A Regional Breakdown of the United States - Part One
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what bs. I grew up in buffalo and pittsburgh. buffalo is 100% not appalachia. It's part of the great lakes region
Why is the Mid East called the mid west? Just because it is west of the original colonies?
I grew up in west Montana and said I was from the North West but always considered what you colored yellow the mid West.
PS the South was WAY behind the North economically before the civil war. And multiple states joined the South not because of slavery but because they believed in the Republic and didn’t like that the North was refusing to let Southern states to succeed from the union. Lots still hold pride in the confederate not because of ignoring past evils but because it stood for self governance and state liberty. Something the country was founded on.
I highly recommend reading some Thomas Sowell on the history before the war. Black Redneck white liberal is solid start.
@@skylanh4319 In the first place all of the states are republics, and Massachusetts was the first to rebel and form a revolutionary republic. That revolutionary democratic government still exists under the Constitution it promulgated and was accepted by the local governments in 1780.
The Confederate states were republics like Russia and China. They were not democracies, and they revolted to preserve and expand slavery. You can choose to believe revisionist Southern propaganda, but the declarations of secession declared protection of slavery to be the cause, some included protection of the false idea that white, black and brown people were inherently different.
Liberty is liberty, human rights are human rights, so any state that establishes different castes [this is specifically prohibited in the Massachusetts constitution] with different rights, is inherently a state with neither freedom nor democracy.
Your civics class, if you even had one, was either defective or you didn't pay attention.
@@skylanh4319 , Agree the area named Midwest needs a title update to Middle East South/Middle East Great Lakes.
Unsurprising that this opinionated video rife with revisionist history is sponsored by a scam like Masterworks
Respect to anyone who accurately positions Maryland as Mid Atlantic and not Southern. Props for getting that one right haha!
Mostly Mid-atlantic for sure. It used to be very Southern, but since the 50's, it's been so heavily settled by Northeasterners that it ceased being Southern in most respects
@@lazygongfarmer2044 For sure. Politically, culturally, religiously, etc. is all opposite in MD than it is in the South.
Agreed. Wish he’d included the Hampton Roads (VA Beach, Norfolk, etc.) and Eastern Shore regions of Virginia as well. Then it’d been perfect imo.
@@insertnamehere8504 yeah the entire Chesapeake bay region shore I think should probably be considered mid Atlantic too
@@insertnamehere8504 Right?!
From the moment I heard that you separated Fairfield County from the rest of Connecticut, I knew you were thorough in your research. As a Hartford area resident that commutes to Fairfield County, I can tell you that they really do feel like different subsets of the country.
Same with Northern Virginia. The majority of Virginia belongs in the South, absolutely, but not the DC suburbs.
Fairfield Co Ct is tri state area CT N.Y. N.J.. Non Rush Hour you can drive from Fairfield Co to North Jersey in under 1 hour. Same Area
@@ericavogardo4784 that’s why it’s considered the NYC metropolitan area, which is what the moniker of tri-state means. Not the three whole states of NJ, NY, and CT, but the gigantic metropolitan area that gravitates around NYC proper. I’m from CT and even the US census bureau considers the area as such, from most of NJ (which I’m less familiar with), passing through NYC and the northern part in the outskirts of NYC (like Yonkers and Westchester), all the way up to Fairfield County. The tristate area and the NYC metropolitan area are the same thing.
@@jerodriguez74 I honestly think places like Trenton, and Princeton, are what also bridges/connects the NYC metro area with the Philly metro area. Seriously, Trenton is not officially exclusive to either NYC metro area or Philly metro area and that alone would fuse the Philly metro area and Tri-state area into one big region in my opinion. The Hudson valley counties, and Northeast Pennsylvania counties that border Northwestern New Jersey are the counties that people from BOTH Philly and NYC metro areas go to do skiing or go camping. I know that because I live in this big region. Catskill mountains, Mohonk Mountain House, Great Wolf Lodge Pennsylvania, Mount Pocono, Delaware Water Gap, etc all belong to the Philly and NYC metropolitan area residents as though they’re secondary residential home they have residence to. Northwest New Jersey is especially in the appalachian mountains technically, and has no differences between the eastern half of the Poconos in Pennsylvania. Poconos are visited by both Philly, and NYC metropolitan residents literally.
In my opinion of the areas in the Northeast U.S region by cultural, geographic, close proximity of no more than a 5 hour drive, geologically, Weather/climate similarities, and
1. Mid-Atlantic northeast metropolitan region: NYC metropolitan areas, Philly metropolitan area, all of New Jersey, counties that have the Catskill mountains, northeastern Pennsylvania counties that border New Jersey like Pike county down to the Delaware Valley region, and Baltimore metropolitan area possibly, make up the Mid Atlantic region.
Mid atlantic northeast metropolitan landmarks.
1. High Point State Park, NJ.
2. Delaware Water Gap, PA, NY, NJ.
3. Pine Barrens, NJ.
4. Mohonk Mountain House, NY.
5. Mount Pocono, PA.
6. Princeton University, NJ.
7. Morristown, NJ.
8. Cape May, NJ.
9. Six Flags Great Adventure, NJ.
10. Long Island, NY.
11. Catskill mountains, NY.
12. Ocean City, MD.
13. Center City, PA.
14. Manhattan, NY.
15. Statue of Liberty, NY/NJ maritime border disputes.
Northern Appalachia region: Western Maryland, Central Pennsylvania, Southwest Pennsylvania, Southern Tier New York State, and Northern West Virginia.
Northern Appalachia famous landmarks.
1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
2. Finger lakes region, New York.
3. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
4. Cumberland, Maryland.
5. Morgontown, West Virginia.
Upstate Northern Highlands: Adirondack mountain region, Syacuse, New York, and Albany, New York.
Upstate Northern Highlands famous landmarks.
1. Mount Marcey, New York.
2. Adirondack national forest.
3. Adirondack mountain ranges/Extension of the Canadian shield.
4. Syacuse, New York.
5. Albany, New York.
Northeastern-Transitional-Gateway to the Midwest/Great lakes region: Western Upstate New York, Northwestern Pennsylvania, Lake Ontario, Lake Erie maritime boundaries.
Northeastern-Transitional-Gateway to the Midwest/Great lakes region famous land Marks.
1. Erie city, Pennsylvania.
2. Buffalo, New York.
3. Rochester, New York.
4. Niagara Falls, New York/Canada.
5. Lake Erie/Lake Ontario beach resorts.
New England region: Made up of the states of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire.
New England famous landmarks.
1. Portland, Maine.
2. Boston, Massachusetts.
3. Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
4. Harvard University, Massachusetts.
5. Acadia National park, Maine.
6. Mount Washington, New Hampshire.
7. Hartford, Connecticut.
8. Nantucket Island, Massachusetts.
9. Green mountains, Vermont.
10. White mountains, New Hampshire.
11. Burlington, Vermont.
12. Agusta, Maine.
13. Providence, Rhode Island.
14. New Haven, Connecticut.
15. Ben and Jerrys headquarters, Vermont.
Cries in Bridgeport
I really love how geography forms our culture. I love that you did this as a reference when you cover the rest of the states. Greetings from Puerto Rico.
Cómo te opinas de la independencia
@@thajemm4371 statehood > independence
Vendido, tu eres boricua y no es un estado. Borinquen es Hispano.
@@eugeniofernandez8101 felicidades en el año nuevo. Soy caribeño e hispano.
The USA has the best geography, hands down.
As a whole, not too wet, not too dry, not too far north not too far south, a fantastic inland navigable seas& river system. Excellent ice-free harbors & ports. Friendly neighbors north & south. Best farmland in the world, two oceans on either side to protect us from old world problems(historically, most of the time). We had easy access to oil when it was needed most to fight the Nazis during the Second World War.
Edit: one more thing: the USA has not too many people, and not too few. And the demographics are pretty good, which is to say the population is neither too old nor too young.
In a game of Civilization, North America is OP.
@@78Mathius cold facts 💯
The US is definitely too cold.
@@spencergraham-thille9896 not for sustaining a big population
@@spencergraham-thille9896the entire Sun belt:
Speechless👏I’m from Egypt and I was so curious about the USA and have a clear view of such the multi diverse America. You provided this in a very methodical and excellent manner. I salute you.
I’m from Egypt and live in USA, very good place, if your smart you can come here for free!
@@hamzamohamed2010 wow, it's great to meet an American Egyptian. Always seemed the most logical and best thing to do but didn't do it . what do you mean for free. nice content you have on your channel by the way.
@@kh7441 thank you brother, if you are smart and good at certain expertise you can get into college, and become an exchange student and study in the USA
I appreciate the Appalachian portion of this video. These regional breakdowns tend to just make the usual claims of "poverty stricken, lack of hard workers, technologically inferior, and opioid abuse" before wrapping up on us. I know you said you're from Appalachia but its still good to see that it wasn't all about the negative stigma this time around.
I agree! What Appalachia may lack in wealth more than makes it up by a down to earth and truly hardworking and kind people!
@@Boohee1989 I'm from the Northern part of Appalachia and I agree that it is a stereotype that everybody in the Confederacy was a racist bigot who owned slaves. Slavery certainly wasn't a good thing, but the bigger issue is that the South just wanted their independence!
@@70sfred1 bro stfu. Slavery was literally in the CSA Declaration of Independence. U the reason everybody thinks ppl from Appalachia are racist bigots
Yes
@@70sfred1many things went into why the south seceded, but let’s not act like their biggest reason wasn’t slavery. Their economy depended on it, but that doesn’t give them an excuse for their and abusive history with slavery.
Western New York, and especially Buffalo, have more in common with other Great Lakes cities like Cleveland and Chicago, than they do with the eastern part of the state... Buffalo belongs to the 'railroad/rust belt'. Even the accents are similar. People from Buffalo, Cleveland, Chicago, and Milwaukee often have similar accents.
You know your stuff!
I was about to post this too.
That's quickly changing as it's starting to become WAY more related to NYC.
Mostly due to its SUNY school, University at Buffalo, having a significant amount of kids from NYC. They're going to have a substantial influence over Buffalo in the next decade or so.
@@sfdko3291 I doubt it. NYC kids have been going to UB since it was founded and it has changed nothing. Mostly they are there to party and pay in-state tuition at the furthest distance from mom and dad. Once they graduate, they head back home.
@@panachevitz bingo
4:27 New England
9:36 Mid-Atlantic
17:16 Appalachia
22:16 The Midwest
28:24 The South
Thank you!
This channel has some of the highest quality videos I've ever seen anywhere on UA-cam, absolutely love it
I'm from California and will always be an Angelino at heart, but my wife is from the Midwest with family from the Chicago area, and she also has family in the Milwaukee area. We met in the Army and have always discussed where we'll settle down once I'm discharged. Although I'd never want to leave California, it's honestly so expensive that I don't know if we'd be able to afford it. My wife has always hinted towards the Midwest, in particular the outer Chicago region. I'm a city slicker, so if I ever leave LA, I think I'd go to Chicago, but maybe any Midwest city will do. I feel the Midwest region is the only other place I'd really consider settling down. Midwest is home to 3 things I love, which are the skyscraper, muscle cars, and punk rock. So I guess Detroit, or Chicago, maybe Cleveland and Indianapolis, as well? I don't know, but the region definitely seems underrated
get used to cold. and since you like cars, rust is a big thing too. the roads get covered in salt when winter storms hit, and they eat up a car’s underbody.
You can get a well paying job after the military in California. Look into the trades. The pay is damn good. Plus that sweet Gi Bill can be used during an apprenticeship. Best bet is to utilize Voc Rehab though.
Come to Chicago. It’s a large city like LA, much cheaper than califorina, and you can find everything from dense urban area to far flung suburbs. You’ll like it.
@@maxhocks2006 shhh stop telling people to come here lol. It's a slice of paradise that the rest of the country isn't wise to yet, don't need to let em know!
I'm from Wisconsin, and you're more than welcome to live in Wisconsin, but you'd probably like the twin cities in MN more
I aporeciate you breaking down Missouri between South and North. Its nice that someone took the time to understand the cultural, historical and political differences between different groups of people.
Excellent work - I love reading the comments to your videos. This community that you have gathered is really a nice bunch of people who love to learn and appreciate the positive, creative lens through which you view the world! Nice work!
I’m from Kentucky & would say the map here is spot on. Western KY is the South, eastern is Appalachia & northern is your Midwest vibe.
I live in Western Kentucky and I bet if this place was to split into sections, the people of Eastern Kentucky and West Virginia would join the rest of our people in the South👌
I think the South is a more broad identity than Appalachian.
You can be both from the South and Appalachia.
All of Kentucky is the South, except for the very north tip
As a fellow Appalachian transplant in the Midwest, I loved your breakdown of both regions. They're a lot less flashy than the coasts but defined by tight knit communities and a strong work ethic.
This is a really great series. The state by state series is very interesting, but the regional series gives important overviews. I was struck watching this video that the US is developing much as Europe developed in the past, though with a dominant universal language that is not restricted to liturgical use. I do not know what the UA-cam stats show, but I hope that these series have become widely watched in Europe and Asia. Whenever I watch a European video I will certainly mention these videos more than I already have! Keep up the excellent Work!
For its size Maryland is geographically diverse with the Chesapeake Bay right in the middle, ocean on the east, historic important cities in the center, and mountains in the west.
Maryland is fun to explore, it has everything.
living in MD lets you experience almost every type of environment and weather you want depending on time of year, minus deserts and legit tropical rainforests. We have everything else. I live in the suburbs around Baltimore and an hour or so drive in any direction can take me to the ocean or bay, to the mountains, to thick forests, to massive cities, to swampy marshlands, and expansive farmlands. Its not called America in Miniature for no reason. I love this state
There is a very interesting book called Albion's Seed which divides regions by their original settlers. This would link central and northern New York along with Michigan to New England because so many settlers from NE settled there. Interesting counterpoint to your divisions. Thank you for this vid!
Google the town of Penyan, NY and see how it got its unusual name.
Lifelong Midwestern here. Born in Minnesota, and moved to Iowa when I was about 6 months old. I just turned 21 and don't ever plan on leaving. Life is great here. It's simple, slow paced, the people are friendly, and things are affordable. The Midwest is home, and I'm glad you now call it home Carter.
Minnesota and Iowa have like the most friendly rivalry ever tbh
Coming from a Minnesotan
Or maybe Minnesota and Michigan
Minnesota and Iowa don’t exist💀💀
@@mr_cookies352 They do.
@@dcrggreensheep not💀
I would have enjoyed my grade school geography classes if you had been my teacher! This was such a good overview of the USA's wonderful geography, and with no politics involved. A breath of fresh air. I've visited 30 states but I'm now living my retired life in the suburbs of St Paul MN.
Carter, you just get better and better. I really enjoy your broad point of view and the kindness in your writing. I can't wait for part two. It's where I live, and I'm so curious what you will point out about it. Happy New Year!
I really appreciate that!
As a geography student and an American, this series is the most accurate and well presented content on American regions. Nothing left out and not a word out of place.
Oh, come on. It's good, but nothing is that perfect.
Are you a member of his family?
@@paulheydarian1281 right? "As a geography student" 💀 Boy, you are barely qualified to work at Starbucks
Anyone from the pacific northwest would gladly stab someone from the Southern California coast. It's a good map of American regions but not perfect.
Last one I watched guy called Massachusetts and rhode island mid atlantic💀...I hope this one is as accurate as you say lets see how it pans out
@@donotreply8979 Geography turns out to be the study of the reasons why populations and economic activity are located where they are on the Earth. Back in the heyday of suburban malls, principles of geography were used to assess the economic viability of various locations based on populations and transportation costs.
This was truly a tour de force! An invaluable resource for important insights. Can’t wait for part 2!
Almost teared up when you were talking about the Appalachian region. Raised and living near/in Pittsburgh and always feeling a strong tie to the Appalachian mountainsand, people, region as well as my scottish/Irish roots, I loved your presentation. Thank you.
Been to most parts of the U.S. I found that people living in the Appalachian and Midwestern regions to be friendliest overall.
Remember that Jim Crow also kept poor white southerners from advancing as well. When in business the color of a person is the color of their money. Jim Crow was also a reason to keep the poor whites from dealing with blacks. Racism serves not only baser instincts in humans, it also serves as a lever to keep those with money in power.
Very true
Which is a baser instinct
Great video. I'm from the South and I appreciated your framing; the diversity of the South is something that people forget about a lot. I think it's beautiful, and I'm especially glad you mentioned the culture of the Sea Islands. I also appreciate that you pointed out that, while we have a particularly strong historical association with ignorance and bigotry down here, it is really a problem across all of America and it needs to be addressed everywhere. Thank you.
Honestly the South should have been broken into to the southeast and the Mississippi region in my opinion.
Buffalo is more Midwest than it is Appalachia
I would consider them as one of the late industrial cities of the Great Lakes. Way different feel from the Midwest. IMO
BUFFALO NY IS EAST COAST...NEVER MIDWEST...NEVER
It’s Northeastern/Great Lakes in geography and culture.
If we looked at a different set of regions I would include it in the rust belt. That said, both Buffalo and Cleveland are both on the Midwest/Appalachia split.
@@Turdfergusen382 now that you say that there should be a ring around the eastern Great Lakes for those because they are so different from the rest of the midwest
I've said that about Missouri for years. Everyone always wants to group all of it into Midwest, but culture wise, the divide is really along I-44. Which is pretty much exactly where you put your line.
Yeah I was impressed that he put that in too. Maybe he's a local
@joeem1502 he would have to be or have lived here at one point. It's not really a widely known thing unless you live here.
As someone who was born in Joplin and moved to Lincoln Ne at 14 I’ve been saying this for the past ten years!! Glad the ones who’ve lived here know the divide and I’m not crazyyyy
So north of 44, it’s Midwest and south it’s southern?
@@YeshuaKingMessiah pretty much
How is update New York and west Virginia similar beyond being mountainous? Culturally, they are very different
Enjoying this a lot! You're helping me become fascinated with geography.
Most of rural western mass (the Connecticut river valley and west) are more closely in line with Vermont and New Hampshire than Boston
Yup Western Mass way different and better and not Woke
@@DENVEROUTDOORMAN Lol new england is extremely woke, it's the only region in the country where both the majority of counties and people vote for Democrats. This also applies to Massachusetts, the state is very blue.
Agreed
@@DENVEROUTDOORMAN minus Springfield/Holyoke area. I lived in Springfield. Just entering that city feels jungly.
@@TheINFJChannel springfield sucks imo 😂
Great video. Would love to see a regional breakdown of Canada.
You take the parts of Ontario where there’s more people than moose, combine it with the I-90 corridor of New York from Syracuse west, toss in Pittsburgh, all but the southeast corner of Ohio, and the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, (maybe grab Chicago, too) and you have one big homogeneous region, some really good beer, surprisingly decent wine, and a rock-solid hockey program. 👍🏻
You got a sub from me. I love geographical vids on the us like this. Geography definitely shapes our culture here.
I would extend the blue region in a thin strip up along lake Erie and extending out to encompass both Buffalo and Rochester NY. Bradford PA most certainly marks an Appalachian/Alleghany boundary.
As a former upstate NYer I heavily disagree with putting upstate NY with Appalachia. IMO if you can't make it its own area Is put the eastern half in the Mid Atlantic and the western half with the Mid West
Agreed. Though the Southern Tier is considered Appalachia until the Finger Lakes.
I would enjoy your videos better if you would avoid politics.Your hatred for conservatives and Southerners were uncalled for.
I lived in Florida recently for a few months b/c of work and it’s definitely becoming like a Texas/California/New York where it’s viewed almost like a country within a country.
Fla is not southern
It’s just…Fla lol
@YeshuaMyKing the Daughters if the Confederacy "as well as our population here in the South would disagree. If this place was to ever split apart we would most DEFINITELY take control of it👌
New York isn't like a country lol. California and Texas yes because they have many large cities and metro areas but not New York on its own. The North East does feel like a country but not New York state.
When people start things there , their own country just means the people just feeling themself
@@katjerouac NJ, NY, and PA are in the Northeast U.S. New England is not another word for the Northeast U.S.
Love your state series and regional breakdown! They strike a good balance between history, cultural trends, and geographic similarities. It would be really cool to see sub-regions covered as well, like the Upper Midwest, Pacific Northwest, etc.
Keep doing the regional breakdown videos 👏
I'm not complaining, this is an amazing view of the country but growing up in North western Pennsylvania (think the little tab that has lake Erie shoreline) would never consider myself Appalachian. I would group the areas around the great lakes together. Buffalo, Erie, Cleveland, Detroit, Toledo, Chicago....you get the idea. We have similar geography and economic issues.
Yeah yoy guys are midwest to me
Am from Pittsburgh and have been to Buffalo. The 2 cities are very similar culturally.
I’m from between the two. I agree, Buffalo is little smaller but should be a first tier city with more in common with Pitt than with Rochester or Knoxville
@@zteanalysisofcompanies4497
Roch is bigger n richer tho
@@YeshuaKingMessiahno, Rochester is smaller than Buffalo. Richer? That’s debatable
This is honestly 1 of the most accurate and well researched break downs of our regions. I know you said there's overlap and there is but my friend you pretty much are spot on
Great video as always. Looking forward to Part 2.
Thank you so much, I know you'll enjoy it!
I'm from upstate NY and I mostly agree with the map in its regard. I would put north country with New England as I think the Adirondacks are more similar to the NE stretch of the Appalachians, but that's a nitpick.
Most of upstate is incredibly similar to Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio. To the point of looking exactly the same in certain spots. You can even find areas that would stand in for West Virginia in a heartbeat for setting, including the local architecture.
The complications usually arise when you consider the people here. NY is basically five different states in one, culturally. I am from the southern tier, which is essentially more PA under a NY banner.
Yes! Pa starts in Dansville lol
What are ur 5 diff states?
@@YeshuaKingMessiah Lessee...
The southern tier (despite local arguing, it's the western tip of NY to the Catskills and generally the southern end of the finger lakes) and nearby areas are essentially an extension of PA +one Ithaca/Cornell.
The more level region north of that (between the northern end of the finger lakes and lake Ontario) is a sure fit for the Midwest. Agriculture, tornadoes and all.
North country is more like Vermont/New Hampshire and Maine. Even with native French speakers ala Quebec.
The Hudson river and NYC are what I call "The New-Yorker New York"; this is the NY that the rest of the country think of when you say NY. Albany down to the big apple itself along the river and border with New England. There's a lot of cultural connectivity there due to direct highway and rail access as well. North of NYC is very similar to CT and MA, while the immediate NYC area is where you'll find your NJ parallels.
Then you have the Oz that is non-metro Long Island. Once east of the dense development that place truly is its own beast.
I agree
This is an appreciation for all of the hard work you put into this video. It is clear you spent many hours scripting and rehearsing this. It does not to unnoticed. Thanks for caring so much about your viewers. Your channel deserves to be much bigger! Keep up the good work and I promise it will come ❤
As an Upstate New Yorker, I take pride in the fact that we are regionally undefinable. You could easily do a video on the different regions of New York State!
VERY DEFINABLE you are part of the rust belt; i grew up in upstate, you live in Detroit JR.
@@davet.5493 I live in the Finger Lakes/Central Southern Tier. Literally next to a cornfield, in the middle of absolute nowhere, in Amish country. I can't even answer the common question, "What city are you near?" We're not near any city of size. It's not anything like Detroit here.
@@maplelatte3366can confirm! I also live next to corn field in the finger lakes regions. One of the most beautiful areas of the country. Shh don’t tell anyone.
@@Pubslife Our secret is safe! 😀 Enjoy the rest of your summer...autumn is almost upon us! 🍁🌻🍂🍃🌾 The Canada geese have been gathering.
@@maplelatte3366you are so right. Don't feed the TROLL.
Love this, please make more. Looking forward to a regional breakdown of China and Russia. So curious how those countries pan out since they're also pretty huge.
2:26 - 2:45 Fun fact, that's Chicago. That must have been taken from a high rise, it's facing the south side of Chicago. What you're looking at the near south side and this area in the foreground is called the South Loop. That first bridge is Roosevelt street. On the left side is an old building that has been there for many decades. I wish I knew more about that building itself, but from what I do know about it I believe it was a factory, not sure if it's still being used. But I have seen photos of it and I recall seeing footage of going as far back at the 1920s. There are portions of this land in the foreground to be redeveloped into a new area called the 78. I believe where the green land is most of that will turn into a high rise development, that's the current plan. A smaller portion will stay green, because it's already park of a park called Ping Tom Memorial Park and that leads into the Chinatown neighborhood. Going across the river to the west is a Jewish deli called Manny's which has been around since 1942. They still have a cafeteria style way of doing it.
This is excellent. You describe all the places that I and/or close friends/relatives have lived perfectly, so I'm assuming everything else is accurate too. You've clearly put a lot of research into this.
Video's breaking down other states, or other countries, would definitely be a good call that I would be here for. Places like Canada, with our small 38 million people, are also pretty concentrated, but with our size, even those concentrated populations are still pretty distant. The Maritimes, Quebec, Southern Ontario, the Prairies, the Rockies, the Pacific, and the North.
A video about Canadian regions would be great. I’m from Seattle and feel in a lot of ways it’s more culturally similar to Vancouver, BC than a lot of regions in the US.
I am from Wisconsin, and anyone looking for a unique, smaller city to visit I highly recommend Milwaukee. It's a got a really cool industrial feel to it that I've never seen anywhere else, and being famous for its breweries makes the beer here great!
isnt Milwaukee one of the places with the top poverty of medium sized cities, insane segregation in city lines and insane racism?
@@lanxy2398Yes
It is difficult to split upstate NY into its appropriate regions. That small sliver East of the Hudson River is most like New England. As you said the Southern Tier is Appalachia thru & thru. The three bigger cities of Buffalo, Rochester, & Syracuse have the most in common with the Midwest,, demographically, economically, and politically.
The other regions in upstate are debatable. The Mohawk Valley is mostly that Midwest rust belt right into the Capitol District. The Finger Lakes and Western NY are actually part of the mixed grain belt that Ohio is. The Catskills have characteristics of the Mid Atlantic &but the further from NYC the more it is Appalachia. The Adirondacks are the most unique to categorize. It has some aspects of mid Atlantic with a bit of New England. Yet the Southern, Western, and Northern have the economic malaise of Appalachia.
I would love to see another series of videos that does not constrain itself to filling the map. Included would be the Rust Belt, NE megalopolis, Gulf Coast, and the pacific northwest.
THANK YOU for mentioning we Gullah Geechee folk. I wish ppl knew more bout we ‘n we culcha. ❤️
1) New England.
Ahhh, I see we’re starting with the best one.
I beg to differ sir.
LOVE your videos. Super interesting
A regional breakdown of Florida would be cool, broadly speaking, the north and south parts of the state are very different from each other, but you could go more in depth taking a look at the various metro regions.
I can break down Florida in one sentence… it’s the only state the more south you go the more politically north you go 😂
0:18 yay, my home is included! northern mariana islands!
I’d like to see a video on the cultural regions of Colorado. It’s a crossroads of several different regions. It has the south west, Great Plains, and mountain west all contained within one state.
What you said about Appalachia was beautiful. I’m from north west GA so we squeeze in just by our teeth :). I love not only our region but them all. Thanks for your video. It was really well done.
Loveee these videos so much!!! You’re right on the money with some areas of the US that are hard to distinguish regionally, and the perfect example is upstate New York (besides Hudson valley). I feel like everything west of Syracuse along the Great Lakes is more midwestern like than anything, since the Great Lakes largely represent the Midwest. Texas should be its own region LOL, Texans are in their own little world. Also interesting how you put Orlando and Tampa in the south, I would’ve probably lumped them with your south Florida/Caribbean region. Anyway great job and love to see your content! :)
Keep up the great work. My family and I enjoy your content.
Also, a major sub region of the US is the Central Gulf Coast that stretches from New Orleans to around Panama City, FL. The region saw more influence from a mixture for Spanish, French, English, American, African than other regions of the South. And today, the people along this region tend do more business east west, across state lines, than their own state. Mardi Gras is a big deal in the coastal areas of Mississippi, Alabama, and Western FL, not just Louisiana. It’s definitely Southern, but with distant French and Spanish influences.
This entertaining and informative video earned some of my money.
Thank you so much, I really appreciate the support
Really good video and I think you handled the issues of the south and Appalachian areas very respectfully.
Yes! I have lived most of my life in the "affluent" areas of Appalachia (Knoxville, Chattanooga, Asheville) and am glad he distinguished those areas from the areas in Eastern KY and West VA that are still truly struggling. I still consider myself more of a Southerner than an Appalachian person.
Very interesting, and I agree with the regional boundaries you have drawn, with the exception that I would have put the northwestern parts of Pennsylvania and New York (including Buffalo) into your Midwest region. I think these regions have more in common with the Great Lakes areas of the Midwest than they do with Appalachia. There are more cultural similarities, as well, including higher ethnic diversity and larger presence of Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Jewish, etc. I went to school for one year at a small college in northeastern Ohio, and fully a third of the students came from northwestern Pennsylvania and western New York, There were only a few from even the Appalachian parts of Ohio, and probably none from other parts of Appalachia.
No. Upstate New York is definitely the northern edge of Appalachia. The flat Plateau that Buffalo and Rochester are on are a Minority compated to most of the state. The Southern Tier, Fingerlakes, Catskills, and Adirondacks cultural Values are more in line with the rest of Appalachia, aswell as the Geography. Please dont judge the whole state based on 3 cities that most of us hate.
@@kidddogbites he said NORTHWESTERN New York and Pennsylvania... this precisely implies Erie, Buffalo, and Rochester... and how on earth did you infer 'the whole state' from what John Alden wrote? He even went so far as to specify the distinction from Appalachia. Your ignorance and arrogance are phenomenal.
@@Belleville197 Im disgareeing because I live in Western New York between Buffalo and Rochester. Its deffinatly the applichian foot hills here. Apologies if my Local insight is Ignorant.
@@kidddogbites Your words: "The flat plateau that Buffalo and Rochester are on are a minority compared to most of the state." So is it exclusively the cities of Buffalo and Rochester that are the exceptions? Are you telling us that Batavia, NY has more in common with Roanoke, VA than with Erie, PA? Or better yet, do folks in Salamanca feel a strong bond with the people of Chattanooga? Cuz, y'know... Appalachian pride y'all.
@@Belleville197 Geogeaphically speaking Salamanca is much closer to Chattanooga than Rochester and buffalo are. The geography in close proximity to Lake Ontario and Erie are relatively flat compared to the rest of the state. You drive an Hour inland from the lake ontario coast you quickly find yourself in mountain foothills.
As someone who was born in West Virginia, It's sad to see how poor the state is. It's one of the most beautiful places you'll ever visit though. The rolling mountains and deep gorges are breathtaking.
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It depends on the type of tourism and tourist. 😅
Awesome video! I also eagerly await the next US Explained video
Your videos are phenomenal. Thank you for creating and sharing such insightful content.
Man i have never seen the images you have shown of the midwest. I was shocked at how beautiful and vibrant it was. Id like to think i am not the typical coast american who shuns the “flyover” section of america, but I definitely had unrealized biases against the region, and at the least assumed it was boring and bland.
Come to Nebraska and drive the highways not I -80
I’ve called the Midwest home my whole life. I’ve traveled to the coast, and abroad many times, but nothing matches a Midwest sunset. Maybe there’s just something so nostalgic about it, but the region is really beautiful and underratedly stunning. We also get a good mix of Southern hospitality and Canadian politeness.
Midwest is arctic half the year
I guess I would refine the definition of "tier" cities in the Midwest. The top 3 economic centers are Chicago, Minneapolis/St.Paul (aka Twin Cities) and Detroit in that order, according to US Government measures of economic activity. And actually Chicago is alone in its own category. So the Twin Cities and Detroit comprise the next tier. These two urban area's Gross Metropolitan Product (GMP) are $110-100 Billion (!) greater than the next tier of cities. So there is a dramatic falloff from the top 3 to the next group. Chicago is top tier, analogous to LA on the west coast. Minneapolis/St.Paul and Detroit are the next tier, analogous to San Francisco and Seattle in GMP. Then you have 6 metros (St. Louis, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Columbus and Cleveland, in descending order) that comprise the 3rd tier. Milwaukee stands alone as a 4th tier. All the rest are below that.
i think its just off population. but yeah, i agree.
1 - chicago
2 - detroit, twin cities
3 - 3 Cs, indy, KC, STL, milwaukee
4 - omaha, dayton, grand rapids, etc.
Chicago is in its own category.
Also, to lump the Great Lakes region in with the South makes zero sense. In many ways the US is divided by North and South. Northern California is very different than Southern California and Northern Florida is very different than South Florida. I have traveled all over the country and have lived in different reasons and I don't see the logic in some of this.
I'm no expert on US economics, but even this idiot knows that San Francisco and Seattle are much, much richer than Minneapolis and Detroit.
@@rogink That's why I used the term "analogous" and not "equivalent." Idiots know the difference. :)
Minneapolis-St.Paul is the 2nd-largest economic center in the Midwest. Detroit is the 3rd. San Francisco is the 2nd-largest economy on the west coast, Seattle is the 3rd. That's the analogy when comparing the two regions.
Chicago is a world city; the others mentioned are regional...
I actually live in the Mid-Atlantic (Baltimore, MD) but work in Appalachia (Winchester, VA). It's a 2 hr commute (1 way) that I only have to make one day per week, but still just now realizing that was interesting.
So u weekend in Baltimore and live in Va
I would include the portion of VA on the DelMarVa peninsula more closely together with the Mid Atlantic rather than the South
Would do the same with the Hampton Roads/Norfolk/Virginia Beach as well. Definitely more mid-atlantic than south.
@@DemonAbyss10 I would have to disagree. I lived in Suffolk, the tidewater area is definitely Southern, though suburbanizing. The Delmarva is culturally and economically more southern than anything.
@@mattbalfe2983 Fair enough. Granted I am going off 20+ year old memories for that and well, you know how memories can be, skewed if anything. Lived on the military bases, fort monroe back when it was active, so it was its own little microcosm.
@@DemonAbyss10would you say ppl tend to migrate more to Dc or Atlanta? that’ll solve the question.
Great work Carter! I Just subscribed, again awesome work ! Probably gonna binge watch your vids now, keep ‘em coming!
Great video (and writing). You're right: upstate NY doesn't fit into your regions. It's definitely not Appalachia -- closer in culture and landscape to New England (or even mid West). Looking forward to Part 2.
“Western New York” for Buffalo
Midwesterners when someone says that any part of New York is in any way like the Midwest: "No."
I haven’t visited New York or New England so I might not be accurate, but upstate New York almost appears to be a lost sibling of New England based on what know.
@@vidcas1711 upstate NY, particularly the Adirondacks, absolutely is a little sister of the NH, VT, ME mountains. It feels *very* New England.
@VIDCAs17 in a way, But we are also distinct partly due to the water wars of down state NY. It's complicated.
If you're breaking out southern Florida into a region than please break out the Great Lakes Region, as the culture and geography is distinct to the rest of the midwest.
I will say Detroit wasn't the hardest affected from the crash. Gary probably was. Currently Detroit is in its phase of rebuilding, more people are going there. But Gary, it is left so abandoned that even crime jokes about it have aged. It still is dangerous, but so empty that it isn't. Also I would like to bring up the Indy 500 as a thing to mention for the Midwest.
I'm interested in a regional breakdown of China. I was actually just trying to find out where exactly "Cantonese" stuff came from in China but couldn't find a good map of regions.
Loving the regional breakdowns! Looking forward to more!
No one along the shores of Lake Ontario identifies themselves with Appalachia. You need a Great Lakes region on this map that encompasses Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, etc.
I'm from Wisconsin and I think of myself as more from the Great Lakes region.
Just go a bit south from Roch n ur in Appal- Dansville
This series is such a great breakdown of the US, and it's done with so much dignity and respect for every corner of the USA; from the great scenery, personality, and culture to the ugly bits like income inequality and historical persecution. Hands down one of the best videos about the US's regionality on UA-cam. Kudos to you for all that you've done to make this wonderful country more accessible to people!
As a small(ish) addition, I think that your description of the Civil War at 31:23 as "...tensions with a north that could no longer abide with such a moral outrage [as slavery]" is a rather simplistic one. I recognize that it's just a very short segment of a single section of a much broader video, but it could be interpreted, or misinterpreted, that the north was acting as an aggressor against the south, which isn't necessarily true. Given that it was the southern states that seceded from the north after Abraham Lincoln's election to form the Confederacy, and that said Confederacy raided federal forts and armories and eventually fired on United States troops at Fort Sumter, I'd say that it was the south who were the aggressor of the conflict. Of course there were a ton of back and forth events and atrocities committed by supporters of slavery as well as its detractors in the decades prior to the war, and both sides were aggressive with each other, so it's hard to say that the south was the only one being aggressive, but they were the ones to fire the first shots, which makes them the aggressor of the war.
Also worth noting that a good portion - and perhaps a majority, although I wouldn't really know - of the north wasn't opposed to slavery on moral grounds, but more often on political or economic grounds if they were opposed to it at all, which some were not. Even in the Civil War, there weren't necessarily good guys and bad guys, but that's just how we interpret history. I suppose mine is just another way to interpret said history, and the topic is far too complex to get into for a video that isn't about US history, but I'd just like to put it out there. If anyone reading would care to learn more about Civil War history, and learn more about the myth of the "War of Northern Aggression," there's a video by a UA-camr called Atun-Shei Films about it that I'll link here: ua-cam.com/video/Lac-8tTuyhs/v-deo.html
TL;DR - The description of the Civil War is a bit simplified; details above.
In any case, I am nothing if not accommodating of the fact that this was not a history video, and that your description of the Civil War was a condensed version to give context to a much larger point about the culture of the modern south, which as you mentioned has made great strides to move on from that era. I merely wanted to address the comment about the Civil War because it's a topic that many Americans take a lot of interest in, and I think the way we describe history is important. On that note, thank you for giving the south, and every other region, the utmost of respect in your analysis, and for letting the progress that has come about, even amidst great adversity, shine through.
And I wondered why he brought the War of Northern Aggression into this vid at all lol
Thinly veiling it as a segue into present southern condition didn’t work for me. He was way too antagonistic when spouting the narrative myth.
Everything above Central Florida (Orlando/Tampa) is Southern Georgia
Instead of considering us as a mere extension of Georgia, regard us as the authentic state of Florida. Being a native of the region north of Orlando/Tampa, I perceive it as the true essence of Florida. North Florida, in fact, is the very place where the state of Florida was established. Anything located south of Orlando and Tampa is what needs to drop the name "Florida" its an expansion of the Caribbean region.
I was gonna say the southern edges of Georgia are just northern Florida 😂 😂
I feel like there’s more ppl in northern Florida than southern Georgia.
Plus the Florida goons have a distinct tongue
A very informative video! Appreciate the effort and dedication you put into your work!
Love the concept and great job. I probably would have cut Appalachia off south of Pittsburgh-Columbus and added a Recovering Rust Belt section stretching from Buffalo to Detroit-Cincinnati, and added much of upstate NY to New England. Looking forward to pt 2!
The rust belt is definitely it's own region, I was surprised it wasn't part of the list. I work in Niagara falls and have spent time in Buffalo, Cleveland and Erie pa. And these city's are almost identical.
I wouldn't lump most of upstate NY with NE, only east of the Hudson starting around Poughkeepsie and maybe the Adirondacks.
One of my granddaughters born in MA lives in the UK. She decided to go to college in the U.S. She traveled from the east across to the west coast. She ended up in a college in her birth state. But her take on the friendliest and nicest people centered on the Midwest. This was the opinion of an 18 year old.
Great video! Although, I live on Maryland's Eastern Shore and would never characterize the area as "swampy."
Anyone that calls it swampy has never been there, its actually very bright and sunny.
OCMD represent?
This is the video I've been searching for all my life
Oh yeah, regional breakdowns of other states and countries would be so great to watch!
Amazing video! I really appreciate your attension to detail and even plane about each state. You use fascinating maps of population and “sectors of importance” keep it up buddy!
That was quite a herculean task. You did an outstanding job!
Western New York should be Midwest
As a native, West Virginia most residents would identify as Southerns, as we are, not Midwestern.
Another interesting analysis might be dialects in the US, I am from northern Indiana but I do get mistaken as someone from upper NY at times.
This is the most accurate anyone has ever split up the US into regions. Nice job.
Colin Woodard does a better job. This guy doesn't know what he is talking about
I really enjoy your uploads, so this small little critique isn't major or really anything on the lower end of the critique scale. But on the Appalachia region, always add the northwest corner of Alabama, and include Nashville also. It looks like you brought that region up to Davidson and Rutherford counties in Tennessee, where Nashville is mostly located, and also up to Lauderdale and Colbert counties in northwest Alabama. We are in the Huntsville television market, and all of north Alabama basically looks at ourselves as one large community. It's a 45 min to an hour drive back n forth. And if it wasn't for being separated by county lines, we would be the large 75 mile "Detroit of the south" that Henry Ford once visioned to be back when he attempted to purchase the Wilson Dam located between Lauderdale and Colbert county and the cities of Florence on the north side of the river, and Muscle Shoals on the south side. Plus we all identify as people of the Appalachia region. And if you didn't know about Henry Fords attempt at purchasing the dam, go check it out. 'Henry Ford's north Alabama vision'. I am glad it never happened because I don't think I can handle living in a Detroit sized city lol. I really enjoy the content though.
I'm loving the research you've done, so YES, I'm here for any regional breakdown videos you want to make!
You don’t put entire states in the same region, props for that
Did you leave out South Florida, Miami and the Keys? It has it’s own distinct color on your map. Was looking forward to a description of why it was it’s own region :) Hi occurances of “Florida Man” incidents ?
Northern Il. Property tax can be $8000-$9000 a year on a home worth$200-$300K. Reason 1 for the people leaving Illinois. Reason 2 is weather, seniors often move to Florida. Or they do a split living in Il in summer and somewhere south 9 months.
I think you have it backwards: the Midwest is the nation’s manufacturing center, with Appalachia on the fringes. The only substantial metro within Appalachia is Pittsburgh. Buffalo, Rochester , Syracuse, etc are NOT part Appalachia. Not at all.
Those cities are not
The Southerntier starts it tho
This needs to be shown in Geography class at all high schools in the U.S. I can tell you've lived or travelled to a lot of these places.