American Geography, Explained for Europeans

[@jacobbeaulieu2675]

Don't take this personally, but as a Mainer I am required by law to tell you that there is another Portland that is in the northeast that while smaller, is the first of the two and is really cool.

[@NubNublet]

I believe you, surely nothing could be worse than Portland, OR right now 😬

[@lordInquisitor]

Is it the one with the riots?

[@argr08]

@@lordInquisitor No. The one with the riots is the bigger one in Oregon. (Both of them are really cool though and Portland, OR has a lot more than riots)

[@waspwrap1235]

Oh no, sorry, couldn’t see it from Boston’s shadow, the same state that owned your territory

[@waspwrap1235]

@@NubNubletyou guys have amazing amenities like beer and strip clubs, amazing nature, somewhat close to the pacific, get rainy humid weather, legal pot and lsd, and have antifa riots occasionally. Besides cost of living and taxes, not much bad about Portland in my book.

[@raavg2332]

I’m from Vancouver, Washington and as someone who goes to school in the Midwest, telling people you are from Vancouver, Washington and them realizing you mean neither Vancouver, BC or Washington, DC is a really great time

[@halo3soap114]

When I was in europe I always had to specify washington state, not DC.

[@Busterbean907]

Fellow Vancouverite now living in the Rockies, and you're absolutely right! I feel so validated having someone with the exact same struggle

[@judehelmes7666]

Same lmao I go to school in Texas and I’m from the Couv

[@itayker22]

Funny how both Cs stand for Colombia

[@jourdan_hale]

We have a shirt: “I’m from Vancouver, not B.C. Washington, not D.C. Clark County, not Nevada Near Portland, Oregon, not Maine”

[@osheridan]

As a non-European who knows only a bit about American geography, this is a godsend

[@cycklist]

Have you not got access to maps to look for yourself?

[@Nalololol]

​@@cycklist they are illegal in Singapore

[@Oliv_garden]

@@Nalolololwait what?

[@andycockrum1212]

@@Oliv_gardenI think he’s joking. Singapore has really strict laws about weird things, such as chewing gum being illegal

[@withlessAsbestos]

Just Remember that SC has cooler things than Stephen Colbert… Mr. Beast comes here sometimes.

[@TheGbelcher]

I consider Chicago an inland coastal city. It has everything you’d expect from a coastal port city. Non-stop international flights, large population, skyline, stock and commodity exchanges…

[@FajreroCintilo]

And a coastline, albeit with a lake. It's still a *G R E A T* lake tho.

[@Distress.]

​@FajeTetris plus the canal with the Mississippi means you can technically sail to the gulf of Mexico or the north Atlantic though there

[@raphaelwaggoner3200]

I consider the Great Lakes to be the North coast of the United States. If you also count the Gulf Coast that makes four coasts.

[@loganleroy8622]

Plus the crime.

[@raphaelwaggoner3200]

@@loganleroy8622 the worst cities for violent crime are the smaller ones, and also Detroit.

[@haroeneissa790]

Love how you added some small town in Idaho as a major city.

[@tostcronch]

i think it's a joke about how its flag became famous for being hilariously bad. they recently changed it though, and now it's really nice. look it up!

[@KanyeTheGayFish69]

It’s not a small town it’s a college town

[@chrisclancy6756]

Not quite a small town but yeah he should’ve put Boise lol

[@theempiredidnothingwrong4937]

I take minor offense to that. It is my home town, the fifth largest city in this empty void of a state, and has some of the highest crime in Idaho because it sits on two interstates, meaning any drug traffickers going through Idaho to some other state almost always pass through Pocatello.

[@silver6380]

@@tostcronch IT HAD A COPYRIGHT SYMBOL ON IT!

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

So for those wondering: The reason Oklahoma has that silly panhandle is because of Texas. The territory the former Republic of Texas claimed when it was annexed by the US was bigger than the current state of Texas. When Texas sought to enter the Union as a slave state in 1845, the government ruled that there wouldn't be slavery north of 36°30' parallel north. Under the Compromise of 1850, Texas surrendered its lands north of such, and this led to a 170-mile neutral strip officially called the Public Land Strip (the compromise also created New Mexico Territory, forming the western boundary of the strip). People settled it in the 1880s and tried to form a new territory called the Cimarron Territory, but this wasn't recognized by Congress. Under the Oklahoma Organic Act in 1890, the Oklahoma Territory was created, and this strip was included. The reason why Michigan has that Upper Peninsula and isn't just an oven mitt is also because of a compromise, but a different kind. Michigan and Ohio both claimed the Toledo Strip. This is the result of poor understanding of the Great Lakes which led to different interpretations of the boundaries. The then Territory of Michigan petitioned for statehood in 1835 and wanted Toledo, but the Ohio state government wouldn't budge. Both sent their militias, prepared to fight over it (which really was just taunting, shots being fired into the air, and one Michigan guy getting injured because they were stabbed), but Congress then proposed a compromise that Michigan would be granted statehood IF they let Ohio keep Toledo and in return, they'd be given the Upper Peninsula (well more like the other three-quarters of it as they at that point already owned a small bit of it) that would've been given to Wisconsin.

[@realhawaii5o]

I see you everywhere.

[@mandywinter8871]

The Great Toledo War! Where Michigan fought Ohio, and Wisconsin lost.

[@xsforreal]

​@@mandywinter8871As a Wisconsinite, I crave another war where we take the UP

[@nicklibby3784]

​@@mandywinter8871what

[@GoPackGoBaby]

@@nicklibby3784because the government gave Michigan our (Wisconsin’s) land to calm them down, so we’re the only ones that ended up losing anything

[@cracklingvoice]

For those in Europe who want some scale of how large the continental US is: the distance from Los Angeles to New York City is greater than the disance from Lisbon to Moscow. The 'lower 48' is an incredibly vast place, with more geographical variation than Europe. We have deserts (California/Arizona/Nevada), mountain ranges (Rocky, Continental Divide, and Appalachian), rainforests (California and Washington), plains (Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa), and swamps (Texas, Louisiana) in the same country.

[@ICantThinkOfAFunnyHandle]

Also, the state of Michigan is as large as the UK

[@Star-dy2cj]

and this is exactly why we do NOT worry about the rest of the world like how they do us😂

[@samgould8567]

As a whole, the “middle of nowhere” is probably my favorite part of America. Barren enough to keep most people away, steeped in pioneering tradition, where self-sufficiency is a virtue yet so is helping your neighbors and complete strangers alike. People leave each other alone for the most part, but there is also more of a Midwest-style community mindset than in western states.

[@gramble968]

As someone who's lived in this area my whole life it's really only a great area if you like outdoor stuff, the rest of it kind of sucks

[@ConstantChaos1]

This is great unless you are any kind of minority where the poineering tradition of xenophobia shows up I've lived in almost every heartland and Midwest state and the xenophobia is as thick as the ranch dressing

[@edwardblair4096]

Next one should be the "historical counties" of either England or the UK. I can never remember where Lancaster is.

[@KhAnubis]

Depending on how this video does, I feel like this could spawn forth a series of different videos (granted Geography Now is already sorta doing the same thing, but still)

[@mildlydispleased3221]

Historic counties my arse. I don't care if I technically lived in Surrey until 1965, I am a Londoner through and through.

[@randomguy-tg7ok]

Which is why Ceremonial Counties are far better at dividing up England with, because those are the ones that people would actually identify with.

[@meowmeowmcpurrington2480]

Oh Lancashire that's North of Cheshire (which has Liverpool innit), I would love to see Historical counties and ceremonial counties of the UK.

[@dutchbobson3183]

Kent. That is all

[@ZaiTheFox]

I'm a European who already knew all the states (and their capitals) because I'm such a geography nerd. Nonetheless, it's fun to watch. I didn't know about the two Vancouvers.

[@SylviaRustyFae]

Whats the capital of Oregon?

[@AndiKola]

While I don't know all states and capitals, I knew a bunch of them because of "World of warships" since I'm a warships person. And the US Navy made it easy for us by naming Battleships after states and cruisers after capitals.

[@thomasbarca9297]

Me too

[@waspwrap1235]

Where in Europe? Balkins, Baltic States, Eastern Europe, Central Europe, Western Europe, Scandinavia, mediterranean?

[@waspwrap1235]

@@SylviaRustyFaeAnarchy 😅 It ain’t close to anarchy though. I hope you realize this is just a joke based on news and not actually reality

[@stevedietrich8936]

If you ever are unsure of which one is Minnesota, it is the one with a little bump on the top, the only piece of the "lower 48" than is above the 49th parallel. It was created by a survey error, and resultant mapping error, in 1783.

[@OGrandomunknownperson]

can't lie as a Brit I can name every US state with ease and every Canadian province/territory but can't name more than a dozen english counties...

[@arwon2227]

In fairness, the UK isn't a federation so those subnational divisions aren't particularly meaningful, compared to the North American federal subdivisions, which have autonomous governments and different laws.

[@Intrusive_Thought176]

Name every us state then

[@OGrandomunknownperson]

@LGM_35_Sentinel easy. California navada idaho montana arizona newmexico washington oregon alaska hawaii urah coloraso wyoming texas kansas nebraska oklojoma arkandas Tennesee northdakota southdakota minnisota(cant spell it) iowa ohio indiana arkansas kentucky westvirginia virginia alabama missisisipi florida georgia southcarolina northcarolina wisconsin michigun pennsylvania newyork maryland missouri delaware newjersey maine vermont rhodeisland conneticut newhampshire massachasets loiusiana oklohoma illinioius ohio(idk if i have already said that). I'm just into geography I could name all 50 states at age 13, I'm 16 rn it's much easier than you'd expect

[@Intrusive_Thought176]

@@OGrandomunknownperson good

[@Intrusive_Thought176]

@@OGrandomunknownperson but here Utah* Colorado* Minnesota* Oklahoma*

[@Ikaikaalika95]

Can you do this for Europe? Eastern Europe is a struggle for most Americans, or at least the ones I spend time with, they look less distinct on a map but the cultures and people I know are very distinct.

[@twilightcitystudios]

It's good you brought up the territories. They don't get mentioned enough.

[@brianmathews2926]

Overseas military bases would be another video entirely

[@viewer.123]

An important thing to consider is that many folks in Europe grow up emersed in American culture and are therefore more familiar with American customs, geography and history etc while the reverse is less true For example many of my favourite films, shows, books, people I follow online are American. My parents grew up watching American sit-coms and listening to American movies. My Grandparents also grew up watching American movies and experienced an influx of American culture through aid during the second world war in addition to an influx of American military personnel who helped to popularise many American customs across Western Europe It's an interesting development that Americans are becoming increasingly self-aware, this seems to be largely due to the Internet essentially creating a sort of global culture which we can all be part of - its sort of incredible to think I'm writing this current in rural Europe and in moments you could theoretically be reading this in another continent

[@feena339]

I agree there many things wrong with the modern world but how connected we all are is certainly not one of them greetings from America.

[@viewer.123]

@@feena339 Greetings from across the pond

[@Orangelover-yo8gn]

It is sort of incredible to think that. I’m in the US capital reading that. Hello from DC!

[@layne6675]

I didn’t know how influential (good and bad) the US was until a few years ago. Sadly, what I mainly see is Europeans completely trashing my country. Pointing at all the bad and ignoring the good.

[@Star-dy2cj]

i never really realized how popular we are around the world until i was watching a video of a white British boy being arrested and he kept shouting the N-word. it baffled me so hard cuz how does he even know what that means?? then i fell down a rabbit hole of Europeans screaming at the backs of Americans who don't think about them at all and now here I am😕

[@mrmoose6619]

I know I'm not the target audience, but I thought this was well done and should be expanded upon with other places like Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Russia, China, India, and other larger countries that have some sort of political and/or cultural/historical differences within their borders.

[@Me-td5rg]

An easy one to do would be the UK because it’s small, but has such a big difference between each city and county, as well as a distinct ethnicity in each constituent country (as they used to be separate countries) and different languages. It’s like, you can drive 35 miles from Manchester to Liverpool and the people have a completely different accent, then you can drive from Liverpool to somewhere in rural north Wales and find people speaking another language. It’s a pretty small country, but pretty diverse. Also Spain would be cool, considering different regions have their own separate cultures and languages and stuff (not too knowledgeable myself)

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

So everyone knows about West Virginia and how it's famous because of a John Denver song and it's the pride of West Virginia as it's the theme song of West Virginia University....but what if I were to tell you that by "West Virginia", John really meant western VIRGINIA and not West Virginia? Your hint as for the true location he's talking about: Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah River. The Shenandoah River is a tributary of the Potomac and the majority of it is in Virginia while a small slither is in West Virginia. Shenandoah National Park is in Virginia. And the Blue Ridge Mountains is a Virginia and North Carolina thing! Before Atlanta, Delta used to operate out of Monroe, Louisiana. They chose the Mississippi Delta because of its centralized location within the southern states that had a greater need for the firm business offerings. This is where the airline's name came from. They moved to Atlanta in 1941 because the area was growing economically with the presence of key companies such as Coca-Cola. With most of Delta's initial passengers being people in business looking to hop between meetings quickly, it made sense to switch to Atlanta. Delta has since taken advantage of its location on not just the East Coast but also the South, giving it easy access to the Caribbean, Europe, South America, and beyond. And it being at a corner of the US also gives Delta the excuse to do several regional flights to/from small markets to lure people into Atlanta.

[@ghostwolf600]

As an Idahoan at the beginning when you said the major cities and put Pocatello on there, I died laughing. This was a good video.

[@AlexKS1992]

I laughed and rolled my eyes a little bit, I live in South East Idaho in a little town outside of Idaho Falls and to call Pokey a major city is kind of funny.

[@therongjr]

As a western Pennsylvanian: 1) I'm really happy that you mentioned Pittsburgh! 2) This side of the state is more Appalachia/MidWest than "northeast U.S." or "Mid-Atlantic."

[@phlorzum2927]

Yes and south NJ is basically Alabama, but the state as a whole is still Northeast.

[@ConstantChaos1]

​@@phlorzum2927yeah south NJ is like stepping back in time and 1000 miles south at the same time

[@meowmeowmcpurrington2480]

As someone who is from the US and knows a lot of it's geography (capitals, natural geography, political geography) and is a map nerd I knew all of this, I was curious how well you did it. I'll say you did quite well, and I like how you featured the territories of the US as they usually are left out (aside from good ol Puerto Rico). This is very good for beginners or those who are unfamiliar with American geography. Also for Everyone else, those who are interested learning more from American Geography just ask and I'll try my best to answer.

[@linkvos8151]

Did you just proudly say you know the geography of your own country?

[@papaicebreakerii8180]

@@linkvos8151the US is a massive country with a lot of geographic quirks. Most Americans don’t know everything there is to abt US geography. Besides from the states and capitals, we aren’t rlly taught that much abt it

[@thorthewolf8801]

​@@papaicebreakerii8180still wouldnt be something you take pride in. That is the bare minimum, if people dont reach it thats only cause to feel shame about for them, not pride about yourself.

[@aaronmarks9366]

​@@thorthewolf8801As a another American who has an excellent knowledge of geography, I'm going to double down and say I and the OP deserve to be proud of our knowledge when so many of our compatriots are maddeningly ignorant and apathetic.

[@calebklingerman7902]

@@thorthewolf8801I don’t think it’s bare minimum for an American to know the whole geography of the country. They should know their state and the surrounding region pretty well, but the average person doesn’t need to be an expert on the whole country. It’s half a continent to keep track of.

[@blushdog]

Most people today classify the metro areas from new york to dc as the mid atlantic, its also part of the northeast megalopolis, the corridor from dc to boston.

[@KhAnubis]

Teachers, if you want to show this video in your class but don't want the 69 joke, here's a separate version with the joke cut out kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3mrcqGEbblreLc If you want to test your knowledge from this video, I got a blank version of the map I showed in the intro (remember: not everywhere is Texas) twitter.com/KhAnubis/status/1670473945529589762?s=20

[@EchoLog]

Nice! Showing this to my ma who's better at foreign geography than our own 🤣 Oregon, Arizona, Louisiana are the best states 😎 ✌️fellow oregonian

[@bathamsteryt]

I still have one main question: What is the state west of virginia called? You didn't say the name of it.

[@beepboop204]

wert abert Canader, eh?

[@nearyrothphuong1252]

@@bathamsteryt West Virginia.

[@bathamsteryt]

@@nearyrothphuong1252 thank you

[@carl11547]

If you're going to mention the two Vancouvers, I'm surprised you didn't contrast the province of Ontario, Canada with the Los Angeles suburb of Ontario, California.

[@christron5368]

or the two portlands, portland oregon and portland maine.

[@wta1518]

That's even more annoying, because you're either referring to Ontario, CA or Ontario, CA.

[@wooglefurf]

or Ontario, Oregon

[@camiblack1]

And everybody but Idahoans forgets Ontario, OR.

[@Maurice-Navel]

Don't tell them that Wyoming is a county in Pennsylvania, or they will be very confused.

[@pinchofseasalt]

Don’t forget the town of Indiana, PA

[@warriyorcat]

It's also a large suburb of Grand Rapids, MI

[@Goozen12]

As European (Dutch) iam intrigued by those state borders. Straight line, mostly straight and then a kink. Or the shape, some big, some small, some elongated, the panhandles. I think this need an movie too if there is not.

[@LincolnDWard]

most of the straight borders were drawn when population densities were really low in those areas, so there were just a few cities here and there and where you placed the border in between didn't matter all that much. That said, it is a little crazy that so few state borders are based on mountain ranges, given how big a role the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada play in the geography of the American West.

[@acoupleofschoes]

As a wide simplification, most straight line borders were defined politically (usually based on latitude or longitude, probably having to do with international treaties or states rights [read slavery]), and most non-straight borders were defined by nature (rivers, mountain ranges, etc.). In the east, borders were defined early and after there were people spread all around in nearby surrounding areas. In the west, borders were defined as territory was claimed, usually before people had necessarily spread throughout.

[@raphaelwaggoner3200]

If you look at the USA from east to west you'll see the state borders gradually straighten out. The borders in the West are a combination of simple lines drawn on a map, inaccuracies due to the limitations of cartography and mathematics in the 19th century, and weird compromises.

[@clumbus894]

Most of the squiggly borders are rivers (notably the Ohio and Mississippi), and theres also the Appalachian Mountains which give you those diagonal borders like in Tennessee and Virginia. The history of the US has to be viewed going east to west, and each state was admitted as the local settler population became large enough. This means states like Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee were all formulated early on from the original waves. So the borders in the Midwest and South tend to give states of sinilar sizes split up by rivers, lakes, and arbitrary lines as people settled east-west. Then when it comes to the area in the West... well, theyre ginormous land areas that are sparsely populated outside of a handful of large towns, so they ended up just beinf big blocks because the actual border didnt have enough people in the area to matter.

[@user6122]

absolute king shit goes to Kansas city which has the Kansas Missouri border run straight through it

[@millevenon5853]

MIMAL man is so useful and it flows in order. Minnesotta, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana.

[@nonameuserua]

Thanks as always for both content density and a brilliant serving 😊 btw my story, when 12, my dad and I played a quiz about the US states, I managed to learn all of them + capitals in several hours. I thought it was just for fun, but the next day dad gave me a real prize: a new bicycle! Used to live in ex-soviet russia back then

[@layne6675]

SLAVA UKRAINI 🇺🇸🇺🇦

[@nonameuserua]

@@layne6675 Heroyam Slava! 💙💛 and glory to our western siblings helping us fight for freedom as your ancestors once did

[@docjoe86]

3:43 Tennessee doesn’t ONLY look like it could be Mimal’s pan. But I guess you wanted this video to stay monetized.

[@ImColombiaa_]

Me as an american watching this knowing damn well every thing in this video

[@EthanNeal]

Ah yes, the thriving metropolis of Pocatello, Idaho. A city that isn't even the largest in its state even when you ignore Boise and its suburbs (that honor goes to nearby Idaho Falls)

[@thomthom6268]

But... except for maybe Boise, Pocatello might remembered more than any other city in Idaho. I don't know why. Also, how big is the summer population of West Yellowstone?

[@EthanNeal]

@@thomthom6268 Pocatello is at the intersection of two Interstate highways, so it ends up on a lot of signs in Northern Utah. And West Yellowstone gets a lot of visitors, I see a ton of RVs and out of staters on US 20 north of Idaho Falls all the time

[@godzofice2143]

0:17 bro tried sneaking pocatello in there lol

[@KlaxontheImpailr]

I've always seen Michigan as a mitten with a cow lick.

[@Konusu]

I Loved the Mr. Beat reference 😅

[@tobirates916]

Well done! Honestly had no idea where where Puerto Rico actually is. As a Portlander (Oregon), maybe a video on the differences between the 2 Portlands?

[@NebraskaGonvilleJones]

Sorry but did you say that you’re American and didn’t know where Puerto Rico was? I just presumed that learning about your country was something taught in school (sorry I’m not American so only guessing) 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@stigrabbid589]

​@@NebraskaGonvilleJonesSchools here primarily teach about the states and barely cover the territories in comparison. It's sad because those territories all have interesting geography and history of their own.

[@Intrusive_Thought176]

I'm american in california. Are you joking?

[@zlcoolboy]

It hurts to have an education system that pretty much always excludes territories in the maps.

[@FajreroCintilo]

I'm confused by the comments. I learned about territories in schools?

[@kevinabiwardani7550]

The US itself is like its own world, no wonder Americans rarely go outside their state. The US is so huge! Just imagine you want to go to the Alps? Go visit the Rockies. A great dry desert? Nevada or Arizona. Swamps and subtropical forest? Florida it is. That's not to mention Tundra and Taiga (Alaska), and hot Tropical islands (Hawaii and many US Pacific oversea territories). And I knew most of it despite I'm not American, nor European. But remembering them? It'll take a while.

[@raphaelwaggoner3200]

You should see California. We have massive cities, vast hot desert, huge tracts of farmland with small towns by the highway, huge mountains, all in one state. California is like a mini-America.

[@kevinabiwardani7550]

@@raphaelwaggoner3200 Thank you for your kindness and warm welcome. I'll visit it one day.

[@reginaldcampos5762]

As an American, don't visit California unless you stick to the nature parts. The cities are... well, there's a map of every poop in San Francisco for a reason.

[@raphaelwaggoner3200]

@@reginaldcampos5762 just don't go to san francisco... There's plenty to do in Californian cities that aren't SF.

[@djokerdevil]

China or India or Russia has massive terrain types too. That doesnt stop us from pointing out countries on the map.

[@Leo-ok3uj]

I honestly had to pause a moment after the revelation about what Vermot and New Hampshire are doing with each other

[@thomthom6268]

Ask the Brits. Vermont was a separate country before becoming the 14th state.

[@gregboi183]

I find my British friends can reliably name about 30 US states and place about 15 of them

[@jtgd]

3:12 i love you, bro. My type of unexpected humor

[@benjaminlieberman3932]

Back in the early days of the United States, there was no ability for mail to be delivered in any meaningful way out West until the Pony Express started service from St. Joseph, Missouri to San Francisco. That was because everything was completely undeveloped West of the MIMAL man and is still undeveloped today save for a few national highways connecting MIMAL man cities to the West coast.

[@OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions]

You know what's funny the Pony Express didn't last as long as people think it did plus the telegraph replaced it with in like less than a month of its demise and regular mail service eventually made it to the region. Seriously, the Pony Express only existed for a little over a year, April 1860 to October 1861.

[@TheKeksadler]

@@OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions *But* even less people know that a similar service continued for a while afterward- split between two companies, one of which became Wells Fargo.

[@njb1126]

Actually willie New Yorkers call that island Lawnguyland

[@lucinae8512]

4:40 Reminds me of one character from the John Ford classic Stagecoach, who kept telling everyone he's from Kansas City, Kansas. Most non-Americans would assume his state would be obvious from the city name, but I'm a geography nerd and did not fall into that trap.

[@zlcoolboy]

Yep, with some cities you need to specify the state to avoid confusion. KC, mo is over four times the size of KC, ks. 😅 KC, ks is one of the suburbs of kc, mo.

[@oshy3385]

1: My bf lives in Vancouver WA, and I love him so I’ve gone willingly 2: I didn’t know Mr Beat lived in Kansas where I live, that’s really cool😮

[@GrandTourVideos]

Vermont and NH 69 lmao. You got me with that one.

[@resilientcomposer]

You needed to put Denver as a major city. The Nuggets just won.

[@wta1518]

Clearly Pocatello is more important.

[@alquinn8576]

Denver is cow town; it is like the 20th biggest MSA in the US, so not worth mentioning

[@BreadLobby]

As someone from Portland Oregon I appreciate the Vancouver dis😂

[@Napolean.Mapping]

As a Asian who Is still in school i Absolutely nailed American Geography

[@Intrusive_Thought176]

Name every state in the US

[@Napolean.Mapping]

@@Intrusive_Thought176 Maine Massachusets Vermont New Hampshire Rhode Island Conneticut New York New Jersey Maryland Delaware Pennsylvania ( Hard to spell) Virginia West Virginia Ohio Michigan Illinois Indiana Wisconsin Minnesota Montana Idaho Washington Oregon California Nevada Arizona Colorado Wyoming Iowa Kentucky Kansas Arkansas Texas Oklahoma Utah Lousiana Florida North And South Carolina North Abd South Dakota New Mexico Alaska Hawaii (sry if i forgot some

[@Intrusive_Thought176]

@@Napolean.Mapping north abd?

[@Napolean.Mapping]

@@Intrusive_Thought176 oh sorry and i missed missouri and nebraska

[@Napolean.Mapping]

And tenesse

[@JumpmanJedi]

S/o Drew Binski. Guy deserves way more attention as a creator/channel. Nicest dude I watch on KZbin by a mile.

[@jackg350]

I loved how in the beginning of the video when you showed all the major cities you didn’t include Philly Boston Miami or Detroit but included Pocatello

[@GeoBloxAdventures]

i love your content

[@alexmonamochamuch2652]

“Let’s pull up all the major cities” shows Pocatello Idaho

[@Storm7777]

I am from Reno, Nevada and went to university in Washington. I received the same question, whether it be from native Washingtonian or students from outside the county, of, “Oh, you must go to Vegas a lot?” It really seemed to blow their minds when I’d tell them it was a seven hour drive between the two cities. Even more shocking to them was how close Lake Tahoe was to Reno.

[@raphaelwaggoner3200]

Lol, Reno is closer to the capital city of California than it is to Las Vegas, by about a factor of 3

[@thomthom6268]

Also, Reno has casinos and shows of their own. As does the Lake Tahoe, NV city.

[@pelletrouge3032]

I live in reno too

[@the_spruce_moose]

lol vancouver washington is my hometown, loved the dig it’s pretty accurate

[@ec1480]

Since when are VA, NC, and SC the Mid-Atlantic? The Mid-Atlantic is NY, NJ, DE, PA, and MD.

[@MichaelCousin1]

I see a lot of comments about how, "of course I know all the States and their capitals, everyone knows that," yet I've had more than one conversations with university-educated individuals who are positive their are more or less than 50 states. It can happen to anyone. Chicago could be it's own state, it's just not.

[@Michael_Brock]

As an aside Maine was a disconnected part of massachusetts for sometime.

[@KVirello]

You're right about Mr.Beat being the Kansas guy and not Mr. Beast, but Mr. Beast is actually from Kansas as well, technically.

[@highway2heaven91]

I was going to say this but I’m glad I scrolled down first.

[@state_song_xprt]

0:17 Ah yes the major American cities - LA, Vegas, Atlanta, NYC, Chicago, and... Pocatello????

[@irok1]

Remember, US is way closer to EU status since a European country is roughly equal to an American state

[@SylviaRustyFae]

As a murican and tbf to the europeans; its not like any of us know of even three counties/states/provinces/territories of european countries... So like, im shocked when they can get even 20% of the states in the right spots. Most muricans wudnt even be able to get half of the territories/provinces of canada in the right spots if given a map and theres way less of them... And dont even try askin about what the states are in the estados unidos de mexico, even just the names wudnt be known by most muricans, let alone locations

[@graceneilitz7661]

European countries (besides Russia obviously) are the size of American States, so that is why they are more often compared. For example, Ukraine is the largest country fully in Europe,but is still about the size of Texas.

[@SylviaRustyFae]

@@graceneilitz7661 But its still an absurd comparison; if ya wanna compare states, compare them to similar sized states (or similar)... Like comparing to Canada or Mexico Mexico wud be a grt comparison given that their number of states is also similar in addtn to the sizes bein similar

[@GurtBFroe1]

​@@SylviaRustyFaeI'm not so sure that it's as absurd as it seems. U.S. States are said to be co-sovereign with the federal government. Each State has its own government and is divided into counties or equivalents.

[@SylviaRustyFae]

@@GurtBFroe1 Then compare it to the UK i guess, which i still dont think most americans wud get the names of right somehow xD Despite it just bein four of any noten unless we include the commonwealth and crown dependencies (i think thats what theyre called). Most of us def dont know where Gibraltar is or the Isle of Man xD

[@GurtBFroe1]

@@SylviaRustyFae Heh, fair enough

[@LucasCastro-ox6qi]

nice content

[@bonecanoe86]

2:27 Hello, I'm writing from 2043. You called Washington D.C. a "District", but today it is classified as "Radiation Exclusion Zone #4". You're so wrong for not being able to predict this.

[@FajreroCintilo]

Hello, I'm from 2053, and YOU are wrong. IT IS INTERNATIONAL ALIEN WARSHIP AREA OF THE EAST OF AMERIC. THE ALIENS MADE THE AREA DEADLY, SO YOU SHOULD RISK YOUR LIFE TO THANK THEM FOR SPARING EVERYTHING ELSE

[@Worldaffairslover]

As an American I have never met anyone from Wyoming, Montana, the dakotas, Nebraska, iowa, New Hampshire, Vermont, New Mexico , Arkansas, Mississippi, alabama ,

[@adog3129]

As an American, I can't even list most of the states off the top of my head, much less place them on a map. I don't blame any Europeans for not knowing where anything is, aside from a rough idea of New York, California, Texas, and DC.

[@stargazer-elite]

4:32 well… to be fair Mr beast was born in Kansas

[@joshcopeland7883]

fun fact from a st. louisan, no one lives in east st. louis. Lot of history there, but its all abandoned now. STL metro area pretty much ends at the arch

[@__dane__]

As an American who is also a geography nerd, I have never heard of the MIMAL man

[@ChrisTheHoosier]

As a Hoosier I know my state is the definition of average, but it still hurts to hear it out loud 😭

[@heronimousbrapson863]

Vancouver, Washington pre-dates Vancouver, BC. It was originally a Hudson Bay company fur trading post named Fort Vancouver after Royal navy captain George Vancouvef.

[@BonaparteBardithion]

Incidently, both Vancouver, BC and the island of Vancouver (location of BC capital Victoria) are both named after the same George Vancouver. He was kind of all over the area.

[@occam7382]

2:44 "Can you guess which state is to the west of it?" ...Kanawha?

[@marklittle8805]

Meanwhile, us Canadians are waiting for the first tourist of the summer with skis on his roof from the US, or the first European who wants to rent a car in Montreal and drive to Vancouver for the day.....

[@orangeflaws8088]

For those not from the Pacific Northwest, I’m from Portland (the Oregon one) and usually people will just refer to Vancouver (the Washington one ) as just Vancouver, while we usually will specify Vancouver, BC for the Canada one

[@orangeflaws8088]

There’s also a city in Oregon called Redmond which has an airport, and there’s a city in Washington called Redmond which has a much larger population, so those can also be pretty confusing if you’re in an airport trying to figure out which is which

[@revinhatol]

The landlock western states are quite sparsely populated.

[@YakrifZee]

Why should we learn about 50 states? How many states or provinces of European countries do you know about?

[@superduck6456]

Because It’s good to know things

[@MayTheSchwartzBeWithYou]

Nobody's forcing you to know anything. You have the right to be ignorant.

[@MW_Asura]

@@MayTheSchwartzBeWithYou You can repeat that to yourself

[@MayTheSchwartzBeWithYou]

@@MW_Asura I'm not ignorant. At least, not willingly so.

[@Jarekthegamingdragon]

As a Portland resident, the vancouver thing never fails to confuse out of region people. Me: "They live up in vancouver" Them: "Canada?" Me: "No, washington. Them: "DC" Me: No, vancouver washington" Them: "I thought you were in Oregon?" Me: "ffs"

[@tristin6995]

4:35 Mr Beast was actually born in Wichita Kansas

[@a-10warthog40]

☝️🤓

[@SylviaRustyFae]

I actually used to willingly go to Vancouver WA like three times a yr when i lived in Salem OR xD But thats cuz im an Amtgard LARPer (live action roleplay(er)) and theres a local group that meets at a park there. So, we went to Vancouver to pretend we werent in Vancouver but were instd in like medieval europe fightin dragons

[@Blukat2-pb8lx]

Hey North Carolina has more than just Mr beast! We also have Matpat

[@bathamsteryt]

I still have one main question what is the state west of virginia called? You didn't say the name of it.

[@Joseph-qd9ew]

It’s called West Virginia

[@bathamsteryt]

@@Joseph-qd9ew thank you

[@bathamsteryt]

@Joseph-qd9ew wait so your telling me that the state west of Virginia is west Virginia? WOW how could I have guessed that that name is so hard to remember

[@GwainSagaFanChannel]

0:17 Kentucky spotted

[@V0rtre]

Bro tried sneaking in Pocatello as a major city at 0:15 with a population in the 50 thousands 💀

[@waymentbeatbox5339]

homie made a list of major US cities and im just confused on why anything from the state of idaho was even shown

[@randomlyentertaining8287]

Fun fact: Europe is only 100k square miles bigger than the US. The US is a country the size of a continent, hence all the differences between individual Americans and why things can be legal on one side of the US and illegal on the other. What's legal in Spain isn't always legal in Greece, right?

[@sammymarrco2]

as an american i liked this, idk why, knew it all

[@SantaFe19484]

I am an American, and I know European geography quite well.

[@natetully287]

All of Kansas City is in Missouri. Overland Park is is Kansas.

[@brianholmes1812]

As someone living in Vermont, I absolutely CACKLED about us and New Hampshire doing... things...

[@Anuchan]

First time I've heard of MIMAL man. I had to bring up the subtitles before I figured out where the name came from.

[@grahambarton4394]

People might not have spotted it but in his us state map he put the chef holding the plate of fried chicken. SHOUT OUT TO DREW DURNIL FOR THAT ONE 0:13

[@apearce1810]

The most informed and confused that I've ever been! Thank you???? This is seriously one of the best, . ............

[@FinalGurr]

My guy lives in a state that borders Nevada, but still manages to say Nev-ah-da 😭 Nevăda!!

[@phobospotato]

It actually comes from a Spanish word that is pronounced the other way that most people don’t do it Neh-bah-dah Spanish don’t pronounce V

[@FinalGurr]

@@phobospotato I understand the root of the name being Spanish which is why we have places like the Sierra Nevada, named after the Sierra Nevada of Spain. Spain also has a Nevada municipality. However the issue is that we use the anglicization of the pronunciation, and the Nev-ah-da is neither anglicized, or the Spanish pronunciation. the English pronunciation developed to more closely match similar words that have the short a vowel sound like lad, mad, fad, dad, sad, bad, etc. Nearly every word that contains an -ad in English will use the short vowel sound.

[@MichaelBerthelsen]

Kansas = Mr. Beat... Any relation to Dr. Beat by any chance?🤔

[@ReformedSooner24]

Most of the beautiful stuff is West of the middle of the country. Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, the Western half of South Dakota, etc, are all really pretty with fewer people

[@jakem.8608]

Wtf Pocatello at 0:17 ?!?! My hometown is not a major city in any sense of the word 💀

[@Plumjet09]

0:18 bro tried to sneak in Pocatello 💀💀💀💀💀

[@poly-27]

0:14 nice chef

[@MrOttopants]

Also, Minnesota is in Canada.

[@FajreroCintilo]

Why are so many European commenters so offended by the idea of learning about American geography?

[@DinoDev_OG]

i like how he colored the MIMAL man to kinda look like a chef

[@bermuda333]

0:20 4 color theorem pls

[@adm8849]

me, an american who knows all of this watching: neat