Examining Interesting Maps Part 6 (Including Worst U.S. Map Ever)

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  • Опубліковано 15 чер 2024
  • Part 6 in the Interesting Maps series. This one includes what I think is the worst U.S. map ever to along with many good ones.
    0:00 Intro & Maps
    10:20 Worst Map of the U.S.
    Previous videos in the series:
    Part 1: • Examining Interesting ...
    Part 2: • Examining Interesting ...
    Part 3: • Examining Interesting ...
    Part 4: • Examining Interesting ...
    Part 5: • Examining Interesting ...
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    Album displayed: Jethro Tull - "Benefit" (1970)

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  • @chiefmonrovia6691
    @chiefmonrovia6691 2 роки тому +702

    You hard reset my brain when you described the Best Korean voting map as "kinda sus"

    • @DingaLingu
      @DingaLingu Рік тому +7

      Among us

    • @MrZeh617
      @MrZeh617 5 місяців тому +8

      That's what the " whipper snappers " call it

    • @rainbow_vader
      @rainbow_vader 4 місяці тому +4

      Gen z brainrot moment

    • @carstarsarstenstesenn
      @carstarsarstenstesenn 4 місяці тому +5

      I'm gen z and it wasn't until I was an adult that I realize a lot of older generations do understand our slang, they just don't use it because it's stupid 😂

    • @LoudWaffle
      @LoudWaffle 3 місяці тому +2

      Sus existed before amogus 😭

  • @bonecanoe86
    @bonecanoe86 2 роки тому +242

    King: What's happenining in Pennsylvania? Bad roads? A lot of deer? A lot of car accidents?
    Me, a Pennsylvanian: *Yes*

    • @LyarrahLyvestreams
      @LyarrahLyvestreams 2 роки тому +7

      dated an overnight 911 operator from there for a while, so I can confirm.

    • @carlabamford9154
      @carlabamford9154 2 роки тому +8

      My sister is a an ambulance driver in Philadelphia. The stories are INSANE! Disproportionate number of calls where people need to have a cockroach removed from their ear.

    • @tashalynn29
      @tashalynn29 2 роки тому +7

      Philly. That's why

    • @st1220
      @st1220 2 роки тому +3

      true

    • @danpro4519
      @danpro4519 Рік тому +7

      LOTS of rural people, LOTS of deer, LOTS of bad drivers, LOTS of bad roads. Welcome to PA!

  • @xplosvexpert
    @xplosvexpert 2 роки тому +577

    The part when you said, "You can't make this stuff up" when referring to Florida was hilarious

    • @jonahpeacock2561
      @jonahpeacock2561 2 роки тому +26

      its exactly what you would expect and never say

    • @whowastheoneguy4719
      @whowastheoneguy4719 2 роки тому +8

      I was rolling 😆

    • @pdogakron1623
      @pdogakron1623 2 роки тому +3

      I was thinking it... then he said it!

    • @huverdoose
      @huverdoose 2 роки тому +24

      I always wondered how Florida Child lived long enough to become Florida Man/Woman.

    • @ZombishTurkey
      @ZombishTurkey 2 роки тому +5

      yeah... my state is... special

  • @scgaliop7921
    @scgaliop7921 2 роки тому +64

    I’m such a map geek. I can sit and look at a map forever. I pull up my maps everyday and look up every place I hear about that interests me! I always find myself exploring all the areas around my point of origin. My oldest grandson shares my map geekiness and that just makes me smile. I’m also known as the family navigator. Whenever we head out on a road trip, i’m the route coordinator! Sadly, with gas prices being so high, I may have to take my vacation in my recliner exploring my country via maps.

    • @lucysphotosfromar
      @lucysphotosfromar Рік тому +6

      ME TOO. I have loved maps my whole adult life. Sit and ponder them. It started off with never going on a trip when I was a kid and daydreaming about other places. I joined AAA almost
      fifty years ago and kept an updated set of maps in my home and vehicle. I just called for some new maps and they are not printing on paper but doing something digital now. Very sad news for me. I am now old and retired but love to play around with Google Maps and the Satellite Maps. Hear about an island or a city and must research it and read about it and look at all the photos. So much easier than packing luggage and dealing with airports :-) Lucy HSV AR

    • @chayo9146ify
      @chayo9146ify 4 місяці тому +1

      i misread that as map greek

    • @scgaliop7921
      @scgaliop7921 4 місяці тому

      @@chayo9146ify LOL!

  • @jordanstrader7600
    @jordanstrader7600 2 роки тому +188

    So glad you mentioned the ticket to ride game board. That has always pained me to look at every time I play!! Great video as always.

    • @MrWinnyRoe
      @MrWinnyRoe 2 роки тому +22

      the problem with the ticket to ride length is the actual physical length of the train pieces that wouldn't let you space them geographically correct.

    • @clayton97330
      @clayton97330 2 роки тому +8

      @@MrWinnyRoe i came here looking for this comment. The length of the train squares dictates where they can put the dot representing the cities.

    • @nickmartin123456
      @nickmartin123456 Рік тому +3

      Does the classic Risk board give you a stroke?

    • @smallhelmonabigship3524
      @smallhelmonabigship3524 Рік тому +1

      @@nickmartin123456 Yes, I was thinking the same about Risk.

  • @catatonicchutoy4970
    @catatonicchutoy4970 2 роки тому +125

    What up Kyle, your videos are amazing i love to watch them when im high lol thanks for everything!

    • @republikofnfld
      @republikofnfld 2 роки тому +15

      Haha you're not the only one! The national park ones always hit harder when you're high 🤣

    • @timmmahhhh
      @timmmahhhh 2 роки тому +7

      Maps make me high! Just ask my map case full of NatGeo maps from as far back as 1922.

    • @mattendres17
      @mattendres17 2 роки тому +7

      Brings a new meaning to elevation, but I’m right there with ya

    • @PossumMedic
      @PossumMedic 2 роки тому +1

      8:31 😌🍁💨

    • @tracyfreel4912
      @tracyfreel4912 2 роки тому +4

      Yes I love ALL of Kyle's videos....he is awesome. Thank you so much

  • @daiconrad4987
    @daiconrad4987 2 роки тому +16

    The ducks in France are not only, or probably even not mainly, because of foie gras (pronounced "fwah", not "foy"), but because of magret de canard, duck breast, which is a popular item you will find on the menu of many French restaurants.

    • @UndergroundLookingUp
      @UndergroundLookingUp 3 місяці тому +1

      I paused watching after his pronunciation there.

    • @Camroc37
      @Camroc37 3 місяці тому

      I love ducks, but man their meat just isn't for me. Their eggs are alright, a lot more fatty.

  • @brickwall2016
    @brickwall2016 2 роки тому +58

    One of my favorite series on UA-cam. Thanks for another interesting video, Kyle.

  • @peterhamel2927
    @peterhamel2927 2 роки тому +42

    This channel is popular, but still so underrated. Incredible content and commentary on literally every video.

    • @GeographyKing
      @GeographyKing  2 роки тому +6

      Thank you very much!

    • @lezamaduque
      @lezamaduque 2 роки тому +1

      Let’s help, then. Comments help, I’ve been told. Engagement.

    • @stephenpower8723
      @stephenpower8723 6 місяців тому

      @@GeographyKing there's something wrong with your data. There are about 700 million chickens in Australia. Maybe it's because we call them chooks instead of chickens.

  • @ItsEverythingElse
    @ItsEverythingElse 2 роки тому +22

    That colored elevation map is absolutely gorgeous. Would love to have a large one of that on my wall!

  • @peacelovedabs
    @peacelovedabs 2 роки тому +14

    I really liked the anti click bait message at 0:28.
    Can't wait for part 7

  • @sparkynewman6692
    @sparkynewman6692 2 роки тому +8

    6:47 Never thought I would hear a "Looks kinda sus" drop on this channel🤣

  • @PatricenotPatrick
    @PatricenotPatrick 2 роки тому +17

    1:25 this is depressing. East Texas is still forest but of course a lot has been cut down for crappy suburbia and lumber. We need those when it’s super hot 🥵 🌲

    • @billwilson-es5yn
      @billwilson-es5yn 4 місяці тому

      There are plenty of pine plantations across East Texas. Most are located where the crappy soils aren't any good for anything else. Many old forested areas were logged then allowed to go back to nature. Up here in Longview, those are being turned into upscale housing developments where they selectively cut down the trees so the finished homes have mature trees on the lots. Looks alot better than the urban sprawl being thrown up on pastureland.

  • @refverhoog
    @refverhoog Рік тому +6

    Duck is actually something of a staple in French cuisine. For example the "Canard à l'orange" and "Confit de Canard" and of course "Foie gras de Canard" which is the fattened duck liver, instead of goose liver.
    Keep up the good work, Kyle!

  • @VikoTheBassist
    @VikoTheBassist 2 роки тому +52

    They could’ve just labeled “Duluth” as Minneapolis instead, would’ve made way more sense

    • @johnnyquist8362
      @johnnyquist8362 2 роки тому +1

      Neither Duluth nor Minneapolis are the capital. That goes to St. Paul in Minnesota. Kyle missed that one?

    • @isabelledrolet4297
      @isabelledrolet4297 2 роки тому +11

      The game just names cities. Some happen to be capitals, but not all. What they all have in common though is being marked in the wrong spot!

    • @VikoTheBassist
      @VikoTheBassist 2 роки тому +6

      @@isabelledrolet4297 surprised Kyle didn’t mention how New York City made its way all the way to the Delaware River between PA and NJ

    • @AndrewAMartin
      @AndrewAMartin 2 роки тому +6

      The cities aren't necessarily the state capitols, but big railroading towns.

    • @brucecarter8296
      @brucecarter8296 2 роки тому

      duluth also moved inland, and ate the twin cities

  • @DS-11
    @DS-11 2 роки тому +81

    New subscriber , absolutely love your content. I’m a total nerd for this stuff. Keep up the good work!

    • @GeographyKing
      @GeographyKing  2 роки тому +20

      Thank you. Welcome to the channel!

    • @mcray0309
      @mcray0309 2 роки тому +16

      Old subscriber , absolutely love your content. I’m a total nerd for this stuff. Keep up the good work!

    • @LeveyHere
      @LeveyHere 2 роки тому +7

      Yet another old subscriber, absolutely love your content. I'm a total nerd for this stuff. Keep up the good work!

  • @gilesfaraday
    @gilesfaraday 2 роки тому +18

    Greetings from England, another great vid with some amazing content. Keep up the good works. Thanks.

  • @howebrad4601
    @howebrad4601 2 роки тому +50

    Kyle, I live in central ND and am excited about the permanent DST. Yes in the winter it wont get light till later in the day but we will keep our glorious very late summer sunsets at around 1015pm. I was more afraid they would make us stay permanent standard time which would have our sun come up waaaaay early in the morning, and then go down at only 9pm. On balance I'll trade the dark winter mornings for more evening daylight when people are off work to enjoy it

    • @livewire2759
      @livewire2759 Рік тому +7

      I'm just looking forward to not having to change the clocks and reacclimate twice a year anymore. I wouldn't care if half the day was dark and half the night was light as long as I don't have to struggle to get out of bet an hour early every day during the summer.

    • @iboKirby
      @iboKirby Рік тому +1

      I’m from North Dakota too and I would gladly take the sun rising later in the winter. Specifically I’m from western North Dakota and the sun sets there a little after 4pm in December.

    • @howebrad4601
      @howebrad4601 Рік тому +3

      @@iboKirby exactly. In winter I don't need sun going down at 4pm just to have it rise very early. Plus summer you get longer working evenings.
      I understand people don't like switching back and forth, neither do I. But the solution is year round dst, not year round standard time.

    • @nicolelala10
      @nicolelala10 7 місяців тому +2

      As much as I love Daylight Savings times, the thought of kids standing at the bus stop in the dark every morning worries me.

    • @howebrad4601
      @howebrad4601 7 місяців тому

      Without dst, it would be light here in the morning by 4am

  • @joelcrow
    @joelcrow 2 роки тому +21

    02:30 yes yes yes!! Standard time is what people need, NOT Daylight Savings!! The days get longer in the summer no matter if we change the clocks or not..but you can't get the sun to rise earlier!

    • @pablonh
      @pablonh Рік тому +6

      I don't care as long as they stop changing back and forth.

    • @joshuaharper372
      @joshuaharper372 4 місяці тому

      In the south, daylight time is generally preferred.

    • @alquinn8576
      @alquinn8576 4 місяці тому

      year round daylight time is objectively the correct solution

  • @aberdeenhank4038
    @aberdeenhank4038 2 роки тому +17

    Thank you for another incredibly interesting video, Geography King! I always enjoy watching your videos. 🙂

  • @billycox475
    @billycox475 2 роки тому +14

    Really hate daylight time and I'm in the southeast of the central zone where it shouldn't be too bad. Can't imagine dealing with daylight time if you're in the northwest part of a time zone.
    Permanent standard time would be better imo

    • @SWLinPHX
      @SWLinPHX 2 роки тому +4

      Agreed, 12 noon should always be when the sun is at its highest point. Period. You can’t fake that.

    • @alquinn8576
      @alquinn8576 4 місяці тому

      I'm on a western edge and want year-round daylight time, so those are fighting words

  • @SnappyWasHere
    @SnappyWasHere 2 роки тому +8

    Iowan here, yup, pigs everywhere! Can’t see them but sure can smell them. I grew up working on pig farms and hate pigs so much I don’t eat pork to this day.

    • @Stache987
      @Stache987 2 роки тому +3

      If your not smelling a pig farm, your smelling the manure being used as fertilizer somewhere else, you can smell that for miles ahead in the car, and it takes miles to realize you passed it enough. This is how they make the governor's cologne.. after all we jumped on the put lipstick on a pig and call her governor bandwagon.

    • @billwilson-es5yn
      @billwilson-es5yn 4 місяці тому

      Chicago became known as The Windy City due to the hog and cattle stockyards on the southwest side of town. The prevailing winds sent the stench across the city to make it smell like a fart.

  • @3bellam
    @3bellam 2 роки тому +4

    Sometimes, I'm not sure if these videos are intentionally funny, but either way they make me laugh. I love them so much. They're such a joy

  • @troyreed7942
    @troyreed7942 2 роки тому +15

    Not sure how I found your channel, but glad I did. I always enjoy your content. I wish you increased success inf the future, you deserve it.

  • @eriklakeland3857
    @eriklakeland3857 2 роки тому +3

    Always a good day when you upload, Kyle. I enjoyed a rewatch of your natural disasters videos earlier today in anticipation of severe weather in my area.

  • @davidtardio9804
    @davidtardio9804 2 роки тому +21

    These are always great. Looking forward to more of them!

  • @ncsmith1952
    @ncsmith1952 2 роки тому +2

    Yes, moose are pretty common in Newfoundland. Four moose were deliberately introduced to the island on May 14, 1904, as a source of food. There are 22,000 "harvested" each year, so the plan worked.

  • @charlesalwyn3486
    @charlesalwyn3486 2 роки тому +7

    I live in Arizona where we got rid of daylight savings long ago and it’s fabulous…I am happy we will stay on Pacific Time. ❤️

    • @Jarekthegamingdragon
      @Jarekthegamingdragon Рік тому

      For real, thinking it's short sighted to get rid of daylight savings time is one of the dumbest takes in a long while.

    • @brocklastname6682
      @brocklastname6682 Рік тому +3

      Yep, we should be on standard time, all the time.

    • @alquinn8576
      @alquinn8576 4 місяці тому

      @@brocklastname6682 adding each of you to my enemies list

    • @GeoffO856
      @GeoffO856 4 місяці тому

      Also Arizona - I think we'd be better off on Mountain Time. The Navajo Nation would otherwise be split up along time zone lines, OR would needlessly be 1hr off from Phoenix and Flagstaff. And we would be constantly an hour off from Utah and Sonora to our immediate north and south.

  • @Joefaf104
    @Joefaf104 2 роки тому +8

    Home from work to find a new video from Kyle= awesome day

  • @peteh3585
    @peteh3585 2 роки тому +3

    Thanks Kyle, been watching for a long time, and always am treated with consistent great content. Word up to you man.

  • @blk77sunshn
    @blk77sunshn 2 роки тому +1

    You definitely are the Geo King ! Thanks for a great video! I love watching and see if something involves my state I live in now of NC or my original home state of PA. I find the facts quite rather informative. Thanks again, keep up the awesome work!

  • @heymikeyh9577
    @heymikeyh9577 2 роки тому +99

    Yeah, that “Ticket to Ride” map is painful!
    It’s been so long since I pulled it out of the closet, but have you seen the map for the game “Rail Baron”? As I recall, it’s a bit stretched east-west and somewhat cartoonish, but as a “kid” I loved all the small towns it showed.

    • @rickelleman6613
      @rickelleman6613 2 роки тому +2

      Yes, the "Ticket to Ride" maps are all 'interesting' (there's more than just this one).
      We Kansans declare automatic victory - Kansas City on that map is ENTIRELY in Kansas (in reality about 80% is in Missouri), though it seems to be a bit north of Leavenworth...

    • @TheEnderknight
      @TheEnderknight 2 роки тому

      I have Europe it has an 1800s interpretation of place names which look weird.

    • @joermnyc
      @joermnyc 2 роки тому +5

      I think the map has to accommodate the size of the train pieces so the connection cities had to be inaccurate to keep the board a certain size (aka, keep costs down).

    • @heymikeyh9577
      @heymikeyh9577 2 роки тому +1

      @@joermnyc True enough!

    • @michaeldrabenstott9756
      @michaeldrabenstott9756 2 роки тому +2

      Rail Baron put Tucumcari, Pocatello and Shreveport on the map! 😁

  • @extraspicyboys
    @extraspicyboys 2 роки тому +17

    can please link to maps or at least tell us where we can find them. In particular i find the first map to be the most interesting and one i would like to take a closer look at.

  • @stevewilson5292
    @stevewilson5292 2 роки тому +9

    Re your remarks about permanent daylight savings time.... I have to agree - late sunrises in winter time would be awful. I can't see such legislation lasting either.

    • @Compucles
      @Compucles 2 роки тому +3

      But early sunsets are even worse!

    • @bearcubdaycare
      @bearcubdaycare 2 роки тому +4

      Better idea is ditch daylight savings time altogether. Apparently there's evidence that people do better with this. Some states live without it, including most of Arizona.

    • @SWLinPHX
      @SWLinPHX 2 роки тому +3

      Yes, we in Arizona do fine without daylight savings time. The rest of the world would too if they tried it. It’s time to end this ludicrous practice.

    • @brocklastname6682
      @brocklastname6682 Рік тому +1

      @@SWLinPHX I like how AZ is still going to be on Standard time.

    • @SWLinPHX
      @SWLinPHX Рік тому +2

      @@brocklastname6682 As they say, you can't cut off one end of a blanket and sew it on the other end to make it longer. That's Daylight Savings Time.

  • @jaydeer6367
    @jaydeer6367 2 роки тому

    Since I was very young, I have always enjoyed looking at maps. Your videos are great. They move along at a good pace and present some really interesting Information. I also like the Benefit LP in your introduction/closing section. Thanks for everything.

  • @JeffBishop_KB3QMT
    @JeffBishop_KB3QMT 2 роки тому +2

    Like the Jethro Tull Benefit album in the background. One of my favorite albums when I was a kid.

  • @TreyMo69
    @TreyMo69 2 роки тому +6

    "and then there's Florida" 😂😂

  • @ecurewitz
    @ecurewitz 2 роки тому +4

    On the eastern side of time zones in the north, the daylight ends too soon in the winter, perhaps move the UP into the central times zone

    • @pa28cfi
      @pa28cfi 2 роки тому

      That would make it even worse. Rather than a 5pm sunset in December, it would be 4pm.

  • @jeffrittenour8202
    @jeffrittenour8202 2 роки тому +2

    I could watch these interesting map videos all day. Your pacing is perfect, plus i can just pause when i want to stare at the map a little longer

  • @caryrodda
    @caryrodda 2 роки тому +2

    I always enjoy these map videos - along with your other videos - because it's fascinating to see different ways of looking at our country. BTW, Benefit is my favorite Jethro Tull album!

  • @Covingsworth
    @Covingsworth 2 роки тому +3

    awesome vid kyle!

  • @katykwasny1951
    @katykwasny1951 2 роки тому +4

    Man, I'm so glad you mentioned the Ticket to Ride board! My brother just bought it last Christmas for his family, and we almost had more fun squabbling over which city was the worst than we did actually playing the game. Fun game, but that map is ROUGH

  • @discgolfillustrated2640
    @discgolfillustrated2640 2 роки тому +4

    Kyle, you are undoubtedly the best. Please keep producing content👍🏼

  • @Steveofthejungle8
    @Steveofthejungle8 2 роки тому +4

    Things I never thought I’d hear: Kyle saying Sus

  • @ayeeeeeeee6240
    @ayeeeeeeee6240 2 роки тому +12

    crazy idea, but i would LOVE to see a more in-depth overview of the first map!!

  • @BrandonCummingsIsAwesome
    @BrandonCummingsIsAwesome 2 роки тому +21

    I’m on the northwestern side of my timezone and I’m still very happy about the permanent shift away from daylight savings. I’m rarely awake that early, and it’s even longer before I’m ready to do anything with my day. The extra hour in the evening is really significant for my seasonal depression.

    • @machiavellisauce
      @machiavellisauce 2 роки тому +6

      agree. i wonder why he believes it wont stay for long. for me its a no brainer and i love the change

    • @sheepdavis
      @sheepdavis 2 роки тому +4

      I'm from southern Maine and I find it interesting that folks in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan will be in the same time zone as us.

    • @machiavellisauce
      @machiavellisauce 2 роки тому +5

      @@cyberinsecuregaming2890 I think a significantly higher proportion of the population would consider themselves night owls than 50 years ago, so I feel like it will stick... Or at least I badly hope lol

    • @protoolpat1
      @protoolpat1 2 роки тому

      Laborers that work outdoors in northern locations will have issues with this time thing surely. Unless the company I work for changes the starting time from 7:30 to something later we might be painting the outside of your house with spotlights and that's not very practical. Personally, I think it was a bad move based on people complaining about losing 1hr. once a year which to me isn't a big deal... plus you'll never get that extra 1hr. break again. Yin Yang turned gray blurXD

    • @BrandonCummingsIsAwesome
      @BrandonCummingsIsAwesome 2 роки тому +4

      @@protoolpat1 I would think industries like that could just start an hour later. If you need the sun to do your work then wouldn’t you operate based on that rather than what the clock says? I work nights, so it’ll be dark for me regardless.

  • @chance1986
    @chance1986 2 роки тому

    Excellent video, as always! A few maps were worthy of framing and displaying. Loved the river system map expecially.

  • @dmnemaine
    @dmnemaine 2 роки тому +11

    As far as I've always known, a roustabout is a circus worker. After looking it up, I see that it can refer to many different things: circus workers, deckhands, longshoremen, oil workers, etc. The common theme seems to be unskilled/somewhat skilled laborers.

    • @Lili-xq9sn
      @Lili-xq9sn 2 роки тому +1

      Thanks for this.

    • @bonne_vie
      @bonne_vie 2 роки тому

      Yeah! Like the Elvis movie.

    • @LanternOfLiberty
      @LanternOfLiberty 2 роки тому

      I live in California oil country, and roustabout has been around forever. It even popped in right now in my predictive text. LOL

  • @BillyBob-wh4sq
    @BillyBob-wh4sq 2 роки тому +20

    Time zones in the US are pretty strange. I live not far from the western edge of Central time and the sun doesn't set until about 9:30 in June. I remember going on a summer trip to Chicago (on the eastern edge of Central time) and waking up at 6 am to broad daylight. Quite a surreal experience.

    • @johnchedsey1306
      @johnchedsey1306 2 роки тому +6

      I've certainly enjoyed moving back to Arizona and not changing the clocks. But we're way south and in the summer, we prefer the sunset to be an earlier clock time so that we can venture out into the cooler night air before it's too late.

    • @jamestucker8088
      @jamestucker8088 2 роки тому +4

      I hate changing the clocks twice a year. Ca passed a proposition to set CA on permanent daylight savings time a couple of years ago but the bill is stalled in congress. Do we really need the sun to rise at 7am in December?

    • @dcarbs2979
      @dcarbs2979 2 роки тому +1

      UK gets sunsets after 10pm in June, and still some visible sunlight after 11. Could be worse. Some Nordic regions get 6 months of sun followed by 6 months of dark - it doesn't set at all in summer.

    • @sanderappel4499
      @sanderappel4499 2 роки тому +2

      Come to Nortwestern Europe, where in June the sun doesn't set until 10.30 and it's broad daylight by 5.30 in the morning

    • @idrinkpastaforaliving_6269
      @idrinkpastaforaliving_6269 2 роки тому +1

      The sun doesn't set until almost 10:30 to 11:00pm in the summer where I live

  • @jaya.d-gauthier1644
    @jaya.d-gauthier1644 2 роки тому +11

    We have what I call “fake spring” in Houston in February when my flowers and bushes bloom 🌸 then it goes back to 30’s a bit, those die, and it blooms again in early March for “real spring” remember our crazy freezes/snow ❄️ always happen in February 😂😂

    • @jasonreed7522
      @jasonreed7522 2 роки тому +1

      That reminds me of meme i saw about the seasons in upstate NY, basically its 12 because of fools summer, hells front porch (obviously not as hot as TX), spring of deception, and my favorite the Pollening. (When every tree and grass releases it pollen at once cars turn green 1 day after getting washed) my house has a crabapple tree and a bunch of spruce trees, the crabapple turns completely pink for a week and you can hear all the bees buzzing in it.
      Nature likes to fake out on committing to it being a given season and will swing 10-20 degrees on average away from typical so you get a cold snap for a week and wonder why is it snowing in April when it rained amd hit 60 in early March. (Its probably just the Jetstream)

    • @deirdre108
      @deirdre108 2 роки тому +2

      Interesting. Up here in Western WA we also have a "false Spring" in February for sometimes a couple of weeks. Sun comes out, blue sky and temp is in the 50's. Just gorgeous weather and you hope it'll stay that way until May. It doesn't!

    • @jaya.d-gauthier1644
      @jaya.d-gauthier1644 2 роки тому

      @@jasonreed7522 Lol! I briefly went to SUNY Brockport and yes that was my first real snow. How dare y’all laugh at us but not warn me the brakes would hibernate 😂😂 btw currently 82 so I’ll gladly trade 🥵

    • @jaya.d-gauthier1644
      @jaya.d-gauthier1644 2 роки тому

      @@deirdre108 I lucked out and caught the 4 days of sun y’all get every august lol. And highs of 88. Everyone in Seattle was screaming HEAT WAVE and I had on jeans. We sure are a big country eh lol

    • @deirdre108
      @deirdre108 2 роки тому

      @@jaya.d-gauthier1644 Last summer we had the record official high for WA---120 degrees in Central WA on the eastern side of the mountains. Had many 100+ degrees before and after that high. Those temps might compare with West TX, don't you think? And the Seattle area at the same time hit 106, again with about a week of 100+. Problem here is that there is little or no air conditioning. LOL But you're right. Temp hits 80 and folks are crying HEAT WAVE! But Houston has that humidity!!

  • @gigatorious
    @gigatorious 2 роки тому +1

    Always look forward to the maps you post. Thanks man!! -Ft Wayne, IN

  • @lezamaduque
    @lezamaduque 2 роки тому +2

    Good job! I laughed when you said you were kinda nerdy. I guess we all are, since we sit and watch your videos with enjoyment.
    The elevation relief looks amazing.

  • @x-90
    @x-90 2 роки тому +4

    10:47 New York on the PA and NJ border. I’m sure that won’t stir up an argument

  • @top10cars2
    @top10cars2 2 роки тому +15

    The Duluth, MN was worst one in the last map 🤣

  • @MissCharliechop
    @MissCharliechop 2 роки тому

    Yes these videos are great! Always appreciate your hard word and shared knowledge. Thanks!

  • @hungryghost3260
    @hungryghost3260 Рік тому

    Thanks again for your consistently entertaining and informative presentation!

  • @abard124
    @abard124 2 роки тому +20

    I really don't understand why people are so averse to late sunrises. Like to me losing an hour of sunlight in the morning is so much better than losing an hour of sunlight in the afternoon when you might actually get to enjoy it!

    • @Lili-xq9sn
      @Lili-xq9sn 2 роки тому +4

      I agree. The sun is up too early....in general.

    • @jasonreed7522
      @jasonreed7522 2 роки тому +8

      Because waking up with the sun is most natural and health problems are already associated with living on the western edge of a timezone because you are waking up before the sun.
      Nothing feels better than leaving the windows amd curtains open in the sumer and waking up to sunlight and birds. Waking up to am alarmclock in the dark just sucks.
      Somewhat related is you want the sun away from the horizon while driving, not everyone has the luxury of living east of their place of work and driving into the sun when its on/near the horizon just sucks.
      Late sunrise is problematic, especially in the north where sunlight hours are limited already. So forgive us Northerners for not wanting to wake up in total darkness and then get blinded on our morning commute.

    • @Lili-xq9sn
      @Lili-xq9sn 2 роки тому +2

      @@jasonreed7522 Thanks for explaining how people with your point of view see it....but the sun rises before 5 am in summer, and I don't like it. Lol

    • @abard124
      @abard124 2 роки тому +3

      @@jasonreed7522 "Nothing feels better than leaving the windows and curtains open in the summer and waking up to sunlight and birds"
      Dude, we have very VERY different perspectives about that. I literally tape my blackout curtains to the wall so that that does not happen. Like I know some people can just fall asleep whenever they want and then wake up at the crack of dawn perfectly well-rested. For those of us who cannot fall asleep on command and are light sleepers, that light wakes us up after like 4 hours of sleep. It's awful. If I could design a house, the bedroom literally would not have windows. That's how much I specifically hate being woken up by the sun.
      To me nothing feels better than going home from work in the winter and having it still be light out, or at least having it not get dark with hours left in the work day. Back in the day I taught a 5-8 PM lab course in the winter quarter. It literally started an hour and a half after it got dark and went on for three hours after that. It was horrible. Unbelievably depressing. That's why I think permanent daylight time is best *specifically* for people who live in the north. Because for as long as I've lived in the northernmost major city in the continental US, I've always said that the single worst thing about it is how early it gets dark in the winter. Never noticed or cared when the sun rose in the morning.

    • @MalachiWhite-tw7hl
      @MalachiWhite-tw7hl Рік тому +1

      ​@@abard124 I could not agree more.

  • @henrystp
    @henrystp 2 роки тому +6

    The Florida comment on the weird jobs map was hilarious, lol. What a savage

  • @bbizzar5385
    @bbizzar5385 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks, Kyle G. King! Best of the MAPS series so far. Loved the first one, the finale cracked me up! Just where ARE those trains going? Next stop: the bottom of Lake Mead.

  • @breeb2993
    @breeb2993 2 роки тому

    love your videos Kyle! keep up the fantastic work

  • @Tipen
    @Tipen 2 роки тому +3

    The last one reminds me of a map in my college's cafeteria. It is a map of where the food from the cafeteria is sourced from, all in Alabama (as that's where the college is), but the dots to represent the locations are almost hilariously far off. Like Birmingham is a good 40 miles west of where is should be, Fairhope, AL is inland, etc. I can take a picture of it and send it to you if you're interested in looking at it. Me and my friends make fun of it every time we are waiting in line

  • @johnsavard7583
    @johnsavard7583 2 роки тому +3

    I know that when I was introduced to Ticket to Ride, I was pleased, as it was the first board game I ever played that was as much fun as it looked like on the box. They admit the map is not accurate in order to make everything fit.

  • @pete49327
    @pete49327 2 роки тому

    Just discovered this video, new subscriber. I've always been a geography nut and thoroughly enjoyed this. Cheers from L.A., and to be geographically precise, that's Lower Alabama for you.

  • @RubbishFPS
    @RubbishFPS 2 роки тому +2

    That drone going on behind you made me go look out my window. I thought the giant leaf sucker was coming down the street. Pretty loud.

  • @tagcoins1
    @tagcoins1 2 роки тому +26

    I would LOVE to see a map that breaks the ZIP codes down one more digit. (100 zones instead of 10)

    • @tagcoins1
      @tagcoins1 2 роки тому +1

      And thank you for calling out that abomination of a map! I, too, enjoy the game, but YEESH!

  • @johnchedsey1306
    @johnchedsey1306 2 роки тому +7

    Given that we have several brutally hot months here in most of Arizona, it makes sense to invest in a good home entertainment setup, since we're cooped up all summer.
    Speaking of the maps of rivers, I did see one somewhere (but unfortunately don't remember where) that redrew the states in the west based on watersheds. In some respects, that makes a ton of sense, especially compared to the arbitrary borders that were drawn. All the various states fighting over the Colorado River's declining water supply would have been one entity instead (or maybe a pair, such as upper & lower).

    • @jasonreed7522
      @jasonreed7522 2 роки тому +2

      It could have been from Atlas Pro, he has a video where he redrew all the US state borders to group based on water sheds/resources. Making the great basin amd olgana aquafir controled by 1 or 2 entities because of resource concerns. I believe some other factors were involve like mountain ranges and some respect for minimizing "border gore" (a term borrowed from 4X games)

    • @KC9QII
      @KC9QII 2 роки тому +3

      Still rather surprising given we have 300 days a year of sunlight in the valley . There’s no shortage of outdoor activities in this beautiful state and people still choose to stay inside and be sedentary

    • @brocklastname6682
      @brocklastname6682 Рік тому

      John Wesley Powell, who mapped the Colorado River, had the idea to draw borders by watersheds. Congress did not agree.

  • @JusNoBS420
    @JusNoBS420 2 роки тому +1

    Always a good day when Kyle posts a new video! Howdy!!
    Congratulations 🎉 on 140k
    I joined you around 40k or so

  • @buddypowe
    @buddypowe Рік тому

    So glad you keep making these!

  • @nichole2380
    @nichole2380 2 роки тому +9

    yay kyle!!!

  • @weskautzmann4315
    @weskautzmann4315 2 роки тому +3

    While seeing the "last name" map, I note how prolific is the name "Smith," which is my mother's maiden name. I read somewhere that when the immigration influx at Ellis Island was so overwhelming, the agents, trying to keep up administratively with long lines, when they could not understand what a person was saying in response to the question of their last name, would simply say, "okay, your American last name is 'Smith.'" And so we have a large population with the last name of Smith here in the US. Has anyone else heard or read of such a phenomenon from that era?

    • @livewire2759
      @livewire2759 Рік тому

      I've certainly heard of names being "Americanized" when people went through Ellis Island, but mostly just changes in spelling and rarely changes in pronunciation. I've never heard of a name being changed entirely. It honestly wouldn't surprise me though.

  • @willlock3644
    @willlock3644 3 місяці тому

    I I am so grateful for people like you, Kyle! You really make geography interesting… I can only imagine what the world would be like if there were people like you teaching in our school system. Thank you so much!

  • @williamchristian8389
    @williamchristian8389 2 роки тому

    The more I watch u the more I enjoy you. Luv your stuff!! Thanx so much!!!

  • @gullscomic
    @gullscomic 2 роки тому +4

    Ungulates, ungulates, ungulates... you're right, that IS fun to say.

  • @HydraulicSandwich
    @HydraulicSandwich 2 роки тому +4

    Do you have sources for the maps you featured? They are all so fascinating I would like to observe them further.

  • @jonathanmejia9435
    @jonathanmejia9435 Рік тому

    I found your channel and love it. Thank you for your work.

  • @paulhiebert1887
    @paulhiebert1887 2 роки тому +2

    Moose were introduced with 2 pairs from New Brunswick in 1904 and today they're the cause of most accidents and most fatal accidents there. They have no natural enemies and tremendous forests with small marshes which they love.

    • @kassandrapeddle6050
      @kassandrapeddle6050 2 роки тому

      I was looking for a comment to talk about the moose in Newfoundland. I moved to New Brunswick three years ago from NL and have yet to see one, but used to see multiple back home on my drives. Don't miss them.

    • @scottcarter6623
      @scottcarter6623 2 роки тому

      @@kassandrapeddle6050 I miss them. not on the road mind you, but moose are such a reminder of home to me. I haven't seen a live moose in the 20 years i have been off the island.

  • @foryoutube7788
    @foryoutube7788 2 роки тому +3

    Great Video Kyle, love this series and your channel

  • @sixty2612
    @sixty2612 2 роки тому +9

    I would’ve thought Arizona would be air conditioning techs instead of home entertainment installers. I wonder what led to that.

    • @j.s.7335
      @j.s.7335 2 роки тому +3

      I would think people prefer to be entertained at home than to head out somewhere in the abominable heat.

  • @andrewbouse8968
    @andrewbouse8968 4 місяці тому +1

    Definitely agree completely on your take for DST, imagine students having to go to school in what is basically the middle of the night in order to get to school on time. Getting to school at about sunrise is bad enough, but an hour before? Well, let's just say no amount of "enjoying the outdoors in winter" would make that anything but miserable.

  • @Hintonbro.
    @Hintonbro. 2 роки тому +1

    Great stuff Kyle!

  • @kenbob1071
    @kenbob1071 2 роки тому +3

    Florida: Special Ed teachers.
    New Jersey: Shampooers.
    LOL.

    • @dock_yard1149
      @dock_yard1149 2 роки тому

      And MO is coatroom attendants!! Explains the low-brain activity reflected in their choices for state and national “leadership”. They’’ also be blood red in any map that depicts degrees of white supremacy and racism.

  • @samthelima
    @samthelima 2 роки тому +18

    I have the exact opposite feeling about daylight saving. I grew up in Wisconsin, and strongly disliked the early sunset (being on the eastern end of Central time). I now live on the western edge of Eastern time, and I absolutely prefer later morning sun and later evening daylight in the winter. I also like the idea of permanent daylight saving time, as that adds even more evening light in the winter. As an outdoorsy person, it's hard to enjoy the snowy season if it's dark when I leave work.

  • @johnvenditto2908
    @johnvenditto2908 2 роки тому +1

    Another great installment of the Interesting Maps series Kyle! Being from (and still living in) The Dis-Contiguous Zero I was not at all surprised to see our state is almost 40 percent covered in forest, although the Pine Barrens take up much of that. Very few out-of-staters know how rural the northern half of our state is, so those who only know "Dirty Jerz" are missing a lot of beauty. And we're OK with that. The "Ticket To Ride" map was awful and hard to even look at!

  • @EnjoyerofYoutube
    @EnjoyerofYoutube 2 роки тому +2

    Love these. Thank you Kyle.

  • @mostbestjia627
    @mostbestjia627 2 роки тому +4

    Geo King: uploads
    Me: click and watch

  • @UnicornDreamsPastelSkies
    @UnicornDreamsPastelSkies 2 роки тому +6

    This is my first time knowing about DST becoming permanent in the USA... guess these people will not be realizing what they have truly had until it is gone. 🙁 As someone who had to wake up at 4-5 AM for work at one point while enjoying those 8 PM and later sunsets in the warmer half of the year, this is a bummer that yes, I hope gets repealed soon enough, at least in some areas. Also energy use.
    Also I was initially a little surprised to see my birth state of Oregon being less forested than thought of by many, before I remembered that east of the Cascades it is mostly prairie and high desert, so that makes sense.
    But Maine... wow, they certainly are not called the Pine Tree State for nothing! Which reminds me, you could rank the 50 state nicknames at some point!
    And if the West's megadrought+water crisis gets worse enough(I watched videos in the condition of Lake Powell recently and connected the dots), our nation's population distribution will become more like China's soon enough.

  • @michaelmiddleton3311
    @michaelmiddleton3311 2 роки тому +1

    Got my geo-geek on once again! Thanks Kyle!!!
    Floridumb continues to astound!

  • @cloudtowerphotography815
    @cloudtowerphotography815 Рік тому

    Love the videos AND love seeing Benefit sitting behind you 🤗

  • @Uglier.
    @Uglier. 2 роки тому +12

    I would love to see a map of uninhabited (by human) parts of the US

    • @Lili-xq9sn
      @Lili-xq9sn 2 роки тому +1

      Yes.

    • @bearcubdaycare
      @bearcubdaycare 2 роки тому +2

      Not so many of those in the contiguous 48. The furthest spot from a road (a decent indicator that humans are about) is near Yellowstone, about twenty miles from the nearest road.

  • @Gregory_McIntosh
    @Gregory_McIntosh 2 роки тому +5

    I aint from Texas but that first map (love it!) has the Panhandle and Brownsville in the same hypothetical state. That dont seem right. Maybe that North-South orientation works for Western Montana down to Northern New Mexico cuz of the whole Rocky Mt thing, but the Southwest shoulda been more East-West oriented hypothetical states. Just saying. Eastern New Mexico is correctly shown as part of West Texas. Of course, I know Kyle has nothing to do with the design of the map, etc. I just feel like chatting tonite. Thanks for listening.

  • @pickleballer1729
    @pickleballer1729 4 місяці тому

    9:50 AS a graduate of Los Alamos HS in New Mexico, I had to laugh at physicists being the most out of proportion job. Yep, about half of the kids in our HS had Physicists or engineers for parents.
    We love the channel. Keep it up.

  • @procrastinator9
    @procrastinator9 2 роки тому +1

    I've liked, watched, and subscribed (a long time ago), but the heck if i'm gonna give in to the man and comment for his dang nabbed algorithm.
    Thanks, Kyle. I even pause the ad blocker for you.

  • @ThiccPhoenix
    @ThiccPhoenix 2 роки тому +3

    North East Arizona is an hour ahead of the reast of the state 🇺🇸

  • @weslandia2001
    @weslandia2001 2 роки тому +5

    This is a great series, but I miss road-trip related videos from you too! I would love a video talking about how you strike a balance between distance driven per day and actually doing things in the states you're driving through

    • @GeographyKing
      @GeographyKing  2 роки тому +3

      I've got more road trip stuff coming up. I'll be on a road trip in May and will have videos about the trip. I'll likely also redo my first couple of videos that were about road trip ideas and tips. Those are pretty old (2017) and are awful videos, although the info itself is still pretty good.

    • @weslandia2001
      @weslandia2001 2 роки тому +1

      @@GeographyKing I'm looking forward to it! Cheers

  • @raymondj8768
    @raymondj8768 2 місяці тому

    I Subbed you make great Videos bro so informative n you do a good job explaining everything !

  • @pbh17
    @pbh17 2 роки тому +1

    Great job as always

  • @yeoshow1984
    @yeoshow1984 2 роки тому +6

    Love your channel, Kyle. I love how it's devoid of all political and religious discourse! Fun with maps! Yah!

  • @theVHSvlog
    @theVHSvlog 2 роки тому +6

    Completely okay with DST being permanent, imo it's much better to have that extra hour of sun later in the day. I would consider moving to the farthest west point of a time zone if they made standard time permanent

    • @outbackigloo6489
      @outbackigloo6489 2 роки тому +4

      Either way, you get the same number of hours of sunlight per day. So make standard time year-long and if you need more evening sun, plan your day an hour earlier.

    • @fishrocker95
      @fishrocker95 2 роки тому +3

      Outback Igloo finally somebody else with a brain!

  • @itsponygirl
    @itsponygirl 2 роки тому

    Subscribed. Genuinely interesting and hilarious.

  • @bi0lizard1
    @bi0lizard1 2 роки тому

    Can’t believe you popped up again on my feed. I don’t know why, but something with algorithm, but you channel the past month has been completely removed from my feed. Glad to see your stuff again.