Thank you Chris for such an informative video! My English husband are planning to move to Blackpool within two years, once hubby retires. Blackpool has always been his favorite place so it is his choice for retirement. Me? I'm an American who hates living in Stoke on Trent. I am from Texas and living in this dying city is draining me. I love this place for it's history but it is almost pitiful to watch it die through political apathy. I have no one in this country but my husband so I am used to it just being us. I am quite used to being "the new Kid" as I grew up with an American Air Force father and we moved quite often. I enlisted in the American Navy and continued the moving around. My Mother was English (Notts) so I have been in and out of this country all my life and love England. I am 65 and have moved 49 times, so as I say being the new kid is not new to me. My husband is a Royal Army vet and is used to moving about too. We spent the first week of July in Blackpool and I abandoned hubby at Coral Island and spent three days on a fact finding mission. Your point about checking out different areas is valid as it is critical that you don't end up someplace that will make you miserable. I spent a half day in Fleetwood exploring and fell in love with it. You will not remember but I spoke to you 2 years ago and you said When the time came I should check out Fleetwood as it was a bit quieter for retirement. You were spot on, so thank you. I'm sorry I did not get a chance to stop and chat with you this trip but I ran out of time!. I wish more "real" people put out video's like this.

I moved here 2 years ago from Shropshire sold our house and bought a house and got boys college and a job, hubby and I got decent jobs too, love it up here, life's what you make it, we've made friends straight away, everybody's different, life is good ..... The whole country is struggling everywhere I see Blackpool will bounce back and is starting too. The people of Blackpool are great if you make the right friends , my life has changed for the best,

Food for thought here Chris! I always say when I’m in Blackpool “I want to live here” until Sean reminds me that I’m not getting up and doing 8 hours of work every day, cooking, cleaning etc I say it as I’m a few wines deep in holiday mode! Great vid 😊

I wasn’t expecting this video but very informative & Chris Higgitt showing a different side.👍👍👍

Thanks Chris, I appreciate this video. As you say there is a difference between visiting and actually living in Blackpool , or any other seaside town. Wishing you all the best for the summer season! 😀👍

What a sensible video , well presented by a guy we can and do all cheeky joking aside admire , and the family cheers mate 👋👋

Brilliant Chris so much interesting information, will help a lot of people.

Great informative and interesting video Chris, keep up the good work mate!!!

Thank you chris , very informative 👍

Brilliant insightful and interesting video about Blackpool. You’re a legend my man!! A great energy and always positive Keep up the good work Chris.x

Can you do another video on what’s it like running a bed & breakfast. Also a video on buying the arcade & coming up with the £1 burger bar.

Great video. Would love to see more like this, very open and honest

Love that you’ve done this…it’s something we’re considering (me and 2 kids) in 5 years when our finances will hopefully be a lot healthier and my youngest will have left secondary…so true-you need to look around at houses and areas

Just watched the video Chris brilliant very informative keep them coming

Thank you Chris good advice we’ll Presented think off your options and yes come and rent first see if you like livening there before you bye and winter time very bad weather when l come for a weekend l come too the front and people don’t see the back end it is so big.

Good advice Chris and well spoken and informative 👏🏻

Good video Chris, excellent advice 👍

Absolutely brilliant video Chris now I feel we know the Blackpool daddy a lot better and it's nice to hear your back ground history 👍

thanks chris what a excellent video you have made really interesting and very good advice more of this type of advice is always welcome have a great summer oh may the £1 burger go from strength to strength well done chris take care

This was a really good video, Chris. Possibly one of your best. Well structured and serious, but still with enough of a Higgit twist. 😜😁 I remember asking you this very question once with my Mrs a few years ago, we're the Black Country couple (Tipton and Brierley Hill), and you told us a shortened version of this video that never left us. Really appreciated it. 👍🏼 One video tip for you, though. Film your videos at your eye level and above. KZfaq likes them angles, and you'll get more views. 😉😁👍🏼

Well done Chris great advice for people.

Great information.i looked to move a few years ago. Visited and then thought not for me as what you said I took a lot of what you said

Best vlog youve done, been thinking about moving up for a while, lot of food for thought.

Excellent video Chris xx

Good honest advise chris. Brilliantly put across. Obviously your a grafter and you deserve to succeed. Good information.

Great info chris

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT Video Chris from Leyland

Absolutely right

Fantastic Video Chris I Enjoyed It Today I Turned 65 I Will Never Move Again But I Hope Some Day That I Will Cross The Big Pond To Visit Blackpool It Is My Kind of Place Have A Great 🌃

Good helpful video Chris👍

Great advice Chris. Now retired and really thinking of moving there. Like you say various areas to consider to buy, like anywhere good and bad. Rather than meeting at work, best to get out socially, join local clubs too. Even bingo...😃

great video chris everything you said is true keep up the good work m8

Moving to blackpool is still good in December you can still watch the sea, chill out by the sea, make memories with loved ones just keep wrapped up nice and warm and if you like the peace December is the time to get out and enjoy the sea with peace and quiet

Blackpool not like it used to be. It’s becoming a dangerous place at night and starting to look like a real hovel in places.

Such a good interesting correct video,the bit about coming from being a tourist to living here is very different thats dead right and the winter part being cold miserable wet and boring is dead right too.i moved here from yorkshire 7 years ago and them 2 points are so true for me.brill facts and video 👍

Really really good information as am trying to move to blackpool from Huddersfield

Excellent video Chris and very informative I will make sure to get a burger from you again this year 😎😎😊

Great advice Chris nice to see a different side to you I'm looking to move away from Yorkshire to make a fresh start I work for a leading supermarket if I can get a transfer to Blackpool with a full time job I'm on the move just need to find the right accommodation thanks

Excellent informative vlog..hope your advise helps lots of people. Personnally we wouldn't move there....love our little house with gorgeous garden. Blackpool for is is great for a few days.

I came to Blackpool in 1980 and had a job lined up to start, which went bankrupt weeks later. But at that time it wasn't disastrous as it was in season and I went to work on the pleasure beach until I found a full time job. Now as it stood in the early 80's if you had not lived in Blackpool for at least 2 years you could not claim benefits, this changed about 1982 when Maggie Thatcher did away with that rule, probably the biggest mistake any government has ever made because over the next 20 years, as work was getting to be less and less, more people were just moving here, coming out of work and staying here anyway. Believe me, we saw the town get more and more overcrowded with unemployed and all the other social problems that go with it. As it stands now you should be very careful even thinking about coming here as this town is becoming more and more run down every year, and this could be why we have one of the highest suicide rates in the country.

good straight info Chris well said mate

Well said Chris

Brilliant vid chris burst the hype and fairytale but honest and informative well done pal

Good info chris

Finally got round to paying you a visit on Saturday afternoon. Me and my mate were the ones from Birmingham and we had a chat about Steve and his 5 watches haha. Cracking burger by the way, we came back for another about half hour later. All the best.

Great vlog and updates chris 4:03

Really good video chris

Well said mate

Very similar to moving to Cornwall tbh!

Considered blkpool years ago but changed our minds best thing we ever done last time went blkpool was really disappointed just not the same place we knew 20yrs ago

Excellent news, tis on the list of downsizing we have 😁🙏👍

When you go winter time you see Blackpool for what it really is a depressing place but summer time it’s fantastic

I used to live in blackpool years ago. Now my eldest son and daughter live in blackpool now. I must say blackpool is a lot better than oldham. If i didnt have commitments here in oldham id be in blackpool xxx

Hi mate really enjoyed the video what part from the Midlands did you come from

Very informative chris but i would never ever consider living in blackpool however there is good and bad in every town blackpool seems to have gone seriously downhill in recent years but so have lots of areas like you mentioned blackpool has great areas alongside slummy areas

Gday Chris, a great video 👍😊😁 WIfe is one way and bad weather is good. And i would make friends quickly👍😊😁

All very interesting. You can be lonely in any town on your own even in London. One aspect that you did not mention, OAPS who are thinking of retiring to Blackpool. I have been visiting Blackpool and St Annes for more years than i care to remember and as a Retired OAP i would like to move to a nice flat in St Annes. You can get a flat in St Annes for a reasonable price but most i have seen have old fashioned storage heaters which i do not want. I prefer gas heating. However i will move to St Annes as soon as find a suitable flat. All towns are quiet in the winter but the big name hotels in Blackpool Holiday Inn, Hampton Hilton etc are open in the winter and the rates are less. So most OAPs could move to Blackpool or St Annes without the worry of finding a job as long as they could manage on their pensions. Even better if they are downsizing with money over. There are not many advantages in being old but this is one of them. Lets not talk about receding hair, aches and pains, memory loss etc. What was i talking about? Oh yes.

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Great advice chirs that's why your the daddy of Blackpool 👍

We have thought about living in Blackpool but the outskirts we could transfer to an Asda store in Blackpool or Fleetwood

Good vid it’s not just all about the lights etc it’s got the highest mental health rate in the country

Also consider the cost of moving how far it is removal van

Lived here 2 years still act like a tourist 🤫

i love to move away from blackpool , but all my friends and support are here

Only move to Blackpool if you’ve got loads of money then. Like most places.

Just started watching. I am from Telford too! Where abouts did you live?

Tell it like it is nice👍 just saw your vid with WOTWS opening gifts, dyu know how much he paid for a burger in Dallas lol. No more £1 burgers for him, charge him £20 and do it in an American accent🤣🤣🤣

Me and the family come had some food the other day couldn't nock it at all so good especially for the money

A very sensible video,well put over , you could be a politician ,🤔 oh wait .

Hi chris hope ur well, thanks for sharing the information.... i currently work as support worker for the elderly, are there plenty of care homes in Blackpool???

I had 10 years in Blackpool ,10 wasted years id say ,i live in scarborough loads better best move i ever did 2 years ago .

The other thing is gp access, dentists, things like that

Winter time is grim

Of your retired and financially ok definitely move but if looking for work don't. If your a big northernsoul fan definitely move

Great video but for someone who's lived in Blackpool for 20 years I thought you would know blackpool is on the west not the east and its the Irish sea not the North Sea 😉

Can you tell me the cheapest Mr whippy in Blackpool?

I’m moving there and I want to stay above your burger arcade 🎉 help me out here

Anyone would think you were talking about moving to the other side of the world.

What happened to leroy chris did he stop youtube .

Some 1 needs to open 50p burger bar😂

You are beside the Irish sea not the North sea , unless you've moved to Scarborough? 😂

Winter is shite in uk fullstop

I love blackpool but also love to leave blackpool. Unless you move there for work i wouldnt move there

Hello Chris higgitt

Only fools and horses work 🐎

Hey! Don't do it!!

please dont move here we are full and there is barely enough houses for the locals

Annoying man

You are a very nice day have you got a beautiful kids and grandkids I’ve never seen you before I watch your live every single day. I coming to Blackpool this year and I can’t wait to meet you and see you wanna talk to you for hours you’re a very good guy in this world I love watching you all the time you are my big fan and I think the world of you I didn’t know you open £1 burger 😮 you are doing amazing job for yourself and proud of you follow me and then send me a message

Food for thought here Chris! I always say when I’m in Blackpool “I want to live here” until Sean reminds me that I’m not getting up and doing 8 hours of work every day, cooking, cleaning etc I say it as I’m a few wines deep in holiday mode! Great vid 😊