Well said, it is sad how divided our country is right now. Born in Mississippi, raised in Philly, 40 years in San Diego.

I think you’re pretty right. Also, your viewpoint illustrates why I think the all-volunteer military has contributed to the divisions in the country, since many people’s only exposure to folks with different backgrounds and values was due to service.

But if you're in a standard White Collared job like being a lawyer, you make around the same and you get more for your dollar in the South.

I had a standard white collar job that paid nearly twice as much in CA as the same job in TN.

Similar to when I lived in toronto, I earned nearly double what I earn in Milwaukee....practically broke even after salary/tax/cost of living

Minimum wage here is literally 7.25 (besides florida now)

People in Pennsylvania pay more but earn less

Thanks! I'm glad the video was helpful. I hope your move is as stress-free as possible and you're able to settle in easily.

@@GeographyKing Thank you!

There are more "hardcore born again Christians" in California than anywhere outside of the US. The so-called Bible Belt where I live has 14% of the population attending church at least 2 times a year. Even San Francisco would be close to double that.

Though I agree California is beautiful, i'd argue Utah has more natural beauty to it.

that's you in your profile picture

Gas and real estate are more expensive, many food products are cheaper in Cali. I live in NC, and every head of lettuce I've bought here came from Salinas, CA. just like me.

Heating, AC and property taxes are typically worse in much of the south than California. I think that makes up for the gas and water bill if you want to throw that in. When it comes to food, it depends. Eating out is likely going to be more expensive in California. But a lot of grocers stores are similarly priced if you go to the cheap ones in both regions.

Come out. It’s great!

If you like city life and/or nightlife, then I say go for it. If you stay in the suburbs, it's probably not much of a difference from anywhere else.

Choose San Diego, much better than Santa Cruz.

@@Onlinerando you’re right, on that part. I guess I let my biases known. However, I’d also say San Diego has better weather in general too. I’m from Northern California and used to live about 40 mins from Santa Cruz. Chill area, and vibe. But can be a little dirty for being a small city.

Yeah this guy is trying to pretend there isn’t any problems with California.

Inflation tho

Virginia isnt really the South tbh

@@JustTyFr Which region would you put it in?

@@margefoyle6796 Well, I would consider north Virginia, to belong to the North East. While South Virginia, belonging to the South.

@@JustTyFr That seems fair in current political trends, though living in NoVa for three years, it certainly felt like the south to me. I lived on Robert E Lee Drive and the local fire truck had "Stonewall Jackson" painted on the side. The sir/ma'am culture is in full effect as well as fried pickles and basically fried everything. So I see your point, but as a Californian that has also lived in the Midwest and New England, it felt like the south to me.

How was New Hampshire?

Thanks for your comment. I try to keep things unbiased and nerdy. Glad you liked the video.

Go cocks!! I’m an alumna!

That sounds really nice. It's always good to hear people living the life they want where they want. Although personally i can't do those Mississippi summers.

I'm from there where in ms did you move?

Just out of curiosity, how much did the house/land cost you in Mississippi?

@@anthonygiordano3991 150k for 1750 sq ft house (10 yrs old); 18k for 10 acres wooded land with creek (bottom land) directly behind house.

@@davidcawrowl3865 - Is the land hard to take care of? Is it expensive to maintain it? Man, that price really tempts me to move over there. I’m in California.. I absolutely love the weather here.. but over there, I can basically be debt free with no mortgage.

I'm from Charleston and I feel this personally

I live in Spartanburg, the server was probably weary of rude Yankees, there are many of them here now. Not all are rude, my parents are Yankees, but many of them are.

Great attitude ... Live where you are happiest !

Dude you cant be a serious conservative if you don’t understand why people are leaving california.

Forced harmful school vaccines is why so many leave. Yes they miss the weather but your children's lives come first.

As someone with similar political views that wants to live in San Francisco٫ i have mad respect for you!!!

@@user-yy4ux9zf4rlmaoo just stop watching fear mongering news.

Isn't that the truth. As Kyle showed in the video, some occupations will actually make more living in California when adjusted for costs. However, for others, housing is more affordable elsewhere but salaries aren't all that much less. It also makes a difference for single people vs. married people where married people share a house and have 2 incomes.

Thanks. That's what I aim to do. There's enough biased bs out there and since I've made the move cross country thought I'd provide actual first hand knowledge.

@sunn powerI have lived in CA for 25yrs. It has its good side and bad. Like everywhere else.

I hope the best for your parents in LA but sorry to hear about the East Brainerd house. That was a scary storm even though we live several miles from any of the touchdowns.

@@GeographyKing Yes it was easily the scariest night of my life, but we all survived without a scratch! I finally got to move back home and I pretty much got a free remodel with the Insurance money🙌 Thank you and yep they are loving being back in Beautiful California.... can’t wait to visit them:)! Keep up the good work love learning about US geography from your channel!

as an Asian American myself, i can tell you that the black areas of the deep south are very dangerous and not friendly to our people

Maybe stop being racist against non-asians and you will start to fit in faster 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@@Bendwow What makes you think I'm racist toward non-Asians? I have one white friend, I try to play golf and tennis at country clubs, I order mocha frappuccinos at Starbucks, I spend a lot of my own time volunteering at nightclubs to teach white people how to dance. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I noticed you don't upspeak and don't say "like" every other word.. amazing what a good college will do! would never know you were from Cali

Thanks for your comment. I definitely prefer smaller cities (but not too small) but also want to be within a couple of hours of a big city. I really like rural Michigan and small towns like Petoskey and Traverse City.

I just moved to Charlotte, NC from Vermont and I love it. The summers are definitely hot, upper 80's - mid 90's with humidity making it feel like 95 -105 most days late June - early September. But Spring and Fall are beautiful with temps in the 60's and 70's. I personally find the Winter to be great, with most days reaching 50-55 with sunny skies, but that's coming from Vermont where it was always well below freezing and gloomy. It does seem to rain quite a bit here too, but it tends to be in pretty short intervals followed by abundant sunshine.

@@LTPPropertyMaintenance thank you very much for the info. If my finances get into a deeper crisis here in the Bay Area then this is probably a safe bet to move to.

It'll end soon in Texas. Too many people. Rent is skyrocketing

STASS LIFE Colorado too, home prices skyrocketing ,over populated my beautiful state is being ruined

@@xDownJuggalettex America is Unsustainable. Crash coming

gary Johnson so why not take in more immigrants right??? Lol

@@TheHonestTruth there is that created word again unsustainable... it's about the United Nations looking at Humanity as an enemy and something that needs to be herded and controlled like cattle. Such as what we're saying right now in Exodus from the state of California

The tax system in NH kinda reminds me of the tax system in the UAE; Low taxes for people, but high taxes for businesses.

I moved from California to new Hampshire for one year and saved not a dime.

It really just comes down to personal preferences and how important your job is vs. geography. In Huntington Beach you'd have wonderful weather all year long, a lot of outdoor activities very nearby, and it's more laid back than Florida. Negatives would be that you're in the heart of the LA metro area so it'll be crowded with bad traffic often. Housing is more expensive so your company would probably have to pay at least $15,000 per year more but that could change per your specific situation. If you're serious about the move and it's feasible to, I'd recommend visiting there before moving.

Gregory. You better be making over 100k in your transfer

@@stayingsaneamidtheinsanity2499 yeah, they didn't offer a significant raise. I'm back on the job market!

Yikes 60k???!! That will be nothing in Huntington beach. You are literally moving to a very expensive part. As someone else said you should be making at least 100k or more to make it livable.

It's definitely not a low tax state but it isn't the "tax you up the wazoo" place that a lot of people think it is. You can live within 2 hours of the major cities and it's hardly any more expensive than Anywhere USA but you can visit all of the great places in the state with ease.

@@GeographyKing This is exactly what I was looking for. A house pricing oasis like some offskirts thing near Fresno where you can get a great house for less than 300k. If the main issue is the price of housing then can always fix that and enjoy the year round great weather. I hate east coast weather so Cali would be a great change

okay boomer

Which NYC are you talking about? I moved back to NYC from west coast ( Vegas & LA) before the lockdown. I so love NYC: the 4 seasons, the wealthy resources, the super brains, the beautiful women, the artistic, cultural stimulation... Mild weather every single day feels like a punishment. It's boring and depressing...

Your video was pretty informative and useful. I have lived in Los Angeles County and have resided in Orlando and Orange County Florida the past 34 years, was born here in 1963 and lived as a child in SoCal from 68-75. Moved to Miami in 75-79 and Orlando from mid 79 til present. Besides Texas cities Dallas, Houston, Austin and (I think San Antonio is also a fast growing metro in Texas) the USA's booming metros the past five years are Tampa and Orlando which are over the 3,000,000 range (Orlando's CSA puts it over 3 million and the CSA is a very accurate depiction of the sprawling "Californication" of the Greater Orlando region. Orlando and Austin are two metro's that were two small to be included in the planned Interstate Highway system, Interstate 4 through Orlando was designed to go around Orlando and politicians fought to bring the freeway into downtown and slicing and taking on a North/South direction through the city. As far as comments that your two least favorite cities are Phoenix and Orlando (don't know much about Phoenix) but Orlando (city 25 miles away from Disney with suburbs sprawling 50-60 miles away from tourist area) is a a very beautiful, busy, growing, changing city with neighborhoods and districts resembling the Pacific Northwest more than Florida or the South. ( Btw, to us down here the South ends around Gainesville or Ocala and non southern Florida begins below that line. The population of Orlando is very well known for its diversity and Orlando, not so much Atlanta anymore has a huge LGBTQ population and along with Ft. Lauderdale and St. Petersburg have very high percentage of gay population. And in Orlando every city and suburban neighborhood have large amounts LGBT couples and are very well accepted within their neighborhood of choice. The Gay Pride parade in October is Orlando's largest parade and festival and family oriented and the city touts it as "Orlando's Most Colorful Parade." Two metro counties are very liberal and very blue, Orange and Osceola and Seminole County is purple with Lake being the most Red county of the 4 county metro. No state income tax and the absence of Interstate Beltways and other needed expressways have made the region a model area for toll expressways and technology that makes toll collection easy. Monthly toll bills are a part of the cost of living. The average home price for the month of February 2023 was $355,000 and average rent was $1395 month which is a much larger chunk of monthly income here than in California. But there is a high amount of wealthy residents who may not be in the work force?? Also the average age of Orlando resident is like 32-33 years old and the city proper has a young hipster vibe. Unlike Tampa or Jacksonville, Orlando has commuter rail and a free downtown bus/trolley system that keeps expanding and high speed rail is opening in a couple of months between Orlando and Miami

Happened here in Connecticut this week

This is what worries me. The "entitlement" attitude coming from California to the rest of the country. Is a shame.

What about the entitlement attitude of people that think they can keep Americans from moving wherever they want? Entitlement Blvd is a two-way street.

Texas salaries are definitely higher than the southeast but not quite up to California. One thing that helps Texas is no corporate taxes so companies want to move there to not pay taxes and then not have to pay employees what they'd have to pay in the west or northeast. Overall I think Texas is cheaper to live than California but probably not to the huge extent that a lot of people think. But moving to Texas is a better move from a pure financial standpoint than the southeast for sure.

Austin is an exception . So many Californians have relocated to Austin and have priced the locals out of the housing market. Austin has similar laws regarding the homeless as cali and seattle which makes it dangerous and a filthy shithole. You can't walk 3 feet in any direction without be accosted by panhandlers. Liberals come here to escape the laws and politicians they voted in and then do their best to fuck up a well oiled machine giving them the opportunities they didn't have in California.

Lived south Texas 2007 lasted for 5 years bought a house on 8 acres the crash cought up couldn't find a descent job gave the property back to the owner carrying the paper basically paid 425.00 a month for rent Had to go back to Calif Left Calif again to Washington Now weighting for the wife to hill from an work accident to move to one of the most expensive places to live but the most cheapest if your smart Not going to say where Good luck I'm 54

Thank you. It makes me happy to know people enjoy the videos.

Thank you! I'm glad you found the channel and like the videos! Sounds like you've experienced quite a lot of the US.

Oh, I'm glad there is no racism up north.

Yeah, I don't understand the logic that it's better to pay state income tax than sales tax. Here in Oregon we have to pay so much income tax and I'd rather pay tax only on what I purchase.

My house in TN has higher property taxes than my parents' house in CA. CA actually has below average property taxes. You should see the crazy high amounts Texans pay in property taxes. Also many states have higher sales tax than CA. But the media only focus and California and people believe the media. They won't tell you about poverty rates, low salaries, and high taxes in other states.

Tennessee, Texas and Idaho aren't exactly known for good wages, especially for therapists. People talk about these states being cheap to live in but leave out how low the wages are.

A Mental Health Nurse and a Registered Nurse have comparable salaries in Alabama even though a nurse is a 2-4 year degree and a mental health nurse has to have a 4 year nursing degree and a master's degree in psychology (minimum), if that tells you anything.

You have to be pretty well off to make it anywhere in the country. I live in Tennessee. There is more poverty here than in CA. It's expensive everywhere.

@@GeographyKing JUST MADE A VIDEO SAYING Exactly THIS!!!

It's called Socialism and Communism in its most ugly form. I'm sure their leadership is quite PROUD of themselves at accomplishing their intended goals of wealth for them and high taxes and poverty for all others that "they" deem as the lesser!!! It is truly a premeditated and methodically planned event for ending freedom there!!! Seems the old slave trade has just never truly ended unfortunately. Maybe California is the test case for the Georgia Guidestones and Global Agenda 2021, 2025 and 2030 Depopulation Program where you have the wealthy..., and then you have the slaves in which they will then own of course!!! Financial "WIZARDS" are usually pretty good at their sorcering and crafty piracy!!! If you do leave from there..., the only thing you will be missing are the diseases from those that bring in diseases from no vaccines..., poisonous chemtrails and the rains with the nuclear poisons of Fukushima. That's why so many people are getting sick and dying there. Notice all the celebrity deaths in the last few years???

@@marshaperez4158 ummm......... There are good counselors and therapists out there that can help you. Medication has come a long way in recent years.

@@GeographyKing..., Yeah...,👌!!!

The line you're thinking is called the Mason-Dixon line. The "south" ends after Texas because none of the other states below that line existed during the Civil War

look at the geography. it turns into desert out west. dixie doesn’t have deserts

@@UserName-ts3sp that’s only in west Texas which is a small portion of Texas that is in the east don’t even know about. You can’t treat Texas like another little state it’s too big for that. There’s east, central, south, north and west Texas.

New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and California are all Western states. Google the four regions of the US according to the Census.

In the San Joaquin Valley. A lot of the towns are not at all expensive. But no one wants to live in that part of the state. Places like Hanford, Porterville, Dinuba, Los Banos, etc. Those places might suck on California standards but they're nicer than most of the towns of the same size in the southeastern US.

Geography King they are not nicer lol Illegals all over those towns you mentioned

Having illegals has no bearing on whether or not a place sucks. Poverty and poor education are common denominators in places that struggle mightily. Besides illegal immigrants live everywhere in the US. The absolute worst parts of the US (WV, KY, AR, MS, LA) have strict anti immigration policies. Don't be so misguided by the media.

Defs in Bakersfield

Ugly san berdo. San Joaquin valley. Not 800 though. Maybe 1000.