As someone who lives in a very populated city, I find it bizarre that more people live in the same city as I do as scores of countries. Population density is weird.
New York City still messes with me. Scotland has a population around 5.5 million, the whole country. New York City, *one city*, has 8.5 million. Astounding.
Mexico city has more people than Australia... that is a whole continent... I live in a big city on Mexico that has around 6 million people if you count the city that is 20 miles away. This is around 20% of northern Mexico population...
@@Pusher97 all of new zealand has 5 million people with an area of 268000 square km, new delhi has an area of 42.7square km and a population of 21 million
I live absolutely in the middle of one of the top 20 cities and i don't like it here. Too much pollution and people. It's very cheap here though compared to other cities of similar size.
I live absolutely nowhere near Toronto, but anytime someone who isn’t from Ontario asks me where I’m from I just say Toronto. Anytime I’ve said the name of the small town I’m actually from people just get confused anyway lol
I live in a highly urbanized state in the US where there is like two BIG cities and then the rest of the cities are all small satellites. I live in one of the satellite cities but I'm still like 3.5 hours away from the biggest one! People will STILL say they're in the x metro even though I highly doubt you could classify my small city as in that bigger cities metro. On the other hand I was born in Rhode Island (don't live there anymore) and technically my entire state is in one metro. We have one 'big' city and again, small satellite towns. The interesting thing is although we call Providence (the capitol) the 'city' no one wants to admit they live in Providence, despite the fact that everyone in Rhode Island 'technically' lives in Providence. So you'd say, oh, I live in Lincoln or Pawtucket, despite some of these 'cities/towns' being only 5 minutes from Providence! XD I feel like the smaller your designated space, the more you CRAVE dividing it up and saying, oh, no I don't live THERE, I live in (arbitrary satellite town). Meanwhile out west, in the larger states with more spread out population, people CRAVE to clump themselves together. It's almost like the closer you live to others the less you want to admit it.
I live in the US and our states are divided up into counties. I always consider myself living in that county rather than that city. I would also like to point out that the majority of people here have a bigger loyalty to their state than to their country. It is kinda odd, but still the case.
Well, depends where you are doesn't it? Thats probably true for like California, Texas, Florida, or New York, but I live in Illinois and I can tell you no one gives their loyalty to this state.
yeah i live in a small villige on the edge of Klaipeda and my whole life revolves around that not so big city. and everyone around me is depended on it, for school, jobs, more products in stores etc. realy true how cities pull outside communities closer and even small cities do that
TFW Toycat assumes that the green blob at 5:25 is Baltimore because nobody knows that your city exists :'( "Enfield? That's London. Romford? That's London. Philadelphia? That's Baltimore" lol And Toycat: "Small town feel" essentially means that wherever you go in the city, you'll know a couple people there and maybe even run into them. I've been to Alabama and South Carolina and met people who apparently know my mom or dad because they grew up in Northeast Philly. It makes a city feel friendly and comfortable for a resident. A city like LA or NYC lack that feel because they draw in so many out-of-towners while a city like Philadelphia (ha!) actually retains that despite being very large because so many of our residents are born and raised. And to answer your question at the end, I actually live within the city limits, but I can tell you most of our suburbs say they're "from Philly"
I've have heard of the opposite sometimes due to rivalries. People despite living close to a city will swear up and down there town is not a part of it, despite it being basically in the metro area of the city.
I live in a town near a large city and I tell people I live near the city (San Jose) because there's no way anyone not from the area would know what town I live in so the city is kind of a landmark for 'there-ish' and if I'm talking to someone from another country I'd just say I live in California.
Toycat 200 miles is not a Huge Distance, it’s an easy drive. Fun Fact Russia the largest country has one city Canada the second largest country has one on your maps. Interesting, I think so. 🇨🇦
Well i live in a little town called wilmette illinois right on lake michigan and famous for the ba'hai temple and i say i live in chicago wich is 20 miles away
I'm in a pretty small city (150 000?) and nowhere near the closest big city. My siblings moved to a big city though; being in the same city as them would be my only incentive to move.
Omg, do you really watch H20: Just add water? I never tell anyone I watch it because people generally find it weird when older guys watch a series made for teenage girls 🙈😂
All good points but I’ll push back on the reasons for people living in cities. I know I’m not alone in loving big cities (and being drawn into big cities) because of the critical mass of people and the results that come from it. You touched on it - you probably won’t find a Best Kebab in a tiny 100 person town. Same goes for 100,000 population cities. I’ll make something up... a LGBTQ Friendly kite club. Something like that probably exists in NYC, London, LA etc etc but is probably not in Tucson, AZ. and It’s unlikely that there’s enough random interest diversity to result in a group that would start and sustain. Huge cities are great because you will almost always find whatever niche group you’re looking for. And that’s awesome.
hi toycat i live in a city outside of toronto, but it isnt integrated enough to say im from toronto, but i live just outside of the greater toronto area so idk where id say im from
I only state the island Im from when people ask I never name the city, because I dont live in the city and plus no one would know it unless you know about my island, within the island and people who know the island Id state the parish I live in.
I live in Fort Worth texas which is one of the biggest cities in America but it didn’t make the list although Dallas did which is just the rich stupid version of fort worth
The number of people who have told me that they're from Chicago and then later find out that I live closer to Chicago than they do, I'm in Milwaukee, is astonishing. For some reason a lot of people from Illinois love to imagine that they're from Chicago.
This is my favorite sponsorship I’ve ever seen or heard. Great job toycat! I vaguely remember watching h2o with my sibling when I was younger and it was decent.
I used to watch H2O I loved that show! I dont know how we got it, Im pretty sure Australia is nearly completley antipotle to where I live. Actually just looked it up , the antipote to me is just west of perth slightly in the Pacific Ocean.
I live in a town about 10 miles away from the nearest city, but if I'm meeting other people, I'll say I'm from the city as they wouldn't have heard of the town
Similar situation here. If the person doesn’t have any sense of SoCal geography, then I say I’m from LA. If they kinda know LA, then I say I’m about hour outside of LA. If the actually know the greater LA area, then I say the actual town.
i live an hour from boston, and if my family is traveling/vacationing and people ask where we are from we just say boston. Its just easier than trying to explain where in the state we live. (usually people already figure that from our "accent" or maybe word choices).
Yeah, someone I know lived in Southern New Hampshire, but when he got a job as a basketball player in another country, he just said he was from Boston instead of saying the name of the small town he grew up in.
Same. I live much closer to Providence, but it's confusing since it's in another state. So I might just say Massachusetts and leave it at that unless they want to know more.
11:13 What kind of kebab do they make. Is it a dragonic kebab, capable of giving the otherwordly power to not sleep in the middle of class, and acheive 10 out of 10s at the yugioh championship taking place beside the dumpster. Do you gain the ability to magically summon seals to cuddle with, who turn into temporal deities when you don't give them enough pets. We need a conclusion to the epic what power does the 'Best Kebab' bestow.
im living in the province of buenos aires, when somebody from the city asks where i live i tell them im from ituzaingó, but with people from other places its easier to say im from buenos aires
"you know what? i'm not gonna look at brazil's one, just to offend any brazilians watching" me, a brazilian watching, offended: 🗿 (just kidding, i love this channel)
I love my nearest big city and plan on going to college there, but I consider it a separate place to where I live. I live in the country, and I identify more with the village down the hill than with the city.
16:08 I just imagined Paris being like" Ohh that is quite a nice baguette you've mind if I take a bite." and being in the sewers like 'It' from the movie 'It'. Kind of creepy, And now I'm imaging Instanbul? Costantinople? Y'know what Byzantium being a h0t anime girl, saying "please capture me Crusader-senpa1". Why is mind like this.
What you saw as the City of Buenos Aires functions as an Autonomous City, meaning they have seats in the Congress, and 3 seats in the Senate as all the other 23 provinces; everything around it (Villa Martelli, Florida, etc) are part of the Province of Buenos Aires. The City has a population of 2.9 million, making it the 4th most populated "province". The Province itself has 15.6 million, but most of them live around the City; the county of La Matanza (yeah, "The Killing"), which has a border with the City, has a population of 1.7 million. It's the only county in the Province with more than a million people.
To answer your question at the end ... I live about 30 minute drive away from the major city near me, if I'm discussing from someone far away from the region, I'll say I live in that city. If it's someone really close, I'll get specific as to what town I'm from that's 30 minutes away
Jokes on you toycat, I vehemently defend the small town feel, and literally can't live in a city. Last time I was in Boston I almost threw up after an hour and a half of hating my time there, and its not even that big of a city lol. No shame to those who do like cities of course, but they certainly aren't for me
I live in a small town with not a very near city, but instead of saying the town I just say the small region (a strand of islands, mountain ridges, rivers, or peninsulas for example)
This reality really makes me think that living out of the cities is the dream... but instead all my life the narrative has been "move to the city, that's th dream".
I live in a village of 400 people in the countryside of Finland, 35km away from the nearest town, which has a population of about 70 000 people. I have to go to school and work there, so I drive 70km a day. But I have to tell most people that I live in the town, because they wouldn't know where my village is. Or then I just have to show it on a map. Are there many people here living in even more isolated places?
I think were going to see a lot of cities decline in the next decade, i lost my job this pandemic so i took up online work, im planning to move from the huge city of Leeds to the remote seaside town of Whitby :)
As usual with datas on city size. The Urban areas vs metro problem is there. For exemple the first map takes into account Paris urban area (and shows the Rurh.) While the second shows Berlin urban area (and Paris and the Rurh just disappeared, even though both urban areas are larger than Berlin's urban area.) The metro area/agglomeration is super inconsistent.
it's the biggest problem with data on the matter, imo people who live in an urban area see the "metro area" as being a scam, and people who live in a metro area see the "urban area" as a scam
I used to identify with my small town but once I went off to University, people didn't know where that was so now I live in "Baltimore" despite being an hour away.
I don't feel a gravity, I think to be honest, since I often never conciously cared, and I've only lived in big cities, or huge cities everyone in my country would probably know about.
Clearly cities need to redefine their borders every so often or they lose track of reality. Talking about population size without including surrounding suburbs is utterly useless.
I just feel rebellious against cities in general. I don't really want to live a city, but a city is the place where I have highest chance of becoming rich.
I remember when I told someone something like, oh yeah, you're from Dallas, and he was like, no, I'm from Mesquite, and I was like, yeah, Dallas. My rural brain was so focused on the country vs small town vs big city difference that I had forgotten that city people distinguish between cities and their contiguous suburbs.
I think the rule I use is I'll distinguish where I live in my city (London) to other people from the region, but in another area or country I just simplify to London, because nobody cares where Hampstead or hackney are relative to each other in London
Where I grew up, there was a town about 80 miles away where all of the rich californians kept their winter vacation homes. A large percentage of the jobs were actually in that town, and people would commute 4 hours a day to work there. We would never consider ourselves part of that area though. Most of us shopped 100 miles away in another direction, and we don't consider ourselves part of that either. there were about 6 towns all within 30 miles of each other in that area, and all of them stayed fairly distinct, despite sharing two high schools, 2 junior high schools, and 3 elementary schools between them. Two of them kind of felt like they merged together in most people's minds, but they're the most distant from the others, close to each other, and both about 10% population of the other towns. Where I am now two of the towns, despite not being in city limits, are basically considered part of the city, while 4 others are largely distinct from it and have their own shopping areas, etc. I guess the difference is that two of the towns that aren't considered part of it are far away, ~30 miles, while two are within 15 miles, but have strong city governments of their own, while the two that are basically part of the larger city are mostly unincorporated and barely have any government of their own. A third area that was formerly unincorporated ended up getting gobbled up by the city years ago. This isn't a large city, only about 50k people. There's several percentage point sales tax difference between the unincorporated area and the city though, so some businesses moved out there instead.
