Guys I have Patreon where I post mostly travel blogs in Japan and updates on what i'm up to in real time, and I just want to make more friends from the US so when I get to visit USA I could meet many of you ! I will appreciate it from the bottom of my heart ! www.patreon.com/timothyjamestravels
I have lived in many of the continental 48 states and remember much of it. I am currently living in the Midwest. I know many cool places you should visit on your travels.
Long tangent ahead, only writing this due to a joke that got made and don't expect a lot of people to read this given its length and given it's about history. History that has been politicized at that: The Confederate flag isn't a real hate symbol, it is just "memed" as such. And I mean "memed" in the most literal way; the dilution of information over time as it is progressively dumbed down in simple, digestible but incomplete ways. Reality of the Confederacy and the Union was that they were BOTH dipping their hands into the same punch bowl. Both wanted slavery, both employed and benefited from it, both returned slaves to plantations if they escaped, the North would even capture free black men and sell them to plantations are illiterate slaves. Then you had their interventions with the underground railroad and so on. Etc etc. The Union was not an innocent party, they were just as bad. In fact, the war wasn't even about slavery, it was about taxes and profit. It began because of the North raising taxes to try and profit MORE from the plantations in the South. Now, remember, our history is based in rebelling against the British for raising taxes on something as simple as TEA. The mindset at the time, for the Confederates, was that the North was going into the exact government overreach we wrote an entire Constitution for. They seceded as a response to it. The North responded to this with fear because a fractured Nation meant having a more difficult time fending off from foreign invaders are we were still on the tail end of the age of conquerors and empires. Other countries were looking at us and we knew it. So basically: The North: "We need to reassemble before something bad happens." The South: "Screw these guys, how dare these government big wigs overstep their boundaries like that." The prospect of FREEING slaves didn't even come about until HALFWAY THROUGH THE WAR when Lincoln delivered his famous speech. The way people treat it is as if this speech STARTED the war. In reality it was just a wake up call that we needed to reunite fast and if it meant sacrificing the slave market, so be it. Abraham Lincoln, in his own words, did not even see the slaves as equal to white men, only that they were people. People of a lower status, but people, and no human should be enslaved. Now, given we were finding cotton alternatives and the industrial age was around the corner providing access to better farm equipment, the actual NECESSITY of slaves was dubious at best. Only problem was the South didn't get these memos and continued behaving like a stubborn grandfather adverse to change, hence the rest of the conflict. So in short, people that fly the Confederate flag aren't signalling racism. In fact most of them will deny it which would be odd considering actual racists are pretty forward about their prejudices. Nah, Confederate heritage families fly those flags as an oldschool way of saying "F*** the government". Only issue is a LOT of history deprived people who only see those memes are under the impression that the whole conflict was about "Good vs. Evil". Reality is rarely that favorable. The Union were about as "Good" as the modern military/government was when they decided to invade Vietnam.
"Why does it sound like the states are so isolated?" Because they are. 90% of our population resides within 15% of the actual land mass of the country. Fun fact, Texas has equal the GDP of the entirety of the Scandinavian countries. It takes multiple NATIONS to match the domestic product of a single U.S. State. Let that sink in.
@@ii_yuuki5111 GDP is "Gross Domestic Product". Its the measure of how impactful an economy is. An American "State" is similar to a Japanese "Prefecture". Imagine Hokkaido having more economic impact on the world than Denmark, Finland and Sweden Combined.
The great state of Texas was once a nation unto itself. Texas has a right to be proud of its heritage. And the rest of us were proud to welcome Texas into The Union.
@@aslongasyourenotademocrat45 I remember the vote for the basketball team name, I don't care for basketball but wanted to have a cool name, so voted for thunder haha
Just imagine how he would react to paris and London Kentucky people from west Virginia are always confused if you just tell them you're going to London for the weekend and forget to specify that it's not a 2 day trip over seas. It's truly magical to see their faces when you have plans to hang out with them and they think you are randomly going to another country without canceling those plans
I moved to Oklahoma from Miami, Florida. So many people thought I was moving from Miami, Oklahoma instead. 🙃 (and were avid that I was pronouncing Miami wrong and how to pronounce Miami correctly if I was going to 'survive' in Oklahoma). It's still funny after all these years, even after learning the history of it. 😃👍
The word "state" is a synonym of "country". The United States is a federation that was created by the original 13 countries, each with their own unique history, traditions, and culture. The other states were added on a basis of equality with the original states, and so should be understood as independent nations that associated with each other for their common benefit, with unified markets and foreign policy.
United States is an oxymoron. United to mean acting as one, but state is an individual, acting without regards of others. Like jumbo shrimp, inside out, ...
Its like the fudeal age in japan you have a leder of an area of land. Then the small leaders who own countys we honestly do what japan did way back in the day in a way.
Great video. You don’t need to apologize for something out of your control. I don’t think anyone really expect you to know everything about every US states or other countries.
To answer the question about certain states sounding vaguely "Chinese", it's because many states were named after Native American tribes and words. Their languages probably have more in common with the sound of Chinese than the sound of English.
Last comment: what you say and how little you know isn’t offensive at all. The more you learn about America, the more fun you’re gonna have. We have a a lot of history
To be fair, the video he's reacting to is throwing out a lot of factoids and trivia. I bet half the residents of these states don't know all the facts mentioned about their state.
4:01: "Nobody's entirely sure at which mountain is taller, because people keep stacking rock at the top" This part made me laugh so hard because that is such an American thing to do.
Texan father speaking to son.... Son, don't ask a man where's he from. If he's from Texas, he'll let you know. If he's not, it does nobody any good to embarrass the poor fellow.
This guy you were watching jumped all over the place with his information about the states, I really could understand how you would be confused. I hope you keep learning about the USA and have fun while doing it.
12:24 we won't get offended, you're learning about the USA and we love it. We love when people ask questions and really want to learn about our country, it makes us proud. Glad to see you're so interested. Oh, btw, hailing from Nashville, TN
Fun Fact: In Texas, tons of everyday objects are shaped like Texas! Texas-shaped belt buckles, Texas-shaped bird fountains, Texas-shaped waffle makers - I know of no other region that's quite as obsessed with its own shape. (Though those Texas waffles are delicious...) Also, another fun fact: there's a mushroom (chorioactis geaster) that only grows in two places in the world. The first is Texas, and the second... is Japan! In Texas it's called Texas Star or the Devil's Cigar but in Japan it's called kirinomitake (キリノミタケ). Scientists have no idea why the mushroom is distributed in this way, being two different places halfway across the world, and it may be the only case of such an unusual ecological distribution in nature.
I suspect, if the occurrence in Texas isn't natural, it was probably spread by early settlers, whether intentionally or accidentally. I'm a born and raised Texan, and I didnt know about that mushroom (but I know about some other mushrooms *wink wink* And all the cow shit in Texas, atleast what's from cattle that are still grass fed, is a breeding ground for the magical ones)
@@ryanm7832 That's the beauty of the mystery - DNA tests indicate that the Texas and Japanese strains have been separate for 19 million years, which is older than humanity! The distribution is incredibly limited and impossible to explain, and I love it!
Its very common for young children to confuse Illinois for Chicago, or beleive Chicago is a state on its own. wyoming, is actually a munsee word(Munsee was a Native tribe) that means 'at the river flat' they ironically named a very mountainous region after river flats.
@Doug Parker The murder rate in Chicago is actually much lower than a number of large and small US cities, the reason the numbers are so high for Chicago, is that it is one single municipal entity, unlike New York which has five Borough, and the result is that the population is higher because a number of neighborhoods in Chicago would be suburbs in other urban areas. There is also Twin and Tri citys in the country, Like Minneapolis and St. Paul, which split the murders of what is essentially one city, but legally two entities(admittedly the murder rate in the Twin Cities is genuinely lower than average). Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Atlanta, Oakland,Memphis, Cincinatti, Savannah, Kansas City(MO), Washington D.C., Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Detroit, Baltimore, and St. Louis all have a higher murder rate than Chicago, Chicago is just larger than each of them.
I live in Texas, one thing I’ve noticed that is different from other states is that you can’t walk or bike anywhere in Texas bc it’s just too big, it would take you hours to walk from your home/apartment to the grocery store. So if you’re headed to Texas expect to pay for a ride often, or to rent/buy a vehicle.
I've done it in Houston, but the real problem is the lack of bike lanes because apparently the "American Dream" is the only way companies want to develop. I would love more and better infrastructure throughout the US>
No, not just Texas. Same in California too, as well as Colorado and Oregon when I visited there. Just a lot of huge sprawling urban+suburban areas in this country
This video is a collection of really weird and odd facts for each state. I had no idea about the currency in Hawaii either. Many of these facts are rather unknown to people that aren't local to the places mentioned.
I agree with this. A lot of these facts were unknown to this Minnesotan, whose family has been here (in the area currently comprising the US, not Minnesota) since the Mayflower landed
California is densely populated in the south around the coast. From San Diego to Los Angeles. Also at the bay in the middle of the state where San Francisco is. The rest of the state not so much. So many farmlands, deserts, mountains and forests that people barely live in. There are parts of the state that are basically untouched by people.
@@Choppylovechoppy I got two tidbits of info for you. 1) the bear on the California state flag is a species of bear that no longer exists in California. 2) don't move to Fairbanks, Alaska unless you like extremely frigid temps. It can get down to -40° (both °F AND°C) in the winter, because it's either a little bit above or extremely close the Arctic Circle. You're better off living in Anchorage or Talkeetna.
@@SMATF5 I live in LA and I looove getting to visit those places. In fact I just came back from Joshua tree not too long ago for the first time ever. It was so beautiful, I love deserts. Also love getting the chance to visit Big Bear/Lake Arrowhead and Solvang!
I must rewind my mental cassette tapes for a few minutes (yes, I'm that old) because it's a great spot to recall a certain humorous visit. Someone recounted a trip from Japan to the United States and was asked to tell the interviewer how the language impacted his memory of the visit. With a big smile he repeated how a young woman from Georgia called her wayward dog; "Y'all git over here right now, Butter Nugget!" (If you didn't find yourself reading that in a Southern accent, you ain't no fun.)
We know less about our own country and history. Btw: it’s “why oh ming “ Wyoming. This goes too fast. You should definitely check out some books or other films. Many of the states have Native American origins.
The tiny states in the North East are the "New England" states.....the original colonies.....they were all formed before we had a good Idea how much land we were dealing with.
@Machina Not to mention that for the longest time there was simply no reasonable way to pass through the Appalachian Mountains. They formed a natural barrier against development creeping westward. Unless you were a hunter or a trapper with the gear and experience to manage the journey on foot, your only options were to take one single mountain pass in the lower part of the mountain range (Cumberland Gap), or just sail down to New Orleans and go up the Mississippi River instead.
Other people may think of potatoes when they think of Idaho, but when I was a kid I had this puzzle with images on each state to help remember them. Idaho had this brown shape that I could've Sworn was a chocolate chip cookie. So, to me, Idaho is known for cookies.
"I know Arizona, it's very famous." That's interesting I've never thought of Arizona as a famous state at all, it's good to see an entirely direct perspective. 😂
@@derdin8 I didn't even know that was the state the Grand Canyon is in, and I'm from the US... Like how he's definitely heard of Las Vegas but had never heard of Nevada
I mean Phoenix is the fastest growing city in the u.s in terms of population. I love it here it’s almost perfect besides the heat which is tolerable and it makes for some very relaxing winters. Also central Phoenix with all the bigger buildings and stuff kinda sucks
Yk..it hits different when U go to the harbor for a field trip and see all the Japanese kids also visiting..and then U just stare into each others eyes knowing full well what transpired in there...*sigh* I miss school~😌😂 Edit* Born and Raised in Hawaii🇺🇲🇫🇲
Since you want to go to Alaska I'll give you a fun fact about the state. Alaska is easily the largest state in the country, so large that if it was split into two states Texas, the second largest state, would become the third largest state.
I'm from Pennsylvania. It's beautiful state with many mountains that look amazing when the seasons change. Our claim to fame is Philadelphia and the cheesesteak.
Hah I pretty much had the same thought. Admittedly it's a beautiful state and nice to visit....but living there you better be prepared for lots of bad weather and less infrastructure compared to other states. I lived there in a logging camp for 2 years that was out in the middle of nowhere and the only way to get in and out was by floatplane.
I live in Alaska, and actually the snow melts in May and doesn’t come back until October (although in the winter there are days where you have to shovel 3 feet of snow, which is admittedly not very fun)
I'm so disappointed the video didn't mention that Wisconsinites LOVE cheese. I could eat cheese with every meal every day. It's so good!❤️ Fun fact: although many people in Wisconsin love cheese, Wisconsin has the largest cranberry factory in America.
"That gives you an idea of how densely populated california is". I mean, California is roughly the same size as Japan, but has less than a third of the population. So it's not THAT dense.
To be fair, most of that population density is concentrated in southern California. Something like 2/3 of the population lives in Southern California, which as a geographical region is actually closer to 1/4 of the states area. The rest of the population is most concentrated in the Bay Area. There's large parts of Northern California (Redwoods and mountain) and even Southern California (think deserts) that are pretty desolate and remote. Considering that, the population is not exactly evenly spread out. So while some parts of California are indeed not very dense, in fact they're downright remote, many parts of California are super dense and consequently lead to many of the issues that the state has, like water shortages and wildfires.
I am from Missouri. The landscape changes quite a bit if you were to drive for about 30 minutes. The weather changes drastically here in the Ozarks (a region) due to us constantly being directly in the middle of both a warm front from the south and a cold front from the north. During the summer and winter the heat and cold can get intense. Both the spring and fall is very unpredictable, especially now with climate change.
This is SO true about the weather in Mo. I mean WOW I live in Warsaw Mo. the winter is crazy here I live in town it can be a cold rain but go just outside of town on the south side up on the hill about 60ft. it will change over really fast that's just crazy.
This is only my second video watch of yours. When you stated, "I've never heard of Illinois" my first thought was, "yes, but you've heard of Chicago." I didn't even know you've been to Chicago, but still felt safe in my thought that you've heard of it.
Chicago is pretty much Illinois. Draw a 60 or so mile radius from Chicago and that's where everyone lives. The rest of Illinois is farmland. If someone says they are from Chicago, they are probably in that radius, including people from Indiana, which is a different state
This video isn't going to tell you much about the US, but you'll get some interesting facts. There are better videos if you are really interested in learning about the states, but this is fun.
At Promontory Summit, north of the Great Salt Lake. A national monumemt with two operating replicas of the steam locomotives that met there on May 10, 1869.
The Missouri Ozarks is very beautiful. Everything is very hilly or mountainous and full of caves. Everyone in my area thinks the weather is extreme but I think they spend too much time being comfortable in air conditioned buildings.
So, to answer why Kansas is pronounced (Can-sus) and Arkansas is pronounced (Ar-can-saw) is because the territory of Arkansas was originally French conquered territory, and was used as the plural name of the local tribe. In French, many consonants, such as "s" are not pronounced and are silent.
I've lived in Indiana most of my life. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is a sight to see if you ever come to the U.S. in May. I also get your desire to see Alaska. I was stationed there during my time in the Army. It is a beautiful place but it can be dangerous place if you don't come prepared for weather and wildlife. The weather in the summer is amazing, zero humidity and warm weather. The days are long as the sun doesn't truly set, it just hides behind the mountains. The winter, on the hand, can be brutal. I remember doing physical training outside until it reached -11°F(-28°C) and my Army unit conducted operations outside in temperatures colder than -40°F. Cold as it got, I'd go back in a heartbeat
Why does owning a golf cart automatically equal wealth? Maybe they’re just a closed off, isolated, tight-knit community where it’s safe to drive golf carts down the empty streets due to zero traffic. Just a different perspective.
@@raggaduxjones I can confirm this. I live in a small town pop. 556 and we have a tiny golf cart army 🥰 it mostly consists of elderly citizens (one of which I believe had a stroke in previous years) and they just scoot around town in them. None of us here are wealthy, it’s just a fun way to allow our senior citizens be more independent, or a safer way to get home after too many at the bar 😆
@@malinanen are they street legal there or do they not have actual roads (I'm not trying to offend you it just sounds odd to have a golf cart in place of cars on the roads)
I live in Georgia, and one of my good friends lives in Peachtree City. Can confirm, she drives her golf cart everywhere! Shops and schools even have separate parking lots for golf carts and people are judged on how expensive theirs are.
The video you're watching gets one things slightly wrong: Kansas City is on the border between Kansas and Missouri. Each side is considered a separate city, but they're still lumped together and people move freely between them. So Kansas City is actually in both Kansas and Missouri.
I'm from Nebraska, so it's funny to me how those are considered to be like the same city, but then Omaha, Ne and Council Bluffs, Ia are totally separate even though it's just like the 2 sides of Kansas City.
We talk about the Missouri side and the Kansas Side. The Missouri side is the largest. It’s divided by a river btw. If you think is beautiful Alaska, I think you would like Maine.
10:45 by "outdoor billboards", they're not talking about art. Most states have giant advertisement signs on the side of highways that are honestly an eyesore.
Well, I do think the idea was to have factoids that chain together. The detail at the end of one factoid is the start of the next, or at least related.
@@ThatSoddingGamer yeah, the concept is there, it’s just so much scatter-shot information at once that nothing has a chance to process. So I imagine trying to make sense of it without a base knowledge of American geography or culture is probably quite the overload.
Yeah, they should either go alphabetically, geographically, or by order of statehood. The way they randomly bop around is confusing, even to Americans. 😂
Pro tip: only foreigners refer to us as "The States." Nobody here says that. Here, we say The United States or the U.S. The closest we get to saying "The States," is you might hear someone say "stateside," but even this is very, very rare.
Interesting! I refer to the US as 'the states' with other expats. It was more comfortable than saying "America," which was the common local way to refer to the US.
I was born and raised mostly in the US, but my family refers to "The States." It might be due to being a military family, though. For example, when Dad was stationed overseas and we lived abroad for three years, we used to refer to family being "back home in the States."
Bull! I am a natural born US citizen and I refer to the US as "the States" far more then I ever refer to it as the US. Calling the US "the States" is very common for both citizens, immigrants and tourists alike. As for "stateside" the use of term is far, FAR from rare. Do not know where you live but you are completely and utterly WRONG on ALL counts.
They didn't really say anything interesting about Washington state (*not* DC) in the video you watched, so I'll give you an interesting fact: Pierce County, Washington has the greatest elevation change of any county in the US: sea level (0 ft) to the top of Mount Rainier (14,411 ft).
Thanks for the fun fact! As an American, I'm ashamed to say that I wasn't aware of that either. At the moment, the only "fun" fact I can think of for my state, Michigan, is having the most abandoned buildings (between Flint and Detroit).
As I was flying out of seattle, i saw Mt Rainier towering above the clouds. The clouds looked like an ocean at the base of the mountain. It was surreal.
@@aNimE732 Wat stationed there for a couple of years. Even twenty or so miles away from the base of the mountain, you tend to find yourself looking up to see the summit. And then you remember that it's a big ass volcano.
@@hopepalmer5376 I think they are hoping you get your 6 shot caffeine in early, go to work and then need the beer to chill you out. Small city at its best?
That Flag you"know in a bad way"the Confederate Flag is a very touchy subject.If you see it flying or being carried,or burned,just walk away,if you draw attention about it angry people from one side of politics or the other may get mad at you.
That flag was never the flag of the CSA (Confederate States of America), but was instead the battle flag of the Army of North Virginia under the command of Robert E. Lee. look up the Stars and Bars for the CSA's national flag.
@@brutalcas4309 no that's not why it stands for period. None given is right and it was a specific ass flag under the most ruthless military leader at the time. And protecting the statues quoe of your state and then calling yourself a rebel is halarious to me. The people that fly that flag 9/10 have no idea where it came from and do say that it's the CSA or at least represented the CSA and it didn't. Learn some history it's good for you.
@@superpacemaker444 General E Lee never supported slavery, most confederate war songs were heckling the Northern government, their freedom, farming, and country living, they called themselves rebels, Dixie's Land, I'm a Good Ol' Rebel, and other songs make no mention of slavery but only of the disagreement they had with the Northern states
The reason why the states on the east coast in that area are so small is because they were the first areas settled by the British colonists (and why the region is known as "New England"). As we expanded west, there was a lot more land to be discovered, so states increased in size.
"Obviously Japan has a really strong relationship with the States." Yes. It does. Japan is the only country that had nukes used on their civilian population. The US is the only country that ever used nukes on the civilian population of another country. That is quite the strong bond.
LOL ironically that’s exactly how the relationship started. The USA put so much into rebuilding what they destroyed that Japan is forever in debt to us
Hi there! I'm from Erie, Pennsylvania. (a small-ish city on the coast of Great Lake Erie) As for the Kansas/ Arkansas issue...From what I've read Arkansas is French based and is the plural form for a Native American tribe. While Kansas is the English based word for the same or similar tribe.
The vast majority of the names of our states, cities, and towns have origins in native american culture. I grew up in a town called Puyallup. Dare you to pronounce that one
there also seems to be a fair bit of cities and towns that also have indian type names or things to do with landscape or wildlife or anything native related, even most of the streets around here are all like that, birch run street, cedar road, chipmunk trail, marsh creek, willow run, and many many more and there are other towns that have the same type of stuff
"Vast majority" no. Names came from the local Indian tribes, the French and English trappers, the Spanish and Mexicans and people naming areas after themselves or local landmarks, mythos of the local tribes, thoroughly mispronounced Indian words and finally nature.
Yep. That's fifth grade curriculum alright. In the fifth grade each person my class had to choose a different state and write a report. (This was in California, so there was a dogpile for dibs on CA). I chose New Mexico because I had been there several times on the road to Texas with my family and there were many beautiful places there.
nah, 4th grade was worse. teacher: "ok class we're now gonna make you memorize all 50 states and their capitals. as well as all the presidents, their vice presidents, and the order they came in."
It's so fun to listen to foreigners try pronouncing state names, since English is a combination of tons of other languages some pronunciations are weird (like Kansas vs Arkansas). I'm from Ohio which most people tend to pronounce correctly.
Safety warning: the straw around the light fixture is a fire hazard, and with a wooden wall behind both, that whole place could go up in a flash. Yes, I'm a little paranoid about fire.
@Silicon Nomad The fixtures with LED bulbs still get hot. I was surprised to find my bread "toasted" in the cabinet, why? Sitting above a fluorescent light fixture. The bulb was cool but the fixture was hot, so the cabinet floor was warm, warm enough to heat the bread.
"Why do these places sound so isolated?" In Oklahoma, no one can hear you scream. There are about 55 people per square mile in Oklahoma, compared to 160 per square mile in Hokkaido.
I’m from Colorado and have climbed the two tallest mountains and honestly there is no debate into which one is taller 🤪 I know you want to travel to the USA and I highly recommend Colorado for its beauty!
That one snippet of Hawaii. It's always very interesting to see Japanese and German and Italian people react to WWII from the American point of view. I have heard a lot about it from the view point of Japan at the time and it's really so tragic how the average citizens were completely innocent while their governments were just...not. America was definitely not innocent either, they did a lot of shady things in the end like letting war criminals go free in exchange for scientific results. War is alwaya ugly, I'm just happy that America and Japan are allies now
The USA of course had the Japanese internment camps during the War where all US citizens of Japanese descent were forced to go there. They weren't QUITE as bad as the concentration camps of Germany but still it was a bad time for innocent Japanese people in my country.
@@david2869 I always like to add to this that not a single japanese american was ever charged with sedition or espionage which was the logic behind the internment, though your use of "quite" is a fucking joke the treatment of japanese americans was incomparable. The treatment of the chinese particularly in nanjing by the japanese was worse than anything american did during the war, look it up its called "the rape of nanjing" and i mean anything, the tokyo firebombing was worse than hiroshima or nagasaki and still despite that the war crimes of the japanese and germans should never be put on the same level as the japanese interment. Also while 40 years later in 1988 the usa started paying 20,000 dollars each in reparations to those harmed by the internment over 80,000 japanese americans received this payment.
I love how the one Nebraska fact, my state, is about Monowi, with a 1 person population. That has to be mind-blowing for him. Actually, I think there's more than one town like that now.
Hello from Alaska!!! Your enthusiasm for my home brightened my day! If you haven't looked up our solstice lighting you should! Fun fact Utqiagvik goes about 2 months without sunlight during the winter! The Ted Stevens International airport in Anchorage is also the 6th largest cargo airport in the world.
@@marydavis5234 I live in Alaska. Can confirm, it's great. I was a bit weirded out visiting another state for the first time when I was younger and saw all the billboards. I hated it
I thought it was hysterical when you hadn't recognized Illinois even though I knew you had been to Chicago. Good stuff - these videos are pretty great! I also love how interested you are in the US. I hope you make it to Alaska soon if you havent yet
Lived in WV my entire life and didn’t k ow that, but I’m from southern WV. You could probably split the state a little above Charleston bc the ppl up north are a bit different than us in the south.
Watching this in Anchorage and having lived here for 7 years I’m going to tell you this about Alaska: it’s cold, it’s beautiful, there’s not much here in the way of civilization and don’t forget your bug spray, you will regret it.
If you go to the US go to the national parks! They're absolutely stunning. If UA-cam comments could let you share photos I would send so many of the bison we saw in the northern side of the grand canyon. Also! They're called bison, not Buffalo The fact that I paused the video when you said Nevada right just proves where I'm from
One of the most valuable talents in life is "knowing what you don't know", so I applaud your candor regarding U.S. States knowledge, as much as your willingness to immerse yourself.
Thanks for the explanation about your father being from Wales, Frankly because your English is better than mine and English is my only language. And that's because I barely passed it in high school. My only prejudice against foreign languages is when I was a kid my parents would be speaking English and all of a sudden the conversation would change in to Italian so I couldn't tell what they were talking about. Thank you for the time in effort you put into your video.
One of my favorite things about the united states is there is about every kind of climate you can imagine. The US is like minecraft with all the different environments that change from state to state.
Greetings from California. One of my favorite fun facts about my homestate is that it's where the hottest temperature was recorded in US History. It was recorded in a small desert town aptly named Death Valley.
11:06 Fun fact: Minus the spire of the tower, it stands the same height as the twin towers that were attacked 20 years ago. The freedom tower was built with the Twin Towers in mind. Also, the Freedom Tower happens to be my favorite building in all of New York.
There was an argument about that in the 1850s, too. One Senator was from arKANsas, the other from ARkansaw, and they insisted on being identified that way.
@@larrybrennan1463 I was handed an ID at work from a lady from arKANsas today and I smirked and said ‘ARkansaw, how nice.’ She about glared my head off and made sure she knew how much she hated it when it’s called arKANsas. I passed her off to the next person cause I would have pushed her buttons too hard lol.
16:54 I'm from Indiana and the brickyard actually refuses to disclose how many seats there are so no one knows for sure but we THINK it's around 400,000. but no one actually knows
Another fun fact: the reason Tim knows about KFC is because, decades ago, some 'clever' marketers used advertisments in Japan to convince them that KFC was THE American thing to eat at Christmas, and it caught on like crazy.
I live in Virginia Beach, Virginia. I’m originally from Pennsylvania. I spent a good bit of time in Japan when I was in the Navy. It’s a beautiful country.
Right. Alaska can be. . .severe. Anyone going there to camp or otherwise get out into the B bush should know their limitations and if they are not experienced in the outdoors/wilderness they should go with a group or a guided trip.
These videos are very interesting I am an American and I always learn something new too. I can't believe I was never taught about the money in Hawaii during WWII.
2:50 hey that's not completely true! Kansas DOES have a Kansas City. Or at least part of it? It's kind of weird, but there is a KCK (Kansas City, Kansas) and KC-MO (Kansas City, Missouri)
Similar to Texarkana - Texas and Arkansas - and Bristol - Tennessee and Virginia. Just depends on which side of the street you're on. In Kansas City, it's Stateline Avenue.
Yup. About 500,000 people live on the Missouri side of KC & about 150,000 people live on the Kansas side of KC. But it’s definitely overlapping both states.
True, but the only things worth mentioning are in the Missouri version of the city. It's also the most populous city in Missouri, although St. Louis has a more populous metropolitan area.
Alaska is beautiful! I have lived here since 1979. You should, absolutely, visit. But plan to stay for more than a week because it’s a big state with a lot to see.
I live in Colorado, and I love the breathtaking mountains, especially in Autumn when the trees' leaves turn shades of orange and yellow and red. I think that if you ever come to the states, the Rocky Mountains are a must see.
I live in Virginia, although I did live in Colorado for half a year, and I can confirm that Fall coloration is quite a spectacle to see! Plus, we also have mountains, just not nearly as tall.
Guys I have Patreon where I post mostly travel blogs in Japan and updates on what i'm up to in real time, and I just want to make more friends from the US so when I get to visit USA I could meet many of you ! I will appreciate it from the bottom of my heart !
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I have lived in many of the continental 48 states and remember much of it. I am currently living in the Midwest. I know many cool places you should visit on your travels.
Just curious, did you know about the hidden chef in the geography of the US states?
Come here to alaska! It's amazing
Long tangent ahead, only writing this due to a joke that got made and don't expect a lot of people to read this given its length and given it's about history. History that has been politicized at that:
The Confederate flag isn't a real hate symbol, it is just "memed" as such. And I mean "memed" in the most literal way; the dilution of information over time as it is progressively dumbed down in simple, digestible but incomplete ways.
Reality of the Confederacy and the Union was that they were BOTH dipping their hands into the same punch bowl. Both wanted slavery, both employed and benefited from it, both returned slaves to plantations if they escaped, the North would even capture free black men and sell them to plantations are illiterate slaves. Then you had their interventions with the underground railroad and so on. Etc etc. The Union was not an innocent party, they were just as bad.
In fact, the war wasn't even about slavery, it was about taxes and profit. It began because of the North raising taxes to try and profit MORE from the plantations in the South. Now, remember, our history is based in rebelling against the British for raising taxes on something as simple as TEA. The mindset at the time, for the Confederates, was that the North was going into the exact government overreach we wrote an entire Constitution for. They seceded as a response to it. The North responded to this with fear because a fractured Nation meant having a more difficult time fending off from foreign invaders are we were still on the tail end of the age of conquerors and empires. Other countries were looking at us and we knew it. So basically:
The North: "We need to reassemble before something bad happens."
The South: "Screw these guys, how dare these government big wigs overstep their boundaries like that."
The prospect of FREEING slaves didn't even come about until HALFWAY THROUGH THE WAR when Lincoln delivered his famous speech. The way people treat it is as if this speech STARTED the war. In reality it was just a wake up call that we needed to reunite fast and if it meant sacrificing the slave market, so be it. Abraham Lincoln, in his own words, did not even see the slaves as equal to white men, only that they were people. People of a lower status, but people, and no human should be enslaved. Now, given we were finding cotton alternatives and the industrial age was around the corner providing access to better farm equipment, the actual NECESSITY of slaves was dubious at best. Only problem was the South didn't get these memos and continued behaving like a stubborn grandfather adverse to change, hence the rest of the conflict.
So in short, people that fly the Confederate flag aren't signalling racism. In fact most of them will deny it which would be odd considering actual racists are pretty forward about their prejudices. Nah, Confederate heritage families fly those flags as an oldschool way of saying "F*** the government".
Only issue is a LOT of history deprived people who only see those memes are under the impression that the whole conflict was about "Good vs. Evil". Reality is rarely that favorable. The Union were about as "Good" as the modern military/government was when they decided to invade Vietnam.
"Why does it sound like the states are so isolated?"
Because they are. 90% of our population resides within 15% of the actual land mass of the country.
Fun fact, Texas has equal the GDP of the entirety of the Scandinavian countries. It takes multiple NATIONS to match the domestic product of a single U.S. State.
Let that sink in.
I can't, too dumb to understand what you're saying.
@@ii_yuuki5111 GDP is "Gross Domestic Product". Its the measure of how impactful an economy is. An American "State" is similar to a Japanese "Prefecture". Imagine Hokkaido having more economic impact on the world than Denmark, Finland and Sweden Combined.
@@uncontrolledvictory This is a perfect explaination.
Now let’s compare Texas’ GDP with NY.
@@raggaduxjones
It's close, but Texas still wins. Current GDP for NY State is $1.71T and Texas is at $1.9T.
“I heard that people in Texas are like super patriotic about the state”. From Texas. Can confirm.
Also so from Texas, a lot of people here think of themselves as Texans First and Americans Second.
A greater truth has never been spoken
Also from texas, can confirm again
Just another Texan, confirming.
The great state of Texas was once a nation unto itself. Texas has a right to be proud of its heritage. And the rest of us were proud to welcome Texas into The Union.
I’m an Oklahoma girl, and watching that confused face about the city “Kansas” and actual “Kansas” really just made my day.
Hey me too 😁😁 OK go Thunder
@@aslongasyourenotademocrat45 I remember the vote for the basketball team name, I don't care for basketball but wanted to have a cool name, so voted for thunder haha
Just imagine how he would react to paris and London Kentucky people from west Virginia are always confused if you just tell them you're going to London for the weekend and forget to specify that it's not a 2 day trip over seas. It's truly magical to see their faces when you have plans to hang out with them and they think you are randomly going to another country without canceling those plans
Oklahoma here also. To answer the video, it is pretty isolated. Many small towns along highways. You don't usually trust any seafood here. Lol
I moved to Oklahoma from Miami, Florida.
So many people thought I was moving from Miami, Oklahoma instead. 🙃
(and were avid that I was pronouncing Miami wrong and how to pronounce Miami correctly if I was going to 'survive' in Oklahoma). It's still funny after all these years, even after learning the history of it. 😃👍
Because the states are basically like mini countries with different laws but under the jurisdiction of one big government! : D
Don't know if I'd call 'em "mini countries." Even Rhode Island is larger than a few countries out there.
The word "state" is a synonym of "country". The United States is a federation that was created by the original 13 countries, each with their own unique history, traditions, and culture. The other states were added on a basis of equality with the original states, and so should be understood as independent nations that associated with each other for their common benefit, with unified markets and foreign policy.
United States is an oxymoron. United to mean acting as one, but state is an individual, acting without regards of others. Like jumbo shrimp, inside out, ...
Its like the fudeal age in japan you have a leder of an area of land. Then the small leaders who own countys we honestly do what japan did way back in the day in a way.
What's a state? I live in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania tyvm :)
Great video. You don’t need to apologize for something out of your control. I don’t think anyone really expect you to know everything about every US states or other countries.
Thank you :b
I agree but other countries tend to freak out when it happens to Americans. Just sayin 🤔
Well as an american I can tell you we don't know everything so enjoy
I live here and I still can't name all the states off the top of my head
@@miahsouthy9158 That's mostly European countries though
To answer the question about certain states sounding vaguely "Chinese", it's because many states were named after Native American tribes and words. Their languages probably have more in common with the sound of Chinese than the sound of English.
Yep. Most of the native languages originate in Siberia.
God I love Ice Bridge theory.
@@wiilov ice bridge... yeah don't you think that mongolians and american indians look a bit similar?
not to mention the ancestors of both native americans and asians are practically the same
I was looking for this, cause I didn’t want to repeat.
Last comment: what you say and how little you know isn’t offensive at all. The more you learn about America, the more fun you’re gonna have. We have a a lot of history
A lot of very dark history but history yes
@@RKX17 Americ's history is no darker than almost any other country on Earth. You know a lot less about America than you think.
@@YuSooKey you speak words of knowledge
(Common knowledge actually)
Believe me you probably know more about the US than a lot of AMERICA
To be fair, the video he's reacting to is throwing out a lot of factoids and trivia. I bet half the residents of these states don't know all the facts mentioned about their state.
To put the smallest state, Rhode Island, into a Japanese perspective: It's roughly the same area as Okinawa.
I love these types of descriptions regarding land mass
Whereas California is larger than all of Japan. (According to Wikipedia's listings of the square mileage of the two)
@@HipposHateWater no way whattt?? I live in California so thats cool to know-
Texas is 1.8 times the area of Japan.
And the US is about 24.8 times the size of Japan.
@@wordforger And Alaska is almost 3 times the size of Texas.
4:01:
"Nobody's entirely sure at which mountain is taller, because people keep stacking rock at the top"
This part made me laugh so hard because that is such an American thing to do.
It is, and it's not even the funniest or silliest thing we would do.
It's funnier and more economical than doing it with sky scrapers. And it never has to stop. Plus it's probably really good excersize!
"I heard that people in Texas are like super patriotic about the state..."
Understatement of the year! 🤣
Texan father speaking to son....
Son, don't ask a man where's he from. If he's from Texas, he'll let you know. If he's not, it does nobody any good to embarrass the poor fellow.
Texas is like it's own cult sometimes
@@losersGuide At least it’s not Utah, Mormons and shit.
True that
True!
This guy you were watching jumped all over the place with his information about the states, I really could understand how you would be confused. I hope you keep learning about the USA and have fun while doing it.
I'm American and the video confused me. So much unnecessary information was included.
I wish they had sorted these either easy to west/order of joining the union/alphabetical. This is so scattered its hard to remember
It was very confusing for me, an American, to watch too. There are better videos to watch to learn more about the US
I agree with all of you. He skipped around so much and everything was so random. I'm an American too and I had a hard time following it.
12:24 we won't get offended, you're learning about the USA and we love it. We love when people ask questions and really want to learn about our country, it makes us proud. Glad to see you're so interested.
Oh, btw, hailing from Nashville, TN
Fun Fact: In Texas, tons of everyday objects are shaped like Texas! Texas-shaped belt buckles, Texas-shaped bird fountains, Texas-shaped waffle makers - I know of no other region that's quite as obsessed with its own shape. (Though those Texas waffles are delicious...)
Also, another fun fact: there's a mushroom (chorioactis geaster) that only grows in two places in the world. The first is Texas, and the second... is Japan! In Texas it's called Texas Star or the Devil's Cigar but in Japan it's called kirinomitake (キリノミタケ). Scientists have no idea why the mushroom is distributed in this way, being two different places halfway across the world, and it may be the only case of such an unusual ecological distribution in nature.
Hah, i remember going into an hotel and the next morning i saw there was texas shaped waffle makers.
I suspect, if the occurrence in Texas isn't natural, it was probably spread by early settlers, whether intentionally or accidentally. I'm a born and raised Texan, and I didnt know about that mushroom (but I know about some other mushrooms *wink wink* And all the cow shit in Texas, atleast what's from cattle that are still grass fed, is a breeding ground for the magical ones)
totinos makes texas shaped chips lmao
Very interesting 👌
@@ryanm7832 That's the beauty of the mystery - DNA tests indicate that the Texas and Japanese strains have been separate for 19 million years, which is older than humanity! The distribution is incredibly limited and impossible to explain, and I love it!
Its very common for young children to confuse Illinois for Chicago, or beleive Chicago is a state on its own. wyoming, is actually a munsee word(Munsee was a Native tribe) that means 'at the river flat' they ironically named a very mountainous region after river flats.
@Doug Parker The murder rate in Chicago is actually much lower than a number of large and small US cities, the reason the numbers are so high for Chicago, is that it is one single municipal entity, unlike New York which has five Borough, and the result is that the population is higher because a number of neighborhoods in Chicago would be suburbs in other urban areas. There is also Twin and Tri citys in the country, Like Minneapolis and St. Paul, which split the murders of what is essentially one city, but legally two entities(admittedly the murder rate in the Twin Cities is genuinely lower than average). Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Atlanta, Oakland,Memphis, Cincinatti, Savannah, Kansas City(MO), Washington D.C., Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Detroit, Baltimore, and St. Louis all have a higher murder rate than Chicago, Chicago is just larger than each of them.
@Doug Parker that statement makes no sense lol
@Doug Parker Chicago isn't the highest murder rate per capita, it just has more murders because of it's large population 🤷♂️
He pronounced it Wyō-Ming. The Wyō-Ming Dynasty.
Its' like how a ton of Europeans think America is New York City, and Texas.
I live in Texas, one thing I’ve noticed that is different from other states is that you can’t walk or bike anywhere in Texas bc it’s just too big, it would take you hours to walk from your home/apartment to the grocery store. So if you’re headed to Texas expect to pay for a ride often, or to rent/buy a vehicle.
I've done it in Houston, but the real problem is the lack of bike lanes because apparently the "American Dream" is the only way companies want to develop. I would love more and better infrastructure throughout the US>
A car is necessary in most places in the US. Only a few cities have well developed public transportation.
In Alaska It takes basically the entire day with a straight drive from Anchorage to Fairbanks
where i lived in houston, there were bike paths everywhere
No, not just Texas. Same in California too, as well as Colorado and Oregon when I visited there. Just a lot of huge sprawling urban+suburban areas in this country
This video is a collection of really weird and odd facts for each state. I had no idea about the currency in Hawaii either. Many of these facts are rather unknown to people that aren't local to the places mentioned.
I agree with this. A lot of these facts were unknown to this Minnesotan, whose family has been here (in the area currently comprising the US, not Minnesota) since the Mayflower landed
California is densely populated in the south around the coast. From San Diego to Los Angeles. Also at the bay in the middle of the state where San Francisco is. The rest of the state not so much. So many farmlands, deserts, mountains and forests that people barely live in. There are parts of the state that are basically untouched by people.
That's interesting !
@@Choppylovechoppy I got two tidbits of info for you. 1) the bear on the California state flag is a species of bear that no longer exists in California. 2) don't move to Fairbanks, Alaska unless you like extremely frigid temps. It can get down to -40° (both °F AND°C) in the winter, because it's either a little bit above or extremely close the Arctic Circle. You're better off living in Anchorage or Talkeetna.
Funny that you've never heard of Nevada but you pronounce it better that the narrator.
I live in Anaheim, and I always enjoy the opportunity to visit places like Sequoia National Park, Joshua Tree, or Mono Lake.
@@SMATF5 I live in LA and I looove getting to visit those places. In fact I just came back from Joshua tree not too long ago for the first time ever. It was so beautiful, I love deserts. Also love getting the chance to visit Big Bear/Lake Arrowhead and Solvang!
I must rewind my mental cassette tapes for a few minutes (yes, I'm that old) because it's a great spot to recall a certain humorous visit. Someone recounted a trip from Japan to the United States and was asked to tell the interviewer how the language impacted his memory of the visit. With a big smile he repeated how a young woman from Georgia called her wayward dog; "Y'all git over here right now, Butter Nugget!" (If you didn't find yourself reading that in a Southern accent, you ain't no fun.)
Thank you very much !!
I totally did read that in a southern accent
@@ahhhhh1234 same
No need to keep apologizing. The typical American knows even less about Japan (sadly).
Unfortunately, many of us don't know that much about all 50 states either.
So true…I’ve only been to Honshu
We know less about our own country and history.
Btw: it’s “why oh ming “ Wyoming.
This goes too fast. You should definitely check out some books or other films.
Many of the states have Native American origins.
This was very interesting information.
Well it makes since
I'm aware it sounds conceited, but the US is the world's sole Superpower, ever since the USSR collapsed
The tiny states in the North East are the "New England" states.....the original colonies.....they were all formed before we had a good Idea how much land we were dealing with.
That’s a great way to say it, haha. I will steal that.
Funny way of spelling New Netherlands
@Machina Not to mention that for the longest time there was simply no reasonable way to pass through the Appalachian Mountains. They formed a natural barrier against development creeping westward.
Unless you were a hunter or a trapper with the gear and experience to manage the journey on foot, your only options were to take one single mountain pass in the lower part of the mountain range (Cumberland Gap), or just sail down to New Orleans and go up the Mississippi River instead.
New England stops before New York state
The original 13 colonies stretch down to Georgia
this is so pure, I think every american can agree that when you get excited about knowing these names it brings us joy
Hello from Idaho, the state everyone forgets about except for potatoes and the blue turf in our college football stadium.
You had me at potato.
But that blue turf is ... tough to look at.
I’m from Idaho too! Yeah, I usually have to tell people that I’m a 6 hour drive from Seattle then they’re like “oh I see now”.
But we love your potatoes and the Snake River!
Other people may think of potatoes when they think of Idaho, but when I was a kid I had this puzzle with images on each state to help remember them. Idaho had this brown shape that I could've Sworn was a chocolate chip cookie. So, to me, Idaho is known for cookies.
Lol I only know it's there because of my dad. ( He was from there.) I dunno jack but it seems nice. I'm probably gonna go there eventually.
"I know Arizona, it's very famous." That's interesting I've never thought of Arizona as a famous state at all, it's good to see an entirely direct perspective. 😂
@ Will Wrich...You've got the Grand Canyon, one of the most famous landmarks in the U.S.!
@@derdin8 I didn't even know that was the state the Grand Canyon is in, and I'm from the US... Like how he's definitely heard of Las Vegas but had never heard of Nevada
It's because of the Grand Canyon. Tourists often to to Vegas and get a tour bus to the canyon
In Arizona they have a lot of foreign nationals visiting for Grand Canyon on their big trips and several other national forests
I mean Phoenix is the fastest growing city in the u.s in terms of population. I love it here it’s almost perfect besides the heat which is tolerable and it makes for some very relaxing winters. Also central Phoenix with all the bigger buildings and stuff kinda sucks
Omg the surprised pikachu face when he realized he’s been to Illinois lol. As someone who lives close to Chicago I got a good laugh out of this 😂
I've never thought about how "Wyoming" could be a chinese city. That's pretty funny.
That jump and "and I oop" when they said "... invasion by the Japanese...". Its cool, man. We're not mad about the forties if you're not 😖
that being said most of us weren’t alive till way after the forties
Yk..it hits different when U go to the harbor for a field trip and see all the Japanese kids also visiting..and then U just stare into each others eyes knowing full well what transpired in there...*sigh* I miss school~😌😂
Edit* Born and Raised in Hawaii🇺🇲🇫🇲
Since you want to go to Alaska I'll give you a fun fact about the state.
Alaska is easily the largest state in the country, so large that if it was split into two states Texas, the second largest state, would become the third largest state.
Duuuuuude, your “and I oop” had me straight crying 😂😂
Hahaha
And I oop
9:44 That look to the camera, and the "Oops" got me LOL
Also, imagine being in Illinois and not knowing you're in Illinois 😂
Hahaha
can't even have shit in Detroit
People in downstate Illinois often wonder if Chicago really is part of Illinois.
@@dirtcop11 As such person as myself, that is correct. Chicago is like it's own state.
@@dirtcop11 There's a strong divide between I-55 north and south. The people in the south don't like Chicago. They don't consider part of the state.
I'm from Pennsylvania. It's beautiful state with many mountains that look amazing when the seasons change. Our claim to fame is Philadelphia and the cheesesteak.
My first thought when he started talking about Alaska was like have fun shoveling 3 feet of snow in the summer
Hah I pretty much had the same thought. Admittedly it's a beautiful state and nice to visit....but living there you better be prepared for lots of bad weather and less infrastructure compared to other states. I lived there in a logging camp for 2 years that was out in the middle of nowhere and the only way to get in and out was by floatplane.
@@resresres1 what is a floatplane? Just curious
@@leahstavi0661 a plane that can land in and take off from the water.
I live in Alaska, and actually the snow melts in May and doesn’t come back until October (although in the winter there are days where you have to shovel 3 feet of snow, which is admittedly not very fun)
I also live in Alaska and although we do get quite a lot of snow during the winter, it’s not as bad as some people may think.
I'm so disappointed the video didn't mention that Wisconsinites LOVE cheese. I could eat cheese with every meal every day. It's so good!❤️
Fun fact: although many people in Wisconsin love cheese, Wisconsin has the largest cranberry factory in America.
Also bratwurst. I live close to Milwaukee and my area loves frozen custard.
I’m a Wisconsinite too, but I hate most cheese
:O
@Lynn Taylor We love us our Culver's
Though I really, really like Leon's
they probably didn't mention it because theyre not the only people who like cheese lmao
"That gives you an idea of how densely populated california is".
I mean, California is roughly the same size as Japan, but has less than a third of the population.
So it's not THAT dense.
California is 1.5 times bigger than japan
Montana is the same size as japan.
Only the Leftwing politics of Commieforeignya is dense.
To be fair, most of that population density is concentrated in southern California. Something like 2/3 of the population lives in Southern California, which as a geographical region is actually closer to 1/4 of the states area. The rest of the population is most concentrated in the Bay Area. There's large parts of Northern California (Redwoods and mountain) and even Southern California (think deserts) that are pretty desolate and remote. Considering that, the population is not exactly evenly spread out. So while some parts of California are indeed not very dense, in fact they're downright remote, many parts of California are super dense and consequently lead to many of the issues that the state has, like water shortages and wildfires.
California is far physically larger than Japan
New Hampshire is where the 1905 Treaty of Portsmouth was signed, ending the Russo-Japanese war.
Ohhhhh that’s where
Little state next to Maine and Canada.
@@Choppylovechoppy South west of Maine (it is the only state with a border with Maine) just east of Vermont and north of Mass.
NH is a really fun place to live! I lived there two years and it's super cool!
I am from Missouri. The landscape changes quite a bit if you were to drive for about 30 minutes. The weather changes drastically here in the Ozarks (a region) due to us constantly being directly in the middle of both a warm front from the south and a cold front from the north. During the summer and winter the heat and cold can get intense. Both the spring and fall is very unpredictable, especially now with climate change.
This is SO true about the weather in Mo. I mean WOW I live in Warsaw Mo. the winter is crazy here I live in town it can be a cold rain but go just outside of town on the south side up on the hill about 60ft. it will change over really fast that's just crazy.
This is only my second video watch of yours. When you stated, "I've never heard of Illinois" my first thought was, "yes, but you've heard of Chicago." I didn't even know you've been to Chicago, but still felt safe in my thought that you've heard of it.
I live in Chicago and for a good part of my life I thought we were our own state
Chicago is pretty much Illinois. Draw a 60 or so mile radius from Chicago and that's where everyone lives. The rest of Illinois is farmland. If someone says they are from Chicago, they are probably in that radius, including people from Indiana, which is a different state
That was my thought when he said he'd never heard of Nevada, I'm sure he knows Las Vegas!
@@garyd5095 true about the indiana thing i mean why would you clame gary of all places when you could just say you're from chicago 😂
This video isn't going to tell you much about the US, but you'll get some interesting facts. There are better videos if you are really interested in learning about the states, but this is fun.
I love watching foreigners be excited to learn about the U.S. it’s not something I see every day
I'm a US born citizen and even I'm learning new and weird things about our country 🤣
Fun fact: Utah is where the two parts of the USA's transcontinental railroad meet. It is marked with "The Golden Spike"
At Promontory Summit, north of the Great Salt Lake. A national monumemt with two operating replicas of the steam locomotives that met there on May 10, 1869.
It's also where numerous factions of religious loonies are based.
@@chrishonard9974 ... (I really don't want to start arguing with you so...) ...
You should react to some oversimplified videos on American history
Oh, that would be awesome!!!
The Missouri Ozarks is very beautiful. Everything is very hilly or mountainous and full of caves. Everyone in my area thinks the weather is extreme but I think they spend too much time being comfortable in air conditioned buildings.
As an Oregonian I can say the naked bike ride would’ve been a more interesting inclusion than having the smallest park
We also got that in Seattle Washington 🥲
Well, I like the one about Portland being the only city with a volcano within city limits.
And the other thing about Oregon: The origin of the state's name is most likely a mis-spelling of Wisconsin.
So that's what people from Oregon are called. Huh that's pretty cool
I would have picked that you can't pump your own gas.
So, to answer why Kansas is pronounced (Can-sus) and Arkansas is pronounced (Ar-can-saw) is because the territory of Arkansas was originally French conquered territory, and was used as the plural name of the local tribe. In French, many consonants, such as "s" are not pronounced and are silent.
I've lived in Indiana most of my life. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is a sight to see if you ever come to the U.S. in May.
I also get your desire to see Alaska. I was stationed there during my time in the Army. It is a beautiful place but it can be dangerous place if you don't come prepared for weather and wildlife. The weather in the summer is amazing, zero humidity and warm weather. The days are long as the sun doesn't truly set, it just hides behind the mountains. The winter, on the hand, can be brutal. I remember doing physical training outside until it reached -11°F(-28°C) and my Army unit conducted operations outside in temperatures colder than -40°F. Cold as it got, I'd go back in a heartbeat
I’ve lived in America my whole life and I learned stuff from this video.
I appreciate that you recognized that the golf cart community is very wealthy. They’re not average, even in America.
Why does owning a golf cart automatically equal wealth? Maybe they’re just a closed off, isolated, tight-knit community where it’s safe to drive golf carts down the empty streets due to zero traffic. Just a different perspective.
@@raggaduxjones Lmao what? Who owns a golf cart for no reason?
@@raggaduxjones I can confirm this. I live in a small town pop. 556 and we have a tiny golf cart army 🥰 it mostly consists of elderly citizens (one of which I believe had a stroke in previous years) and they just scoot around town in them. None of us here are wealthy, it’s just a fun way to allow our senior citizens be more independent, or a safer way to get home after too many at the bar 😆
@@malinanen are they street legal there or do they not have actual roads (I'm not trying to offend you it just sounds odd to have a golf cart in place of cars on the roads)
@@Neopolitan777 I live near Peachtree City. They have separate roads for golf carts and cars.
I live in Georgia, and one of my good friends lives in Peachtree City. Can confirm, she drives her golf cart everywhere! Shops and schools even have separate parking lots for golf carts and people are judged on how expensive theirs are.
woow
Ya I live in Peachtree City and its pretty cool driving the golf carts everywhere. :D
The video you're watching gets one things slightly wrong: Kansas City is on the border between Kansas and Missouri. Each side is considered a separate city, but they're still lumped together and people move freely between them. So Kansas City is actually in both Kansas and Missouri.
Can confirm
Yea but everyone knows we have the better side in MO.
I'm from Nebraska, so it's funny to me how those are considered to be like the same city, but then Omaha, Ne and Council Bluffs, Ia are totally separate even though it's just like the 2 sides of Kansas City.
@@Chris-sf7ug yeah, how bout them potholes the size of baby baths?
We talk about the Missouri side and the Kansas Side. The Missouri side is the largest. It’s divided by a river btw.
If you think is beautiful Alaska, I think you would like Maine.
Hello from New Jersey. The garden state and New York's little brother. We get picked on a lot.
Yessir
We in New York don't pick on the state of confucian, honest! 8oP
Lol I’m in vermont
Lol, we love to pick on our younger sibling/neighbor ;)
It's the state with the most car theft lol
10:45 by "outdoor billboards", they're not talking about art. Most states have giant advertisement signs on the side of highways that are honestly an eyesore.
The way the original video is structured is extremely confusing. lol
Well, I do think the idea was to have factoids that chain together. The detail at the end of one factoid is the start of the next, or at least related.
@@ThatSoddingGamer yeah, the concept is there, it’s just so much scatter-shot information at once that nothing has a chance to process. So I imagine trying to make sense of it without a base knowledge of American geography or culture is probably quite the overload.
Yeah, it would make more sense to do it either geographically or alphabetically.
Yeah, they should either go alphabetically, geographically, or by order of statehood. The way they randomly bop around is confusing, even to Americans. 😂
Pro tip: only foreigners refer to us as "The States." Nobody here says that. Here, we say The United States or the U.S. The closest we get to saying "The States," is you might hear someone say "stateside," but even this is very, very rare.
Yes! Good tip.
Interesting! I refer to the US as 'the states' with other expats. It was more comfortable than saying "America," which was the common local way to refer to the US.
I was born and raised mostly in the US, but my family refers to "The States." It might be due to being a military family, though. For example, when Dad was stationed overseas and we lived abroad for three years, we used to refer to family being "back home in the States."
Bull! I am a natural born US citizen and I refer to the US as "the States" far more then I ever refer to it as the US. Calling the US "the States" is very common for both citizens, immigrants and tourists alike. As for "stateside" the use of term is far, FAR from rare. Do not know where you live but you are completely and utterly WRONG on ALL counts.
@@NotMykl it must be regional,In Ohio we always call it the US
They didn't really say anything interesting about Washington state (*not* DC) in the video you watched, so I'll give you an interesting fact: Pierce County, Washington has the greatest elevation change of any county in the US: sea level (0 ft) to the top of Mount Rainier (14,411 ft).
Thanks for the fun fact! As an American, I'm ashamed to say that I wasn't aware of that either. At the moment, the only "fun" fact I can think of for my state, Michigan, is having the most abandoned buildings (between Flint and Detroit).
As I was flying out of seattle, i saw Mt Rainier towering above the clouds. The clouds looked like an ocean at the base of the mountain. It was surreal.
@@aNimE732 Wat stationed there for a couple of years. Even twenty or so miles away from the base of the mountain, you tend to find yourself looking up to see the summit. And then you remember that it's a big ass volcano.
"Hello!" From Oregon! We have no sales tax so the sticker price is what you pay. 😉
Also from Oregon! Did not know milk was our state beverage lol
@@darcistephenson5359 im surprised its not coffee LOL
@@hopepalmer5376 or any of the brews available. I live in Eugene, home of the Ninkasi empire. What happened to tiny brewpubs?
@@darcistephenson5359 not sure, im p new to the state. but it's a crazy phenomenon that the coffee shops here close so early
@@hopepalmer5376 I think they are hoping you get your 6 shot caffeine in early, go to work and then need the beer to chill you out. Small city at its best?
That Flag you"know in a bad way"the Confederate Flag is a very touchy subject.If you see it flying or being carried,or burned,just walk away,if you draw attention about it angry people from one side of politics or the other may get mad at you.
That flag was never the flag of the CSA (Confederate States of America), but was instead the battle flag of the Army of North Virginia under the command of Robert E. Lee. look up the Stars and Bars for the CSA's national flag.
@@DiakronYT they fought against slavery and lost, still wave it around. 🗿
its called the rebel flag, all it stands for is Americans that don't like government telling them how to live
@@brutalcas4309 no that's not why it stands for period. None given is right and it was a specific ass flag under the most ruthless military leader at the time. And protecting the statues quoe of your state and then calling yourself a rebel is halarious to me. The people that fly that flag 9/10 have no idea where it came from and do say that it's the CSA or at least represented the CSA and it didn't. Learn some history it's good for you.
@@superpacemaker444 General E Lee never supported slavery, most confederate war songs were heckling the Northern government, their freedom, farming, and country living, they called themselves rebels, Dixie's Land, I'm a Good Ol' Rebel, and other songs make no mention of slavery but only of the disagreement they had with the Northern states
The reason why the states on the east coast in that area are so small is because they were the first areas settled by the British colonists (and why the region is known as "New England"). As we expanded west, there was a lot more land to be discovered, so states increased in size.
Not even 30 seconds into video- Me as an Alaskan: "Hell yeah!"
Same dude
Mood.
Same here!
I love that I'm not the only one.
The Arkansas meme had me busting a gut! Hi from Georgia! XD
"Obviously Japan has a really strong relationship with the States."
Yes. It does. Japan is the only country that had nukes used on their civilian population. The US is the only country that ever used nukes on the civilian population of another country. That is quite the strong bond.
Besides the negative impact of WWII, the US also helped to rebuild Japan into one the largest economies and world powers in the world.
The nukes ended the war and all of the other horrible things that happen in war.
LOL ironically that’s exactly how the relationship started. The USA put so much into rebuilding what they destroyed that Japan is forever in debt to us
@@Powerforged considering what ww2 japan did to China and Korea I’d say the nukes were pretty reasonable response… imperial japan a different breed 💀
Hi there! I'm from Erie, Pennsylvania. (a small-ish city on the coast of Great Lake Erie) As for the Kansas/ Arkansas issue...From what I've read Arkansas is French based and is the plural form for a Native American tribe. While Kansas is the English based word for the same or similar tribe.
I was waiting for the penny to drop that Chicago was in Illinois! :-D But he is pretty darned aware about many things in the US.
I'm kinda surprised with all their "longest" facts that they didn't mention that the Mississippi River is the 3rd longest river in the world.
The vast majority of the names of our states, cities, and towns have origins in native american culture. I grew up in a town called Puyallup. Dare you to pronounce that one
there also seems to be a fair bit of cities and towns that also have indian type names or things to do with landscape or wildlife or anything native related, even most of the streets around here are all like that, birch run street, cedar road, chipmunk trail, marsh creek, willow run, and many many more and there are other towns that have the same type of stuff
Watching people try and say Snohomish is pretty entertaining too.
That name makes me so angry. 😂 WHY IS IT PRONOUNCED LIKE THAT????
I used to live in the area between Chickasha and Nacogdoches..Had family from Tidioute who moved somewhere near The Allegheny.lol
"Vast majority" no. Names came from the local Indian tribes, the French and English trappers, the Spanish and Mexicans and people naming areas after themselves or local landmarks, mythos of the local tribes, thoroughly mispronounced Indian words and finally nature.
*Flashbacks to the test about states in 5th grade that I totally flunked*
Yep. That's fifth grade curriculum alright. In the fifth grade each person my class had to choose a different state and write a report. (This was in California, so there was a dogpile for dibs on CA). I chose New Mexico because I had been there several times on the road to Texas with my family and there were many beautiful places there.
nah, 4th grade was worse. teacher: "ok class we're now gonna make you memorize all 50 states and their capitals. as well as all the presidents, their vice presidents, and the order they came in."
It's so fun to listen to foreigners try pronouncing state names, since English is a combination of tons of other languages some pronunciations are weird (like Kansas vs Arkansas). I'm from Ohio which most people tend to pronounce correctly.
Some Russian guy made Ohio sound like a sneeze
Safety warning: the straw around the light fixture is a fire hazard, and with a wooden wall behind both, that whole place could go up in a flash. Yes, I'm a little paranoid about fire.
@Silicon Nomad The fixtures with LED bulbs still get hot. I was surprised to find my bread "toasted" in the cabinet, why? Sitting above a fluorescent light fixture. The bulb was cool but the fixture was hot, so the cabinet floor was warm, warm enough to heat the bread.
@@anonygent thats funny lol, scary nevertheless but funny
I noticed that too.
"Why do these places sound so isolated?"
In Oklahoma, no one can hear you scream. There are about 55 people per square mile in Oklahoma, compared to 160 per square mile in Hokkaido.
I’m from Colorado and have climbed the two tallest mountains and honestly there is no debate into which one is taller 🤪 I know you want to travel to the USA and I highly recommend Colorado for its beauty!
You mean, the two tallest in CO, not the contiguous states, correct?
14'er bound
That one snippet of Hawaii. It's always very interesting to see Japanese and German and Italian people react to WWII from the American point of view. I have heard a lot about it from the view point of Japan at the time and it's really so tragic how the average citizens were completely innocent while their governments were just...not. America was definitely not innocent either, they did a lot of shady things in the end like letting war criminals go free in exchange for scientific results. War is alwaya ugly, I'm just happy that America and Japan are allies now
The weird part is that Japan was a US and UK ally before the war, but the Emperor really wanted a slice of China.
The USA of course had the Japanese internment camps during the War where all US citizens of Japanese descent were forced to go there. They weren't QUITE as bad as the concentration camps of Germany but still it was a bad time for innocent Japanese people in my country.
@@david2869 I always like to add to this that not a single japanese american was ever charged with sedition or espionage which was the logic behind the internment, though your use of "quite" is a fucking joke the treatment of japanese americans was incomparable. The treatment of the chinese particularly in nanjing by the japanese was worse than anything american did during the war, look it up its called "the rape of nanjing" and i mean anything, the tokyo firebombing was worse than hiroshima or nagasaki and still despite that the war crimes of the japanese and germans should never be put on the same level as the japanese interment. Also while 40 years later in 1988 the usa started paying 20,000 dollars each in reparations to those harmed by the internment over 80,000 japanese americans received this payment.
The Texas thing made sense. I can confirm that we're extremely proud and patriotic of our state.
We were once our own country, after all. Also it seems like there is talk of secession every year.
Agreed
As an alaskan I can confirm y'all are super protective about your little state
@@Ashole024 You’re about to start an argument if you’re not careful.
yep, we have a whole Texas pledge here. texans are kind of crazy (as a Texan.) we need to stop
I love how the one Nebraska fact, my state, is about Monowi, with a 1 person population. That has to be mind-blowing for him. Actually, I think there's more than one town like that now.
Hello from Alaska!!! Your enthusiasm for my home brightened my day! If you haven't looked up our solstice lighting you should! Fun fact Utqiagvik goes about 2 months without sunlight during the winter! The Ted Stevens International airport in Anchorage is also the 6th largest cargo airport in the world.
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no no no. Billboards aren't art, they're advertisements
That is why I like living in Vermont, as Vermont is one of the 4 US states where billboards are banned
He said ads with a British accent "ahds" not art. And I agree that billboards are not art!
@@rwilson7197
I don't think he did. They don't generally say "ads," they say "ad-VERT-is-ments," or "adverts."
@@marydavis5234 I live in Alaska. Can confirm, it's great. I was a bit weirded out visiting another state for the first time when I was younger and saw all the billboards. I hated it
He clearly said "ads" lol
I thought it was hysterical when you hadn't recognized Illinois even though I knew you had been to Chicago. Good stuff - these videos are pretty great! I also love how interested you are in the US. I hope you make it to Alaska soon if you havent yet
Fun fact: Here in West Virginia, specifically in Berkeley Springs, we have an international water tasting every year.
Lived in WV my entire life and didn’t k ow that, but I’m from southern WV. You could probably split the state a little above Charleston bc the ppl up north are a bit different than us in the south.
Watching this in Anchorage and having lived here for 7 years I’m going to tell you this about Alaska: it’s cold, it’s beautiful, there’s not much here in the way of civilization and don’t forget your bug spray, you will regret it.
The hardest I’ve ever laughed is when he said “wooaaahhh they must be so rich” about the golf cart families. Love it
If you go to the US go to the national parks! They're absolutely stunning. If UA-cam comments could let you share photos I would send so many of the bison we saw in the northern side of the grand canyon. Also! They're called bison, not Buffalo
The fact that I paused the video when you said Nevada right just proves where I'm from
Pictures do no justice for the Grand Canyon. Literally you can’t find one that puts it into perspective. It’s massive
One of the most valuable talents in life is "knowing what you don't know", so I applaud your candor regarding U.S. States knowledge, as much as your willingness to immerse yourself.
Thanks for the explanation about your father being from Wales, Frankly because your English is better than mine and English is my only language. And that's because I barely passed it in high school. My only prejudice against foreign languages is when I was a kid my parents would be speaking English and all of a sudden the conversation would change in to Italian so I couldn't tell what they were talking about.
Thank you for the time in effort you put into your video.
Yeeeeerrrrr. That’s how we say hi, or what’s up, in New York lol
I had enough confusion from the video, don't give me more 😂
@@Choppylovechoppy LOL
Yurrr
Is that an upstate thing?
Because I've never heard of that most of my life here in the city
@@richardferrara1606 nah it's actually from the city
Greetings from Michigan! I live in the lower peninsula also known as the mitten!
Michiganders unite!
As an Idahoan, I found it hilarious when you tried to pronounce Idaho. And don't worry, we are aware that most people don't know about us.
Honestly, I always forget about Idaho until I want potatoes.
One of my favorite things about the united states is there is about every kind of climate you can imagine. The US is like minecraft with all the different environments that change from state to state.
Yeah, I was told by my geography teacher that the United States is the only country in the world to possess every single climate type.
Ikr 🇺🇸❤️ good ol MURICA 🌚
And if you live in PA you get all of them.
Greetings from California. One of my favorite fun facts about my homestate is that it's where the hottest temperature was recorded in US History. It was recorded in a small desert town aptly named Death Valley.
Yeah the highest temp is in California but on average Arizona is way hotter. Also I thought the highest temperature ever was in Death Valley
I live in Tennessee. Home of some of the greatest musicians and the best Fried Chicken
11:06 Fun fact: Minus the spire of the tower, it stands the same height as the twin towers that were attacked 20 years ago. The freedom tower was built with the Twin Towers in mind. Also, the Freedom Tower happens to be my favorite building in all of New York.
Huh, never knew folks thought Arkansas should sound similar to Kansas. Tought me something
There was an argument about that in the 1850s, too. One Senator was from arKANsas, the other from ARkansaw, and they insisted on being identified that way.
@@larrybrennan1463 I was handed an ID at work from a lady from arKANsas today and I smirked and said ‘ARkansaw, how nice.’ She about glared my head off and made sure she knew how much she hated it when it’s called arKANsas. I passed her off to the next person cause I would have pushed her buttons too hard lol.
grew up in the us and had a heck of a time figuring out "Arkansaw" was actually spelled that way
16:54 I'm from Indiana and the brickyard actually refuses to disclose how many seats there are so no one knows for sure but we THINK it's around 400,000. but no one actually knows
Glad to hear that my state of Kentucky has world famous chicken lol
Fun fact: the first ever Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) was actually in Utah🤣 its true.
@@McKenzieIdeality the original location is still open too
Another fun fact: the reason Tim knows about KFC is because, decades ago, some 'clever' marketers used advertisments in Japan to convince them that KFC was THE American thing to eat at Christmas, and it caught on like crazy.
I live in Virginia Beach, Virginia. I’m originally from Pennsylvania. I spent a good bit of time in Japan when I was in the Navy. It’s a beautiful country.
cool were you in Okinawa ?
I just moved to Alabama from California and I am loving the beauty here. the people are so friendly and the food is amazing
If you're much into the state of Alaska, I recommend the film "Into the Wild".
Yes. Don't go camping in Alaska.
Or the book
@@darkfireeyes7 Yes. The book is phenomenal 👏
Right. Alaska can be. . .severe. Anyone going there to camp or otherwise get out into the B
bush should know their limitations and if they are not experienced in the outdoors/wilderness they should go with a group or a guided trip.
@@johnalden5821 100%. Such a beautiful state, but unforgiving if not prepared.
Honestly the funniest thing I have ever seen! If you wanted to learn about the U.S. you picked the most confusing video possible!
These videos are very interesting I am an American and I always learn something new too. I can't believe I was never taught about the money in Hawaii during WWII.
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hey that's not completely true! Kansas DOES have a Kansas City. Or at least part of it? It's kind of weird, but there is a KCK (Kansas City, Kansas) and KC-MO (Kansas City, Missouri)
Similar to Texarkana - Texas and Arkansas - and Bristol - Tennessee and Virginia.
Just depends on which side of the street you're on. In Kansas City, it's Stateline Avenue.
Yup. About 500,000 people live on the Missouri side of KC & about 150,000 people live on the Kansas side of KC. But it’s definitely overlapping both states.
I noticed that they also put it in the wrong place on map
True, but the only things worth mentioning are in the Missouri version of the city. It's also the most populous city in Missouri, although St. Louis has a more populous metropolitan area.
@@larrybrennan1463 State Line Rd., not Ave.
Alaska is beautiful! I have lived here since 1979. You should, absolutely, visit. But plan to stay for more than a week because it’s a big state with a lot to see.
Fr tho, I’d probably be back up in kenai if I didn’t have to come back down the continental 48
I live in Colorado, and I love the breathtaking mountains, especially in Autumn when the trees' leaves turn shades of orange and yellow and red. I think that if you ever come to the states, the Rocky Mountains are a must see.
I live in Virginia, although I did live in Colorado for half a year, and I can confirm that Fall coloration is quite a spectacle to see! Plus, we also have mountains, just not nearly as tall.
From Virginia, the last one on their list. Our state was named for Queen Elizabeth I of England, who was known as the "Virgin Queen".