We have a LGBTQ friendly retirement locations coming out in a few weeks. Working on that right now. Its going to be high-level. We have to use data sources we can find online rather than boots on the ground, and sourcing our own info can be time-consuming and costly.
@@queermoney Please check out Cathedral City, CA outside of Palm Springs. Another 100% HRC town with a variety of housing options along with excellent cultural amenities and medical facilities.
As a native of Illinois I wanted to mention some things about Champaign for your viewers. Illinois has the second highest rate for home property taxes in the US. The winters can be long with lots of cold, ice and snowy weather. On a positive note, Chicago is only 2 hours away by car and Amtrak for everything that mega city has to offer. I am a new subscriber to your channel and I am looking forward to your video on the most affordable and gay friendly cities for retirement.
Thank you for some real life experiences for these cities. The comments are really helpful for those of us who haven’t been to all of them. We’d love to have the budget to visit every one and do more boots on the ground looks at the cities and neighborhoods, but the would obviously take a huge amount of money & time, more than the two of us have. 🤑
You're absolutely right about the property tax. When I was plotting out monthly expenses including property tax (broken out per month), Illinois was the highest in my list, above New York, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. In my case, that''s because in some states, my veteran status gets me a discount.
We’re planning on doing a list of cities in the sun belt. Just keep in mind that only 2 of the 15 states are “blue” states. The rest are “red.” More often than not affordability ends up being in those red states. 🤷🏻♂️
@@queermoney A hard truth about blue cities/states is they are unwilling to build new housing, which means home prices and rents spike. What good does it do to live in San Francisco and other liberal places if you're constantly worrying about paying the rent/mortgage?
These affordable towns might be ok if you’re white. But as a gay person of color I can’t imagine living in any of them no matter how affordable they are.
You're right that, unfortunately, the smaller a city or town and the further away from a large urban center, the less diverse its population is, with the exception of the Southwest, where you have many small cities and towns that have larger Latino/Hispanic populations. Here is the percentage of non-white (includes Asian, Arab, Black, Hispanic/Latina, Native American/Alaskan or multi-racial) population for each of the cities in this video: Racine, WI - 49.7% Champaign, IL - 43.3% Dubuque, IA - 13.6% Columbia, MO - 26.4% Morgantown, WV - 15% So it seems like both Racine and Champaign are cities with an above the national average percentage of non-white (41.1%) population per the US Census. Of course we know that just because a city has a larger non-white population does not mean that it's safe for LGBTQ+ people of color.
There are no perfect places. I'm white but conservative. Cities that are gay friendly tend to be hostile toward conservative leaning gays. Conservative places tend to have a lot of closeted gays and/or people hostile toward gays.
Agreed, especially in states that are in a “state of emergency” on the HRC list like FL, TX, GA, etc. It’s a very personal decision. For some it may work and for others it won’t. We’re everywhere and we need folks willing to be that safe places and examples for the queer youth that desperately need it in these places.
@@queermoney With the exception of P-Town and Champaign, IL, the other towns lack significant state rights for the GLBT+ population. I would never consider Missouri as a safe place as a gay person. College, no college, HRC ratings or what not, red states are not safe for the LGBT+ population.
I absolutely agree with you! I cannot wrap my head around the question of how HRC can even award a 100 to municipalities in solidly red states, although maybe that is because I am stuck in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, which HRC awarded a fair ....drumroll.....29! Texas, Louisiana, Missouri, Tennessee, and Florida should have NO 100 scores, in my ever-so-humble opinion. I am personally looking at Illinios for retirement. The only solidly blue state progressive legal protections in that is affordable anywhere east of the great plains. Yes, they have high taxes, but that is offset by some really good real estate prices and the fact that signifcant parts of retirement income are not taxed. Now weather.....lol.
Kingston, NY is a very queer friendly, trans friendly, mid-to-small city in New York's Hudson Valley that I recommend if you want to move to NY but not be too far away from NYC - it's about 2 hours north of NYC and has a wonderful community of queers/trans/lesbians and some amazing culture, food, nature and cute homes :-)
Thanks for sharing your individual experience and location. We need more folks, especially in lower cost areas to share this since we all can’t afford to live in the high cost bigger cities. 😍😍
I appreciate the idea of this video, but the HRC index does not indicate anything in terms of gay life in these cities, if bars/restaurants are welcoming, if there is any sort of cultural life. The HRC index is good to know in terms of local laws, but I wouldn’t say it ensures it will be an enjoyable experience for a gay person or that there is a gay community there.
Fair point. We've mostly shied away from highlighting LGBTQ bars, restaurants, clubs, etc. because most lists that share the "best places" for LGBTQ+ folks to live seem primarily focused on LGBTQ bars, restaurants, clubs, etc. and we're focused on affordability. We did highlight some cultural features of various cities when we did our state-level analysis for the most affordable, LGBTQ-friendly places to live in each state, but figure listeners and viewers can bump our analysis up with almost every other list to get the full scope of a location.
I lived in Morgantown for ten years and can confirm that it is the most queer friendly town in West Virginia. (While Charleston the capital could be a distant second.) That being said the real estate cabal, banksters and landlords have run the town amok for making it unaffordable for most West Virginians. If one is interested in attending WVU or making a living involving the school, go for it, otherwise consider Pittsburgh. It’s an hour away, has the same climate, ACTUAL mass transit, large city amenities and surprisingly more affordable housing. Plus western Pennsylvania needs more blue/left voters while WV is a political lost cause.
Yay! Thanks for your personal experience in WV. West Virginians are very protective of their state, especially the LGBTQ folks. We had a video go viral on TikTok because they all hopped on and commented about how the queer community is so strong in cities like Morgantown, Charleston and several others.
You have an amazing show full of great information. Provincetown has a population of 3,664. It is a small town and not a city. Love that it made it the honorable mention list, but as the queerest town in America, it is also one of the most challenging to make home as a year-round resident because of the high cost of living. It is known for being a seasonal gay resort community with the average detached single-family home sale at $2.1 million in 2023. Many folks who live here make below the median area income, work multiple jobs in tourism, and find ways to rent at lower costs. The high cost of living is far outweighed by the significantly higher quality of life of living in a magical, majority gay community. Keep making lists and I look forward to a top affordable gay-friendly small towns list 🏳️🌈 Also, come visit! You’re going to love it here! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
You know, this was a bit of a tough one for me. Not knowing the PTown area that well, I've only been once, I had to rely on the US Census data, and per the US Census, it falls in the Barnstable Town metro area. Since that is the case, the Barnstable Town metro area has a population of 231k+, so we had to include it with small cities. I appreciate your additional feedback and comments. Glad you like the videos. We definitely need to visit PTown together.
My thoughts are I pretty much would have to live in a college town if I was going to live in a small city. Maybe you have a series of videos about affordable college towns?
@@queermoney As someone who is rapidly being priced out of my home town in part because it is a college town, I second this episode request, but I also would love to request that the perspective of life-long residents is taken into consideration. I live in a town in Northern California, which is the forgotten red half of the state. Our town is a tiny purple dot in a sea of red, and it is starting to feel unsafe for my partner and I. The local cost of living is skyrocketing but wages are not keeping up - I work at the University full time and have to work a part time job on the side just to make ends meet. Between cost of living and safety, we're looking at moving out of the area. If only one of these were an issue we'd probably stay, but we don't have time to make change because we're kept so busy just trying to survive.
@@emilycockrell Thank you for sharing and sorry to hear what you have to deal with. That's a great angle, though. Let us think about how we could tackle that for you. Curious why your local cost of living is going up? Is it the national inflation or are there other variables at play for you locally?
@@queermoney There are a lot of variables at play. Our housing market was already heavily impacted before the wildfires swept through Northern California in 2016-2018 (most notably for our area, the Camp Fire in November 2018), but a lot of it has to do with how local housing is impacted by folks coming in from out of town. College students from the Bay Area and Southern California can often pay higher rents, and our local landlords know it. Additionally, housing is often purchased for the duration of the student's attendance, then put back on the market at graduation, often for a higher price but in worse shape than it was a few years previously. Additionally, I would add that the attitude of college students is very much that this is not their home; they treat it like they would any short-term place, creating safety issues as well as just generally trashing the area. There's a reason we were considered The Party School for decades. I love my town and our University, and I want our students to treat it as if they loved it, too. If you need someone to interview for all of the details may I recommend our city council member Addison Winslow, who is working to rectify our housing issues.
Most Any college town is going to be gay friendly but there are lots of small cities to choose from. If you are young than to be around college age is your thing but if older or senior than anywhere else would do depending on your income and lifestyle. If you want to live in a gay bubble than most large cities have significant gay population and will suit you. I have lived in a bubble where you eat, work ,shop, hang out with just gay around and it gets old. It’s all about income and lifestyle and your priorities.
What about Birmingham, Alabama? Perfect 100 on the MEI, very affordable, no snow. Yes, it IS in Alabama, which pretty much sucks, but as long as you don't venture too far outside the city limits you might be very surprised.
Birmingham ended up at #14 on the list. It's affordable and does get a 100 on HRCs MEI. I've never been, but this series is opening my eyes to soooo many cities in the US that are LGBTQ friendly and have thriving queer scenes. We'd love to visit them all and make videos on each one to highlight them even more. Birmingham would definitely be one of those.
@@queermoney Thanks for that info! If you'd like a tour guide, I'd be more than happy to show you how much fun Bham can be. I suspect economic opportunity probably kept them out of the top ten, as it's not as robust as most others that made the list. We're working on that, though. We have a young, dynamic mayor who is trying his best to lift the city's opportunities. He has also been a genuine friend to the LGBT+ community. Come let us show you some real southern hospitality.
Where does Toledo sit? Ft Wayne? I'm seventy, and reside in a very red Winchester, Indiana, nine miles from Ohio. (When I was in college in Ft Wayne, I would travel to Toledo for weekends with friends, but they're all dead!)
Were in Toledo now and it has some really good things going for it. Over $1 billion invested in local parks. The cost of decent housing is really low compared to many other cities and the LGBTQ community here is small but close. Because its metro area is 600k+ Toledo ends up on our medium sized cities list. It came in #19 in part because it gets a 94/100 on HRCs MEI index. You can watch that video here: ruclips.net/video/vmAAKioEj00/видео.htmlsi=sX2akpaE0kON6Vm3
Fat. Wayne is considerably lower in part because it got a 40/100 on HRCs MEI. We haven’t visited yet, but have heard good things about the art and food scene there. It ended up at #89 for medium sized cities
Do not know where you are from. I would not consider all those small cities. Maybe up to 100,00, then you get to mid size. Though my mid size range is quite a bit, and I may add medium large as a category. Just 3 size categories is too uneven a breakdown
We’ve broken the size down with the following ranges: Mega cities = 5 million plus Large cities = 1-5 million Medium cities = 250k - 1 million Small cities = 50-250k Small towns = less than 50k (coming next week)
Ha! We’ll talk about that. I guess I’m so used to hearing him this way I understand every word, but I guess that’s what being together for 20 years does to a couple 😜
I'm a geezer gay and find people that speak 600mph exasperating. If you were a drag queen, you could be Irritata. So, slow down, or get off my lawn. 😎😎😎😎😎😎
Ha! Good one. We’ve talked to, visited and read comments from folks who live there and in some areas it sounds like they have a strong community than many towns/cities of similar sizes in blue states and even score high on HRCs Municipal Equality Index 🤷🏻♂️
We’re looking at getting a guest, who is a politician, soon on the podcast that is an expert in Project 2025. We’ll be sure to ask him about this when he’s on.
Understandable. We’re doing the best cities in the sun belt in a few weeks. Just recorded it today. 😉 Keep in mind that 15 of the 18 states that make up the sun belt are red states.
My uncle and aunt have a winter place in Indio. We visited once, but didn’t see/experience the town. It also doesn’t have an HRC MEI rating, which is key to our ranking cities since we need a criteria that can be used across many cities. What’s the LGBTQ community like there?
Very open and excepting. INDIO IS 15 minutes east of Palm Springs. Calif.indio also has a brand new gay community center. SUN City retirement community in Indio has a Lgbtq group with over 650 members living in the community, the RESTRAUNTS are excellent. It is like Gay Suburb . Not as crazy as Palm Springs on the weekends.less crime. Less homeless.
How about options for the senior LGBTQ community.
And elaborate on gay friendly bars/restaurants, cultural/theatre/music venues etc.
We have a LGBTQ friendly retirement locations coming out in a few weeks. Working on that right now. Its going to be high-level. We have to use data sources we can find online rather than boots on the ground, and sourcing our own info can be time-consuming and costly.
@@queermoney Please check out Cathedral City, CA outside of Palm Springs. Another 100% HRC town with a variety of housing options along with excellent cultural amenities and medical facilities.
As a native of Illinois I wanted to mention some things about Champaign for your viewers. Illinois has the second highest rate for home property taxes in the US. The winters can be long with lots of cold, ice and snowy weather. On a positive note, Chicago is only 2 hours away by car and Amtrak for everything that mega city has to offer. I am a new subscriber to your channel and I am looking forward to your video on the most affordable and gay friendly cities for retirement.
Thank you for some real life experiences for these cities. The comments are really helpful for those of us who haven’t been to all of them. We’d love to have the budget to visit every one and do more boots on the ground looks at the cities and neighborhoods, but the would obviously take a huge amount of money & time, more than the two of us have. 🤑
You're absolutely right about the property tax. When I was plotting out monthly expenses including property tax (broken out per month), Illinois was the highest in my list, above New York, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. In my case, that''s because in some states, my veteran status gets me a discount.
Interesting list. How about a list of places that are affordable but don't see freezing temperatures?
We’re planning on doing a list of cities in the sun belt. Just keep in mind that only 2 of the 15 states are “blue” states. The rest are “red.” More often than not affordability ends up being in those red states. 🤷🏻♂️
The hard truth is the cheaper places tend to be in the Midwest, so they don't have great climates.
@@queermoney A hard truth about blue cities/states is they are unwilling to build new housing, which means home prices and rents spike. What good does it do to live in San Francisco and other liberal places if you're constantly worrying about paying the rent/mortgage?
These affordable towns might be ok if you’re white. But as a gay person of color I can’t imagine living in any of them no matter how affordable they are.
You're right that, unfortunately, the smaller a city or town and the further away from a large urban center, the less diverse its population is, with the exception of the Southwest, where you have many small cities and towns that have larger Latino/Hispanic populations.
Here is the percentage of non-white (includes Asian, Arab, Black, Hispanic/Latina, Native American/Alaskan or multi-racial) population for each of the cities in this video:
Racine, WI - 49.7%
Champaign, IL - 43.3%
Dubuque, IA - 13.6%
Columbia, MO - 26.4%
Morgantown, WV - 15%
So it seems like both Racine and Champaign are cities with an above the national average percentage of non-white (41.1%) population per the US Census.
Of course we know that just because a city has a larger non-white population does not mean that it's safe for LGBTQ+ people of color.
Thank you for the additional information on the percentage of nonwhite population. That was helpful.
There are no perfect places. I'm white but conservative. Cities that are gay friendly tend to be hostile toward conservative leaning gays. Conservative places tend to have a lot of closeted gays and/or people hostile toward gays.
City protections only go so far. I’d choose a small city that is within a blue state. Champaign probably top pick based on that in this list.
Agreed, especially in states that are in a “state of emergency” on the HRC list like FL, TX, GA, etc. It’s a very personal decision. For some it may work and for others it won’t. We’re everywhere and we need folks willing to be that safe places and examples for the queer youth that desperately need it in these places.
@@queermoney With the exception of P-Town and Champaign, IL, the other towns lack significant state rights for the GLBT+ population. I would never consider Missouri as a safe place as a gay person. College, no college, HRC ratings or what not, red states are not safe for the LGBT+ population.
I absolutely agree with you! I cannot wrap my head around the question of how HRC can even award a 100 to municipalities in solidly red states, although maybe that is because I am stuck in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, which HRC awarded a fair ....drumroll.....29! Texas, Louisiana, Missouri, Tennessee, and Florida should have NO 100 scores, in my ever-so-humble opinion.
I am personally looking at Illinios for retirement. The only solidly blue state progressive legal protections in that is affordable anywhere east of the great plains. Yes, they have high taxes, but that is offset by some really good real estate prices and the fact that signifcant parts of retirement income are not taxed.
Now weather.....lol.
Kingston, NY is a very queer friendly, trans friendly, mid-to-small city in New York's Hudson Valley that I recommend if you want to move to NY but not be too far away from NYC - it's about 2 hours north of NYC and has a wonderful community of queers/trans/lesbians and some amazing culture, food, nature and cute homes :-)
Thanks for sharing your individual experience and location. We need more folks, especially in lower cost areas to share this since we all can’t afford to live in the high cost bigger cities. 😍😍
I appreciate the idea of this video, but the HRC index does not indicate anything in terms of gay life in these cities, if bars/restaurants are welcoming, if there is any sort of cultural life. The HRC index is good to know in terms of local laws, but I wouldn’t say it ensures it will be an enjoyable experience for a gay person or that there is a gay community there.
Fair point. We've mostly shied away from highlighting LGBTQ bars, restaurants, clubs, etc. because most lists that share the "best places" for LGBTQ+ folks to live seem primarily focused on LGBTQ bars, restaurants, clubs, etc. and we're focused on affordability. We did highlight some cultural features of various cities when we did our state-level analysis for the most affordable, LGBTQ-friendly places to live in each state, but figure listeners and viewers can bump our analysis up with almost every other list to get the full scope of a location.
I lived in Morgantown for ten years and can confirm that it is the most queer friendly town in West Virginia. (While Charleston the capital could be a distant second.) That being said the real estate cabal, banksters and landlords have run the town amok for making it unaffordable for most West Virginians. If one is interested in attending WVU or making a living involving the school, go for it, otherwise consider Pittsburgh. It’s an hour away, has the same climate, ACTUAL mass transit, large city amenities and surprisingly more affordable housing. Plus western Pennsylvania needs more blue/left voters while WV is a political lost cause.
Yay! Thanks for your personal experience in WV. West Virginians are very protective of their state, especially the LGBTQ folks. We had a video go viral on TikTok because they all hopped on and commented about how the queer community is so strong in cities like Morgantown, Charleston and several others.
You have an amazing show full of great information. Provincetown has a population of 3,664. It is a small town and not a city. Love that it made it the honorable mention list, but as the queerest town in America, it is also one of the most challenging to make home as a year-round resident because of the high cost of living. It is known for being a seasonal gay resort community with the average detached single-family home sale at $2.1 million in 2023. Many folks who live here make below the median area income, work multiple jobs in tourism, and find ways to rent at lower costs. The high cost of living is far outweighed by the significantly higher quality of life of living in a magical, majority gay community. Keep making lists and I look forward to a top affordable gay-friendly small towns list 🏳️🌈 Also, come visit! You’re going to love it here! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
You know, this was a bit of a tough one for me. Not knowing the PTown area that well, I've only been once, I had to rely on the US Census data, and per the US Census, it falls in the Barnstable Town metro area. Since that is the case, the Barnstable Town metro area has a population of 231k+, so we had to include it with small cities. I appreciate your additional feedback and comments. Glad you like the videos. We definitely need to visit PTown together.
My thoughts are I pretty much would have to live in a college town if I was going to live in a small city. Maybe you have a series of videos about affordable college towns?
We’ve talked about doing that from the prospective of college students, but I guess it would apply to everyone 🤑
@@queermoney As someone who is rapidly being priced out of my home town in part because it is a college town, I second this episode request, but I also would love to request that the perspective of life-long residents is taken into consideration. I live in a town in Northern California, which is the forgotten red half of the state. Our town is a tiny purple dot in a sea of red, and it is starting to feel unsafe for my partner and I. The local cost of living is skyrocketing but wages are not keeping up - I work at the University full time and have to work a part time job on the side just to make ends meet. Between cost of living and safety, we're looking at moving out of the area. If only one of these were an issue we'd probably stay, but we don't have time to make change because we're kept so busy just trying to survive.
@@emilycockrell Thank you for sharing and sorry to hear what you have to deal with. That's a great angle, though. Let us think about how we could tackle that for you. Curious why your local cost of living is going up? Is it the national inflation or are there other variables at play for you locally?
@@queermoney There are a lot of variables at play. Our housing market was already heavily impacted before the wildfires swept through Northern California in 2016-2018 (most notably for our area, the Camp Fire in November 2018), but a lot of it has to do with how local housing is impacted by folks coming in from out of town. College students from the Bay Area and Southern California can often pay higher rents, and our local landlords know it. Additionally, housing is often purchased for the duration of the student's attendance, then put back on the market at graduation, often for a higher price but in worse shape than it was a few years previously.
Additionally, I would add that the attitude of college students is very much that this is not their home; they treat it like they would any short-term place, creating safety issues as well as just generally trashing the area. There's a reason we were considered The Party School for decades. I love my town and our University, and I want our students to treat it as if they loved it, too.
If you need someone to interview for all of the details may I recommend our city council member Addison Winslow, who is working to rectify our housing issues.
@@emilycockrell Party School-- You must be talking about Chico State!
Most Any college town is going to be gay friendly but there are lots of small cities to choose from. If you are young than to be around college age is your thing but if older or senior than anywhere else would do depending on your income and lifestyle. If you want to live in a gay bubble than most large cities have significant gay population and will suit you. I have lived in a bubble where you eat, work ,shop, hang out with just gay around and it gets old. It’s all about income and lifestyle and your priorities.
What about Birmingham, Alabama? Perfect 100 on the MEI, very affordable, no snow. Yes, it IS in Alabama, which pretty much sucks, but as long as you don't venture too far outside the city limits you might be very surprised.
Birmingham ended up at #14 on the list. It's affordable and does get a 100 on HRCs MEI. I've never been, but this series is opening my eyes to soooo many cities in the US that are LGBTQ friendly and have thriving queer scenes. We'd love to visit them all and make videos on each one to highlight them even more. Birmingham would definitely be one of those.
@@queermoney Thanks for that info! If you'd like a tour guide, I'd be more than happy to show you how much fun Bham can be. I suspect economic opportunity probably kept them out of the top ten, as it's not as robust as most others that made the list. We're working on that, though. We have a young, dynamic mayor who is trying his best to lift the city's opportunities. He has also been a genuine friend to the LGBT+ community. Come let us show you some real southern hospitality.
@@peaceloveandunderstanding Self serving yet self loathing at the same time. Any LGBTQ still left in Alabama is "dead man walking".
Where does Toledo sit? Ft Wayne?
I'm seventy, and reside in a very red Winchester, Indiana, nine miles from Ohio. (When I was in college in Ft Wayne, I would travel to Toledo for weekends with friends, but they're all dead!)
Were in Toledo now and it has some really good things going for it. Over $1 billion invested in local parks. The cost of decent housing is really low compared to many other cities and the LGBTQ community here is small but close. Because its metro area is 600k+ Toledo ends up on our medium sized cities list. It came in #19 in part because it gets a 94/100 on HRCs MEI index. You can watch that video here: ruclips.net/video/vmAAKioEj00/видео.htmlsi=sX2akpaE0kON6Vm3
Fat. Wayne is considerably lower in part because it got a 40/100 on HRCs MEI. We haven’t visited yet, but have heard good things about the art and food scene there. It ended up at #89 for medium sized cities
Do not know where you are from. I would not consider all those small cities. Maybe up to 100,00, then you get to mid size. Though my mid size range is quite a bit, and I may add medium large as a category. Just 3 size categories is too uneven a breakdown
We’ve broken the size down with the following ranges:
Mega cities = 5 million plus
Large cities = 1-5 million
Medium cities = 250k - 1 million
Small cities = 50-250k
Small towns = less than 50k (coming next week)
I have the hardest time understanding the guy in the blue tshirt. Talk slower and enunciate
Ha! We’ll talk about that. I guess I’m so used to hearing him this way I understand every word, but I guess that’s what being together for 20 years does to a couple 😜
I'm a geezer gay and find people that speak 600mph exasperating. If you were a drag queen, you could be Irritata. So, slow down, or get off my lawn. 😎😎😎😎😎😎
He runs all his words together. Have a friend like that……only get about 75% of what he says!
State College. Yay! Higher student gay population. Because we want to leave our parents home and have affairs!
🤣🤣🤣
OmG! Is that Barbara Cathy ?!
Huh? Not sure what you’re referring to.
The most gay friendly city in West Virginia is like being the best hockey player in Jamaica.
Ha! Good one. We’ve talked to, visited and read comments from folks who live there and in some areas it sounds like they have a strong community than many towns/cities of similar sizes in blue states and even score high on HRCs Municipal Equality Index 🤷🏻♂️
I think you spelled Champaign, Illinois wrong
Doh! Yes. We’ll have to let our video editor know. 🤪
@@queermoney I think it was just incorrect at the start where it says #2, still enjoyed the video
Champaign (the town) has nothing to do with Champagne (the beverage). Sad, but Illinois is nowhere near France.
Dont do it fellow queers! The small towns and cities are going to be ground zero for the next phase of project 2025.
We’re looking at getting a guest, who is a politician, soon on the podcast that is an expert in Project 2025. We’ll be sure to ask him about this when he’s on.
Like the topic, but not the sponsor, a predatory bank.
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed the video
@@queermoneyCapital One???? I have been their customer over 20 years and have only positive experiences with them. Great Bank!
Speaking a bit slower would help.
It’s funny to hear this. We just had someone tell us last week we speak too slow and that they listen to our podcast at 1.5 speed. 🤷🏻♂️
@queermoney Sorry guys...just true. I'm a NYC native and I speak rather quickly, but nothing like you guys.
No thanks, need to be warm climate.
Understandable. We’re doing the best cities in the sun belt in a few weeks. Just recorded it today. 😉 Keep in mind that 15 of the 18 states that make up the sun belt are red states.
INDIO. CALIF. THE BEST.
My uncle and aunt have a winter place in Indio. We visited once, but didn’t see/experience the town. It also doesn’t have an HRC MEI rating, which is key to our ranking cities since we need a criteria that can be used across many cities. What’s the LGBTQ community like there?
Very open and excepting. INDIO IS 15 minutes east of Palm Springs. Calif.indio also has a brand new gay community center. SUN City retirement community in Indio has a Lgbtq group with over 650 members living in the community, the RESTRAUNTS are excellent. It is like Gay Suburb . Not as crazy as Palm Springs on the weekends.less crime. Less homeless.