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  • @TugaAvenger
    @TugaAvenger 6 років тому +2741

    Wendover 2017 - "Why Cities Are Where They Are"
    Wendover 2018 - "Why Cities Exist"
    Wendover 2019 - "Why"

    • @aaryanramourti3081
      @aaryanramourti3081 6 років тому +186

      Nooo...
      2019 - why cities
      2020 - why why
      2021 - why
      2022 - wh
      2023 - w
      2024 - error404 'ideas not found'

    • @pawion
      @pawion 6 років тому +47

      Wendover 2020 - "yhW"

    • @CrackedTubeGamer
      @CrackedTubeGamer 6 років тому +47

      Planes

    • @Saint_nobody
      @Saint_nobody 6 років тому +6

      Simon Miller - here's why!

    • @DavidHdezES
      @DavidHdezES 6 років тому +5

      Planes everywhere!

  • @canadianplanespotter
    @canadianplanespotter 6 років тому +6289

    Cities exist to concentrate large amounts of people into once space in order to justify the construction of major airports, which in turn, attract airplanes for the purpose of Wendover Productions to make videos on. This comment has been brought to you by Squarespace :)

  • @austinmoon6974
    @austinmoon6974 5 років тому +581

    If you ever feel like you don’t matter, just remember: Somewhere in the world exists 1 acre of farmland for you.

  • @rockstarprincessa
    @rockstarprincessa 5 років тому +1335

    City: exists
    Wendover Productions: *but WHY*

  • @labeeb7735
    @labeeb7735 6 років тому +1247

    Cologne was shown twice and replaced Frankfurt, circa. 5:21

    • @Crevulus
      @Crevulus 6 років тому +156

      Labeeb Ahmad-Sanni also he just said that Paris was Europe's second biggest city with 2.2m and then said Berlin has 3.5m.

    • @misosong
      @misosong 6 років тому +3

      lol good catch

    • @beagletv6054
      @beagletv6054 6 років тому +34

      Crevulus Furthermore, London isn't Europe's biggest city, it comes in at third place behind Istanbul and Moscow. Paris is merely the 9th biggest city in Europe.

    • @traceycherryman9768
      @traceycherryman9768 6 років тому

      Yes

    • @jesusgonzalez6715
      @jesusgonzalez6715 6 років тому +36

      That depends on both your definition of "city" and "Europe"

  • @sphynx7242
    @sphynx7242 4 роки тому +56

    5:21 Cologne is smaller than Cologne, makes perfect sense

  • @jeff8253
    @jeff8253 5 років тому +695

    Why do we live in cities? Because of Squarespace

  • @carsonking2186
    @carsonking2186 4 роки тому +288

    “Why do cities exist?”
    “Oh, that’s because of dolphins”

    • @xenxander
      @xenxander 4 роки тому +9

      Farewell, and thanks for all the fish.

    • @confusedsoviet5937
      @confusedsoviet5937 3 роки тому +1

      Dolphins - finally my day has come

  • @Thammarith
    @Thammarith 6 років тому +679

    5:20 Today I learnt that 'Frankfurt' is spelt as 'Cologne'. xD

    • @Arrow5002
      @Arrow5002 6 років тому +2

      Thammarith Likittheerameth XD

    • @benjaminfraeyman
      @benjaminfraeyman 6 років тому +33

      or cologne is pronounced as frankfurt

    • @abhiinair
      @abhiinair 6 років тому +5

      It's just a mistake. Leave it man!!

    • @Thammarith
      @Thammarith 6 років тому +26

      It's just a joke. Leave it man!!

    • @WJames-nq2df
      @WJames-nq2df 6 років тому +12

      It's just a comment. Leave it man!!

  • @morganahoff2242
    @morganahoff2242 4 роки тому +136

    I'm surprised you didn't include Choice as a reason why people live in cities. Cites offer a variety of things to choose from: what kind of job to have, where to live, what to do for recreation -- and this gives people the feeling that they are choosing their life circumstances. There is perhaps nothing as defeating to the human spirit as having no choice. That's the reason cities are expensive: for each thing you choose to do, all the things you didn't choose to do need to be paid for too. But we're willing to pay a premium in order to have a range of options available to us. Mind you...having things to choose among means that you are one of the things other people may choose or not choose, hence cites can be lonely places.

    • @iLoveBoysandBerries
      @iLoveBoysandBerries 2 роки тому +2

      And in n out.. Only found in cities

    • @cabron247
      @cabron247 2 роки тому +3

      That's pretty much the path of least resistance, you CHOOSE the easier life thus its a choice to move to a city.

    • @elimorozov4769
      @elimorozov4769 2 роки тому +6

      @@cabron247 this is overly simplistic. Specialized workers (outside of agriculture and forestry) live in cities because that is where their jobs generally are. It isn’t “least resistance,” or for an “easy life,” it is just the only thing that would make logical sense. Why drive hours a day when you can live near where your high paying, specialized job is located?

    • @ausis6214
      @ausis6214 Рік тому +3

      @@elimorozov4769 that kinda is "least resistance" in a way since you mentioned commute time.

  • @Zinoun1000
    @Zinoun1000 4 роки тому +199

    The thumbnail is actually from Doha’s skyline. Doha is the capital of Qatar. Quite beautiful skyline.

    • @m3735
      @m3735 3 роки тому +1

      Nice 😃

    • @tankerkiller125
      @tankerkiller125 3 роки тому +26

      Other than the fact that is was probably built using slave labor.

    • @thegruffalo5383
      @thegruffalo5383 3 роки тому +6

      @@tankerkiller125 what do you plan to do about that? Regardless of the fact it exists, talking about it online does nothing for the issue

    • @thomasmills3934
      @thomasmills3934 3 роки тому +15

      @@thegruffalo5383 raising awareness about the horrible human rights violations in Muslim countries does help. How else do you make change happen? By not talking about it?

    • @thomasmills3934
      @thomasmills3934 3 роки тому +4

      @@thegruffalo5383 unless your one of those who think it's ok to violate peoples rights if you dont have white skin...

  • @evolveproductions4216
    @evolveproductions4216 5 років тому +940

    5:22 You put cologne where it should say Frankfurt
    EDIT: well this got a lot of likes lol

    • @DOTTORE_FOX
      @DOTTORE_FOX 5 років тому +7

      RepR | CS:GO And More! came here to say that!!!

    • @LawsCrown
      @LawsCrown 5 років тому +49

      *you know what happens now animator*

    • @derKevinio
      @derKevinio 5 років тому +47

      plus 2nd largest city cant be paris if berlin itself has around 3million inhabitants 0.o

    • @Jesue1943
      @Jesue1943 5 років тому +6

      oh heck we've been bamboozled

    • @sicknickeroni
      @sicknickeroni 5 років тому +5

      Can confirm I was about to comment that.

  • @HenriqueCarneiroM
    @HenriqueCarneiroM 6 років тому +434

    Cologne also known as Frankfurt with 700k

    • @Miquelalalaa
      @Miquelalalaa 6 років тому +5

      Henrique Carneiro Also known as a no go zone

    • @badibedix
      @badibedix 6 років тому +6

      I'd say thats an omage to the ungodfull A-Team movie, that made a pretty similar mistake by showing "frankfurt,germany" under a picture of the dome of cologne

    • @romanbaranovichi5375
      @romanbaranovichi5375 6 років тому +6

      Jonathan B. Pull your head out of your ass, I was in Koln 6 months ago, it’s the same as it was 18 years ago when I first visited, ie: safe and beautiful
      Don’t believe everything you see on Fox

    • @gourabkundu6324
      @gourabkundu6324 6 років тому +3

      Roman Baranovichi I mean a thousand sexual assaults happened on New Years soooooo

    • @SkaveRat
      @SkaveRat 6 років тому +1

      that's bullshit as well

  • @dezthejambo7906
    @dezthejambo7906 6 років тому +38

    Cities have to exist to keep the Godzilla population thriving.

  • @grainfrizz
    @grainfrizz 4 роки тому +18

    I'm from Metro Manila and I did not realize how densely populated this place is until I came to visit Brisbane. Jfc it's not even a joke. The astonishing difference in population has a huge impact in the psychology of a person. Suddenly, I can breathe well, able to sleep early, wake up early, eat just enough and did not crave for more intake, and many more.

    • @kurotheflop
      @kurotheflop 3 роки тому +1

      Ikr! I live close to Manila but I mainly stay at home here cuz of the pollution. My hometown is small, but living conditions here is a little bit better.

  • @Ms.Mamabean
    @Ms.Mamabean 4 роки тому +8

    Something else that I, a random American high schooler, want to mention; European cities, specifically those with mixed commercial and residential zones, are even more efficient than cities with split residential and commercial districts because then cities can expand upwards instead of outward.
    I think there’s a Vsauce or CGP Grey video on why some cities expand up instead of out. I’ll try to find the vid and link it here

  • @santinieve1
    @santinieve1 6 років тому +773

    How the hell where planes not involved in this... I was waiting for it... :(

    • @manhoosnick
      @manhoosnick 6 років тому +31

      Those aerial pictures...

    • @dumbcow7722GD
      @dumbcow7722GD 6 років тому +1

      santinieve 1 GD!!

    • @ahmxtb
      @ahmxtb 6 років тому +2

      please bring the planes back1!!

    • @odinakazeus
      @odinakazeus 6 років тому

      santinieve 1 You can fly yo different cities, there

    • @debodatta7398
      @debodatta7398 6 років тому +1

      Another underwhelming video, come on man most of that was surface level observation and the rest were fallacies...

  • @yosuto
    @yosuto 6 років тому +51

    this was very informative! glad to see youtube bringing up some quality trends

  • @SirJeff
    @SirJeff 4 роки тому +79

    0:26 tfw when your city is the country

    • @arandominternetuser5203
      @arandominternetuser5203 4 роки тому +17

      I know its a late response but yes. The city is literally the country as Singapore is a city state.

    • @SirJeff
      @SirJeff 4 роки тому +8

      A Random Internet User ya lah :)

  • @NathanCorleone
    @NathanCorleone 5 років тому +337

    You said London was largest, and Paris was second largest in Europe with a population of 2.2 million, while about a minute later you showed the population of Berlin at 3.5 million so...

    • @Ecikardgaming
      @Ecikardgaming 5 років тому +81

      Actually Paris's urban area is about 12-13 millions inhabitants
      While berlin's is about 4,5 millions
      The same for London, about 13 millions inhabitants in the urban area

    • @francoisvillon1300
      @francoisvillon1300 4 роки тому +49

      Moscow is 12,5+ mln not counting suburbs/ i.e. the largest city in Europe.

    • @douglasmcintosh464
      @douglasmcintosh464 4 роки тому +12

      Nathan Branch yeah what the fuck is wrong with this guy

    • @ToBeIsWasWere
      @ToBeIsWasWere 4 роки тому +42

      @@francoisvillon1300 istanbul has 15 million inhabitants
      and yes istanbul is commonly regaded as part of europe

    • @taka2721
      @taka2721 4 роки тому +8

      From what I've understood, WP was talking about cities commonly associated with Europe, without their urban areas (they gave only numbers of cities population)

  • @TheCanadiaKiwi
    @TheCanadiaKiwi 6 років тому +150

    Just got off a 12 hour night shift, all I want to do is sleep. Sees that wendover posted a new video...sleep is for the weak.

    • @Btt8
      @Btt8 6 років тому +4

      TheCanadiaKiwi what job do you do?

    • @Elliott2001
      @Elliott2001 4 роки тому +1

      “I've always loathed the necessity of sleep. Like death, it puts even the most powerful men on their backs.” - Frank Underwood

  • @DanielGonzalezL
    @DanielGonzalezL 6 років тому +845

    *ZIPF MYSTERY INTENSIFIES*

    • @pfunk_1535
      @pfunk_1535 6 років тому +111

      Hey, Vsauce, Michael here

    • @ScottMaday
      @ScottMaday 6 років тому +20

      My exact thought

    • @craftie7721
      @craftie7721 6 років тому +10

      Idk man I'm feeling a little Zipffy about this one

    • @LovSven2011
      @LovSven2011 6 років тому +2

      ZIPF has conquered the world! What conspiracy is this?? :-D ;-P

    • @juanpedro1896
      @juanpedro1896 6 років тому

      Daniel Gonzalez Pareto's Law...

  • @ronandunlea
    @ronandunlea 5 років тому +5

    I love your videos. Your explanations are fascinating. Keep up the good work!

  • @OneShotProduktions
    @OneShotProduktions 4 роки тому +7

    That motorcycle recklessly weaving through traffic at 10:32 gave me anxiety.

  • @EmperorEdselstein
    @EmperorEdselstein 6 років тому +293

    Now make a video about why airports exsit.

  • @Mr6Sinner
    @Mr6Sinner 6 років тому +719

    Like, why does anything exist, man?

    • @javiermoro9553
      @javiermoro9553 6 років тому +56

      You're on to something here...

    • @Mr6Sinner
      @Mr6Sinner 6 років тому +10

      Ferguson101
      It doesn’t sound familiar, but I’m intrigued...

    • @zolika1351
      @zolika1351 6 років тому +18

      *VSauce existence crisis music*

    • @Mr6Sinner
      @Mr6Sinner 6 років тому +1

      Ferguson101 never watched that specific video, but I do watch AvE

    • @dukethotness
      @dukethotness 6 років тому +3

      Bad day?

  • @tinfuyiu3940
    @tinfuyiu3940 5 років тому +3

    This is inspiring, never thought of this before, thank you for making such a great video! Support from Hong Kong.

  • @aperturegamerSAC
    @aperturegamerSAC 4 роки тому +5

    This was great studying for my midterm, thanks for the economics review!

  • @JFatGlentract
    @JFatGlentract 6 років тому +46

    You said Paris is the second largest city in Europe, but then showed Berlin with a higher population a few minutes later. What gives?

    • @lpereira300
      @lpereira300 6 років тому +7

      he showed only the population living inside Paris municipality, not the full city (that has a population around 10 million)

    • @snowypantha
      @snowypantha 6 років тому

      Luís Pereira
      More like 12.4 millions.

    • @PaulieFetz
      @PaulieFetz 6 років тому +8

      I also figured that was the case, but that's still an issue, since he's changing up parameters from metro to conurbation to municipal boundaries...I really enjoy his videos, but this one feels sloppy and contradictory at times.

  • @WhiteBaron777
    @WhiteBaron777 6 років тому +18

    What kinds of bricks are cities most commonly made of?

    • @pavelsarkisyan
      @pavelsarkisyan 6 років тому

      im waiting for a brick video as well. ;}

  • @richardbaker2701
    @richardbaker2701 2 роки тому +8

    As someone who’s moved from a rural area to a city and is struggling to understand them this video was gold

    • @adamerickson7605
      @adamerickson7605 Рік тому +1

      Stay rural dude, it's way better

    • @tibbers3755
      @tibbers3755 Рік тому +3

      @@adamerickson7605 thats subjective

    • @adamerickson7605
      @adamerickson7605 Рік тому

      @tibbers3755 Yeah so is every opinion that has ever been uttered

    • @oakblaze433
      @oakblaze433 10 місяців тому

      ​@@adamerickson7605Both are fantastic! Good medium/high-density small towns are the best in my opinion, but both bigger cities and rural areas are great too!

  • @dozenazer1811
    @dozenazer1811 5 років тому +97

    In Russia, the rules break you 4:55
    Moscow: 12,5m residents (1)
    St. Petersburg: 5,3m residents (0,42), not close enough to half
    Novosibirsk: 1,8m residents (0,144 or 1/6), not even a half of third.
    Ekaterinburg: 1,5m residents (about 1/8)
    11 other cities with 1m to 1,25m population (0,08 to 0,1).

    • @abdenacerfodil2546
      @abdenacerfodil2546 5 років тому +25

      Russia is not real .

    • @yuricherkasov
      @yuricherkasov 5 років тому +22

      Russia is not a country, it's a prison of nations

    • @GolerGkA
      @GolerGkA 5 років тому +1

      Moscow's 12.5 mil is only according to official statistics. There's a lot of illegal immigrants from other countries as well as immigrants from other regions who don't change their registration, so the real figure is closer to 20m.

    • @KeithMetoyer
      @KeithMetoyer 5 років тому

      Yurii Cherkasov like many many other countries....

    • @jasonhaven7170
      @jasonhaven7170 5 років тому +3

      0.42 is not far from 0.5

  • @MrReclaimer343
    @MrReclaimer343 6 років тому +27

    Is not moscow the biggest city in europe (if you not count Istanbul's asia side)? Correct me if Iam wrong, but between London and Moscow are few milion people.

    • @charliemasson4287
      @charliemasson4287 6 років тому

      I think he is just speaking about western europe :v

    • @pawion
      @pawion 6 років тому +5

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_cities_by_population_within_city_limits
      And Paris isn't the second most populated city :/

    • @COYM_1908
      @COYM_1908 6 років тому +4

      MrReclaimer343 Yea wtf? I thought this guy knew geography and stuff. Moscow is definitely the biggest city in Europe.

    • @COYM_1908
      @COYM_1908 6 років тому +2

      And yes, if you count Istanbul as a European city, it's the biggest one. 3 biggest ones in order would be Istanbul, Moscow and London.

    • @Wout12345
      @Wout12345 6 років тому +2

      Yeah, I've noted mistakes in his past videos, but this one is quite big ... :/

  • @TheMaplestrip
    @TheMaplestrip 6 років тому +42

    I was unaware that you could use the appearance of zipf's law to draw a conclusion.

  • @noajpetrowski-anchick9395
    @noajpetrowski-anchick9395 4 роки тому +14

    Moscow and wondering why it wasn't shown on Europes most populous city:
    Wendover Productions: *You simply have less value*

  • @sam83af61
    @sam83af61 5 років тому +27

    Let’s goooo!
    My teacher assigned this video for us to watch and I’ve already watched it cause hey, wendover fanboy here! Score!

    • @doogmann
      @doogmann 4 роки тому +3

      education gets worst by the second

    • @ACE7O2
      @ACE7O2 3 роки тому

      @@doogmann worst?

    • @reinatr4848
      @reinatr4848 3 роки тому +1

      @@doogmann as evidenced by this comment

    • @hotfunbread
      @hotfunbread 2 роки тому

      Geog 101? Doberstein? UW?

  • @Typersx1
    @Typersx1 6 років тому +214

    Editing mess up at 5:22. Cologne happens twice.

    • @tanhungpham3986
      @tanhungpham3986 6 років тому +1

      Yeah

    • @Markonim
      @Markonim 6 років тому +2

      Nobody expects the Cologne twice!

    • @GANTZ90
      @GANTZ90 6 років тому

      My dude... It's such a simple conclusion but the way you explain it is blowing my mind. Love your vids, so mesmerizing.

    • @Typersx1
      @Typersx1 6 років тому

      Labeeb Ahmad-Sanni good for you? 🤷🏼‍♀️

    • @andrasfogarasi5014
      @andrasfogarasi5014 6 років тому

      Frankfurt is a hoax.

  • @rodrigopaim82
    @rodrigopaim82 6 років тому +36

    Istanbul and Moscow are bigger than London, and Saint Petersburg, Berlin, Madrid, Kiev and Rome are bigger than Paris.
    Maybe in the video you wanted to say "the bigger metropolitan/urban areas in the EU/Western Europe", that would be correct, with London and Paris closely in 1st and 2nd, with some sources indicating Paris as the first, and others London.

    • @lynnixvarjo9150
      @lynnixvarjo9150 6 років тому +7

      rodrigopaim82 even then Paris would be Beaten by Both Berlin and Madrid

    • @erickpalacios8904
      @erickpalacios8904 6 років тому

      That's probably exactly what he meant, as Madrid is: "...the third-largest city in the European Union(EU) after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan area is the third-largest in the EU after those of London and Paris."

  • @TDangerPtrow
    @TDangerPtrow 4 роки тому

    One of the best and most conceptual videos you've made!

  • @computerschreck
    @computerschreck 5 років тому +5

    I'm born and raised in Düsseldorf and I also currently live there. I never knew it was a telco hub, I am 99% sure AT&T has absolutely no business here as they don't operate a network in Germany, Deutsche Telekom has their headquarters in Bonn, not Düsseldorf, and I have never seen any significant buildings owned by LG, Nokia or Google here.

    • @twinturbo9113
      @twinturbo9113 2 роки тому

      A literal 3 second google search will prove you know nothing about what you’re speaking off. All I face checked was att and their European headquarters are literally in Germany. I’m not even going to waste looking up your other dumb statements.

  • @Norkeys
    @Norkeys 6 років тому +171

    Not planes? What a decent surprise!

    • @thepack6952
      @thepack6952 6 років тому +8

      Pigeonhead MORE PLANES but this was interesting

    • @Norkeys
      @Norkeys 6 років тому

      KeCS1
      Dank.

    • @DancingDeity
      @DancingDeity 5 років тому

      @KeCS1 no, airports exist because they're near cities.

  • @FutureNow
    @FutureNow 6 років тому +19

    Shout out to Josh, the animator, by the way, the video looks great. No need for everyone to point out the one mistake in a 13 minute video that was likely just a copy & paste error that happens to everyone.

  • @vinish542
    @vinish542 5 років тому +10

    3:56 Detroit: Hold my beer!!

    • @lukazupie7220
      @lukazupie7220 4 роки тому +1

      There is a small city (population 18.000) in my country that was once (about 1800 years ago) bigger than London:) population was similar to today.

  • @thomasnk9489
    @thomasnk9489 5 років тому +259

    10:40
    Narrator: There are people better at making cars than you.
    Elon musk: *doubt*

    • @jacobvestergaard9097
      @jacobvestergaard9097 5 років тому +11

      LMAO he can design cars but he fucking sucks at actually living up to his promises, one being delivering the cars

    • @JewTube001
      @JewTube001 4 роки тому +10

      tesla aren't the best cars. neither are they produced the most efficiently.

    • @Matyanson
      @Matyanson 4 роки тому +7

      he doesnt physicaly build them lmao he just pays others to make a car

    • @zach7482
      @zach7482 4 роки тому +1

      Is that why they died before literally any other electric car?

    • @kurokiiri9836
      @kurokiiri9836 4 роки тому +1

      Zachary Reed how? I’ve seen tons of Tesla

  • @pfunk_1535
    @pfunk_1535 6 років тому +74

    49% - Complaining about the Cologne Frankfurt mistake
    49% - Complaining about the European cities list not being accurate to their qualifications
    1% - Complaining about both these simultaneously
    1% - Me, because I replied to comments in this video for an hour

  • @SolusBatty
    @SolusBatty 6 років тому +16

    It's weird, you speak of things I intuitively know and yet each time I see your video I am filled with wonder. When I get a better understanding of how our world works I feel so idealistic, like it is easy to transcend borders of all kinds. Keep up the good work!

  • @erickrcisneros
    @erickrcisneros 5 років тому +2

    I really enjoy these videos!

  • @LittleLilith481
    @LittleLilith481 3 роки тому +5

    Cities are good when it come to preserving pockets of land for wild life. A majority of Canadian citizens live with in cities. This leaves 82% of the land to wildlife

  • @sallylee4924
    @sallylee4924 6 років тому +5

    This is one of the greatest channels on UA-cam! Your videos are always informative and very interesting, on topics that I have previously given little thoughts to but now appreciate. Thanks for making all these videos.

  • @WTomasGaming
    @WTomasGaming 6 років тому +17

    Cologne is Frankfurt and Paris is the second largest city in Europe with 2.2 mill, even though Berlin has 3.5 mill as mentoined later.

    • @nicholas2376
      @nicholas2376 6 років тому

      ikr WENDOVER GET YOUR INFO RIGHT

    • @ghost-yp8tc
      @ghost-yp8tc 6 років тому +1

      WTomas lol ur picture

  • @Gold-kt4mz
    @Gold-kt4mz 2 роки тому +2

    What you didnt include, is that up there, Ireland is there, which has quite a low urbanization rate in comparison to other nations, and yet, I believe currently, is the second richest nation by GDP per capita

  • @nhidang9236
    @nhidang9236 5 років тому

    Your voice is so clear, love it!

  • @max_galingumas9409
    @max_galingumas9409 6 років тому +14

    Moscow is largest city in europe (~13m people), london is second with ~8,5m

  • @santinieve1
    @santinieve1 6 років тому +360

    Something related to cities you could do a great video on: Gentrification!

    • @Marchant2
      @Marchant2 6 років тому +16

      I'd love to see a Wendover video on that subject.

    • @Pfhorrest
      @Pfhorrest 6 років тому +40

      Gentrification is only a problem because rent is a thing. In an ownership society, your neighbors improving their property would be good for you, not bad.

    • @TXnine7nine
      @TXnine7nine 6 років тому +13

      Not necessarily. Even in an ownership society it can be a problem. Yes your house's value goes up but so do the property taxes on that house.

    • @MK-ex4pb
      @MK-ex4pb 6 років тому +17

      santinieve 1
      white people move out: white flight
      White people move in: gentrification

    • @MK-ex4pb
      @MK-ex4pb 6 років тому +6

      Pfhorrest if my neighbor improves his house, it means i have less shitty surroundings

  • @alianceTeam
    @alianceTeam 5 років тому +5

    Boy, this was so good! Humans need more of this kind of videos for sure! New sub for you!

  • @soumenb22
    @soumenb22 6 років тому

    @Wendever Production:- I have become fan of your channel. All the videos are with knowledge content , new areas/subjects of research. I also like 'Curious Droid' production but would keep you some level high. Keep up the good work. There is a saying, if you spend money it decreases, however spending on knowledge and sharing it increases many fold.

  • @jacksonsparks868
    @jacksonsparks868 6 років тому +13

    We’re doing this in A level geography and I cannot express how good this video is at giving further information in such a fun way! I’ve been subbed for over a year now and I’ll never let down by a video here or on hai!

  • @TwoCraZyEyes0
    @TwoCraZyEyes0 6 років тому +70

    Holy shit people we know about the Frankfurt/Cologne mistake, we don't need 80% of the comments mentioning it

    • @X.N.X.X.
      @X.N.X.X. 6 років тому +5

      Mr_NarwhaL most of the comments are people saying Istanbul is European city

    • @dugroz
      @dugroz 6 років тому

      HE MADE A MISTAKE!!!! OH MAN!!! MIND BLOWN!

    • @soeren555
      @soeren555 6 років тому +1

      dugroz Mate yes. He named the ninth biggest city in (the continent) Europe as the second. That's a tough thing to get wrong, especially if you partly base an argument on it. In addition to the Frankfurt/Cologne thing.

    • @thelongboarddude95
      @thelongboarddude95 6 років тому

      Mr_NarwhaL your argument just proves that we do. We NEED to raise awareness of this problem!!

    • @KaityKat117
      @KaityKat117 6 років тому +2

      Yeah, but did you notice he put Cologne twice?

  • @planefan082
    @planefan082 3 роки тому +9

    I live in a city because if I lived any more suburban than I do now, I would probably go completely insane.
    Edit: Also, I love big international airports.

  • @smitdave8267
    @smitdave8267 5 років тому

    Very Good explanation. Great work.

  • @hasankh4n
    @hasankh4n 6 років тому +19

    LOVING these human geography videos. Especially those of cities. Please more! Amazing job.

  • @chrisdooley6468
    @chrisdooley6468 6 років тому +9

    Interesting video. I just finished a book about the construction and management of Ancient Rome and you hit on a lot of the same points. I find cities and their infrastructure fascinating. Having lived in Philadelphia, Hong Kong and Paris its amazing how similar things are irregardless of their country. Thnx for the video👍🏻

  • @mseiksby4541
    @mseiksby4541 6 років тому

    best video i ve ever watched in youtube.
    Thank you it is a masterpiece
    from south Korea, Busan

    • @mseiksby4541
      @mseiksby4541 6 років тому

      and dont think much about statistics nazis. istanbul? moscow? is it that important?

  • @dogminister
    @dogminister 5 років тому +8

    The ratio phenomenon is known as the pareto distribution, and can be applied to anything with numerical representation. It is not exact/precise, it is a rough correlation, one that to this day, has no confirmed explanation. It's very interesting!

  • @CharlesTheClumsy
    @CharlesTheClumsy 6 років тому +90

    You're talking about the Zipf Mystery which Vsauce has made a video about.

    • @tropfen
      @tropfen 6 років тому +5

      really great video! that mystery comes closest to what i would call god.

    • @user-ob3nn3th7y
      @user-ob3nn3th7y 6 років тому +12

      "i cant explain it so it must be god"

    • @johnathonfilamonte6625
      @johnathonfilamonte6625 6 років тому +2

      X7r gaming ;_; pretty much yeah, I hope people at least take one closer look before defaulting to religion in the future. It's just lazy in my opinion.

    • @ToriKo_
      @ToriKo_ 6 років тому

      Lasse Samstrøm ur a... Ur a fuckin idiot

    • @lynniesaade4710
      @lynniesaade4710 6 років тому +3

      It's called a power law distribution.

  • @neilmoulang90
    @neilmoulang90 6 років тому +37

    I hate to be that moaner on the internet, but I don't like that you said the population of Paris was 2.2 million. Paris (officially) is the tiny, extremely densely populated core of a massive urban conurbation home to almost 11 million people. Admittedly, this is slightly higher than the population of London's urban area (closer to 10 million) so it wouldn't exactly prove your point; however, London's metro area is still roughly 2 million inhabitants higher than Paris's, which also gives a much better visualisation of their actual size.
    I also have to point out (sorry) that Moscow (by official size, it's technically part of Europe as is east of the Ural mountains) is home to around 3 million more people than London (also by official size). When we compare their urban areas Moscow has almost 6 million more people than London, and by metro area Moscow is still roughly 6 million larger.
    Edit: oh yeah, the other city populations annoy me too; official city boundaries are just too arbitrary to use whilst trying to prove a point.
    Once again I'm sorry and thanks for reading the whole comment.

    • @Pfhorrest
      @Pfhorrest 6 років тому +3

      Yeah I'm pretty sure if you include surrounding metropolitan areas LA is bigger than New York City too. There's WAY more people packed into the entire LA conurbation and all of its sprawl than in tiny little NYC.

    • @emardis8982
      @emardis8982 6 років тому +1

      I was just about to make these same points! Thank you for writing this comment.

    • @magmagon5572
      @magmagon5572 6 років тому +1

      Pfhorrest no New York metro area is 18M, LA is 12M, they are still 1 and 2, but Phoenix only has 4M, and gets bumped down a lot

    • @dom7098
      @dom7098 6 років тому +1

      if you follow those rules, Los Angeles' population is about 19 million, and new yorks 24 million

    • @jicewoods5413
      @jicewoods5413 6 років тому

      Neil Moulang for jice

  • @kakrama2
    @kakrama2 5 років тому +2

    THIS!!! I've been looking for this for years now and the research is too much and I'm too lazy to looking for the answer to the exact question.

  • @michelangelobuonarroti4958
    @michelangelobuonarroti4958 5 років тому +96

    5:21 _"And then the 5th is Frankfurt at roughly 700k inhabitants"_
    *Wendover shows Colgne as Frankfurt*
    Me, as a German, screams internally

    • @Marco-bf4uu
      @Marco-bf4uu 5 років тому +4

      Same lets invade these fuckers

    • @Brocambro1
      @Brocambro1 5 років тому +4

      @@Marco-bf4uu Forgive him in America world's geography and history are elective subjects, children are only taught American history and the history of their own state; his attempt at this subject is just an embarrassment like most people in America his geography knowledge is very flowed may be because in America there is a strong belief that the country is so good than the rest of the world and so exceptional, therefore; there is no need to know what's going on everywhere else. Most American people I know, still believe that Africa is a country. I think he went on Wikipedia and superficially gathered whatever facts people posted there to make this video. What an intellectual embarrassment for himself.

    • @Marco-bf4uu
      @Marco-bf4uu 5 років тому +1

      @@Brocambro1 I didn't have even once german history in school lol we dont have that here after ww2 we just do information history and geography

    • @TheAyomikun
      @TheAyomikun 5 років тому +2

      Brocambro1 I’m pretty sure he’s from the UK, not America

    • @henrythomasoswald
      @henrythomasoswald 5 років тому

      @@TheAyomikun this guy is absolutely American, have you ever heard a british accent?

  • @walarootus
    @walarootus 6 років тому +70

    Aren’t Moscow and Istanbul more populated than London and Paris?

    • @kayo5011
      @kayo5011 6 років тому +14

      Jonathan Wright technically but most people don't consider them in Europe tho.

    • @asneakychicken322
      @asneakychicken322 6 років тому +4

      Jonathan Wright only half of Istanbul is in Europe and Moscow isn’t exactly

    • @walarootus
      @walarootus 6 років тому +42

      Aaron Brougham I agree about Istanbul but Moscow is 100% in Europe... I guess they mean European Union.

    • @LouisKing995
      @LouisKing995 6 років тому +2

      Jonathan Wright I don’t know if most Moscow residents would consider themselves as in Europe. It’s a stick situation. A poll would be interesting

    • @christopherwilson88
      @christopherwilson88 6 років тому +6

      Taking Russia and Turkey out, London and Paris ARE 1-2...but only if you count the whole metropolitan area, not just the actual cities proper. As shown in the video, Berlin proper has more people than Paris proper, as do Madrid, Kiev and Rome. However, the Paris metro area (around 12 million people) is roughly that of Berlin's and Madrid's combined.

  • @dashgamer2325
    @dashgamer2325 6 років тому +476

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    • @oyonggofomocci2078
      @oyonggofomocci2078 6 років тому +18

      Squarespace wouldn't sponsor someone who doesn't know how to spell "sponsored"

    • @jessejamesbond6073
      @jessejamesbond6073 6 років тому +5

      Man's gotta eat.

    • @RayderFun
      @RayderFun 6 років тому +1

      One of many great catches. So much that he can recommend lube tubes and look good in the picture. U always see lovely images throughout the duration of the videos...
      Dont combine the last two statments

    • @flaggerify
      @flaggerify 6 років тому

      DG2 FiFa They fucked up the spelling.

  • @pankam7800
    @pankam7800 5 років тому

    This boy is genius..!!! ...I had to write a comment because i saw more than 10 of his videos.
    Genius..!!! Thanks for being in youtube ..you make this site much more valuable.!!

  • @jackjaeger8272
    @jackjaeger8272 5 років тому +8

    Vsauce has a great video on why a ton of things are ranked in distribution by 1 over their place in a distribution graph- It's called Zipf's Law. It's actually quite fascinating!

  • @relaxingnaturesounds168
    @relaxingnaturesounds168 6 років тому +20

    Some small little mistakes but otherwise a good educational video. Like saying Paris is the second biggest city in Europe with 2,2 million and than a little bit later saying that Berlin has 3,5 million.

  • @skysub1
    @skysub1 6 років тому +3

    Love ya man, great content. Learned a lot!

  • @danielhenderson7050
    @danielhenderson7050 5 років тому

    Fascinating stuff, especially the parts about the ratios.

  • @SunlightMaggot101
    @SunlightMaggot101 Рік тому

    Just a quick realization Wendover, as I checked back to your old video, the speech was much better than recently videos, easier to hear, information is less packed, therefore it's easy getting what you're trying to convey.

  • @The3Kalle
    @The3Kalle 6 років тому +48

    3:53 Berlin has a population of 3.5 Million :)
    Edit: continued watching and you even said so yourself lol

    • @jaydonwilson9094
      @jaydonwilson9094 6 років тому

      Kappa Kalle I think he was talking about the population of the city, the the whole area

    • @klopferator
      @klopferator 6 років тому +2

      If he meant the larger metropolitan area of Paris (which is what I think you are talking about), why did he show the population size of the city itself with 2.2 million?

    • @Ny4d
      @Ny4d 6 років тому

      Madrid has 3.1, Kiev 2.9, Rome 2.8 and Saint Petersburg 5.2. And if you count them as european Istanbul has 14.8 and Moscow 13.1

  • @brandonkirk5357
    @brandonkirk5357 6 років тому +12

    He should have made a poll at the end of the video how many viewers live in cities... I am curious if it would still be 54% with this audience/ anyway great video Wendover!

    • @Lee0723sVideos
      @Lee0723sVideos 6 років тому +4

      Brandon Kirk It would be more because people in urbanized countries are more likely to have Internet access.

  • @user-wq3hu2pq4e
    @user-wq3hu2pq4e 4 роки тому +5

    4:58 and as always, thanks for watching.

  • @RichardKoenigsberg
    @RichardKoenigsberg 2 роки тому

    Great documentary!

  • @crowdedtent
    @crowdedtent 6 років тому +4

    Humble opinion:
    one of your best videos yet, thank you!

  • @anonymoussos8893
    @anonymoussos8893 6 років тому +4

    Hello makers of wendover productions! I am a huge fan on your videos, you do such an amazing job producing these top quality videos. I was wondering in the near future if you could produce a video on
    "Why the family dairy farms are disappearing" I feel that you would explain and go deeper in depth than any other UA-cam channel I know. If you did this I would be forever grateful! Thanks for considering my idea🙂

  • @jana31415
    @jana31415 4 роки тому +2

    3:44 but london is 3rd. First is moskow and second is istanbul

  • @bluerisk
    @bluerisk 4 роки тому +28

    3:52
    Moscow: "I'm a joke to you?!"
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_cities_by_population_within_city_limits

    • @amabustyocheeks5459
      @amabustyocheeks5459 4 роки тому +3

      It's really unfair to only look at the city limits, they are arbitrarily set while people still live outside them. If you include greater Paris it has a population of about 8 million

    • @alexhaynes7983
      @alexhaynes7983 4 роки тому +1

      Vickran it is the entire state of ile de France just like greater New York in New England and grater Los Angeles is Southern California

    • @aetu35
      @aetu35 4 роки тому +2

      Istanbul.
      The core of the city's population is within Europe.

    • @marklandriau
      @marklandriau 3 роки тому

      Istanbul!!

    • @bluerisk
      @bluerisk 3 роки тому

      @@marklandriau Not Europe.

  • @TeKaMOTO
    @TeKaMOTO 6 років тому +6

    1 acre = 4 046.85642 m2 or about 0,40 hectares

  • @AakashKalaria
    @AakashKalaria 6 років тому +8

    8:08, "LAND costs about 38 USD per square foot in New York"
    APARTMENT costs 800 USD per square foot in Mumbai suburb.

    • @Kaedynlimon
      @Kaedynlimon 6 років тому +1

      dang thats pretty high! most houses in the US cost around 250-300$ per sq ft in suburban areas. Its all about the furniture and location though.

    • @NathanClingan
      @NathanClingan 6 років тому

      Yeah, that $38 is completely wrong

    • @hey7328
      @hey7328 6 років тому +1

      APARTMENT is not LAND

    • @AakashKalaria
      @AakashKalaria 6 років тому +1

      @Wolves bandwagon fan since 1998, only rich afford it. Rest of us somehow get through rent, sharing, etc.
      @hey7328 I know, the land is MOST expensive.

    • @hey7328
      @hey7328 6 років тому

      being MOST expensive has no relation to the $800/ft^2 figure given

  • @gamechep
    @gamechep 5 років тому

    Damn I was thinking about it so badly the other day that I wanted to solve it myself but you did it and so brilliantly that you saved me a lotta time. Thanks.

  • @Destrenym1
    @Destrenym1 5 років тому +16

    at 10:00 there's a really cool stone path that's shown, anyone know where that is located?

    • @David-qu6hz
      @David-qu6hz 3 роки тому

      I think it’s in obama but I’m not sure

    • @top10cars2
      @top10cars2 2 роки тому +1

      @@David-qu6hz Where? 😂😂🤣🤣

  • @TAP7a
    @TAP7a 6 років тому +8

    Singapore is the largest remaining city state, which I find to be pretty cool

    • @nitrocreed
      @nitrocreed 6 років тому +1

      Yep it sounds pretty cool until you live there

  • @thelinuxcolonel
    @thelinuxcolonel 6 років тому +6

    If Berlin has 3.5M residents, Paris has 2.2M, and London is the largest city in Europe, how is Paris the second-largest?

    • @Omegador
      @Omegador 6 років тому

      And Moscow is the biggest city with 13 million (and 20M+ in metro area!)

    • @jicewoods5413
      @jicewoods5413 6 років тому

      subido jice

  • @jordanweir7187
    @jordanweir7187 5 років тому +137

    On the whole was a reaaly nice video but I think the thing about cities being natural due to Zipf's law is a bit of a stretch

    • @user-zb8tq5pr4x
      @user-zb8tq5pr4x 4 роки тому +9

      @@Shevock not true. Zipf's law is very real.

    • @rodneyplewright7685
      @rodneyplewright7685 4 роки тому +17

      Beehives and Ants Nests are natural habitations for bees and ants, and follow a pattern, so why not habitations for humans?

    • @pandarosamusic5751
      @pandarosamusic5751 4 роки тому +14

      How could cities not be natural? This is the way things are going, it's part of nature. It may be damaging, feel wrong, it may deprive us of green spaces and clean air, but it is still part of the natural cycle of what humans as a species are doing, all over the world. This is nature. As is destruction and war, sadly.

    • @kielbarry1789
      @kielbarry1789 4 роки тому +1

      that was a very polite way to describe miseducation for clickbait

    • @maxresdefault_
      @maxresdefault_ 3 роки тому

      I think Ziphs law here is less of an explanation, and more of an expected outcome

  • @imovied4190
    @imovied4190 6 років тому +2

    5:21 Mistake! For Frankfurt, you typed up Cologne. :) Happy to help

  • @flof2631
    @flof2631 6 років тому +30

    At 3:53 you said that Paris is the second largest city with a population of 2.2m but at 5:09 you pointed out that Berlin has a population of over 3m? Wikipedia lists Paris on rank 9 of the largest cities of the european continent :s

    • @michaelschipper3312
      @michaelschipper3312 6 років тому

      Flo F paris metro is like 10 million

    • @lynnixvarjo9150
      @lynnixvarjo9150 6 років тому

      Michael Schipper Moscow Metro is Like 12 Million , Istanbul (European Side) is 8.5 Million without Metro (wich would Include the Asian Part , Bringing it to 14 Million)

    • @ON-YT
      @ON-YT 6 років тому

      The metro Paris area

    • @MrPaukann
      @MrPaukann 6 років тому +1

      Lynnix Varjo, Moscow is 11.2 without metro. With metro it is about 17 million.

    • @rokosoldat9912
      @rokosoldat9912 6 років тому +1

      His whole content about city population numbers is full of errors and half-truths.

  • @jonasrugebregt343
    @jonasrugebregt343 6 років тому +8

    5:18 Looks like Frankfurt got some Cologne.

  • @ba2.0T
    @ba2.0T 5 років тому

    With each video of this channel I watch I understand the world more and more

  • @blakezahradnik8350
    @blakezahradnik8350 5 років тому +4

    10:28, "hold my $1,500 sandwich" - *Andy from HTME*

  • @Wavwavcocogaming
    @Wavwavcocogaming 6 років тому +54

    *Spelling Bee*
    Spell Frankfurt:
    C-O-L-O-G-N-E

  • @tubbista
    @tubbista 6 років тому +47

    How is paris the 2nd biggest city when Berlin is almost twice as big?

    • @rumilb
      @rumilb 6 років тому +19

      maybe wendover was going by metropolitan area population, which would make london and paris 1st and 2nd but the figures would be incorrect

    • @MarloSoBalJr
      @MarloSoBalJr 6 років тому

      Is Berlin twice as big in size or population density?

    • @tubbista
      @tubbista 6 років тому +2

      MarloSoBalJr Berlin has a population of 3.6 Million, the density is just 20% the density of Paris.

    • @Tebbe1997
      @Tebbe1997 6 років тому +12

      Moscow is the largest city soley in Europe...

    • @nnalan4886
      @nnalan4886 6 років тому

      Istanbul isn't in Europe.

  • @hitmusicworldwide
    @hitmusicworldwide 5 років тому +1

    This video showed two locations where I have lived in NYC Out of three. The one where I only lived a year was not shown. Is there a formulae for that?

  • @Emre-tf8hp
    @Emre-tf8hp 4 роки тому +1

    dont know if this is outdated, but you've said that the largest city in europe is still london and since you showed the population I am guessing you mean largest by population.
    currently istanbul with 15 mil is the largest, moscow with 12 mil is the second largest and london with 9 mil is merely the third largest city in europe