Mexico City Map - EXPLAINED 

Hey guys and gals! As some of you pointed out, the metro is not 140,000 mi of track -- That would be about five and a half times around the earth or more than halfway to the moon as Cam mentioned (which would be q u i t e impressive) I got excited and added the extra 139,860 miles of track, my apologies. It's an estimated 140 mi or 225 km of total length. - David 🌝🛤🌏

I’m really impressed by the quality of the video. It’s evident the effort it took to make it, few youtube channels today still make this type of quality content. Congrats, you have yourself a new subscriber.

Other things, because I was obsessed with Mexico City for a while after visiting: -The Nezahuacoyotl Dike separated Tenochtitlan from the rest of salty Lake Texcoco, and the salty water was replaced with spring water brought in by aqueducts from Chapultepec. Despite this, flooding and lack of access to potable water were persistent problems though Tenochtitlan's life -While yes, Tenochtitlan was much more in harmony with the environment than early Mexico City, whether it was completely harmonious is debatable, not only because of the consequences for the ecosystem on Tenochtitlan's side of the lake going from saltwater to freshwater, but also because of dredging up lakebed soil for chinampas/other artificial islands -Estimates vary, but when the Spanish arrived, Tenochtitlan had around 250k inhabitants -The Aztec Empire fell in large part because the Aztecs were so brutal. The conquistadors were able to rally up allies to defeat them so easily because the Aztecs were so disliked by their neighbors/tributaries -Tenochtitlan wasn't the only island city. How cool! -Chinampas were insanely productive, yielding 3-5 harvests a year -Other canals and water systems besides Xochimilco remained into the early 20th century -Another reason to drain Lake Texcoco was to stop malaria -Each metro station has a symbol because when the system was first being built, there was still widespread illiteracy -Lots of metro stations have archeological exhibits, because like other really old cities, there's just so much underground -Mexico City is sinking around 30 cm/yr because it was built on a lakebed, especially around downtown you can see some buildings are leaning because of it -In the north of the metro area, you can take gondolas! Not the Venetian boat kind but the tram-style transport kind, you may have seen them in Colombian cities before. They're very cool, not only for the views but because there are lots of murals made to be seen from them -Flooding in Mexico City is a very common problem, because Lake Texcoco is trying to form again!

One of the few countries where their foods are so good, it rivals those in ASEAN. I miss CDMX and hope I can visit it some time again soon. Me quedé un mes en la colonia napoles y hay tanto puestos callejeros que venden los tacos buenisimos

I took some vacations in february and I spent a week in Mexico City and was amazed at both how diverse, beautiful and interesting it as but also at how little did I get to see, you could spend a lifetime and it would never cease to amaze you

Everyone should visit Mexico City in their lifetimes. Absolutely amazing city filled with friendly, wonderful people.

Hey! Nice video! Welcome to the Capital. Your animations and presentation style are absolutely beautiful. I just have a couple of pointers. 1. Your video implies that the lakes were mostly drained during the colonial period (1521-1821). This isn't the case. Up until the start of the Revolution (1910) the lakes were still a formidable part of the city. By the end of the Vietnam War though (1975), the city was more concrete than water or empty land. What truly killed the lakes were the glorious post-war years (1950-1970) with their oil-based economic booms and the wonderful, wonderful appeal of consumerism and American-style urbanism (priority to highways and cars to the detriment of pedestrian and aquatic traffic.) 2. You pronunciation was fantastic in some words (both Spanish and Nahuatl), but in others it seemed you were saying the words aloud for the first time. A quick and dirty trick that almost always works (especially for place names) in Nahuatl is that the second to last syllable bears the stress. So Te-noch-TI-tlan. Tla-CO-pan. Iz-ta-pa-LA-pan. Spa-GHE-tti and La-SA-gna ;D

Really nice presentation, I knew that the city is spectacular, but never really took a deep dive into it's history. Now I kind of want to go see everything in person!

I have been there, definitely a must for any traveler. Forget about the crime that's shown on the news. Mexico City is will make any American re-imagine what Mexico is really about. We traveled without a glide and we had an amazing time. Visited the temple and the ruins, plus the food. Once you try real Mexican food, you will always remember the favors. One of the best cities I have ever visited.

Vaya vaya... Qué buena producción, todo en general muchísimo cubriste en 14 minutos. Ésta ciudad es un organismo vivo que vive y gruñe y sonríe y disfruta desde antes de que México fuera México... Los Chilangos tenemos el privilegio de heredar esa tradición, esa vibra, el de llamar a la Ciudad de México nuestra cuna, casa, y campo de juego...

Been there 4 times and I can’t get enough, i don’t know what it is, the food, the parks, architecture, the walkability, restaurants, the vibe, the culture, I’m obsessed.

Haven't been in CDMX in a long time...To long....Thank you for this well presented history vid... I love Mexico and Mexico City. Viva Mexico 🇲🇽

How does video not have millions of views. It’s awesome youtube.

thanks for this video! An American in CDMX

Such an interesting and beautiful city!

Did a great historical job, the origins and how the city evolved is fantastic, a much needed video to see the marvels of one of the world's greatest cities.

I live in Morelos, but we have an apartment in Narvarte. Watching your video makes me look forward to my mother's visit from the States next month when we will spend some time visiting CDMX. Very well done!

Viva Mexico 🇲🇽 lindo y querido

I live in Mexico city and still did not know the trivia about the subway and ancient roadways... Wow Amazed

Que gran video!! Breve, pero con los elementos culturales, históricos y arquitectónicos que debes conocer de esta gran ciudad. Me encantó ❤

i visited a couple years ago and kept going back and now me and my wife are moving there next year! it's one of the most exciting places i've ever been to!

Excelente información y video...!!! Saludos desde CDMX... Nuevo sub...!!!

Megalópolis, México City ❤🇲🇽

Lol 140 THOUSAND miles of track in the metro??? I think you might be off by a factor of about a thousand.

3:48 Herman Cortes landed on Veracruz, not in the Yucatán peninsula. Loving your video btw!!

This is a really cool video. I love the breakdown of how the city was, how it came to be what it is today and how the transit system works. Great job, carnal! My family is from Los Altos de Jalisco. I so badly want to go to Mexico City. Hopefully, soon, I will go. I may even decide to live there for a year or so to take it all in. Como Mexico no hay dos!

El video está padrísimo!! RU-vid me lo recomendó y en automático puso los subtítulos en español, pero los subtítulos tiene TODOS los nombres mal porque los agarra fonéticamente así que estaría cool si se pudieran cambiar para que las personas tuvieran bien el dato, y pues ya solo eso, excelente trabajo!!

Gran video, explicaste y relacionaste demasiado bien la parte histórica con la actualidad de la ciudad, el mejor video que he visto sobre la ciudad, felicidades.

It would take several lifetimes to discover all of CDMX. It's my spirirual home.

Awesome video!! Have been trying to learn some history before my trip and this was so excellent

Wait, the metro is "140,000 miles" of track? Sorry man, that's not possible. It's just 140 miles.

The best city in the world hands down. The people so approachable, the food world class from its street food to its 1-3 star Michelin star restaurants. Historic sights at every turn. Amazing weather, can’t beat it.

This dude needs more subs, what a great video with amazing infographics

Awesome video , you so handsome as well 😎👏🏼

Really excellent video. A magnificent city. I go to cdmx almost monthly and knowing your way around is truly a skill. It can feel like there's no rhyme or reason for its layout. This video gives so much perspective. I love the historical aspect of this video. Really wonderful work.

I love it there. Been there several times. Ill pick this place over any city in the US.

Love to see a video of Mexico, since most are of the US but you should also make some of Canada

Now that i see this history Im actually quite dissapointed that Tenochtitlan isn’t there anymore and that the spanyard drained all the water and build churches. Bruh they have so much history and such cool geography it would be a massive tourist attraction or maybe even a world wonder like Machu Pichu or Chichen Itza. Such a pity that its all lost. Btw same here in Rotterdam Netherland the most modern city here. Before it was bombed in WW2 it was a same style city like Amsterd, Alkmaar, Delft and Utrecht. It was so beautifull

love your face and your attitude, delight. like your content and accent.

Definitely one of the best intro videos of the city, the historic through-line makes it particularly informative.

Very well done and creative piece. Thank you.

Hernán Cortés desembarcó en Veracruz, no en la península de Yucatán

Cortes invaded with roughly 600 Spanish AND thousands of Tlaxcalan allies. If it weren’t for the Tlaxcalans, Cortes had no chance in toppling the Mexica.

This video isn't in your Map Breakdowns playlist btw

Congratulations! Consider a video of the time layers of Mexico City map, say every 50 years from 1521 (Tenochtitlan), to say 2000, with a map of the lake superimposed so anyone can find out what is under their homes, offices, etc. I live in San Diego, CA, and have a small apartment in Mexico City at Av. Juarez, right in front of the Hemiciclo a Juarez monument in the Alameda. I have learned that the plot of land where the building was built (one of the few that survived the 1985 and 2016 earthquakes), was in the transition of the Tenochtitlan island to “tierra firme”. I guess that it was a muddy marsh with rocks, nopales and some short elevations (islets). I keep researching about the history of my neighborhood, for example, the next building towards the zocalo was a convent, in the XVI century there was a jail somewhere near, and each block of the avenue had a different name, not like today that is Av Juarez from Reforma to eje I. Well thank you for your patience, I look forward to participating in the video contest with videos from western China, south to north, call it China Extremes. It was a trip in 2009 when I retired from my old job.

En los 15 minutos de tu video mi renta subio otros 250 usd

Cool video but at min 3:10 you said to the East when in fact it should be West.

I am glad to have come across this video. I am flying to Mexico City in July, for 15 days. I have lots to see😊

One of the best cities in the world

Fun fact! Mexico City is the second city with the most ammount of museums in the world, only behind London :)

Excelent vídeo on CDMX. The Best I've seen! Keep up the good work!

For a provincial from the interior, it was conclusive to imagine a huge with so many sights to see and places and things to do, but your video taking it from when the city was known as Meshiko-Tenochtitlan to CDMX really amazed and astounded me. Next time I go on vacation,instead of going to PV(Puerto Vallarta or the Grutas de Tolantongo, en Hidalgo State, next vacation will be CDMX. Thank you for sharing, 👍and 👋greetings from Querétaro. 🤠

Es increíble que los nativos Mexicas pudieron controlar el lago y mantener el equilibrio del agua. En cambio, los europeos lo tuvieron que secar artificialmente y aruinaron la sana convivencia con la naturaleza y la armonía. Y hoy todo corre el mismo riesgo, destruir todo, depredar todo...

I like Mexico City. It’s a hidden gem. The weather is perfect. The summer is the best time to visit because of the light rain. The rain cleans the air and makes everything green. I’ve heard the winter dry season has a lot of pollution.

please do a map explain of Ho Chi Minh City (formerly known as Saigon) pleaseeeeeee

I love Mexico City !!! I been there multiple times there’s always something new to see or do !

No. They were known as aztecs and they become mexicas.

Nice

The big taco is going to sink underwater because not the design of the taco.

In fact Aztecas became Mexicas once they founded Mexico-Tenochtitlán. BTW "iztalapan" ???

I’ve always wanted to go this is just more inspiration thank you sometimes people come by and discourage you say bad things will happen I’m not sure what to think for my sake but this definitely takes the negativity away

Aight Latino Johnny Harris, we see you

Been living in Mexico City for 3 years. Everything you said is very true. But the roads suck and the traffic is annoying. Haha. Sorry, had to vent!

Amazing

Very good video my friend!

what a waste to the world, losing a wonder of an amazing city aztec city for a dumb euro influence city built on sins lost all that for a basically nacro state sigh..

Great video 🇲🇽

If you have a U.S Passport and have not been to CDMX you are a missing out on a very unique place in our hemisphere, it’s worth going to just simply eat food it’s that good, you could go just to eat. How many places could you say that about.

Buenísimo todo...ero no entiendo pq lo haces en inglés, nuestra lengua es lo bastante global y tendrías mas visualizaciones y mas dolares de tus vecinos amados..un saludo .

Buen video, muy explicativo, aunque siempre me sorprende que en estos videos nunca se mencionan las periferias de la ciudad, como si no existieran. Entiendo que no tienen absolutamente nada de atractivo ni turistico, pero que no lo sean no quiere decir que no existan, lastima.

❤....If Mexico City Is So Wonderful.....Why Do The People There Want To Come To New York City and Chicago and Los Angeles.... Just Asking😮

This video makes me wanna go and explore my own city. Amazing job!!

Aztec moved in and became Mexicas, he got that wrong

Aztecs became Mexica~

Great video on my city 🤍

love it! you really touched on some my favorite parts of the city. not to mention this was released just in time to save us from margaret y ya's atrocious interpretation of mexico city in her runway for RPDR Mexico EP.1.

Es al revés vato, los aztecas precedieron a los mexicas.

Torre Reforma for me is the world most interesting modern building! A masterpkece!

Nice video, but it was painful to hear you pronounce Nahuatl as "na-hu-at-ol".

Why is the Palacio de Bellas Artes “infamous”

Muy buen video

Great video! Thank you for all your hard work! I just got back from Mexico City about two weeks ago. The place and the people are amazing! Mexicans are really kind and considerate. And the city is steeped in history and beauty. It's huge. Unfortunately, the air quality is awful.

I'm in mexico city rn and this is a great summary of most of the history presented in some of the national museums

Yeah AMAZING, but pleeeeeeease IF YOU COME FROM WEALTHY NATION, DON'T MOVE HERE, you're making imposible for locals to live on the city. GO OUUUUUT

It's sad that the original city of Tenochtitlan + Texcoco lake were destroyed. It was a destruction of both a culture and an natural environment. Also, why are you very good in pronouncing the Spanish names of places?

4:55 Spain did not had colonies. It was a viceroyalty. Spain spread its culture, Universitys, religión, etc. On the Other hand, The British and the USA are colonialist, because they just looted the foreign land they occupied.

Pues parece que el titulo del libro que recomienda está mal planteado, pues los Aztecas, ya establecidos en México tenochtitlán se llamaban mas bien MEXICAS...

Did he say 140,000 mi. of track?

I have been to Mexico City twice and find it one of the most vibrant cities on par with NYC, Paris or London. Loved staying in La Zona Rosa

Great video! Don't know why 4 minutes in, I realized you were speaking English. You look like my neighbors here in CDMX and I heard Spanish lol

It is super curious that within your video you do not put anything about the gringo invasion of Mexico and that it cost him more than the original territory of the country today or do you fear what that implies recognizing his responsibility?

Hermoso el Palacio de Bellas Artes.

“Los lagos irán y se mostrarán. 2 minutos” 0:53 “Así que Islandia es un lugar de donde vinieron los fundadores de Tenochtitlán” 1:44 Hey, I truly appreciate the fact you’re translating your content into another language, but here you’re saying basically nonsense. You have to make a bigger effort with your translation!

Coyoacan is overrated. So is the basilica. Only recommended if you're spending at least a week in the city.

I have been fortunate to have spent time there on a number of occassions. I am completely enthralled by it. I thought this was an interesting perspective. Many thanks

It's very cool how much Mexico's pre-Spanish past is still reflected in the country today; the snake and the eagle, the centrality of Tenochitlan (MC), the name Mexico, yet it's still deeply steeped in Spanish culture too. Every time I visit Mexico, I fall more in love with the place.

Siempre he dicho si no vives en México minimo 5 años (siendo extranjero) no sabes nada. Solo aquellos que han vivido ahi toda su vida conocen mejor que nadie.

Cortés did not land in Yucatán. He landed in Veracruz.

I love Mexican people (VERY HUMBLE )❤😢😅😊2023

Es periodista o analista político??? 🥴 Su obligación es entrevistar a las partes y que el público saque sus conclusiones y no que usted se incline, favoresca a una de las partes e irse contra la otra ,,,o tiene algún compromiso con algún grupo de poder?? 🤔🤔