The Pros and Cons of Living in Virginia (What you should know before moving here!)
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- Опубликовано: 16 фев 2023
- Thinking of moving to Virginia? We put together the pros and cons of living here, hopefully coming up with all of the things you should know before you decide where to move.
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I just purchased 117 acres in gate city Va. I am priced out of Tennessee. I had to sell my house in 2021 due to the loss of my husband and the pandemic and have been in a campervan looking for a place to land for the last 3 years . There’s still land available in Virginia for a grand an acre- forget about Tennessee. I’m so happy to be in Virginia. I’m only 6 miles from Tennessee and I get my gas there for $3.14/ gallon. My property taxes are less than $400/yr so I don’t know about Tennessee being less expensive on property taxes. People seem to be friendlier and more tolerant of outsiders than tn also. And I don’t have to worry about going to jail for a cannabis gummy. I love my new state! I’m finally home!
California Sale Tax is 10.25% and currently (as of Sep.2023) gasoline price is closed to $7.00 per gallon in LAX.
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moved to sw virginia twenty two years ago from new england area - it is wonderful, low cost of living, kind, kind people, cool breeze in summer, winter snow passes in a couple days, taxes most reasonable, internet access through local tech. It's great. I am never afraid.
Thanks for sharing!
Hi! What is the name of the city you live? Thanks
Property tax is a con, why should you pay taxes on own?
I like your genuine sales style 👍
My main reason for not wanting to move to SW VA is my military retirement will be taxed until I turn 55. TN does not tax military retirement ever.
That has recently changed. For military retirees, there is a $10,000 exemption for 2022 and it will be increased by $10,000 each year until the total exemption is $40,000. I am a military retiree also and appreciate this change. Central and SW Virginia would welcome you!
TN sales tax makes up on that. They tax everything sold at such a high rate
Very well done presentation. Well done, and thank you.
I lived there for 12 years. For me, its the best place to live! There's a lot to do, get to experience all 4 seasons and the cost of living is ok.
I may take a job near Chesapeake, VA what is a reasonable apartment rental for a 55+ (over community , I saw some near Virginia Beach that seemed reasonable ( under $1200 ). Thanks and love your video, a lot of information
Great video! VA sounds like a dream compared to NJ. I'm dying here with the prices of everything. Thinking of moving to VA. I also really love how much nicer people are there. Everyone is so rude in nj!
I was thiking for coming to Nj or Va
Due to my father's career and my own career, I've lived in Virginia on and off throughout my life. I'm currently living in the Hampton Roads (SE VA) area. If I decide to stay in VA, I'd eventualy like to relocate to western Virginia or possibly East Tennessee. Since I periodically drive to Texas from Virginia, I pass through that area (SW VA/NE TN) on I-81/I-40. The northern & eastern half of VA (NOVA, Richmond and Hampton Roads) are more heavily populated and one deals with traffic, congestion and a HIGHER cost of living. No, thank you! I want to get out of the large urban areas. I appreciate the information on this video. Thank you!
We have two children in Virginia now. Looking at new Kent county with one in Richmond and one in Williamsburg. Leaving New York with center right politics. Wish us luck
Now compare this to South Florida!
That's just great... for an accountant, but nothing was mentioned here about the NATURAL benefits of Virginia (esp. southwestern VA) that can't be indexed with prices, taxes, COL, or the other "business" stuff mentioned herein. I love East Tennessee, northern NC and southern WV as well... and I hope you mentioned something more than cost-of-living numbers when you did you Tennessee video. Ugh...
I live in Nashville but am researching Vg Beach. I love history and the beach and that area has both. Any research recommendations?? I do love the Creeper trail near Abingdon:))🚴♀️🚲BTW, currently the average price for a 4 bedroom home in Nashville is $1 Million....Also, if you live here, expect tornado warnings...a lot.
If you move to Virginia Beach I would suggest not being near the ocean front. Maybe someplace like Princess Anne or nearby Virginia Beach. Living near the strip can come with Some hefty and headache inducing rules because of tourism.
Is cost of living low in Orange county in Virginia?
I lived there about 12 years ago and yes, it was very reasonable. The actual town of Orange is fairly small and home to a plant by American Woodmark Cabinetry, they produce all their cherry cabinets there. Its a nice town will fairly low crimes, but not much to do and about 45 minutes from Charlottesvill, the closezst big city. But you can easily get to Culpeper in about the same amount of time, but it is a smaller city, but bigger than Orange. Now, Orange Co. Is fairly large. There is a decent amount of farms, yet the city county has basically doubled in size the past 20 years. But norther Orange Co. Is about 20 minutes from Culpeper and 20 minutes from Fredericksburg, which is also home to William and Mary University. And even though Fredericksburg is considered nortghern, Virginia, it is still 50 miles from Washington D.C. so it does not have nearly the overcrowding. Hope all this helps.
Cost of living is balanc6 where ever you are at.
My hubby and I want to move out of New Mexico. We want a small town quiet life vibe with conservative values but not a whole lot of religion being thrown at us. He loves the beach, I love the mountains but we both dream of a farm type style of life growing pumpkins and a small orchard for fruit trees. Where should we begin to research? Im looking at the Carolinas and now Virginia.
I'd take a look at northeast TN also. We live just across the VA state line in the small town of Bristol. We're very close to the mountains and lots of farming around, but you're looking at about 5 1/2 hours to the beach.
@@TNVAHomeTeam ☺️thank you very much! 5 1/2 hours to the beach is nothing bad considering we currently live nowhere near a beach. 4 hours gets you through only a part of our state. Its probably more like 25 1/2 to find a beach🥴☺️. I'll check out your recommendation. Have a beautiful day and thanks again!
I’ve been considering moving to south west Va- how are the mosquitos? I want to be able to be outside on a summer night
They're no worse than any other place I've lived, except Louisiana. Terrible down there!
It really depends on the specific location. I live in the inner city (Norfolk VA), and my house and yard are not big by any means. In my back yard, the mosquitos are terrable, and you will get very itchy, while there are no mosquitos in my front yard.
There Not Bad where i live in Virginia
It’s not in south west the south nor west part is we’re I live
Sorry West Virginians i dont hate all of yall
This is my home state. Lived in Yorktown until about 2005 when I moved to Los Angeles for work. I’ve been here ever cents. And as of recently my girlfriend and I have been considering relocating. She actually lives in Northern California and we’re either going to relocate to her hometown up there or back to my hometown, specifically Gloucester.
Though we picked on Virginia calling the commonwealth a Communistwealth, It’s still a beautiful place to live. Since I’ve been here for so long I decided to watch his video to see from the Germans perspective what may or may not have changed.
Before 2005 when I still lived in Virginia and before I left home, they were promising to get rid of personal property taxes on cars. And I have been promising that for years. And since you said this is 2023, it looks like they still have not done it.
When it comes to home prices, I’ve noticed that they have definitely went up in Tennessee around Nashville over the past few years. All the people leaving places like New York and California have caused a cost of housing boom. I saw some houses that were pretty thousand to $100,000 cheaper years ago but now they are just getting too expensive. Same with land.
When it came to where we always said, wait five minutes. Will be driving down the street and you can see the storm just go on its own way. One side of the street could be dry the other side completely wet. And where I’m from a lot of marshland. So that means mosquitoes mosquitoes mosquitoes.
From Texas any smaller family towns ?
Tons of small towns in our part of the state. Depends on what you mean by small specifically, but the biggest town in SW Virginia has maybe 24,000.
1 more Con: Traffic Police Officers. Virginia Police hates their drivers (from experience.) If you don't give them a reason to stop you, they will find one.
1 more Pro: The foliage and the leaves, it's breathtaking
You failed to mention the extent of the differences between northern Virginia, Richmond, and the New Port News area. Northern Virginia is inhabited by a lot of people associated in some way with the government. Most came from out of state. Richmond and New Port News are areas highly dependent on welfare. Consequently there is a huge political difference between those three liberal areas and the remainder of the state. "How will the state swing?" is always an issue in elections. Finally, the culture has also been recently affected by these differences. Statues have been torn down and tours of historic sites, such as Monticello, have been altered to diminish the legacies of our founding fathers.
Still mad about losing the war, huh?
@@Nexistepas67He sure is.
Yes seems northern Virginia all about the woke racist/ so on mindset catering too by leftist democrats just like this whole country and we see how pathetic this nation has become under Biden/democrat indoctrination
Virginia here. As a matter of fact Richmonder, and since my wife is a native from charlottesville, I think I can speak to what you're saying.
It is absolute horse crap
To be honest, it's not good for people to move to a place like a small town in Virginia. The charm of the place slowly vanishes. The people slowly become unfriendly. The property tax goes up. The cost of living slowly goes up. Most Idaho and Colorado natives would probably agree. I can understand people's need to 'praise' a change they have witnessed based on their feelings. But be considerate, respectful and protect the place. Don't encourage people, in which logic has shown, will eventually bring it down.
Virginia is not a small town, lol. It is a state! This guy can't be from Virginia.
Do you know what he's trying to get at??
@Jess-737 He needs to change his title to "Living in a small town in Virginia" then! And change his narrative. I love Virginia. I'm from here and retired out of the military here. As someone who served overseas 3 times, I will say what I want, when I want. You have a blessed day. Because I'm truly blessed!
@Jess-737 And his title reads "Living in Virginia." You don't know the difference between reading comprehension and listening. You are truly gifted 🤣
Taxes are terrible in VIRGINIA.
Taxes are worst in the Midwest!. Virginia taxes are nothing compared to Ohio and Michigan.
Stay in TN. We have enough whinners already.
The biggest con is NoVa!
Virginia would be a strong contender for me... if not for the politics. I plan to leave NY and do not see the logic of choosing another blue state.
If you move to central or western Virginia, the politics are strongly conservative. The liberal strongholds are around Richmond and New Port News and the northern counties around DC. Anything north of The Peoples Republic Of Charlottesville is very liberal.
@@oldnavcat I get that. But we have the same thing in NY. Lots of conservative areas. The problem is the governor makes statewide laws and she's a screaming leftist. My goal is a red state. They're getting crowded and I may have to rethink my plans.
I don't think Virginia will be anywhere close to as bad as new York. Ny is a different country basically
@@barneyfyfe8313 that is literally not how government works. The governor does not make laws.
@@Nexistepas67 Okay. Now explain to me how then Gov Cuomo pushed through the NYSafe act in 2013 in the middle of the night. Don't believe me? Look it up. Claiming the governor didn't do it by himself is just dancing around the issue. Our current tyrant did the same think in response to the SCOTUS CCW ruling.
And Tennessee is a crap state, for that and a MYRIAD of reasons
Food taxes?!?!
We have GOT to put the damn government back in check.