadospoy7347]

San Francisco is just about dead, not just going downhill

[@mrcloudiesbestfriend]

Good to see Detroit not on this list! I think the city is going to continue to rebound pretty dramatically and if anything, see growth and development accelerating over the next few years.

[@JSFGuy]

Pittsburgh? Well considering they don't punish teenagers the bad guys pay the teenagers to do their dirty work, I was a victim of that over the summer and they got nothing as far as punishment.

[@objectivethinker3225]

Yet the residents of the city will keep voting for leftist progressives who believe that accountability for crime is somehow racist. The city will become a slum like it was in the 80s and '90s and all of us suburbanites will watch and eat our popcorn from the outside. So sad.

[@BeyondtheRailz]

Detroit Michigan? That city is just terrible because of the crime, and that's sad

[@nahumreyna6639]

It’s downhill, Detroit’s already at Rock Bottom

[@dsanchez9703]

This City should not be on here cause that already been at the bottom

[@a.grimes4202]

​@@dsanchez9703My thoughts exactly. It will still take a considerable amount of time, but it is ever so gradually starting to make moves on the upswing.

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

And no money

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

​@@a.grimes4202never

[@a.grimes4202]

As a Michigander, it was a pleasant surprise not to see Detroit on the list.

[@aaronfield7899]

You really can't call something that was never good going downhill

[@admiralrustyshackleford119]

Once you hit rock bottom there's nowhere to go but up... 😂

[@ladhkay]

cuz it's already dead

[@a.grimes4202]

@@aaronfield7899 It was great at one point, hit rock bottom and is very gradually starting to upswing. Not saying it will return to its former glory any time soon, but someday it will.

[@aaronfield7899]

@@DaleAl-lg4ul that's because the US government subsided the auto industry like crazy during the 50s

[@strongbad666]

Oh Briggs, on Chicago: The CPD is losing officers faster than it can train them so pretty soon the CPD budget might be just for some drones (i.e., they didn't have to cut services because there are not any officers to pay.)

[@cassidy_c]

not like they were doing shit anyways lmao a cpd officer would watch you get robbed and respond by checking his texts

[@strongbad666]

@@cassidy_c Yeah, that's kind of a post-Covid problem: Getting people to do the job that they were hired to do.

[@deborahcaldwell9775]

Thanks for mentioning the state of Maine and our current tragedy. it’s interesting that we will stay the same statically..

[@ALLfemalesLiecheatnsteal]

❤I’ve lived all over. Including Maine NH etc…. Problem with Maine is the people. Full of sociopaths and cluster B disorders. Could be great place but it’s the people that ruin it. Mainer’s ancestors massacred and killed a lot of native Americans and their own neighbors for land etc. What a greedy narcissistic disgusting place… the people there❤

[@MbTrojansurgeon]

Santa Barbara??? Seems nice here to me!

[@JonathanAllen0379]

That's where I want to be.

[@KimonSheri]

If Santa Barbara falls we all fall

[@DegenerateToo]

Mud slides…., forest fires…, huge arse rocks smashing homes! Other than that it is a really nice place! 😂

[@jdm9251]

Briggs at 7:15 thats the flag of texas not missouri!

[@Cyrus992]

Wished you would have mentioned Las Vegas. Unlike Chicago and Philadelphia, it possible to get around without a car and pay similar prices for housing/rent.

[@Primadonana]

You definitely do not need a car in chicago at all unless you’re in the suburbs or on the outside of the city.

[@nyneegardner6235]

I think they mean it is impossible to get around Vegas without a car. It's true, I can attest to this. The buses are lousy and unreliable, and the Metrolink is really just for tourists and getting to the airport. I grew up here in Vegas, and moved away a few times to Philadelphia. I moved back to Sin City only due to the pandemic in 2020. After 2018-2019, rents and mortgages here in Vegas skyrocketed. At least in Chicago and Philadelphia, they have public transit that is efficient (Chicago I have heard about secondhand), and can get you to most places.

[@Cyrus992]

@@nyneegardner6235 yup

[@maxi-me]

Yeah New Orleans wouldn't be a _great_ place to raise a family. To be fair, the streets and highways are a consequence of the high water table and instability of the marshy soil.

[@KTJohnsonkidThunder]

Yup. The city is obviously situated below sea level. I mean, when Hurricane Katrina hit, a good chunk of the city was submerged, especially when the levees broke near the vicinity of the Lower 9th Ward. Idk if you remember Six Flags New Orleans? Unfortunately it is abandoned to this day, especially since it shut down due to Katrina.

[@maxi-me]

@KTJohnsonkidThunder Ironically I had no idea there was a six flags......till there wasn't one. Ninth ward is kind of a marvel sitting on a foundation of wooden pylons near a couple of centuries old.

[@SageAspen12]

Kensington is a tiny part of Philly. I think Philly is a great spot for college, post grad, or young couples. The city is growing literally everyday. The crime is just like every other city, but not terrible.

[@majorsynthqed7374]

Kensington, almost all of North Philly, almost all of West Philly...it's not good.

[@citizensane4387]

Haven’t watched the video yet, but I’m guessing there will be a lot of pro football towns on this list…let’s see! EDIT: yep…7/10. If you don’t count St Louis.

[@hamburglar83]

For people saying they are shocked at San Fran. San Fran is smaller in pop and has a lot of high paying jobs so their tax payers are loaded. They dont have ghettos they have ghetto people from Oakland and surrounding areas coming into town and committing crime. But the city is small so its not going bankrupt. Also , its a target for conservative media way more then it actually is terrible to live there.

[@magdastar2249]

Yup negative propaganda.

[@CutePanties]

I live in Honolulu, Hawaii. You'd be wasting your life if you move here.

[@nothinggood000]

“Do some research before moving to any of these cities” mmmm, yeah I’ve noticed the way every single one of these places are governed/vote.

[@patriciayohn6136]

I knew that Philadelphia would be on the list, crime is through the roof, but I didn't expect Pittsburgh to be on the list although they both have a lot of curruption going on. Pennsylvania is a beautiful state and so much history it's a shame that our big cities are both going downhill. As a Pennsylvanian it makes me very sad, I only live about an hour west of Philly and I used to love to go there to the Art Museum, the Zoo and Independence Hall, and the Franklin Institute, but sadly for me no more because of the crime. I would still consider taking the train to Downtown Pittsburgh though which also has many nice places to visit and we are Steelers fans. Pennsylvania as a whole has beautiful scenery, GREAT FOOD, beautiful State Parks, and Gettysburg. Love it here and often road trip vacation in PA, Upstate NY is lovely as well for road trips, the Catskills, the Finger Lakes and Niagara Falls!

[@pamelagoodson9034]

Surprised San Francisco isn’t there.

[@humchan2k]

Do not forget that Chicago's PROPERTY TAX is MISERABLE.

[@markporter6933]

Surprised that Las Vegas wasn't on this list. Their home prices have artificially ballooned over the last 2 years making it unaffordable for most people, crime and homelessness are out of control! Las Vegas is about to implode!!!

[@Cyrus992]

I live here and expose it on my KZbin channel. Also corruption, overpriced tourism, low ranking schools and problematic urban growth. I just saw the mayoral candidate Shelley Berkeley and two legislatures who refused to speak with me.

[@corbinmiles5677]

Disagree. They’re catering to wealthy people now. Enough wealth and security on the private properties to let the purge run its course outside the Strip without even blinking. I do agree with what you’re saying but it’s an intentional choice they’ve made.

[@janisianjusino9961]

I was there 2 weeks ago for a wedding and I cannot believe in a short period of time how dirty the city has become. I lived there from 1999 to 2015 and I couldn’t believe that it has gotten dirty and the roads are in terribly bad shape and the 95 still under construction after more than 20 years.

[@Cyrus992]

@@janisianjusino9961 Who is to blame? The casino real estate developer Culinary Union establishment!

[@vinnie8495]

Florida is the RIFRAFF state

[@davidstoyanoff]

Thumbs up on the new graphics Briggs!