Don't take this personally, but as a Mainer I am required by law to tell you that there is another Portland that is in the northeast that while smaller, is the first of the two and is really cool.
@@lordInquisitor No. The one with the riots is the bigger one in Oregon. (Both of them are really cool though and Portland, OR has a lot more than riots)
@@NubNubletyou guys have amazing amenities like beer and strip clubs, amazing nature, somewhat close to the pacific, get rainy humid weather, legal pot and lsd, and have antifa riots occasionally. Besides cost of living and taxes, not much bad about Portland in my book.
I’m from Vancouver, Washington and as someone who goes to school in the Midwest, telling people you are from Vancouver, Washington and them realizing you mean neither Vancouver, BC or Washington, DC is a really great time
I consider Chicago an inland coastal city. It has everything you’d expect from a coastal port city. Non-stop international flights, large population, skyline, stock and commodity exchanges…
I take minor offense to that. It is my home town, the fifth largest city in this empty void of a state, and has some of the highest crime in Idaho because it sits on two interstates, meaning any drug traffickers going through Idaho to some other state almost always pass through Pocatello.
So for those wondering: The reason Oklahoma has that silly panhandle is because of Texas. The territory the former Republic of Texas claimed when it was annexed by the US was bigger than the current state of Texas. When Texas sought to enter the Union as a slave state in 1845, the government ruled that there wouldn't be slavery north of 36°30' parallel north. Under the Compromise of 1850, Texas surrendered its lands north of such, and this led to a 170-mile neutral strip officially called the Public Land Strip (the compromise also created New Mexico Territory, forming the western boundary of the strip). People settled it in the 1880s and tried to form a new territory called the Cimarron Territory, but this wasn't recognized by Congress. Under the Oklahoma Organic Act in 1890, the Oklahoma Territory was created, and this strip was included. The reason why Michigan has that Upper Peninsula and isn't just an oven mitt is also because of a compromise, but a different kind. Michigan and Ohio both claimed the Toledo Strip. This is the result of poor understanding of the Great Lakes which led to different interpretations of the boundaries. The then Territory of Michigan petitioned for statehood in 1835 and wanted Toledo, but the Ohio state government wouldn't budge. Both sent their militias, prepared to fight over it (which really was just taunting, shots being fired into the air, and one Michigan guy getting injured because they were stabbed), but Congress then proposed a compromise that Michigan would be granted statehood IF they let Ohio keep Toledo and in return, they'd be given the Upper Peninsula (well more like the other three-quarters of it as they at that point already owned a small bit of it) that would've been given to Wisconsin.
Depending on how this video does, I feel like this could spawn forth a series of different videos (granted Geography Now is already sorta doing the same thing, but still)
For those in Europe who want some scale of how large the continental US is: the distance from Los Angeles to New York City is greater than the disance from Lisbon to Moscow. The 'lower 48' is an incredibly vast place, with more geographical variation than Europe. We have deserts (California/Arizona/Nevada), mountain ranges (Rocky, Continental Divide, and Appalachian), rainforests (California and Washington), plains (Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa), and swamps (Texas, Louisiana) in the same country.
As a whole, the “middle of nowhere” is probably my favorite part of America. Barren enough to keep most people away, steeped in pioneering tradition, where self-sufficiency is a virtue yet so is helping your neighbors and complete strangers alike. People leave each other alone for the most part, but there is also more of a Midwest-style community mindset than in western states.
This is great unless you are any kind of minority where the poineering tradition of xenophobia shows up I've lived in almost every heartland and Midwest state and the xenophobia is as thick as the ranch dressing
I'm a European who already knew all the states (and their capitals) because I'm such a geography nerd. Nonetheless, it's fun to watch. I didn't know about the two Vancouvers.
While I don't know all states and capitals, I knew a bunch of them because of "World of warships" since I'm a warships person. And the US Navy made it easy for us by naming Battleships after states and cruisers after capitals.
In fairness, the UK isn't a federation so those subnational divisions aren't particularly meaningful, compared to the North American federal subdivisions, which have autonomous governments and different laws.
@LGM_35_Sentinel easy. California navada idaho montana arizona newmexico washington oregon alaska hawaii urah coloraso wyoming texas kansas nebraska oklojoma arkandas Tennesee northdakota southdakota minnisota(cant spell it) iowa ohio indiana arkansas kentucky westvirginia virginia alabama missisisipi florida georgia southcarolina northcarolina wisconsin michigun pennsylvania newyork maryland missouri delaware newjersey maine vermont rhodeisland conneticut newhampshire massachasets loiusiana oklohoma illinioius ohio(idk if i have already said that). I'm just into geography I could name all 50 states at age 13, I'm 16 rn it's much easier than you'd expect
I laughed and rolled my eyes a little bit, I live in South East Idaho in a little town outside of Idaho Falls and to call Pokey a major city is kind of funny.
An important thing to consider is that many folks in Europe grow up emersed in American culture and are therefore more familiar with American customs, geography and history etc while the reverse is less true For example many of my favourite films, shows, books, people I follow online are American. My parents grew up watching American sit-coms and listening to American movies. My Grandparents also grew up watching American movies and experienced an influx of American culture through aid during the second world war in addition to an influx of American military personnel who helped to popularise many American customs across Western Europe It's an interesting development that Americans are becoming increasingly self-aware, this seems to be largely due to the Internet essentially creating a sort of global culture which we can all be part of - its sort of incredible to think I'm writing this current in rural Europe and in moments you could theoretically be reading this in another continent
A common misconception amongst non-Americans (and even some Americans) is that Americans have no culture, and instead just copy everyone else. But it’s a false, albeit easy, assumption to make. Before the internet, American culture was exported across the globe in films, television, books, advertising, propaganda, “democracy”, and migrants. This caused American culture to seep its way into most cultures worldwide in varying degrees. That’s why today it may seem Americans have no culture, because American culture has assimilated into your home culture, and you are just noticing what Americans lack from your own.
I didn’t know how influential (good and bad) the US was until a few years ago. Sadly, what I mainly see is Europeans completely trashing my country. Pointing at all the bad and ignoring the good.
Can you do this for Europe? Eastern Europe is a struggle for most Americans, or at least the ones I spend time with, they look less distinct on a map but the cultures and people I know are very distinct.
I know I'm not the target audience, but I thought this was well done and should be expanded upon with other places like Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Russia, China, India, and other larger countries that have some sort of political and/or cultural/historical differences within their borders.
An easy one to do would be the UK because it’s small, but has such a big difference between each city and county, as well as a distinct ethnicity in each constituent country (as they used to be separate countries) and different languages. It’s like, you can drive 35 miles from Manchester to Liverpool and the people have a completely different accent, then you can drive from Liverpool to somewhere in rural north Wales and find people speaking another language. It’s a pretty small country, but pretty diverse. Also Spain would be cool, considering different regions have their own separate cultures and languages and stuff (not too knowledgeable myself)
As a western Pennsylvanian: 1) I'm really happy that you mentioned Pittsburgh! 2) This side of the state is more Appalachia/MidWest than "northeast U.S." or "Mid-Atlantic."
If you ever are unsure of which one is Minnesota, it is the one with a little bump on the top, the only piece of the "lower 48" than is above the 49th parallel. It was created by a survey error, and resultant mapping error, in 1783.
Thanks as always for both content density and a brilliant serving 😊 btw my story, when 12, my dad and I played a quiz about the US states, I managed to learn all of them + capitals in several hours. I thought it was just for fun, but the next day dad gave me a real prize: a new bicycle! Used to live in ex-soviet russia back then
As someone who is from the US and knows a lot of it's geography (capitals, natural geography, political geography) and is a map nerd I knew all of this, I was curious how well you did it. I'll say you did quite well, and I like how you featured the territories of the US as they usually are left out (aside from good ol Puerto Rico). This is very good for beginners or those who are unfamiliar with American geography. Also for Everyone else, those who are interested learning more from American Geography just ask and I'll try my best to answer.
@@linkvos8151the US is a massive country with a lot of geographic quirks. Most Americans don’t know everything there is to abt US geography. Besides from the states and capitals, we aren’t rlly taught that much abt it
@@papaicebreakerii8180still wouldnt be something you take pride in. That is the bare minimum, if people dont reach it thats only cause to feel shame about for them, not pride about yourself.
@@thorthewolf8801As a another American who has an excellent knowledge of geography, I'm going to double down and say I and the OP deserve to be proud of our knowledge when so many of our compatriots are maddeningly ignorant and apathetic.
@@thorthewolf8801I don’t think it’s bare minimum for an American to know the whole geography of the country. They should know their state and the surrounding region pretty well, but the average person doesn’t need to be an expert on the whole country. It’s half a continent to keep track of.
So everyone knows about West Virginia and how it's famous because of a John Denver song and it's the pride of West Virginia as it's the theme song of West Virginia University....but what if I were to tell you that by "West Virginia", John really meant western VIRGINIA and not West Virginia? Your hint as for the true location he's talking about: Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah River. The Shenandoah River is a tributary of the Potomac and the majority of it is in Virginia while a small slither is in West Virginia. Shenandoah National Park is in Virginia. And the Blue Ridge Mountains is a Virginia and North Carolina thing! Before Atlanta, Delta used to operate out of Monroe, Louisiana. They chose the Mississippi Delta because of its centralized location within the southern states that had a greater need for the firm business offerings. This is where the airline's name came from. They moved to Atlanta in 1941 because the area was growing economically with the presence of key companies such as Coca-Cola. With most of Delta's initial passengers being people in business looking to hop between meetings quickly, it made sense to switch to Atlanta. Delta has since taken advantage of its location on not just the East Coast but also the South, giving it easy access to the Caribbean, Europe, South America, and beyond. And it being at a corner of the US also gives Delta the excuse to do several regional flights to/from small markets to lure people into Atlanta.
The US itself is like its own world, no wonder Americans rarely go outside their state. The US is so huge! Just imagine you want to go to the Alps? Go visit the Rockies. A great dry desert? Nevada or Arizona. Swamps and subtropical forest? Florida it is. That's not to mention Tundra and Taiga (Alaska), and hot Tropical islands (Hawaii and many US Pacific oversea territories). And I knew most of it despite I'm not American, nor European. But remembering them? It'll take a while.
You should see California. We have massive cities, vast hot desert, huge tracts of farmland with small towns by the highway, huge mountains, all in one state. California is like a mini-America.
As an American, don't visit California unless you stick to the nature parts. The cities are... well, there's a map of every poop in San Francisco for a reason.
If you're going to mention the two Vancouvers, I'm surprised you didn't contrast the province of Ontario, Canada with the Los Angeles suburb of Ontario, California.
Most people today classify the metro areas from new york to dc as the mid atlantic, its also part of the northeast megalopolis, the corridor from dc to boston.
Teachers, if you want to show this video in your class but don't want the 69 joke, here's a separate version with the joke cut out ua-cam.com/video/YHHAnN8T8BU/v-deo.html If you want to test your knowledge from this video, I got a blank version of the map I showed in the intro (remember: not everywhere is Texas) twitter.com/KhAnubis/status/1670473945529589762?s=20
I am from Reno, Nevada and went to university in Washington. I received the same question, whether it be from native Washingtonian or students from outside the county, of, “Oh, you must go to Vegas a lot?” It really seemed to blow their minds when I’d tell them it was a seven hour drive between the two cities. Even more shocking to them was how close Lake Tahoe was to Reno.
Well done! Honestly had no idea where where Puerto Rico actually is. As a Portlander (Oregon), maybe a video on the differences between the 2 Portlands?
Sorry but did you say that you’re American and didn’t know where Puerto Rico was? I just presumed that learning about your country was something taught in school (sorry I’m not American so only guessing) 🤷🏾♀️
@@NebraskaGonvilleJonesSchools here primarily teach about the states and barely cover the territories in comparison. It's sad because those territories all have interesting geography and history of their own.
Back in the early days of the United States, there was no ability for mail to be delivered in any meaningful way out West until the Pony Express started service from St. Joseph, Missouri to San Francisco. That was because everything was completely undeveloped West of the MIMAL man and is still undeveloped today save for a few national highways connecting MIMAL man cities to the West coast.
You know what's funny the Pony Express didn't last as long as people think it did plus the telegraph replaced it with in like less than a month of its demise and regular mail service eventually made it to the region. Seriously, the Pony Express only existed for a little over a year, April 1860 to October 1861.
@@OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions *But* even less people know that a similar service continued for a while afterward- split between two companies, one of which became Wells Fargo.
Ah yes, the thriving metropolis of Pocatello, Idaho. A city that isn't even the largest in its state even when you ignore Boise and its suburbs (that honor goes to nearby Idaho Falls)
But... except for maybe Boise, Pocatello might remembered more than any other city in Idaho. I don't know why. Also, how big is the summer population of West Yellowstone?
@@thomthom6268 Pocatello is at the intersection of two Interstate highways, so it ends up on a lot of signs in Northern Utah. And West Yellowstone gets a lot of visitors, I see a ton of RVs and out of staters on US 20 north of Idaho Falls all the time
As a murican and tbf to the europeans; its not like any of us know of even three counties/states/provinces/territories of european countries... So like, im shocked when they can get even 20% of the states in the right spots. Most muricans wudnt even be able to get half of the territories/provinces of canada in the right spots if given a map and theres way less of them... And dont even try askin about what the states are in the estados unidos de mexico, even just the names wudnt be known by most muricans, let alone locations
European countries (besides Russia obviously) are the size of American States, so that is why they are more often compared. For example, Ukraine is the largest country fully in Europe,but is still about the size of Texas.
@@graceneilitz7661 But its still an absurd comparison; if ya wanna compare states, compare them to similar sized states (or similar)... Like comparing to Canada or Mexico Mexico wud be a grt comparison given that their number of states is also similar in addtn to the sizes bein similar
@@SylviaRustyFaeI'm not so sure that it's as absurd as it seems. U.S. States are said to be co-sovereign with the federal government. Each State has its own government and is divided into counties or equivalents.
@@GurtBFroe1 Then compare it to the UK i guess, which i still dont think most americans wud get the names of right somehow xD Despite it just bein four of any noten unless we include the commonwealth and crown dependencies (i think thats what theyre called). Most of us def dont know where Gibraltar is or the Isle of Man xD
@@Intrusive_Thought176 Maine Massachusets Vermont New Hampshire Rhode Island Conneticut New York New Jersey Maryland Delaware Pennsylvania ( Hard to spell) Virginia West Virginia Ohio Michigan Illinois Indiana Wisconsin Minnesota Montana Idaho Washington Oregon California Nevada Arizona Colorado Wyoming Iowa Kentucky Kansas Arkansas Texas Oklahoma Utah Lousiana Florida North And South Carolina North Abd South Dakota New Mexico Alaska Hawaii (sry if i forgot some
I see a lot of comments about how, "of course I know all the States and their capitals, everyone knows that," yet I've had more than one conversations with university-educated individuals who are positive their are more or less than 50 states. It can happen to anyone. Chicago could be it's own state, it's just not.
I'm not American but I can say most of the States as well as the location. I might forget 3 or two(Ohio). Though I know most of them. I got taught in geography class. Is USA geography education really bad as they say????
No, it isn't. Most of us had to learn all of the countries of the world (although good luck convincing an older American that Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia don't exist any more).
The geography education is not the best, but I think it mostly stems from the fact that the US is very large, and while the politics may still not be isolationist, I feel like the culture definitely still is.
My school had a more involved geography curriculum that normal so I’m able to name and locate every country in the world pretty easily. Can’t really speak for the US more broadly though
@@phobospotato I understand the root of the name being Spanish which is why we have places like the Sierra Nevada, named after the Sierra Nevada of Spain. Spain also has a Nevada municipality. However the issue is that we use the anglicization of the pronunciation, and the Nev-ah-da is neither anglicized, or the Spanish pronunciation. the English pronunciation developed to more closely match similar words that have the short a vowel sound like lad, mad, fad, dad, sad, bad, etc. Nearly every word that contains an -ad in English will use the short vowel sound.
As an American, I can't even list most of the states off the top of my head, much less place them on a map. I don't blame any Europeans for not knowing where anything is, aside from a rough idea of New York, California, Texas, and DC.
I loved how in the beginning of the video when you showed all the major cities you didn’t include Philly Boston Miami or Detroit but included Pocatello
As a Portland resident, the vancouver thing never fails to confuse out of region people. Me: "They live up in vancouver" Them: "Canada?" Me: "No, washington. Them: "DC" Me: No, vancouver washington" Them: "I thought you were in Oregon?" Me: "ffs"
4:40 Reminds me of one character from the John Ford classic Stagecoach, who kept telling everyone he's from Kansas City, Kansas. Most non-Americans would assume his state would be obvious from the city name, but I'm a geography nerd and did not fall into that trap.
Yep, with some cities you need to specify the state to avoid confusion. KC, mo is over four times the size of KC, ks. 😅 KC, ks is one of the suburbs of kc, mo.
Americans: there are lots of countries, how do I know? Europeans: there is 1 country, why do I need to know the states? Do Americans interested in German states, Swiss cantons or Russian oblasts and krais?
You don’t have to know the states, but it’s not a bad idea to learn them, especially for such a big country where the culture varies pretty drastically in some cases from state to state
I actually used to willingly go to Vancouver WA like three times a yr when i lived in Salem OR xD But thats cuz im an Amtgard LARPer (live action roleplay(er)) and theres a local group that meets at a park there. So, we went to Vancouver to pretend we werent in Vancouver but were instd in like medieval europe fightin dragons
As an American I have never met anyone from Wyoming, Montana, the dakotas, Nebraska, iowa, New Hampshire, Vermont, New Mexico , Arkansas, Mississippi, alabama ,
One thing I always liked about the US is that the "middle of nowhere" applies to literally everything outside of the big cities. It isn't like Europe where there's a few districts in each country that are considered rural. No, here in America, everywhere outside of the State Capitols (pretty much, a few exceptions here and there) are rural. You can always find a way to get away from other people and be by yourself, only drawback is that you better hope there's a gas station on the interstate lmao
Fun fact: Europe is only 100k square miles bigger than the US. The US is a country the size of a continent, hence all the differences between individual Americans and why things can be legal on one side of the US and illegal on the other. What's legal in Spain isn't always legal in Greece, right?
Its a fair comparison to some extent. The land area, economy, and population of US states is relatively similar to Europe and the diaspora of American media has helped even the playing field as well.
@@Dominik-lc4pl thanks, ive been working to learn them, ive got china down for the most part but still struggling some on india, its astonishing how irrelevant some countries are when faced by the sheer number of people in those subdivisions. A video like this for india or china would actually be quite helpful tbh.
fun fact from a st. louisan, no one lives in east st. louis. Lot of history there, but its all abandoned now. STL metro area pretty much ends at the arch
Yeah, to be France, Europeans need to Czech their privilege. KhAnubis shouldn't have to Espana that most people are Hungary for knowledge, but there's only so much that's Germany to their daily lives and Serbia's their other interests. Don't Russia to judgement!
You mentioned you're a DC native, so I guess you can empathize with me as a Maryland native on how this limbo between North and South makes both of them hate us.
Yeah I always consider it to be northern (it's part of the Northeast Corridor after all), but I also think the saying "northern charm, southern efficiency" applies very well there
Vancouver, Washington pre-dates Vancouver, BC. It was originally a Hudson Bay company fur trading post named Fort Vancouver after Royal navy captain George Vancouvef.
Incidently, both Vancouver, BC and the island of Vancouver (location of BC capital Victoria) are both named after the same George Vancouver. He was kind of all over the area.
World countries have distinct shapes, most of the states don't, so Wyoming is distinct from Colorado only in the context of a map. Italy, Norway and Chile are all elongated but are very recognisable from each other. I like your geography (the natural regions) but let's not pretend knowing world's countries is the same as knowing a bunch of squares.
@@superduck6456 Damn bro you just got gas lit, they either don't understand how much of an asshole they sound or they are are trying to make you feel stupid.
2:27 Hello, I'm writing from 2043. You called Washington D.C. a "District", but today it is classified as "Radiation Exclusion Zone #4". You're so wrong for not being able to predict this.
Hello, I'm from 2053, and YOU are wrong. IT IS INTERNATIONAL ALIEN WARSHIP AREA OF THE EAST OF AMERIC. THE ALIENS MADE THE AREA DEADLY, SO YOU SHOULD RISK YOUR LIFE TO THANK THEM FOR SPARING EVERYTHING ELSE
Here's the thing. I am European. We're already bombarded by so much American cultural content, for example: TV shows when my generation (born Y2K) was growing up, which placed so much emphasis on knowing the American states... So I feel plenty of us already know several if not most states.
I have a friend from the UK. He says that many people there don’t understand how big the US is, and they generally just know places like California, Florida, and New York.
You are trying to solve a problem that doesn't;t exist. A lot of the world knows more about Anercain geography, politics & history than a lot of Americans because we have to.
No that’s not true. Most Americans know more European countries than Europeans know American states. And no there’s no reason that people outside of the us would know us geography more than people living in the us. Why would you have to? People in the us are the ones traveling and living in those places, not you
Australian here ✋🏽. I know all the states and their capitals. In fact every country, their capitals and major geographical features and demographics. It’s important to understand this beautiful planet that we all belong to and who we share it with. We all have so very much in common far, far greater than our differences.
I don’t know a single British “state” (if that’s what y’all call them over there) besides London but I bet if I just said a random name and added “ham” or “chester” I would guess a couple.
For those not from the Pacific Northwest, I’m from Portland (the Oregon one) and usually people will just refer to Vancouver (the Washington one ) as just Vancouver, while we usually will specify Vancouver, BC for the Canada one
There’s also a city in Oregon called Redmond which has an airport, and there’s a city in Washington called Redmond which has a much larger population, so those can also be pretty confusing if you’re in an airport trying to figure out which is which
Don't take this personally, but as a Mainer I am required by law to tell you that there is another Portland that is in the northeast that while smaller, is the first of the two and is really cool.
I believe you, surely nothing could be worse than Portland, OR right now 😬
Is it the one with the riots?
@@lordInquisitor No. The one with the riots is the bigger one in Oregon. (Both of them are really cool though and Portland, OR has a lot more than riots)
Oh no, sorry, couldn’t see it from Boston’s shadow, the same state that owned your territory
@@NubNubletyou guys have amazing amenities like beer and strip clubs, amazing nature, somewhat close to the pacific, get rainy humid weather, legal pot and lsd, and have antifa riots occasionally. Besides cost of living and taxes, not much bad about Portland in my book.
I’m from Vancouver, Washington and as someone who goes to school in the Midwest, telling people you are from Vancouver, Washington and them realizing you mean neither Vancouver, BC or Washington, DC is a really great time
When I was in europe I always had to specify washington state, not DC.
Fellow Vancouverite now living in the Rockies, and you're absolutely right! I feel so validated having someone with the exact same struggle
Same lmao I go to school in Texas and I’m from the Couv
Funny how both Cs stand for Colombia
We have a shirt:
“I’m from Vancouver, not B.C.
Washington, not D.C.
Clark County, not Nevada
Near Portland, Oregon, not Maine”
I consider Chicago an inland coastal city.
It has everything you’d expect from a coastal port city. Non-stop international flights, large population, skyline, stock and commodity exchanges…
And a coastline, albeit with a lake.
It's still a *G R E A T* lake tho.
@FajeTetris plus the canal with the Mississippi means you can technically sail to the gulf of Mexico or the north Atlantic though there
I consider the Great Lakes to be the North coast of the United States. If you also count the Gulf Coast that makes four coasts.
Plus the crime.
@@loganleroy8622 the worst cities for violent crime are the smaller ones, and also Detroit.
As a non-European who knows only a bit about American geography, this is a godsend
Have you not got access to maps to look for yourself?
@@cycklist they are illegal in Singapore
@@Nalolololwait what?
@@Oliver_mitskisnobodyI think he’s joking. Singapore has really strict laws about weird things, such as chewing gum being illegal
Just Remember that SC has cooler things than Stephen Colbert… Mr. Beast comes here sometimes.
Love how you added some small town in Idaho as a major city.
i think it's a joke about how its flag became famous for being hilariously bad. they recently changed it though, and now it's really nice. look it up!
It’s not a small town it’s a college town
Not quite a small town but yeah he should’ve put Boise lol
I take minor offense to that. It is my home town, the fifth largest city in this empty void of a state, and has some of the highest crime in Idaho because it sits on two interstates, meaning any drug traffickers going through Idaho to some other state almost always pass through Pocatello.
@@tostcronch IT HAD A COPYRIGHT SYMBOL ON IT!
So for those wondering: The reason Oklahoma has that silly panhandle is because of Texas. The territory the former Republic of Texas claimed when it was annexed by the US was bigger than the current state of Texas. When Texas sought to enter the Union as a slave state in 1845, the government ruled that there wouldn't be slavery north of 36°30' parallel north. Under the Compromise of 1850, Texas surrendered its lands north of such, and this led to a 170-mile neutral strip officially called the Public Land Strip (the compromise also created New Mexico Territory, forming the western boundary of the strip). People settled it in the 1880s and tried to form a new territory called the Cimarron Territory, but this wasn't recognized by Congress. Under the Oklahoma Organic Act in 1890, the Oklahoma Territory was created, and this strip was included.
The reason why Michigan has that Upper Peninsula and isn't just an oven mitt is also because of a compromise, but a different kind. Michigan and Ohio both claimed the Toledo Strip. This is the result of poor understanding of the Great Lakes which led to different interpretations of the boundaries. The then Territory of Michigan petitioned for statehood in 1835 and wanted Toledo, but the Ohio state government wouldn't budge. Both sent their militias, prepared to fight over it (which really was just taunting, shots being fired into the air, and one Michigan guy getting injured because they were stabbed), but Congress then proposed a compromise that Michigan would be granted statehood IF they let Ohio keep Toledo and in return, they'd be given the Upper Peninsula (well more like the other three-quarters of it as they at that point already owned a small bit of it) that would've been given to Wisconsin.
I see you everywhere.
The Great Toledo War! Where Michigan fought Ohio, and Wisconsin lost.
@@mandywinter8871As a Wisconsinite, I crave another war where we take the UP
@@mandywinter8871what
@@nicklibby3784because the government gave Michigan our (Wisconsin’s) land to calm them down, so we’re the only ones that ended up losing anything
Next one should be the "historical counties" of either England or the UK. I can never remember where Lancaster is.
Depending on how this video does, I feel like this could spawn forth a series of different videos (granted Geography Now is already sorta doing the same thing, but still)
Historic counties my arse. I don't care if I technically lived in Surrey until 1965, I am a Londoner through and through.
Which is why Ceremonial Counties are far better at dividing up England with, because those are the ones that people would actually identify with.
Oh Lancashire that's North of Cheshire (which has Liverpool innit), I would love to see Historical counties and ceremonial counties of the UK.
Kent. That is all
For those in Europe who want some scale of how large the continental US is: the distance from Los Angeles to New York City is greater than the disance from Lisbon to Moscow. The 'lower 48' is an incredibly vast place, with more geographical variation than Europe. We have deserts (California/Arizona/Nevada), mountain ranges (Rocky, Continental Divide, and Appalachian), rainforests (California and Washington), plains (Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa), and swamps (Texas, Louisiana) in the same country.
Also, the state of Michigan is as large as the UK
and this is exactly why we do NOT worry about the rest of the world like how they do us😂
As a whole, the “middle of nowhere” is probably my favorite part of America. Barren enough to keep most people away, steeped in pioneering tradition, where self-sufficiency is a virtue yet so is helping your neighbors and complete strangers alike. People leave each other alone for the most part, but there is also more of a Midwest-style community mindset than in western states.
As someone who's lived in this area my whole life it's really only a great area if you like outdoor stuff, the rest of it kind of sucks
This is great unless you are any kind of minority where the poineering tradition of xenophobia shows up
I've lived in almost every heartland and Midwest state and the xenophobia is as thick as the ranch dressing
I'm a European who already knew all the states (and their capitals) because I'm such a geography nerd. Nonetheless, it's fun to watch. I didn't know about the two Vancouvers.
Whats the capital of Oregon?
While I don't know all states and capitals, I knew a bunch of them because of "World of warships" since I'm a warships person. And the US Navy made it easy for us by naming Battleships after states and cruisers after capitals.
Me too
Where in Europe? Balkins, Baltic States, Eastern Europe, Central Europe, Western Europe, Scandinavia, mediterranean?
@@SylviaRustyFaeAnarchy 😅
It ain’t close to anarchy though. I hope you realize this is just a joke based on news and not actually reality
can't lie as a Brit I can name every US state with ease and every Canadian province/territory but can't name more than a dozen english counties...
In fairness, the UK isn't a federation so those subnational divisions aren't particularly meaningful, compared to the North American federal subdivisions, which have autonomous governments and different laws.
Name every us state then
@LGM_35_Sentinel easy. California navada idaho montana arizona newmexico washington oregon alaska hawaii urah coloraso wyoming texas kansas nebraska oklojoma arkandas Tennesee northdakota southdakota minnisota(cant spell it) iowa ohio indiana arkansas kentucky westvirginia virginia alabama missisisipi florida georgia southcarolina northcarolina wisconsin michigun pennsylvania newyork maryland missouri delaware newjersey maine vermont rhodeisland conneticut newhampshire massachasets loiusiana oklohoma illinioius ohio(idk if i have already said that). I'm just into geography I could name all 50 states at age 13, I'm 16 rn it's much easier than you'd expect
@@OGrandomunknownperson good
@@OGrandomunknownperson but here Utah* Colorado* Minnesota* Oklahoma*
As an Idahoan at the beginning when you said the major cities and put Pocatello on there, I died laughing. This was a good video.
I laughed and rolled my eyes a little bit, I live in South East Idaho in a little town outside of Idaho Falls and to call Pokey a major city is kind of funny.
An important thing to consider is that many folks in Europe grow up emersed in American culture and are therefore more familiar with American customs, geography and history etc while the reverse is less true
For example many of my favourite films, shows, books, people I follow online are American. My parents grew up watching American sit-coms and listening to American movies. My Grandparents also grew up watching American movies and experienced an influx of American culture through aid during the second world war in addition to an influx of American military personnel who helped to popularise many American customs across Western Europe
It's an interesting development that Americans are becoming increasingly self-aware, this seems to be largely due to the Internet essentially creating a sort of global culture which we can all be part of - its sort of incredible to think I'm writing this current in rural Europe and in moments you could theoretically be reading this in another continent
I agree there many things wrong with the modern world but how connected we all are is certainly not one of them greetings from America.
@@feena339 Greetings from across the pond
It is sort of incredible to think that. I’m in the US capital reading that. Hello from DC!
A common misconception amongst non-Americans (and even some Americans) is that Americans have no culture, and instead just copy everyone else. But it’s a false, albeit easy, assumption to make. Before the internet, American culture was exported across the globe in films, television, books, advertising, propaganda, “democracy”, and migrants. This caused American culture to seep its way into most cultures worldwide in varying degrees. That’s why today it may seem Americans have no culture, because American culture has assimilated into your home culture, and you are just noticing what Americans lack from your own.
I didn’t know how influential (good and bad) the US was until a few years ago. Sadly, what I mainly see is Europeans completely trashing my country. Pointing at all the bad and ignoring the good.
Can you do this for Europe? Eastern Europe is a struggle for most Americans, or at least the ones I spend time with, they look less distinct on a map but the cultures and people I know are very distinct.
I know I'm not the target audience, but I thought this was well done and should be expanded upon with other places like Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Russia, China, India, and other larger countries that have some sort of political and/or cultural/historical differences within their borders.
An easy one to do would be the UK because it’s small, but has such a big difference between each city and county, as well as a distinct ethnicity in each constituent country (as they used to be separate countries) and different languages. It’s like, you can drive 35 miles from Manchester to Liverpool and the people have a completely different accent, then you can drive from Liverpool to somewhere in rural north Wales and find people speaking another language. It’s a pretty small country, but pretty diverse. Also Spain would be cool, considering different regions have their own separate cultures and languages and stuff (not too knowledgeable myself)
As a western Pennsylvanian: 1) I'm really happy that you mentioned Pittsburgh! 2) This side of the state is more Appalachia/MidWest than "northeast U.S." or "Mid-Atlantic."
Yes and south NJ is basically Alabama, but the state as a whole is still Northeast.
@@phlorzum2927yeah south NJ is like stepping back in time and 1000 miles south at the same time
If you ever are unsure of which one is Minnesota, it is the one with a little bump on the top, the only piece of the "lower 48" than is above the 49th parallel. It was created by a survey error, and resultant mapping error, in 1783.
Don't tell them that Wyoming is a county in Pennsylvania, or they will be very confused.
Don’t forget the town of Indiana, PA
It's also a large suburb of Grand Rapids, MI
It's good you brought up the territories. They don't get mentioned enough.
Overseas military bases would be another video entirely
Thanks as always for both content density and a brilliant serving 😊
btw my story, when 12, my dad and I played a quiz about the US states, I managed to learn all of them + capitals in several hours. I thought it was just for fun, but the next day dad gave me a real prize: a new bicycle! Used to live in ex-soviet russia back then
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@@layne6675 Heroyam Slava! 💙💛 and glory to our western siblings helping us fight for freedom as your ancestors once did
Me as an american watching this knowing damn well every thing in this video
As someone who is from the US and knows a lot of it's geography (capitals, natural geography, political geography) and is a map nerd I knew all of this, I was curious how well you did it.
I'll say you did quite well, and I like how you featured the territories of the US as they usually are left out (aside from good ol Puerto Rico). This is very good for beginners or those who are unfamiliar with American geography.
Also for Everyone else, those who are interested learning more from American Geography just ask and I'll try my best to answer.
Did you just proudly say you know the geography of your own country?
@@linkvos8151the US is a massive country with a lot of geographic quirks. Most Americans don’t know everything there is to abt US geography. Besides from the states and capitals, we aren’t rlly taught that much abt it
@@papaicebreakerii8180still wouldnt be something you take pride in. That is the bare minimum, if people dont reach it thats only cause to feel shame about for them, not pride about yourself.
@@thorthewolf8801As a another American who has an excellent knowledge of geography, I'm going to double down and say I and the OP deserve to be proud of our knowledge when so many of our compatriots are maddeningly ignorant and apathetic.
@@thorthewolf8801I don’t think it’s bare minimum for an American to know the whole geography of the country. They should know their state and the surrounding region pretty well, but the average person doesn’t need to be an expert on the whole country. It’s half a continent to keep track of.
So everyone knows about West Virginia and how it's famous because of a John Denver song and it's the pride of West Virginia as it's the theme song of West Virginia University....but what if I were to tell you that by "West Virginia", John really meant western VIRGINIA and not West Virginia? Your hint as for the true location he's talking about: Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah River. The Shenandoah River is a tributary of the Potomac and the majority of it is in Virginia while a small slither is in West Virginia. Shenandoah National Park is in Virginia. And the Blue Ridge Mountains is a Virginia and North Carolina thing!
Before Atlanta, Delta used to operate out of Monroe, Louisiana. They chose the Mississippi Delta because of its centralized location within the southern states that had a greater need for the firm business offerings. This is where the airline's name came from. They moved to Atlanta in 1941 because the area was growing economically with the presence of key companies such as Coca-Cola. With most of Delta's initial passengers being people in business looking to hop between meetings quickly, it made sense to switch to Atlanta. Delta has since taken advantage of its location on not just the East Coast but also the South, giving it easy access to the Caribbean, Europe, South America, and beyond. And it being at a corner of the US also gives Delta the excuse to do several regional flights to/from small markets to lure people into Atlanta.
The US itself is like its own world, no wonder Americans rarely go outside their state. The US is so huge! Just imagine you want to go to the Alps? Go visit the Rockies. A great dry desert? Nevada or Arizona. Swamps and subtropical forest? Florida it is. That's not to mention Tundra and Taiga (Alaska), and hot Tropical islands (Hawaii and many US Pacific oversea territories). And I knew most of it despite I'm not American, nor European. But remembering them? It'll take a while.
You should see California. We have massive cities, vast hot desert, huge tracts of farmland with small towns by the highway, huge mountains, all in one state. California is like a mini-America.
@@raphaelwaggoner3200
Thank you for your kindness and warm welcome. I'll visit it one day.
As an American, don't visit California unless you stick to the nature parts. The cities are... well, there's a map of every poop in San Francisco for a reason.
@@reginaldcampos5762 just don't go to san francisco... There's plenty to do in Californian cities that aren't SF.
China or India or Russia has massive terrain types too. That doesnt stop us from pointing out countries on the map.
If you're going to mention the two Vancouvers, I'm surprised you didn't contrast the province of Ontario, Canada with the Los Angeles suburb of Ontario, California.
or the two portlands, portland oregon and portland maine.
That's even more annoying, because you're either referring to Ontario, CA or Ontario, CA.
or Ontario, Oregon
And everybody but Idahoans forgets Ontario, OR.
3:43 Tennessee doesn’t ONLY look like it could be Mimal’s pan. But I guess you wanted this video to stay monetized.
Most people today classify the metro areas from new york to dc as the mid atlantic, its also part of the northeast megalopolis, the corridor from dc to boston.
Teachers, if you want to show this video in your class but don't want the 69 joke, here's a separate version with the joke cut out
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If you want to test your knowledge from this video, I got a blank version of the map I showed in the intro (remember: not everywhere is Texas)
twitter.com/KhAnubis/status/1670473945529589762?s=20
Nice! Showing this to my ma who's better at foreign geography than our own 🤣
Oregon, Arizona, Louisiana are the best states 😎 ✌️fellow oregonian
I still have one main question: What is the state west of virginia called? You didn't say the name of it.
wert abert Canader, eh?
@@bathamsteryt West Virginia.
@@nearyrothphuong1252 thank you
Actually willie New Yorkers call that island Lawnguyland
I find my British friends can reliably name about 30 US states and place about 15 of them
MIMAL man is so useful and it flows in order. Minnesotta, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana.
I am from Reno, Nevada and went to university in Washington. I received the same question, whether it be from native Washingtonian or students from outside the county, of, “Oh, you must go to Vegas a lot?” It really seemed to blow their minds when I’d tell them it was a seven hour drive between the two cities. Even more shocking to them was how close Lake Tahoe was to Reno.
Lol, Reno is closer to the capital city of California than it is to Las Vegas, by about a factor of 3
Also, Reno has casinos and shows of their own. As does the Lake Tahoe, NV city.
I live in reno too
Well done! Honestly had no idea where where Puerto Rico actually is. As a Portlander (Oregon), maybe a video on the differences between the 2 Portlands?
Sorry but did you say that you’re American and didn’t know where Puerto Rico was? I just presumed that learning about your country was something taught in school (sorry I’m not American so only guessing) 🤷🏾♀️
@@NebraskaGonvilleJonesSchools here primarily teach about the states and barely cover the territories in comparison. It's sad because those territories all have interesting geography and history of their own.
I'm american in california. Are you joking?
It hurts to have an education system that pretty much always excludes territories in the maps.
I'm confused by the comments. I learned about territories in schools?
I honestly had to pause a moment after the revelation about what Vermot and New Hampshire are doing with each other
Ask the Brits. Vermont was a separate country before becoming the 14th state.
You needed to put Denver as a major city. The Nuggets just won.
Clearly Pocatello is more important.
Denver is cow town; it is like the 20th biggest MSA in the US, so not worth mentioning
Back in the early days of the United States, there was no ability for mail to be delivered in any meaningful way out West until the Pony Express started service from St. Joseph, Missouri to San Francisco. That was because everything was completely undeveloped West of the MIMAL man and is still undeveloped today save for a few national highways connecting MIMAL man cities to the West coast.
You know what's funny the Pony Express didn't last as long as people think it did plus the telegraph replaced it with in like less than a month of its demise and regular mail service eventually made it to the region. Seriously, the Pony Express only existed for a little over a year, April 1860 to October 1861.
@@OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions *But* even less people know that a similar service continued for a while afterward- split between two companies, one of which became Wells Fargo.
Ah yes, the thriving metropolis of Pocatello, Idaho. A city that isn't even the largest in its state even when you ignore Boise and its suburbs (that honor goes to nearby Idaho Falls)
But... except for maybe Boise, Pocatello might remembered more than any other city in Idaho. I don't know why. Also, how big is the summer population of West Yellowstone?
@@thomthom6268 Pocatello is at the intersection of two Interstate highways, so it ends up on a lot of signs in Northern Utah. And West Yellowstone gets a lot of visitors, I see a ton of RVs and out of staters on US 20 north of Idaho Falls all the time
I've always seen Michigan as a mitten with a cow lick.
As a murican and tbf to the europeans; its not like any of us know of even three counties/states/provinces/territories of european countries...
So like, im shocked when they can get even 20% of the states in the right spots. Most muricans wudnt even be able to get half of the territories/provinces of canada in the right spots if given a map and theres way less of them... And dont even try askin about what the states are in the estados unidos de mexico, even just the names wudnt be known by most muricans, let alone locations
European countries (besides Russia obviously) are the size of American States, so that is why they are more often compared.
For example, Ukraine is the largest country fully in Europe,but is still about the size of Texas.
@@graceneilitz7661 But its still an absurd comparison; if ya wanna compare states, compare them to similar sized states (or similar)... Like comparing to Canada or Mexico
Mexico wud be a grt comparison given that their number of states is also similar in addtn to the sizes bein similar
@@SylviaRustyFaeI'm not so sure that it's as absurd as it seems. U.S. States are said to be co-sovereign with the federal government. Each State has its own government and is divided into counties or equivalents.
@@GurtBFroe1 Then compare it to the UK i guess, which i still dont think most americans wud get the names of right somehow xD Despite it just bein four of any noten unless we include the commonwealth and crown dependencies (i think thats what theyre called). Most of us def dont know where Gibraltar is or the Isle of Man xD
@@SylviaRustyFae Heh, fair enough
As a Asian who Is still in school i Absolutely nailed American Geography
Name every state in the US
@@Intrusive_Thought176 Maine Massachusets Vermont New Hampshire Rhode Island Conneticut New York New Jersey Maryland Delaware Pennsylvania ( Hard to spell) Virginia West Virginia Ohio Michigan Illinois Indiana Wisconsin Minnesota Montana Idaho Washington Oregon California Nevada Arizona Colorado Wyoming Iowa Kentucky Kansas Arkansas Texas Oklahoma Utah Lousiana Florida North And South Carolina North Abd South Dakota New Mexico Alaska Hawaii (sry if i forgot some
@@Napolean.Mapping north abd?
@@Intrusive_Thought176 oh sorry and i missed missouri and nebraska
And tenesse
I see a lot of comments about how, "of course I know all the States and their capitals, everyone knows that," yet I've had more than one conversations with university-educated individuals who are positive their are more or less than 50 states. It can happen to anyone. Chicago could be it's own state, it's just not.
1: My bf lives in Vancouver WA, and I love him so I’ve gone willingly
2: I didn’t know Mr Beat lived in Kansas where I live, that’s really cool😮
Remember, US is way closer to EU status since a European country is roughly equal to an American state
me, an american who knows all of this watching: neat
Bro tried sneaking in Pocatello as a major city at 0:15 with a population in the 50 thousands 💀
You're right about Mr.Beat being the Kansas guy and not Mr. Beast, but Mr. Beast is actually from Kansas as well, technically.
I was going to say this but I’m glad I scrolled down first.
I'm not American but I can say most of the States as well as the location. I might forget 3 or two(Ohio). Though I know most of them.
I got taught in geography class. Is USA geography education really bad as they say????
No, it isn't. Most of us had to learn all of the countries of the world (although good luck convincing an older American that Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia don't exist any more).
The geography education is not the best, but I think it mostly stems from the fact that the US is very large, and while the politics may still not be isolationist, I feel like the culture definitely still is.
My school had a more involved geography curriculum that normal so I’m able to name and locate every country in the world pretty easily. Can’t really speak for the US more broadly though
Ohio is not a real state anyway -- it was never properly admitted to the union (look it up!)
@@wta1518I never had to learn the countries of the world in school
My guy lives in a state that borders Nevada, but still manages to say Nev-ah-da 😭 Nevăda!!
It actually comes from a Spanish word that is pronounced the other way that most people don’t do it
Neh-bah-dah
Spanish don’t pronounce V
@@phobospotato I understand the root of the name being Spanish which is why we have places like the Sierra Nevada, named after the Sierra Nevada of Spain. Spain also has a Nevada municipality. However the issue is that we use the anglicization of the pronunciation, and the Nev-ah-da is neither anglicized, or the Spanish pronunciation. the English pronunciation developed to more closely match similar words that have the short a vowel sound like lad, mad, fad, dad, sad, bad, etc. Nearly every word that contains an -ad in English will use the short vowel sound.
Louisiana is named for King Louis XIV. Saint Louis is named for King Louis IX.
And Louisville?
King Louis XVI.
As an American, I can't even list most of the states off the top of my head, much less place them on a map. I don't blame any Europeans for not knowing where anything is, aside from a rough idea of New York, California, Texas, and DC.
As someone from Portland Oregon I appreciate the Vancouver dis😂
I loved how in the beginning of the video when you showed all the major cities you didn’t include Philly Boston Miami or Detroit but included Pocatello
As a Portland resident, the vancouver thing never fails to confuse out of region people.
Me: "They live up in vancouver"
Them: "Canada?"
Me: "No, washington.
Them: "DC"
Me: No, vancouver washington"
Them: "I thought you were in Oregon?"
Me: "ffs"
“Let’s pull up all the major cities” shows Pocatello Idaho
S/o Drew Binski. Guy deserves way more attention as a creator/channel. Nicest dude I watch on UA-cam by a mile.
i love your content
0:17 bro tried sneaking pocatello in there lol
As an aside Maine was a disconnected part of massachusetts for sometime.
As a Hoosier I know my state is the definition of average, but it still hurts to hear it out loud 😭
4:40 Reminds me of one character from the John Ford classic Stagecoach, who kept telling everyone he's from Kansas City, Kansas. Most non-Americans would assume his state would be obvious from the city name, but I'm a geography nerd and did not fall into that trap.
Yep, with some cities you need to specify the state to avoid confusion. KC, mo is over four times the size of KC, ks. 😅 KC, ks is one of the suburbs of kc, mo.
4:32 well… to be fair Mr beast was born in Kansas
Americans: there are lots of countries, how do I know?
Europeans: there is 1 country, why do I need to know the states? Do Americans interested in German states, Swiss cantons or Russian oblasts and krais?
You don’t have to know the states, but it’s not a bad idea to learn them, especially for such a big country where the culture varies pretty drastically in some cases from state to state
@@mattolson7037 Just like every single country in the world?
@@MW_Asura Yep. But most countries don’t vary culturally from state to state or region to region like the U.S. or other large countries
Kansas = Mr. Beat... Any relation to Dr. Beat by any chance?🤔
I actually used to willingly go to Vancouver WA like three times a yr when i lived in Salem OR xD But thats cuz im an Amtgard LARPer (live action roleplay(er)) and theres a local group that meets at a park there. So, we went to Vancouver to pretend we werent in Vancouver but were instd in like medieval europe fightin dragons
As an American I have never met anyone from Wyoming, Montana, the dakotas, Nebraska, iowa, New Hampshire, Vermont, New Mexico , Arkansas, Mississippi, alabama ,
One thing I always liked about the US is that the "middle of nowhere" applies to literally everything outside of the big cities. It isn't like Europe where there's a few districts in each country that are considered rural. No, here in America, everywhere outside of the State Capitols (pretty much, a few exceptions here and there) are rural. You can always find a way to get away from other people and be by yourself, only drawback is that you better hope there's a gas station on the interstate lmao
the biggest cities in most states in the u.s. are not state capitals
lol vancouver washington is my hometown, loved the dig it’s pretty accurate
Vermont and NH 69 lmao. You got me with that one.
Fun fact: Europe is only 100k square miles bigger than the US. The US is a country the size of a continent, hence all the differences between individual Americans and why things can be legal on one side of the US and illegal on the other. What's legal in Spain isn't always legal in Greece, right?
as an american i liked this, idk why, knew it all
this is actually goated as a non-freedom non-democracy filthy kilometer guy
From my experience Europeans know less about US geography than the other way around.
ik right 😂
Your experience: I didn't make it up, I swear😂
@@MW_Asura Relax bub
@@MW_Asura I also Fck with Asuras Wrath so this will be my last reply to you.
Why are so many European commenters so offended by the idea of learning about American geography?
Why should we learn about 50 states? How many states or provinces of European countries do you know about?
Because It’s good to know things
Nobody's forcing you to know anything. You have the right to be ignorant.
@@MayTheSchwartzBeWithYou You can repeat that to yourself
@@MW_Asura I'm not ignorant. At least, not willingly so.
The landlock western states are quite sparsely populated.
Imagine comparing knowing where countries are to knowing a country's subdivisions
Are 5 most populated states are bigger than half the countries in Europe
Its a fair comparison to some extent. The land area, economy, and population of US states is relatively similar to Europe and the diaspora of American media has helped even the playing field as well.
Good luck with Indian states and Chinese prefectures!
@@Dominik-lc4pl thanks, ive been working to learn them, ive got china down for the most part but still struggling some on india, its astonishing how irrelevant some countries are when faced by the sheer number of people in those subdivisions.
A video like this for india or china would actually be quite helpful tbh.
European countries are smaller than American states
homie made a list of major US cities and im just confused on why anything from the state of idaho was even shown
fun fact from a st. louisan, no one lives in east st. louis. Lot of history there, but its all abandoned now. STL metro area pretty much ends at the arch
As an American who is also a geography nerd, I have never heard of the MIMAL man
I know evem more about USA geography. 😊 But this is quite an interesting video.
nice content
0:17 Ah yes the major American cities - LA, Vegas, Atlanta, NYC, Chicago, and... Pocatello????
Yeah, to be France, Europeans need to Czech their privilege. KhAnubis shouldn't have to Espana that most people are Hungary for knowledge, but there's only so much that's Germany to their daily lives and Serbia's their other interests. Don't Russia to judgement!
I am an American, and I know European geography quite well.
You mentioned you're a DC native, so I guess you can empathize with me as a Maryland native on how this limbo between North and South makes both of them hate us.
Yeah I always consider it to be northern (it's part of the Northeast Corridor after all), but I also think the saying "northern charm, southern efficiency" applies very well there
Vancouver, Washington pre-dates Vancouver, BC. It was originally a Hudson Bay company fur trading post named Fort Vancouver after Royal navy captain George Vancouvef.
Incidently, both Vancouver, BC and the island of Vancouver (location of BC capital Victoria) are both named after the same George Vancouver. He was kind of all over the area.
By the way, if you are gonna go visit Nevada (more like Las Vegas), pronounce it Ne-Vah-Da and not Ne-Voh-Da like he did in the video
Hey North Carolina has more than just Mr beast! We also have Matpat
World countries have distinct shapes, most of the states don't, so Wyoming is distinct from Colorado only in the context of a map. Italy, Norway and Chile are all elongated but are very recognisable from each other. I like your geography (the natural regions) but let's not pretend knowing world's countries is the same as knowing a bunch of squares.
The 50 states are basically 50 little counties…. I don’t understand why you seem so offended by the concept of knowing the states.
@@superduck6456 and you deduced this from what in my comment exactly?
@@superduck6456 Damn bro you just got gas lit, they either don't understand how much of an asshole they sound or they are are trying to make you feel stupid.
At least our borders are more interesting than Africa and the Middle East's. Who made those borders anyways?
West of the Mississippi, yes, most of the borders are rectangles. East of it though, most borders are recognizable.
2:27 Hello, I'm writing from 2043. You called Washington D.C. a "District", but today it is classified as "Radiation Exclusion Zone #4". You're so wrong for not being able to predict this.
Hello, I'm from 2053, and YOU are wrong. IT IS INTERNATIONAL ALIEN WARSHIP AREA OF THE EAST OF AMERIC. THE ALIENS MADE THE AREA DEADLY, SO YOU SHOULD RISK YOUR LIFE TO THANK THEM FOR SPARING EVERYTHING ELSE
It’s so funny seeing all the mad Europeans in this comment section. What is there to be mad about? 😂
i like how he colored the MIMAL man to kinda look like a chef
Here's the thing. I am European.
We're already bombarded by so much American cultural content, for example: TV shows when my generation (born Y2K) was growing up, which placed so much emphasis on knowing the American states... So I feel plenty of us already know several if not most states.
I assume you're referring to Hawaii 5-0, since it's in your username.
I have a friend from the UK. He says that many people there don’t understand how big the US is, and they generally just know places like California, Florida, and New York.
If you stop consuming, we’ll stop bombarding. Promise.
You are trying to solve a problem that doesn't;t exist. A lot of the world knows more about Anercain geography, politics & history than a lot of Americans because we have to.
No that’s not true. Most Americans know more European countries than Europeans know American states. And no there’s no reason that people outside of the us would know us geography more than people living in the us. Why would you have to? People in the us are the ones traveling and living in those places, not you
Australian here ✋🏽. I know all the states and their capitals. In fact every country, their capitals and major geographical features and demographics.
It’s important to understand this beautiful planet that we all belong to and who we share it with. We all have so very much in common far, far greater than our differences.
All of Kansas City is in Missouri. Overland Park is is Kansas.
I don’t know a single British “state” (if that’s what y’all call them over there) besides London but I bet if I just said a random name and added “ham” or “chester” I would guess a couple.
Vancouver WA resident here, there was no need for that random stray💀
0:17 Kentucky spotted
For those not from the Pacific Northwest, I’m from Portland (the Oregon one) and usually people will just refer to Vancouver (the Washington one ) as just Vancouver, while we usually will specify Vancouver, BC for the Canada one
There’s also a city in Oregon called Redmond which has an airport, and there’s a city in Washington called Redmond which has a much larger population, so those can also be pretty confusing if you’re in an airport trying to figure out which is which