11 American States that Are Larger than the UK
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- Your favo(u)rite British host, Laurence Brown, reveals 11 American states that - mind-boggling as this may sound - are bigger than England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland combined.
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I drove through a town in Wyoming once. It had a population of four.
They still had a bar, though.
I think I saw that! I remember a town called Natrona- this was 30 plus years ago- not sure if the population was 4, 9, 13, or 23- I saw four similar towns, amazingly, but there was a decrepit gas pump, a shack, and not much else,LOL.
Thhunter every town needs a Pub.
What else are you supposed to do when it’s -30 F outside? Lol
Wyoming sucks.
What about the post office and the church?
This proves the biggest difference between Brits and Americans: Americans think 100 years is a long time, and Brits think 100 miles is a long distance.
+Caleb Boerner Oh, Caleb. I am stealing this quote. Brilliant!
Caleb Boerner my music teacher said that once
Caleb Boerner lol I drive 100 miles one way, like 2 times a week
It is common to hear Galvestonians whine 'I don't want to drive all the way out to 45th St.' That is always 3 miles or less. There are also people working in Galveston, and living on the north side of Houston, who commute 75 to 100 miles, one way, daily. Which is crazier?
Hahaha! Truth!
Americans are often criticized, justifiably, for not knowing much about other countries. But the reverse has often affected history. For example, when Hitler declared war on the United States he never bothered to think about the size of the U.S. Montana is larger than Germany. We use it to grow wheat and mine copper. If you go to war, bread and copper wire are important, and we had a state larger than Germany devoted to those two things.
not only can we zerg rush with infantry but we can zerg rush with well trained and well equip infantry as well...
WITH SUPPORT!!!
we are set up so we can pretty much win any war of attrition as long as the civilians dont start yammering about ending the war...
What's really hilarious is that he tried to form a secret alliance with mexico to launch a land invasion up across the border into the southwest . All america had to do to stop that was let mexico know that we had found out about the secret meetings and that getting into a land war with america would be very bad for them since their new buddy had virtually no way to help them out when we would turn our attention on them .
@Puff Dragon Right you are. It was the Zimmerman telegraph, and was part of WWI, not WWII. Fun fact, they were trying to get broker an alliance between Mexico and Japan, because Japan was with the Allies in WWI. But Japan was part of the Axis in WWII, where they did end up bombing the US.
he was just gonna nuke us.
Youre talking to the man who started a two front war
Note: In the US, when we say something is "not too far" we're speaking of chunks of a couple/few hours.
And Road Trips usually involve at least 2 to 3 states. Anything less is just "going for a drive up state" or similar.
@@japzone my family and a shit ton of other washingtonians go to portland for any major purchase thanks to Oregon's no sales tax. Day trips for all!
Oh definitely. I drive from northeastern Tennessee up to just north of Charleston, West Virginia to decorate graves and visit my childhood friend a few times a year. It's about a 5-hour trip one way.
Eeyup. I have family in San Antonio, Texas who've been known to cruise up to Tulsa, Oklahoma to visit and hit the flea markets. It's usually a three or four day trip, half of that being driving, and they call it a "fun little road trip."
Admittedly this is the same bunch that decided to drive from San Antonio to Denali back in the '80s. But still!
@@dragonsreingsupreme1 Welcome to Oregon! Get yer shit and get out. :)
I remember when I lived in Alaska, I saw a sign that said "We would like to remind our friends from Texas, if Alaska were divided in half, Texas would be the THIRD largest state."...
Lol thats awsome
And Texas doesn't care. As most women know, size isn't everything.
Mona J mam I don’t think the sign was meant any harm. It was just a little joke
We still laugh at that one😂(Alaskan)
😂👌🏼
And Europeans wounder why most Americans do not have a passport. No need when you can spend your life exploring this country and never see it all.
It's also very costly for international travel
Jeffrey Harrison true. My biggest trip will be Hawaii. To me, it's easier then getting a passport. But I've been to Mexico and Canada, back when u didn't need a passport. I heard we do now.
Minnesota is known as the land of 10,000 lakes. Wisconsin has 11,000 i think. Just think of it, you can go fishing every weekend in a different lake!
Nateman10, SIGH. Do you know how irritating it is for someone to tell me not to be "that" type of American? What kind? The kind that doesn't do what you want them to do? I am glad that people in Oregon are superior to me in that they plan ahead and save to travel. It makes me happy that they can do what they want. Why can't you be happy that some of us have a different perspective, and don't desire the same things as you?
I agree with your comment about traveling, but it's important to remember that, with the exception of the Native Americans, everyone in the US is from somewhere else. You'd be surprised how different each state really is. The diet in the South is far different than the diet in the North, West, or East. The landscapes and climates are vastly different....deserts to swamps to ice capped mountains. People have adapted to live in their own areas.
Americans do celebrate their root cultures on the local level, as well. Every year, my kids' school hosts an international festival. There are currently 11 different languages spoken in the school, representing multiple countries and religious beliefs. The families provide dinner fare, artifacts and performances from their respective countries. Kids get to take a mini vacation and learn about where they all came from. My first grader's best friend only spoke Arabic at the start of the school year. Both of them are helping each other learn a new language, and it's wonderful to watch. It's more diverse than many people realise. :)
As a solo semi driver it took me 6 days of 11 hour driving periods to deliver freight from Seattle, Washington to Miami, Florida. 3500+ miles. It was my longest run. It was over 500 miles a day. I saw so much and enjoyed it so much...the US is a beautiful country. We are a big country for sure!
USA is my love my only
born in Oklahoma, where the wheat comes sweeping down the plains
Longest drive I've ever done was from Mesa AZ to Whidbey Isle WA. Such sites to see. America is truly beautiful.
Halito, fellow okie.
Silver Schooner
- I am so glad there are people like you. 6 days of driving sounds miserable to me.
"Why isn't Alaska it's own country?"
Because we paid good money for it back in the 19th century. What, you didn't think we were just going to let that go, did you?
"We paid good money for that!"
"You paid, like, 150 bucks for it?"
"So? It's not our fault the Russians put it on clearance."
Yeh - that was a bit short sighted of us Brits since we were offered it first and turned it down.
William Seward, the Secretary of State at the time who did the deal, was excoriated in the press. They called it "Seward's Folly," or "Seward's Ice Box," a waste of money and so. And all he got out of the deal was an Alaskan town named after him. 🤷♂️
What would have been really interesting would be if the Russians hadn't sold it, and during the Cold War there would have been a USSR presence in North America. That could have gotten very ugly, very fast. From Juneau to Seattle is only a few hundred miles, IIRC.
@@japzone lmao
We rock.
A friend in college, an exchange student from Sweden, wanted to drive from Sacramento to LA and go to Disneyland. I had to point out that was like driving from her house in Sweden to Paris. She thought since it was in the same "province" it must be nearby.
I heard a story about a South African who wanted to see The West so managed to get a flight to Wyoming (presumably from NY). Outside the terminal the man found a taxi and asked to be driven the the Grand Canyon!
It took me an entire day to drive from my home in Fullerton to San Francisco. That’s only like half the state!
Wow!
I was in Anchorage Alaska in 1964, when South central Alaska had a 9.2 earthquake, the largest in North American recorded history. Northern Alaska had to hear about it on the radio. That's how big Alaska is.
I lived on Kodiak Island during the 1964 Good Friday Quake; my Coast Guard dad was stationed at the Naval Air Base there. He was transferred out of Kodiak 2 or 3 months after the quake and we flew to Anchorage and then drove down the AlCan Highway and along the Pacific Coast, across the lower western states & down to Miami to see relatives, then up along the east coast to his new station near Boston, Massachusetts. I lost 10 pounds on that trip, which is quite a lot for a 9-year-old. The size of the U.S. is familiar and taken for granted, but I was very surprised some years ago when I realized for the first time how small the UK is --- it figures so largely in history and influence you sort of just expect it to be the same size as America, but it's just pocket-sized.
@@christopherjackson3455 It generated a tsunami that destroyed Crescent City, California, a thousand miles away.
@@robert3302 Crescent city gets hit by EVERY pacific tsunami must be it's angel. it got hit in 2011 also
That's not saying much, do you think that So Cal feels an earthquake in Nor Cal?
Damn Skippy! I was there as well. I remember boiling snow with bleach in it since some water mains were broken.
Good Times!
I'm glad this was made. People from the UK always think that Americans don't learn about other countries, which we do. But we just tend to focus more on our own country because it's so big. They don't get it.
Briana That is no excuse to be illiterate in international geography. It's always good to be educated about the world at large.
This is one thing I have noticed is that Europeans place a high value on knowing geography when really the rest of the world doesn't. For example Japan and South Koreans suck at geography.
Noliving Yes. But, can a European find Kentucky on a map? Or the Missouri River? Yellowstone? The Grand Canyon?
Those who criticize Americans often mean, "You didn't learn what I learned in school so, therefore, you are unsophisticated."
No no he has a good point. We have to learn a lot of stuff about America and really it is more then you would think.
Womb Raider stopp your lie. Its true we do notice other countries but we focus on all 50 usa states only
About 30 years ago I was visiting the UK. At a restaurant I was seated with a lovely couple from York. After a delightful evening they said they were visiting relatives in Boston the next summer. They thought it would be fun to visit me for lunch one day. I told them that they were welcome but since I live near Kansas City, Missouri and it would be an almost 30 hour car trip, or almost 3 hours by airplane. They were a bit disappointed. For those of you unfamiliar with US geography, KC is not quite half way across the US.
that would be quite the drive for a stop by lunch
That lunch better be bomb af
Heck, this works even within the US. I had a friend coming down from Montana to visit me in the San Francisco Bay Area one year, and she wondered if we could visit Disneyland while she was here. Since the trip to Disneyland was a good 370 miles south of where I am, um, no........
Too many people think that California consists of Los Angeles and its suburbs and nothing else. Ah, well.
@@adriennegormley9358 Northern Californian here too. It's funny when friends in Nebraska ask if we are ok because they saw there was an earthquake in CA. And the quake is in southern CA.
St. Louis, Missouri, here.
I wonder how many UK's fit inside Missouri?
A trip from KC, MO to Boston ... yeah, that'd be a long drive.
I find that Britt's very commonly try to generalize the USA. this is why I'm glad you emphasize the usa's size. saying Americans are one way or another is like saying Brits are just like polish ppl. each state has a unique culture, cuisene, traditions, political tendencies, climate, and geography. each state also largely govern themselves.
gt5228z A lot of them tend to think American climate is all the same, and all favorable. Always irked me as an Ohioan. It's terrible here most of the year...haha!
Orange Moon I never knew that about Finland, but the U.K. for sure, the winters here are much colder than the U.K. but the summers are much hotter.
JD Hip Hop Add Huntsville to that.
#notall
We here in California have to go by portions and make distinctions between Northern and Southern Californians. I'm Southern Californian, my mother is Northern Californian who never stopped feeling like a fish out of water living down here.
Nebraska never ends. I was on a road trip in August 2013 and I'm still trying to get across Nebraska.
Hahaha, that was my experience of driving across Kansas! Also, being from a mountainous state, the eerie, uncanny nature of Kansas being, in effect, one giant, amazingly flat lawn, where the tallest thing for miles around was a freeway overpass was... deeply unnerving. It was bad enough going up in the Sears Tower in Chicago a few years earlier and seeing... nothing... no mountains, not even a hill, just... other buildings, and a long way down. But, to be driving, and driving, and driving across what was "clearly" some random guy's neatly-kept lawn -- too flat to be a golf course, you see -- gave me the strange feeling that, despite all my knowledge to the contrary, Kansas was no so much a state as an artificial environment created by aliens to keep humans as pets or something, like ants in an ant farm. >.>
@@derekchristenson5711 I can see why that may seem unnerving to some. It's also why often people feel like they are on top of the world because everything falls away in every direction at the same rate, with no trees or anyting overhead you really can feel like you're at the highest point, and in much of the state if you standing it filled you literally are the tallest thing for miles around.
I got so unnerved in West Virginia because it always seemed like I was stuck deep down in between two hills with trees everywhere, with just a little sliver of sky above
I know this vid is from years back, but my English relatives needed to watch this. I live in Columbus Ohio and my relatives found that flying into Toronto Canada was cheaper. They wanted me to pick them up there and stop off at Niagara Falls on the way to my place. They were persistent and I thought that was one of the places we were visiting anyways. Unbeknownst to them I flew into Toronto to pick them up (I had bonus miles). I told them we needed to pick up the rental car. They thought I arrived on a short bus or commuter train ...nope, a plane. I don't think they got it. We drove to Niagara Falls in about 2 hours. That should have given them a clue. We visited the Falls then ate dinner. They took things very leisurely so I said we had to spend the night. No, they didn't mind resting in the car and didn't want to bother with a hotel. I said it will take most of the night to drive...nope, still didn't register. Well, we got to my place seven hours later. Hey, then they got it! ...but they still asked how long the drive to Disney World was...oh only about 16 hours with no stops & no traffic. I guess their plans of Niagara, Disney, Grand Canyon, and Las Vegas were dashed!
oof
Someone once said that Americans think 200 years is a long time, and Europeans think 200 miles is a long way. When a friend of mine and I were driving around in Wales once, we were staying in Cardiff and decided to go out to Tyddewi, for no reason, and we got looked at like we were trying to fly to the Moon without packing a lunch. It's only 140 miles. Start out with a thermos of coffee, and you'll get there before it gets cold.
I also remember reading Gwynfor Evans' "Bywyd Cymro" a while back where he said that he never really grasped how huge the US was until he flew from Chicago to Los Angeles. He got on the plane in snow up to his eyeballs and everyone walking around in parkas, and when he got off the plane several hours later, it was 80 degrees and everyone was walking around in summer clothing.
"Someone once said that Americans think 200 years is a long time, and Europeans think 200 miles is a long way." Love this.
J Cortese I once flew from Anchorage to Salt Lake City and did exactly that...
It is nearly a 6 hour flight from New York City to San Francisco. The British and Europeans think a 3 hour flight from London to Istanbul is long... The British Flying Scotsman service running from London to Edinburgh takes 4 hours. This is considered a long rail journey in the UK. The American Amtrak Acela service from Boston to Washington DC takes 6.5 hours. This is just America's northeast corridor, by no means a transcontinental route...
140 miles would be about 4 hours driving unless you were on motorway all the way - that would be incredibly tiring as a round trip
@@ianmoseley9910 A lot of the US (at least where I live) is highway or interstate. I could drive 140 miles in under 2 hours. I drive 5 and a half hours to my brother's once a month to visit for the weekend and see my nephew and niece.
I've had to correct folks from the UK who thought Los Angeles and San Francisco were suburbs of each other. Like perhaps an hour drive apart.
It's at least an hour from the LA suburbs to downtown LA
la to San Francisco is like 3 hours without traffic
We got Huge and Big Cities Like
New York
Los Angeles
Seattle
Las Vegas
Omaha
Wichita
Topeka
Washington D.C
Chicago
Columbus
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Toledo
Burlington
Miami
Boston
Providence
New Port
Augusta
Cape Cod
Rochester
Albany
Buffalo
Tampa
Key West
Fort Lauderdale
St Augustine
Naples
Orlando
Jacksonville
Tallahassee
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Macon
Atlanta
Nashville
Knoxville
Columbia
Charlotte
Raleigh
San Francisco
San Bernardino
San Jose
Oakland
Bakersfield
San Diego
Palms Spring
Houston
El Paso
Brownsville
Waco
Dallas
Austin
Fort worth
San Antonio
Provo
Minot
Fargo
Portland
Salem
Billings
Helena
Cheyenne
Tacoma
Sioux City
Bismarck
International Falls
Des Moines
Little Rock
Sioux Falls
Niagara Falls
Springfield
Detroit
Flint
Traverse City
Ann Arbor
Grand Rapids
Indianapolis
Gary
Fort Wayne
St Paul
Minneapolis
Grand Forks
Green Bay
Milwaukee
St Louis
Kansas City
Oklahoma City
Honolulu
Fairbanks
Anchorage
Jackson
Ashville
Lexington
Louisville
Birmingham
Newark
Patterson
Atlantic City
Phoenix
Tempe
Scottsdale
Carson City
Reno
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Salt Lake City
Denver
Aurora
Boulder
Aspin
Tucson
Boise
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Erie
Harrisburg
Dover
Bridgeport
Stanford
Hartford
Manchester
Auburn
New Orleans
Indigo
Bay City
And thousands of smaller and medium many more Cities as well way more towns , Villages
Not to mention the 255 National Forest
1345 Other Forest
the 245 National Preserves
345 National Parks
Our Wildlife Refugees
Our Desserts , Coasts , Lakes , Rivers , Canyons , Islands , Water Falls , Glaciers , Woods , Swamps , Marshes , Wetlands , Tropics ,Volcanoes , Mountains , Grasslands , Plains , Hills , Caves , Valleys , Sand Dunes and So Much More
Places Like
Mammoth Cave
Everglades
Biscayne
Martha Vineyard
Wine Country
Yosemite
Yellow Stone
Maui
The Northern Lights
The Rockies
The Appalachians
The Grand Canyon
The Great Lakes
Big Cyprus
The Grand Canyon
Glacier Park
The Mojave
Death Valley
Mount Rushmore
Niagara Falls
Cape Cod
The Hamptons
Crater Lake
Colorado Sand Dunes
Colorado Dessert
Mississippi River
Missouri River
Colorado River
Glacier Bay
Crater of Diamonds
Redwood National Forest
Turtle Beach
Dolphin Beach
Disneyland
Disney World
SeaWorld
Universal
Six Flags
Kalahari
Puerto Rico
Myrtle Beach
South Beach White Sand
The Florida Keys
Stone Mountain
Mount McKinley
Atchafalaya Swamp
Senora Dessert
Coachella Valley
Nebraska Outback
Cedar Point
Marco Island
Paria River Canyon
King Island
Open Fruit Orchards
Tall Grass Prarie
Antelope Canyon
Lake Tahoe
Amish Country
Cascade Canyon
Shoshone Falls
Tahquamenon Falls
Devils Tower
Kentucky Derby
Grand Prix
Poppy Flower Forest
Hawaii
Natural Hot Springs
Mar a Lago
Mall of America
Piers
Light house Parks
Kodiak Island
Baring Straight
3 Ocean Coasts
Isles
Finger Lakes
and sooooo much more that is not even half
Tropical
Arid
Polar
Artic
Mediterranean
Humid
Subtropical
Dessert
Climate
Savannah
Temperate
and Oceanic weather Climates
Wild Life Such as
Bears
Turtles
Snakes
Geckos
Dolphins
Panthers
Bobcats
Alligators
Crocodiles
Wolves
Wolverines
Deer
Elk
Buffalo
Crab
Flamingos
A zoo in every City
and so much more
No City Is alike
No State Is Alike
All Unique all 50 States
bob berry, more like 6-7 hours.
Rob Norris more like 5 hour apart lmao
The UK could fit into the USA 40 times.
Literally
Frédéric Chopin And?
But it should by the US a drink first.
David Grossenbacher -- Smart aleck! :-D
@@shortbinnie5630 Do you not even understand the topic of this video?
"Montana is bigger than Germany!"
-Germany looks at Poland-
Germany: for now.
Man, I laughed myself into an asthma attack. Good joke....?
Not again !
Eric Dumke lol
😂😂😂
Lol
You nailed the Rick Steves impression. True story: my father was in the UK, reading a Rick Steves travel guide, when who should be sitting at the table next to him? Rick Steves.
Great now I hear the theme song
I thought so too and that's a neat story about your dad.
I literally saw the man today!
@@sirenaisle US or abroad?
Consider this: there are more Grizzly bears in Alaska than there are people......
Go bears!
And half the population lives in the Municipality of Anchorage.
Not to mention the Moose.
You are only off by a factor of 25 or so, but whatever...
is that because the bears ate all the people
I find most Europeans look at the US as California and New York.
Max Martinez Blame that on the adverts and films.
How many did you actually find that held those views - or is it just an assumption based on adverts and films?
@@bushchat28d Most UA-camrs l see traveling from the UK only visit New York, Cali, or Florida.
True. They act like NYC and LA are the only two cities in the country.
Frankly, many New Yorkers and Californians think of the US as California and New York, too. The rest they call "flyover." The arrogance really pisses me off if I think about it too much.
That's because Alaska is the only state where hell regularly freezes over.
StereoSpace hell is in Michigan
And they couldn't have eaten all the pies, because all the pies were frozen!
Minnesota.. Is shit cold. You really do have to plug your car in every night. Or your ass is walking to work!
Master Chief 00117 It's worse in Fairbanks where -50F can last a month or two.
I lived in the high sierras at 6000 feet and had my car battery freeze to the point it had to brought inside the house
and thawed out to work...TWICE!!!!. I think but i am not sure but that was closed to minus 50 degrees to minus 60 degree range
you didn't say how cold it got but how many cords of fire wood you burned to stay warm(17) for me, Truckee is something like 25 cords fyi
"the nation of Paraguay disguised as a giant SOCK" is the best, most accurate description of Cali I've ever heard.
Actually, California resembles a high capacity magazine. That's why it banned itself.
as a ex truck driver i can honestly point out in a 2 week run, with a teammate we would run between 22000-24000 miles this place is massive absolutely massive.
Maybe in one month
It's enormous and must be stopped
I'm watching you from Alaska...so I found this hilarious😂 And yes...we ate all the damn pies!
All 710,000 of you
From AZ
I'm sorry to hear your block busters are gone :'(
Rockos Basilisk
I still mourn that loss
same
I want to visit Alaska one day. During the summer of course, but maybe I'll pack five coats for a winter trip as well!
Wyoming is also at the top of the list of states with more cows than people.
+Bigus Dickus After learning this, I feel like I need to re-film the video!
Lost in the Pond
yeah, elk, deer, cows, and a whole bunch of smaller animals outnumber humans in Montana, each species ON ITS OWN
Bigus Dickus Also wolves.
That makes me want to move there, I like animals better than people, most of the time!
Montana has nearly twice as many cows AND humans as Wyoming. We're willing to give you some of the latter. Take all our Californians.
you have to make it west of Colorado, you're missing so much, Multnomah falls on the Columbia River, Crater Lake in Oregon the Redwoods in California, rent a boat and cruise the San Juan Islands in Washington...beautiful country up here in the PNW(Pacific Northwest)
I live in Texas so I'm just assuming my state made the list. I'm just curious who else is here.
As an American I think your Nevada joke is absolutely hilarious and somewhat well-deserved.
Canyon,TX here
When I lived in Tilbury & Guildford, 30 miles from London, I thought that was far.
Now, In California, that would be a dream daily commute for me!
30 miles? That's all?! Oh lordy....I usually drive 4x that distance in a 24 hour period! I've driven 238 miles just this morning between 7:30am and noon. I think I need to start a road trip/tour guide business for visitors from the UK!
It is far if you're paying UK petrol prices...
I drove 170 miles daily to school when i lived in california... Yike. I didnt know how i did it. I was young and dumb then.
30 MILES IS FAR!? OH LAWDY HAHA
Just be glad that you didn't become aware of the relative size of the USA by trying to drive from coast to coast in a camper with your whole family. That is an experience that is once in a lifetime, and may well challenge your sanity before it is over. It literally takes weeks to make the trip, unless you have the crazy Dad trying to stuff it into an abbreviated experience. You can spend a whole day driving and still be on the same ranch in some states.
Kevin Aylward. Haha! Yes the "great American family vacation experience" I thought my dad lost his mind & was clearly trying to kill us all in an attempt to recreate a Chevy Chase disaster/ road trip from Hell movie! We went from Indiana to Colorado & BACK in 8 or 9 days! And we did this for 10 years in a row! (HE was in love with Colorado) FIVE people in a Plymouth Hatchback Horizon PULLING A 'POPUP' CAMPER TRAILOR (that means the 'flat' kind if you cannot picture it since they really aren't popular anymore) through the desert.
(We would take a slightly different route every year) Up the mountains. Across the badlands. KANSAS. 4-Corners. Mount Rushmore. Rim of the Grand Canyon. Utah. Drove straight through Vegas. North & South Dakotas. Wyoming. I'd have to look at a map to pick them all out since I have blocked some of it from my memory. One year we went all the way into California to Edwards's AFB (from Top Gun) less than 2 hours from the Ocean & he turned the car back around! That one was almost a mutiny.
Years later, I flew out to see the Pacific (it was everything it was supposed to be) & the Gulf of Mexico from both the Mexico-side & the (west) Florida-side. Still like to make it to the Atlantic Coast someday...
Now did you go visit the world's biggest ball of twine? Or the world's biggest office chair lol
When my sons came visit me in Houston I didn't want them to miss San Antonio. So we took off from the Galveston side early in the morning and finally stopped for lunch around noon. The boys were devastated to learn we were still in Houston. Houston/Galveston is very different from Dallas/Ft. Worth and both are extremely different from Austin and San Antonio. If I remember correctly Houston covers 7 distinct geographic areas from coastland and swamps with palms, flamingos and shrimp boats to evergreen forests on hardrock. Every time I see New York city I have wrap my mind around the fact that millions of people are crammed so neatly on a dinner plate
We did it in three days when my husband was transferred to California from North Carolina, with kids, pets, and an ancient mini van.
However if you’re moving a friend from NY to LA by car and you drive like hell, you can do it in 2 1/2 days.
I don't trust states not big enough to write their whole name on the map.
Hello, my friend, from beautiful Massachusetts!
Carol Rogers
😁
Now that statement is just golden!!! Way to funny!
Oh oh usually you can't fit our abbreviation never mind the real name is "The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations "
Our state was stretched for our name Tennessee
Strangely enough, Rhode Island or officially; the "State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations" has the longest name of any state. Talk about Napoleonic complexes.
Hey, we earned that!
You have more words in your name than you do counties !!!
HemlockRidge - I’m from Rhode Island! Where are you from?
@@stephenflynn7600 South Central Pennsylvania
It's funny to hear people in the UK talk about being in Wales and being in the "middle of nowhere ".
Middle of nowhere? Let me take them for a ride out here in the Arizona desert, or even worse, Nevada. I'll show them what nowhere looks like.
I think I grew up in the middle of nowhere - northwest MN. 1.5 hour to Grand Forks, ND; 1.5 hour to Winnipeg, Canada
Lol Rocky mountain.wanna feel alone and in the middle of nowhere
@@bassage13 went to Colorado from Iowa, I've had people tell me Iowa is boring to drive through, but Nebraska is horrible lol that felt like the middle of nowhere!!
I guess the real comparison should have been that the most of America is the middle of nowhere. Seriously, there's a lot of wilderness/nothing around in it.
When I first visited Texas, I saw a bumper sticker that said, "I'm not from Texas...but I got here as soon as I could."
That's not referencing distance or time. They are showing their love for Texas even though they weren't born here. :)
That's long been my motto. I was raised in Ohio and Minnesota, but moved to Texas in 1977 and have been here ever since.
@@stefanlaskowski6660 yeah, we are known for having a lot of pride for our state. 😊
Pretty darn good Rick Steves impression.
Also texas has a state park the size of rhode island
You mean Big Bend or King Ranch? Big Bend is a NATIONAL park, and King Ranch isn't a park, it's an actual ranch that just gets a lot of tourism
@@connerdale4221 big ben ranch is a state park next to the federal big bend
California has a region called the Inland Empire, consisting of two counties, San Bernardino and Riverside. It's half the size of New York State. Riverside County is nearly the same size of the Nation of Israel.
Steel String true
Nevada has more BLM land BY percentage than private land
And Maricopa County, AZ is about the same size as Vermont.
Should someone tell him that there are people who cycle from New York to Los Angeles just for fun? I think his head might explode.
@Ambrose Burnside you could also do the Appalachian trail. Dont k ow the niles but from Georgia to Maine.
i wonder if he knows about route 66
AquaDragonDavanin just a measly 2200 miles.
@@aquadragondavanin6745 You can't drive route 66 all the way anymore. Most of it is in ruins.
Holy hell, my head's exploding as well. Bunch of masochists.
The opposite is also true - we visited Germany & France in '06 when my son was stationed in Hanau, Germany. Prior to departing we picked out just 3 places to visit and he laughed saying we could see that all in one day - what were we going to do the rest of the two weeks? He had planned a trip to Rothenburg, Germany, Paris and Normandy (his Mimi wanted Paris his Papa wanted to see Normandy - if we had time). He started using familiar distances so we could better grasp distances (well, time-wise that is like running up to OKC - 2 hrs .. or Tulsa - 4 hrs - visiting Italy would be like driving to Phoenix - 15 hrs) It ended up being the best vacation of my life - with my parents and son's family. Regrettably, we did not get over to the UK as he was stationed stateside.
I once drove from Vancouver Canada to near Kansas City with a friend from the UK. It took us four days. We did a little bit of sightseeing, but mostly we were driving. He kept saying: “It just seems wrong to cross to a different time zone while you’re on land”
Michigan is sprawling( not including water). We take in 2 time zones....Eastern & Central. Michiganders never ask " how many miles". We ask " How long( hours)? !from 😊one point to another.😅
Wow, you did your homework for this one!..Both educational and hilarious..My favorite so far...You Sir, get high marks for this one..A++++++ :)
+Sherry Baby I must say, I was rather nervous about how you'd grade this video in particular. My mum will be proud.
+Lost in the Pond Ha ha! Yes, well done indeed..I'm sure your mum is definitely proud of you. :)
Is the Montana GDP you quote per capita or was that some sort of British understatement gone awry?
Texas as underpants. Sure to get the goats of Texans. It's a trite joke used when Texans get a little high on their horse: If Alaska were split down the middle into two states, Texas would be the third largest state.
Texas doesn't have goats; they're called beef cattle. BBQ, Beef, Beer :)
California GDP larger than Italy. Texas GDP now larger than Canada! These 2 are Monsters!
JasnoGT There's no such place as Italy, Texas. ;-)
Italy, Texas is halfway between Dallas and Waco, Texas! LOL
California, the American Venezuela!, with a GDP to match if it keeps going the same way.
Tiny B Italy, Texas (pronounced It-Ly don’t argue just go with it) does exist, my roommate in college was from there
JasnoGT
And they're both bigger than Russia's.
Heck, my random fly-over state of Oklahoma has an economy the size of Portogual's
You will find more diversity in climate and geography in the US then you will any other country in the world. That is what makes America "The Beautiful" it offers so much that it really would take a life time to see it all.
What about china?
@@donnathespiv China doesn't have arctic tundra. They have to settle for alpine tundra (which we have too, albeit not as much).
We have all the major biomes, plus many minor biomes.
That’s also specifically true for the Pacific Northwest in particular. The PNW has jagged mountains, alpine tundra, glaciers, desert, rainforest, waterfalls, rivers, lakes, canyons, volcanoes, meadows, coastline, islands, old growth massive trees, etc.
NatureShy
Washington State is the remnant of paradise on earth. I’d live there if I could afford it
I love that place
I think you were referring to Montana's "per capita" GDP ($45,000), not its overall GDP. Its GDP in 2018 was about $50.3 billion.
"A kind of Salacious Crumb to Europe's Jabba the Hut." - a sentence i never thought i'd hear
Clever, funny, and self-deprecating.
Love these videos. Impressive Rick Steves imitation. Greetings from the California Republic, which I think you REALLY need to visit. The variety of environments and cultures in one country (state, of course, I mean) is very rare on Earth. There are regions that look like north Africa within an hour's drive of snowy pine forests, wide grasslands, sea shores, etc. On a given day, I might hear English, Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, and half a dozen other languages spoken. I might also add we are unusual in being a state with a sovereign kingdom within its borders - by which I mean Disneyland, of course.
What I liked best when I first moved to Cali were those coast pines. Plenty around Monterrey of course, but there are even some between San Filipe & Gilroy!
As a Texas resident since the 1980s, allow me to yell, "REMEMBER THE UNDERPANTS!"
Now that is funny. I don't care who you are.
There's an old joke: Americans think that 200 years is a long time, and Europeans think that 200 miles is a long way. :)
ANK H Rhode Islanders think traveling 45 minutes is a long drive.
Yeah, an example would be driving from Houston to San Antonio is around 200 miles. Europeans do get a huge shock at the size of the U.S.
Alan Ferkinhoff how?!?! When 45 minutes or more gets you to Boston or NYC
Francis Herrera it's about an hour to the center of Boston and 3 hours to Central Park NYC. It's more like there's everything that you need and don't want to go anywhere else.
I used to live in Burbank. CA. I had friends who flew down from northern California to go to Disneyland. I told them what time we had to get up and get on the road. They wanted to know why and I said depending on traffic at least an hour to get there. Across town for them was 15 minutes. People in our own state don't seem to understand distance or traffic either.
I love how your videos can be critical of the USA without being rude, obnoxious, condescending, or insulting.
Our population is lower because you’ve got to be tough to live here and honestly most people would rather live somewhere safe and warm than try and tough it out here in Alaska......🤷🏻♀️
Love delta junction weather during the winter
I'm tough enough to live in Alaska. I'm just too lazy to live there. I've seen the lives they all live there. I love the cold & hunting.
Sometimes in the summer...when the mosquitoes are eating me alive, I've gotten tired of shooing bats out of my house (open windows, it's too damn hot in the subtropics not to leave em open), and the freakin copperhead snakes are breeding nearby so they're EVERYWHERE.....I think about moving somewhere where it's colder. Then I remember you guys have freakin' moose and I change my mind.
I spent 3 years in anchorage when my father was stationed at Elmendorf AFB by the Air Force. Was definitely an experience.
@@Heeroneko a fellow Floridian?
"California is more or less the nation of Paraguay disguised as a giant sock."
This channel needs some merchandise, PRONTO. I was born just north of Sacramento and I would buy that phrase as a T-shirt.
Born in Santa Clara and feel the same. :)
I supported myself through college by working as a clerk in a mini-mart/gas station here in Orlando, Florida, and I can't tell you how many times I was asked by European tourists (in town to see Disney World) questions like, "Could you give us directions to New Orleans?" or "How long would it take to get to New York City if we were driving," only to have them be gobsmacked by the fact that it would take them five hours in a car just to leave Florida. (Fun fact, while Florida at its widest point east-west is just over 100 miles across, north south its 817 miles because it, too, has large portions of ocean within its boundaries.)
Chef Jack Geeks Out Yep, I live in Jacksonville, I've done the drive to Key West several times. That's pretty much from one end to the other, and it's a long freaking drive, lol! But at the end, you're in Key West, so totally worth it. 😁
Did you forget the panhandle?
Florida is roughly the same size and shape as both Koreas combined.
A quick trip to New Orleans, just 9 hours! To NYC, lol, a mere 17 hrs.
"How long from here to New York City?"
"16 hours if the traffic is good"
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No, dude. *_OHIO_* looks like a pair of underpants.
The Brennan it does... And I'm from there lol
My underwear start out looking like South Carolina, and end up looking more like Maryland.
...smells like one too.
Ohio looks like a diaper.
Thems fightin words
Always amazes me how "small" the UK is..... then to think they conquered about 25% of the earth at one point, crazy to think about
Yup, I'll fuckin do it again😂. But seriously we are tiny
"Civilised" them as we like to think of it. Local's opinions might vary.
How did I just now discover your channel!? You're so witty and I enjoy that you are so open to positivity towards the US. Welcome to 'merica! Glad you're here. If you ever venture up to the Northeast Kingdom (VT & NH) area, we'd be happy to show you around. Lots of outdoor mountain activities; hunting, fishing, atv'ing, shooting, hiking, etc... Lots of very nice people, a lot of French-canadian culture in the mix. A unique place that goes unnoticed.
Lived in Alaska for the better part of my life. No better place ever to live. Such great people, such wonderful land. A paradise. But it gets cold AF -50C in winter. SO there's that.
-50!? Even for us that's freezing. How are you alive
United Kingdom out on the tundra in Alaska, I’ve seen -60 F and 60 mph winds - at the same time. Find that on a windchill chart...
@@Ryarios hey now it's gotten -60 F in Minnesota so...step it up Alaska 😂 kidding kidding
@@Suileron I said that’s what I’ve seen, not how low it goes...😰🤔😬
For all my fascination with Alaska, because of its climate, and the extreme shifts in ours of daylight in a single day, 50C sounds ridiculous...and I know what they say about the small amount of light per day in some parts during the winter months. Lots of depression.
I'm still fascinated. But I love learning about people, climate, land, culture, all of it.
As a native born Alaskan, I concur with this video. We ate all the pies.
Lawrence, if you're ever up here I'd like to buy you a beer...and some pie. ;)
My state of Wyoming, yes we've been noticed! Oh and California needs to wash more than just their socks.
They re-cycle condoms there, don't they?
Two friend from England were here working, and took a car ride one week-end,
They did over a thousand miles, the I showed them how little of the US they
Had seen, ill, Iowa Minn. and Wisc. they could not believe how big the USA is.
I think I remember hearing a Brit talk about not wanting to drive two hours to visit family because it was "too far". In most places a two hour road trip is fun and often considered a spur of the moment exploration. Depending on the situation and where you live, a 30 to 45 minute drive is barely considered a commute.
Will M. Don't forget, most of Britain is so crowded that that 2 hour trip is one hell of a strain.
Used to go from East London to Bridport in Dorset (about 150 miles) picking some one up from West London on the way. Would take between an hour up to 75 minutes just to get the 20 miles across London because of traffic and anything up to 3 hours the rest of the way in often quite heavy traffic - would end up really exhausted by the end of it. Not fun driving at all.
@@ianmoseley9910 coupled with that, the expensive price of petrol.
I was told that the winters in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan is about the same as Siberia, and Alaska is even colder than that.
lawrence fure Ohio winters can be hell too
You can have -20 degrees in January and 110 degrees in August in much of the midwest.
I live in Kentucky, a Southern state and the highest temperature recorded is 114 F /46 C (1930) and the lowest was -37 F / -38 C (1994 in Shelbyville).
if their's are Siberia Montana is _Svalbard_
The Upper Peninsula probably but the south peninsula is definitely not bro I live in Dearborn Michigan it is Basic winter Chicago is colder but I know for sure North Dakota and Minnesota gets super cold Montana as well Montana has glaciers all year around so...
This video suffered from a lack of superimposed maps. ;)
In hindsight, I completely agree. Problem is, I didn't have the right editing software when this video was made.
Speaking of super-imposed maps, a friend of mine has a U.S. map where instead of the usual little box in the corner with a different scale they super-imposed Alaska over the lower 48 with the same scale. Looking at that really underscored just how big Alaska is...
@@brianbates212 I’ve seen those before, but I made a Reddit post where I took one of those types of maps, and went one step further
"Perhaps they thought the signs for Albuquerque said Alderaan." You made me laugh out loud.
"Well, I have some amusing bad news followed by some serious bad news..."
Growing up, most of my extended family lived about 80-100 miles away. Day trips to visit were quite common. A 2-3 hour drive (one way) is quicker than it sounds. 😂
As someone who lives in Texas who has previously lived in Oregon, the size difference is notable. I wouldn't hesitate to take a road trip across Oregon (and have several times), but definitely hesitate to drive even half way across Texas.
Linguistically, combine Canada with the US and you have a staggeringly large gimongous Anglosphere. It's one of the reasons we are pounced on for not knowing other languages.
Do you also get crap for not knowing European history? I have to say in my history classes we covered English, Scottish, French and Egyptian history more than U.S. history (both because: many are ashamed of things our forefathers did and we have a weird fascination with the nobility.) I really doubt any person from any country, besides maybe a historian could give even a generalized telling of every single country's history. we have general knowledge on most and more in-depth knowledge on a smaller number. I had a class JUST on Pacific Northwest history and the customs of coastal tribes. I really don't think people from Europe have.
Leah Regnier Yes actually. Quite frequently.
You are ignoring Quebec.
Official language: French.
You just pissed off all the Quebecers with this comment
@@AdamSmith-gs2dv But it wasn't intentional, eh?
New Mexico....you forgot the world's first A-bomb test.
O.k.... Imagine that each state were a different country. Say I lived in Oklahoma where we speak English. But, imagine that Texans spoke Spanish, Arkansan's spoke French, Missourians spoke German, Coloradans spoke Italian, and Nebraskans spoke Polish. Then maybe, just maybe, I might have reason to get a passport and learn another language.
Europeans have no idea how things are outside of their own world.
S Terry
Arkainians*
or just Arkans
our largest secondary languages are German/French, mostly German near the upper left region and French in the lower southern regions.
towards the middle of the state we use more Spanish words with variation depending on upper and lower counties but English is the primary between all regions to ensure equal flow of information.
S Terry actually from a settlers point of view some of the people of those countries did settle the territories that would become the Midwest, central, south, and the west of the United States.
You're missing out if you don't visit other countries.
@@donnathespiv Just a question because I don't know where you're from, but if you're a European saying this, have you visited all the States? If not, then you're missing out. Not trying to be smart, just that it is so true that America is as big as Europe with just as many cultures. Different foods, different lifestyles. Plenty to do and learn right here. Besides, why would I *want* to go to Europe when I'm just going to be belittled and made fun of for where I'm from anyways?
Montana wouldn't have an official language. We'd be dominated by English, French, Blackfoot, and sporadic German.
I’m so glad you talked about NM (New Mexico)! Most people don’t really know about us and our state history- most of the US thinks we aren’t even part of the same country!
Wyomingite here. Just started watching your channel. Love your videos!
Michigan is second only to Alaska in water area!! And I agree with the other guy in this comments section, Ohio looks way more like underpants than Texas.
Yup, Ohio does look like underpants (sorry Ohio- But being in the mitten above you... I couldn't resist :)
Michigan is second only to Alaska in COASTLINE too!
utbsks Go Green!
Oklahoma looks like a meat cleaver. Don't piss them off.
@@balancedactguy Nah, Florida is much higher. And some other's too. Here is a link. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_coastline
Love your videos they are very informative and funny. This is from a Texan now living in Nevada. I live in Reno but also visit Las Vegas and San Francisco often, because of this I run into Europeans every now and then. Maybe you can tell me why they get so irritated that we (Americans) only speak English? They say we are lazy and then rattle off 2 or 3 different languages they speak. I usually tell them that I can get in my car and drive 10 hours in any direction and when I get out.....everyone speaks English! Just kind of a quirky thing I've noticed.
Imagine all of Europe spoke only English, and their one neighbor to the East, Russia, spoke primarily English and a little French. Most African and Middle Eastern countries speak Spanish. How many languages do you suppose Europeans would speak, then?
They close their minds to experiences that are different than theirs and label those who live a different experience as lazy or arrogant.
sierrasnow Not to mention America had/has millions of immigrants from all over the world speaking different languages. How would America function as a country if everyone kept their native language. England has been a country for nearly a thousand years. With its own language & ethnic group in common. Until very recently most European countries had homogeneous populations. Even with countries like Switzerland. Different distinct regions speak different languages. We have a completely different history than most European countries.
Fun fact, Alaska is about the same size as... India. Take that British Raj
Yeah, but India has over a billion people. Literally.
India is part of the Commonwealth which is 6 times the size of the US in terms of both land area and population.
Erik S India is larger than greenland which is larger than Libya which is larger than Alaska
@@ianmoseley9910 the Commonwealth shares no wealth and has little left in common.
@@ianmoseley9910 And the Commonwealth is what now? Basically a historical club, hate to be insulting but you started it.
I live in Alaska, over twice the size of Texas. Most northern, eastern & western state in America.
Why isn’t it most norther eastern western, AND southern?
can i brag about the states i went to (i didn't go to a lot)
Texas, New Jersey(i live here), New York, New Mexico, Alaska, Ohio, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Massachusetts, Florida, Arizona, Alabama, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. Thank you for reading this (i just really needed someone to brag to :)) )
"Top Gear" had an episode where they drove from LA to Bonneville for the speed trials. They had a scene where they're driving along and getting bored out of their minds, but also realizing why American cars were so big and comfy. On a "Time Team" special, Tony Robinson and Phil Hardin drove across Montana in an American pick-up truck to did for dinosaur bones. It was a long drive and Tony and Phil were very appreciative of the air conditioning, the radio and comfy seats. American cars are big for a big country! Now, lets talk about a really big country: Russia!
Actually, Russia isn’t nearly as large as it looks like on a map. There is actually a pretty good video about it on UA-cam somewhere.
Canada is bigger
Russia has Ladas for transportation of the masses.
@@billolsen4360 yuck, a gearbox put together by moneys if you ever drive one
Edit: it is not a pleasant experience
@@jordanhicks5131 Or as my Avatar man Clouseau would say, "pet togezher by MENKEYS!" I like watching the Soviet-era Ladas, held together by duct tape & a prayer getting into accidents in UA-cam "Russian Car Crashes" videos. Many cause crashes because they're driven by a driver blizted on vodka.
Although we share it with Canada, we have one lake that is only slightly smaller than the entire landmass of Ireland. Ireland: 32,595 square miles, Lake Superior: 31,700. If you dug up Ireland and shipped it to the U.S., you could just barely fill in one of the five Great Lakes.
We own most of it , we own the entire lake Michigan and the rest are
one directly in half erie
lake superior which we own most of
Ontario almost in half slightly more in Canada
Huron in half we have slightly more
We would have to use the entire UK to fill in a few lakes on our northern border. And that's just a couple lakes.
It always cracks me up when Europeans say Americans don't travel. We travel all over the US. If they would look at the US as 50 separate countries, rather than one country, we travel quite a bit. They simply don't realize how big we are. How many Brits drive from London to Moscow? After all, it's only 1,500 miles. To drive from New York to San Diego, it's 2,500 miles. A Brit driving to Moscow would have to drive another 1,000 miles to equal an American driving from the east coast to the west coast without even leaving our continental border.
and not to mention that is not the furthest east bro or south or even west bro
@@alanpeterson4939 Right, I've been on this earth for almost 60 years, and I do travel but have only managed to visit or live in 36 of our states, and 1 territory.
The US is enormous! Every climate imaginable is in the US.
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Montana, with the GDP of about $45,000
😂 😂
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He probably meant 45000 per capita gdp
fun fact Montana also would have (roughly) the 4th largest nuclear missile program in the world if it were independent going off just the silos my friends and I have found on maps, GPS, and driven past
This Texan is cracking up! I never noticed that we look like underware.
Kelly Lewis I always thought you look like a trigger group...
Same lmao
You're lucky - take a look at Florida 😂
Texas is insane. I moved there to take a job and I started pining for trees and my boss told me that there were plenty of trees and I said "Where?" He said, "Just up the road in Oklahoma, maybe two hours tops." He was serious.
The kids and I also used to drive out to visit my brother-in-law's parents. We could remember the turn because it was the first left past the scenery. There was a whole not of nothing in north-central Texas.
@@ubermom True that. My family has been here forever, and it's home, but North Texas ain't too much too look at. You have to get to the hill country or trot up to the
Arbuckles if you want scenery. One thing a visitor from Japan mentioned though, the clouds, the sky (especially if you get out from the city so you can see the Milky Way or the Perseid meteor showers), and especially the storms, are pretty over-the-top.
Very funny and informative, Laurence. I've lived in New Mexico, Colorado and Montana,. all for the very reason that there's hardly any people there! Yay! Give me those wide open spaces any day.
And Wyoming is my next target if I can manage it. By the way, please don't send people to visit those poor "lonely Wyoming-ers". Trust me, they're not lonely. They want it that way. Keep the riffraff out!
+Elizabeth F It's interesting to hear your perspective, Elizabeth. I often feel the same way you do about being around lots of people. But I can't imagine living in the middle of one of those states - especially without a train.
+Lost in the Pond I can completely understand that, coming from a city originally. Once I experienced it, I never turned back (until I was forced to many years later). To each his own, eh? I found that that was me, so to speak. The middle of nowhere, relatively speaking, is my preference. By the way, I was just teasing with you with my Wyoming comment. Hope you know that. Cheers, as the Brits say. :)
Lost in the Pond
we have trains and cars and busses and 4 relatively large cities in Montana
Where in Montana are there trains, pray tell, (other than the Amtrak trains that run cross-country and travel through every state)?
And what "cities" are you talking about? Missoula and Billings? What two others remotely qualify as "relatively large cities"? Just curious.
My curiosity isn't meant to be insulting Montana; quite the opposite. The lack of large cities, trains, buses and people are exactly what made me move there in the first place.
K, fine, I was referring to Amtrak. Billings is the biggest city for over 800km, with the nearest bigger city than it being Spokane, WA. Yes, it would be the largest city in at least 3 states, so don't act like the only big city in America is the tri-cities and the Californians.
The first time I went to college I drove. I drove from Southern Oregon all the way to college in South Carolina. It took three days with myself and a friend team driving. We were driving sixteen or so hours a day and it took three days. Yep, the US is big!
Michigan's "Faygo" Pop is great! In fact, we can pick up one of my favorite Faygo Pop's flavor, called Rock & Rye, on a day trip to Mackinaw City (3-4 hour drive... one way). 🙂
Yay! My state, Oregon, is on the list! Most of us live in the valley where we could drive one direction to ski then the other end to go to the coast all in the same day. Oregon is beautiful.
"You ate all the pies Alaska!" 😄
I live in Tx, i know my state is going to be on this list. I have friends that travel further than across the UK 2 times a week, and never leave the state.
A very well done, entertaining, and informative video!
+J-Me Thank you!
I live in MIch. Interesting.
Well Done!!! Your best for whit & information!
Your Rick Steve's impression delighted my heart to no end. As much as I have enjoyed many of your video's, I think that moment surpasses them all.
I'm in Arizona you should come down to Arizona I think you would like it here but do your self a favor don't come in the summer unless you enjoy, 117 degrees Fahrenheit, it's a little hot
Arizona is the state where it can be pouring rain, and the ground never gets wet. The water evaporates before it hits the earth. I remember walking around with my shoulders wet and my feet dry. But then you have forests, and beautiful snow capped mountains as well.
Pffffftt!!!! 117 is what we pray for when it hits 122.
When is it not summer in arizona?
Love it! My home state of Michigan was mentioned first, actually twice at least
*update* California officially has a larger GDP than the United Kingdom
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@@D0OMGUY there there
Outstanding presentation!!
I'm here from beautiful New Mexico. My hubby is from Big Texas. 😊
I love how your reaction to a state's huge size is "Stop it!!"
If Texas were in Europe, it would be the largest European country and the seventh largest GDP in the world.
Yoshifan9511 Denmark would be larger too.
Denmark? wtf? I've been looking the google global map eyeballing the comparison in size between european countries and American states, Denmark is fucking small, even with the nearby water surrounding it, texas dwarfs it.
because the globe is round it inaccurately represents the size of landmasses relative to one another. Texas is approximately 268,581 sq mi and Denmark is approximately 857,510 sq mi, so Yoshifan and Tesseract are correct. The fact still remains that Texas has a giant GDP. Additionally the GDP for each state of the union relative to their population density when compared to Europe is still quite nuts when you think about it (i.e. lower pop but a GDP that comes interestingly close to many country's throughout Europe... but obviously not all of them)
@@bacchusendo9032 Because Denmark technically includes the autonomous territory of Greenland, which is huge. That's why he said that.
@@ajv0987 you mean Denmark and Greenland
I am really drunk and Texas does sort of resemble underpants. You are correct. I do not enjoy East Anglia being a pig's arse, however.
As a person who lives in Texas, trying to get to El Paso from San Antonio takes about eight hours. It kills my butt each time.
Enjoying a trip through your video offerings. The land area of Michigan (including inland lakes and islands but excluding the Great Lakes) is 8,000 sq. miles larger than England; and about the same size as England plus Wales: 58,110 for Michigan to 58,352 for England and Wales combined ... according to Wiki.