What’s Reshaping Arizona, New York City And Texas?

Arizona is becoming a hotbed for tech and manufacturing. New York City saw a massive exodus of its residents during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Texas is luring businesses and billionaires away from California. These are the states that people are leaving and the states seeing a surge in population.
00:00 -- Why Arizona is becoming a hotbed for tech and manufacturing
21:03 -- Here’s how New York City could save itself from bankruptcy
36:23 -- The rise of Texas and how it’s luring businesses and billionaires away from California
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What’s Reshaping Arizona, New York City And Texas?

[@Immudzen]

This is pretty horrible. Having so many people live in a desert like Arizona is not sustainable. Bragging about how the Colorado river doesn't even reach the ocean is very bad for the environment. You can't just keep sucking water out of the ground and the colorado river without some really serious consequences.

[@hackattack713]

They’re moving from CA which is much worse at water conservation

[@TheDoosh79]

Yeah but... money.

[@Immudzen]

@@TheDoosh79 It all has to be paid for eventually. They are just hoping to skip out before the bill is due.

[@mikeflair6800]

Please do your homework, the city of Phoenix is reducing it's current use of the Colorado River, and use the Salt-Verde River System more (by building a new pipeline). These are the mountains just northwest of Phoenix...the water of the local mountains are much more reliable than sharing the Colorado River with 7 other states. Locals know better. Why do you think this place is booming?

[@dlazo32696]

@@mikeflair6800 Not to mention the fact that AZ and Nevada are looking into desalination technology.

[@llsvr3]

I'm an Arizona native and have lived here my entire life. I'm a registered nurse and my husband is an electrician. He has worked on many of those semiconductor plants including Apple, Intel and soon the new plant off the I17. We make decent money yet when we tried to purchase our first home in 2020, we could no longer afford it. We were qualified for $330,000. The price of new builds we were interested in jumped from mid $250-$350k to over $400k. At the time we were renting a 4 bedroom 2 bath home for $900 in 2019. Now we currently pay $1795/mo for a 3 bedroom 2 bath townhouse. It's insane the rise in housing costs. It's also sad because AZ natives are probably not going to be able to stay in AZ for much longer with this influx of people coming here from other states.

[@cyna1103]

I’m an Arizona native too but I had to find a better paying job to keep up with all the transplants. I was able to afford to buy a house last year but I have been saving for the last 10 years.

[@tonyb5586]

How did you guys only qualify for 330k? You have a combined income of about 125-150k am I right?

[@yurichtube1162]

Damn California

[@coppingtonfarnham7731]

Do you expect the water situation to eventually be as bad as what's going on in Monterey, Mexico with people having to go to supply trucks to fill containers of water with which to flush their toilets, etc...? It seems the water situation is rapidly getting worse, looking at clips of Lake Mead, for example.

[@goodgrief888]

Sorry about that - Your elected officials decided to entice companies over to Arizona from Silicon Valley because “taxes” and “jerbs.” But the high paying jobs will only go to the people who come over from California, meanwhile the owners of these companies aren’t known for fair pay or distributing the wealth. You now know what destroyed San Francisco. We got the exact same treatment where our elected officials gave massive tax breaks to these companies, and then raised the taxes for small business owners, and rents raised, housing costs raised, and it became impossible for anyone but a millionaire to buy any property - even a one bedroom condo. And the jobs that were promised became low paying gig economy jobs.

[@DallasTechie]

As a former New Yorker and currently a Texan I want to make clear that the cost of living here is not as low as most media make it out to be. Housing, property tax, rent, highway tolls, are increasing drastically every year. Cost of living in TX was once affordable in the 90's to mid 00, now we face the same rise to cost of living issues as other major cities.

[@randommonkey4900]

yall the ones shooting up the prices here

[@mediterraneanworld]

@@randommonkey4900 OK, who are you Sam Houston? Give it a rest with your childish talking points. Texas has high property taxes and user fees -

[@mediterraneanworld]

@@randommonkey4900 yes, that is what the Karankawas said when the Spanish arrived! Let's not even talk about the Empresarios....

[@randommonkey4900]

@@mediterraneanworld I’m just speaking for personal experience

[@Smorss2011]

Texas is not a city.

[@majerelynn]

What this video doesn't mention is what happens to those that are already living in these states. The cost of living goes WAAAAY up. I have friends offering me $700 a month to rent my small, spare bedroom because the cost of living has skyrocketed and they can no longer afford to live on their own. Meanwhile, I've met so many people on California talking about how they love it here since the cost of living is lower. Well, it WAS! All of those people relocating is putting a huge squeeze on what's left of the middle class in my area.

[@Smorss2011]

You need to be paid more. Period. You want to have your own economy? Well form your own country. And demand employers pay you for rising costs.

[@qdamacqdagreat1715]

Opening the Mexico border and this all cash under the table economy cheaper workers are making traffic worse and hard to compete with them charging cheap labor

[@WhatsOnMyShelf]

@@Smorss2011 What do Californians do with all the money they get paid? I think it's more a problem of how money is spent. Each state has its own GDP already, so you can think of a state as its own economy of interests. Obviously these states with an influx should now be building more infrastructure to meet demand. I recommend looking into the channel California Insider which provides insights into whether California's increased pay / cost meets the demands of its people.

[@clementinematthews3281]

yes! it was better for me to move to SEATTLE and work with the higher wages for me than to try to make it work in phoenix.

[@annpeerkat2020]

saying proudly..."The Colorado River sometimes doesn't even make it to the ocean" is a breathtaking ignorance of the present and future environmental damage they are causing

[@sahali14]

Saving freshwater from getting into the ocean is in a way helping the environment

[@gtd9536]

@@sahali14 how? What is your reasoning?

[@colinK85]

Exactly!

[@RockyMountainBear]

So, you'd rather all that fresh water be wasted? People are complaining about northern California diverting water to the ocean, because people in the south could REALLY use that water. Now there's people complaining that Arizona is making good use of their fresh water supply. People just need something to complain about.

[@calvinhoward3808]

@@RockyMountainBear just use it sustainably. If it's rapidly running out, that's not good.

[@sportycalvin4552]

Lived in Texas up until 1999, moved back in 2011 to Dallas, then Austin in 2015. Prices of everything have skyrocketed. Property taxes in Austin and surrounding cities are going up anywhere from 20-30% per year. Electric bills will wreck you. Not to mention the commutes. Texas always touts the no state income tax, which is fine and dandy except you will be stuck with massive toll bills in cities like Austin, Dallas and Houston, not to mention the amount of life you'll spend being stuck in traffic. I loved living there for a little while, but it changed so much, so fast. Texas will be the new California by the end of the decade. At minute 40, 16 seconds, the guy says the cost of living is normal and not artificially inflated? Does he even live in Texas? Go search apartments for rent in Austin. You'll see they are creeping up quickly to San Fran, NYC and others.

[@dedederp2693]

The college dorms at TSU are currently $1300-$1800 a month and you get the privilege of having four other room mates. I would argue that a lot of the reason for these price increases is because everyone and their grandmothers are investors and landlords, everyone has to get a return on investment because Americans have eaten up the lie that you can no longer retire unless you invest. Imagine telling your grandfather that on top of working a honest hard job, he also needed to have a 401k, 10 rental units, stocks, etc, he’d probably ask wtf iPad I paying social security for? But now you are lazy if you just work one 40hr/ week job, don’t get dividends, aren’t buying rental properties.

[@dr.vanhellsing]

You can thank government for out of control spending for what you mentioned. Consider this $100.00 in 1940 to today is approximately 2K. The beauty of this design is “that you will pay more and get less.”

[@kieraholmes3828]

Being from cali, but been in TX for the last 12 years due to being stationed at Ft hood; I agree with this

[@ericjohnson3332]

You forgot the homeless problem in all of those cities but especially Austin, it is insane and has no signs of changing. The secret is living in smaller cities in Texas and Arizona. Those two states have SO MUCH wide open space and lots of nice smaller towns outside of the major metro areas. The cost of living, housing, traffic and crime is out of control in every major metro area in this country now and its only going to get worse. The southeastern states are the last frontier of the American dream, shhhhh dont tell everyone.

[@haihengh]

you break the secret, Austin, being a city run like San Francisco, the deep blue city in a red state, you mention the exact same problem that makes Californians move out, the similar policies result in high rent, a high homeless population. we are talking about Austin, a town in the middle of nowhere, plenty of lands to expand, yet you complain about rent and home price, that would be something result of government policy.

[@lukeben1596]

Every family has that one person who will break the family financial struggles, I hope you become the one 🙏

[@danielmedina4953]

Your businesses will make you rich but your investments will make you wealthy. We all deserve to be rich and have financial freedom. I pray everyone here becomes extremely successful.

[@henrynoble7011]

@@nancylynn6534 You're right, Fear is one of the factors that hinder most persons to invest into crypto, most persons say ignorance..

[@patienceoluchi5134]

When you invest in crypto you are buying days you don't need to work

[@claresmithy4667]

Now is the best time to purchase and invest in bitcoin, stop procastinating

[@samuelroyal3818]

I'm enjoying working under a platform that brings good returns in my life and I've been making my weekly returns without stress all in crypto

[@rickaguilar1833]

Arizona was the place to buy a home about 6 years ago or more. A normal drive to a shopping mall was about 15 minutes, now because of traffic the same trip is 45 minutes!

[@danieldaniels7571]

The housing cost in the Phoenix area has increased over 25% in the last two years, and in most desirable areas it has increased even more. It feels like a great deal for a NYC or SF transplant, but for us Arizona natives (I’ve been here over 50 years) it absolutely sucks.

[@eckankar7756]

I have homes in Phoenix and Sedona, the prices are going up so fast and not slowing down. You've been in Az about as long as I have. It's a good thing we bought our houses ages ago isn't it?

[@Natalis7]

Grew up in Portland. Rent has doubled in the past 7+ years. I finally got a nice paying career and I can only afford a run down fixer house. Five years I could.

[@eckankar7756]

@@Natalis7 There is a channel on YT Preppier Princess. She bought a horrible house and turned it into a very nice place by herself. I'd not have attempted it but she's doubled the value with sweat equity.

[@benjaminlujan3789]

Staying in one place is good. If you manage to pay off your home, then life becomes sweet. Now, it is " Sweet Home:" .----- You really then put in more Into it. You feel more secure. You really can go to Home Depot and buy mor stuff. It becomes your HOME. Every part of your yard now is p

[@benjaminlujan3789]

I like this saying. " A ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS" WHEN YOU DO PAY OFF A HOME, YOU CAN SAY. "I HAVE MOSS " . The same as saying, "i have equity". Nice feeling!

[@Michael_RareZebra]

Arizona is becoming unaffordable, especially for those on fixed incomes. Investment firms are buying land & properties then flipping or renting them at ridiculous prices. Greed will only last so long until it detrimentally affects the quality of life of the majority.

[@danieldaniels7571]

I’ve lived in Phoenix over 50 years and an close to being priced out. I’m hoping the housing bubble pops like in 2008.

[@NicoWardMusic]

This is so true Michael. There should be regulations on big corporations and what percentage of ownership they can have in residential housing so that the people of Arizona are not priced out of their own home.

[@pmstff700]

@@NicoWardMusic Government bigger... more regulations....not what we need. People can choose who they want to sell to.

[@Michael_RareZebra]

@@pmstff700 The issue here is there are massive investment firms that don’t even reside in Arizona building & buying then flipping to rent at insane prices. It’s not quite as simple as one family selling one home to another. I know people that own farmland that are being surrounded by new developments and those homes don’t even have owners that live here; mostly renters.

[@Michael_RareZebra]

@David Huberty When one goes from full time work to being disabled, reality hits hard. The rate of homelessness in the Phoenix area is on the rise. Greed is building luxury units and not keeping pace with building affordable housing units for people in need. Most people on disability don’t get “breaks”.

[@monicasilvia688]

Homelessness, crime, cost living has increased . Is crazy how more houses are been build , but no transportation means like the big cities.

[@garryharris8639]

No one can afford to live in the freshly ground up build homes they build. Except the greedy and filthy rich people. I be glad when GOD destroy this wicked satanic government system. We need him instead of this government that in power.

[@angelgirldebbiejo]

@@garryharris8639 God is all love and forgiveness. Stop worshiping some evil god you create in your heart.

[@spatt833]

@@garryharris8639 - You won't live long enough.....

[@garryharris8639]

@@spatt833 I guess you god and know the future. 😕

[@garryharris8639]

@@angelgirldebbiejo sorry no evil god here. Just ready for GOD to take HIS and my enemies OUT!

[@kalenaaa]

I'm an AZ native and moved 5 years ago due to it becoming too crowded. I grew up in a rural area, with wild horses roaming my backyard. Over the years there has been excessive building and the desert just cannot sustain a big city life. The pollution has gotten so bad. And natural wonders have become overcrowded due to tourism and people wanting to have a 'spiritually aesthetic photoshoot' in Sedona for their instagram. I grew up hiking the mountains with my dad every weekend. Now when I visit and hike I feel like I'm trying to avoid photobombing more often than getting to enjoy the stillness of the desert

[@Rajnoir]

It’s a repeat cycle. People will relocate, raise the cost of living until it becomes over the top, people will start to complain that these areas are too expensive meanwhile places that once were booming like la and New York have collapsed into bankruptcy and have become crime-infested cities with massive homelessness and almost no job opportunities. And now people are leaving at alarming rates. Places like California were once the places to move in the 70s all the way through the 90s. The cost of living was higher than the national average but still very affordable and now renting an apartment/house let alone BUYING a home here is almost unattainable. New York City saw the same thing in the 50s all the way through the 70s. People were moving at an alarming rate to the city and the cost of living went through the roof within a matter of a few years. And this is more apparent in other cities like Portland or Seattle where the cost of living over the last DECADE has double even Tripled in some areas!We saw it with cities like Detroit and Many small cities through the south that were once booming cities. And let’s not even talk about wealth gaps and income equality amongst whites and POC. then there’s another massive relocation and the cycle repeats itself. And all we do is destroy our local environments and ecosystems. We continue to add to the wealth gap, And we just continue to add to our carbon footprint 🙄

[@EEdwin345]

Have you ever thought that politics just moves city to city raising costs and inequality.

[@boricuaarecibo9259]

The only way to get away from fossil fuel is nuclear power Thorium not Plutonium It's the only logical alternative Wind and solar will never work

[@alexandrejulio]

@@boricuaarecibo9259, "Wind and Solar will never work", even in Portugal, in the West Coast of Europe?

[@alexandrejulio]

Portuguese MVP is in New York, UN HQ. Foreign Citizen of India in Lisbon has an unconstricted 4-year mandate, to build a better inclusive society. As Greta Thunberg arrived on 3rd December 2019, will you honor this West Coast with your presence?

[@nickzakrath7080]

@@boricuaarecibo9259 Well, by itself, yeah. But remember that an increase in renewable energy such as wind and solar leads to lower utility costs for homeowners.

[@dtshifter]

What about the water shortages in Arizona? I thought the ground water was nearly depleted there? You move millions of people there and put pools in every back yard, try to grow green grass and leafy trees it will speed up the problem. Is this growth sustainable there?

[@goroakechi8577]

Finally some that understand the water situation

[@vidascupcakes]

Genocide. Go home.

[@coke8077]

Arizona can’t sustain all these people, the Colorado river and ground water is definitely going to dry up soon.

[@Pinkielover]

There is no water shortage in Arizona .... you're thinking of California

[@Pinkielover]

@@coke8077 nope not even close

[@danielriveria]

Amazing how much this countries cater to the wealthy and large business interest.

[@syzygy4365]

Yep, lower class are just considered baby factories. 😒

[@STScott-qo4pw]

race to the bottom. unfortunately when we all get there it'll be just poor people. the rich will be somewhere else "better" (for them, anyway) and the politicians will not even notice us.

[@reubenmorris487]

It would be OK if so many people weren't "left so far behind."

[@decimusrex92]

America's have been taught since birth. Wealth worship. Poor pariah. America isn't a republic or democracy anymore. It's an Oligarchy. The less than one percent own our politicians that set policy guaranteeing they remain rich. The middle class pays all the taxes and the lower class are the fear factor to keep the middle class working longer,getting less and less. All to propagate the perpetual growth myth. Don't worship the rich. They got their most likely from dynastic wealth. Money passed on generation to generation because of the above mentioned. Trump,Elon musk are good examples.

[@Barry101er]

It is, and it is sad.

[@kylea.185]

I agree with the man who said that Arizona has the greatest infrastructure in the nation I've spent many months in the last few years being sent there for work I always was amazed with how well built , maintained, and designed the roadways Bridges drainage systems etc. They have taken the time and put thought abd consideration into making things like bridges over highways sound walls trying to protect noise pollution for neighborhoods built alongside freeways etc. Landscaping at exits and on ramps. Everything (especially newer built) is well built and functional but it's also beautiful! Lots of artwork or designs engraved or built into them one way or another. The landscaping along many roadways is beautiful and well maintained there's lots of retention pond type things made along roadways rather than used digging out the pond and just leaving it for big long grass to grow when it's not being filled with rained runoff . Arizona tends to have them landscaped with multiple colored rock designs and cactus or other trees or shrubs that can survive in their climate. Most roads are nice and flat smooth the worst areas are in the northernmost mountainous areas typical for areas with snow and ice. But overall the state has INCREDIBLY well made and maintained infrastructure especially compared to my home state of California's and it's never to the north Nevada's

[@tarzan1075]

I was born in Az. It’s honestly infuriating that the housing cost are becoming out of reach for so many AZ native myself included. It’s a desert with 119°+ summers in a world that’s warming. How much longer will PHX even be inhabitable?

[@abhishekdev258]

Arizona may soon look like Tatooine. 😅

[@tarzan1075]

@@abhishekdev258 haha 😂 yeah

[@pratik7260]

I know this is unfathomable to people, but this happened a long time ago in cities like NYC, San Fran, Vancouver, etc. People withouth high paying jobs got priced out and prices never really came back down. The situation in Phoenix is still better than those cities. If you have limited income, you have to get roomates, rent a room, live with parents, etc. It's unfortunate but that's where we are headed.

[@Will_Moffett]

Any area which is decent will be invaded by the more profitable sectors and their employees. They are like vultures. They don't want spend to build anything but they will take what you have built. The only way to stop it is to limit movement between states but that causes other problems.

[@brooklyn3299]

@@pratik7260 I always wonder there those that were priced out go?? I mean there are only so many states available for those types, Idaho? Ohio?

[@zacharyeversole]

I love how CNBC doesn’t even bother making new videos anymore they’re just stitching 3 old ones together that are loosely related and putting a new title on it. Hard hitting stuff here.

[@OPrime9]

Right?? Haha high quality stuff

[@James-ln6li]

You have to give them credit... they stitched together 3 old videos and some how this one has 1.2 million views.

[@SL-pg4dh]

I thought this was their 10th video I have seen about people fleeing blue states for lower taxes red states. Now it makes sense.

[@nancyj5490]

It’s clickbait. That’s what people want to watch right now because of the changing demographics across the country. I fell for it though. Good Luck Arizona, good luck Texas. What these states need is population control. What I mean by that is stop the inflow for a while. California should’ve done that a long time ago. They should not be allowing building along the San Andreas Fault, and down in Southern California where water is an issue as well. It’s unconscionable that the states are allowing this fast and unsustainable growth.

[@carleonking010]

You noticed that too?!??! 🤣

[@claradidi7573]

[@viviangall1786]

[@bobbygunz9254]

@@viviangall1786

[@chris-pj7rk]

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[@chicken42o]

I’m born and raised and I’m literally scared because I’m getting priced out of my city.. I can no longer afford rent in safe decent areas… this is horrifying and scary… I remember 10yrs ago looking at apartments with my mom. A 3bdrm 2 bth was $938 a month. Those same apartments are now $2500+….

[@deliamcmahon4603]

Here in Los Angeles,, a l bedroom in $2500. Two bedrooms is nearing $3000 dollars. Twelve years ago two bedrooms cost $1350.

[@SupaMaster]

I've lived in AZ my entire life. I remember it was very affordable when I was little and my parents didn't struggle too much with the money for living. My parents later divorced and now, my dad struggles in affording his apartment because it has since gotten more and more expensive every year to rent it. It has gotten to the point he has to work two jobs to pay his bills. My mom was fortunate to have bought a house before the whole housing price boom because she did lose her job and isn't struggling too much in paying it since the monthly payment is lower than renting an apartment. Now, all houses, even the old ones in Maryvale, are more expensive to buy and I question if I will continue to live here once I get my college degrees and start living by myself. There's way too many people here in the Phoenix area and the urban sprawl just keeps expanding more and more.

[@charlesking4843]

This is exactly what is happening in Atlanta. It was affordable and literally within a year all the houses shot up over $100k. Like your dad. After a separation I've really struggled and had to worked extra hard a single man to get where I am. Right when i got ready to buy a home the price got outta reach. Now it feels almost like you have to be married or have a second income to make it. It's frustrating that the American dream of home ownership is just out of reach for so many. If I didn't have my kids here, I'd 100% move.

[@dirgesinthedark5637]

They are destroying Arizona's beauty. Thats one thing ISRAEL will not do. They dont even allow signs on the highway.

[@rosejay7370]

Spacial thanks to #Doctorojie Channel who cured my herpes virus completely

[@arminius6506]

Californians and other guys from expensive liberal states would destroy the whole America.

[@infini.tesimo]

That doesn't happen in Texas. You can still work a single job and make live in apartment or small home. Might want to consider moving.

[@bluegas]

The footprint in Nature of this relocation must be insane. Arizona has barely water for the current population.... this will be fun in a decade or two...

[@cerveza2297]

You mean months.

[@ramk2443]

Human consumption is very little , it's the agriculture that needs so much water

[@chaseallen4352]

You really shouldn't talk about things and places you have very little information on. Guess you advent heard of AZ aqueducts, the canal system and how good the state is at water conservation, especially compared to California

[@jarjarbinks6018]

As long as water is priced realistically there probably won’t be many problems. A majority of California water sources are pumped into the agricultural industry at low subsidized prices which is part of the reason why they both have the largest agricultural output and the harshest water shortage. California’s housing crisis is due to deliberate housing policy that has been in the works for decades. They’ve manufactured their own housing crisis by making it illegal to build denser developments in a majority of their metro area. NYC also has some issues with housing policy but more importantly has an insanely speculative market because the city has done nothing to disincentivize investors from just holding onto unused property. It is currently profitable to keep prices high during periods of low demand until demand spikes up again (property owner content with waiting over a decade for this demand to spike FYI) and it is killing the housing and business environment of the city

[@ah2522]

AZ has a huge surplus of water.

[@MakeWay4CJ]

I lived in 4 other states before living in Arizona for 10 years (only because I had to, I was ready to leave within the 1st year) so I know a thing or 2 about how AZ compares with other states. People were not flocking to AZ because it provides a higher quality of life. People from Cali moved to AZ because it was one of the next states over from it with a lower cost of living - so they were desperate enough to take the chance. people from other states (who hadn't visited AZ first) moved there for the same reason sight unseen. Either because the houses were cheap and/or there was an added bonus, like maybe the company they worked for moved or opened an office there - because AZ was known to have a cheaper start up cost than it's neighboring state. So in THEORY moving to AZ seemed like a good idea. That is until they realize that despite its size, AZ (or at least the phx area) is woefully behind in many things because they were the last to embrace anything new including technology, art (like music or theater). Then you realize that these people are polarized and therefore naively racist or biased towards anything or anyone who wasn't an empty vanilla vessel. That the long time white residence are so stubbornly and ignorantly racist (only due to not knowing anyone other than other white people) that it's no wonder that their social scene is DEAD and their culture there seems non existent. The newcomers learn that this is probably why everything they do lacks GENUINE enthusiasm and why their environment is incredibly lackluster and unbearably boring to the point where only someone who never goes anywhere and doesn't want to know anyone would want to live there. There's also the weather - although it would seem great to live in a place that was sunny all the time, because there are no beaches or large water masses, they would soon find out that the air is too dry and after awhile the lack of seasonal change becomes disconcerting. Even the Arizonians attempt to offset the lack of seasonal changes becomes depressing (like when they put Santa hats on their cactus just to remind themselves that it's Christmas). It rains very little but there are sand storms and an annoying amount of pollen to the point that people who didn't have allergies - NOW HAVE ALLERGIES. So make no mistake...no one is moving to AZ because it's an amazing state with opportunities abound where innovations are embraced and only useful traditions are kept. It's just that the people who have moved there have given up so much for a lower cost of living by moving their whole lives there that they are now kinda forced to stay there, make the best of their decision and hope that it someday changes. And the high comedy of it all is that most of the people who were raised in AZ (or moved there from Michigan at an early age) are oblivious to what they lack or even how they compare with the rest of the country or the world! Of course, they will always try to defend the place with the weakest arguments you've ever heard and you can tell when you look in their eyes that they either have no idea what's happening elsewhere or they KNOW the truth about Arizona but are unwilling to admit it. So if you decide to move to AZ (like the Phoenix area) - VISIT FOR MORE THAN 2 WEEKS. Go to the residential areas (Not Scottsdale-that's a prop town) and visit stores and public places and just watch how the people behave towards one another. Listen to their radio stations, watch their TV shows, notice the products in the stores. The weather will seem nice for awhile but go in July when it's at its most....interesting. Notice how there are very few squirrels or how birds are actually walking because the air is so heavy or unbearable. Do all of that before you pack all that you own and move out there. Trust - it will be worth it to know.

[@broadcasttttable]

Well thought out comment. There's so much drivel and vacuousness in comments, generally speaking, that yours is a breath of fresh (not Arizona-heated) air!

[@Cadmus9501]

Two major issues for Arizona: People are no longer able to afford buying a home or paying rent, second problem is water shortage. When you have an enormous influx of people moving into Arizona the demand for housing goes up, it increases the cost of living immediately, it is no longer cheap nor affordable to live in Arizona. Only rich people can live there and that's the end of its future. It looks like nationwide people are being pushed out of the states they live in and no one is coming up with a solution for the problem. Destroying local communities and displacing people is not progress, this is happening throughout the country.

[@Jadwigaification]

Living in Arizona? No.I thought so..

[@emilyb7791]

And now Arizona locals who have lived here for years can’t afford to live here and are drowning in the amount of people moving here. It’s hard to find a place to live now.

[@nuanced8225]

Very impressed with the list of companies in Arizona but then I noticed the Chinese company Zoom in its midst. I guess that's how they do their efficient data-stealing for China.

[@cuteloo123]

Same thing happening to us in Oregon. We are sandwiched by two states that has very wealthy people.

[@eckankar7756]

I've lived in Sedona Az since 1977. Slide Rock used to maybe have 2 or 3 people there any time of the day, now it's absolutely packed. Beautiful desert and Indian ruins plowed under for development. Definitely sad what's happened here. I bought my house for $27K in 1977 now it's worth $900K.

[@Neopanther]

27k?? GOODNESS

[@roysmith8698]

Sorry to say, it's house is not worth 900K except and until you sell it. Then ? There are many desirable places where you can work, lead a purposeful life, enjoy a considerably finer house, and bank 45K.

[@timw8649]

I see the prices of even a small home in St. George, Utah has gone up about a hundred and fifty k just in the last year. And, people are buying them quick! It is a reasonably safe, solid state, but I worry about making a move because you never know if it will become infiltrated, and because they continue to build. It is beautiful out there though!

[@dwaynecope1914]

We went to slide rock as children in the 60`s and had a blast ,now it seems dirty and run down .Slide rock needs a rest to recover.

[@romankuchevskiy250]

Less people more air😂 why do you want to go where everyone go🤔

[@benlarson8015]

i love how the main hook is “it’s a lot cheaper than your city and it’s not THAT bad”

[@dama054]

Looking good Chris, I'm saving up for my deye inverter going for 2 5kw ones and then use my 2 5648ms as backup

[@ChadCourtneyTAZ427]

The on guy in Texas said that in Texas they charge the same property tax to everyone. That is completely false, every district sets their own property tax rates, and then MUD Rates, Levy Rates, School District Rates for homeowners property tax rates living within them. A person with a $300K house in one place isn't going to be paying the same property tax as someone with $300K house in another place within Texas.

[@MrEDogBoss]

What he said is exactly right. Texas does charge your neighbors the same as you. In California, when you bought your home matters because they can only raise the home evaluation so much every year. If you bought your house in the 90s vs some buying the same priced house today in California, it is likely the person that has owned for 30 years is paying way less in property tax than the person that bought today.

[@linusmlgtips2123]

@@MrEDogBoss but the nominal percentage in taxes are still different in Texas

[@znrctrnn]

@@MrEDogBoss Senior citizens on SS living in California, with a home purchased decades ago would be totally screwed if they had property taxes the same as their neighbor who recently purchased.

[@chris-cy5ed]

@@MrEDogBoss due to the rate not changing like a grandfather in thing or just not paying any additional principal assett gains? unrealized ofcourse!

[@chris-cy5ed]

@@linusmlgtips2123 whats nominal

[@edb8563]

I took my remote job and moved to Mexico. Best decision I’ve ever made.

[@porkypine602]

thats the dream get a nice remote job and move somewhere cheap with good scenery

[@edb8563]

@@porkypine602 I’m making almost minimum wage and my wife doesn’t have to work. I have no degree or anything special. Anyone can do it.

[@kamiandMel]

@@edb8563 if you don’t mind what do you do for a living and what part of Mexico did you move too?

[@wewillprevail2520]

@@kamiandMel try Florida

[@GibsonGachago]

Great choice! Most of the second and third world countries have cities with great neighbourhoods that offer living standards as high as anywhere else in the world. If only Americans and other would care to look at Africa, Asia and South America from a different perspective, they would find their lives much easier than in the US.

[@EKEACRES]

I live in Western, NY (Near Lake Erie). I am happy that thousands of people are moving away. I've lived here for 51 years, and campgrounds are less populated, trails are empty, and lakes with less boats. Housing is dirt cheap. Average rent is $500 per month for a two/three BDR & has been that way since 1991. Keep going South & West everyone, I am loving it:)

[@leejuicy]

as a non-tech sector peasant in the bay area, I'm really thrilled for you guys at Arizona to get a taste of it.

[@madbug1965]

Arizona better do something about their water shortage. Ignoring it will not make their drought going away.

[@TheBandit7613]

This year, Arizona's Colorado River water has been cut 20% It's gonna be a dry year in Arizona.

[@slippytrippy8122]

Im from AZ were fine. Were litterally gunna buy water from someone who has a surplus. Lol. Im not ruling it out but I've heard of the drought for 20 years. Lets focus on something else

[@Sosa-gs3rz]

They found a water reserve in Arizona that’ll last us a lifetime. Just cause it’s a desert doesn’t mean we don’t have water.

[@That-Guy_]

@@Sosa-gs3rz Where did they find the water reserve?

[@Sosa-gs3rz]

@@That-Guy_ I forget where but my teacher told us they found a lot of ground water. The only issue they have is getting it out

[@kurtphilly]

This just feels like a marketing promo! How much were the tax incentives worth? I didn't hear anything about how they will grow the infrastructure so car traffic doesn't explode and other forms of transportation are ignored. It is great to have more businesses but if you don't design communities that don't strictly rely on auto transportation, Arizona will become the next Florida. Minus the water necessary to support all of these water-intensive industries. Each of these chip plants will require millions of gallons of water per day, while recycling it for use is not 100% yet. I don't agree with water numbers from companies, I want an independent verification source.

[@johnnyb33good21]

what's happening in Florida?

[@kurtphilly]

@@johnnyb33good21 Florida is completely sprawl. Zero development planning outside of a few specific spots.

[@KrazC]

@@kurtphilly Additionally, Florida is slowly turning into a "indentured service" state i.e. right-to-work, underpay, under-benefited citizens with a lack of healthcare, schooling, and their natural resources being used by corporations, not it's people. Yea, Disney World and Miami are great but 80% of the state falls high on a recent Rice University "Distressed Community" index.

[@jarednovel]

You can innovate around everything...they can desalinate and pump sea water 💦 for drinking

[@jarednovel]

@@KrazC People want freedoms and to live in places where crime and vices are not incentivised. In democrats led cities vices are encouraged and virtues frowned upon by the toxic liberals

[@annekabrimhall1059]

I know what he means about slide rock! It used to be our secret place in the 90’s. now it’s so crowded you can’t even get in. Go to grasshopper point instead it doesn’t have the sliding but it’s still a lot of fun!

[@kittimcconnell2633]

"You can see the pollution is so much thicker" "We've deleted thousands of regulations" So many people moved to AZ back in the day for cleaner air. I feel bad for their long-term residents.

[@tanveerhasan2382]

Sad

[@nateradcliffe9562]

People just don’t get it. Every city and area has an expiration date and a maximum capacity. I bet Seattle and NYC were lovely affordable cities at one point, just not anymore

[@QueenScript404]

NYC - 70’s you could afford a house as a working class person. Now - old houses are going for over $500k if you are lucky in a not so great school district. People make 100k per year and struggle. The exodus will continue.

[@colecole3352]

@@QueenScript404 No you couldn't lol

[@CC-si3cr]

You always hear about someone who died in a pre-war rent controlled 5 room apt and was only paying $230 a month. I think 1978 was the last time NY was affordable, but New Yorkers don't complain about stuff like that. They complain more about their teams losing or traffic on the Van Wyck.

[@trans-octopusspacealien8883]

Mass immigration and illegal entry jacked up our population numbers to unnatural levels.

[@trevertravis8963]

Liberal poilicies destroy cities.

[@Imaginaryassshole]

Born and raised in NYC. Left many years ago when out of towners aka gentrifiers invaded the city and sky rocketed the cost of living. Their presence brought a whole heep of targeted businesses that historically were never here, those business did not provide jobs to locals nor did they move it to sell the products to the community. That said Phoenix and Austin are both experiencing what NYC experienced 15-20+ years ago. Local Austin’s are getting pushed out, the lost of living in Austin has sky rocketed and prices (including taxes) for everything are up. Places like New York and California were great places to live until these people moved there. Now that they’ve sucked the life out of those states they hop to another and look what they are doing to Texas.

[@kingebin9830]

Even worse is that they will end up bringing the same stupid tax policies and corrupt governments with them.

[@Yuyayayu872]

@@kingebin9830 Texas is already corrupt. Governor Abbott is a self serving moron, Ted Cruz left his constituents during the power grid catastrophic failure last year. What has changed since then? Nothing.

[@philipralda]

Gg8g88

[@philipralda]

T8

[@GraduateJLN]

I’m from Miami and the Cubans have basically ruined the city, you can’t get a job if you don’t speak Spanish, the corruption is through the roof, cheap infrastructure (That’s why these huge apartments/bridges are always collapsing in miami), and unless you’re in the service industry (Entertainer, prostitute, club owner, waiter etc.) or a plastic surgeon, there’s not many jobs. Also they’re very racist (Even to other Hispanics that aren’t cuban) so if you want to work in that industry it’s a discriminatory uphill battle (especially for black people, if you’re not a rapper/entertainer they don’t want you ANYWHERE in the vicinity).

[@benthomson6665]

Yk despite very little rainfall, you can still install cisterns and water collection systems in your home to help out

[@tiffanybaby13]

On the topic of people leaving New York en masse - I see it as a great rebalancing of the city which has way too many people and keeps inflating housing costs at the center of the city, pushing the poorer sectors further out from Manhattan and making it difficult to travel to work.

[@aidanrace814]

Hopefully soon it will be a competition to get renters in, lowering prices. Rather than competing for an apartment, raising prices.

[@AdmoreMethod]

Housing prices skyrocketing in Arizona is NOT necessarily just because of demand, but because Blackrock is buying out tens of thousands of homes, for CASH, WAY above asking price, in order to artificially drive up home prices.

[@Kahoobb]

Inflation is a big cause of increasing house costs.

[@lisapurzak722]

Yes it's happening in every state!

[@bobbywhitsett6428]

yep, that's happening here in KS, and MO. They're buying up all these properties that are sitting empty...

[@BlackGirlGreenThumb]

It’s going to be a renters nation

[@prim.an.propher1505]

Exactly what's happening in Texas. In Austin people from California are moving in and it's raising housing costs which is forcing those native to Austin to move or become homeless. The homeless population has skyrocketed

[@Asigedge]

As a New Yorker, born and raised in Queens. I cannot wait to leave NY. Im tired of these half ass politicians, the ridiculous taxes, the lack of decent education for the public, the high ass rent, the fact id probably never own a home here even thought I make 70K a year (starter homes are 700K and up and need at least 50K of work to make it liveable. Anything cheaper, were out bid by LLCs), the high car insurance (i need a car for mom to get to her cancer appointments with her wheelchair), the dirt, the crackheads, the clueless and corrupt cops, jobs that dont want to pay for the experience that they are getting, the traffic, the tourism, the fact there is more hotels coming up than affordable housing. NYC is dying. The only people coming here are trust fund kids, youtubers and greedy ass developers. I just want some where that is affordable, has good jobs, has good schools for when i decide to have children (if i can afford it) and a place I can buy a small 3 bedroom house to make a home for a family. Im just worn out by this state.

[@dimakonax]

South Carolina is a place for you then ! If you move here tho dont vote Democratic! People are leaving states like that for a reason !

[@DianaMillan]

Just remember to avoid voting for those same half-ass politicians when you leave NY. Best of luck to you.

[@irisessex90]

My friend was born and raised in Brooklyn. She loved NY and even said if anything ever happened to her husband she would move back. Now with sadness in her voice she says NY is never coming back it’s done. I was shocked when she said that but figured she would know if anyone does.

[@kathydelarosa1286]

Im with you on this! Only problem is , what other state is worth going to.

[@troyadeyemi4023]

Make sure when you move to your new state, you don't vote for the political party that's ruined New York; the Democrat party.

[@Abundanceofjay]

Lived in Casa Grande, AZ summer 2022 for an internship. It’s a small town but it was a great state. I can see why people would stay in Arizona long term. Only problem is internet & connectivity can be spotty especially during monsoon season. No connection plus a power outage felt scary but it was beautiful to see the rain! I drove past Lucid by accident exploring the small city. Happy to see it mentioned here. You can people tell from California & other places are migrating to Phoenix, the culture is a little snobby and everyone is in an extreme rush! The message boards on the highway confirmed that! Also I didn’t trust the tap water due to lots of manufacturing, (plus it didn’t taste good) I worked closely with water treatment so that’s my opinion!

[@Shiro642]

Excellent documentary

[@kayseacamp]

The whole Arizona segment should have been renamed Greater PHX area. AZ as a state doesn't have good infrastructure at the resident level, has major income inequality, housing shortages and mass gentrification, and a very delicate ecosystem.

[@deegee2920]

You forgot FREEDOM!

[@GeeBee212]

You forgot high crime. Per capita higher than NYC.

[@JonathanHBurke]

No

[@staceystrukel1917]

Yep. I lived there a few years ago and it sucked. Nothing grows and not a lot of opportunity. The drugs were out of control along with the crime. The education was atrocious. Great place to visit just don't stay.

[@michaelsanchez9594]

Yes they only build in pheniox!

[@UmmYeahOk]

“The cost of living here is normal. It’s not artificially inflated.” Really? How many starter homes can you find now that are under $200k? Don’t look at $150k. Those don’t count. They’re either in dangerous neighborhoods, on the verge of being condemned, already in a bidding war surpassing $200k, or a combination of that. For CAians, that’s a huge discount, but for locals just starting out, there is nothing for them on the market. In the last five years, housing prices have almost doubled. Oh, and no income tax means our property taxes are pretty high. Just because you paid $500k for a home 5 years ago doesn’t mean you’ll be taxed that value. You will be taxed the full million dollars they think your home is worth. Comps? Your neighbors, who’s homes are smaller than yours, sold this year for over a million, so yeah, you’re not going to do well fighting those taxes.

[@rozannab9701]

Jersey has income tax and high property taxes, I gotta get outta here!

[@chris-cy5ed]

Like jack said hyper inflation they have highjacked our country and making it socialistic!! At the highest level its insane ..How can someone pay 20k a year or 8k a year in property taxes or 6k thats rediculous WTF only thing i dont like about Texas wow

[@wowyzaoy]

now I know why my GMC's windshield leaks like a sieve every time it rains.

[@BLUPRINT1LE]

I am moving here soon and I can’t wait. I was hesitant coming from Michigan but after spending a few days there I can see myself being there! It’s a different culture but it compliments the field I am in which I am stoked for. Good thing I am moving in March to prep for the brutal summer heat that’s coming 😂

[@akashxoxo386]

I live in New York and i easily know why people want to leave NY (not just the 5 boroughs). Taxes are insanely high, house prices are at the highest, its expensive to live in new york (obviously).

[@samushunter0048]

Best time to live in NYC was in the 80's when I lived there. Apartments were afforabale then. By the 90's is when it started to get expensive to live in the city.

[@BradThePitts]

I'm a New Yorker for life just for the knishes, bagels, and garlic knots!

[@lamaripiazza5226]

@@samushunter0048 The 80s had more crime than now tho.

[@prettypuffprincess]

Yes😩

[@paxtoncargill4661]

Can we bring back the mafia and gangs so more people move out

[@reneeseance5367]

I'm surprised they mentioned nothing about the quality of Healthcare in Arizona and Texas (especially mental health). You may not end up paying state income tax in Texas, but with how poor public infrastructure is, you'll end up paying out the nose in all sorts of other subvert ways. Increased personal maintenance costs for your car, your home, and yourself. Like others have already said, the problems with major cities are largely related to our reliance on personal vehicles and lack of public transportation. What is happening to LA will happen to Austin, DFW and Houston regardless of who is in power until they actually invest in public infrastructure.

[@cdodle87]

‘Increased personal maintenance costs for you car, your home, and yourself’ What monumental car costs come from repaving the roads every 5 years instead of 10? The answer is none. So you lose a couple thousand miles out of your cars suspension that is supposed to last 100,000 miles (the point at which a car loses much of its value anyways)? Also, with smaller Public budgets, in what ways will someone ‘pay out the nose’ on their home? I’d love to see some data on this..

[@Ravenx217]

austin is already a travesty, i just moved out Good God they have ruined it.

[@sm3675]

This is the start of the American suburbia ponzi scheme.

[@michaellim4165]

This is all thanks to oil companies and car companies who lobbied the government back in the 1940s to be a car culture so people can be hooked on them, which would increase demand for their products. City officials had to structure their cities to be cars first than pedestrian second communities. You won't see public transportation demands be like that of other developed countries. Things will o ly get worse not better.

[@ThunderAppeal]

Yes. People talk about sky high rents in NYC which is true. But no one talks about the sky high property taxes people have to pay when they buy their 'dream home'.

[@leonardmanning6994]

I'm a 50 yr old disabled mom. I will never be able to buy a home. It's the worst feeling you can imagine. We struggle to just survive month to month. I am constantly in anxiety ,depression and stress. My apt is just basic. In may my rent will be going way up. So now I'm just trying to figure out how we will ever find a home to rent we could afford.

[@miguelinclan2521]

San Antonio has been left out of the report. Many companies moved here too.

[@joshlove2340]

On the "no big government in Texas" note: I lived in Texas for 20 years. I have always driven craigslist-bought vehicles and I was pulled over by police at least once a month for tedious reasons, such as where I got the dent on my car. They would ask where I'm coming from, where I'm headed, run my information and let me go. I even got pulled over while leaving work when I was a custodian because they thought I had just broken into the building I cleaned. Since moving away from Texas 10 years ago, I have been pulled over once. There may not be big government regulating guns, but if you aren't driving a new car or truck you're getting harassed. I assume the guy who mentioned the private airport has never experienced this.

[@chris-cy5ed]

Depends what part of texas and as long as thry never searched you 🤷‍♂️ be thankful

[@ThunderAppeal]

Sorry if I sound like a jerk, but are you 'black'?

[@heyaisdabomb]

This is one thing I think Texas natives like the African American in this piece don't get about San Francisco. We are incredibly free when it comes to driving. You have to being doing 100 mph+ in a 65 mph to get pulled over for speeding these days. I've seen people run stop signs, cutting off the police in the process, they look at them like really, and just move on without even lighting them up. I've seen people run red lights in front of cops, didn't pull them over. It's pretty free when it comes to driving here. Cops don't mess with you, and if they pull you over, it's cause you really messed up and almost caused an accident.

[@bc_usa]

Maybe you look suspicious. 👀 I would rather have the police keeping the peace than riots and crime.

[@SL-pg4dh]

A lot of these low tax state's also rely on Asset forfeiture to fund their police departments. They mostly target out of states licenses too.

[@stevenmark4492]

I've been searching for a good broker to trade with!!! Please 🙏 sir how can i find one??

[@bellajohn2258]

Real brokers are hard to find but you have to settle down and select one for yourself

[@odilichukwudilucky504]

Yes you're right!! Real brokers are hard to find but i have one which I've been trading with Mrs Bell Elizabeth. Is her name familiar with anyone here?

[@allengalvin2838]

@@odilichukwudilucky504 Wow 😲 I'm surprised you called that name here. Yes I've been working with her and she's super fabulous

[@juniorlucky54]

Ohh i remembered a friend of mine calling that name but i didn't pay attention then... But i will like to make some good investment with her.

[@marvinscott2630]

You guys know Mrs Bell Elizabeth too... I have been trading her, i invested $7k last two weeks and i received $21,560k and i placed another trade immediately.

[@javiergonzalez4283]

That first guy talking about Arizona is SO RIGHT ABOUT THE SNOW BOWL AND SLIDE ROCK. Slide rock was so nice and peaceful, now you got teens w some loud speakers, people stepping in eachother. I hate going to Sedona, worst traffic than Phoenix itself.

[@Tommy_Gibbs_II]

On deck after Houston, Austin, DFW, Phx is OKC and Tulsa

[@RellupNorth]

I love Arizona but it seems the days of $600 rent seems over lol

[@chris-cy5ed]

I know sucks just 3 or 4 years ago in texas was paying 750 for 2 bed two bath and 550 to 580for a one bedroom wtf is happening??

[@ndinspection3007]

Wow, I live in California and rent is currently $1950 for a 1 bedroom

[@bro7269]

Moving from Wisconsin, I lived in Chandler AZ for two years. Due to family issues I recently had to move back. I think about going back to AZ everyday. It’s so f’n grey and cold here. I miss the sunrises, sunsets, hiking, photography. All that said, rent and housing is out of control. It may be great for someone making SF wages while living in AZ but not so great for a single person who has to show up at the plant everyday.

[@dimakonax]

I miss the cold man ! I lived in Mn and ND for 5 years and after i moved back down south , i find it terrible to deal with the heat !

[@bro7269]

@@dimakonax Living here in WI for nearly 50 years I really didn’t think it would be all that bad coming back but I was so used to sunshine everyday that coming back to so much grey is almost more than I can deal with. The first time it dropped to 5 degrees was a real eye opener. 🥶 Crappy roads, shoveling snow, all the salt, driving in the snow. Right this minute it’s 10 degrees outside and it will snow tonight for the drive tomorrow morning. I know in Chandler AZ it’s sunny and 70.

[@patmclaughlin107]

@@bro7269 Agreed, as a long-time Chicago resident having moved to Austin recently.

[@teddmented]

Yeah the best weather is in California

[@patrickrocha3066]

ived in Texas up until 1999, moved back in 2011 to Dallas, then Austin in 2015.

[@sabrinab9991]

My car now would be considered very basic by a lot of people. It has electric windows and mirrors and it had Bluetooth, but that’s all I need in a car. The car does have manual seat adjustment so I would take electric adjustment because I am 4’9” short. I am good with an electric vehicle, but I will NEVER get a self-driving car because I want control of the vehicle I’m driving.

[@thesamedison]

@ 40:10 "The cost of living here is normal. It's not artificially inflated." Fun fact: Avg Home price in Austin is up 50% since pandemic started.

[@lsfnljajgfbkj6304]

Housing / rental prices starting to go up slowly since 2010's. Before everything is affordable even in Austin.

[@teerich2011]

It's normal compared to most of the US

[@torchmanx]

Due to everyone moving here...

[@royroy8697]

I met a woman who left AZ after moving there from NY because and I quote " Its too damn hot, I had to get out" lol

[@yourfavoritenetcitizen6525]

Yea they typically move again.

[@prettypuffprincess]

Too damn hot☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☄️☄️☄️☄️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🧯

[@pottymouthmexican]

NY too cold.

[@yourfavoritenetcitizen6525]

@@pottymouthmexican accurate

[@Striker50_]

Sounds like she's not too bright if she moved without even knowing the weather

[@GMLux]

Wow I didn’t realize Arizona gets to such high temps, definitely not temps I could deal with.

[@andrewevans5750]

easy, the same things that messed up Colorado. the same reason why I could afford a single family home in 2016 but by the time I had a credit score in 2021, my option was a 2 bedroom condo at 150k more than I would have spent on an actual house with a 2 hour longer commute time. best of luck folks. you are gonna need it.

[@L-Quebecois]

The fact that my family can barley afford rent in Austin is sad. My parents used to pay $800 for an apartment but now it’s $1600 plus utilities, the difference of 8 years

[@weswest8666]

Should have bought 8,7,6,5,4 or 3 years ago

[@chris-cy5ed]

Wow

[@simplyincorrigible7708]

Ditto in Dallas. Ppl are moving to NC now

[@JohnJacobGarza]

I live in us and I pay 900 and rent

[@solo.life.travels7215]

@@simplyincorrigible7708 im in greensboro, my one bedroom is huge $850 a mo + cable included but im looking for a duplex to purchase

[@airgunningyup]

Live in the cheapest area possible , and make as much money as possible..( ideally remotely ) longer term , you will likely be happier.. Living in NYC is great for young 20s , partying , dating etc, but its terrible as you get older.

[@3089280288]

Gary, Indiana? East Cleveland?

[@jarednovel]

Democrats led cities and states are simply another version of Venezuela and Cuba and Zimbabwe

[@sunday3pm735]

Not great for single ladies in dating marketing

[@johnathin0061892]

@@sunday3pm735 There are plenty of single men in the country. And you are more likely to find a man who wants to actually marry and have children in the country.

[@rvoloshchukify]

NYC is great for immigrants though. The community holds you up - you don’t get that kind of support out west

[@3coins.]

San Francisco was beautiful at one time, but the people had lots of problems, I left for Tucson and enjoyed the people there

[@eradicator187]

Here we are 7 months later and boy have things changed.

[@walkdontrun6578]

No one ever talks about cutting wasteful spending :(

[@iam1smiley1]

Yup, I've never seen a commercial to buy less!!! Be nicer to the earth and buy less and when you do buy something, buy good quality items that will last.

[@jamespatrick3462]

And why should they? Our government is 30 trillion dollars in debt with over a 100 trillion in unfunded liabilities down the road. Figure it out. Each of us have about 70 years on this planet. You think all the people in heaven and hell are all fretting about what's happening now? I would hope they have more pressing things to worry about. America has been sold down the river by our own government. Why? Because American corporations have been sold to foreign interests. Now we have interlocked corporate directorships where 3 "investment" groups now own 90% of the fortune 500 companies. Who sits on their boards? Retired politicians and retired high ranking military people amongst others. People like admitted crack smoker and world renowned artist, Hunter Biden, get put into lucrative positions in foreign countries because of who they know or who their daddy is. The Biden / Obama/ clinton / pelosi/ Schumer Crime syndicates are laughing all the way to the bank on your behalf.

[@mediterraneanworld]

Start with the military industrial complex

[@SeaTurtle515]

I understand that lower housing costs are attracting people, but, I wouldn’t want to live somewhere that has extreme heat and some of the worst air pollution in America. Just thinking of that combination makes me feel light headed. I’ll take California and our air quality regulations and higher taxes and our coastal regions which gives us a better quality of life. I know I’m gonna make some people mad by saying that, but hey, if you don’t like California, you can relocate and leave a little more elbow room for those of us that are staying put. That way, we’ll both be happy.

[@eddynetweb]

Good point.

[@timeforchange3786]

I think it's great you want to live there. I don't think people who vote to make California communist should move when they decide they don't like it

[@eddynetweb]

@@timeforchange3786 California isn't really communist, though. Most politicians there are very much free market, just with more regulation.

[@timeforchange3786]

@@eddynetweb i know the San Francisco District Attorney is a communist and his adopted parents blew up the Capital and Pentagon. I know his biological parents were also Weather Underground members. I know teachers in California have admitted on video to recruiting their students to be communist. The liberals are destroying this country

[@eddynetweb]

@@timeforchange3786 woah woah woah slow your roll bud. Are these anecdotes or do you have sources?

[@LadyVenVen]

I’m in AZ and it sucks. I was looking to buy a house before the pandemic hit at 25. Everything was rising but I could still afford it. A couple of months later it was pretty much impossible for me to move out. It’s full of people from CA and even the culture feels different.

[@Smorss2011]

Good! Life is about growing.

[@augustoablaza5184]

Good videos

[@nickborcic8177]

The real value here is the comments, that provide some remarkable insight into local situations.

[@zeusluby1290]

No Doug. Everybody doesn’t know the five C’s of Arizona.

[@seanthe100]

Right never heard of it.

[@lululov1]

😂😂😂

[@Eric-xh9ee]

Yup as an Iowan, the only thing I think about when it comes to Arizona is miserably hot desert so I couldn't think of any C words.

[@zeusluby1290]

@@Eric-xh9ee 😂

[@spiritualservicesgodbless7641]

Thank you, kitten, for the video !

[@yokuzo11]

I honestly feel that the only way we're gonna get rent and mortgage to go down is if people massively move out of their apartments and houses and then camp out until prices change; Sure that might sound crazy, but tell me this: Does waiting for a politician to make prices lower or waiting for the real estate industry to lower prices make any more sense than what I said?

[@marcosda4th92]

Politicians can't make renters and the like charge less. There's a neat thing called supply and demand, and right now, there's not enough supply for growing cities. Maybe we should look at how we zone areas. Make dense areas more dense and suburbs less appealing (as they house people less efficiently.) When you look at a lot of these cities, parking takes up what could be housing space. Highrises with hundreds of apartments. And the more dense means less need to drive when the store and work area are within a mile or so. It's a cycle that america as forced itself into, and if we keep going in this direction, there's gonna be an unavoidable crisis, more than likely being a spike in homeless percentages.

[@yokuzo11]

@@marcosda4th92 What you say makes sense, but let's be honest, a revolution is the only way to make progress in a world of chaos

[@marcosda4th92]

@@yokuzo11 the world isn't as bad as you think, and not every issue is as dire as it seems. States like California, New York, Washington and Texas will always make claim to being the norm when that simply isn't the case. I'm a native to Wisconsin, and let me say that (at least here), things are the polar opposite to what news reporters want you to think. I'm a college drop out, and not once have I struggled. I'm already living on my own, working a job where I've moved up the ladder within a year, and have a brand new car with minimal debt, all without putting myself in a stressful situation. These people willingly live there, which seems foolish with how "awful" it is. Move somewhere that isint as competitive if it's really that bad.

[@dedederp2693]

Well honestly realtors are a big reason for these price changes, they have a preference for cash clients and also their “comparative market analysis” disregard any homes that are sold owner to owner, through a lawyer, or any transaction that is not handled by a realtor, completely skewing pricing towards the high end. Also the baby boomers are a lot of the problem too as they purchased their property cheap and are now cashing out at the top of the market further driving prices higher. If your house is worth 30% more every year and nothing has changed in the neighborhood you should be worried but instead the boomers just want to cash out so they can hang out on a beach down south and complain about the “back in my day” bs while ordering door dash on their iPad.

[@Bancheis]

@@marcosda4th92 Supply and demand is exactly why the prices are so outrageous, but it isn't simply because people are moving out to AZ from other locations. A large portion of the problem is not caused by lack of housing, it is a lack of sellers. Investors, corporations, and trust funds are buying up all the properties for the purpose of renting to the booming population increase... which is smart, but harmful. It means people looking to move to AZ and buy can't find houses to purchase since the wealthy elites have already bought it all. Building more housing or zoning as you suggested wouldn't help because these entities are buying everything above asking price, which locks out most average Americans unless they are willing to spend tens of thousands of dollars more than a house is worth (and not all of us have tens of thousands laying around to spare). A lot of people love to say "If you don't like it, just move then." But if you are born in a state, lived there your whole life, have friends and family there, have a decent job that you enjoy, then simply telling people to leave all that behind is very short sighted. Some people could do it for sure, say if you work remotely and have no need to go to an office. There is still the friends and family aspects, and I feel like most people wouldn't sacrifice that for some additional security. From the sounds of it, you got a good job there. Congrats on that. Not everyone is able to get a good job, especially if the population booms without having a business boom following that due to other factors (you know the one I mean which KZbin doesn't like in comments). Now considering you didn't say you own a home either, riddle me this. Let's say you love that job. Let's say you enjoy where you live, with friends and family close by. Now let's say Elon Musk decides your town is the new HQ for his business. Other businesses follow suit, and you have a mass migration to your location. Investors buy all the property as soon as they hear this news. Now, your rent is going to go up 3 times the price you pay currently (maybe more as time goes by), groceries cost twice as much, and your job isn't giving you a raise. Can you still afford to live there? Maybe. Would it maybe cause you to struggle a bit? Probably. Would you give up your job, friends, and family time to move to another state where it is cheaper without knowing how you will pay for that? Well, I don't know your situation, so maybe your answer is still yes. But I can tell you for a fact not everyone is so unattached where they can just pick up and leave. I can understand where a drop out could have that mentality, where they don't own anything that can't fit in a car and probably don't care about anything until it affects them directly. I know some people like that. Fully comfortable just bouncing from apartment to apartment, living a nomadic lifestyle because they have nothing to hold them down. Not everyone can handle that lifestyle choice. There is a term commonly used about people "putting down roots". People who do this are not as easily able to uproot themselves and just move. Also, the nomadic people I mentioned before can't easily handle this lifestyle choice. "The world isn't as bad as you think" which is true, but for the average American, their "world" is whatever is right on front of them. Things look good to you, because your own little part of the world is fine and dandy. Other people who have lived longer have seen it go from fine and dandy to total anarchy in their lifetime, and you may see that eventually as well. Just wait until you get out of your mid-twenties before you start giving life lessons on the internet. You don't know as much as you think you do. Truth is, none of us do, but experience often comes with wisdom. Without that experience and that wisdom, your words have less value. Saying "not once have I struggled" means you lack the experience to lecture others who are struggling. I am not trying to be mean, but that is just my opinion. You, of course, are welcome to draw your own opinions as well.

[@amandarsmith2010]

There's more people than Phoenix can handle now. It's gotten so bad. On the other hand, I remember how bad 2011 was for Arizona. For the whole state! Having more businesses here has meant that it's easier to find a job. The city infrastructure just hasn't grown the way that's needed for the more people we have here.

[@dp7047]

Agreed! Dallas and Atlanta have grown to keep up with the influx of people moving there. Phoenix has just not done that...and it's not even set up that way to do so

[@davidfl4]

It’s horrid and the city has no plans to actually implement mass transit. Light rail is fine, but without commuter rails going into the suburbs then it doesn’t really address the congestion issue

[@Sigmanovar]

@@davidfl4 most cities have no plan for any type of mass transit

[@MidwestBrotha]

Housing is awful, other then that it's awesome here!!!

[@SL-pg4dh]

Infrastructure that can't keep up is what happens when you don't have a tax base. Which ironically is what's causing these companies to move there in the first place. Raise taxes to help touch up the infrastructure, and suddenly they want to move in search of greener pastures. As these low tax state's population boom because of their low tax status, it'd be hard to maintain their low tax status from the pressure the population boom causes.

[@DockerJohnny]

I moved out of NY in 2013. Relocated to NJ to purchase my first home. Back then the price of a 3 bed/2 bath home in NJ was the same as a 1 bed/1bath condo in NY. Anyway, I lived there for 6 years and my house value increased $150k over that time period. Sold it in 2019 and moved into a bigger home (growing family) and in just 2 years (2020 and 2021) my home increased $200k in value. The city exodus is real.

[@heyaisdabomb]

Lucky for you being born at the right time to make this happen. Unfortunately for me, I'm just building my career now, and everything is unaffordable as can be, so I guess I'll be renting for ever.

[@DockerJohnny]

@@heyaisdabomb I honestly don’t know. Hey, it all looks good on paper. But I can’t help thinking that it may lead to another real estate crash. Maybe that’s just me being cautious. But with inflation, the shortage of people entering the workforce and the amount of debt the younger generation have been talked into accepting, I can’t see this ending well. What looks good on paper now might end up telling a different story later on. I hope for the best for everyone. Get out of debt ASAP and live within your means. Save as much as you can before the rug gets pulled. That’s all I can say.

[@DakotaLenn0x]

@@heyaisdabomb that's is you'll be able to continue to afford to rent. Many people are paying more in rent than some do for mortgages. Then again that depends on where you live.

[@camm102]

@@heyaisdabomb that is the globalist goals. You will own nothing and be happy.

[@joegrimeh950]

Except if you look at the price of NYC apartments they are also increasing at the same rate. So your property value increases do not prove anything about a city exodus. In fact, the recent census actually showed NYC population increased in the last 10 years by around 10%.

[@bicyclist2]

I've lived in 8 states and visited several more. I've never had the chance to go to Arizona. I hope to go some day. I'm so glad to see that the positives are shown too. I'm in Ohio now, and I'm glad Ohio is growing too. I also like having 4 seasons here, and that's something your not ever going to get in Arizona. Thank you.

[@donpapi2141]

I can tell you’ve never been to Arizona😂 your probably unaware that it snows here as well lol

[@nesiansoulallstars]

That goes for the same here in Hawaii. If you plan on moving here to hawaii don’t expect Hawaii to reform to your LA mentality type attitude. Learn to embrace where ever you plan on setting roots! If not your roots will rot and you’ll find it very hard to make it. Great video

[@roslynballard727]

Arizona is beautiful but it is too hot and I do not have enough money. It is becoming expensive,yeah yI will stay in Atlanta..Atlanta is getting expensive but it is cheaper than Arizona. Stay.well and blessed everyone.

[@gregoryfrech2310]

wait a minute: Ratheon has not been building missiles in AZ since the 50s. Ratheon bought Hughes Aircraft Company which essentially invented missile systems via the Falcon in the 50s. Ratheon actually bought Hughes from GM who bought it but sold to Ratheon after a few years in the late 80s. I know this because I worked for Hughes Aircraft Company at that time.

[@jgirizarry]

I have lived in TX for 21 years. 19 of those in a city north of Dallas. Before the pandemic, the city traffic was manageable, now, I see California plates everywhere.

[@benjaminlujan3789]

I live Ca. Our traffic is not so bad now. We will send people to N.MEX. SOON. THEY COULD USE A LITTLE BIT OF CA. CASH!!

[@kturner433]

I've lived in AZ for 40 years. I've seen my beautiful state become someplace I don't recognize. So much of the natural beauty has been replaced by homes, warehouses, and data centers. So much so, that I have chose to leave my home for Oklahoma. Arizona will always be home, but when it gets back to the state I love, I might return, but it wont. Sad.

[@mediterraneanworld]

What did you expect? Nothing stays the same anywhere! I suppose the native Americans thought their lifestyle would have stayed the same as well. That's part of life and especially the hyper corporate capitalist society in the USA.

[@SunofYork]

Too many god-nuts and jesus-freaks in Oklahoma

[@winreacts6528]

I live in Arizona and I can't wait until the people who moved here during the winter experience the Summers here.

[@savage9536]

People need to realize that the reason why NY and Cali are so expensive is due to how much economic opportunity there is. There's a reason why people want to live there which drives up costs. Arizona, Texas, and Florida are having a race to the bottom with tax incentives for billion dollar companies, and they pay workers low wages and can justify it and get away with it because of "low cost of living". Not to mention, a lot of the jobs that are relocated out of state are just low skill, low-wage manufacturing jobs -- pretty much outsourcing within the country. There is also countless studies showing that raising taxes is rarely a cause for moving, even among the rich. Of course there is a balancing act to be had, but a lot of folks are acting like we are at the tipping point -- quite laughable. Most people crying about tax rates in states are rarely making enough to justify moving to another state.

[@josho4633]

Last sentence is extremely true.

[@jarednovel]

In California, they stopped building affordable houses that is why

[@jarednovel]

Also the crime wave is alarming in Chicago, New York and California

[@nntflow7058]

Excuse me BUT Texas, Florida and Arizona are expensive since 2008. I don't know who are these idiots who said that these places are cheap.

[@luisrivera275]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@brucemclee]

Where the heck is Arizona getting all the water for all that semiconductor production? Whose aquifers are being plundered to pipe to Arizona?

[@AmericanDrinker]

Can't that water be filtered and reused on site... Both for chip manufacturing and city use?

[@nuterra9143]

Arizona has the best water control out of any state.

[@alessandrocastillo5970]

We might be screwed but tbf Arizona does have the best water management in the country. We use the same amount of water today as when we had 60 times less people

[@brucemclee]

@@AmericanDrinker It can be recycled up to a point. After a certain number of uses the amount of microparticles is too high for use to create these processors. As the process nodes become smaller and smaller the processes require even more pure water and the water can be recycled less.

[@everythingisfine9988]

@@AmericanDrinker No system that recycles billions of gallons of water is completely closed. They're going to lose some to heat and evaporation.

[@roadwarrior1589]

I read that there was a very ancient city under Phoenix that thrived over 10,000 years ago. It had aqueducts and many thousands of residents who lived there a long time. And then they mysteriously left like the Anasazi and so many other communities in that area. They left because of drought. The problems with humans is we never think about the history of the area we live in and that future civilizations failed so we do we think we are much different.. Time will tell, as will history.

[@maryherrera8603]

No water in Phoenix. Native Americans left this area probably due to periods of drought and severe flooding.

[@kamilareeder1493]

True. This pretty deeply tied up in a lot mexican pre colonial folklore. There was some sort of mass migration from that area toward the end of the ice age. ☝️😪🙃 I guess they had similar issues 🤷

[@alyssarollinson5543]

Las Vegas, Nevada is doing pretty good too. Lots of new industries, it's booming.

[@_iAmJuanderful_]

Thanks to Californians coming to Texas, now it’s hard for me to find a house. San Antonio has now reached an average of $300,00.00 for a home, which has been its highest ever. Don’t California my Texas

[@teerich2011]

Whoa that's high! Even started seeing some creep to 400-500k in Houston so it must be everywhere now

[@Just_an_alien1]

supply and demand

[@freshbison2359]

The Midwest altogether is suffering from mass relocation/moving. While it's awesome to have more jobs and opportunities, our economies are hurting for middle to lower class. The housing market is so horrible us younger people don't have the money to keep up, even though we grew up here.

[@JM-qu2eb]

Tell me about it San Francisco born and raised can't even rent a room in my own city

[@2A_supporter]

I agree

[@Drwild75]

Take a small plane ride. Notice any land where you can build a house? Build it with ICFs and you will be safe from high winds.

[@jeffs813]

That's scary. Where the heck is housing affordable anymore if not the Midwest?

[@cyndlbrown7717]

You're totally right. That's is exactly what happened here in silicon valley. Everyone flooded to the bay area, the cost of living sky rocketed and everyone from here originally, was bought out or had to move because they couldn't afford it. Now it's happening again in the midwest, and the blame is being put on Californians, not the system in place that is clearly responsible for this. This should've been a concern a long time ago, but it didn't matter to people when it was happening only in SF. Now it's spilling over everywhere.

[@brianholloway2358]

I have never been to Arizona and watching them try to tackle water issues while going green and expanding their chip footprint....it just makes me so happy and proud to be an American.

[@requiem5179]

I left CO in 2015 to AZ. I moved out of AZ in 2021 because of the same reasons. It's no longer a secret. It's no longer affordable. It's no longer as clean, safe etc. Californication is a real thing. I now live in a huge 4 bedroom house in the Great Lakes area. Weather is better than most would believe and I pay less on my mortgage than I did on a rental in AZ. The only thing I miss is the food. Not the heat, traffic, bad air quality or weird drifters and odd coworkers. I think people should live in different places every 5 years. You grow in ways you wouldn't staying in one place.

[@bradleypollack5658]

Arizona’s Cost of Living is through the roof. If you call $618,000 for a track home in Mesa cheap your crazy!! $1200 for a one bedroom apartment really!!

[@rozannab9701]

Cheap compared to Jersey too

[@troystpaul100]

@@rozannab9701 Hell no!

[@RaiderGannon12]

Just 10 years ago in Phoenix my 1 bedroom 1 bathroom 632 square foot apartment was $490 month, the memories.

[@Michael_RareZebra]

Exactly!!

[@TheOriginalFILIBUSTA]

I can't figure out whether this is reporting, or advertising.

[@TheSharoncat]

After 2000 reports became advertised

[@teddmented]

Advertising

[@madrush24]

Yes.

[@l.ls.8890]

Absolutely correct , bring a little bit of where you came from with you but do not try to change your new environment just enjoy where you are now. The freedom. Its intoxicating.

[@scottthomasen8978]

No snow and ice for the most part as well. For a guy stuck in that Arizona sounds perfect.

[@loopylynda1974]

I live in Fort Worth. TX and thanks to the influx of people I can no longer afford to live in my area due to rental prices increasing over $400 a month! So thanks a lot glad other people new to the area get to screw over the lower income population that have been here for years.

[@shawnbottom4769]

Is that the fault of the people moving in or the landlords taking advantage of the situation?

[@tonymeola9702]

The same story in Dallas. 😒

[@whoknows2482]

@@shawnbottom4769 Landlords have no choice but to increase rent due to their property taxes and insurance increases. My property taxes increased 100% and my insurance premiums went up 10%.

[@wick2573]

Successful people don't become that way overnight. most people see at a glance-wealth, a great career, purpose-is the result of hard work and hustle over time. I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life

[@Michael-bx1sb]

I have heard a lot about investments with Clara and how good she is, please how safe are the profits?

[@estherjack6027]

@@Michael-bx1sb I have also been tradingwith her. profits are secured and over a 100 percent return on investment.

[@estherjack6027]

My first investment with Clara gave me upto $53,000 and that has made me invest without the fear of losing, I got four of my friends involved with her already.

[@Michael-bx1sb]

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[@estherjack6027]

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[@rankat1841]

I was planning on retiring to AZ three years ago. I have three years left to retire. The rising housing costs and water droughts have changed my mind. Three years ago when I was just looking at houses I found a four Bd, 2 1/2 bath, 2 car garage with an inground pool for $136,900. Can't find anything like that now for under $300,00. I'll stay in the North East for now.

[@stefkadank-derpjr1453]

God bless Mr. Noir.. . We need hundreds of men just like him in every state. Keep on doing you my man.