Virginia and West Virginia Compared

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Mr. Beat compares and contrasts the two virgins. Er, I mean, the two Virginias.
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Two bordering Southeastern states in these United States that uh...used to be one state!
Overall, both states are definitely wonderful places. Virginia obviously has all the history and beauty. West Virginia clearly has the beauty, and might not look as good as Virginia based on this video, but... they’ll now pay you to move there. ascendwv.com/

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@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Any remote workers watching? Would you move to West Virginia if they offered you $12,000?

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

@@snapbacktoreality48 How do you like it?

@osberswgaming 2 года назад

West Virginia is underrated

@cole46724 2 года назад

Yes

@mr_booshotmom8451 2 года назад

Seneca South Carolina and Athens Georgia compared

@kostopius4739 2 года назад

@@iammrbeat From one to Joe Manchin, I would say Joe Manchin.

@justinlipins8576 2 года назад

Fun Fact: West Virginia is west of Virginia. However Virginia goes farther west than West Virginia.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

OMG I can't believe I forgot to mention this!

@frankenchrist6 2 года назад

Things like this are what keep me up at night

@GreenWhaIe 2 года назад

@@iammrbeat West Virginia is a pretty terrible name. Not only does Virginia go west of it, but people will get confused when you talk about the western part of normal Virginia

@th1nkfriday 2 года назад

@@GreenWhaIe fr Just Call it North Virginia Or New Virginia cause that’s what most American states names are

@overridingriot6621 2 года назад

That's ironic

@bradley8575 2 года назад

Fun Fact:During the Civil War at one Point West Virginia actually declared itself the Real Virginia in the Union because the real Virginia was in the Confederacy at the time.

@osberswgaming 2 года назад

Virginia should have united again but with the capital being Charleston (West Virginia capital)

@blakestalnaker4932 2 года назад

@@osberswgaming no absolutely not

@SamTheMountainBikeBeast 2 года назад

based WV

@wvu05 2 года назад

Indeed. They called it Restored Virginia, and Francis Pierpont was their governor.

@sebastianc5155 2 года назад

they should've named their state something better

@formeruspresidentharrystru9240 2 года назад

Both states voted for me, so they’re on my good side.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Makes sense, Harry

@jerk3554 2 года назад

Hi Former US President Harry S. Truman, how u been

@formeruspresidentharrystru9240 2 года назад

@@jerk3554 Not bad.

@maozedong1966 2 года назад

@@formeruspresidentharrystru9240 how does dying feels like?

@souvikrc4499 2 года назад

Hey Mr Truman, what's your stance on the Marshall Plan.

@milagros77to 2 года назад

Compare Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands even though they aren't states.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Yeah, several have suggested this idea and I dig it. :)

@backtothefutureman1 2 года назад

@@iammrbeat I think Puerto Rico will become the 51st state.

@GreenWhaIe 2 года назад

@@backtothefutureman1 so do i

@backtothefutureman1 2 года назад

@@GreenWhaIe I also did an essay on it in a class I had in high school called Politics in government and Economics also known as P.I.G and ECO.

@captainsidog5531 2 года назад

Puerto Rico needs to become a state. We’ve had it for over a century and it has over a million people. Also maybe Mr. Beat can make a video about how the U.S. acquired Puerto Rico, Guam, etc.

@israelcube9837 2 года назад

Last time I was this early Virginia was a solid red state and West Virginia a solid blue state.

@craftthemoon 2 года назад

Thank you, Robert Byrd, very cool 👍

@nebulan 2 года назад

And you were bringing home the bacon?

@mrrogersrabbit 2 года назад

And both Virginias had a Senator Byrd.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Well played, Byrd.

@tylerkoch5255 2 года назад

Hello senator Byrd, have you brought the kkk back to West Virginia like you said you would?

@austinmj64 2 года назад

Me, a person from Hampton VA, "ah yes, social studies all over again"

@maverickmissile801 2 года назад

Lol I'm from richmond. I felt the same way.

@hamiltonhyla 2 года назад

I’m from a suburb of Richmond, but proud of my state and that its also in a series on RU-vid. There’s nothing new I learned though.

@marteekaugustin6191 2 года назад

I live in Norfolk

@maverickmissile801 2 года назад

@@hamiltonhyla same lol but it's for out of state ppl.

@hamiltonhyla 2 года назад

@@maverickmissile801 I know but it’s still entertaning.

@jasoncabanday457 2 года назад

Thank you for always going over the WHOLE history including Native American history of the states.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Sure! I wish I could dedicate more time to them.

@ramentaco9179 2 года назад

For real! It really puts things into perspective

@josephang9927 2 года назад

Too bad Native Americans bad no writting system. So much was lost.

@Jay-qb9gi 2 года назад

@@iammrbeat thanks for the slavery history too! A lot of people need to know in schools how slavery became so widespread

@candacen7779 2 года назад

@@josephang9927 A lot of Native American history is available to learn today. People simply don't seek it out, and of course, our school's textbooks all have a Eurocentric perspective, leaving most of the local Indigenous history out. What was "lost" has been lost due to genocide. Not due to a lack of a writing system.

@Bingchirringg 2 года назад

This is legit a 20 minute summary of what Virginians have to spend a few years learning In detail in school. Lol well done.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

😄 well thank you

@glendeaton5489 2 года назад

@@iammrbeat you should do a video of all the United States military medals and what they mean

@johnwise9811 2 года назад

Yeah basically

@ureydo5922 2 года назад

wtf you mean we dont learn this shit

@usefulpineapple4538 2 года назад

I learned more from this video than I learned back in elementary school when we had to study Virginia history….

@chicagoakland 2 года назад

People in the Appalachians: "They're the same picture."

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

haha yeah I forgot to mention how much different western Virginia (not to be confused with West Virginia) was to eastern Virginia. :)

@ErinS06 2 года назад

@@iammrbeat it's also the same with Northern VA (or NoVA for short) compared to the rest of the state. It's insane how much more dense it is there. It reminds me of one time where I was at the state geography bee, and out of the 100 there, I'd say at least 90 were from NoVA. I was the only one from Southwestern VA, 5 were from the Hampton Roads area, and one was from Richmond

@jabuzz8287 2 года назад

@@ErinS06 oh, yeah. I'm from Alexandria and the difference between NoVA and the rest of the state is striking. they're practically two completely different worlds.

@logancoffey1993 2 года назад

@@iammrbeat Parts of Southwestern Virginia are closer to seven other state capital than they are to Richmond, the capital of Virginia!

@ZorinZato 2 года назад

@@iammrbeat I’m from WestERN VA right on the border! Things are definitely different here. It would be cool to do a video on the Appalachia’s!

@xp_studios7804 2 года назад

"but that democrat is Joe Manchin" perfectly describes him lmao

@BorninVirginia 2 года назад

Honestly think that's what makes him a good senator. He would rather vote with what his state wants and not what California Democrats want.

@BorninVirginia 2 года назад

@Jeff can you give me an example.

@mattrdd9 2 года назад

@@BorninVirginia he would’ve gotten elected if he wasn’t that way. He’s the new Biden of the senate

@Mona-gp4qt 2 года назад

@@BorninVirginia Nope. He’s voting in favor of fossil fuel subsidies to protect his coal brokerage.

@lamaripiazza5226 2 года назад

@@BorninVirginia There never going to come back West Virginia was doomed to fail.

@craftthemoon 2 года назад

“I’m from West Virginia!” “Western Virginia? Cool!” Happens every time...

@wvu05 2 года назад

I got so exasperated by that at work that I literally had someone Google a map of the United States and pointed out that they are two separate states.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Yeah, that disheartens me

@dallyh.2960 2 года назад

I only have this problem with foreigners when they ask what state I'm from.

@DQUACK 2 года назад

Thats how it feels to live in Upstate NY where someone asks which state your from and you say NY and they go oh hows the city life and your like i live in upstate ny in a farm village not the city and they just have a hard time understanding that

@wvu05 2 года назад

@@dallyh.2960 Really? I've had that plenty of times.

@coyotelong4349 2 года назад

After the founding of West Virginia, Kentucky should have changed their name to “Even Wester Virginia” given that they were once part of the colony as well

@slashingkatie7872 2 года назад

As someone from WV, when I would say I’m from West Virginia, I’d hear “are you near Richmond?” No im from a different state.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

You're not the only one apparently! :(

@nailahprincessofhokuto2024 2 года назад

I feel this Heavily

@BorninVirginia 2 года назад

I'm from Lynchburg, most of the time I get "thats Falwell country", but I actually got one time, "Is that near Wheeling". It's nuts to me how many people get these to states mixed up.

@dianadamcknight9902 2 года назад

So funny..I would get the opposite..When I tell people I am from Va..they always say what part of West Va...Coincidently I was raised in Richmond. 😁😁

@acedagod5644 2 года назад

What part? I'm from Charleston and currently live here actually

@pluto6383 2 года назад

What’s weird is that 25 years ago, West Virginia was a Democratic stronghold whereas Virginia was a Republican stronghold. Now it’s the other way around.

@Spongebrain97 2 года назад

Yeah because of changing demographics, economic issues, and West Virginia having always been a conservative state simply just supported whoever was the conservative party

@Professional_street_hustler 2 года назад

@@Spongebrain97 West Virginia has not always been a "conservative" state it became conservative because the only people that stayed are the mine owners and the poor uneducated white workers please stop talking about my state that you know nothing about we literally voted against Reagan and the whole country loved him at the time

@Spongebrain97 2 года назад

@@Professional_street_hustler no dude West Virginia has always been conservative even in the early 20th century. They did support New Deal programs but every state did during the 30s and 40s. And I looked up what you said and yeah West Virginia did vote for Reagan in the 1980 election albiet by barley. It was about split down the middle. In 1984 however they overwhelmingly voted for Reagan and have been firmly Republican voters ever since. As Mr Beat pointed out they do have a Democrat senator but he's very conservative. Which is a shame since they do have progressive Democrats like Richard Ojeda and Paula Jean Swearingin that want to help out the poor coal miners but West Virginia for some reason still prefers rich Republicans

@Professional_street_hustler 2 года назад

@@Spongebrain97 I’m not saying West Virginia was a progressive wonderland but it has not always been overwhelmingly conservative and yea I wish big daddy O’Jeda won 😭and JFK LBJ and jimmy carter all had lots of support from the state

@fdr45 2 года назад

@@Spongebrain97 West Virginia has been socially conservative but for a very long time was heavily economically liberal, maybe less so today, but it was stronghold for Union and Labor activites for decades, hell the Battle of Blair Mountain happened in WV, of course today the Gov has done a number to combat Union activity, making striking pretty much illegal. Despite this, even as recently as 2018 there have been heavy Union activity with the teacher strike that spread to several other states. Even today, despite what you may here on the news, overwhelming numbers of West Virginians support liberal economic policy such as an increase in the minimum wage. We only became a red state in the 2000s when Al Gore had that big climate change debacle that scared people here as they thought if Gore won he was gonna close all the coal mines which were propping the state economy. That's also why we've stayed Red as people here dont want to get rid of coal, especially when no new jobs are coming in to replace the dying coal ones

@The3d_darklord 2 года назад

Virginian here, I approve of this video. Fun fact about virginia, virginia has independent cities that are at the same level as counties unlike most other states.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

I love that fun fact, and glad you approve!

@usefulpineapple4538 2 года назад

And also some our independent cities are the size of counties, mostly in Hampton Roads land

@coolbreeze2.0-mortemadfasc13 2 года назад

@@usefulpineapple4538 All to keep Norfolk from annexing their land.

@thefallenlettuce2797 2 года назад

@@coolbreeze2.0-mortemadfasc13 Norfolk deserves it!! This city is edging a metropolitan classing. We need to grow!

@justinbradley2865 2 года назад

I thought everywhere had that?

@osberswgaming 2 года назад

people who are mad Mr Beat didnt compare Virginia and Maryland: not chad people who are happy Mr Beat compared two states to make another great video: chad

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

The Chad Virgin-ias.

@osberswgaming 2 года назад

@@iammrbeat I normally go ‘ba doom tssss to something like that, but this one is actually good

@gillian1663 2 года назад

Maryland v. Pennsylvania would probably be more fitting. Although comparing it to Delaware or Virginia would still be interesting.

@plutoisaplanet6781 2 года назад

You should compare Virginia to North Carolina

@MrSean2001MU 2 года назад

@@gillian1663 Too bad Mr. Beat already did PA vs Ohio and Delaware vs Rhode Island. The other states (besides MD) yet to be discussed are Michigan, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Maine, and Louisiana. My predictions that haven't been busted yet are OK vs AR, IA vs MO, ME and LA. If my predictions are correct, then MD gets stuck with Michigan.

@revolutionaryape7568 2 года назад

*"A Mr. Beat a day keeps the problems away"*

@jasoncabanday457 2 года назад

@Greater Fascist Persia why facism tho you larper

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

How many Mr. Beats are there?

@backtothefutureman1 2 года назад

@CIA not yet.

@revolutionaryape7568 2 года назад

@Greater Fascist Persia IDK.

@revolutionaryape7568 2 года назад

@@jasoncabanday457 XD

@John_Stephens43 2 года назад

I will admit as a former resident of West Virginia, that when you get into the right areas it is very beautiful. That said, there are large portions in the southern part of the state that have been completely decimated by the coal industry and corruption.

@darreljones8645 2 года назад

Contrary to popular belief, John Denver is NOT singing about West Virginia in the song "Take Me Home, Country Roads". He is singing about western Virginia, specifically the Shenandoah Valley, which is located exclusively in the Old Dominion.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Yep, which is why I specifically chose not to include the song in this lol

@catreader9733 2 года назад

Well, like so many people, he said "west virginia", so we claim it. C'mon, otherwise we have only pepperoni rolls.

@Nazrininator 2 года назад

I love the Northeast Megalopolis gag.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Mwhahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

@Frankenbutt99 2 года назад

Mega-City One irl

@somebonehead 2 года назад

50 million people in less than 2% of the land and there's still no high-speed railway within it 😞

@TheNeodarkwing 2 года назад

Virginian here, I always thought VA has more in common with NC. Northern VA (NOVA) is like a different state compared to the rest of VA and WV for that matter.

@nebulan 2 года назад

I think NOVA and central MD have a lot in common except they each think the other state has the worst drivers :p this is a 3rd party wvian opinion tho based on a commute i did for a while to NOVA....

@murre7725 2 года назад

@@nebulan the whole DMV thinks that any driver that’s not from the area they are from sucks at driving when in reality they all suck at driving in their own ways lol

@jnyerere 2 года назад

Very true. Everything north of Spotsylvania is a completely different state than everything south of it.

@MG-ot2yr 2 года назад

Yes, very true, I've lived in NOVA since 1978, big difference from parts south

@timothymoore6341 2 года назад

@@MG-ot2yr Richmond is quickly becoming like NOVA.

@Mbiggz 2 года назад

Fun fact: The only billionaire who lives in West Virginia happens to be their governor.

@Professional_street_hustler 2 года назад

Ah I love my corrupt backwards piece of shit government 😩

@jnyerere 2 года назад

Somehow it makes perfect sense to me that one of the poorest states would have one of the wealthiest governors.

@dgc4059 2 года назад

It's a republican state, that's their thing.

@tylerkoch5255 2 года назад

Big Jim justice

@D-Almighty 2 года назад

He's not the only billionaire in Best Virginia.

@matthew8153 2 года назад

You forgot to include that the southern half of West Virginia did not vote to secede and was taken by the Union army with the Battle of Charleston.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Yep, good to bring up that!

@DDBurnett1 2 года назад

@@iammrbeat Obviously it's way too late to bring this up, but in the TN-KY video, you didn't mention how eastern Tennessee was so culturally and politically divided from the rest of the state that they considered rejoining the Union as a separate state, kind of like WV. And then after the Civil War, during Reconstruction and the Solid South, eastern TN was one of the most pro-GOP regions in the entire country (so much so that some counties have never voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.) Could be a good topic for a video, though, areas in the south that were pro-Union and areas in the north that were pro-Confederate.

@matthewlebo1841 2 года назад

The Battle of Charleston was a Confederate victory, although the Confederates withdrew from the Kanawha Valley soon after without a fight. More significant were battles like Allegheny Mountain, Carnifex Ferry, and Droop Mountain.

@lukecrane4460 2 года назад

@@DDBurnett1 Those Republican counties also remind me of about 4 counties in WV that have either never voted for a Democrat since they were created or only have once or twice in their history.

@jacobstopper3804 2 года назад

Virginia is one of my favorite states

@S0P2024 2 года назад

Hey

@harrychristofi6725 2 года назад

Mark Warner and Tim Kaine suck though lol

@jacobstopper3804 2 года назад

@@harrychristofi6725 Does John Warner?

@harrychristofi6725 2 года назад

@@jacobstopper3804 Yes! Although he’s a former Republican U.S Senator from Virginia and has no relation to Mark Warner. You are way behind on politics unlike me 😂

@jacobstopper3804 2 года назад

@@harrychristofi6725 No I’m not behind I was just asking because he just died 2 months ago

@Paranoid_Found 2 года назад

West Virginia has the best mountains which are extremely under appreciated.

@nailersrule 2 года назад

New River Gorge National Park will hopefully change that.

@flying0possum 2 года назад

There is no fucking mountains, go to the Blue Ridge Mountains. I am from West Virginia myself and we drive 3 hours every week in the summer just to go over there and check out the beauty. You don't understand, West Virginia and Virginia don't even have mountains, not even the highest peak in Virginia is really a mountain it is just a big hill. Virginia has the Appalachian Trail (which if you aren't brainwashed from the almost heaven bullshit, you would know that it barely even goes through West Virginia) If you go into West Virginia outside of Fayette County (where every tourist goes) and look around it is the most decimated areas and no one talks about it because they are all brainwashed by the tourist industry and before everyone was controlled by the shitty coal industry but ever since they decided to make West Virginia a military base in around 2015 they wanted to "grow small towns" claiming they were "cool" but trust me they are the shittiest places. There is no cool museums outside of like the top 3 cities. Even the small towns in Virginia I checked out on my journeys are interesting, you *literally see peaks HIGHER than WEST VIRGINIA'S TALLEST "MOUNTAIN" casually driving down highways* IT IS SO MUCH FUCKING CLEANER IN VIRGINIA TOO. Prove Me Wrong

@craftthemoon 2 года назад

@@flying0possum never climbed spruce knob?

@flying0possum 2 года назад

@@craftthemoon highest hill I climbed was in Grayson Highlands State Park, Wilburn Ridge. Lots of fun but I am not proud of it I want to hike higher

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Soo beautiful

@lucabennito3651 2 года назад

Virginia also has some amazing colleges like UVA, and William & Mary. If any of y’all are looking for some good public schools, both of those are here waiting for you.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Definitely

@RTP780 2 года назад

What about Virginia Tech

@lucabennito3651 2 года назад

@@RTP780 Very popular school here in VA! Definitely a good one!

@elvangulley3210 2 года назад

All the acc schools are great except maybe Louisville, Florida state, and Clemson.

@Jimmith829 2 года назад

Ummm VT anyone

@Lonewolf2616 2 года назад

Hey Mr. Beat, i dont usually comment much on youtube but i just had to this time. I recently discovered your content and have rapidly consuming all of it, you make amazing videos and you can really tell there has been alot of time research and even a sense of your pride in your work and it really shows the passion you have for both history and being an educator. Please keep the content coming as i can't get enough

@osberswgaming 2 года назад

Already seen this on your patreon, personally this is one of my favourites of your videos and also thanks for the shoutout!

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Well thank YOU so much.

@morrigambist 2 года назад

I find my state of Virginia to have many beauties, but West Virginia is breathtakingly gorgeous. It's hard to drive on their highways because the natural beauty is so eye-catching, and you may find yourself off the pavement if you aren't careful.

@pearlmoon3057 2 года назад

Also because our roads have too many pot holes, wind around mountains, and the ditch is is so deep but covered with brush and leaves so you can’t see it.

@georgesakellaropoulos8162 2 года назад

@@pearlmoon3057 And its the state where you are most likely to hit a deer.

@summerselman9581 2 года назад

thx for the complement on my state and I think Virgina is just as gorgeous plus you have to be happy that your state has all the cool history artifacts

@masonjar190 2 года назад

you should tell that to the drunk drivers! those suckers are everywhere here.

@JohnSmith-ct5jd Год назад

"Almost Heaven, West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River......"

@lucabennito3651 2 года назад

Let's gooooooooooooo I’ve been waiting for this comparison for so long. Great video!

@trevorsamaha6211 2 года назад

People from Appalachia aren't going to like how you pronounce Appalachia.

@mrrogersrabbit 2 года назад

Say App-a-latch-a or I'll throw an apple at ya.

@jaket8947 2 года назад

Does he say it the other way? Also, known as the wrong way.. God, I hope not. Not even sure I want to find out.

@agentdiamond9211 2 года назад

App-uh-latch-ee-uh.

@ethanthee3295 2 года назад

I love my state of Virginia. The shenendehoah valley is one of the most beautiful part of america, it is very green over there

@quinnwooten1433 2 года назад

I love my state of West Virginia. We just have a lot of work to do to become more of a presence. We just need to get over our reliance on coal.

@conxoraddonahue9956 2 года назад

Y'all ain't even the south foh

@pramitvyas3747 2 года назад

Thats not going to happen anytime soon

@boygenius538_8 2 года назад

You’re politicians are rotten. More than usual. They are blatantly in bed with coal lobbies. The people need to fix that with the vote.

@thanos6346 2 года назад

Yeah, the rest of the counties need to fallow the lead of the Eastern ones, Timber, tourism, and alternative energy is the way to go.

@whistlepiggies Год назад

Hey Matt - thanks for posting these! We like to watch them before each new state we visit! ❤

@lucabennito3651 2 года назад

Literally 99% of my state history classes that I’ve been learning since 4th grade in 1 video! 😂 Nice job.

@historymajor25 2 года назад

I’m glad you finally made a video comparing my home state of West Virginia. Also, West Virginia has a history themed competition every year called the Golden Horseshoe where 8th graders take a test to see how much they know about West Virginia History and Government.

@matthewlebo1841 2 года назад

I’m a Golden Horseshoe recipient!

@kennywolfjr.6413 2 года назад

I keep telling people I'm a knight and nobody believes

@pearlmoon3057 2 года назад

AND there’s a thing called history bowl where students memorize wv facts and compete against other schools

@matthewlebo1841 2 года назад

@@pearlmoon3057 I competed in the state tournament for that! Got a clean sweep, too-two straight losses!

@summerselman9581 2 года назад

I'm right there with you. I love this video and sadly last year due to the pandemic the teacher that did the golden horseshoe was not there

@IsaacMeade641 2 года назад

Fun Fact: the Mothman Myth in WV was so popular that WV decided to tear down all confederate statues and replace them with the mothman

@Professional_street_hustler 2 года назад

Based

@roberthuston7896 2 года назад

One I have been waiting for. Excellent!

@maverickmissile801 2 года назад

Ya know I live in VA, down in Richmond, and both states are beautiful in their own way. I really liked the way you compared them too that was pretty comical.Great video!

@Paranoid_Found 2 года назад

I used to drive from Delaware to Virginia Beach via the bridge/tunnel. 10/10 definitely recommend.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

I've added it to my bucket list!

@usefulpineapple4538 2 года назад

@@iammrbeat Definitely worth it. Most of that bridge tunnel was built in the 60s, and it’s kinda crazy to think about the engineering that went into it. I doubt they’d build something of that scale nowadays.

@JardiHardi 2 года назад

As someone from West Virginia I'm so happy to see a video about us on your channel!!!

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Yay! What part of the state are you from?

@JardiHardi 2 года назад

@@iammrbeat greenbrier county, so very close to our Virginia counterparts

@fe4rlight3r50 2 года назад

but im from virginia

@summerselman9581 2 года назад

same I was so happy to see some do a video on my home/former state

@Tarvis781 2 года назад

11:01 Did not expect to see my collage of Charleston photos I have on Wikipedia here. So cool lol Great video about two awesome states (especially the totally misunderstood WVA)

@anthonylong9067 2 года назад

“Country roads Take me home To the place I belong West Virginia Mountain momma Take me home Country roads!” -john denver

@That_Millenial_Guy 2 года назад

Fun fact: some believe that this song is actually about western Virginia since the Blue Ridge Mountains and Shennandoah River are mostly in Virginia (only about 20 miles in WV).

@marianoperezromero3277 2 года назад

@@That_Millenial_Guy I live 5 minutes from both so I always say it’s about western Virginia

@anti0968 2 года назад

Rip John Denver

@Cosmic_Ray_ 2 года назад

I wished I could have had this video when I was taking my US history class that seemingly mainly focused on Virginia... which I guess makes sense because I live in Virginia which is also a very historical state as this video showed. You covered the history very well in a way that wasn't boring (unlike most of my history teachers; which kinda sucks because I like history because of how people like you explain it), even though you left some of the information, that I would added, out. All in all, wonderful video.

@normelgamer2990 2 года назад

YESSS NOT ONLY DID YOU DO A VIDEO ON MY HOME STATE BUT YOU ALSO MENTIONED THE CITY I WAS BORN IN

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Wait, where you born?

@normelgamer2990 2 года назад

@@iammrbeat Virginia Beach Virginia. 757 gang

@PieEater900 2 года назад

Great video all around! Loved seeing the Alexandria Waterfront at 10:04.

@sladesmith7147 2 года назад

Thoroughly comprehensive and the hypnotic historical data records were told with imaginative dramaticness

@ray0064 2 года назад

I live towards the southern part of Virginia and every time I visit the Alexandria/I-95 area of Northern Virginia I’m just shocked at how much traffic there is. Seriously how do people deal with sitting in traffic for 20 minutes just to go 2-3 miles every day. I can imagine it’s worse in New York City

@KarlMarkyMarxx 2 года назад

People hitch rides on "Slug Lines" so they can drive on the express lanes for free. Public transportation is also readily available.

@BabySonicGT 2 года назад

I used to live in northern Virginia and yea the traffic is horrible there

@murre7725 2 года назад

Yea NOVA traffic sucks. Usually whenever I go to Richmond, I notice that almost every single time without fail that there is a jam in or around Fredericksburg. And that’s like the southern part of NOVA it just gets worse

@samie7025 2 года назад

🥲 Are there back roads?

@tracyhasty6506 2 года назад

@@samie7025 There are no back roads, just sprawling housing.

@mrkoala1003 2 года назад

Can you do a video on "Missouri vs Arkanas compred " ?

@kleokleopatra3536 2 года назад

i was always curious about this subject. thanx!

@calebt3541 2 года назад

Norfolk is actually pronounced “Nor-fik” or “Nor-fuck”

@dianadamcknight9902 2 года назад

Lol!! I had a feeling he wasn't going to pronounce it like we do..I can always tell a non Virginian by that and also Suffolk. Lol

@VaRockerDude 2 года назад

People in Central VA say Naw-fuck lol

@wowomah6194 2 года назад

@@VaRockerDude I always thought it was old-timers from Norfolk who said Naw-fock almost like they were from Boston haha

@gzsprout 2 года назад

I left WV ~7 years ago during the height of the Opiod epidemic. There was no economic growth or opportunity and the cities were shrinking, which further hurt financial opportunities. I go back occasionally to see family and not too much has changed. The Opiod issue seems to have slowed down, but still not a lot of growth or opportunity. Wish the people there the best!

@thanos6346 2 года назад

Everyone here seems to think that coal is the way to go as far as industry still, but it isn’t. We’ve overexploited the coal reserves. It is currently cheaper to surface mine coal in Montana and ship it here than it is to deep mine it here. If we want to have an economy again, we’re gonna have to move on from coal and to other industry, like timber, alternative energy, and tourism.

@carmenmetoyer330 2 года назад

Being from Maryland, I'd love to see a VA/MD comparison video!!

@popsohnein2362 2 года назад

About time I see my home state. Thank you Mr.Beat

@itsurboidonnie 2 года назад

i was literally just talking about comparing the 2 virginia’s a few minutes ago. then i looked to see if you made a video on it, and you did 3 hours ago.

@Ditmike2235 2 года назад

Actually from NOVA here, and I’m just gonna clarify that I’m not a lobbyist lol

@acedagod5644 2 года назад

As a person from Charleston West Virginia , I love this video lol

@Jameson177 2 года назад

Thank you so much for talking about West Virginia and Virginia because I live in West Virginia

@keagaming9837 2 года назад

Glad this video was made, and premiered 67 minutes ago too!

@Trap_Mills 2 года назад

Was nice to see a WV video!! Appreciate it Beat! I’m a big believer that WV, with the right leaders, WV will turn it around!

@joes7930 2 года назад

Yeah and I’m the pope

@BL3446 2 года назад

"This is because they were tricked into selling their land and resources to wealthy corporations" The true Appalachian way.

@abrahamlincoln8037 2 года назад

Bro!! I love your States video!! make more of them pls

@funchable212 2 года назад

Love this series. Would you do NorCal vs SoCal?

@angusb99 2 года назад

If a state will pay you to live/move there, that’s a huge red flag

@nic-2144 2 года назад

Yep. Don't move here. It's bad

@flying0possum 2 года назад

@@nic-2144 Finally someone agrees with me.

@nic-2144 2 года назад

@@flying0possum I live in WV. There's abandoned houses, abandoned businesses that once thrived, buildings that burned down "accidently", people just vanish randomly never to be seen again, there's drug addicts everywhere you look, you don't enter Beckley unarmed, you don't stay out once it gets dark, you hear screaming and guns go off but no one calls the police the police wont help, seeing ambulances and firetrucks speed down your road weekly, and there's many many more bad shit

@GustavoGomes-nn5np 2 года назад

Alaska pay you but is not bad

@claas901 2 года назад

@@nic-2144 WV's situation is currently really bad for sure. But who is gonna change that when everyone, who can, flees the state? WV probably has potential to recover but long term strategies are needed to actually use it

@robertwilliams4682 2 года назад

One of the best so far from Mr. Beat. Very thorough. The only part you could've expanded upon more was how much better WV was doing than VA in the late 19th century. The populations were almost equal then.

@brucewallace3860 2 года назад

I would like to contribute at the William Quantrill level. Nice job succinctly providing the split into two states. Well done.

@Ninnjette- 2 года назад

I live in Virginia where the battle of Piedmont happened during the Civil War. The bloodiest Battle in the Shenandoah valley, over 2000 people lost their lives. I could tell you some ghost stories we see a lot around here, especially going out on our road at night you’ll see mist, people walking disappearing, screaming but there’s no one there. I had to cleanse my house with sage, lights were being turned off I would hear footsteps, my eight-year-old said he seen a man in his room that had a blue hat on then the man disappeared in his closet. Just crazy how history lingers. You can feel the energy it’s so sad.

@lucasanderson3008 2 года назад

Oh, the irony! If you look at the map, Virginia extends farther west than West Virginia. Virginian btw

@eaglescout1984 2 года назад

In keeping with this theme, in West Virginia, South Charleston is WNW of Charleston

@ankharahallstrom1580 2 года назад

@@eaglescout1984 In the town I live in in Pennsylvania, the geography is really messed up like that. The "East End" is the north section of town, past 1st street. Some avenues in the south have "west" prefixes. The eastern part of town has streets with "south" prefixes past 1st avenue, and the northwestern district has street names with "north" prefixes (well they at least didn't get that one entirely wrong).

@tedskins 2 года назад

I'm from Virginia and when I was a kid we were taught to remember the states that bordered VA with the saying "Mustard with ketchup tastes nice" with the letter of each word corresponding to the first letter of the state that borders VA(MD, WV, KY, TN, NC)

@GustavoGomes-nn5np 2 года назад

Pretty cool

@swampfox9633 2 года назад

Mine was.. "My White Kitten Takes Naps"

@awsomemodels 2 года назад

Nice i always get excited for these compared videos 🔥 oh and also could you bring back the deep voiced orange 🍊? It was pretty cool .

@Spelterdon 2 года назад

I live in WV and I sometimes to forget to lock my door when I go to bed. I don't make it a habit, but when I do, I wake up the next morning and everything is just fine. That's one of the reasons I like my home state.

@2ndlieutenantbenroebuckben999 2 года назад

Why don't you make a video about the medal of honor. And give your top 10 favorite medal of honor recipients.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

I can't believe you're the first to suggest this idea. I love it!

@andersoncook7974 2 года назад

Oops

@kostopius4739 2 года назад

Mr. Beat, I love your content and especially when comparing states very close to each other, although they have many differences, politically and historically. Keep up the great job! 👍👍👍👍👍

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Thank you so much! :D

@kostopius4739 2 года назад

@@iammrbeat 😊😊

@neondragon5469 2 года назад

hello, this was a great video! have you thought about making a large video listing every presidents' previous political experience before becoming president?

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Absolutely! And thank you!

@Jordanprime 2 года назад

I love your states comparison videos. Watching them from Israel, They are very interesting to me

@Kylefassbinderful 2 года назад

I love this series. I've been to Virginia but not West Virginia. That's cool that West Virginia will pay you to live there.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

I'm actually going back to Virginia next week. DC baby!

@Kylefassbinderful 2 года назад

@@iammrbeat it was 2001 when I was there last. We started in DC and ended in NYC. I saw the twin towers 6 months before 9/11.

@S0P2024 2 года назад

Congrats your first 🥇

@suegeorge8694 2 года назад

Actually, WV is starting to bring big technology companies to the state. The Virgin One Hyperloop Certification Center will be built in WV. Other tech companies are looking to move to the state. West Virginia University is directly responsible for bringing the VW exhaust emissions fraud to light. Great video! You could easily do an hour long video on all of the coolest aspects of West Virginia.

@duckhawkninja3614 2 года назад

Hyperloop? Oh those poor West Virginians are falling for Elon Musk's scam. I almost feel sorry for them.

@huntingandfishing1120 2 года назад

You por west virgin

@person3191 2 года назад

There is actually a lab in Wheeling called Touchstone Labs where they make certain molds and parts that go on airplanes and rockets. They have created molds for SpaceX and NASA!

@summerselman9581 2 года назад

love this I'm from WV and its cool to hear the comparison

@willywilly3096 2 года назад

Awesome channel Mr. Beat!

@mrwvupersonguy 2 года назад

Virginian here, though my father's side of the family is thoroughly (6 generations back) West Virginian. Awesome video! My favorite thing about Virginia is the strength of its public universities. Virginians may receive secondary education akin to an elite private school at a much cheaper price. That being said, there's nothing like singing Country Roads in Morgantown WV

@MidnightSkylineMA 2 года назад

I’m really glad that West Virginia now has a national park. This should bring more tourists and more money to a region that’s struggling.

@wvuboy2194 Год назад

thank you for telling about my homestate and where my mom went to collage at WVU

@robertwilloughby8050 2 года назад

Time for the most interesting comparison video EVER! Time for (bom-bom-bom!) Yorkshire and Lancashire compared. You and Jacob will have a fantastic time trying to research the differences. (Go Yorkshire!)

@joshmeisegeier2279 2 года назад

Big ups for Maryland vs Virginia!

@sierrrrrrrra 2 года назад

I would love to see Virginia compared with Maryland and or North Carolina!

@LC-pv9xh 2 года назад

Loved the pictures of my hometown of Norfolk and you trying to pronounce it. Crazy we all will tell you differently as I say Naw-fuk or Nahrfukk. It's pretty much the same with Portsmouth and Suffolk too!

@jadeh2699 2 года назад

I am not originally from VA or WV, and I learned a lot from this comparison and also from the comments. I do not understand why people want VA to be compared to MD. As an outsider, comparing VA and WV made perfect sense to me. This was a great video packed with information!

@williamowsley9771 2 года назад

They are both beautiful states. West Virginia has gorgeous mountains, a great state song by John Denver, and arguably the best whitewater rafting and skiing in the eastern US. Virginia has the Shenandoah Valley, maybe the prettiest section of the Appalachian Trail, all of that history, and a coastline. All plusses.

@tracyfrazier7440 2 года назад

@@jacobmuraco4276 He said in the East. Which is still wrong because I understand there is some pretty good skiing in Vermont.

@phildicks4721 2 года назад

I'm a native West Virginian, and love living in my state. If I were to live anywhere else it probably would be Maine. One thing you didn't mention with regards to crime and such, while violent crime is going down, the state still has a huge problem with opiod addiction and the crime and problems it brings. Its one our great tragedies in the state.

@TheLonelySoulja 2 года назад

I literally was thinking about that remote living moving once you said they will pay me to move there

@gordonyork6638 2 года назад

Nice shot of Sceneca Rocks at the end there. Decent climbing area.

@danielbenner7583 2 года назад

Not a state comparison, I got an idea for countries; how about: Marshall Islands vs. Federated States of Micronesia?

@FootballPsychoPS3T 2 года назад

It might be interesting to compare some of the United States territories.

@notchuckproductions5029 2 года назад

Probably would be puerto rico and the Us Virgin Islands compared( then mabye also do Us Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands compared) Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands compared And American soma and The Independent State of Samoa compared.

@Joe-sd2kx 2 года назад

I’m very glad you made video on Virginia . It was part of a lot of history. And home to many presidents back in the day.

@gnome2062 2 года назад

Thank you for this video! 😧

@overridingriot6621 2 года назад

Great series. From Virginia

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Thank you!

@MikeIzzle_ 2 года назад

Virginia’s a cool state, I’ve loved visiting there. Never been to WV but I bet it’s beautiful!!

@summerselman9581 2 года назад

if you go go during fall

@jamesgreer323 2 года назад

@mr beat I appreciate how non biased you try to be in your videos and they are very informative. Given that and since you're a teacher could you make a video explaining what CRT is? I hear so many conflicting things.