What is going on everyone? Welcome back to the world according to Briggs my name
is Briggs and I make lists about places and I apologize for my voice I still got
a nasty summer cold going one place we haven't done many videos on is North
Carolina I think that might be a thing because we mostly do negative videos on
this channel and North Carolina is a really great state it's not perfect but
it's not terrible today's video is about Raleigh North Carolina it's right here
in case you don't know if you know anything about Raleigh you know it's
most often mentioned with Durham North Carolina kinda like Raleigh Durham sort
of like Minneapolis st. Paul Dallas Fort Worth two cities right on top of each
other and they're kind of the same you know in this video we're just gonna be
talking about Raleigh leave Durham for another video before I get started I
have to tell you Raleigh has a lot going for it some
people may feel I was reaching on this one and to be honest I was I've been to
Raleigh a few times in the city is great people are great the city's great it's
got a lot of things going on for it and it was hard to find anything really bad
going on here but like I said no place is perfect Raleigh is the state capital
of North Carolina and carries the nickname of the City of Oaks it was
chartered on December 31st 1792 the city has around 400,000 residents with the
metro area being about a million people have been flocking to Raleigh for some
time now from 2013 to 2018 the city grew by almost 9% you might be thinking about
moving there right now if you are you should watch my top 10 reasons not to
move to Raleigh North Carolina number 10 weird laws now this used to be brought
up a lot in my old videos I kind of got away from it I don't know why but when
you have an old blue large of some strange law in general it tells you a
lot about the history of a city town or state give you an example Arizona has a
blue law that stops people from talking religion or politics in drinking
establishment that law tells you that old Cowboys used to shoot each other
while drinking and talking about the Pope or something it's just wait it is
but Raleigh has a law that stops wild bingo nights the law restricts bingo
nights from lasting longer than five hours at one time and absolutely no
alcohol is to be allowed at a bingo game how did they get to the point where this
needed to be a law now they have another one about costumes of meetings Raleigh
has a law restricting people from getting into costume for a meeting a
court to the law no organization may hold a
meeting while members are in costume but if you're in a play I mean what if
you're doing a dress rehearsal is that the same thing I don't know one thing I
did read on this law that it was kind of set and play to stop KKK from organizing
in Raleigh number 9 it's getting crowded that's one of the biggest complaints for
the locals it's getting crowded people are starting to see all the signs long
lines at new restaurants daycares or fool parks are getting crowded on the
weekend basically it's Portland ten years ago you just better hope you don't
get overrun by the frickin hipsters oh my god that's just what happens to a
city when they have a bunch of colleges around they do they have a whole bunch
but people tend to stay awhile after they graduate on top of that they got a
really good economy people have started to take notice in ten years it won't be
worth living in Raleigh number eight allergies if you've never had allergies
before you may start once you move to the city of oaks if you've had them all
your life stock up an allergy medicine you're gonna need it many people have
reported that their allergies actually got worse after moving to Raleigh
you know the allergy sufferers when you see them their eyes look like they're
stoned but their demeanor looks like an angry drunk yeah those are the people
you will become very familiar with the tool on whether calm it's an allergy
tracker it can tell you how the levels of the tree pollen and grass pollen are
and how you're breathing conditions are gonna be for the day I always used to
watch The Weather Channel on cable back in the day all the time I was like
addicted to it when they'd show the radar map though they have background
music it was always that light jazz they used in 1970s and 80s adult films you
had to quit watching that I was getting excited every time it rained number
seven the people are weird like here in Portland when you have weird people they
have weird things like laws against late-night off-the-hook bingo games and
of course but kicking machines well this shouldn't be a thing that deters you
from moving to the city it's just a weird fact that might be brought up and
your Gavit explained it to your family members things located at anguses barn
restaurant and it's a self butt-kicking machine it's free to use whenever you
feel a need to get your butt kicked there's a crank and there's boots on
this machine and it spins around and keeps kicking you in the butt I don't
know why just in case you want to keep yourself in line I don't know maybe
you've done some things you need to feel like you have to pay some kind of
penance for you head over to anguses and start cranking that handle
maybe that's what you're into maybe that saves you the money you might have to
spend downtown getting that kind of treatment who knows but it's there for
you and people are gonna ask you about it number six the nightlife if you're
looking to have a good time on the weekends in Raleigh you might need to
make a road trip Raleigh is very family-orientated city this means there
won't be many bars or clubs to hang out and it's a little light on those things
for a city its size let's stop typing I've been to Raleigh the weekends here
suck they don't have many bars they don't have many clubs it's just kind of
dull it's actually quite dull for a place with so many colleges around it
and that's what everyone under 40 is biggest complaint about Raleigh is lack
of nightlife people above 40 complain about the timid bingo games number five
basketball if you're not a basketball fan you may become one after moving to
Raleigh North Carolina cheering for the Tar Heels basketball team pretty much
anything the Tar Heels do is what you do and if you don't people will assume
there's something wrong with you when the NCAA tournament starts the place
goes into this weird mode and it's all about the tournament now I've heard this
strange basketball fever is kind of mellowed over the last few years but I
was there in 2015 and in my opinion most those people needed therapy a lot of it
and it's just not the Tar Heels they've got other colleges there throughout the
state but in Raleigh with University of North Carolina being right there in
Chapel Hill it's it's crazy it's nuts number four public transit if you're
someone who likes to rely heavily on public transit you may have to
reconsider Raleigh in some cities you can almost go without having a car
Portland's one of them we got trains we got buses we got everything you don't
need a car in Portland Oregon Raleigh's got their own agenda this city
is completely reliant on buses when it comes to public transit there's no trams
no Subway's no light rails nothing sometimes buses don't even come when
they're supposed to they're supposed to come every 30 to 60 minutes which is far
longer than any other city they also stop running very early at 9:00 p.m. on
weekdays and 7:00 p.m. on Sundays in places like New York and Chicago they
have 24-hour public transit service for a city that's growing this is a serious
flaw I mean not out of control crime type flaw but it's only gonna get worse
the longer they put off installing some kind of rail system or something that
the city is growing traffic is just going to get worse
number three the homeless the homeless population is growing in Raleigh as they
see the cost of living climb there seem more and more homeless in Raleigh and
Wake County homelessness has increased eight percent each year since 2016 with
over 5500 individuals seeking homeless services seventy percent of those are
considered homeless due to a recent situation in their lives they're
starting to see things here that it's been going on in San Francisco like Los
Angeles for years people with jobs are living in their cars trying to save
money pay off student loans save for mortgage whatever or a lot of people
this is a smart move it's not for me I can't even get sleep on a twin bed by
myself I need that full-size bed I can't imagine trying to sleep in the backseat
of my Subaru number two the humidity humidity is very real in Raleigh
unless you're moving from someplace like Florida or Mississippi it's horrible
here from about late April to September it's totally hot and the air outside
actually feels sticky the humidity keeps the heat up at night so you don't even
catch a break at night you better stock up on dehumidifiers or be prepared to
crank up that air conditioner all summer long bug spray sunblock and lotion are
always in high demand during a Raleigh summer and number one natural disasters
since it is hurricane season it's worth noting that Raleigh is an immune from
natural disasters the city and the surrounding area can be affected by
hurricanes earthquakes thunderstorms floods tornadoes wildfires Raleigh sees
all the major natural disasters they even had a blizzard in 2000 I think the
only thing they can escape is maybe a tsunami I don't know just in case be
sure you have renters and homeowners insurance you don't want to be without
it this is normally where someone tells us how long they've lived in Raleigh and
they've never seen any of these congratulations stop typing they don't
happen every day or every year but they have happened and they can happen
all right so that's my top ten reasons not to move to Raleigh North Carolina
like I said a my voice is trashed this week I apologize
Raleigh's a really good City I was reaching on a lot of these I'll be the
first to admit that I had a hard time finding anything wrong with it I mean
besides the basic okay traffic skill or stuff like that they had nothing major
wrong here anyway hope you guys got some information how the video rollies a
great place if you think about moving there I'd say yeah go for it if you got
a job lined up it's probably a smart move everybody have a great day be nice
to each other