The Fake Neighborhoods on Google Maps 

you are my hero!

Next to my town in google maps, even inside it, there’s a place called Unionville. Union villa doesn’t exist. I would have driven through there before, because it’s, like, where the town center is, but...

There appears to be multiple unnamed roads in that area, but i found Gallows court ;)

Difluzi, a lot of those roads are just access tracks to things like ski lifts and the sewage works, so it's not surprising they are unnamed. But Gallows Court has houses and ski lodges on it, making it a proper street. BTW, Hotham also has a well known, but very steep ski run called Hangmans Drop which is marked on trail maps... so there is a rather strange theme there.

Hmm if anything a name like Gallows Court would to me just make me think that there is probably some historical connection I would probably have just assumed that at one point there were literal gallows in that area somewhere. Lots of place names are historical references to something that was once important nearby whether it be a physical thing or simply an event of significance that happened there the latter would include things like Battlefield, Shrewsbury so named due to it's proximity to the location of the 1403 Battle of Shrewsbury. But yeah a lot of history is pretty macabe so really such names are hardly surprising.

Something more confusing than quantum mechanics? Inconceivable

When he starts to talk bullshit, that's the cue for you to click away. The video is over.

superj1e2z6 perhaps even studying an arithmetic for a kindergarten looks easier than understanding it

Hate how HAI transitions to ads like it's something relevant to the video

Clearly you don't know what quantum mechanics is then lol. That was the smoothest nerdy transition to an ad I've ever seen.

@Hunter Vogel Many would disagree. Numbered streets make for easier navigation.

@Hunter Vogel if the street signs and addresses are changed to reflect it then sure. But the purpose of a map is to help you navigate. If you set the street name to something unofficial, that's defeating the purpose of a map.

@@one_smol_duck absolutely

That’s offensive to over 5 million people.

@@liamstuffdoer being from NZ i can assure you none of us give a flying fuck if people know we exist. we get to live on a tropical island while these nerds freeze over winter

@@liamstuffdoer chill dude im a kiwi hes just joking

Blokkyy u shouldnt be offended if ur not a kiwi ngl.

r/mapswithoutnz

Team ION Quebec Parliament: *French* "Denounce this HAI dude, he called us a disputed territory"

@@KnuxMaster368 i could be a douche and say that it's not really called the parliement (which is in Ottawa and is for the federal government) and it's called: L'Assemblée Nationale (national assembly if you don't speak french and government name in Québec cannot be translated)

First thing I thought was the border between Québec and Labrador. I am a big Québec nationalist but I don't really see how the province is a disputed territory right now.

As a Franco-Ontarian with a staunch separatist family, I thought it was hilarious.

you see, there is a political party in Quebec called "Le Parti Québecois", Originally founded by René Lévesque. One of Lévesque's promises was to separate the province of Quebec from Canada, making Quebec an independent country. There was then a vote in Quebec between the Liberals (P-E Trudeau) and the Parti Québecois (Lévesque). The Liberals won 60% to 40%, so there was no separation. That being said, the Parti Québécois still exists today and, while I am not sure that their leader (Jean-François Lisée) wants to separate like Lévesque did, they could still win an election, and there may be a slight chance that Quebec separates from Canada. (By the way, even if i live in Quebec, i do not support the Parti Quebecois, and hope that the province stays in Canada forever),

Are you my hook worm?

I actually did live in the eye. For a month, was in between places with this virus so I got an air bnb there in the meantime. And yes, it's as shitty as you'd expect

@@niriro5741 😂😂

I used to have a job driving around the Detroit area picking up dog poop, and I remember a neighborhood called the eye, and I was wondering why such an ominous name for such a plain neighborhood.

Of terror?.

The only way rent is three figures is if it's weekly

@@alwong604 Pfft more like daily

but my rent is 3 figure yearly lol

I have a republican neighbor and we are good friends with them. Whenever we go on trips (Before COVID) they would always offer to take care of our dog for free and before covid, they would walk her in the middle of the day without asking us to pay them just because they really like our dog. Also, they are catholic and we are Jewish. They also like to make our food and they love having us over for snacks/dinner. They are also pretty well off and they LOVE inviting my mom and dad over to try fancy and expensive wines, and they travel to Oregon a lot for wine tasting. (P.S, they went to Oregon 2 times in 2020 following all of the COVID guidelines. They went there to pick up some wine and go to a winery they like up there, and they quarantined for 2 weeks after both trips.) It's just annoying when they try to bring up politics. Luckily they aren't homophobic. Also, they aren't super extreme republican and they don't openly talk about it either. You'd only know their political views if you tried to talk about politics with them. Also, they voted for trump but they luckily understood by mid-November that there was no election fraud. They claim to be "independent" but we just think that they are just saying that because of the VERY BLUE and anti-red culture in SF. SF is about 90% democrat and 10% republican.

I am from SF and I lean Republican.

not in San Francisco, It would be more than that.

I had to pause to read that lol

@@klassicneo You could always slow it down to 0.5x

Or if that's too much then 0.25x

@@abhiinair I slowed it down to 0.25 I still thought it said -the administrator until I read this comment:p

@@saral9817 lol. 😂

Google: pushes Mexico boarded up by 100 feet Mexico: has people go to said area U.S.:declares war

Ceiling btw im from Costa Rica lmao

Just wait for RaId shAd0w ledGendS to start ww3

Liam Cook RIAOLS- (the caps letters- is its a letter) R. aid I. s A. O. bjectivly L. ousy S. hart (gotta keep it PG lol)

Luv Hoes same

Thanks for telling.

Fun fact: that once resulted in a fake town becoming real. Someone set up a highway cafe on the spot marked as the center of the imaginary town and gave that town as their address. Now it's considered a real town (with a single digit population).

My favourite example of this was when two clearly Michigan College Football enthusiasts added the copyright traps of "Beatosu" and "Goblu" to nearby Ohio.

It happens. There was a local mapmaker near where I live, who made detailed road maps for the county and towns in the area (I have some of his maps). He openly admitted to a few "fake" streets on his maps. Until his death, the maps were considered to be the best, most authoritative maps of the area (in spite of the fake streets that didn't exist). Interesting thing is, every map was hand drawn and hand lettered. He never used a computer; he passed away at the age of 96 in 2012 (and was publishing updated maps until his death). He is memorialized by a street in Vancouver, Washington: Phil Arnold Way.

Haha, love geogeussr

straight up what i was thinking

i love geoguessr too

Germany is a geoguessr nightmare.

@@bgezal why?

Nathan Williams people still go to malls.

@Gfjfj Ufidi ????????????

@@gfjfjufidi2880 They still have malls? I haven't seen one in years...

@@gfjfjufidi2880 Malls are still a thing? Where do you live, and how can I find this time warp back to the 1990s?

Might be why map maker is invite only now, and hidden

You have a neighborhood called like a beer?

@@llabavi367 it’s named for the same town in the Czech Republic.

same lol !

I want to go to Where?

@@eatingcereal5646 idk, where do you want to go?

@Julian WilliamsMarmus its those 2 idiots

Going from Maps to Quantum Mechanics is the most random subject jump ever

Uploud more!!!

Stop Getting 2 top comments now

He's getting sloppy; I saw that segue coming from a -mile- few kilometers away. C'mon, Wendy.

I see you everywhere (I will say this everytime I see you in comments)

Well, not exactly... Paper towns are fake town created for the purpose of stopping other people from copying your map, this is more a lazy/crappy research on google's part :)

No yeah I know, totally different concept indeed.

Google maps still copied that map with typos on it.

FutureNow Digital towns

Recommend an Apple software, "Appeven" can download Apple games for free, invite friends to send points to exchange shopping cards.

Yeah, the old Nabisco plant. I still remember what it smelled like when they were baking butter cookies!😊

That is what's happening with google maps. These are gentrified areas. Ytpipo 😡

So... You're pro segregation? Charming.

Gentrificatiom doesnt help the issues of segragationst all, dummy. Just moves redlines to other spaces.

Next you'll want White Only and Colored Only water fountains again in the name of wokeness. Typical Democrat.

Hey I’m subscribed to your channel!! Nice to see you here

WHAT? youtubers watch other RU-vidrs. Weird stuff. Kappa

it happens all the time, thats why it is disputed.

IBX!!!

I've heard that the Chinese version of Google Maps uses the border line published by Chinese government. For the rest of the world though, it might or might not be true. But speaking of country recognition, to be honest I am kinda curious how Google Maps looks in Taiwan, as "it being a country" is not recognized by most of the world, even including the USA, as least on the surface I think. However Google mostly got no business in China so things might get weird (or it's not true, as they seems to start having something going on in China again, not sure what though).

Pudding Bowl haircut.

Second half as Wendover lore

Half assed wendover production lol, JK love this channel

Better Than Wendover Productions

Ut-oh. Someone doesn't know.

The people who make this also makes Wendover. Read the descriptions.

Zachary Filion Quebec denounces HAI for implying this

they named mine "La Villa"...I've never heard anyone call it that in my life

As someone from Detroit I’ve never heard of the eye in my life lmao

I assumed the name was based on the shape of the neighborhood or something in the area.

"North North Hills" sounds like a crappy idea for a Super Mario 64 level.

Maxvannoorloos there's scarier and shadier shit in these homes, especially if you go to the East Side

but that would increase the property value...

Floyd Looney why would you be asking that??? Crime rate also plays a major role into dropping property values

And probably a few deviant androids somewhere in the city

It's sad, there is a difference based on zip code. I lived in Redford township, and things are a little ghetto but pretty normal there, but when you go down six mile into Detroit, things start to look more ghetto instantly. There are even neighborhoods inside the city of Detroit that are in some cases wealthy, but right outside their block of streets, it's ghetto af. Look at Indian Village in Detroit for example.

"Wendover Heights" in the thumbnail. I see what they did there.

I've heard he currently lives in (or near) Amsterdam.

Isn’t Wendover Heights a San Franciscan Neighborhood? :-D

At 4:15 I see a house icon in The Hague

mjmkevin looks more like a shopping mall symbol to me

Sadly, there weren't any planes

I guess there's nothing to see here then🙁🙁

Not even a Toyota Corolla

Without the Toyota Corollas, we cannot thrive as a species

No......I didn't :p

@@saral9817 he meant the guy who made the video.

I thought it was Half As Interesting.

Magnificent Birb you mean a giant underwater volcano????

Oh, you mean that massive rock blocking the tsunamis from reaching the Australian coast

*AND* Australia.

All good, the fewer people that know about it the fewer that will visit. It can be a secret that a few know about.

*Wendover Productions is typing*

Behold!

And twice as funny!

It was Ortega's fault And I'm Costa Rican Ortega actually forgot about the Cañas-Jerez Treaty and he said that was actual Nicaraguan territory while it isn't

@Gigi Khumalo you're on the internet, just google it

Ahhh, good show that was...

Deep web of course

Naimad The wikipedia list! TWL :)

@@sharnistevens1428 Oh right Forgot about it haha Thanks

Not sure but a big news paper in my random West European country released the same story 2 days ago. It had the exact same example (the east cut) as well. Maybe there are some 'weird stories most media channels won't cover' mailing lists out there.

Well that escalated quickly!

He was and he wasn't.

Google would offer the correct pronunciation very easily. Kind of ironic, isn't it?

Some neighborhoods are named by the government but most of the time there isn't really a reason to put in the effort to divide up large cities into neighborhoods so they don't bother.

More like the other way around in my country... sometimes neighborhoods appear (due to the unplanned growth of the city) people give them names because of random things, the names become popular and then the government recognizes the name. Some neighborhoods are planned and have official names from the start but really most of the neighborhoods are just named by the people, sometimes the oficial name is not popular and is not used and the government ends up changing it to the popular one... and I guess this happens in a lot of other cities too

In the city where I live it depends on how old the neighbourhood is. The oldest ones have the official names of the villages they used to be before the city enveloped them. The older neighbourhoods that grew up between those villages just got called whatever the locals started referring to them as. The newer neighbourhoods (from maybe the 60's on) have the official names that the developers gave them when they built them all at once. And no, not all the neighbourhood names here appear on Google Maps, not even some of the oldest officially named ones. Some of the oldest named villages turned neighbourhoods are left off, I think because Google considers them too small to bother to label, even though local residents definitely use the official name.

I see what you did

Unfortunately that joke isn't as brilliant as you think it is. But nice try.