Why This Capital City Has a Population of Zero 

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"Volcanoes and cities go together like ice cream and tuna, extremely poorly." *But the Japanese can probably manage to do it*

*Why no one lives near an active volcano?* Good question

As soon as I clicked on the video, I realized exactly what it was going to be about. I've actually *been* to Plymouth-- back before it was destroyed, of course. My parents used to have a vacation house on Montserrat, and I spent quite a bit of time on the island throughout my childhood. I was 9 years old when the volcano first erupted, and my parents were forced to sell the house; it wasn't in the exclusion zone, but it was close enough to the boundary that proper upkeep of the place was impossible. I still miss that island. My childhood memories of it were that it was a lush green paradise full of really sweet, kind, welcoming people, and I loved visiting. I haven't been back since, and even if I did, I'm not sure if it will ever be quite the same as it was when I knew it. It breaks my heart to see places I went as a kid now looking like the surface of the moon. :( As much as I mourn my own loss, though, I feel really bad for the islanders. Before the volcano erupted, the island was hit very hard by Hurricane Hugo in 1989. The island was *just* beginning to recover when the volcano woke up.

Volcanoes do often have a ring of extremely fertile soil around them, so it's actually not that uncommon for settlements to spring up nearby.

2:01 "Ah that's hot" I think magma would be more than just _hot_

"The British have, of course, taken a 180 now as they're trying, instead of being on every continent, to be on none" Got me so hard I couldn't stop laughing for a few minutes

Can we just appreciate Sam's increasingly good humor? Btw in Instagram he looks nothing like he sounds like

Plymouthians when they see the lava dome break: _Ah shit, here we go again_

These pop culture references are getting out of hand lmao

"the british have, of course, taken a 180 now, as they're trying, instead of being on every continent, to be on none" I laughed way too hard.

"The British Empire was like sand..." oh my god you didn't just... He did.

I visited pre-COVID, it’s a pretty interesting place. You can get a guided tour of Plymouth too, since you can get into the exclusion zone with a licensed guide.

So I need to pay for this award? Are you a Nigerian prince by any chance?

"so is it a city?" "well yes but actually no."

"Now, the British Empire was a bit like sand: course and rough and irritating and it got everywhere." *SoRrY whAt tHE FuCK?*

Oh wow, I live in Antigua right next to Montserrat and I've been walking through those houses as a tour. You can still find all kinds of personal objects laying around frozen in time. Edit: I should confirm that yes the tour wasn't exactly legal. But the guide used to live there and knew the area well.

Meme levels jumped from last video from 36 to 100.

damn that must be where all my friends live

1:20 The best Brexit joke of the week.

I remember the eruptions on Montserrat being a case study we used in my GCSE Geography in 1999. Interesting to hear an update on what's been going on there in the 20 years since.

First time Plymouth UK will ever be mentioned in a youtube video

60 American meters per hour LOL

" Volcanoes and cities goes together like ice cream and tuna, incredibly poorly" Challenge Accepted.

"Now, volcanoes and cities go together like ice cream and tuna" I'm Italian, and hold my wine

Sam:exist Brilliant: I'm about to sponsor this man's whole career

"So now, instead of trying to be on every continent... they're trying to be one none." That got me. :D

I was on the island of Nevis (the closest populated island to the northwest of Montserrat) during one of the eruptions. Woke up to the island covered in ash. It looked like grey snow falling. Really bizarre

Smashing video old sport!! Even better because of the fact that I have grown up in Plymouth, (United Kingdom), and had to study about the Montserrat volcanic disaster for many Geography exams. Love it!

Time thinking about and writing script: 1hr Time figuring out how to make a transition into sponsor: 13hr

Pyongyang has a population of three million without any traffic. Now that’s great civil engineering

I live in Plymouth... *Turns brain on* _Sorry. Wrong Plymouth_ Okay I'll leave now

My family are from Montserrat, the majority of us moved to the UK after the eruption. I was born in 1997 and my mum had to go to St.Kitts to give birth so me since the hospital was destroyed by the volcano

I totally saw that Brilliant ad coming. Do I get an award too?

This video gets the „Most Meme References in 5 Minutes“ Award! 👀

My geology teacher in college had taken multiple expeditions to Plymouth and showed us some photos of the flow field. I've always wanted to go

I've walked through the outskirts of Plymouth when I was doing a coral reef survey on Montserrat. You see a neighbourhood of one-floor houses, and then realise that they're all two-floor houses, but with the bottom floor covered by ash. I saw the top of a golf flag, sticking out of the ash. It's surreal.

1:18 that is the absolute best dig at Brexit I have ever heard, 😂.

While the southern half is uninhabitable for people, it’s inhabitable for tarantulas.

"instead of trying to be on every continent, they're trying to be on none" brexit lul

Yeeaah! That’s where I am from and yes I approve this video. Thank you! Fun fact - the singer who sang “feeling hot hot hot” was born there. His name is Arrow. And it’s also famous for the air studios founded by the late Sir George Martin where Dire Straits, The Police, Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Elton John, Duran Duran, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Ultravox, The Rolling Stones, Lou Reed, Black Sabbath and Eric Clapton all recorded hits.

Volcano: *I destroyed the country >:)* The other half: *Hold my Land*

Wait a minute.... *TESCO* *WETHERSPOONS* *ADIDAS TRACKSUITS* Why u gotta hate on us like that... :(

Hi, I'm trinidadian with monsterrat being a fairly close island to us. It's so compelling to how easily nature could be your friend of foe, as I know many people who came from this island that are now right here. I wish that this beautiful island can easily rebuild and be the paradise it once was.🇲🇸🇹🇹

The flow of the narrative between learning content and jokes was so seamless, man you were on a roll this time 😂

This video is funnier than usual

Why does my bank account have a balance of zero

Learnt about this one school ages ago. Nice to see a animation of it. Nice video

City: *exists* Volcano : I'm about to end this place's whole career

4,655 people used live here, now It's a ghost town

The people at my birthday party is also 0.

I was very lucky last year to be able to fly over the island and the capital in a helicopter with work. One of the best experiences of my life. We even got so close to the volcano you could smell the sulphur. Fantastic video, the shots of Plymouth really brought back memories of that flight.

Aww sad memories, I was there in 1995 as a kid (mother was posted to the governor's office). Plymouth was a lovely town before the volcano.

That plymouth at the beginning is mine, the wetherspoons is called the union rooms, but my dad calls it the onion rooms.

2:01 I wasn't expecting that. I've lost my sides hard here.

Another vestigial piece of the British Empire nearly suffered the same fate in 1961. The volcano on Tristan da Cunha blew that year, and the island's only village, Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, was narrowly spared. The population first went to South Africa, then on to the UK, where they remained until 1963.

i got SO excited when i opened the video and realised it was about montserrat. i've been to this plymouth as a kid! climbing buried buildings is a very strange experience to take an 11 year old on.

1:13 I see what you did there. A sUrPrIsE tO bE suRe bUT a WeLcOMe oNE.

1:47 Yogyakarta: I will end this man's whole career.

Lol as soon as I say the title I knew you were gonna talk about Plymouth in Monserrat. I remember I was a child when the whole volcano eruption was happening and they evacuated that city it was very interesting in Social Studies

While smoking a joint your vods are GREAT

1:20 Best Brexit joke of the last 4 years

Pimples? Zero Blackheads? Zero Population? Zero Hotel? Trivago

LOL I liked the "foreshadowing award" segway from interesting facts to advertising in this particular video! Very well played

I love the blend in to adverts at end of every video xD

Thanks for mentioning our wonderful country! Absolutely love Montserrat but this is such a depressing story,may the people of this brilliant island live in peace and safety

0:41 "It's rewind time!!!"

Your metaphor game is on point in this one.

Yo, you did a great job with the Jokes!!! And also being serious at the same time!

Devon mentioned on RU-vid! Amazing!

I don't relly know but I've developed a feeling when you're going to show the sponsors. Who else felt it? 4:20

Every random what if question I think of when I cant sleep, are all on this channel. Thank you

love this. great channel.

A lava dome is also called “turtle heading” or “prairie dogging”

4:25 When a student asks the teacher for a reward: “you get the gift of learning”

ahhhh the star wars reference made me love this channel even more

Ayy, I live in Plymouth! Always strange to see somewhere you know on RU-vid, especially becasue Plymouth isn't that big

Nice to see Plymouth, Devon mentioned lol

You lost me at "rewind time" but got me back with that Star Wars Prequel reference.

Thank you for all your videos they are awesome

1:11 What did you there, I see.

"100 American meters"? Might want to sign up for an account at Brilliant.

Should mention that there was another smaller explosion that covered several islands south(including mines, Dominica) with a light dusting of ash a couple years later. Sad state of affairs. our school organised a food drive for Montserrat after that one

0:49 I love the humour of this channel

I live in Plymouth UK :)

Damn brexit joke 😂 “Britain was abit like sand it got everywhere , now they are doing a 180 and trying not to be apart of any continent”

This was my geography case study. Absolutely fascinating

We used Montserrat as a case study of the economic effects of natural disasters in GCSE geography, sounds dry but it was actually very interesting. And we got to learn about geology as a side effect.

00:10 *Welcome to Life Noggin*

1:46 you had the chance to say pineapple on pizza smh

2:40 i swear you made the volcano look like this on purpose 😂

Interesting piece of information

Learnt about this in my year 9 geography, pretty cool place

Union rooms! Best wetherspoons in the city of Plymouth

The British empire diss with the star wars reference was really just next level. Some of your better jokes in this video

Nice reference to the 2002 best selling book "A Treatise On Sand"

Doing a video on Abkhazia and South Ossetia might be cool

3:07 When someone gets scared by a small, blue hedgehog. Victum count: 1

Great video as always, Sam, but I must ask, what is going on with your voice? Weekend in Surrey, perchance? All the more impressive, given that you managed to evade developing any hint of a Scottish accent for so long, frankly Anyway, keep it up. XD

After you said 60 American kilometers per hour I burst out laughing and couldn't stop laughing so I missed the rest of the video from that point onwards