Do you still enjoy living in a small town now, after 2 years?

@@Keirosqeen QTNA

Congratulations

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Yeah Seattle is a complete mess but I'm a welder so I need then to keep building skyscrapers

Andrew Putnam Lol

exactly what i did as well. spent 7 years in 2 big cities. Traffic was only getting worse. I couldn't imagine having life like this forever that i only commute. Now for the price of monthly rent i can slowly renovate my old house in a little town and work mostly online from home, start my own business so i don't have to get up at 6 am anymore to catch a packed bus to get somewhere (because you won't park your car in the center), same thing back, and that's how life goes by. Leave the wheel to the hamsters. I'd rather have time for myself than highly earning job, mortgages, nice house and car. I can do with just ok job and old house, but relatively big freedom other people, especially with kids and loans and corporate employment don't have

From the Tri Cities area and can definitely say it’s got everything Seattle has plus dirt cheap rent. Money is starting to come in a lot faster though, who knows what will happen here in the next decade

@@joelchavez8534 they'll move in out of Seattle and turn it into little Seattle, like the people who moved out of California for Denver.

identity Europa where did you move? From where?

I’m a millennial and did the same. Agree 100%

I wouldn't mind....but I heard finding jobs is tougher in a small town.

(Identify Europa) cringe

@@IncredulousIndividual ???

Yes Please. If you want young people to get involved. I know a few interested in building that vision into a reality

also what i was looking for, he has no business being that thicc!

Came to the comments explicitly for this

He played soccer that’s why

Claudia Onoro right???

girl...

THIS PART.

Read my recent post...i went on the road for a month...town to town...found a goodly number i could live in...same problem in every small town...no rentals....waiting lists...overpriced old homes for sale....not significantly cheaper....the old assumption that a small town in Kansas will be cheap...is about 20 years out of date...and if you found a rental....great 60 year old crapper house with no garage or parking...depressing....people are moving...doubt they will stay.

not yet.

Whats the average rent price per square meter in NY? Just courius

This didn’t age well

@@Bhq870 Yes it did

@@Bhq870 Its aged well.

What would you say the main differences are

@@mslowiko1984 we're even more broke, our suicide rates are higher, we're more politically active, and we like mango vape.

Im a millennial, 30, dutch/Amsterdam. I managed/coached/taught gen z and millennials for 8 years or so. There is some difference, yes. I personally found it easier to manage gen z. But my colleague's and other managers (millennials & gen x), had way more trouble coaching gen z. Currently, I'm a freelancer, but never fully figured out why that was the case.

@D. Right. I'm like the oldest of gen z, 21, born 1998. I only have 3 years in the real world. Not gonna have much, but I'm not doing bad lol. We're just getting started

we’re old now

In other fields, it could be different. When I was living a small town, HR people were making as much as Engineers. Also, most state jobs have the same pay statewide and some are located in cheap cost of living small towns. State Troopers in California are one example.

Andrew Mihailow should of gone to school to be an electrician or got a plumbers apprenticeship. Still got time to.

Gotta say, I live in Birmingham AL, and have jobs permanently thrown at me for my skillset. So does everybody else in my industry here, it just depends on the industry. (Software engineer)

Sure, but the cost of living in small towns is highly reduced

If you have a good IT Job already, you could probably move wherever you want and work remotely.. depends what kind of work of course. My company has developers and project managers all over the world.

Tell me more... can I access it somewhere? Whats population, footprint and resources needed? What services are included, municipal property needed and so on?

Hey! Really interested in this! Please tell me more!

This sounds slightly like the Venus Project.

@NurturingTalents I said "slightly" not "exactly"

Ive had the same idea! Well similar, i mean i want to design my own city in harmony and balance. What school did you go to? Which program did you like it? I was looking at one in Miami but idk about the area. You should pick back up your project and finish it to your liking even if the class ended! You didn’t get enough tome to do it all. Its not your fault. Press on! Would you make a video and explain what you learned and put together? I wana hear all about it ❣️ be my friend ❣️

Its pretty normal actually. I'm a millennial that has to hire construction hands. Ill hire an older person over someone my age or younger every chance I get. Some millennial have a great work ethic... We are not the norm though.

The whole "lazy millenial" stereotype just came from boomers who grew up in a world where working for a job you hated was considered noble. Millenials don't want to adhere to that mindset anymore and want to do more fulfilling work.

@@jhart1979 that's the real point / problem. It's fine doing a humble job if it gets you were you want to be...but nowadays that's not possible anymore...

@@knucklehoagies The thing is that every generation after was actually raised to follow their passions a bit more. It's weird that generations think that they came up with ideas all by themselves and that people before them didn't instead of knowing that a lot of is trickle down and a switch in parenting generation to generation. Millennials may WANT to do that but as with the generations before them they may have to do what they have to do in order to get by until they can make other moves. We're not getting away from people working jobs that most don't love until you can finish up making high tech robots to take over the rest.

@@mirowestmaas4566 Where does everyone want to me? There is this presumption that everyone has the same goals and they all mean a six figure salary.

They can build more houses.

You’d think locals would like people moving into their dying towns.

@@suadela87 the rich people do, they get rent money

UnfinishedRiot well then say “rich move to small towns, immediately price locals out” because most millennials aren’t rich and are just trying to find a place affordable to live.

@@suadela87 that's true, but millennials from urban areas are more likely to have a higher level of income than millennials in rural areas. More competition for land is gonna increase prices, now rural millennials can't afford a wortht offer

I guess but this isn't the first recession. We've gone through a whole depression in the past. I live 30 minutes from a big city and childcare is half and the cost of my house was 1/2 to 1/3 of what you get there for the size and the yard space. It's pretty doable if you like the proximity to things to do and a bigger job pool. The thing other friends did is chop down a lot of expenses prior to having their 2 kids so that they could live on one salary and waited until their 30s. They live in the burbs and she hasn't worked in 6 years so they pocketed all of that childcare money and have been doing just fine.

This is the part of the internet that i love. People of all different backgrounds coming together to talk about butts.

He is just giving an option for those that might feel stuck...

what's stopping you?

Here's a news flash. Your almighty "millennial innovations" and "disruptive ideas" are no more appreciated in large metro areas than they are in small communities. Keep your "innovation" and "disruption" and knock yourself out with it, but don't impose it on others. When you get a bit older you'll find things like inner peace and mutual respect for your neighbor to be far more rewarding.

@@freeroamer9146 Older Americans have mutual respect for their neighbors? They live in some of the most gated homes and communities in the country.

@@ramonalejandrosuare You're making something out of nothing? People have gated communities for the same reason you lock your car, or your home at night before going to bed.

@@freeroamer9146 There's a distinct difference between putting up a barrier over one's privately owned property and an entire neighborhood with public spaces like sidewalks, roads, and parks. The fact you don't get that clear difference only makes my point for me.

@@ramonalejandrosuare You don't have a point. Only an idea. That's why you make reference to, but cannot define it. Ramon, stop thinking like your mother and think like a man.

You are very lucky . I grew up in Mobile but live in Atlanta now. I am afraid to go back to Mobile because there are not a lot of good jobs there, especially in tech which was what I want to work in

What's a wagon? Lol

Pause

@temps a car

Like a hog? I definitely thought the same

I wa sso confused looking at him. I was like he's not really thick but is somehow registering in my brain as being such. Weird. LOL

Lawrence KS?

Ya'll give yourselves a lot of credit but you tend to talk about millenials as a monolith. You're not all in the same boat. You're not all college grads. You're not all living in big cities and obtaining even mid level jobs. You also have a generation or two in between the boomers and you all that no one seems to mention much.

It's ironic that traveling more (increasing your carbon footprint) and healthier choices for the planet are shared in the same ethos.

How is traveling more pioneering the green movement? Air travel is pretty much the single most damaging thing you can do wrt to the environment. Not saying u should never travel, but I hear this bit of cognitive dissonance from many young people. Talking about something (being green, saving the environment) is not doing.

Love to Learn by mentioning travel I was intending to highlight that millennial a have a broader cultural and environmental awareness than previous generations

Oh no, you`re not

As a millennial, don't call me a millennial.

As a human, dont talk to me

@@mrnjns799 lol

someone needs to, for a change

MrNickT what do you do?

Maybe not for a specific IT job, but if someone with an advanced medical or trade degree threw a dart anywhere in North America, they could find a well-paying job almost anywhere. - especially in small to mid-sized cities.

@@MarkPemble Civil Engineering as well.

ezrhino100 Canada is too cold

They do that here, apparently you have never left the city

Is there other country apart from the us?

Hate Hustle Flow *Arhentina

@Hate Hustle Flow good luck. Watch KZfaq videos on Argentina....

a lot of people still go to nyc and la in particular cos they want to be/do their very best, and compete against the very best. nothing wrong with that per se. the internet has leveled that out at least somewhat. depending on your field, you can go head to head with someone in new york or tokyo from cheyenne wyoming. tho really, it's still all intensified if you're in the same city with them.

@@Elizabeth.Holiday I think both are true. Im glad I moved to a big city as a young person because I have grown so much and become so much stronger. But I also don't see myself living here for my whole life. I see myself settling down and raising kids somewhere quieter and calmer.

@@Elizabeth.Holiday I didn't read it like that. I feel like living in a big city (I was born and raised in NYC) and it's a crabs in a barrel mentality. There's a difference between applying to a Job with 40 other prospects and applying for a job and 1500 others apply. You have to work smarter, not just harder and that includes putting yourself in a position to succeed - and sometimes that means not having to compete with "the best" for scraps.

there are a lot of people who are simply not happy in cities, don't want to live there. no problem here; the last thing new york needs is for more people to move there. it's already expensive enough as it is. there are country people who move a couple hundred miles, or couple thousand miles from where they initially grew up, both to avoid the suffocation effect; as well as to test themselves; and force themselves to stretch and strive. they might still be in a small pond with a largely similar (preferred) lifestyle, but it's a different small pond where they don't have their childhood friends to run to for everything -or to remind them of That Time in Third Grade every ten minutes. different people need different challenges. the key is how well you're doing, whether you're thriving or not. what end result is one getting?

you hit it right on the nose

alexandre Hamard amen.

Prospect cities aren't new, but for a country the size of the US, concentrating talent and jobs in 2-4 cities can have very negative effects on the country overall

Mr H, I think you missed his point. This speech doesn’t seem to help you. As for me, I got a job in a small town and it changed my life. The relationships are more authentic and the work culture has more opportunities for growth. There is great shopping and healthcare within 2-3 hours drive.

Links?

LOL

He got that fatty 🍑

😂 😂

"he doesn’t use any concrete data to back yo his claims" and "he’s not in business, and never has been, he’s in Politics making an argument for a small city that he represents." This is exactly right. He used one anecdote presented as evidence and has a clear conflict of interest.

Commander Shepard philly is a big city and you can get a 2 bed for $850 with a washer and dryer.

Commander Shepard, thank you for summing up brilliantly what I came here to say.

Wage set by supply and demand is a classic model in economics. The idea is that a shortage of workers means higher competition between companies for said workers. The companies then raise wages to get workers. Because of the higher wages more and more people train for that job, thus creating supply. Now workers need to compete, which may or may not lower wages. This model is seldom used for whole cities, but rather for observing specific branches of industry in a particular region.

@@aiba6540 then you're in Philly though

Anything in the medical field in prospect cities will offer excellent opportunities.

so to grow, people must return... seems like small town and cities are experiencing brain drain. they need our ingenuity, not the big cities

Believe me - there are smaller towns and cities that are growing and thriving.

Im finding it helpful 😊

Worst possible angle and for love of Gaaawd.. if ya got a boot don't carry stuff in your back pockets!

Marcus is the 1 guy that doesn't like big butts and can lie. :D

Bill the Builder it has an Ironman event 😉😉😉

@@dirarose1 Yes it does. Except this past year due to flooding the river was too full of debris and fast moving water.

Bill the Builder I completely agree. Knoxville is similar

@Angelina Thats why I have central heat and air.

I actually don’t think that’s true anymore. All sorts of suburban and rural industries need working information technology to do their stuff

For real. The city I live in compared to big city is cheaper but not cheap for what I get from it. Driving long commutes for decent paying jobs being one big trade off. Wish I moved to the country.

My town had 1,040 people in 2017. Got an ethanol plant, welding/fab shop, 2 tire shops, truck stop with a truck shop, 3 trucking companies, grocery store, dollar general, hospital, car dealer, 2 seed dealers, I'm pretty sure you could live here without a car. I bought a pick-up in May. I've put 1800 miles on it. As long as you're not afraid of dirt and sweat, and have a bit of mechanical aptitude, someplace like this, you'll never starve.

It costs less in Ottawa to own a car than to pay for two bus passes for me an my wife. Bus passes in Ottawa are around 120$ a month.

Imported TV Yikes.

Doing what?

What city in Iowa ? I had thought about moving to Des Moines or Iowa City

@@garlicman82 better do Des Moines

Very true. A lot of older millennials bought really cheap homes in 09'-14 in smaller cities and they are killing it today. My younger Millenial brother bought his home for 50k in 10' and it is now worth 150k.

@Águila701 gen x is not a boomer

@HAVE A LAUGH I think he means the Southeastern United States.

bruh you just "leave" and then but in the most expensive state to live in. Midwest, Southeast, Idaho, Montana, ect.. I live in indiana and pay 675/moth for 1bedrm/1bath apartment

If you leave California, leave the California attitude there too. To many people migrate away from California and bring the idiotic California personality with them. The Midwest accepts anyone but if you move to a rural community realize we don't like or want city life.

Dustin Knipfer It’s a sad reality, Californians and New Yorkers bring with them the same mentality that ruined their cities. They continue to vote for parties that increase taxes, increase immigration etc.

As someone who lives in the South, most of the jobs you're gonna find here are at least mid-tier; it's hard to find entry level work down South. Most of the hype about the South are professionals coming from more expensive cities who are already experienced that want to get married/buy a house/start a family etc. If you're trying to get a lower tier position, it's a lot more niche unless you work in tech.

The car insurance industry makes too much money for high speed rail to ever take off here. Money and industry outweigh common sense and practicality in pretty much every sector. Planning for public projects is not a priority here unfortunately.

Jessica Carnes well high speed rail hasn’t taken off because of airport buying lobbyist to fight against their expansion but I like your take too

Thanks, big help

This was deep

haverhill mass is basically just another neighborhood in metro boston. he has not done anything radical or earth shattering. while i don't think millenials want to live hardcore farm life, i could see a lot of them coming around to enjoy smaller town life if there were decent internet, which is something rural areas struggle with. it's hard to get benefits of 2020s economy via 1990s dialup, whether one is a townie or farmer ten miles out of said town. suspect the towns of 50,000 to 500,000 will benefit most from what this guy is talking about.

There are quite a few good examples of Prospect Cities in the Northwest. and the Intermountain area.

Find a list of cities with populations from 30k - 200k in each state and start from there. There actually aren't too many in North America. There are only a few dozen or so here in the Northwest.

As a French person living in rural South of France, I think your message sounds shallow. I don't mean any offense but that's just a feeling I have since so many Americans and British have already "taken over" much of the area where I live... These foreigners live a different life since as an American you are very rich compared to the average French person... especially in rural context. And I often see these foreigners just live between themselves in a para-society, which to me seems wrong, if you wanna live with Americans just travel to America lol. My two cents living in an area that has been taken over...

​@@ConstanceBrown Plenty of foreigners have gone to America to call it their home as well. There are pockets of French, of Dutch, of Chinese, etc etc. People have always crossed borders and oceans seeking a better life than what they have where they are. Some of my ancestors fled their own country (well, they were banished and threatened with death or imprisonment. One returned and was sold to the French and died as a mercenary soldier) and eventually came to the US. The history of every country on earth is one of migration from other places. At one point, most people living in French didn't even speak French. I don't know about the average French person. I am self-employed, I don't have an employer or a retirement fund, no pension, I can't get unemployment if my income dries up, and living in another country, depending on my visa and the language, finding a salaried job is hard if not impossible. I have to create my own work. My friends are mostly in the same boat. The ones that dream about a better life include a self-employed friend who does tarot card readings and other odd jobs while hoping to earn enough money to someday start a bed and breakfast in a Victorian mansion somewhere. Another is a student with barely enough money for food, who is hoping to perhaps continue his studies in Spain. Another is a mother to two young children who is divorcing her husband and wishes for a safer place for her children to grow up, where she can afford rent and maybe also start her own business. Her dream was to move to Portugal based on her husband's nationality, but Covid threw a wrench in their finances, and the houses in Portugal have climbed in price beyond what she can afford, and she has given up this dream for the moment. My life in France consisted of moving every year, trying to get into a better, safer apartment, closer to Paris, because landlords wouldn't rent to a self-employed foreigner. I ended up in the suburbs, taking the RER and metro into the city, spending so much time in transit and rushing back home all the time to let my dog out. When money got tight, I moved back to the US so I could work, with the plan of returning, which I did. Then Covid hit, and I ended up in the Netherlands because of my Dutch boyfriend. I couldn't afford rent in France anymore and ended up living with him and his family. After 3 years here, still feeling isolated, I am desperate to live among English-speakers. I want to go to a book store and be able to read a book. I want to pick up a menu and read it without asking "what is this?" or holding up my phone to translate it. I want to communicate with people. But Dutch is not coming easy to me. However, we can't move back to the US. My boyfriend does not want to live there, because of the healthcare system (I already know two people who were slapped with nearly $100,000 of bills their insurance refused to pay), the guns, and the fight over women's rights. Not to mention prices. I left Los Angeles because I could not afford to stay. And even in my home town, the prices have soared, because the wealthy from NYC have come down and bought houses. All I want is to afford a decent life and be near friends. I am researching England, since I do have friends there, and it would be a compromise for my boyfriend. The history of the world has been filled with people moving from one end of the earth to the other. From city to city, country to country, and bringing family and friends with them. That is never going to change. The UK certainly seems to be trying to stop it though. ha. Part of their issue is that so many Brits live in places where they never interact with foreigners, they're afraid of them, and they voted for Brexit to keep them out. Which hurt so many more people than it helped. Just because they were afraid of the unknown. Afraid of change, afraid of people who were different to them. I personally would LOVE to live in a place where there were a range of communities around me. I might live in the one that makes me feel the most comfortable, but I'd rather be surrounded by variety than just a sea of people who looked, thought, and spoke the same.

I'm not sure if your MLS or real estate listing websites/apps are like the ones in Canada but up here you can see the demographics of the area of the listings (ie. languages spoken, income levels, age, marital status, etc...) .

Diversity shouldn’t be a priority

Forever Misguided why not?

@@jocelynf139 whats so special about un chosen characteristics?

Forever Misguided un chosen characteristics that dictate a lot about your origins, your position in society, your safety, job prospects, education, etc. Your inherent personality and lifestyle is based on un chosen characteristics, and beyond obvious factors like finding community, more diverse populations are less monotonous and more engaging.

Being a big fish in a medium-sized pond is actually pretty interesting and eventful.

But those property taxes in Detroit...

@@universalcerberus5863 You are correct. But because it's Detroit property values are still lower. So you are paying slightly higher, of similar taxes to other locations.

I was under the impression that Detroit was a very dangerous place to live. Limited services, police that dont show up, etc. If this is not true then Detroit sure needs a good PR person because that is the impression I believe most of us have.

@@lovetolearn881 Used to be true! Back in the bankruptcy, police wouldn't show up unless someone was in serious danger. They literally didn't have the resources to do more. But now, things are MUCH better. Response times are generally good, and things are improving! And Detroit is more dangerous than most cities, just part of the territory. But it doesn't have to be. I live in a quite neighborhood with great neighbors. Other parts of the city, not so much... Simple rule of thumb: if you can buy a house in the neighborhood for 1k, it's a risky neighborhood. Honestly, though, you're in more danger of having your rims stolen than being robbed or assaulted. If you're smart, you can avoid crime entirely. But I agree with you! There are so many bad stereotypes attached to Detroit, even from those in the suburbs. But it's a beautiful, amazing place to live and I love it. You won't find a nicer city, nor a more exciting city. Everyone is working to continue the growth and revitalization of the city, from the city's blight program, investors pouring billions into new projects, and your local neighborhood association beautifying blocks. Check out Boston-Edison, University District, Grandmont, Rosedale Park, Indian Village to start with.