Underrated Cities in States That Matter in 2024

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Initially read the title as "Live Your Best Life in These 18 Swinger Cities" and thought, "oh my! Plot twist!

I need a glass of water. That delivery is so dry. And I love it. Never change.

Detroit is doing so much right: 1) literally a bike/pedestrian highway through the city that connects Dearborn, highland Park, hamtramck, all the way to various neighborhoods, downtown, Mexican town, bell Isle, etc 2) removing a freeway 3) strong emphasis on urban infill 4) road diets/remakes all over the city aimed at busses, bikes, and people 5) there are plans/studies to expand the people mover, the qline, to start adding brt, and potentially a train line they will connect directly to Canada

DETROIT MENTIONED!!!! I moved to the metro area from socal and Detroit (and Michigan as a whole) is this country’s best-kept secret. We need better transit but there is interest. The best part of Detroit is the PEOPLE. Midwest niceness plus big city open-mindedness.

Awesome Detroit shout out. The future is so promising for the city. There's so much open space to build and every year it just keeps getting better. Still a lot of work to do, transit and walkability wise, but the city is doing what it can with its limited resources to make it happen

Missing the good ol' days of 2008 when living in Missouri meant you lived in a swing state.

i love how dry you are talking about politics 😭 never ever change dude you are funny as fuck and truly such a great channel

Just move to PA at this point lol, it is your destiny You really should do an extended PA city tour. You can do PGH, Harrisburg, Lancaster and Philly all on Amtrak, maybe some smaller stops too like Altoona. And while it's less great, cities like Reading, Scranton, York, Allentown/Bethlehem are accessible by intercity bus from the cities on the Keystone line

I think I can competently make the case that downballot races are more important to the average person's life than the presidential race. It's amazing how people get so incised about the White House when their own city, county, or heck, even HOA and/or school board are run amok. Those are things where you can have an outsized impact on the results.

YORK!? MY HOMETOWN MENTIONED!!!???? Im gonna faint

Never thought I’d see my Milwaukee apartment building on a street view of a City Nerd video. But here we are!

For Georgia - Athens is a great choice for a small towns. Athens has a great Bus network, is cycling friendly, has a rapidly urbanizing downtown, the new firefly bike trail, and a good town/gown mix. Marietta is an absolute dumpster fire choice. You will need to drive everywhere. It will take you ~30 mins to travel ~5 miles during most of the day. It is not friendly to cycling, alternative transportation, or reasonable urban development. I would avoid at all costs.

Hey, I live in Marietta. I'll tell you right now, unless you live in the apartments in the Battery, all of our apartment complexes basically require cars since they're far away and disconnected from everything. Cobb parkway is one huge stroad that basically has all the businesses, and the bus stops are in the middle of nowhere most of the time. You can't even go grocery shopping without a car. It is definitely /not/ walkable.

Every time Florida is no longer mentioned as a swing state, I die a bit inside.

La Crosse is such an underrated gem. Having lived there, Madison, and the Twin Cities, I think La Crosse is actually better for biking, despite having fewer protected bike lanes. There's a good grid of quiet residential streets and the transit is better than average especially with the SMRT regional buses (but much room for improvement). Being on the Mississippi and in the heart of the Driftless Area makes for great scenery and recreational opportunities too. The city is slowly making progress removing commercial parking mins 2 years ago and just this month allowing ADUs.

Glad to see Michigan so well represented here! GR and Detroit are both fantastic cities. Michigan as a whole is super slept on. Traverse City and Marquette are two beautiful towns as well.

Concord NH is NOT the pick, speaking from personal experience living without a car there. There is a bus network (of like 3 lines) but it doesn't run on the weekend or after 6pm. Dover has the superior COAST bus network (funded by Maine) which is at least something and they have an Amtrak station. Living in Concord it is basically impossible to go anywhere else in the state without a car (except Manchester and Laconia which has been recently added to the CAT network).

Love the focus on Detroit. I'm over in Grand Rapids (which is also a fantastic place to live, would recommend), but even I can't help visiting the big D from time to time. Hope more people get to see our lovely state in the future.

i never thought after growing up in york pennsylvania and desperately wanting to leave that there would later be an urbanist influencer selling other urbanists on york's... urbanism. i'm in shock. the numbers don't lie though.