Incredible US Maps That Teach Key Differences Between States 

9:20 "Non-denominational" does not mean atheist in this context. It means "not belonging to any specific denomination of Christianity." There are plenty of Christians who do not identify as Catholic, Baptist, Lutheran, etc. but simply as "Christian" and don't have ideological disagreements with other Christians who follow the basic message of the religion.

3:35: False: the northeast US is closer to Africa than the southeast. The closest US state to Africa is actually Maine.

“Non-Denominational” is a branch of Protestant Christianity that is very similar to baptist churches

Fun fact, Maine not Florida is actually the closest US state to Africa.

Non-denominational does not mean atheist. It means the church is not affiliated with a mainline denomination ie: Roman Catholic, Baptist, Methodist, etc. Nondenominational churches are simply Christian churches with varying sets of foundational beliefs.

As a Northern Californian I approve this message. (Southern and Northern California are two different states)

I wonder how Pike Place Market numbers were calculated as locals also visit the market.

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idea: a map of UK, Ireland or any European country under the same subheadings in the video

Pretty much nobody migrates by boat these days. All the places African immigrants came to have major international airports.

By African immigrants. It includes many Arab Americans from Egypt that moved to Detriot and the Twin cities

I really like the last map who takes rivers into account. Sometimes in any parts of the world mistakes have been made not to think about ethnic groups or natural features.

Great video!!

Love your vid pal!!

it might be interesting having a video about the different types of attractions in a number of US-States - maybe divided into groups like theme parks, national parks, historical sides, museums and malls. and the most interesting thing would probably be having a short historical summary about those attractions.

I’m shocked Washington’s best selling vehicle wasn’t Subaru.

9:27 nondenominational is a branch of Christianity similar to baptist in practices but aims for a more board religious appeal

That most popular tourist attraction is so out of date, the Jefferson expansion memorial in Missouri is now the gateway arch national park.

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Yes, a separate video on tourism attractions in each state, please! Awesome maps. Thank you. 😊

I would like to say that the coal-fire plants in Utah are also the oldest power plants, thus the first that will be replaced. Unfortunately, there isn't a river worthy of the name (well, the Colorado cuts through a less populated area) to provide hydroelectric, so they will probably get replaced with methane-burners.

Loved the states' borders defined by rivers. That was really interesting.

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I've been to 5 of the attractions on the most popular attraction map (Independence National Historic Park, Atlantic City Boardwalk, Times Square, Broadway at the Beach, Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Walt Disney World)

The river one is cool!

The most popular attraction is a shopping mall. oy. I'm very surprised that Yellowstone National Park is the most popular attraction in Montana, given how little of the park is actually in Montana. And most of it isn't easily accessible. I figured Glacier Nat'l Park would have taken the honor.

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Regarding visitors, Mall of America is...well...a shopping mall...so I would expect a steady stream of local visitors.

Canada next please

I live two miles from Mall of America and grew up only a few minutes further away...needless to say, I knew there was a reason I avoided that mall like the plague regardless of how accurate those numbers are.

The best selling vehicle in the US is the ford f-150. That’s been the case for over 40 years and likely won’t change anytime soon

More people want to see ice cream than my state That's wild

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The southeast is not physically closer to Africa, Maine is the closest state to Africa. Don't forget, the earth is round.

The Utah/Nevada/Arizona part on the last map makes sense to me, mostly because St George doesn't feel like Utah and Las Vegas like the rest of Nevada. They feel like Arizona and Arizona respectively

The most popular attraction by state is definitely false for Oregon. Crater lake is REALLY far away from populated oregon. It's hard to get to even if you live in region. Mean while Silverwood is in north Idaho and there's no way that Idaho's theme park in the middle of no where gets more visitors than an attraction near Portland like Mt hood meadows or something.

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Uhhh, Maine is also a U.S. state, and they also are predominantly hydropower, so it's actually 5 states, or 10% of the U.S. which are mostly hydro powered.

Re the Watershed maps -- if you knocked on doors in Cincinnati and told people there, "Congrats, you now live in Kentucky," and then did the same in Louisville to tell them, "You now live in Indiana," you would not survive.

Cool video. We'll have to agree to disagree on that interesting map at the end. I don't know if it's better than our current borders, but it is definitely not more logical. Unless we were still hunter/gatherers. That would make sense.

WV..Coal keeps the lights and AC on!!!

As a Canadian I am offended by our provinces being ignored 😢

I've lived in Idaho since 1977 and I've never heard of "Silverwood Theme Park" as listed in "most popular US attractions by state", where do you get your info from??? EDIT: I looked it up, it's over 400 miles from me, Idaho's a very big State!!

1:05 You could have just looked up "Best selling cars in the United States" and seen that the Ford F-Series and Chevrolet Silverado and the 1st and 2nd best selling vehicles, respectively.

1:30 I think I found out RLL's state

Non denomination doesn not mean atheist 💀💀💀 atheist means atheist

U.S. military personnel love the Toyota Tacoma, especially those who serve in the Navy or at the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. It's kind of a social marker. My guess is that accounts for the popularity of that truck in Hawaii.

Fun fact regarding the African immigration. The northeast is closer to Africa physically than the south is. And nobody is immigrating by boat.

I google earthed the flint hills tall grass prairie and it doesn’t appear to be a thing- just a large area. Am i correct? Does it count as a visit if you just drive through? 😂

As a Puerto Rican I was surprised to not see El Yunque in the national parks map

9:26 Non denominational basically means an independent Protestant church without any larger organizational structure outside the church. Denominations are branches of Protestantism (Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist etc). Definitely not atheist.

How is South Dakota's most prevalent energy source not hydroelectric? We have like four major dams along the Missouri River.

Americans do love their pickup trucks. The Chevrolet (Chevy) Silverado and the GMC Sierra are both made by General Motors and are remarkably similar in body style and features. They are both made in the same plants using the same parts and their engines and transmissions are made in the same factories. They vary in trim packages available. The GMC variant is considered to be a more premium brand.

«Should they come by boat»

I would think most of those African émigrés come by plane, in which case the northeast makes perfect sense given that New York, Boston, Philly and DC are far more likely to have direct flights to African nations.

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The energy map is not up to date anymore as New Mexico and Minnesota’s main source is not coal anymore, it’s wind now. Also, Arkansas, Wisconsin, and Michigan are not coal anymore, they’re now natural gas

Alaska's National parks are huge - most maps (including this one) represent Alaska at less than 20% of it's actual size!

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The Northeast (Maine) is actually geographically closer to the continent of Africa than the Southeast. The reason you think that it’s the opposite is because of maps and the projections they commonly use

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It is interesting that more Alaskans have their passports than most other states. It makes sense as they only birder Canada and Americans need a passport to enter Canada now. People of other borders states have other places to drive that don't require a passport.

Nondenominational means not part of a specific denomination. They still believe in the broad religion, but they don’t have a specific system of rules. A nondenominational Christian still considers themself as Christian, but not a particular denomination, such as Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, etc. Nondenominational does not mean atheist.

California and New York scream about green energy, but both of them run on natural gas.

Re: religions: I suspect that the "Catholic" states are largely explained by Hispanic ethnicity (Mexican in the west; Puerto Rican in NY; ...).

At 3:30 I'm just going to throw these two things out there: 1) Maine is actually the closest state to Africa so by proxy the north east is closer than the south east. 2) immigration by boat doesn't happen to the same extent in the US as it does in Europe and potentially other places. I can guarantee no African immigration to the US is happening by boat nowadays

2:10 uh... i think you meant five. you forgot about Maine which is, in fact, not a Canadian province

I've only seen like 4 wind turbines in Iowa and have lived here my entire life

Correct, Washington DC has the largest ethiopian community called "little Ethiopia"

Wow

Kind of weird that the Ohio River wouldn't make up any borders.

I was a little surprised to see that my home county is very catholic! 😳

The Southeast US is not closer to Africa than the Northeast US. I know it seems counter intuitive. However, if you use a globe and a piece of string you will find that Maine is the closet state to the African continent. The US Atlantic coastline has a southwest longitude

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What happened to Rhode Island lol

The Southeastern U.S. has a history of Africans arriving by boat… (slavery) Also, the higher percentage of people having passports may also be an indicator of immigration hubs who visit family back “home.” Finally nondenominational means not falling under the umbrella of any particular religious sect’s governing body.

I live in St Paul, the Twin City to Minneapolis. They have a large Somali population (and St Paul has a large Southeast Asian population) because of our reputation for being Minnesota Nice and the religious charities that help resettle refugees being based here. Most of us take great pride in having our refugee communities and do our best to make them feel welcome!

Puerto Rico erasure on the national parks map 💔

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9:10 utterly shocked that it says Clearfield County Pennsylvania is plurality Catholic. Growing up I didn’t even realize there was a Catholic Church. I thought the Catholic Church was mainly only in Europe and very few places in the us and was dying out and didn’t know why so many people feared and were terrified of it. We did have a tv channel that was Catholic and everyone complained it wasn’t their faith/religion/denomination and many families watched it sometimes anyway bc it was a family channel unlike most tv in the 90s that was violent and trashy. They had their own school that merged with the public school system in high school and those students often had to play catch up with the rest because some subjects weren’t taught or taught as soon or the same way. I think their school was either dissolved or stopped at 8th grade/middle school after awhile bc they got better education in the public school system. But still the main churches in town were the Lutheran Church, Presbyterian Church, and two United Methodist Churches. The Catholic Church was considered to be 3rd 4th or 5th. Though apparently back in the 1800s or very early 1900s it was a different story as I’m told at one point it took all of the 3 to 4 prominent Protestant denominations to come close to equaling the Catholic Church congregation membership. This map portrays the USA as basically split between Catholics and Southern Baptists. I don’t understand, because it doesn’t show the huge church formed by the United Methodist church from the Methodist Church and United Brethren Church. It doesn’t show Methodism as a whole that also includes Free Methodist Church and African Methodist Episcopal and African Methodist Episcopal Zion Churches, it doesn’t show the Baptist Church that Methodist Churches are closely allied with or governed by i forget which now and it doesn’t mention that Southern Baptist are a fringe break away group that only became somewhat popular by mega churches and televangelism back in the 1970s or so. This map also doesn’t seem to show the Lutheran Church or Presbyterian Church or Episcopal Church at all. The us has been a mostly Protestant country for over 200 years most of the time according to all the history books and what I read heard and was taught growing up but this map has everything colored in purple for Catholicism with some colored in red for the southern baptists in one region of the country.

non-denominational means mega churches.

Finding out my state is powered by nuclear energy wasnt something i thought id do today but here we are 😅

3:39 "Since it's physically closer yo Afrika" No, it isn't. Maine is the closest US state to Afrika, bruv

No way the mall of America is the most visited its just a mall

Technically the North East is closer to Africa. Globes are fun that way.

North Carolina is definitely f150 and 1500 country and it's the south not east coast.

Coal isn't surprising for wv ky or wy at all

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bro why is ohio not defined by the ohio river??? 10:42

I find it crazy that pennsylvania uses natural gas more than coal

10:39 It's laughable how a Portuguese thinks they can have any opinion on the Unites States state borders

me living in california and seing 500 dams and wind turbines a day

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Americans don't travel because even in the best of times it's expensive, just cross country, let alone international, you're looking at a good 1k+ Unless you can drive to Canada or Mexico

Nondenominational isn’t atheist

Watching these maps, it is starting to make more and more sense why they are called "fly over states"...

You made it sound like mormonism spread to the other parts of the jello belt recently while that's not true. Most are descended from pioneer populations from the mid 1800s. If you look at old "Deseret" state suggestions you see that the mormon population was already outside Utah

Non-denominational is a type of Christianity

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shall they come by boat... from Africa dude? by boat? into u.s.?