That’s awesome Justin! One thing I strongly recommend is making sure you do your due diligence on internet connectivity if you end up searching for a rental in WV. It can go either way at the end of the day- I’ve seen rural mountain homes with over 250 mbsp/ down and then homes you’d think would be 🚀 ships turn out to have horribly slow internet speeds. I hear you on Tennessee! I was looking there 5-6 years ago and it’s a completely different scene nowadays. Pittsburgh definitely has a different culture on average. Doesn’t feel as warm and friendly your average day out and about.

If you don't mind me asking what do you work for remotely?

Every decent place is seeing the "mass influx". Problem is its citiots moving to and killing these areas. They hate what they created and move on to do it again in somebody else's nice area. Never learning.

It definitely is. Give me a call or text and I can help you get back over here asap! (540) 336-6130

@@movingtovawv What's the average rent for a 2 bedroom apartment? or even a 3 bedroom.

@@TheSillyvagabond what area in WV are you thinking about? Depending on the location, the cost of rent will vary drastically.

@@movingtovawv Was looking at Harper's Ferry, Charleston, or Fredericks.

I've got the same plans! Hopefully next year. Maybe see you on the other side

We used to live in Brooklyn section of South Baltimore. Wow! How good it us to be out of there!! Congrats!!!

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Oh it has great potential but if you're drawing in LEFTISTS that are moving there then West Virginia will turn BLUE and lose a lot of it's luster. The prices on homes have gone up 50% at least in the last 3 years. This guy is BS'ing as far prices. LOL! KEEP in mind regarding Hospital Care is terrible.

Would you mind offering some tips on how to become part of the Ascend program? Do they offer work placement opportunities?

You know who to call!

Thanks man ❤

I know! It's too much outdoor adventure for one video, but we're hoping to do a WV tour and get some good video of a lot of places. Adding Hatfield and Mccoy to the list now!!!

I have had two four wheelers and have rode hundreds of miles on those systems. Seventy one now with two knee replacements and back problems. No longer do it but enjoyed four wheeling. Lot of wildlife.

Nice! I grew up in Sterling Park. Let me know which river becomes your favorite to kayak and thanks for the feedback!

Loudoun is getting crazy over priced and super ugly with all the data centers! I’m with you on the move!!😊

@@A.J.P. let us know if we can help with the move!! Lots of new construction in Charles Town happening

I eat fish out of the kanawha river and now I have 3 eyes

@@BIGPIZZABOI Fuckin Massey!!

Most of those are from upgrading water systems (new pipes) or emergency repairs from breaks, it's a Health Dept. requirement., 9 times out of 10 it's not really necessary but you gotta do it.

Lol

That's a great point on the "close enough" part. The average home in West Virginia has WAY more space between the neighbors than in Virginia. It's possible in Virginia of course, but generally you'd be paying a lot more for the privacy

I think I love you.

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@mikehall2646 suggest you look around at the dying coal communities, vacant buildings, and failing businesses. That is if you live in wv at all...

Your just saying that to keep those California escapees from settling in WVA🤣🤣

No true practice in WV. Nit planning on leaving.

Should have lived here 40 or 50 years ago, we've come a long way.

When I used to visit cousins in Cross lanes WV you could light up the water from the sink with a lighter, Thanks Monsanto, Dupont!!

I’d agree with you on the future being good in WV. Thanks for sharing!

I moved to Morgantown a couple of years ago from the West. It has its pros and cons depending on where you’re from. The low taxes are great and low cost utilities are great, but with the low taxes comes poor infrastructure and lack of public services. Gas is also pretty cheap (at least compared to where I lived before), but you will be driving a lot depending on where you live. Also services in general are pretty bad, if you ever need work done on your property it can be hard to find professionals. Also, you will be in a food desert, so it can be challenging to find quality produce and the restaurants are abysmal; At least Pittsburgh is about an hour away for better quality groceries (ie Costco). Medical care also is a bit mixed, WVU has decent medical care but the system is very bloated due to WVU being the largest employer in the county (I think even the state). Drugs, substance abuse and poverty are likewise an issue but not as apparent in some areas, but you will never have to venture far to find it. Downtown Morgantown is pretty crap as well, you most likely wont be spending any significant amount of time there unless you’re a college student or vagrant.

Thank you @@franciscofranco5739

Hey Robert! That's a pretty serious hike. Our property taxes here in Winchester Virginia just went up a good bit too... one of many reasons I'm just a year or two out from making the switch across statelines myself. We're actually going to be putting out a video in the next day or two about retiring in WV. WV did stop taxing Social Security benefits in 2022. We talk about this in the next video and a couple other things. Thanks for watching and give me a shout if I can help with anything! Sunshine State ain't bad but the Mountain State might be the best place to be for you in retirement! That LE pension should go a really long way for you out this way

Actually, WVU medicine is highly regarded nationwide. The Parkersburg Campus alone is ranked in the top 100 in pulmonary care. The Mid Ohio valley, which includes Marietta Ohio as well as Parkersburg WV, is saturated with specialized satellite Healthcare facilities. WVU medicine and Memorial Healthcare are in competition with each other. In some areas, they have built facilities across the street from each other. It has been rumored another nationally recognized Healthcare provider is interested in Memorial Healthcare.

Virtually all mineral rights in West Virginia are owned by very large corporations headquartered in places like New York. Most of these mineral rights were purchased over one hundred years ago. The possibility of an individual or a small or even a mid size corporation being able to buy mineral rights is basically a non starter. Even if an individual or small company owned mineral rights the cost of developing resources would be out of reach. However, these huge companies cannot run roughshod over landowners should they want to develop the companies mineral rights. Small landowners do have protections. There is plenty of information about mineral rights on the net.

Hi Billiam, thanks for sharing that with us! It's good to hear from people who actually live there. This is actually not a pros and cons video, but our video discussing cons is right here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aLmAlZeE1bOUj3k.html

Our home is mostly natural gas, oven/stove, hot water heater, furnace and clothes dryer. We pay the budget plan every month. Our natural gas bill has been $99 a month for 2 years. Our electric co,es from Mon Power our electric bill when we don’t use central air is $35 to $45 a month. Our highest electric bill this past summer with the central air was $78. We live in the country so we have a septic tank but do have city water. It averages $30 a month. Trash pick up is $55 for 3 months. Our property taxes on a 1500 sq foot home with 5 3/4 acres is $1000 a year. WV is a very affordable place to live if you stay within your means and don’t try keeping up with the Joneses everyday. WV does have personal property taxes but starting Jan 1 2024 those have basically been eliminated. You will still pay them every year but when you file taxes in 2025 you will get a 100% rebate. They chose to handle it this way because county school systems and county government uses the personal property tax for funding. The county still gets the money but the state government will give it back to the tax payer. Last legislative session they also cut the income tax rate. As long as revenue produces surpluses income tax is scheduled to be cut more yearly.

That was true until covid. People fleeing hellholes like New York are now tipping the balance in the other direction.

Hey there! Thanks so much for watching our video 😄 We actually did make one of those videos on retiring in WV, and you can find it here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qquldMdpudLSgWg.html

Just now seeing this! Give me a shout I'd be happy to connect

Thank you! I was thinking about applying for that program now and moving to Charles Town instead of NOVA. Does your internet go out a lot?

@@angelvoice818 Just check your ISP before making the move and power provider. Power goes out a lot as well. Twice in one week for over 24 hours each time.

@@BlackMan614 Thank you. I'm still waiting on the hire letter but that $12K would be a great help in moving somewhere.

@@angelvoice818 Out of the 4 zones - I would choose Beckley/New River Gorge. They've built-out fiber in Beckley, not over-populated, good infrastructure/roads and great outdoor activities.

Thanks man. Glad you like us 😊

@@John-n6q I like you all so much I'm going to come back next year. This time I'm going to check out Charleston.

@@Airman1121 I’m near that area! Glad your coming back

I sure do. Jefferson County is where I'm planning to move next year. Have you looked at Shannondale at all? Might be worth looking at too. Give me a shout if I can help!

Morgantown by far.

@@movingtovawv thank you sir. this helps

Definitely looks a lot different I imagine. We're actually doing a video on Martinsburg right now

Nah, it ain't strange, just different XD

It is so different now you wouldn't even recognize it!

Happy to assist! Shoot me an email and we can see what might work for you.

Seeking viable city for business growth.

The reddit pages on West Virginia are brutal. :D

Eastern Panhandle. But just so you know, I'm from WV, lived 8 years overseas on three continents, and I've never seen more interracial couples anywhere in the world than I do in WV. Yeah, there are some racist people, but when you're all poor together, most people don't care.

Race is a big thing in large cities. Think New York, Philly, Atlanta. It is not a big thing in West Virginia. For the most part you will be judged by your character here. Best place for a massage therapy business? I would say anyplace with a decent sized population base. Anyplace between Huntington and Charleston. Beckley or Princeton in the southern part of the state. Parkersburg on the Ohio river. From Morgantown to Clarksburg in the northern part of the state. And lastly somewhere in the eastern panhandle. Of these the best for enjoying nature would be number 2, 4 and 5 respectively.

Very true! Have you noticed an uptick in people moving to WV because their job switched to remote?

They are only moving to two counties Monongalia and Berkeley.

What happened exactly that made you hate it so much? Let me know if you need any help selling your property! Would love to interview for the job.

@@movingtovawv I'll explain tomorrow

@@operationtruth5291 sounds good! We need that WV truth, @operationtruth or we’re gonna have to ask you to change your username sir 😂

The speed limits on the in-town roads are too fast. I have seen a very abnormal amount of car accidents in this state in the 2 weeks I have lived here. I use caution when going around blind curves, but the speed limit is 55 (which is insane) and the locals are tailgaiting me, honking and flipping me the bird. On the interstate, I try to maintain a speed of 75 mph, sometimes 72. I catch up to cars who are going around 65 mph and they drastically speed up if I try to pass them, they will go 90 plus mph just to make sure I can't pass, and then they will slow down next to a semi to block me from passing. The roads are garbage. Massive potholes everywhere. I had to wait an hour for a tow truck to pull out a van that crashed into the "ditch" when the road crumbled out from underneath it. There are more slum neighborhoods in this state than I have seen in the ghettos of Chicago and Dallas. The people in and near Charleston are malnourished, lots are homeless, and the drugs are a major problem. I can't take my kids anywhere fun (bowling, skating) as a result. Rain and tornadoes in the two weeks I have been here. The schools do not allow religious exemptions from vaccines. The locals are downright hostile. Worst road rage I have ever seen, and I used to be an OTR truck driver and I still drive truck, just not across the country anymore. We have been told more than once by other drivers to "go back to Iowa" Yesterday while going home from New River Gorge, I moved off the road to allow a road raging tailgater get around me, and instead of a friendly wave, he gave me the finger. There is an unacceptable amount of litter on the side of many roads. Yards and hills are home to old, junk appliances (water heaters, washers, dryers, stoves, refrigerators, etc.). That should be absolutely embarrassing to the locals, but they're totally chill with it.

Oh, and the healthcare here is unfortunately nearly non-existent. No OBGYN unless we drive an hour south, or to Ohio.

I’d definitely prefer WV over MD as well.

My dad's a WV native. He calls MD "the People's Republic of Maryland". I hate it there.

Keep your LGBTQAIP groomer nonsense out of this state. Stay in NY or California

If I am reading the room correctly, you are saying there is not diversity in these WV towns?

Maybe not beaches in the sense that most people think of but here are a few to check out! South Branch Potomac River Beach in Romney, WV Shaw Beach in Elk Garden, WV Sutton Lake Beach in Sutton, WV

@@movingtovawv Thanks! I will look those up.

​@Moving to VA and WV - Rex Petrey also there's a man made beach via the Army corp of engineers at Summerville lake

You got that right. I currently live in California but will be retiring in West Virginia. And no, I will not bring California politics with me. I want to get away from all that nonsense!

WV is very Republican. You can look up its voting record online. It has constitutional carry. I don't know what a "furry" is.

Very conservative and they have good gun laws, meaning constitutional. You sound like a fit for California or Oregon to me..

@camlong89 Thank you. Yeah, I'm trying to escape California. It's really bad here. I want to move to Somewhere more red, but also open-minded or at least tolerant of furries. It seems like that's going to be hard to find.

@@damascusthefox What's a "furry"?

@curiousing a "Furry" is a person who really likes anthropomorphic animal characters. Like Bugs Bunny, Legoshi from Beastars, and Nick Wilde from Zootopia. And some furries wear costumes (fursuits) of their own original characters. It's cosplay, but with cute animal characters. It's a lot of fun! ^w^

I’m not gonna live that one down 🤣

Thanks for watching! Complete contradiction? Not sure you watched the same video So when you say “you can’t name things as bad in one video then try to flip in the next…” There is nuance to different topics. Yes, as we have said, West Virginia has statistically and historically had issues with their healthcare system. And at the same time it’s making great strides forward... developing Which video do I say the opposite regarding internet connection? Do you live in West Virginia?

@@movingtovawv I am giving serious consideration to moving there this year. The video you mention internet connectivity and cause for concern regarding healthcare is “Avoid moving to West Virginia…” At 2:57 you say “it’s a real concern for people with chronic health conditions to live in a place with poor ranking in healthcare “. “Additionally, the state has a shortage in health professionals…more than half the state’s population live in a primary care health professional shortage area…this means many residents face long wait times and limited access to essential healthcare services which can lead to delayed care and poor health outcomes”. At 8:12 you say “furthermore, the states broadband access ranks amongst the lowest in the country making it difficult for businesses to operate and residents to stay connected in today’s digital world. I know people who’ve struggled to find good internet service which is a real challenge when you’re trying to work from home or stay connected to loved ones”.

@@SJ47668 Sure, I can see how it might feel like we are "playing both sides," but there isn't an actual contradiction here. In this video, at 1:54 I simply stated that Health Care is cheaper than the national average. There's no comment to the quality or overall accessibility of healthcare in this video as the one you just cited... the other video does give it the national ranking according to one source. Those two statements are not mutually exclusive. Regarding Broadband, in this video, I state "West Virginia is a great place to live for remote workers the state has a number of broadband internet providers so residents can easily connect to work from home." This is also a valid statement and it is prefaced with "I've had a lot of clients who switched to part or full remote work these last two years and they decided it's high time to escape the expensive cities and live in a state that lets them enjoy life without the higher bills one typically fines in Metro areas like Northern Virginia." In this context, it means there are options for those who want to move to WV and have access to internet for work. I'd understand it to be contradictory if I said, "Every single city in West Virginia has great internet if you want to work from home." In the other video, where you have cited broadband, it's another item to consider. I think it's important to realize that we are speaking in averages, which allows people to be cognizant of items that we have personally seen become pain points or at least just cause for concern to our relocation clients. I think it's clear that we're painting a consistent truth for many: one of the big pros of moving to WV is lower cost of living combined with the ability to work remotely. That's a common motif in the stories of many who have relocated to West Virginia since major shifts in society's work life. I had a client who was moving here from Florida last summer, and she loved a chalet-style home in Gore Virginia near the West Virginia border. I knew she had to have solid internet for her remote work, so when on site, we tested the internet connection, researched the list of companies, spoke to neighbors I had helped previously, and determined it would be fine for her... All that to say, I think it's rather sensible that if you were to move to West Virginia, you'd want to do research on specific areas in regard to healthcare access, internet connectivity, or anything else that is important to you specifically. The videos are on the broader topics pros and cons of a massive state. We try to paint an overall picture of pros and cons in a ten-minute video. It's not a substitute for an actual conversation with people who know the areas and have connections here or doing proper research. When it comes down to actually picking an area that works for your set of priorities, that's when leaning into local knowledge can be extremely valuable, and that's something we try to focus more on when creating city-specific videos like our recent one on Strasburg Virginia. Hopefully this clears things up a bit! Again, thanks for watching and genuinely appreciate the feedback as well. I think we'll try harder to explain these items in further detail so people like yourself do not feel misled by the information. I can see where our presentation structuring could use some polishing. So thank you for bringing light to that for us.

He wasn’t contradictory at all but just doing comparison and contrast and I appreciated that he talked about the pros and the cons of living in the state.

Thanks for the feedback!

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​@Ruby Tuesday learn how to spell😅😅😅

Do you mean me or the information?

Nobody is moving to that sun down state.

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Hello good day, Am also moving to Charles town this weekend from laurel Md