Here's a fun fact that I've always loved. Alaska is the most northern, western and eastern state in the US. There's a few islands off the coast that are pass the international date line making it east.
Regarding the population discrepancy with London: The video was using metro area populations, which goes beyond the city proper. London's Metro pop is 14 million, which is higher than Chicago's but still lower than LA's or NYC's.
Good point. In the US, the city size has no relationship to the metro size (and metros may have more than 1 city - think Dallas-Ft. Worth, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Cincinnati-Dayton, Los Angeles-Long Beach, Seattle-Tacoma). Take two "small" US cities, for example: Atlanta and Cincinnati. Atlanta's population is about 465,000 and Cincinnati's population is about 300,000. But the metro populations are wildly larger: Atlanta's is close to 6 million, while Cincinnati's, linked to nearby Dayton's, is over 3 million. Thus, if Atlanta were in the UK, it would be the 2nd largest metro, about 65% the size of London. Cincinnati-Dayton would be a bit smaller than Birmingham, but larger than Manchester. The 10 largest US metropolitan areas would be larger than any in the UK, except London, which would be third or fourth.
States are geographically divided into counties. Basically each county is a region with its own local government. Counties can be in charge of their law enforcement, public utilities, public health services, courts, recreation, public education, roads, etc...However, power of a county varies depending on the state you are in. Federal, state and local governments also overlap for some things Ps. I live in California so we call them counties here. There’s also many different names - parishes, organized boroughs, census areas & independent cities.
To add another level of government there are city/town governments that are within a county but are equal with government standing. The city is in charge of all the stuff the county is but it is simultaneously in while separate from a county. This causes some scenarios where if an official city border doesn't contain all of the actual city then the parts not included in the city are governed by the county. An example in my town is that the city limits near the edge of town completely surround but don't include 2 houses, these houses technically should be governed and maintained by the county but generally aren't except for in cases of things illegal in the city but not the county.
@@keegansmetanko3755 That's similar to my case. Our area has the city for our address and if you look at a map we would clearly be in the city but the residents haven't voted to incorporate so the ~50,000 of us are technically not within city limits even though most people work right in the city or my school is in the city. We have lower taxes but don't get free city services like garbage pickup, and also the new covid curfew doesn't apply to us and the city police wouldn't even have jurisdiction to arrest people because it's the county sheriff's turf.
@@keegansmetanko3755 We call those unincorporated areas of cities county islands around here. Some are nothing more than a row of houses on a street upto about one or two equivalent blocks of a city.
And much of the northeast dating back to colonial times, counties have townships which is even more localized government. Washington DC is broken up into "Wards".
here's a fun one: if i'm not mistaken, there is no road connection to Alaska's capital, Juneau. it's only accessible by plane or boat (ferry, if you want to take your car).
my family is from san antonio and i live in LA, made the trip a few times and i get excited when i hit el paso for a minute or two and then i realize i’m only about half way there
Part of the reason for the emptiness of Nevada, It's a desert where allot of that land is owned by the federal government and they use chunks of it for nuclear testing. So that doesn't help keep up the population :)
It was like that 150 years ago, too. Nevada isn't empty because of nuclear testing; they do nuclear testing there because it's so empty. Most of Nevada is a basin, a low area with no outlet, so water coming in can't leave, except through evaporation. That concentrates salt and minerals in swampy areas called "sinks". The water is undrinkable. Pioneers crossing northern Nevada abandoned everything they could, and the last fifty miles between the Humboldt Sink and the Truckee River were the most difcucult part of the journey to California before the railroad.
@@garyballard179 A dessert? No, but a desert - definitely is. (Easy to confuse those two words.) Rivers flow into Nevada from nearby mountains, but they can't even fill up the low places, except when there has been especially heavy rain or snow in the mountains. The lake is temporary, and dries up in a few days. There are many dry lakes in Nevada (look up Pyramid Lake), and the places where rivers evaporate, like the Carson Sink or the Humboldt Sink, are so full of dissolved salts and minerals that what little water there is is undrinkable and in some cases, poisonous. Pioneers followed the Humboldt River as it flowed west from Utah, and watched it get smaller and smaller until it sank into the salt marsh of the Humboldt Sink - and then they had about fifty miles of absolute dryness to cross before reaching the Truckee River. I've been across this area on the train. It is the most desolate place I've ever seen.
Fact. The earthquake felt by the *most* Americans ever wasn't in California, or Missouri, or South Carolina. It was a 5.8 quake centered about 70 miles south of where I live in Virginia, and because of the nature of the east coast's rock formations, it rang us like a bell. People felt that quake in August 2011 from Delaware to the Mississippi River, and from Florida to Canada. As many as 100 million people, or about a third of the American population. (I was sweeping my back patio and it almost knocked me off my feet. I thought a house had exploded, or a plane had crashed nearby.)
@@CJ-bd5kj No just they rarely happen and they tend to be stronger ones unlike the west coast which gets them much more frequently but lower scale That and the geography that causes them is different.
@@CJ-bd5kj You are arguing with assertions that were never made. I never said the August 2011th quake was the "most devastating." I said it was "felt by the most Americans." You can call that "untrue" if you want, but 20 seconds of Googling will show that's a correct assertion. Yes, earthquakes in California have caused the most destruction and loss of life. (Though the deadliest, the April 1906 SF earthquake, saw more people die as result of fires, not the actual quake itself.) At no point did I assert otherwise. Further there is nothing "soft" about simply noticing that ground is shaking violently underneath your feet. It's rather shocking to experience, exactly because such a 5.8 quake is extremely rare in modern times east of the Mississippi. Something else to consider is that the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded in the US have happened not in California but Alaska, including the most powerful ever documented, the 9.2 quake in Alaska in 1964. Here's a link if you want to call that untrue as well www.infoplease.com/world/earthquakes/largest-earthquakes-united-states Have a nice day.
Wow, take it down a notch. All I'm saying is we get way worse 😕 earthquakes on the west side. I was in Philly when the quake you speak of happened and from my experience it was a baby quake.
The earthquake that rocked Missouri was so powerful that it actually changed the direction(or flow) of the Mississippi River. Take a look at a map of Missouri and you'll see some crazy bends that the Mississippi River flows down and a round.
@@chaost4544 I live in Washington State so like you and California we're waiting the "BIG" one. I 've been several small ones but nothing that did any damage. What we live in fear of is the volcano...Mt. St. Helens is still rumbling and shooting steam into the air.
@@dayra6425 yeah like Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Paul Allen, Howard Schultz, Steve Ballmer all notorious underachieving billionaires you're so right... You Jabroni
@@jesselucero4581 Only two in your list are from the PNW. Bezos is from NM, Schultz is from NY and Ballmer is from MI. I am not disagreeing with you, just prefer you use more examples of people actually from the area.
I live in San Diego, there is a huge difference between Tiajuana and SD even though they are very close. Comparing SD to other places in california, the amount of mexican culture influence isn't too different, except the mexican food is much better in San Diego than LA or northern california.
@@Roganhayl las cuatro milpas is my favorite place, right near chicano park under the bridge. The absolute best beans, tamales and corn tortillas I’ve ever had!
@@619jack_ The San Diego area from downtown northward and eastward has far smaller of a percentage of Mexicans than most of the LA area. It is much more American and that is a pisitive. Sure, Chula Vista and National City are very Mexican but that is only a small part of the area.
Born and raised in San Diego. Americans cross the border into Mexico every day to go to places like Tijuana. My friends used to go down there to party, or in some cases get cheaper dental care. Mexican food is also a staple here. Burritos, carne asada fries, rolled tacos, carnitas, etc.
“City” and “metropolitan area” are two different distinctions. Metropolitan area explains what is essentially the entire city with the contiguous urban sprawl... whereas “city” is just the tight unchanging boarder or city limits. “City” would describe just the 5 Burroughs of New York and even though the city expands vastly beyond that in every direction, you would simply not consider that in your definition whereas Metropolitan area does... because everyone within the metropolitan area lives/works in relation to that city and for all intents and purposes is a part of that city AND would most likely say they are from that city. Every place has different definitions and rules for what they consider part of the city and what they don’t, but for instance... the city of New York vs the metropolitan area... would be like Central London vs London as a whole. If NYC defined the “city” the way that Londoners define theirs, half of NJ, CT, LI l, and all of Westchester County would just be referred to as “New York City”... but in the US because these are different states and jurisdictions, we don’t consider them part of the city( proper) but part of the Metropolitan area. Hell even us New Yorkers who live in Brooklyn right across from Manhattan consider “the city” to be Manhattan... when we’re already in the city. It’s all relative, but places like NYC, London, and LA are hard to fathom EVEN if you visit them... because those of us who live in them still will never really explore all of it in our lifetimes. If you want to fall into a rabbit-hole checkout the “Northeast Megalopolis” 👀
Good explanation. I live 50 miles south of NYC and 50 miles east of Philly. Technically where I live is in both the Philly and NYC greater metro areas.
Fun fact: The highest point in Louisiana is Driskill "Mountain". The reason why there are quotes around mountain is because it is only 535ft (163 m) above sea level. It's literally a hill.
The highest point in Florida is Britton Hill, in the Panhandle on the Alabama border. It's all of 345' above sea level. Florida has the lowest highest point of any state. Even the tiny District of Columbia has a higher point, at 410' in the Washington neighborhood of Tenleytown.
Same just across the state border in Texas. There's a town near Longview called East Mountain named after the nearby "mountain" of the same name. It towers about 300 feet above the surrounding land. There are a few such mountains in the area, but that's the only one I remember the name.
@@broncoman12104 There are two ways to measure how high something is. Elevation above sea level is what we are most familiar with. When you ask "How high is that mountain?" you will get the elevation. But there is also "prominence". how high a point is above it's surrounding terrain. The highest point in Kansas is the charmingly named Mt Sunflower at 4,039 ft. If you went there you would never know you are on a mountain. Because you aren't, actually. It's just a name plopped down on the highest point in a very flat state. But I severely doubt there is anywhere in Kansas with a prominence of more than 50 feet.
San Diego is definitely a very culturally diverse city with great food and great people. However, the further north you go in San Diego county the less diverse it is.
And while not as much actual commuting between the two happens as in the Seattle-Tacoma-Vancouver region, San Diego and Tijuana are likewise considered part of an overarching “Megalopolitan” area, the only one in Baja California and one of the 3 in the US State of (Alta) California alongside the San Fransisco Bay Area with all its satellite cities and the Los Angeles Basin with all its satellite cities. None as big as the North East Megalopolis, which is a continuous network of cities and suburbs that, depending on who you ask stretches from the Boston Metro to the DC Metro at minimum or at its most generous definition up to Portland, Maine Metro, down to the Richmond-Norfolk Metro, and west to the Harrisburg, PA Metro.
@@619jack_ Really? the most crossed segment of the US-Mexico border, sure, but I figured a lot of that was commercial traffic, not commuters, given it's a defended border. Surely some border in the one of the European "banana" megalopolises that happened to be in the Shengen area, where there are no border checks at all, would be more crossed by commuters?
You should react to a channel called "Lost in the Pond". It's a channel about a British man that moved to America and does videos about the differences.
Love Lost in the Pond, but he lives in Indianapolis IN, and so his experiences are based on that location. [which he does clarify.] The US is so large that if he examined the same aspects in Indianapolis vs NY vs Atlanta vs Seattle vs LA vs Honolulu vs Juneau, they would be totally different. We have huge regional differences, perhaps greater than England vs Ireland vs Scotland vs Wales.
as a South Carolinian, we have one of the most dangerous faults running straight through out state, near to upwards of 3 nuclear power plants, but we just don't have quakes very often. If we were to have a major quake, we'd be completely fucked because we have no protection or planning since they don't happen.
Wow! I’ve lived in South Carolina my whole life and I never knew that! Well, they better start planning bc low key (in my opinion) when it comes to natural disasters we are the least prepared state lol 😂 😭
So true. I grew up in northern SC and we never had one earthquake drill in school. But what that map showed, we wouldn't even get a small amount of a quake if it hit Charleston.
Carter Lake, Iowa is a city that is actually West of the Missouri River. When visitors to Nebraska land at the Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Nebraska and drive downtown they pass through Carter Lake with a sign welcoming them to Iowa, often causing confusion. The history for why it's an Iowan city goes back to a flood in the late 1800s that rerouted the Missouri River and dumped the former Iowa undeveloped land on the Nebraska side. When the City of Omaha and Nebraska went to incorporate the area as developers started building there, the City of Council Bluffs and Iowa on the other side of the river got upset and sued, taking the case all the way to the Supreme Court. For a while the area had nightclubs that stayed open later than Nebraska law allowed and questionably legal gaming and gambling due to the confusion over jurisdictional issues. In the early 1900s the residents still had to pay for Council Bluffs utilities even though they weren't using them so they threatened to incorporate with Omaha, but by that point, Omaha didn't want to provide services and utilities to them so they incorporated their own city. Over time Carter Lake became a "bedroom community" where workers could enjoy the lower Iowa taxes while having access to Omaha's business districts. Nebraska tried multiple times to take jurisdictional cases to the Supreme Court, but has been shot down every time. Since 1975 Carter Lake has continued to be the undisputed residence of happy Iowans living on the wrong side of the river and putting up confusing signs to mock Omaha ever since.
If you look deeper into the stats, London’s footprint is about twice as big as NYC’s as well. Approximately 600 square miles vs 300, so New York’s population density is MUCH higher
But that’s 9 million for NYC proper with the metro area having a much higher metro population. According to the description that Luca looked up it said that 9 million was the population of the London metro area. Is that that the actual metro area population of London? *Edit: So according to another comment, the metro population of London is about 14 million.
@@Wuzwrongwitdatdolla London and NYC both have about 9 million people in each city proper. As the first reply to my comment says, NYC is much denser and less spread out than London. There are also about 10 million additional people in the NYC metro area but not in NYC itself. This is much of suburban New Jersey, New York State and Connecticut. About 20 million people total live in the NYC metro area, including NYC and its suburbs. London has about 14.2 million people in its metro area, the city and its suburbs. So, London and NYC proper have about the same population, but NYC is more densely populated and there are more people living in the area overall than London.
@@rightwerk Exactly, also NYC’s metropolitan area is even cut a bit shorter than it could be considered because it then reaches the metropolitan areas of other cities like Philadelphia, Hartford, etc which are considered separate. Mercer County NJ for instance is either considered part of the NYC metro, Philadelphia metro, or simply Trenton metro area depending on who you talk to and what city they commute to. What’s really interesting is the “Northeast Megalopolis” which begins to describe the density and interconnectedness of the Northeast US and its many cities. 👀
The Point Roberts discontinuous area has been in a bad covid-related situation. Because of the pandemic, Canada closed its borders. That left the area stuck. People couldn't get out to WA, because they couldn't get there legally, so no groceries, appointments, getting to their jobs... People finally brought in provisions *by boat*, & as far as I know that's what they've had to continue to do as the pandemic rages on here. (I live in Seattle). Cheers!
I tend to think of the difference between county, state, and the federal governments is just delegation. Each gets a little more concerned about the little things than the one above it. Like the federal government and even states can't deal with everything so they seperate their jurisdiction into smaller bits so those smaller bits can deal with the minor or more detailed things while they deal with the big issue stuff.
I live in central texas ( grew up in Galveston/Houston area) and tex/mex food is very prominent in both places, thank God! We had Mexican food in New Mexico once while traveling to California for vacation and the food was NOTHING like TX Mex. Very bland.and I mean VERY bland.
They are right, there is technically no "South Detroit", Detroit is usually broken into East/West Detroit, then some say Southwest for the area that has a high Latino population. No "South" Detroit
Detroit itself is about as south as you can get lol. Windsor is right across the Detroit river. It was always fun when you turned 19 and could go to Windsor to drink legally for the first time
That earthquake happened about 10 PM on August 31, 1886. It shook Jacksonville, Florida, so badly that panicked people ran out in their nightclothes. The quake was felt as far away as Boston, Chicago, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Cuba, and even in Bermuda.
I grew up in San Diego, the culture there has a lot of Mexican influence, but overall it is a very relaxed, beach city. From age 18-20, I used to go to Mexico with friends to either drink, party, surf, or all three, probably every month or two. It is a scientific fact that San Diego has most temperate weather in the world, because of the geography of ocean and surrounding mountains. And it’s a culinary fact that, outside of Mexico, they have the best Mexican food anywhere. San Diego is dubbed “America’s Finest City”, you won’t regret visiting.
I do plan to visit San Diego sometime, thanks for making me know that i *have* to try mexican food there when i go. Do you have specific places youd recommend?
@@zeallust8542 For sit-down restaurants, I like Casa de Bandini in Carlsbad, but there are a ton of smaller taco stands around and some good fusion spots. Ask the locals which are the best at the moment, as I live in LA now. There is also some killer sushi around. Don't forget to hang out in the Gaslamp Quarter, and hit up some of the brewpubs. Best beer scene outside of Portland.
Interesting tidbit about the Charleston, SC earthquakes; most buildings were severely damaged by the quake and now have massive bolts running though them to keep them stable. Even worse the city has strict laws that nothing can be renovated or torn down if its 20+ yrs old unless it collapses on its own, not only meaning that owners can't rmeodel houses to repair quake damage, but also that there are buildings encased in plywood boxes while the city waits of them to collapse.
A few other US oddities: In New Orleans, Louisiana, the sun rises over the west bank of the Mississippi. Also in New Orleans, the French Quarter was built by Spanish colonists. Florida is odd in many ways, but did you know it's the only state with an Atlantic coastline that reaches into the Central Time Zone? And Alaska usually appears in miniature on maps of the "Lower 48" states... but it reaches as far east and west as the Lower 48.
o gosh i was born in america and even i can’t do a southern accent.... like it’s BAD my aussie accent is better my southern while i have a fcking friend in the south w a huge accent
@@Moonstriker2514 I live in central Jersey and go to college in western NY. I have started subconsciously using the western NY but now my brain is confused and I have a weird hybrid voice. Lol it’s strange
Regarding earthquakes: Southeast Missouri and Tennessee has the New Madrid fault. The worst earthquake on that fault (to my knowledge) was a 6.8 and was felt as far from southern Georgia to Northern Michigan.
Hey so yea I’m from Brownsville Texas and yea the culture here is like 80% Mexican and like 10%white and the others black and Asians lol so yea we have a pretty diverse community. It’s hot 24/7 like super hot and when it does get cold it drops too like 40 or 30s
I live in Oregon. People from the US warn people from outside the states not to under-estimate how large the US is. Well, US citizens routinely underestimate how large Oregon is. It is considerably larger than most of those Eastern states, and it messes people up. I actually got a harsh lesson in how large Oregon was when I was 9 and we drove across county in a U-haul truck from Toronto Canada to Bandon Oregon. We passed through one state after another per day on this 9 day drive while we were in the Eastern states. However, it took a whole day and a half to make it across Oregon alone when we had crossed multiple Eastern states in a day earlier on. (Granted, we did take a few tourist stops at some of the volcanic mountains in Eastern Oregon.) Speaking of Eastern Oregon, Oregon actually has multiple climate zones. People are familiar with Portland, which is in the valley and actually regarded as a temperate rainforest due to the amount of annual rainfall. However, Eastern Oregon is actually a desert and hardly gets any rainfall at all.
I live in the Deep South of Texas there is a big mix between Mexican places and American also the usually more Mexicans than Americans You should also react to different cities in Texas it’s a big difference
Something that I actually only learned recently is that my home state of maryland isn't connected entirely through one land mass. There's a river that branches off the Chesapeake and goes all the way past the Maryland-Pennsylvania, splitting the state in 2
Yep, Virginia is confusing! I wasn’t aware we were the ONLY ones who did it that way though🤷🏻♀️ Can get confusing at times. I was chatting with a Lyft driver recently who had just moved to our area. I was explaining that he probably didn’t live in the city he thought he did. He thought he lives in the city of Manassas which is right beside Manassas Park City. Both are contained within Prince William County. I had to break it to him that he’s probably not TECHNICALLY in the city of Manassas but either in the county or the city of Manassas Park.😂🤣 However they each have different school systems. Making this even more confusing is that two of the high schools have kind of have the same name🤦🏻♀️ My husband is a teacher at one, so I’m especially aware of this. So kids the same age could conceivably live within walking distance of each other but go to different schools because of all this craziness
I grew up in the City of Falls Church, VA, which broke away from Fairfax County because they wanted their own school district. The only high school in Falls Church is consistently in the top 5 schools in the country. Parts of Fairfax County use the Falls Church zip code. My mother grew up in McLean (part of Fairfax County) and went to Falls Church High School. Students living in the City of Falls Church don't go there.
I can't speak for everywhere else but I also live on the border (near El Paso) and in many ways it's basically like you're in mexico. I have a feeling it's like that all the way along the border.
I love watching your reaction videos because it's a fun way to refresh my trivia knowledge. I could just watch the videos you're reacting to myself, but it's more fun to enjoy your reactions at the same time.
Quite common in Tennessee. For example Jackson TN is not in Jackson County it's in Madison County but Madison TN isn't though. Benton TN is not in Benton County. Henderson TN is not in Henderson County, Franklin TN is not in Franklin County there are more examples out there
Mifflin and Mifflintown in Pennsylvania are both in Juniata County rather than neighboring Mifflin County. Both are named for Thomas Mifflin, the first governor of Pennsylvania.
He ain't lying about earthquakes in Charleston, SC we have and minor quakes all the time. If you go to Downtown Charleston you will see earthquake bolts. It's a long threaded rod that goes the whole width of the house and had a plate and nut on the outside. They put them there just after the 1886 quake as a way to hold he houses together.
I’m surprised that Four Corners wasn’t mentioned. It’s the only place in America where if you stand in the center of the monument, you can physically be in four different states at the same time; Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona & Utah.
Tennessee is divided into three Grand Divisions: East Tennessee, Middle Tennessee, and West Tennessee. No more than two justices of the Tennessee Supreme Court may be from any single Grand Division. The Tennessee Supreme Court also has three different courthouses. Our state flag and state quarter also reflect the three Grand Divisions. The Eastern Timezone, Central Timezone dividing line follows roughly along the East Tennessee, Middle Tennessee line.
"Deep South" doesn't generally refer to the area near Mexico, it's more a reference to being very much within "The South". Florida is more south geographically than most of The South, but most people would consider northern Florida much more "Southern" than south Florida, as south Florida culture is big on retirement, tourism, and Caribbean/Cuban culture. I would estimate "Deep South" is more along rural Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. Maybe South Carolina too. Places where regional accents are strong.
@@nicholasavasthi9879 I took a cultural geography course in college and one assignment was to map out what we considered "The South" to be, with explanations for our choices. I choose to exclude Texas because from my knowledge of the history, Texan attitudes, etc. I consider it more of its own thing, or more anchored to the southwest culturally and historically. Professor actually knocked me for it, even with my explanations. Like, OK east Texas maybe but to me cowboys and South don't mix. Texas wasn't even annexed until 1845, whereas many of the southern states had generations before that.
There used to be a show called “How The States Got Their Shapes” that helps explain some of these oddities. Also, Virginia is NOT the only state that has cities that have either multiple jurisdictions or aren’t attached to a jurisdiction. Washington State has several; the town I grew up in, Bothell, was split between King County and Snohomish County, so we always had to be careful with things like voting, mail delivery, which rules applies where, which bus system to keep track of, etc. Then about a block away from where we lived the area became “unincorporated Snohomish County,” meaning it wasn’t officially attached to any particular town or city. Their addresses would still say “Bothell” or “Woodinville” or whatever, but officially they weren’t part of any city and had to get their services through the county instead.
More fun facts about the Pacific Northwest (PNW): while Seattle has a reputation for excessive rain, it actually has a “warm-summer Mediterranean” climate. It’s part of a lone line of valley-like areas stretching from Southern California to the Strait of Juan de Fuca in Washington that all share a Mediterranean climate, with the southern part having the “Hot-Summer” type (Csa) and the northern part having the “Warm-Summer” type (Csb). This means that while Seattle is very chill and damp during the winter, the summers are VERY warm, dry, and sunny. We’re also a lot farther north than many people realize, so our winters are VERY dark while our summers are often still bright as late as 10:00 pm! This makes more sense when you look at topography: Washington State has two main mountain chains (three if you count the Okanagon Highlands): the Olympic Mountains the the Cascade Mountains. The Olympic Mountains house the country’s biggest temperate rainforest, hence the state’s reputation as being constantly raining. However, those same mountains create a rain shadow effect, so the cities to the east of them are considerably drier, including Seattle. The Cascades split the state into “Western Washington” (which includes most of the bigger cities, the seaports, and the traditionally verdant weather and plant life) and “Eastern Washington,” which has more in common with the Great Basin states in terms of climate and even culture. Rain patterns tend to be highest near the coast and the Olympic Peninsula, dry up a bit across the Kitsap Peninsula, start dumping a bit more over Seattle after traveling across Puget Sound and picking up more moisture along the way, and then really start dumping as the winds start traveling up the Cascades. It also plays a part in why Seattle shuts down every time it snows: we don’t get nice normal snow. Our mild temperatures tend to bounce around the freezing point, leading to rapid-fire freeze-thaw-freeze cycles that leave layers of clear ice, snow, melted snow that froze again, etc. The end result is a mixture that has about the same texture, consistency, and even color as wet cement. Hence the term, “Seattle Cement.” To make matters worse, Western Washington is also littered with hills, ravines, lakes, streams, and more. Seattle has been nicknamed “the city of seven hills” in the past (thought some of its hills are gone now), and some of them are steep enough that if they ice over, NO ONE can safely drive or even walk up or down. Queen Anne Hill is the worst for that, but Capitol Hill is a close second (there’s a memorable video here on RU-vid from around 2008 of people trying to drive up/down part of Capitol Hill during a snowstorm, set to some rock music; it doesn’t end well for most of them, and eventually even the Metro Route 11 bus and the damn fire engine end up stuck). No one wants to take an accidental swim in the nearest lake or river after skidding on a patch of invisible ice. :( Eastern Washington and the Cascades don’t seem to have this issue. They get the nice, normal snow!
@@rekkariley652 There's so many videos of people trying to drive in Seattle on ice. My favorite one was taken somewhere on the south slopes of Queen Anne. Kinda difficult to safely drive up or down an ice-rink on a 45% angle (or steeper) lined with telephone poles and parked cars.
*For every city, there are two population statistics:* 1) Population (only referring to the number of people that live within the city's legal boundaries and pay taxes to the city) 2) Metro Area Population (referring to the number of people that live within the city's legal boundaries and pay taxes to the city + residents from surrounding suburban counties that are home to commuters that work in the city) I live on the edge of the New York City Metro Area. When he says New York City has 20 million people, *he's referring to the metro population,* which includes many counties surrounding the city. *The population of New York City itself is about 8.4 million people.* New York City and London are *similar* in population: *NYC* Population: *8 million* *NYC Metro* Population: *20 million* *London* Population: about *9 million* *London Metro* Population: harder to define, but about *14-18 million *
Oh good call on this guy's channel Luka! I've been watching some of his stuff lately too and it seems like he's the American Every-man when it comes to travel. Dude gives some good budgetary tips as well as travel recommendations.
Regarding part of SE Oregon being in the Mountain Time Zone, I think the reason is to facilitate business interaction with its nearest city Boise Idaho which is in the Mountain Time Zone.
The Time Zones were created by the railroads in 1883 to simplify operating trains, and the boundaries were drawn to give areas related commercially the same time.
I was born and raised in WA (Seattle area) so when I moved to CO last year, I had to to go through there to stop in Boise for the night and I though it was so weird that the time zone in that part of OR was mountain
That's exactly it. Almost every town in Malheur County sits directly across the border from Idaho. Honestly, I sometimes wonder why they're even a part of Oregon. In addition to being on MST, they're politically, geographically, and culturally the polar opposite of Portland.
The Mississippi River generally flows from the north to the south, therefore it is often used to divide east and west, but it twists, turns, and loops around. That's how West St Paul is south of St Paul. It's on the west bank of the river across from downtown St Paul.
Exactly. In Louisiana, there is a suburb of New Orleans called The West Bank, even though it's east of the city. It's located in one of the twists and turns, so that it's on the west bank of the river in some areas.
Just think of states as a portions of the country, counties as portions of states, cities as portions of counties, districts or suburbs may be portions of cities and so on. It's mostly administrative or organizational. However, it does serve a political purpose as well. For example, a city may have a city council and its members might be comprised of a person from each district so that a more diverse collection of interests are represented when making decisions. Also, the country has obligations to states and vice versa, but the country doesn't have any direct link to counties or cities, generally speaking. If the country wants to assist a city with some major issue such as disaster relief, it's going to organize that through the governor's office in the state, not just show up in the city as a federal entity without getting the state government involved. Kinda like if you have an issue at work, you're typically going to bring it to your boss, not your boss's boss's boss.
I have really enjoyed your videos. I've learned a ton and I've lived here my whole life.. I do have one thing to add... I live in south Alabama and we have this one bridge here on the interstate that goes over a large river.. it has two humps of cables/stabilizers holding it up... we call it the 'Dolly Parton" bridge... when you realize why, I hope it gives you a chuckle :D
i’m sooo glad you seem interested in the culture in deep south texas!! we always seem to get ignored when people talk about texas. we are called the rio grande valley and we have a HUGE mexican american population. in my high school i could count the number of non-hispanic kids on two hands lmao. we have some of the best mexican food and bbq in texas, and i wish more people would talk about it! unfortunately there aren’t any good videos on youtube about the valley, only that football player who tackled the ref :/
My favorite thing about Luka's videos is his googling rabbit holes! I love seeing his thought process because it is 100% me alone in my apartment googling about the world 😆
I didn't see anyone explaining West St. Paul, so I looked it up. It makes more sense than it at first seems. The Mississippi river runs east, separating St. Paul from West St. Paul. Just past the city the river turns south, so West St. Paul is to the west of the Mississippi river.
In most states, the county government will be in charge of courts dealing with felonies, the medical examiners office, the district attorney/prosecutors office, and the county sheriff/police and other basic government services. If there are larger towns or cities inside they will often have their own police, fire departments, water/sewage, etc but the county will retain jurisdiction for prosecuting felony crimes. Some states have schools systems at country level while others run schools at the city/town level.
Kyle's channel is great. Luka, just watched one of your vids from Christmas, 2019- you were amazed to have 3,000 subs. Congrats on your 96.4k subs on Christmas, 2020!
I live in Norfolk County in Massachusetts! That separate red dot to the right at 7:28 is my hometown, Cohasset. I now I live in the main section. They are separated by the town of Hingham, because prior to formation of the county in 1793, Hingham asked to remain in Suffolk County, citing difficulty of land travel to the new county seat. Cohasset, by then a town in its own right, decided to accept membership in the new county and became a part of the new Norfolk County.
This is the first video of yours I've seen, random RU-vid recommendation. I love your enthusiasm for geography, the US and learning! You ask a lot of good questions, some I didn't think of myself but enjoyed learning the answers. So I'm off to view more of your videos. You asked about the culture of south Texas near the border. I live in north Texas so others are better suited to answer, but I'll mention what I'm aware of. There are a lot of farms and ranches down there and they have had trouble with illegal aliens crossing through their property, including Mexican cartel gang members who sometimes threatened them to allow access (presumably taking drugs or other contraband into US). This was a few years ago and I'm not sure if the wall has decreased this activity. South Padre Island is a vacation and spring break destination (Spring Break is when college students get a week off and many go to Florida and other warm places and much drinking takes place. Students in elementary, middle and high school also get a Spring Break week off but family vacations are more tame.). Texas is so big that it takes several hours to get to any weekend getaway or vacation destinations.
San Diego is a major military seaport. Even though it’s huge, a lot of people like it because it’s relatively quiet, comfortable, clean, and safe. Tijuana is totally different. Totally different.
it depends where you are, southbay san diego is almost the exact same as tijuana, the eastside and parts of the southeast are also very similar, those “quiet” places you are talking about only make up for part of san diego (the northside and westside), that being said san diego has more in common with tijuana than any other city apart from the quiet suburban areas which are closer to orange county
That picture of San Diego is the Coronado Hotel! It is a pretty old hotel and it's very famous because a lot of celebrities and presidents have stayed at it over the years! The rest of San Diego and the main metro area is filling up with sky scrapers and in the 4yrs I've lived here our skyline has really filled out! We are all about our beaches and people here are way more relaxed than the rest of the state! We get a lot of tourism a lot because of Sea World, our beaches/golfing and our proximity to both LA and Las Vegas! Our weather is probably one of the most constant in the country, constantly sunny, that's why it's called Sunny San Diego xD We have a large hispanic community here due to our border with TJ as you mentioned. There are a lot of taco shops here, a lot of bars/grills and we a pretty good spanglish mix.
Tijuana and San Diego aren't actually on the border with each other. It just happens to be the closest major city to it. San Ysidro is the city on the border.
San Ysidro is part of San Diego City, not its own city. I know this because I worked for the San Diego Public Library (Which only has branches in SD city - there’s a whole separate library system for other cities within SD county) for over a decade, and San Ysidro is one of the branches in that system. It’s confusing, because if you’re driving south on I5 toward Mexico, you leave and then renter San Diego City a couple times.
I find it hilarious that I had to watch a video from the UK to find a video from home, Chattanooga. Keep it up, both of you, quality content from both videos.
