Snowflake is at 5682' elevation. Gets cold, plenty of snow. I live at 5000' elevation in AZ and we get snow most every winter/early spring. Not all of AZ is a desert.
So far I have have seen -11 living in Taylor. It is 5800 were I live near to the Taylor Airport. Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties have a lot of very cold winters. I've experienced -35 in Coconino County, -25 in Apache County, and -19 in Navajo County.
As an Arizonan, I’d like to correct your “3 months of triple digit heat” claim. We saw 100s as early as April and as late as October this year. That’s 7 months where the temp hit 100+ and yea I know it’s not always like that, it’s common to get 100 from may through September. So the correct answer would be 5 months of triple digit heat, not 3
My Sister and her Husband lived there off and on for 20 years. They finally left because they were trapped in their house during the summer. They said the summers are getting longer and hotter.
@@michaeltipton5500 those of us who can tolerate it love it because it scares away a lot of people so there’s less crowds and less traffic. I work outside and it honestly not as bad as you’d think. I just drink an additional gallon of water than normal. Oh, and lots of ice cream
Ah, Arizona. Scant-to-never natural disasters, extreme beauty in every part of the state, wonderful mix of ethnicities and cultures, great prehistory, truly top notch food, fascinating animals and plants; mountains and canyons and waterfalls; hot days are much easier to live with than snow and ice (there's this thing called air conditioning); Amtrak station in Tucson, and it's easy to drive to California, Mexico, Baja. Also, most hiking trails quickly gain elevation and there are plenty of trees.
A really good longtime friend of mine moved to Glendale, decades ago, now, from Las Vegas where he (we) grew up, and said it was one of the best decisions he ever made. He loved living there with his wife and kids. He was my 6th grade boyfriend and when we talked on the phone, our big conversations existed of asking each other what we had for dinner! Lol Back when your Mom cooked meals and the family had dinner together. We asked each other when we got in touch over the years, so what did you have for dinner? It lasted a lifetime! He was a good, good sweet man.
Well done, thx, Briggs! Yep, understood re: Kingman, which doesn't have the same kinda 'charm' or 'percs' as many others listed, most of which are really just 'burbs of the Phoenix metro corridor anyway. But on the other hand it's only a half hour from the Colorado River, at 3,400 ft elevation is generally 10-12 degrees cooler than the surrounding valley, still has all the handy Big Box stores close by, and fixers are still avail. for
I drove through a nice town in SE Arizona called Bisbee. Near the Mexican border and at about 5000 feet in elevation.....great year round weather. Cool old mining town. Not sure about the price of housing, but it was charming and quaint.
Good luck finding a livable home in Surprise for under 200. Real estate has gone up recently all around the Phoenix area and rents are even more outrageous.
Look out! You are being invaded by ultra-libs from California. They run away from what they've created, move to AZ, and then vote for the very policies they run away from. You can't fix stupid!
Memorable moment from driving thru Kingman Arizona. Took the turn south of town heading east when I was passed by a larger yellow car with no license plate. Had the thought that guy is going to get pulled over and sure enough, just a few short miles down the road he had been pulled over. Learned later from watching the news it was Timothy McVeigh.
The photos of Glendale make it look like it’s all farmland! Glendale is highly populated with multi-story buildings, malls, stadiums, downtown area and 5 lane streets. All the cheap housing is in south Glendale which is ghetto. North Glendale is very expensive.
I spent a week in Arizona a few years ago and loved it. I love the heat. Went on a hike in the saguaro national forest outside of Tucson and it was well over 100. I took plenty of water and drank and walked, but was very surprised when I got really chilled. The sweat was evaporating from my forehead so fast it gave me a real cooling effect. To keep from getting dehydrated, I drank half the water and turned back from the path to the car and worked out just fine. The car was extremely hot when I opened the door: like an oven, but not bad. I will be moving there in the near future and can't wait try all the hiking trails in the area.
Hey Briggs, how about a video on NICE places in Kentucky? You haven't done one about KY in awhile. Thanks for the vids, my wife and I always look forward to them.
If you want a home in Arizona try the North East part of Arizona, I moved to a small town and bought my 3 bedroom 2 bath house for $102,000 4 years ago and yes I've had to do a little work to it and land is at a really good price, I bought 2 acres and plan on selling my home soon and building on my land. It's well worth it in the long run, schools are nice in town and the people friendly. you can start your own little business here and do good for yourself. I'm retired so I don't know much about the school system here (my kids are grown). Snowflake, Showlow and Springerville are near by for shopping and very little traffic other then in Showlow and it's not that bad there.
This is a great topic! I also loved top 10 places to live for $1500 or less. I look forward to more lists on decent places to buy a home for $200K or less. How about homes under $300K with a livability score over 80? That would great, too.
There are actually many nice safe and cheap small towns in AZ. Go to the higher elevations and you can get out of the heat in summer and actually have winter with snow. Williams is one option, Flagstaff is kind of pricey though.
I have lived in Sedona since 1977. I could cry how this town has been built up and ruined. If I had it to do over again I'd move to Camp Verde. It's 25 minutes to Sedona and not the cost or cluster of tourists. Weather is between Flagstaff and Phoenix, a dusting of snow that lasts a day and summers with cooler temps than Phoenix. Camp Verde has plenty of homes with 1-5 acre farms, a small lake, it's close to the freeway and famous for the downtown parade scene that was overrun with toxic tarantulas in the movie "Kingdom Of The Spiders" with William Shatner.
@@jerryrichards4300 it's gotten pricey since the " scamdemic" ex 230k home is 280 to 340. Only one grocery store ( and their prices are higher than so cal.. lettuce by the lb. 1.99. A lb average head of lettuce is a tad over 2 lbs. Do the math. Plus they hose the veggies. Pickup a head of lettuce was 2.5 lbs.. put it back. Bashes in camp verde is a RIP off. My neighbor goes to Cottonwood or even Prescott. So C.V. is not that great anymore..maybe when the scamdemic goes away . Ya right..
The Californians have ruined Sedona. The city council in Sedona are so greedy and have chased the Indigenous out. It’s so sad what they’ve done to Sedona
Kinda surprised to see Sierra Vista didn’t make this list. An hour from Tucson, plenty to do, and last I looked on Zillow, lots of houses under $200k or near the mark.
After viewing the video, I went to a real estate site and went looking for condos, townhouses and single family homes in each of the towns of Surprise, Buckeye and El Mirage. NOTHING< NOTHING listed below $250,000.
Yeah buddy of mine who works is a realtor told me to hold off for the next 2 years at minimum from buying a home. Told me houses are getting sold literally hours after they drop on the market crap the people who buying them are bidding with other people and no one even looked at the home. 20k to 100k over asking price he told me.
@@ourlittlehomestead2962 yea if you don't plan on buying and just renting for awhile, if you are buying your fixing to lose what you gain and not really upgrade at all. Even these new homes aint cheap.
Great video! I love the interesting facts you share about each of the Arizona towns you highlighted and I got a real kick out of your comments about the "more than a FEW people who asked why you didn't specify which MODE of transportation you were referring to when you say 'something is so many minutes, or even 5 hours away from someplace." So funny! Thanks for the great info and for making me laugh!
Lived in kingman for 25 years. GREAT cost of living. I had a nice house that was $118,000 and an older trailer that cost me $7200 on a trailer lot and the rent was ONLY $125/ month up until a year or two ago when it went up to $250. I was able to pay for my place and my moms (who I was caring for) and take care of all of our bills. It’s high desert which means lower heat in the summer and a moderate winter. We’re close to Flagstaff, the Grand Canyon, Phoenix, Las Vegas, LA, just about wherever you want to be is a reasonable drive. The ONLY real reason I left is because my boss was horrible and I was tired of being bullied by her constantly. Otherwise I would have been happy to stay forever. Loved the video!!!
@@caroleanne8529 unmmmm…….there are several choices for adequate health care throughout the area, Vegas is just over an hour down the road and I care for my elderly mother and take her to LA for specialists when required. If you can’t find a doctor in Mohave county, you’re not looking, and you’re not asking others in the area who they use. If you aren’t able to get in within a month or so, it’s like that EVERYWHERE. And remember, those who were top of their class at prestigious medical colleges ARENT working as general providers ANYWHERE!
@@apachehelicopterah64 Sorry pal, it's not like that EVERYWHERE. Who wants to drive for an hour to see a doctor or drive for an hour to find decent clothes to buy or drive for an hour to eat at a decent restaurant? If you're satisfied, then stay. I wasn't, so we left. It is that simple.
There is not very many choices in Kingman Arizona or in Arizona for that matter for doctors and health care. Rental Houses and Apartments for thar matter charge way too much on Rent.
I LOVE Surprise!!! Great community, beautiful desert environment (& honestly I’m a green, cool weather gal- but the Saguaro Cacti & sunsets are stunning). The house appraisals ARE going up though so I wouldn’t wait around if deciding to come out here. 😉
From Surprise too and boy has it changed! Cheapest house you'll find is $500k (Summer 2023), most are $600k to $1.2m and the population exploded. Streets are built for that and traffic is insane. El Mirage is a toilet and about as corrupt a city as I have seen. Surprise was too but the mayor got run out of town a few years ago so maybe it is getting better. I don't know, moved in 2021.
@@FamilysAllWeGot that depends on the kind of loan that you get and if you do any kind of first-time home buyers programs. I think you only need like 3% down and that's if you don't get the first time home buyers program.
Adam Gronvold oh I don’t know anything about buying a house I’m joining the army in like 4 months and I might not make it back from Afghanistan or Iraq anyway
Your Maricopa AZ numbers are wrong. Just sold my home there Nov. 2020 3-2 1350 sf for $215,000 and it was sold at low end of current home prices. There is a new train overpass so no waiting for train anymore. Retired and down sized to another area.
I just watched this again in Nov 2021, just less than year after posted. Holy cow what a difference this year has made. Prices in all the metro Phoenix areas you mentioned have skyrocketed, and probably all the other locations too. Scary.
AZ and NV to me is feeling that blast of hot air when you open the oven door. Everything just looks better behind insulated glass. I suppose you have to like rock gardens or fake grass for home landscaping. I would have my roof completely covered with solar panels and battery backup up so I could run two separate AC systems, meaning being able to run reliable AC 24/7. It's desert beautiful but scorching hot over there.
Kingman is still a great place. But in the 2 years since you made this video housing prices have shot up substantially and the population has nearly doubled. Apparently several others agree with you that Kingman is a great place to live. I agree and have been looking at living there for quite awhile
You can easily afford a beachfront residence in Venice beach California just put your refrigerator box on a beach and enjoy. If you decide to just give up that is. You might have to relocate your box every few days but at least you could choose your scenery. I'm still waiting on Briggs to travel to Furnace creek California and show the highlights.
Well, I think the Venice dream has died.🏖🌞 They are FINALLY starting to clean it up, but I don't know what kind of progress they've made at this point. It's about damn time.
I actually made a surprised face when you mentioned Glendale. Around the area I live, old (1950’s-1960s homes) are worth 150,000+. Lol if you want a newer home, eh Glendale has older smaller homes and doesn’t have too many new homes. If you want a newer home in Glendale, you need to go further west around the West Gate area to have a nicer home. Definitely antique is a great way to put it for the older Glendale area!
I lived in the Tucson area from 2006 to 2011 while I was an engineer working for the missile factory there. I lived in Marana but always liked Sahuarita. Sahuarita is about 15 miles south of Tucson. It was a newly developed town at that time and has amenities like grocery stores. It is higher in elevation than Tucson (cooler) at the foot of the Santa Rita mountains. In AZ, people go "up" to beat the heat.
Shaun, what do you think of tubac and rio rico, we are thinking a winter home there! Since we will only be there five months a year security is our greatest concern.
@@traskstoneworks Tubac is the artist colony and Rio Rico's close by. It's beautiful country there with the mountains and the river. These are post card towns. You'd be near the highway for shopping. It's only about 30 miles to Mexico but Tubac is too wide open for illegal traffic. CBP is quite present in that area. It's no less safe there than any other little desert town. But it's surrounded by wide open country . It doesn't take long to get from Tubac to the middle of nowhere. If I lived there, I'd buy a gun.
@@traskstoneworks You should ask some other people too. It's not like you need to carry a gun. To have a firearm available would be a precaution I would take if I was living there.
@@shaunmurphy8587 I actually have guns here also. We have been burglarized twice. I have a .44 magnum loaded with hollow points, if and only if, well there will be only one story, my story!
When I moved out here from northern Illinois I lived in Maricopa (my brother lived there).worst part about it is there's only 2 ways in & out 347. Or you could go the back way. Practically have to go all the way into Casa Grande, get on the I-10 and head north to chandler.
Hello this is Kirk from Peoria Arizona. This is what I know about Maricopa. You can run up the maple leaf and call it sovereign Canadian territory. They have a lot of winter homes there. Which of fine, good for the economy. Just a fun fact.
Being from AZ. I would only consider living in two spots on this list which are Kingman & Snowflake. The others may be well priced but every time I go to the Phoenix area I can't wait to leave. Water is a very big consideration & so you get a cheap home it may not matter. Water will be in greater short supply in the future. Of course this is my opinion but many nicer were left off the list.
My brother and his wife live in the Glendale area for some 30 years. They like it, though there have been changes in the last 10 years or so that have them a little concerned for the years ahead. Anyway...he's done over the years a great amount of updates to the home and property.
I think I need more specific travel times. Do you think you could just standardize them according to how long it takes a middle-aged man to travel said distance via a pogo stick? I just feel that would be more appropriate. As always, great video! I really enjoy your channel!
My youngest son has been in one of the shows at the Arizona Ren Fest for the past 3 years---which of course got shut down early last March. But, if he goes back for another season of that I might VISIT. Arizona looks awesome for a visit--not interested in the desert for actual living---but thanks for the great video, as always.
I think Apache junction Arizona should have been on this count it's a beautiful city surrounded by two r lakes and the river and the beautiful Superstition mountains Plenty of great restaurants and shopping
You are in for a treat. Stunningly beautiful. Don't forget to visit downtown Prescott for the Christmas lights. I happened to visit there 2 years ago and learned they are the Christmas Light Capital of the world, or something like that. Enjoy! 💖
@@tracieroberts6323 My stepdad happens to love Christmas lights, and when they moved to Prescott Valley they had no idea that Prescott is the Christmas capital. They actually found out from me!
Anything in the West Valley especially Buckeye (Verrado) expensive current homes and new home construction but beware Luke Air Force Base and Goodyear Airport ALL DAY air traffic until 3:00-4:00PM and thank GOD no weekends and holidays. They say you will get used to it...B.S.
Can't give 10 but Flagstaff has an excellent bus system. Both Phoenix Metro and Tucson have decent ones. All three are bike friendly, except Flagstaff in winter at 7000+ feet it gets lots of snow.
I lived in Peoria for about a year it was a nice place they were just starting to build it up when I was there but it wasn't very cheap, guess that's why it didn't make the list. Good one thanks Briggs what's next?
I was stationed at Ft. Huachuca and when I got out we used to live all over Phx Metro. Buckeye is cheap, but very boring and safe. Surprise and El Mirage are both boring and safe, but closer to quality jobs, entertainment, and Phoenix than Buckeye. Glendale aint that bad. There are a few sketchy spots like Maryvale, but me being from Houston they weren't that bad to me. Plus it's basically Phoenix and close to downtown. Kingman/Bullhead City are ok. Kinda small townish and not a lot to do outside of the casino life though. Maricopa is the same but a lot closer to Phoenix than Kingman/Bullhead City. Overall I miss Arizona minus that HEAT lol.. THAT HEAT IS REAL! Love your channel. Keep the videos coming. Congrats on your Doughyers. And Astros WS Champs 2017 😅😅😅
@@Tomasquo I mean, it’s not really safe to walk alone at night anywhere. I feel likes it’s a nice community and I enjoy raising my family here, but we are still very careful
Pronunciation is "Ur-as-tiss" Snow and the Flake family settled Snowflake home of the Lobos ( I still have my letterman's sweater ). There was a pulp and paper mill operating outside of town that ceased operation some years back - - my father became the technical director after serving as groundwood superintendent when the mill first began operation in 1960 - 61 when we moved there from Quebec. It was a great place to grow up - - I went back in 2018 for our 50th class reunion and found it had changed a great deal. The other thing you have not made clear was the change in temperature and vegetation between the Valley and miles of forest in the upper elevations - - the landscape is diverse from cactus to Ponderosa Pine and yes the higher elevations get a substantial amount of snow during the winter months
Vail is a nice area that branches out from Tucson. Also check out the town of SummerHaven on MtLemmon. This small mountaintop town is a nice quiet area-does have small market for your basic grocery items but since is like the small country store may need to drive down the mountain to nearest grocery store.
I know you do not like Kingman, but there are two cool towns close by. What do you think about Oatman and Chloride? The last time I was in Chloride was in 1977. It has probably changed some since then. Been to Oatman twice. The Route 66 connection and the donkeys make it a must see place in my opinion.
I have been watching your videos for a while and finally decided to subscribe. And the reason is twofold: great content and great English. What, I am a Hispanic from Venezuela still having some problems understanding spoken English, especially that of people who don’t actually speak but mumble. But I didn’t find the place I would like to learn about, namely Scottsdale, said to be the fastest growing city in Arizona. After I send this comment, I’ll check all your videos about this state. I am sure you do have one about this place as well as about Phoenix. I have lived all of my life in hot places. They have told me that Arizona’s heat is unbearable and I agree because this is a dessert state. Although the towns you showed are nice looking in general -except for that one place with dirt roads- I find ALL OF THEM deprived of the resource that I would make use of to help solve the heat problem: Trees boasting huge foliage, as the ones at minute 9:48. Believe me, I have had this idea in my mind for over fifty years that cities, especially hot ones, have to be turned into virtual forests in order to compensate for their natural hot climate. As the video ran from #10 down to #1, a question lurked in mind: Can mango trees or other shade-giving trees be planted in this state? Mexico is so close to Arizona that it wouldn’t take that big of an effort to find several big-foliage tree species to replace the skimpy, almost leafless dessert trees that they usually plant in this state. By the way, I looked up Erastus and they pronounce it this way: i'rastus, that is, the stress is on the “a”. Another way of representing it is iRAStus. Of course, both the “i” and the “u” are unstressed, which turns them into a “shua” -the inverted “e” in Phonetics- whose symbol, unfortunately, I couldn’t find. Did it help?
1:42 I hate to be that B, but I met a French guy in Phoenix wandering away from LAFB on the bus complaining, amongst other things I wasn't *really* paying attention to, about exactly how commute times are usually high averages factoring in public transit times. Some of those folks might need that explained, but that sounds like a copy-paste in the description thing.
You missed going to the many retirement gated communities in the surprise area- smaller than sun cities and have all kinds of pools and pickle ball courts and tons of tennis courts. Also most provide quilting, crafts, rock jewelry, etc.
Thanks for the video. I have been looking in Arizona for somewhere affordable and hadn't even thought of Kingman. I was looking up in Seligman, Ash Fork, and Williams area, but after watching your video I'm going to check out Kingman. Compared to the places I have been looking Kingman is a cosmopolitan big city!
There is nice housing and the people are nice, but before you leave, see if you can get an appointment with a "family doctor." Don't just look on the internet, because KRMC, the local hospital lists all their student residents and never removes their name. So you think they have doctors, but they do not. If you have something serious happen to you, you will need to go to Las Vegas for treatment. On the up side, Angle Homes builds very nice, energy efficient houses and, if you knit or crochet, The Spinster yarn shop has a friendly group of women there. We left, because we are getting old and discovered that doctors appointments are 6 to 8 weeks out and then you just get to see a PA.
I passed through Arizona once. Saw the Grand Canyon and took a train ride and drove around... Lot's of nice, quiet, secluded towns that look like perfect locations for a serial killer to hang out... couldn't get out fast enough... There must be nice places that that have regular people though...maybe....
Man there are towns all over the state with trees how in the hell did you pick every single Town Southern Arizona the cutter than hell LOL. I live in Dewey Arizona near Prescott and it's beautiful here lots of trees in the Prescott National Forest cooler than Phoenix no, I just don't understand how none of the cheaper houses were in northern Arizona besides snowflake LOL
And stop typing I do know that you did not pick those cities and towns I just don't understand how they picked every single City without trees LOL and the hottest one in the damn state LOL I love your videos keep up the great work
This list is about places that are less expensive. In Arizona, places with a decent amount of trees ARE EXPENSIVE. Born, raised and lived her for decades.
Around 1982, my Uncle Al died, and left to his sister Loretta his 1.25 acres of sand in Buckeye, AZ. Population: 5? Around 1998, she gave it to my Dad. He wanted the put a cabin there, so Mom could go to Spring Training games. But Mom died in 2000. By then, Buckeye had a few paved streets, a couple businesses, and maybe 100 residents. In 2018, Dad died and left the property to my sister and I. We sold it. Biggest screw up ever. I'd love to live there now, but now I'm too poor to buy a place.
El Mirage is where my son currently lives. Purchase their home in 2019. Your right about the housing its affordable. But theyre going up really fast now tho...
A lot of people have a lot to say about this, that, and the other thing, but the farther away you get from PHX airport, the greater the diminishment of vitality, and vibrancy of the area. Things like healthcare, social services, food quality, and a whole host of other things that increase the quality of life tend to dissolve. The low cost of the home is only a small portion of what is being bought into.
There are many choices of quality homes well under 200K; buy in an unincorporated area of a county where there are no annoying city sub charges on all of your utilities w/ no city code enforcement w/ what you want to do with your own property.
I literally just bought a house in the phoenix metro area (closing in >24hrs) any house under 200k is sketchy at best & sold in less than a day. I grew up in Milwaukee and Chicago so know sketch. 😝pretty good video though, I know the videos not only for me.
Briggs, you do a generally good job, considering you're 'not there'. :) No disrespect intended, Sir. I live in Phoenix, and have been looking for a home to buy for over 2 years. While my parameters aren't overly strict, I do have one that should/could be mentioned here. By county, I look at the political scene. Example - Pima County includes Tucson, Casas Adobes, Green Valley and others - but the prop taxes are pretty high. Why? With the 'left' running things - a misnomer, as they only run things into the ground - it does make a difference. Plus given the -now- border mess, after things had become so much safer and more secure, one must think about that aspect, now. So Pima Co.'s off my list. Its too bad - I love the architecture there! But, when you look at how the whole area (it seems) is 'For Sale', you can tell something's up. Thanks for the info you provide.
I have family in Surprise. VERY nice community with shopping, nice green belts and jobs starting to pop up at warehouses just a few minutes down the 303. Spend a little more and live there. On the other hand, you couldn’t pay me to Iive in El Mirage or many parts of Glendale. Nope!
Snowflake is at 5682' elevation. Gets cold, plenty of snow. I live at 5000' elevation in AZ and we get snow most every winter/early spring. Not all of AZ is a desert.
thanks for letting us know
So far I have have seen -11 living in Taylor. It is 5800 were I live near to the Taylor Airport. Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties have a lot of very cold winters. I've experienced -35 in Coconino County, -25 in Apache County, and -19 in Navajo County.
It’s STILL actually considered a desert because it’s based on precipitation and rainfall. Research!
Snowflake lives up to its name then lol 😂
@@apachehelicopterah64 Correct. Which is why Antarctica is considered a desert.
As an Arizonan, I’d like to correct your “3 months of triple digit heat” claim. We saw 100s as early as April and as late as October this year. That’s 7 months where the temp hit 100+ and yea I know it’s not always like that, it’s common to get 100 from may through September. So the correct answer would be 5 months of triple digit heat, not 3
This year was one of the worst summers I've experienced in the 17 years I've lived here. 90 in November is just not right.
My Sister and her Husband lived there off and on for 20 years. They finally left because they were trapped in their house during the summer. They said the summers are getting longer and hotter.
@@michaeltipton5500 My husband is a native, he says the same thing.
@@endoranaiad8252 oh I love it. I work outside so I need the warmth or else my fingers freeze. Can’t do anything under 75
@@michaeltipton5500 those of us who can tolerate it love it because it scares away a lot of people so there’s less crowds and less traffic. I work outside and it honestly not as bad as you’d think. I just drink an additional gallon of water than normal. Oh, and lots of ice cream
Ah, Arizona. Scant-to-never natural disasters, extreme beauty in every part of the state, wonderful mix of ethnicities and cultures, great prehistory, truly top notch food, fascinating animals and plants; mountains and canyons and waterfalls; hot days are much easier to live with than snow and ice (there's this thing called air conditioning); Amtrak station in Tucson, and it's easy to drive to California, Mexico, Baja. Also, most hiking trails quickly gain elevation and there are plenty of trees.
Extreme heat and going to get worse. Not enough water. Huge power bills in summer. Endless sprawl. Far too many people
@@HMBsteve that's just phoenix.
Someone doesn't realize most of AZ isn't Phoenix.
@@HMBsteve lol I was at the Grand Canyon the other week and there was alot of snow on the ground. Most of AZ doesn't get that hot.
AND POLITICS FROM HELL. NO THANK YOU AND i COME FROM MONTANA.
A really good longtime friend of mine moved to Glendale, decades ago, now, from Las Vegas where he (we) grew up, and said it was one of the best decisions he ever made. He loved living there with his wife and kids. He was my 6th grade boyfriend and when we talked on the phone, our big conversations existed of asking each other what we had for dinner! Lol Back when your Mom cooked meals and the family had dinner together. We asked each other when we got in touch over the years, so what did you have for dinner? It lasted a lifetime! He was a good, good sweet man.
Well done, thx, Briggs! Yep, understood re: Kingman, which doesn't have the same kinda 'charm' or 'percs' as many others listed, most of which are really just 'burbs of the Phoenix metro corridor anyway. But on the other hand it's only a half hour from the Colorado River, at 3,400 ft elevation is generally 10-12 degrees cooler than the surrounding valley, still has all the handy Big Box stores close by, and fixers are still avail. for
My stepdaughter lives in Surprise Arizona and we went there for a week and it's really nice there. My wife and I considered buying there.
@@zhvonte like where?
@@zhvonte Wilcox! An underrated area if you want to be near a town and the interstate.
@@zhvonte Thank you for the information!
@@thisorthat7626 I love Wilcox. I'm in Sedona and drive that way sometimes.
I drove through a nice town in SE Arizona called Bisbee. Near the Mexican border and at about 5000 feet in elevation.....great year round weather. Cool old mining town. Not sure about the price of housing, but it was charming and quaint.
Bisbee is one of my favorite towns in Arizona! Glad you enjoyed it!
And if you read any niche reviews about bisbee they will tell you to run for your life
@@jackieenx7085 why?
Good luck finding a livable home in Surprise for under 200. Real estate has gone up recently all around the Phoenix area and rents are even more outrageous.
Look out! You are being invaded by ultra-libs from California. They run away from what they've created, move to AZ, and then vote for the very policies they run away from. You can't fix stupid!
I'm in Surprise, and our neighborhood has skyrocketed to $300-$400,000.
@@harryjerry3896 Surprise, Sun City West, El Mirage...they are all neighbors and it's totally red.
@@midcenturymodern9330 I just read your post. From that I'd say, Obviously you can't.
Memorable moment from driving thru Kingman Arizona. Took the turn south of town heading east when I was passed by a larger yellow car with no license plate. Had the thought that guy is going to get pulled over and sure enough, just a few short miles down the road he had been pulled over. Learned later from watching the news it was Timothy McVeigh.
The photos of Glendale make it look like it’s all farmland! Glendale is highly populated with multi-story buildings, malls, stadiums, downtown area and 5 lane streets. All the cheap housing is in south Glendale which is ghetto. North Glendale is very expensive.
I felt like Briggs found 1989 photos of Glendale when there were still farms out that way.
Agreed. Those photos of Glendale were way off.
"5 minutes if you own a jet!" That cracked me up man! I was actually laughing out loud.
I've seen jets fly from their and jets takes much longer than 5 minutes unless that jet is going over the speed of sound
I spent a week in Arizona a few years ago and loved it. I love the heat. Went on a hike in the saguaro national forest outside of Tucson and it was well over 100. I took plenty of water and drank and walked, but was very surprised when I got really chilled. The sweat was evaporating from my forehead so fast it gave me a real cooling effect. To keep from getting dehydrated, I drank half the water and turned back from the path to the car and worked out just fine. The car was extremely hot when I opened the door: like an oven, but not bad. I will be moving there in the near future and can't wait try all the hiking trails in the area.
Hey Briggs, how about a video on NICE places in Kentucky? You haven't done one about KY in awhile. Thanks for the vids, my wife and I always look forward to them.
Honest question: Where did you find these homes in Surprise for around $200k? Nearly everything in this area is about $250k and up.
This number is skewed by the age-restricted areas within this town.
There is not anything under 200k in surprise. This guy is way off
@@benjohannsen7208 I mean, if you include the prices in some of the trailer parks...
I was about to ask the same thing about Casas Adobes and Corona De Tucson.
@@Brosef. I can't believe how quickly things have risen.
If you want a home in Arizona try the North East part of Arizona, I moved to a small town and bought my 3 bedroom 2 bath house for $102,000 4 years ago and yes I've had to do a little work to it and land is at a really good price, I bought 2 acres and plan on selling my home soon and building on my land. It's well worth it in the long run, schools are nice in town and the people friendly. you can start your own little business here and do good for yourself. I'm retired so I don't know much about the school system here (my kids are grown). Snowflake, Showlow and Springerville are near by for shopping and very little traffic other then in Showlow and it's not that bad there.
Plus, it's cooler in the summer. Big plus!
@@nangee2990 yes it is !
Kingman is my home town. Good place to start, lots of neighboring places to explore.
This is a great topic! I also loved top 10 places to live for $1500 or less. I look forward to more lists on decent places to buy a home for $200K or less. How about homes under $300K with a livability score over 80? That would great, too.
There are actually many nice safe and cheap small towns in AZ. Go to the higher elevations and you can get out of the heat in summer and actually have winter with snow. Williams is one option, Flagstaff is kind of pricey though.
Williams is also pricey
At least compared to the towns in this video.
I have lived in Sedona since 1977. I could cry how this town has been built up and ruined. If I had it to do over again I'd move to Camp Verde. It's 25 minutes to Sedona and not the cost or cluster of tourists. Weather is between Flagstaff and Phoenix, a dusting of snow that lasts a day and summers with cooler temps than Phoenix. Camp Verde has plenty of homes with 1-5 acre farms, a small lake, it's close to the freeway and famous for the downtown parade scene that was overrun with toxic tarantulas in the movie "Kingdom Of The Spiders" with William Shatner.
I'm looking at houses in camp verde now. Thanks for the comment
@@jerryrichards4300 it's gotten pricey since the " scamdemic" ex 230k home is 280 to 340. Only one grocery store ( and their prices are higher than so cal.. lettuce by the lb. 1.99. A lb average head of lettuce is a tad over 2 lbs. Do the math. Plus they hose the veggies. Pickup a head of lettuce was 2.5 lbs.. put it back. Bashes in camp verde is a RIP off. My neighbor goes to Cottonwood or even Prescott. So C.V. is not that great anymore..maybe when the scamdemic goes away . Ya right..
@@dalestephan6777 Thanks for the info,not sure which area I like was looking at rimrock. Any suggestions
The Californians have ruined Sedona. The city council in Sedona are so greedy and have chased the Indigenous out. It’s so sad what they’ve done to Sedona
Kinda surprised to see Sierra Vista didn’t make this list. An hour from Tucson, plenty to do, and last I looked on Zillow, lots of houses under $200k or near the mark.
After viewing the video, I went to a real estate site and went looking for condos, townhouses and single family homes in each of the towns of Surprise, Buckeye and El Mirage. NOTHING< NOTHING listed below $250,000.
i get emails from kingman every day, my friend is moving there
Kingman is tweakerville. I am surprised you did not mention Sholow. Thanks for a great video!
Its been i awhile since I drove past a 200k house in the Phoenix metro, the housing market here has been insane.
Yeah it's fixing to crash
@@thegods2622 Sure seems like it with everything going on.
Yeah buddy of mine who works is a realtor told me to hold off for the next 2 years at minimum from buying a home. Told me houses are getting sold literally hours after they drop on the market crap the people who buying them are bidding with other people and no one even looked at the home. 20k to 100k over asking price he told me.
@@thegods2622 Hmm.. on the flip side it sounds like a good time to sell!!
@@ourlittlehomestead2962 yea if you don't plan on buying and just renting for awhile, if you are buying your fixing to lose what you gain and not really upgrade at all. Even these new homes aint cheap.
Great video! I love the interesting facts you share about each of the Arizona towns you highlighted and I got a real kick out of your comments about the "more than a FEW people who asked why you didn't specify which MODE of transportation you were referring to when you say 'something is so many minutes, or even 5 hours away from someplace." So funny! Thanks for the great info and for making me laugh!
Lived in kingman for 25 years. GREAT cost of living. I had a nice house that was $118,000 and an older trailer that cost me $7200 on a trailer lot and the rent was ONLY $125/ month up until a year or two ago when it went up to $250. I was able to pay for my place and my moms (who I was caring for) and take care of all of our bills. It’s high desert which means lower heat in the summer and a moderate winter. We’re close to Flagstaff, the Grand Canyon, Phoenix, Las Vegas, LA, just about wherever you want to be is a reasonable drive. The ONLY real reason I left is because my boss was horrible and I was tired of being bullied by her constantly. Otherwise I would have been happy to stay forever. Loved the video!!!
What about the total lack of competent medical care. If you are older and have any health issues, this is not the place for you.
@@caroleanne8529 unmmmm…….there are several choices for adequate health care throughout the area, Vegas is just over an hour down the road and I care for my elderly mother and take her to LA for specialists when required. If you can’t find a doctor in Mohave county, you’re not looking, and you’re not asking others in the area who they use. If you aren’t able to get in within a month or so, it’s like that EVERYWHERE. And remember, those who were top of their class at prestigious medical colleges ARENT working as general providers ANYWHERE!
@@apachehelicopterah64 Sorry pal, it's not like that EVERYWHERE. Who wants to drive for an hour to see a doctor or drive for an hour to find decent clothes to buy or drive for an hour to eat at a decent restaurant? If you're satisfied, then stay. I wasn't, so we left. It is that simple.
There is not very many choices in Kingman Arizona or in Arizona for that matter for doctors and health care. Rental Houses and Apartments for thar matter charge way too much on Rent.
Glendale is pretty expensive 😒 and depending where you are it’s pretty ghetto too 😂😂💯
I think all large cities have always had ghetto areas...😂🤣😂
Stay north of Bell
Yes parts of Glendale is Ghetto
I LOVE Surprise!!! Great community, beautiful desert environment (& honestly I’m a green, cool weather gal- but the Saguaro Cacti & sunsets are stunning). The house appraisals ARE going up though so I wouldn’t wait around if deciding to come out here. 😉
Surprise and El marage used to be the ghetto
From Surprise too and boy has it changed! Cheapest house you'll find is $500k (Summer 2023), most are $600k to $1.2m and the population exploded. Streets are built for that and traffic is insane. El Mirage is a toilet and about as corrupt a city as I have seen. Surprise was too but the mayor got run out of town a few years ago so maybe it is getting better. I don't know, moved in 2021.
Thanks. Love these, Briggs, but most Americans actually can't afford a $200,000 home.
I think the average person can afford a 1200 dollar mortgage. I was paying that for a dumpy apartment on 30k/year and that's below average salary.
Define “most.”
You have to put a down payment on it maybe like $50k
@@FamilysAllWeGot that depends on the kind of loan that you get and if you do any kind of first-time home buyers programs. I think you only need like 3% down and that's if you don't get the first time home buyers program.
Adam Gronvold oh I don’t know anything about buying a house I’m joining the army in like 4 months and I might not make it back from Afghanistan or Iraq anyway
If you like the name “Surprise” we also have a town called “Nowhere.”
And Why
Does the town of "nowhere" have cutecowardly dog called courage 😏
None of them compare to the names like Intercourse,PA or Christmas,FL! haha
Don’t forget Show Low. Nice little town.
be honest there really isnt anything in Nowhere except a place for trucker to get off the road for a few hours, NOTHING else
Briggs puts out excellent content. I subscribed to the channel two years ago and been a big fan since
Your Maricopa AZ numbers are wrong. Just sold my home there Nov. 2020 3-2 1350 sf for $215,000 and it was sold at low end of current home prices. There is a new train overpass so no waiting for train anymore. Retired and down sized to another area.
Where did you go?
My question also
Where did u end up at?
I just watched this again in Nov 2021, just less than year after posted. Holy cow what a difference this year has made. Prices in all the metro Phoenix areas you mentioned have skyrocketed, and probably all the other locations too. Scary.
AZ and NV to me is feeling that blast of hot air when you open the oven door. Everything just looks better behind insulated glass. I suppose you have to like rock gardens or fake grass for home landscaping. I would have my roof completely covered with solar panels and battery backup up so I could run two separate AC systems, meaning being able to run reliable AC 24/7. It's desert beautiful but scorching hot over there.
Only need a few solar panels, double-paned windows and a foam roof with a good AC unit will take care of that.
One AC unit works just fine unless you want your house to be 32°.
Kingman is still a great place. But in the 2 years since you made this video housing prices have shot up substantially and the population has nearly doubled. Apparently several others agree with you that Kingman is a great place to live. I agree and have been looking at living there for quite awhile
"You're safe, your stuff isn't" should be pitched as our new state motto lol
I second this! LOL
Yes😬👍 Arizona is amazing!!!
Yours is the very best channel I've seen in a very long time. Thanks man!
You can easily afford a beachfront residence in Venice beach California just put your refrigerator box on a beach and enjoy. If you decide to just give up that is. You might have to relocate your box every few days but at least you could choose your scenery. I'm still waiting on Briggs to travel to Furnace creek California and show the highlights.
Well, I think the Venice dream has died.🏖🌞
They are FINALLY starting to clean it up, but I don't know what kind of progress they've made at this point.
It's about damn time.
All the hottest places. I can't do that 110°+ heat. I found a brand new home for under $300k just a few miles north of Prescott, in Chino Valley
I actually made a surprised face when you mentioned Glendale. Around the area I live, old (1950’s-1960s homes) are worth 150,000+. Lol if you want a newer home, eh Glendale has older smaller homes and doesn’t have too many new homes. If you want a newer home in Glendale, you need to go further west around the West Gate area to have a nicer home. Definitely antique is a great way to put it for the older Glendale area!
Hey yes as a realtor this is a great vid on some of the afforable places to live although alway from the citys its a very amazingly crafted video !!!
I lived in the Tucson area from 2006 to 2011 while I was an engineer working for the missile factory there. I lived in Marana but always liked Sahuarita. Sahuarita is about 15 miles south of Tucson. It was a newly developed town at that time and has amenities like grocery stores. It is higher in elevation than Tucson (cooler) at the foot of the Santa Rita mountains. In AZ, people go "up" to beat the heat.
Shaun, what do you think of tubac and rio rico, we are thinking a winter home there! Since we will only be there five months a year security is our greatest concern.
@@traskstoneworks Tubac is the artist colony and Rio Rico's close by. It's beautiful country there with the mountains and the river. These are post card towns. You'd be near the highway for shopping. It's only about 30 miles to Mexico but Tubac is too wide open for illegal traffic. CBP is quite present in that area. It's no less safe there than any other little desert town. But it's surrounded by wide open country . It doesn't take long to get from Tubac to the middle of nowhere. If I lived there, I'd buy a gun.
@@shaunmurphy8587 Thank you Shaun, that was my main concern.
@@traskstoneworks You should ask some other people too. It's not like you need to carry a gun. To have a firearm available would be a precaution I would take if I was living there.
@@shaunmurphy8587 I actually have guns here also. We have been burglarized twice. I have a .44 magnum loaded with hollow points, if and only if, well there will be only one story, my story!
When I moved out here from northern Illinois I lived in Maricopa (my brother lived there).worst part about it is there's only 2 ways in & out 347. Or you could go the back way. Practically have to go all the way into Casa Grande, get on the I-10 and head north to chandler.
Hello this is Kirk from Peoria Arizona. This is what I know about Maricopa. You can run up the maple leaf and call it sovereign Canadian territory. They have a lot of winter homes there. Which of fine, good for the economy. Just a fun fact.
Being from AZ. I would only consider living in two spots on this list which are Kingman & Snowflake. The others may be well priced but every time I go to the Phoenix area I can't wait to leave. Water is a very big consideration & so you get a cheap home it may not matter. Water will be in greater short supply in the future. Of course this is my opinion but many nicer were left off the list.
My brother and his wife live in the Glendale area for some 30 years. They like it, though there have been changes in the last 10 years or so that have them a little concerned for the years ahead. Anyway...he's done over the years a great amount of updates to the home and property.
The suburbs hit Buckeye. It's part of the major metropolitan area. Like San Bernardino to Santa Monico
Another plus for Kingman its that you can go to Utah, Calif, Nevada in just a weekend.
Snowflake is nice only problem is getting in and out if you want to fly any place.
I think I need more specific travel times. Do you think you could just standardize them according to how long it takes a middle-aged man to travel said distance via a pogo stick? I just feel that would be more appropriate. As always, great video! I really enjoy your channel!
🤣😆😂
Well, I feel left out.
What about roller skates?🤷🏻♀️
Yay Kingman! It’s my home for 25 years now!
AZ is kicking butt on this podcast!
My youngest son has been in one of the shows at the Arizona Ren Fest for the past 3 years---which of course got shut down early last March. But, if he goes back for another season of that I might VISIT. Arizona looks awesome for a visit--not interested in the desert for actual living---but thanks for the great video, as always.
LOVE your sarcasm!! Thanks for sharing!
Weather is a big factor....
I think Apache junction Arizona should have been on this count it's a beautiful city surrounded by two r lakes and the river and the beautiful Superstition mountains
Plenty of great restaurants and shopping
Apache Junction not cheap
I’ve never been to Arizona, but my mom and stepdad just moved to Prescott Valley so i’m about to visit for the first time!
Prescott is SO beautiful!!!!
You are in for a treat. Stunningly beautiful. Don't forget to visit downtown Prescott for the Christmas lights. I happened to visit there 2 years ago and learned they are the Christmas Light Capital of the world, or something like that. Enjoy! 💖
@@tracieroberts6323 My stepdad happens to love Christmas lights, and when they moved to Prescott Valley they had no idea that Prescott is the Christmas capital. They actually found out from me!
@@brianna_lynch Awesome. Have a great time and a great holiday! 💖
Prescott and Prescott Valley are beautiful. I would move to Prescott if I could afford it.
As an Arizonan I can confirm that this video should be re titled " 10 cities to buy a 2bed 1 bath under 200k"
I live in north Idaho. Only two more winters and I’ll hopefully be living in Sun City West AZ! Thanks for the great video.
Anything in the West Valley especially Buckeye (Verrado) expensive current homes and new home construction but beware Luke Air Force Base and Goodyear Airport ALL DAY air traffic until 3:00-4:00PM and thank GOD no weekends and holidays. They say you will get used to it...B.S.
What are the top 10 smallest cities to live without a car?
Good question for pedestrians like me 😂
Yes. This would be a good topic.
No such thing in Arizona. Move somewhere else. You don't want to be hiking a mile in triple-digit heat.
He just did a video about this...walkability...but bigger towns
Can't give 10 but Flagstaff has an excellent bus system. Both Phoenix Metro and Tucson have decent ones. All three are bike friendly, except Flagstaff in winter at 7000+ feet it gets lots of snow.
I lived in Peoria for about a year it was a nice place they were just starting to build it up when I was there but it wasn't very cheap, guess that's why it didn't make the list. Good one thanks Briggs what's next?
I live between Golden Valley Nd Kingman, Az. It’s not a bad city. People are friendly and there is lots to do.
I was stationed at Ft. Huachuca and when I got out we used to live all over Phx Metro. Buckeye is cheap, but very boring and safe. Surprise and El Mirage are both boring and safe, but closer to quality jobs, entertainment, and Phoenix than Buckeye. Glendale aint that bad. There are a few sketchy spots like Maryvale, but me being from Houston they weren't that bad to me. Plus it's basically Phoenix and close to downtown. Kingman/Bullhead City are ok. Kinda small townish and not a lot to do outside of the casino life though. Maricopa is the same but a lot closer to Phoenix than Kingman/Bullhead City. Overall I miss Arizona minus that HEAT lol.. THAT HEAT IS REAL! Love your channel. Keep the videos coming. Congrats on your Doughyers. And Astros WS Champs 2017 😅😅😅
I’m in Huachuca City! I love it here
@@ashleygriffith46 Is it safe to walk alone at night there?
@@Tomasquo I mean, it’s not really safe to walk alone at night anywhere. I feel likes it’s a nice community and I enjoy raising my family here, but we are still very careful
Great video. It did so well that everyone moved here and not it’s not affordable
Pronunciation is "Ur-as-tiss" Snow and the Flake family settled Snowflake home of the Lobos ( I still have my letterman's sweater ). There was a pulp and paper mill operating outside of town that ceased operation some years back - - my father became the technical director after serving as groundwood superintendent when the mill first began operation in 1960 - 61 when we moved there from Quebec. It was a great place to grow up - - I went back in 2018 for our 50th class reunion and found it had changed a great deal. The other thing you have not made clear was the change in temperature and vegetation between the Valley and miles of forest in the upper elevations - - the landscape is diverse from cactus to Ponderosa Pine and yes the higher elevations get a substantial amount of snow during the winter months
Ash Fork AZ, pretty cool and errie. Right next to historical 66(6) . Coolest place to stay is the Ash Fork inn
Kingman Arizona #1 place
Yep I agree 😊 I just bought a ranch style home 🏡 in Kingman Arizona moving from Las Vegas
Vail is a nice area that branches out from Tucson. Also check out the town of SummerHaven on MtLemmon. This small mountaintop town is a nice quiet area-does have small market for your basic grocery items but since is like the small country store may need to drive down the mountain to nearest grocery store.
I like to watch these videos and plan my road trip. I guess it will have to wait for 2022... Sucks. I haven't missed one in many years.
I know you do not like Kingman, but there are two cool towns close by. What do you think about Oatman and Chloride? The last time I was in Chloride was in 1977. It has probably changed some since then. Been to Oatman twice. The Route 66 connection and the donkeys make it a must see place in my opinion.
I don’t think either has any decent housing. I live in Kingman.
I have been watching your videos for a while and finally decided to subscribe. And the reason is twofold: great content and great English. What, I am a Hispanic from Venezuela still having some problems understanding spoken English, especially that of people who don’t actually speak but mumble.
But I didn’t find the place I would like to learn about, namely Scottsdale, said to be the fastest growing city in Arizona. After I send this comment, I’ll check all your videos about this state. I am sure you do have one about this place as well as about Phoenix.
I have lived all of my life in hot places. They have told me that Arizona’s heat is unbearable and I agree because this is a dessert state. Although the towns you showed are nice looking in general -except for that one place with dirt roads- I find ALL OF THEM deprived of the resource that I would make use of to help solve the heat problem: Trees boasting huge foliage, as the ones at minute 9:48. Believe me, I have had this idea in my mind for over fifty years that cities, especially hot ones, have to be turned into virtual forests in order to compensate for their natural hot climate. As the video ran from #10 down to #1, a question lurked in mind: Can mango trees or other shade-giving trees be planted in this state? Mexico is so close to Arizona that it wouldn’t take that big of an effort to find several big-foliage tree species to replace the skimpy, almost leafless dessert trees that they usually plant in this state.
By the way, I looked up Erastus and they pronounce it this way: i'rastus, that is, the stress is on the “a”. Another way of representing it is iRAStus. Of course, both the “i” and the “u” are unstressed, which turns them into a “shua” -the inverted “e” in Phonetics- whose symbol, unfortunately, I couldn’t find. Did it help?
1:42 I hate to be that B, but I met a French guy in Phoenix wandering away from LAFB on the bus complaining, amongst other things I wasn't *really* paying attention to, about exactly how commute times are usually high averages factoring in public transit times. Some of those folks might need that explained, but that sounds like a copy-paste in the description thing.
You missed going to the many retirement gated communities in the surprise area- smaller than sun cities and have all kinds of pools and pickle ball courts and tons of tennis courts. Also most provide quilting, crafts, rock jewelry, etc.
I’m moving to Arizona next year, thank you for posting this, very helpful
Good luck i live in az. Most your gonna get is a run down home or a double wide.
Thanks for the video. I have been looking in Arizona for somewhere affordable and hadn't even thought of Kingman. I was looking up in Seligman, Ash Fork, and Williams area, but after watching your video I'm going to check out Kingman. Compared to the places I have been looking Kingman is a cosmopolitan big city!
There is nice housing and the people are nice, but before you leave, see if you can get an appointment with a "family doctor." Don't just look on the internet, because KRMC, the local hospital lists all their student residents and never removes their name. So you think they have doctors, but they do not. If you have something serious happen to you, you will need to go to Las Vegas for treatment. On the up side, Angle Homes builds very nice, energy efficient houses and, if you knit or crochet, The Spinster yarn shop has a friendly group of women there. We left, because we are getting old and discovered that doctors appointments are 6 to 8 weeks out and then you just get to see a PA.
I passed through Arizona once. Saw the Grand Canyon and took a train ride and drove around... Lot's of nice, quiet, secluded towns that look like perfect locations for a serial killer to hang out... couldn't get out fast enough... There must be nice places that that have regular people though...maybe....
Man there are towns all over the state with trees how in the hell did you pick every single Town Southern Arizona the cutter than hell LOL. I live in Dewey Arizona near Prescott and it's beautiful here lots of trees in the Prescott National Forest cooler than Phoenix no, I just don't understand how none of the cheaper houses were in northern Arizona besides snowflake LOL
And stop typing I do know that you did not pick those cities and towns I just don't understand how they picked every single City without trees LOL and the hottest one in the damn state LOL I love your videos keep up the great work
This list is about places that are less expensive. In Arizona, places with a decent amount of trees ARE EXPENSIVE. Born, raised and lived her for decades.
I'm from Arizona, and I've been to a lot of different states , and I've seen absolutely Beautiful places , but none as Beautiful as Arizona
Around 1982, my Uncle Al died, and left to his sister Loretta his 1.25 acres of sand in Buckeye, AZ. Population: 5? Around 1998, she gave it to my Dad. He wanted the put a cabin there, so Mom could go to Spring Training games. But Mom died in 2000. By then, Buckeye had a few paved streets, a couple businesses, and maybe 100 residents. In 2018, Dad died and left the property to my sister and I. We sold it. Biggest screw up ever. I'd love to live there now, but now I'm too poor to buy a place.
Do a video on cheap and safe towns in Florida to buy a house for under $200k. Please.....
Didn't you say most people understand time by car, then you add flight time? Loved the video! Now I am moving to Buckeye!
Thanks Briggs..Arizona, Texas and Nevada are the states that I was looking at when I do "LEAVE CALIFORNIA"...
Texas or Nevada…AZ is getting California,d fast.
El Mirage is where my son currently lives. Purchase their home in 2019. Your right about the housing its affordable. But theyre going up really fast now tho...
Kessel run! Ha ha ha!!! Loved it!
A lot of people have a lot to say about this, that, and the other thing, but the farther away you get from PHX airport, the greater the diminishment of vitality, and vibrancy of the area. Things like healthcare, social services, food quality, and a whole host of other things that increase the quality of life tend to dissolve. The low cost of the home is only a small portion of what is being bought into.
Cottonwood area is nice. Most homes
are mid $250k+ though. Missed out on great fixer upper for $185k in Camp Verde.
Three months of heat huh more like 5 sometime 6
Not all of Arizona is desert. Northern Arizona has some high elevations and gets a fair share of snow.
Thanks for the video Mr.Briggs featuring the some places in the “Grand Canyon State”!, may you do South Carolina next or Tennessee?, thanks Mr.Briggs
El mirage is ghetto.
There are many choices of quality homes well under 200K; buy in an unincorporated area of a county where there are no annoying city sub charges on all of your utilities w/ no city code enforcement w/ what you want to do with your own property.
I literally just bought a house in the phoenix metro area (closing in >24hrs) any house under 200k is sketchy at best & sold in less than a day. I grew up in Milwaukee and Chicago so know sketch. 😝pretty good video though, I know the videos not only for me.
4:47 I have literally been down that street! I have family-friends who live there
Thank you sir! I wish more RUclips channels would let me know how quickly I can travel to nearby towns via millennium falcon!
lol i love your burning of the distance freaks.
You should look into Kearny, AZ... Great tiny town with good home prices
Can you do New México next?
Thank you.Been in AZ for 40 yrs. El Mirage has crime. It is hot the same time in So Az
Briggs, you do a generally good job, considering you're 'not there'. :) No disrespect intended, Sir.
I live in Phoenix, and have been looking for a home to buy for over 2 years. While my parameters aren't overly strict, I do have one that should/could be mentioned here. By county, I look at the political scene. Example - Pima County includes Tucson, Casas Adobes, Green Valley and others - but the prop taxes are pretty high. Why? With the 'left' running things - a misnomer, as they only run things into the ground - it does make a difference. Plus given the -now- border mess, after things had become so much safer and more secure, one must think about that aspect, now. So Pima Co.'s off my list. Its too bad - I love the architecture there! But, when you look at how the whole area (it seems) is 'For Sale', you can tell something's up.
Thanks for the info you provide.
I have family in Surprise. VERY nice community with shopping, nice green belts and jobs starting to pop up at warehouses just a few minutes down the 303. Spend a little more and live there. On the other hand, you couldn’t pay me to Iive in El Mirage or many parts of Glendale. Nope!