The little details put in each state's attitude NEVER get old. Every still has so much delightful personality in it. Also love the backdrop as a classroom. S-Tier work.
Alabama - 11:23 Alaska - 5:35 Arizona - 15:50 Arkansas - 11:42 California - 2:28 Colorado - 10:40 Connecticut - 5:13 Delaware - 8:21 Florida - 17:35 Georgia - 17:02 Hawaii - 13:48 Idaho - 9:31 Illinois - 10:18 Indiana - 9:59 Iowa - 9:35 Kansas - 1:45 Kentucky - 7:41 Louisiana - 12:42 Maine - 4:28 Maryland - 12:30 Massachusetts - 7:36 Michigan - 5:26 Minnesota - 11:01 Mississippi - 3:47 Missouri - 6:40 Montana - 1:45 Nebraska - 4:20 Nevada - 11:56 New Hampshire - 5:01 New Jersey - 15:43 New Mexico - 4:39 New York - 16:06 North Carolina - 15:14 North Dakota - 3:09 Ohio - 8:09 Oklahoma - 14:17 Oregon - 1:45 Pennsylvania - 7:47 Rhode Island - 7:20 South Carolina - 14:47 South Dakota - 3:09 Tennessee - 12:58 Texas - 17:16 Utah - 17:52 Vermont - 4:24 Virginia - 7:55 Washington - 13:20 West Virginia - 11:37 Wisconsin - 1:45 Wyoming - 8:33 Fun Fact: The most common way Grey would introduce a state is with the exclamation "Ah" Edit: Now that I've posted this and can click through quickly, I'm wrong. Most common way is the name followed by a short pause.
As a New Mexican I am glad to hear our flag is appreciated as it seems every one here is mandated to either tattoo themselves with it, or have it as a bumper sticker.
How have you managed to actually make me care about these state girl stick figures? I felt sad when they got admonished, even if their designs deserved it
Every state ranked by CGP Grey: *[Do Not Click if you want to avoid spoilers!]* S - New Mexico, Maryland, Texas, and Utah A - Alabama, Tennessee, and Arizona B - Alaska, Ohio, and Hawaii C - Mississippi, Rhode Island, Colorado, and North Carolina D - Oregon, South Carolina, and Georgia - F tier list section below this line - FS - Wyoming FA - California, Iowa, Indiana, Arkansas, and Florida FB - New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Louisiana, and New Jersey FC - Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, Washington, Oklahoma, and New York FD - North Dakota, Nebraska, Michigan, Kentucky, and West Virginia FF - Kansas, Montana, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois and Minnesota This is a great video, I very much endorse this a lot! Keep up the good work CGP!
I kind of want Grey to do an "after-school group" of the Canadian provincial flags, the State's cousins meeting up and not wanting to be left out of the fun.
Thanks! Right now in Utah, there is a big fight about the flag change. People weren’t paying attention for the past three or four years while it worked its way through the process and now they’re upset. But I think you really hit the nail on the head about these flag designs. And many of these states with poor designs could take another page from Utah‘s book… Utah is not actually replacing its old flag. It just has a second official flag now that doesn’t suck add an official Flag for like ceremonial crap that does suck
This video is how I found out about Utah's flag redesign, and its existence gives me hope for the rest of the subpar state flags. As Roman Mars said in his Vexillology TED Talk, "In every bad flag, there is a good flag trying to get out", and Utah nails the essence of its original design in a sleek, stylized update. Bravo to you, Utah, and I hope the rest of the states may one day follow suit.
Minnesotan here. Our state was so embarrassed by our clear failure to flag properly that we're changing our state flag by the end of the year. Thank you for pointing out our devistating failure
unironically the presentation and characterization of the states as school girls, being grouchy at F’s, excitedly running the halls, etc…. makes this so rewatchable
As someone who was born in D.C. and grew up in Maryland, I feel very proud of the flags in my area. The Maryland flag breaks pretty much every flag rule but that somehow makes it better.
I feel like the North Carolina flag with not one, but two, dates and letters on it got a LOT of pardon here. Should be in the F Tiers for the same reason as Florida.
I'll admit, I had no idea what the Minnesotan flag looked like going into this video and I can't disagree with Grey's assessment. Apparently there've been several unsuccessful attempts to get it changed in recent years, so we Minnesotan's still have hope of one day getting a passing grade.
You did Colorado dirty. The flag breaks almost all vexilogical rules, yet still looks good. That should be an s tier just due to how well it works while breaking all the rules. (From a biased Colorado native)
My state only passed by a technicality but I still feel better than most the others. However, I think CGP gave North Carolina a higher score than it deserves, that N and C are basically writing our name and there are two dates on it which is quite against the spirit of the rules. I think FA.
I'd love to see a redesign of WA. Keep the green, stylize a pine tree, maybe some visual acknowledgement that half the state is desert. We have volcanoes! Do something with that. Orcas. Otters. Rattlesnakes. Someone please get to work on this.
This got me thinking what had already been done for it, and the first result was from FlagsForGood, lots of pretty green hills (a bit reminiscent of our evergreen trees) with a dark blue sky and five white 6-pointed stars. From the site - "The Design: Since DC took the Washington family crest, I decided to take the flag of George Washington's military HQ and use that as a base. Then, with a little help from Tiktok, I decided to incorporate a light to dark green gradient that can be found so much in the nature around Washington. The five stars, representing the five active volcanoes in Washington, make a subtle "W" in the sky and the mountains mirror their shape."
Maybe to represent the desert they could divide the flag in half with one side keeping the green and the other being yellow, I'm not sure on what to divide it with though.
The thing that stuck out to me most when I first moved here was that the state route signs all have the shape of Washington’s head on them. The flag would be so much better just changing out his face for that same silhouette.
This is my new favorite Grey video of all time. The humor level is outstanding and nonstop. I love all of the personality that the state girls have and I absolutely lost it at Maryland.
I never thought we would actually get a flag video from Grey. Never have I been so happy to be wrong because this was a fun watch! Plus, as a New Jerseyan, it's fun to dunk on New York for a change.
I know you hate Purple (the most magnificent of colors I have you know!), but in this case I'm with you. Either own the purple on a flag whole cloth or don't bother at all. :D
I loved this so much! The continued development of the "America State Girls" is so well done. I had to pause the video and take a screenshot when Flordia showed up with her pet alligator.
You did Colorado DIRTY. You failed them for having the audacity to put a stylized C on their flag and then gave North Carolina a passing grade despite having a NON-stylized "NC" on theirs? Shame on you.
CGP Grey, I hope you can reconcile with VTH about the copystrikes. Hope for the best, maybe one day you both can have a laugh at the unfortunate misunderstanding.
I had a really hard time in school. I passed all my classes fine and ill always be a lifelong lover of learning, but school itself was awful. one of my few comforts during those times was this wonderful youtube channel! I've been a massive fan since I was atleast 13 years old. I would gather my family around in the living room every time you uploaded a new video, so we could all watch it together like it was some event. because of your videos my curiosity was kindles and you are responsible for so much of my love for these topics (the tekoi videos in particular lead me down so many rabbit holes of research which I think is great fun) I would literally watch your statue of liberty and federal land videos again every few days, they were amazing. yea yea, I know about parasocial relationships and how they only go one way but I bring this up to let you know the immense positive impact your channel has had on my life and how much I deeply care about this content. I've never felt this disappointed in anyone I've ever known or followed online. your actions in filing the copyright strikes are the most pathetic shit I've ever seen a youtuber I follow commit. my heart actually started sinking when I was learning about what you have done. I've made fun of people in the past for being this upset about "internet drama" but I get it now. the amount of love and respect you can have for someone leave that quickly is an emotional pitfall and I started tearing up. no, I'm not some 'fanboy' of that reaction channel. I was most definitely a 'fanboy' of yours though, with my years of support for this channel vs not that long for the other. it is genuinely rough to see this from you. my happy memories of skipping school and hiding in an empty classroom to watch your videos instead are turning melancholy as I cant in good conscience keep watching your videos. until you retract the strikes, apologize, or both I will be unsubscribing. I will have to comment this however, so I hope you enjoy my $5. buy yourself a coffee or something
The bias in choosing North Carolina over South Carolina is ridiculous by every measure you gave at the start. SC's flag: - Completely different from any of the other flags - Has no writing on it - Difficult to draw perfectly, but easy to draw a sketch of if you simplify the palmetto - The navy blue is a bit boring with all the other navy blue flags there I'd say A or B tier since it could be much snazzier and easier to draw. But it could comfortably fit on the international stage. NC's flag: - Copied from Texas (copying from a good design is the best part of it) - Has the initals of the state on it (breaking the writing your own name rule), not in the worst way possible but still there - Has other other writing - Banners aren't the worst to draw, but they're nontrivial And that's it. FA tier at best. Sorry Mr. Grey, it's just not good. I simply cannot accept that you can in good conscience put those two flags side by side and said "NC's flag is better than SC's".
I had absolutely no idea Mississippi had changed her flag, nor that Utah was about to. And I say this as a geography nerd who is pretty knowledgeable about state flags. Thanks for the education, Grey!
I love angry little California at 3:10 lmaooo Also I've been using the term "the Maryland flag of -blank-" for so long, I legitimately forgot where that came from
Final tier list, since there isn't a good shot of it: S- New Mexico, Maryland, Texas, Utah (new) A- Alabama, Tennessee, Arizona B- Alaska, Ohio, Hawaii C- Mississippi, Rhode Island, Colorado, North Carolina D- Oregon (reverse only), South Carolina, Georgia FS- Wyoming* FA- California*, Iowa*, Indiana*, Arkansas* FB- New Hampshire*, Pennsylvania, Virginia*, Louisiana, New Jersey FC- Vermont*, Maine*, Massachusetts, Nevada*, Washington*, Oklahoma* FD- North Dakota*, Nebraska*, Michigan, Kentucky*, West Virginia* FF- Kansas*, Montana*, Wisconsin*, South Dakota*, Delaware, Idaho*, Illinois*, Minnesota Unranked- Utah* (old), which is likely in one of the F tiers for having the state's name on it. DC, which I'd expect to be somewhere around A tier, or even S tier (Asterisks are dishonorable mention for putting your name on your flag)
It's been a long night and I am still irate at South Carolina's ranking in relation to North Carolina (what with NC's blatant writing and copying Texas's homework and what not).
I'm so happy Utah made the flag change, as Utahtan myself I know there are more important issues but you see it, it's a simple fix that honestly matters. I actually want to fly a Utah flag now
Really feeling the love for Wyoming. The flag we print on everything is just the bison, but I also remember this conversation by heart so it was as expected.
The bright side: That little star in the upper left of your flag is a tribute to the Republic of Texas, and OUR flag did well, so you can take some solace in that.
This video is fantastic. I have wanted to sign up for your Patreon for a long time, but I was a student and I was really touched when you told me to focus on school. As someone who grew up lower income, it was a surprise when I wanted to give you money, then you said that and it made me want to cry. Thankfully, I finished law school last August and am now a Lawyer and can afford to pay back! Right now I am a Bonnie Bee (because housing in Seattle is expensive), but you make education fun and I love it. Thank you!
A person should be able to recreate the flag whit ok results on a peice of paper from memory. If not to much clutter going on. Boy am I glad I grew up in sweden.
Overall, this was one of my favorite Grey videos in years. HOWEVER, the take on South Carolina's flag was just plain blasphemous. The flag incorporates the state's revolutionary war history in all three elements. The color was the color of the SC state militia uniforms at the beginning of the revolution. The crescent moon was the insignia worn on their caps. These two elements were the basis of the "Moultrie Flag," designed by Colonel William Moultrie and flown over Fort Sullivan during the Revolutionary War battle of Sullivan's Island, in which a hastily constructed, partially finished fort made of palmetto logs and sand, commanded by Moultrie, held off a British invasion fleet, sparing Charleston from British occupation for the first four years of the Revolution. The Moultrie Flag, with the obvious addition of the palmetto tree (weak to hold the ignorance of others against SC) later became the South Carolina state flag, and has remained mostly unchanged since its incorporation. In addition to its historical nature and its simplicity, the flag is heavily recognizable, and, like the Union Jack, is very popular - it widely visible flying across the state, and you'll find it on stickers, t-shirts, and all other manner of merchandise. And unlike other southern states, at least SC's flag doesn't reference the confederacy! Sure, the blue isn't original, so I understand keeping the flag out of the top tier, but this flag deserves at least a B ranking.
The baby Bison and Gator! The outro with all the little states referencing each other. Ohio and Maryland just being so unique. Animators! You've outdone yourselves!
I did not know Utah was redesigning their state flag and I have to say I really like the new look. Also the end scenes of all the state girls lining up for the bus evoked a strange nostalgia for elementary school shenanigans.
Poor Nevada never got assigned a grade audibly, but for those who did not spot it on the graphics later in the video (like myself, having to scan for it: 12:34) it ended up lost among the other blue flags as an FC. For some actual flag commentary, why does the so-called "garden state" not have the color green feature more prominently in its flag? I got some serious Japanese rising sun flag vibes from Arizona's flag, but it certainly works. As for Iowa... not sure how that is "much 'murica", it just looks like the French flag with a seal on it. Sure, eagle seal, but still. And finally, absolutely agreed that Minnesota should have been some variation on the Scandinavian country flags.
Nevada could do a really bad-ass move and put the symbol of a mushroom cloud on the flag. Sort of a cross between "help, we are the most nuked place in the world" and "Don't get any fancy ideas with the water rights, California. We have bigger bombs diplomacy."
Ah, the Gray one! Yes. Very easy solution to all the channels getting mega hate in their comments: Pay to insult! - or just comment. Very nice. Auto-compensation included. And in case something REALLY nasty is going on, there is a credit-card connected right there with the dirty deed. Cheers from Deutschland!
As someone from Wyoming who has VERY deep roots in Colorado I want to 100% agree about the Wyoming flag and say I feel the Colorado flag should be a B as there is a lot of symbolism behind it. Also, Colorado put the C on their flag because at the time they adopted it there were several other states that looked like that were going to do something with the same Blue White Blue patten so they were worried it would look like the rest of the flags. Simular to the everything is blue problem.
4:48 Fun fact: The music playing here is “Morning Mood”, from Grieg’s Peer Gynt suite. It seems like an odd fit for a desert state, though Grey matches it up with some astute flag praise to make it fit well. You might recognize the song as the one that often plays behind pastoral pictures of flowers opening and fauna frolicking in a forest. HOWEVER, in the play that this piece was composed for, the scene it’s written for is a sunrise in a desert. So it is being used here it here exactly as intended.
State flags have more seals than Sea World, and they are not as cute. The problem with Alabama is is just a copy of the St Patrick Cross of Ireland. Out of all of them I do think New Mexicos is the best. It’s simple, unique, and easy to recreate and bold with its colors.
🐝 BONUS VIDEO! 🐝 The US Territories stop by to get their flags graded: ua-cam.com/video/wyF_k4pPr0s/v-deo.html
Can you do canda flags provinces and cities flags
I really like canda
Yeah about that. I just paid a membership but I still can't see your video for Canada's flag rating... Like is there something els I need to do?
The little details put in each state's attitude NEVER get old. Every still has so much delightful personality in it. Also love the backdrop as a classroom. S-Tier work.
Alabama - 11:23
Alaska - 5:35
Arizona - 15:50
Arkansas - 11:42
California - 2:28
Colorado - 10:40
Connecticut - 5:13
Delaware - 8:21
Florida - 17:35
Georgia - 17:02
Hawaii - 13:48
Idaho - 9:31
Illinois - 10:18
Indiana - 9:59
Iowa - 9:35
Kansas - 1:45
Kentucky - 7:41
Louisiana - 12:42
Maine - 4:28
Maryland - 12:30
Massachusetts - 7:36
Michigan - 5:26
Minnesota - 11:01
Mississippi - 3:47
Missouri - 6:40
Montana - 1:45
Nebraska - 4:20
Nevada - 11:56
New Hampshire - 5:01
New Jersey - 15:43
New Mexico - 4:39
New York - 16:06
North Carolina - 15:14
North Dakota - 3:09
Ohio - 8:09
Oklahoma - 14:17
Oregon - 1:45
Pennsylvania - 7:47
Rhode Island - 7:20
South Carolina - 14:47
South Dakota - 3:09
Tennessee - 12:58
Texas - 17:16
Utah - 17:52
Vermont - 4:24
Virginia - 7:55
Washington - 13:20
West Virginia - 11:37
Wisconsin - 1:45
Wyoming - 8:33
Fun Fact: The most common way Grey would introduce a state is with the exclamation "Ah"
Edit: Now that I've posted this and can click through quickly, I'm wrong. Most common way is the name followed by a short pause.
Bruh you are a lifesaver
As a New Mexican I am glad to hear our flag is appreciated as it seems every one here is mandated to either tattoo themselves with it, or have it as a bumper sticker.
It is a great flag. I'm a native Texan, but I have a T-Shirt with yalls flag on it. Good stuff.
It's literally my favorite official flag in the world
I'm glad you S tiered our new Utah flag! Our redesign has been a long time coming.
It is a wonderful new design
It is a wonderful new design, but is it flying now? What I'm reading online is that it isn't official until next year. I hope it is flying now.
@@icantbeyoursuperman Can confirm that government buildings are flying now, the capitol flew it on the day it became our new flag.
It is a great flag, which I had not heard of before. Congrats!
Utah understood the assignment.
I've waited for this moment for nine years
I didn't expect it would take that long. I hope it lived up to the hype for you.
@@CGPGrey I'm glad the Roman Mars TED talk is sufficiently old that you felt comfortable making this video
@@CGPGrey pls do same vid but with county flags
How have you managed to actually make me care about these state girl stick figures? I felt sad when they got admonished, even if their designs deserved it
Me too!!! I just wanted to hug them.
Every state ranked by CGP Grey:
*[Do Not Click if you want to avoid spoilers!]*
S - New Mexico, Maryland, Texas, and Utah
A - Alabama, Tennessee, and Arizona
B - Alaska, Ohio, and Hawaii
C - Mississippi, Rhode Island, Colorado, and North Carolina
D - Oregon, South Carolina, and Georgia
- F tier list section below this line -
FS - Wyoming
FA - California, Iowa, Indiana, Arkansas, and Florida
FB - New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Louisiana, and New Jersey
FC - Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, Washington, Oklahoma, and New York
FD - North Dakota, Nebraska, Michigan, Kentucky, and West Virginia
FF - Kansas, Montana, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois and Minnesota
This is a great video, I very much endorse this a lot! Keep up the good work CGP!
As a Marylander, that outfit you designed for our girl is just *mwah* glorious. I love it so much.
I'm fairly certain I could recreate that outfit IRL if I tried. I've definitely seen a Maryland flag top hat and tie before
"Nudity, murder, and an explicit call to violence" gets me every time!
I kind of want Grey to do an "after-school group" of the Canadian provincial flags, the State's cousins meeting up and not wanting to be left out of the fun.
Or the counties of Liberia. 😂
@@KlaxontheImpailr Oh dear god no!
If he'd been a little earlier with this video, the Liberian state flags all getting S tier would have made for a fun April Fools follow-up.
And the us territories!
Yes yes, that would be wonderful! I know Ontario (my home province) would probably be graded in the F tier. Hoping we get a new flag someday.
Hearing Grey’s stern teacher voice when he said “I’ll take that, thank you!” is something I didn’t know I needed, but I’m glad I got
New Mexico: remote beyond compare.
Also, a flag beyond compare.
California’s reaction to others’ flags and to your criticism of hers mirrored my own as a Californian.
Wow, I didn’t realize how many state flags were blue
As a Michigander and someone who loves vexillology I hate that my state has a worse flag than Ohio
Maryland gives thanks!
Thanks! Right now in Utah, there is a big fight about the flag change.
People weren’t paying attention for the past three or four years while it worked its way through the process and now they’re upset.
But I think you really hit the nail on the head about these flag designs. And many of these states with poor designs could take another page from Utah‘s book…
Utah is not actually replacing its old flag. It just has a second official flag now that doesn’t suck add an official Flag for like ceremonial crap that does suck
This video is how I found out about Utah's flag redesign, and its existence gives me hope for the rest of the subpar state flags. As Roman Mars said in his Vexillology TED Talk, "In every bad flag, there is a good flag trying to get out", and Utah nails the essence of its original design in a sleek, stylized update. Bravo to you, Utah, and I hope the rest of the states may one day follow suit.
As a Marylander, i am so glad to know that Grey also thinks our flag is so ugly that it circles back around to being great.
Grey's gonna go New Mexico and Maryland for S tier.
You don't know me!
just wanted you to know that you've spiked google trends traffic for "virginia flag"
Delightful. Thank you for telling me this.
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Brilliant, hilarious, and informative! Also anything with flags in an auto donate in my book 😁
Minnesotan here. Our state was so embarrassed by our clear failure to flag properly that we're changing our state flag by the end of the year.
Thank you for pointing out our devistating failure
I was just coming here to say they're gonna need a redo :)
Actually he did one already
ua-cam.com/video/8nFfMlYDync/v-deo.html
unironically the presentation and characterization of the states as school girls, being grouchy at F’s, excitedly running the halls, etc…. makes this so rewatchable
As someone who was born in D.C. and grew up in Maryland, I feel very proud of the flags in my area. The Maryland flag breaks pretty much every flag rule but that somehow makes it better.
There have been more Grey videos in the last month than are usually in a year. Should I be worried?
YEAR OF WORK
not usually, just last year, but I do expect it'll be a while before we get a new one now
I feel like the North Carolina flag with not one, but two, dates and letters on it got a LOT of pardon here. Should be in the F Tiers for the same reason as Florida.
I think Grey succumbed to sentimentality
True, but at least it's only got initials rather than the whole name.
1:43 Kansas/Montana/Wisconsin/Oregon
2:28 California
3:09 North Dakota/South Dakota
3:46 Mississippi
4:20 Nebraska
4:24 Vermont
4:28 Maine
4:36 New Mexico
5:00 New Hampshire
5:13 Connecticut
5:25 Michigan
5:32 Alaska
6:40 Missouri
7:18 Rhode Island
7:31 Massachusetts/Kentucky/Pennsylvania/Virginia
8:09 Ohio
8:21 Delaware
8:34 Wyoming
9:26 Idaho/Iowa/Indiana/Illinois
10:39 Colorado
11:01 Minnesota
11:21 Alabama
11:37 West Virginia
11:42 Arkansas
11:56 Nevada
12:30 Maryland
12:42 Louisiana
12:58 Tennessee
13:20 Washington
13:49 Hawaii
14:17 Oklahoma
14:47 South Carolina/North Carolina
15:42 New Jersey
15:50 Arizona
16:06 New York
17:02 Georgia
17:16 Texas
17:35 Florida
17:52 Utah
As a Canadian, I'm proud as hell that Grey holds it up as the standard. (pun intended)
I'll admit, I had no idea what the Minnesotan flag looked like going into this video and I can't disagree with Grey's assessment. Apparently there've been several unsuccessful attempts to get it changed in recent years, so we Minnesotan's still have hope of one day getting a passing grade.
I knew it was going to get dunked going in and ouch, still hurts.
I like the new one way better!
Maryland being a stack overflow error lol
The Republic of Chicago would kindly like to request a major city flags grading. That state flag doesn't fly us.
Don't forget NYC. Better than NYS anyway.
I love that they used Chicago's flag in Wakanda Forever, so recognizable!
@@andrewmasin5787it’s only barely better because it had the Dutch colors in it but it’s a SOB
Phoenix I reckon will do AZ proud
You did Colorado dirty. The flag breaks almost all vexilogical rules, yet still looks good. That should be an s tier just due to how well it works while breaking all the rules. (From a biased Colorado native)
I think most people like the Colorado flag. Grey was a little too picky in this haha
the "C" makes it too much of a logo but an awesome one.
My state only passed by a technicality but I still feel better than most the others. However, I think CGP gave North Carolina a higher score than it deserves, that N and C are basically writing our name and there are two dates on it which is quite against the spirit of the rules. I think FA.
If you hadn't put Maryland in S tier, you would have pissed off 6.165 million people
I'd love to see a redesign of WA. Keep the green, stylize a pine tree, maybe some visual acknowledgement that half the state is desert. We have volcanoes! Do something with that. Orcas. Otters. Rattlesnakes. Someone please get to work on this.
An orca as the centerpiece of the Washington state flag would be dope af. Especially if it was in the Salish art style - easily an s-tier flag
This got me thinking what had already been done for it, and the first result was from FlagsForGood, lots of pretty green hills (a bit reminiscent of our evergreen trees) with a dark blue sky and five white 6-pointed stars.
From the site - "The Design: Since DC took the Washington family crest, I decided to take the flag of George Washington's military HQ and use that as a base. Then, with a little help from Tiktok, I decided to incorporate a light to dark green gradient that can be found so much in the nature around Washington. The five stars, representing the five active volcanoes in Washington, make a subtle "W" in the sky and the mountains mirror their shape."
The most identifiable but probably not a good idea, I can think is have Mt. Saint Helens with it's crater top on the flag
Maybe to represent the desert they could divide the flag in half with one side keeping the green and the other being yellow, I'm not sure on what to divide it with though.
The thing that stuck out to me most when I first moved here was that the state route signs all have the shape of Washington’s head on them. The flag would be so much better just changing out his face for that same silhouette.
This is my new favorite Grey video of all time. The humor level is outstanding and nonstop. I love all of the personality that the state girls have and I absolutely lost it at Maryland.
For c tier, I can and do wear the Colorado flag design on a shirt which is more than can be said for most of these GOOD GOD WUT
As an Arizonan, I am a copper queen now.
As a citizen of Maine, I am required to tell you about the original Maine flag (1901 - 1909) and how it is better than our current one.
That is a wicked cool flag
I wonder what folks in 1909 were thinking, to drop the simple tree and star?
I never thought we would actually get a flag video from Grey. Never have I been so happy to be wrong because this was a fun watch! Plus, as a New Jerseyan, it's fun to dunk on New York for a change.
That was amazing
I love the new Utah flag, as a native Utahn. It's so much more distinguishable from the previous design.
I know you hate Purple (the most magnificent of colors I have you know!), but in this case I'm with you. Either own the purple on a flag whole cloth or don't bother at all. :D
I loved this so much! The continued development of the "America State Girls" is so well done.
I had to pause the video and take a screenshot when Flordia showed up with her pet alligator.
You did Colorado DIRTY. You failed them for having the audacity to put a stylized C on their flag and then gave North Carolina a passing grade despite having a NON-stylized "NC" on theirs? Shame on you.
Colorado was marked C 10:57 , same as North Carolina 15:32 . Both passing. Neither failed.
Pretty sure he didn't realize that or he's dumb
CGP Grey, I hope you can reconcile with VTH about the copystrikes. Hope for the best, maybe one day you both can have a laugh at the unfortunate misunderstanding.
I waited for Maryland and I wasn’t disappointed
I had a really hard time in school. I passed all my classes fine and ill always be a lifelong lover of learning, but school itself was awful. one of my few comforts during those times was this wonderful youtube channel! I've been a massive fan since I was atleast 13 years old. I would gather my family around in the living room every time you uploaded a new video, so we could all watch it together like it was some event. because of your videos my curiosity was kindles and you are responsible for so much of my love for these topics (the tekoi videos in particular lead me down so many rabbit holes of research which I think is great fun) I would literally watch your statue of liberty and federal land videos again every few days, they were amazing. yea yea, I know about parasocial relationships and how they only go one way but I bring this up to let you know the immense positive impact your channel has had on my life and how much I deeply care about this content.
I've never felt this disappointed in anyone I've ever known or followed online. your actions in filing the copyright strikes are the most pathetic shit I've ever seen a youtuber I follow commit. my heart actually started sinking when I was learning about what you have done. I've made fun of people in the past for being this upset about "internet drama" but I get it now. the amount of love and respect you can have for someone leave that quickly is an emotional pitfall and I started tearing up. no, I'm not some 'fanboy' of that reaction channel. I was most definitely a 'fanboy' of yours though, with my years of support for this channel vs not that long for the other. it is genuinely rough to see this from you. my happy memories of skipping school and hiding in an empty classroom to watch your videos instead are turning melancholy as I cant in good conscience keep watching your videos. until you retract the strikes, apologize, or both I will be unsubscribing. I will have to comment this however, so I hope you enjoy my $5. buy yourself a coffee or something
Grey was right about Texans having a lot of state pride and we really do deserve the S tier rank! Awesome video I really enjoyed it!
The bias in choosing North Carolina over South Carolina is ridiculous by every measure you gave at the start.
SC's flag:
- Completely different from any of the other flags
- Has no writing on it
- Difficult to draw perfectly, but easy to draw a sketch of if you simplify the palmetto
- The navy blue is a bit boring with all the other navy blue flags there
I'd say A or B tier since it could be much snazzier and easier to draw. But it could comfortably fit on the international stage.
NC's flag:
- Copied from Texas (copying from a good design is the best part of it)
- Has the initals of the state on it (breaking the writing your own name rule), not in the worst way possible but still there
- Has other other writing
- Banners aren't the worst to draw, but they're nontrivial
And that's it. FA tier at best. Sorry Mr. Grey, it's just not good.
I simply cannot accept that you can in good conscience put those two flags side by side and said "NC's flag is better than SC's".
I loved all the little details the states' stick figures had but my favorite was Florida's alligator. It was so cute! 😍
Belongs on the flag.
I had absolutely no idea Mississippi had changed her flag, nor that Utah was about to. And I say this as a geography nerd who is pretty knowledgeable about state flags. Thanks for the education, Grey!
I love angry little California at 3:10 lmaooo
Also I've been using the term "the Maryland flag of -blank-" for so long, I legitimately forgot where that came from
You're thinking of Hello Internet, and Grey and Brady's take about the "Maryland Point"
I love the emotions on the state cartoons. The SHAME depicted by some of them is priceless 😂
Some of these stick figures just have such cute outfits and personality. Like, Ohio looks so good!
It was coming one day! And that day has arrived!!! I’m ready for Kansas to do poorly because our flag is against all that Grey stands for!
And yep, double F. Yep.
What an animation on the Utah flag, that was so hopeful
Final tier list, since there isn't a good shot of it:
S- New Mexico, Maryland, Texas, Utah (new)
A- Alabama, Tennessee, Arizona
B- Alaska, Ohio, Hawaii
C- Mississippi, Rhode Island, Colorado, North Carolina
D- Oregon (reverse only), South Carolina, Georgia
FS- Wyoming*
FA- California*, Iowa*, Indiana*, Arkansas*
FB- New Hampshire*, Pennsylvania, Virginia*, Louisiana, New Jersey
FC- Vermont*, Maine*, Massachusetts, Nevada*, Washington*, Oklahoma*
FD- North Dakota*, Nebraska*, Michigan, Kentucky*, West Virginia*
FF- Kansas*, Montana*, Wisconsin*, South Dakota*, Delaware, Idaho*, Illinois*, Minnesota
Unranked- Utah* (old), which is likely in one of the F tiers for having the state's name on it. DC, which I'd expect to be somewhere around A tier, or even S tier
(Asterisks are dishonorable mention for putting your name on your flag)
This is honestly one of my favorite youtube videos ever. I actually come back to watch it from time to time just because I like it so much.
So happy for the Arizona flag. Love the copper star!!
It's been a long night and I am still irate at South Carolina's ranking in relation to North Carolina (what with NC's blatant writing and copying Texas's homework and what not).
I look forward to Maryland getting S tier.
Just watched. Fuck yeah!
Bonnie bees united!! Now I must move to Utah.
I know the feeling. It's the kind of flag that makes you want to switch states.
@@CGPGrey *me checking Zillow listings right now*
I'm so happy Utah made the flag change, as Utahtan myself I know there are more important issues but you see it, it's a simple fix that honestly matters. I actually want to fly a Utah flag now
As a computer scientist, I'm loving how Maryland buffer overflowed the scale.
"Wear it with pride Maryland"
How dare you imply that we don't already have pride in the best flag of the Union?
South Carolina did not deserve D tier.. harsh
All I’m going to say, is NCR infamy gained
Really feeling the love for Wyoming. The flag we print on everything is just the bison, but I also remember this conversation by heart so it was as expected.
As an Ohioan, very displeased with the rating, it's an S tier flag because it's not Michigan's flag
I have no idea what this means but it made me laugh, so TY.
New Mexico's flag is my favourite, easy, creative and absolutely stunning
As a californian, I am personally slighted by this video.
I can't help but feel my buttons pushed. What do I write on which ballet when?!
The bright side: That little star in the upper left of your flag is a tribute to the Republic of Texas, and OUR flag did well, so you can take some solace in that.
Fantastic.
The vexillogical video finally came out.
Liberian counties next.
You had my students laughing so loud that I had to keep pausing the video
I am from California and I am laughing how much California gets picked on by the teacher.
This video is fantastic. I have wanted to sign up for your Patreon for a long time, but I was a student and I was really touched when you told me to focus on school. As someone who grew up lower income, it was a surprise when I wanted to give you money, then you said that and it made me want to cry. Thankfully, I finished law school last August and am now a Lawyer and can afford to pay back! Right now I am a Bonnie Bee (because housing in Seattle is expensive), but you make education fun and I love it. Thank you!
A person should be able to recreate the flag whit ok results on a peice of paper from memory. If not to much clutter going on. Boy am I glad I grew up in sweden.
Glory to VTH
Overall, this was one of my favorite Grey videos in years. HOWEVER, the take on South Carolina's flag was just plain blasphemous. The flag incorporates the state's revolutionary war history in all three elements. The color was the color of the SC state militia uniforms at the beginning of the revolution. The crescent moon was the insignia worn on their caps. These two elements were the basis of the "Moultrie Flag," designed by Colonel William Moultrie and flown over Fort Sullivan during the Revolutionary War battle of Sullivan's Island, in which a hastily constructed, partially finished fort made of palmetto logs and sand, commanded by Moultrie, held off a British invasion fleet, sparing Charleston from British occupation for the first four years of the Revolution. The Moultrie Flag, with the obvious addition of the palmetto tree (weak to hold the ignorance of others against SC) later became the South Carolina state flag, and has remained mostly unchanged since its incorporation. In addition to its historical nature and its simplicity, the flag is heavily recognizable, and, like the Union Jack, is very popular - it widely visible flying across the state, and you'll find it on stickers, t-shirts, and all other manner of merchandise. And unlike other southern states, at least SC's flag doesn't reference the confederacy! Sure, the blue isn't original, so I understand keeping the flag out of the top tier, but this flag deserves at least a B ranking.
The baby Bison and Gator! The outro with all the little states referencing each other. Ohio and Maryland just being so unique. Animators! You've outdone yourselves!
Many of these were probably designed without the input of a graphic designer. we’re lucky there weren’t more stick-men on the flags.
I did not know Utah was redesigning their state flag and I have to say I really like the new look.
Also the end scenes of all the state girls lining up for the bus evoked a strange nostalgia for elementary school shenanigans.
Poor Nevada never got assigned a grade audibly, but for those who did not spot it on the graphics later in the video (like myself, having to scan for it: 12:34) it ended up lost among the other blue flags as an FC.
For some actual flag commentary, why does the so-called "garden state" not have the color green feature more prominently in its flag?
I got some serious Japanese rising sun flag vibes from Arizona's flag, but it certainly works.
As for Iowa... not sure how that is "much 'murica", it just looks like the French flag with a seal on it. Sure, eagle seal, but still.
And finally, absolutely agreed that Minnesota should have been some variation on the Scandinavian country flags.
Nevada could do a really bad-ass move and put the symbol of a mushroom cloud on the flag. Sort of a cross between "help, we are the most nuked place in the world" and "Don't get any fancy ideas with the water rights, California. We have bigger bombs diplomacy."
Thank you for giving Texas the “S” Tier we deserve 🤠⭐️ (I also love the little “Guess that Pokémon” nod 😂) - great video and fun to watch!
I bet Mississippi is pumped it got a makeover in time for this! 😂
I swear this videos thumbnail is having an identity crisis
Such a fun video. I love the flag roasts. World flag series next? 😁
YEAH MARYLAND
A video we've waited for for so long! Love the Maryland Point and Bestagon!
Ah, the Gray one! Yes. Very easy solution to all the channels getting mega hate in their comments: Pay to insult! - or just comment. Very nice. Auto-compensation included. And in case something REALLY nasty is going on, there is a credit-card connected right there with the dirty deed. Cheers from Deutschland!
Köszönjük!
I'm not an American but I still really enjoyed this video. Mostly because of this fun format of the classroom. Well done 🎯... S tier!
As someone from Wyoming who has VERY deep roots in Colorado I want to 100% agree about the Wyoming flag and say I feel the Colorado flag should be a B as there is a lot of symbolism behind it. Also, Colorado put the C on their flag because at the time they adopted it there were several other states that looked like that were going to do something with the same Blue White Blue patten so they were worried it would look like the rest of the flags. Simular to the everything is blue problem.
4:48 Fun fact: The music playing here is “Morning Mood”, from Grieg’s Peer Gynt suite. It seems like an odd fit for a desert state, though Grey matches it up with some astute flag praise to make it fit well.
You might recognize the song as the one that often plays behind pastoral pictures of flowers opening and fauna frolicking in a forest. HOWEVER, in the play that this piece was composed for, the scene it’s written for is a sunrise in a desert. So it is being used here it here exactly as intended.
I wasn’t expecting this to be so epic! That music at the end 😂
If California had a two-headed bear instant S-Tier
This has to be the nicest thing I’ve ever heard anyone not from Alabama say about Alabama.
DC thanks you for its inclusion.
State flags have more seals than Sea World, and they are not as cute. The problem with Alabama is is just a copy of the St Patrick Cross of Ireland. Out of all of them I do think New Mexicos is the best. It’s simple, unique, and easy to recreate and bold with its colors.