Britain's Landscape Ain't Got Nothing on America

[@wyolaskan1868]

Lawrence : Britain is actually quite mountainous American in the Western US: ... you mean hilly?

[@gvs376]

Westerners make fun of our eastern (Appalachian) mountains, as well. It's all relative.

[@Freyas01]

That's without even counting the volcanos on the coast- the Cascades and Sierra Nevadas are fairly impressive until you get near a mountain like Rainier or Shasta, and then they look like toys.

[@davidkelly4210]

@@gvs376 Ya but you can cross western mountains. The Appalachians were nigh impenetrable before the 20th century except for the Cumberland Gap and the far north and south of the range. Just a big ass wall really.

[@KingAnarchist]

@@davidkelly4210 You can go around western mountains, its very very difficult to cross them without modern technology. Like someone said before, it's all relative.

[@davidkelly4210]

@@KingAnarchist That'sa my point, you CAN. In the east, before tunnels, and planes, there were only 3 ways thru. Just solid forest and sheer cliffs.

[@custardapplecat2902]

On the topic of big things in America, I would also like to point out we have the largest tree species in the world, the giant sequoia. Those things are awesome.

[@brandonhill2183]

They are actually on average the second tallest, yet does have the tallest individual tree, general sherman. The redwoods in california are technically on average the tallest species

[@iwillruletheworldyay]

@@brandonhill2183 i live in cali godi did i miss the redwoods when i had to live in indi for a few years

[@karijaneify]

Sequoias have the largest MASS, not height. Redwoods are usually taller, but thinner.

[@bryancorrell3689]

I went on a family vacation out West (from North Carolina ) in my younger days and we visited both the Grand Canyon and Sequoia National Park. As impressive as the Grand Canyon is, standing next to the General Sherman (at that time believed to be the largest living thing on Earth) is truly awe inspiring. You may see pictures of it and think "Yeah, that's big" but you don't get the same feeling of just HOW big as when you're there and it's almost unbelievable that anything can be that big and alive.

[@jaxondeboef6361]

@@brandonhill2183 sequoias are the largest, not tallest. They are the most massive and the tallest are the coastal redwoods

[@mat7279]

Fun fact: The lowest point in Colorado is higher than the highest point in England!

[@Artifex421]

It's also higher than 28 other states 😁

[@jeffreygonzales8071]

I live in Colorado & get nose bleeds daily.

[@someguy2594]

Jeffrey Gonzales dude same, heavy flow too

[@jeffreygonzales8071]

Jeremy Marsh, join us in the Rocky Mountain High, see Fire raining in the sky...

[@someguy2594]

Jeremy Marsh Colorado is actually one of the most educated regions in the US

[@pattyjordan7620]

We have a saying here in Washington state, 'It's not a mountain unless it has snow on it." Everything else is just a hill.

[@BonaparteBardithion]

I thought that was just me. 😄

[@g0679]

Patty Jordan Now I know the difference. I still struggle with “hills” that I would call “slopes.”

[@BonaparteBardithion]

@S Quu - Yang2020 You mean that slushy white stuff that melts by noon? The hills get seasonal snow. The mountains are the part that have snow year round.

[@pyrovania]

@@BonaparteBardithion Similar rule in CA except the snow only happens in the winter.

[@sethrc225]

Well here in AZ our mountains are only seasonally covered in snow. Our tallest peak is 12,600 feet so it’s not that bad. I think the tallest in Washington is what 14,000 something. So our mountains are pretty close in height as compared to you guys

[@Serai3]

Oh, for me it's the redwood forests of Northern California. Those glorious trees stretching hundreds of feet up until the branches arc over like the struts of a cathedral, turning the light green, and the way the fog curls through the trees in the mornings. Nothing else like it on earth. :)

[@LoyaFrostwind]

I love the smell of the redwoods!

[@dotturner3655]

Serai3 you’re a writer, aren’t you? Or at least an English teacher.

[@MRR-my2yl]

The trees so big you can drive a car through it

[@Svensk7119]

Sequoia are a kind of redwood. What the precise speciation differences are, I know not, but they are related.

[@antitheist5567]

It’s always weird hearing a British accent saying positive things about the US.

[@litigioussociety4249]

Also, each environment in America has a robust biodiversity of animals, such as bears, elk, antelope, caribou, wolverines, snakes, eagles, etc.

[@theguywhoasked5591]

There are even some jaguar in Arizona

[@alanlee1355]

And a big foot.

[@Undomaranel]

@@alanlee1355 A singular big foot?

[@alanlee1355]

@@Undomaranel well "and big feet" sounds a bit weird. 😂

[@HemlockRidge]

Don't forget Jackalopes and Side Hill Wedgies.

[@danielm5535]

I love that the highest mountain of the “lower 48”, Mount Whitney, (14,505 ft/4421m) is 100 miles from the lowest point, Death Valley, (-279 feet/-85 meters to sea level).

[@DeathBringerBecky]

lower 48?

[@paladinhansen137]

@@DeathBringerBecky The "lower 48 "is a term used to describe the 48 continual US states. The other two being Hawaii and Alaska. Hence why we say the lower 48.

[@DeathBringerBecky]

@@paladinhansen137 Huh. Strange. I guess because Alaska is further North? That is in no way intuitive to me. Thanks for the info, though.

[@danielm5535]

Yeah, cause Alaska’s higher on the map!

[@robertstuart480]

@@DeathBringerBecky It's that and that British Columbia separates Alaska from the Bottom 48.

[@thudthud5423]

Its amazing how many things that Laurence didn't touch on that are breathtaking in the US. But, as an American that's never been to the UK, Laurence, could you do an episode about the UK's landscape? It seems I hear and see very little about it.

[@ddemaine]

This government website gives a description of the landscape types in each English region (I can't find any equivalent for Scotland, Wales or NI) www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-character-area-profiles-data-for-local-decision-making/national-character-area-profiles

[@GeographRick]

It seems most of the UK stuff we see tends to be London-centric. You might look up Great British Railway Journeys is a BBC documentary series presented by Michael Portillo. It's pretty good.

[@ddemaine]

@@GeographRick I agree, re Mr Portillo. Countryfile as well, if that's accessible across the pond.

[@mattmullett9521]

I think my knowledge of English landscape comes pretty much only from Top Gear.

[@prappsy]

Google the Lake District

[@cmstand]

You didn’t even get to the swamps ie south Louisiana and Florida.

[@donna30044]

The Okefenokee Swamp, which occupies almost 700 square miles in Georgia and Florida, is the largest blackwater swamp in North America.

[@grahamlive]

Probably because there's nothing like that in Britain to compare it to. We just don't have landscape like that here. Well, there is the Norfolk Broads but I don't think that counts. A mere puddle compared to the swamps in the USA.

[@pogfee]

Not sure that they are a big asset for the US, especially now that invasive species have all but wiped out most animals in those swamps.

[@mahatmarandy5977]

Geoffrey Wilson nah, not really. I mean, there have been some casualties obviously, but they are massive and beautiful and almost irritatingly full of life. (I live in a very swampy, marshy area)

[@flaffinator7307]

Texas alone has 5 climate zones.

[@TheProSays]

When talking about the tallest Mountain in the United States, it is actually Mauna Kea in Hawaii. Measured from it's base (deep underwater) it is 33,497 ft. which is taller than Everest.

[@DarthJoJoSage47]

Technically speaking yeah, but on land Everest is taller

[@brownjatt21]

Yea it's the tallest mountain on the planet technically and Everest Is the highest.

[@PhoenixBlazer39]

Strictly speaking of height above sea level, Mt. McKinley in Alaska takes the spot for highest point in the continent.

[@kentgrady9226]

Mountains are defined by elevation above sea level. Anything below water is no longer a mountain.

[@kentgrady9226]

Most Europeans have no concept of the size and scale of America. I live in Omaha. Save the jokes, please. I've heard them all. A Scottish visitor mentioned to me once that he had had a long standing fascination with the American Old West and had always wanted to visit The Black Hills - Deadwood, in particular. He was excited when he learned that his job was sending him to Omaha, Nebraska - only one state away from South Dakota. When I informed him that Deadwood was easily a 9 hour drive from Omaha, the disappointment, tinged with wonder, was plain on his face. Even many Americans who sorted all their lives on the East Coast have little concept of real American vastness. I once met a man in Rhode Island who had never left Rhode Island! That blew me away.

[@ClockCutter]

Britain 'is actually quite mountainous." I'd suspect whoever wrote that memo wisely decided not to send it.

[@peterpike]

I live at the base of Pikes Peak. They named it after me. So it's proof my time machine will eventually work.

[@DonP_is_lostagain]

You don't perhaps have a wizziwhidget for sale do you? I need one for my disintegrater ray. I mean, after all don't you need a spare one or two for the time machine?

[@danip3270]

Hello, also from the base of our purple mountain. 😊

[@PiousMoltar]

You can travel through time but not in space, cursed to forever be stuck at Pikes Peak. But hey I guess it's nice and you can watch the hill-climbs.

[@kevinerose]

How many pikes would Peter's peak pike if Peter's peak could pike peak?

[@scottschmitz3988]

If your name was zebulon pike, then it would have been named after you. But since your name is not zebulon pike, then it is not named after you.

[@plenarchist]

Fun fact...The combined area of the Great Lakes (94,250 sq mi) is almost equal to size of UK (93,628 sq mi).

[@dr4win9f00l]

This reminds me of a guy I dated in Scotland who asked if we could take a weekend trip to the PNW from where I lived in Pennsylvania.

[@willardwooten9582]

When you live in the west most anything under 5000 feet is just a hill with the Rockies the Sierras and the Cascades from N. Cal . to Canada . Each state having it's own diversity such as here in Washington. Where can you go from the wild coast of the Olympics to a couple of miles away have 4 temperate rainforest that leads to the Glaciers of Mt. Olympus dropping into Puget Sound that stretches from Canada halfway through the state before climbing back over the Cascades with snowcapped Mt . Rainier at 14,410 feet then dropping into the desert that was torn apart by Glaciers leaving the worlds largest waterfall dry , yes Dry Falls with a width of 3.5 miles and a drop of 400 feet , that would have been a sight to see.

[@urmorph]

The Grand Canyon is a big tunnel with the top off. How about the big tunnels with the top still on? Carlsbad Caverns, Mammoth Cave, etc. They should be on everyone's bucket list.

[@SinginHigh]

Absolutely Agree!!

[@nunnie768]

Forgot tropical Hawaii, Frozen Alaska, geysers

[@SherriLyle80s]

What's crazy is, Hawaii can also have snow. I went in March a few years back to visit Maui and went to Haleakalā crater. It was chilly at the time but beautiful. In the 60s and sunny. A year ago around the same time, snow. A big snow storm hit. Crazy how fast andwild the weather is there.

[@pattyjordan7620]

And technically, Mauna Kea in Hawaii is taller than Denali.

[@jeandiatasmith4512]

@@SherriLyle80s On the Big Island you can go skiing and surfing in the same afternoon. It was 30F on Mauna Kea and 86 at our hotel. LOL

[@grantexploit5903]

That's largely tangential to landscape, though of course it modifies ground appearance. Also, Alaska has a higher record high temperature than Hawaii, as well as almost the entire UK besides London, Faversham, and Cambridge. And there are areas of Alaska with winters very comparable to those in Wales (and England thermally, though not precipitation-wise), while Hawaii has mountains that receive considerable snow. ;)

[@wyolaskan1868]

Patty Jordan When measured from the base, yes! I believe it’s the tallest in the world with that method.

[@amya8316]

I was born and raised in Arizona and the desert is still my favorite terrain. I also love the geographic diversity in our state. I could be in 70 degree weather in Phoenix and drive 2-3 hours north to Flagstaff to go skiing and play in the snow.

[@larrymcjones]

The summers though...I'm visiting Phoenix and Tucson right now but it's January

[@amya8316]

Larrymcjones I feel soo cold 🥶 now. I love weather in the 80s/90s. July is pretty hot though 🥵

[@warvinsroom9364]

It’s always 80-100 from spring to fall here Southern California

[@azshooter348]

You neglected to mention that Arizona is only 1/3 desert. The rest is mountainous. The largest Ponderosa Pine forest in North America is in Arizona. Also, Arizona's Mt. Lemmon is the southernmost Ski Area in North America.

[@jessethomas7949]

I thought the weather in Louisiana sucked. August temps running between 95-105 with 75-100% humidity. Then our 3 days of winter we get every decade is crazy. In the teens with a brisk north wind with around 40- 80% humidity. Doesn’t sound bad until you’re outside in it.😂 And right now we go to work at 75 and a south wind and get home at 40 with a north wind.

[@davidbarts6144]

I'm partial to the North Cascades. Despite being close to a densely-populated lowland area that has two major cities, they are so rugged that large parts are still to this day trackless wilderness. They have a waterfall higher than Yosemite Falls which almost nobody has seen, because the area in which it is, is so difficult to get to.

[@shawna620]

You forgot the Cascade mountain range in the Pacific Northwest!! 🗻🏔🏔🌋🗻🗻

[@pattyjordan7620]

And the Olympics

[@victorwaddell6530]

Ozark Mountains .

[@Acesarecool4269]

And the 3 mountain ranges in Alaska

[@ellencameron3775]

It's all about active volcanoes that you can ski on!

[@aidenchristensen7724]

@@ellencameron3775 mt. hood gang for life

[@flyingprogrammer]

That Boise “hill” climb to Table Rock is a 900-foot climb to 3,630 feet, which would qualify it as a “mountain” anywhere in England. Or, at least it would if it weren't in the foothills of another 7,580-foot mountain just 12½ miles away. BTW, the taller one is also available for driving, hiking, or skiing, depending on the season. #skiboise

[@philomathist6899]

I especially love the dirt nascar track In someone’s backyard when driving there from Greenville, really gives you a sense of the culture and people.

[@britstickle5698]

The Cascade Mountain Range in Washington State has Mt. Rainier which is 14,000 ft high!

[@SmedleyDouwright]

Mt. Rainier's snow covered peak looks like a giant floating UFO from the top of the Space Needle in Seattle. This east coaster was impressed.

[@iwillruletheworldyay]

cant forget the volcanoes either like mount st helens

[@Slownomad]

@@iwillruletheworldyay Rainier IS a volcano, too. It just hasn't gone off in recent memory, but it is very much active and blurps out small lahars every-now-and-then. It's a massive danger to the cities of Puyallup and Tacoma that are built on top of the last major lahar (super heated mud and water mixed with rocks and trees). Mt. Baker, Mt. Adams, and Glacier Peak are 3 other major active volcanoes in the Cascade range.

[@cirrustate8674]

@@Slownomad Don't forget Mt Hood, Three Sisters, and Wizard Island in Crater Lake.

[@Wombatmetal]

I live on the Olympic Peninsula, nestled between the Olympic mountains and the Pacific ocean, and I mean literally. The mountains are 8,000 feet at their tallest. So I sit in my back yard and have a mountain range, and on my front porch and have the Pacific. It is stunning out here

[@brrjohnson8131]

That area is possibly my favorite landscape. The only place that compares in beauty are some parts of New England in the springtime. As far as populatied areas go anyway.

[@danr154]

Port Angeles?

[@Wombatmetal]

@@danr154 Yes, had an eagle fly by my office window about 20 feet away today, PA is a gorgeous place to live

[@danr154]

@@Wombatmetal Haha awesome! I guessed it cause I have a friend who worked for the forest service and lived there. I went to visit once soon after he got married and was floored by it. EDIT: I'm from Illinois so had never seen anything like it but now I live in Utah so I get my fill minus the ocean

[@trentenswett6306]

I was born in Denver, grew up in Idaho, Wyoming and Utah. I can't see my self living any where, were there wasn't mountains or snow. Also a little fun fact here in Utah there is a mountain range called Ben Lomond named by Scottish settlers because it reminded them of the highlands, and the Ben Lomond high school has their own pipe band and their mascot is the Scot.

[@danr154]

Huh. Did not know that and I lived right by that high school's soccer field for 2 years. Even has a sign on it that says "Home of the Scots".

[@thedave513]

Back in the 70's, all the tough guys from my high school and Ben Lomond high used to routinely beat the snot out of each other during football season just for fun. Small world eh?

[@annconover1277]

I live in a mountain rang he missed.. I live in the Ozarks witch is in between the rockies and the appalachians.

[@theJellyjoker]

A lot of people forget about the Ozarks.

[@Cypresssina]

Is the Ozarks Witch anything like the Bell Witch?

[@xDTHx]

I live at the edge of the Ozarks.

[@Bluesonofman]

Cypresssina The Ozarks have a Rosachrusan conspiracy linked to it

[@cydrych]

He didn’t mention the Porcupine Mountains either.

[@lcozzarelli]

Don’t forget the Poconos and the Catskills in the Northeast! :)

[@gregweatherup9596]

And many other mountain ranges like the volcanic Cascades, the Ozark's, California coast & transverse ranges, etc., etc. (And were still only in the contiguous 48!).

[@HemlockRidge]

They are both Ranges in the Appalachians, along with the Alleghenies, The Blue Ridge, The Smokies, etc.

[@MsKK909]

I had friends who had a cottage in the Lake District..... so very beautiful. It was February when we arrived and the little stone house was as cold as a tomb. There was a very small coal grate in the fireplace and my host placed one lump of coal in it and (I swear! ONE!), started it burning as we left the house for a night at the local pub. I was dreading getting back to the house because I just knew it was going to be an ice box! I’d planned on sleeping in my clothes because it was too cold to get undressed! When we got back, the place was like an oven! I couldn’t believe it! That little lump of coal had heated up the stone walls, which acted as heat collectors.... I had to strip down and sleep with the window open! It was my first experience with the awesome power of coal. I really had no idea.... it was a wonderful trip.

[@floydiandreamscapes5145]

In 1986 a friend of mine and I moved a friend of his to California. We drove from Vermont to Redding California almost non stop it took 4 days to get there.

[@Ozzy_2014]

Try crossing Canada from Labrodour to Victoria. It takes a week.

[@mirozen_]

Enjoyable video as usual! I live in the state of Washington, and when it comes to diversity in landscape I think we have it to an almost ridiculous extent. Both plains and desert on the eastern side of the state, temperate forests (and rain forest) in the west, over 150 miles of ocean coastline, and Puget Sound filled with many islands and waterways. We have 63 named mountain ranges, many mountain peaks tall enough to be snow covered year round, 8000 lakes, and over 150 rivers. All this...and we are just one state in fifty. I look forward to visiting the UK someday and I know that there are some fantastic things to see there, but I don't have to even leave my home state to find some breathtakingly beautiful and diverse landscape.

[@BonaparteBardithion]

You forgot the fjords. I just like being able to say we have them. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fjords_of_the_United_States

[@mirozen_]

@@BonaparteBardithion Lol! Well I did mention Puget Sound...I just didn't explain that it was a system of fjords! But you're right! It does sound good...we have fjords! :-) It's a great place to scuba dive. I've heard that Jacques Cousteau considered Puget Sound one of the 7 underwater wonders of the world And I guess volcanoes are worth a mention too when it comes to interesting landscape. Before Mount St. Helens blew its top off it was 9,677 feet (2,950 meters) tall...and it was still only the 5th tallest peak in the state.

[@frances3424]

And that is one reason why Americans don't travel much outside of the U.S. There is so much diversity in our own back yards.

[@NatureShy]

@@mirozen_ Pretty much the same idea here in Oregon. We've got mountains, glacier clad volcanoes (more than WA, but shorter than your tallest, Rainier), deserts, coastline, old growth massive trees, rainforest, waterfalls, lava flows, canyons, and gorges. 30 minutes to the coast, 45 min to Mt Hood and the mountains, 30 minutes to the gorge, and 2 hours to the desert. And as most people live in the northern part of the state, we can take advantage of most of Washington's places too! Easily can drive up to Rainier in under 4 hours, Mt Adams in under 3 hours, Olympics in under 4 hours, and St Helens in under 3 hours.

[@mirozen_]

@@NatureShy True! And while you may not have any "fjords", you also don't have a sales tax! :-) And you also have "Glass Butte", which I've been trying to find the time to go visit for over a year now! As for home, I love the fact that where I live I can go salt water fishing or kayaking in 5 minutes, go water skiing on a lake in 20 minutes, or snowboarding or skiing in less than an hour. Ocean, desert, mountains, and forest all can be reached in an hour or less. There's even a rain forest only 80 miles away, but it takes 3 and a half hours to reach it by car because there are so few roads leading to it so that's inconvenient. I'm spoiled rotten! As I initially commented, Washington (and Oregon and British Columbia Canada our neighbors!) have diversity in landscape to a ridiculous extent. I love it! :-)

[@rollinwithunclepete824]

Forgot... the Black Hills SD (Mt Rushmore), The Olympics WA (the only temperate rain forest in the world), the Cascades WA, the Ozarks... and some others too. The big island of Hawaii is actually the tallest mountain on earth when measured from it's base at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean

[@Kikilang60]

One of the amazing thing about the United Kingdom is it long history. Honestly, if you got to London, go to the banks of the Thames, and you can casually pick up roman pottery in the clay. Now, that a amazing.

[@benn454]

There's stuff just as old in the US. The Mississippian and Pueblo cultures are thousands of years old. In the year 1250, the Mississippian capital, Cahokia, was larger than London. Europeans tend to forget that American history didn't start with them.

[@manchestertart5614]

As long as you admire it and put it back where you got it from. You have to have a licence /permit to Mudlark on the Thames.

[@Kikilang60]

I used to hunt for arrow heads, so yes you can find old things in the America. Other countries do have a long history, so you never know what you may find just laying around. Yes, you do need permits to mudlark. There are rules, even if they don't make sense sometime. I'm not sure, but if something is just laying on the top of the ground, and it's not historically significant, you can take it, but maybe not. It's strange, you need a permit, to take stuff. At the same time, their is construction going on. They dig big holes in the Thames, smash everything, but you cat take it.

[@trinkab]

In the case of mountains, size does matter, just ask the man who walked up a hill and came down a mountain.

[@shawna620]

Love that movie!!

[@DeathBringerBecky]

Pardon the uncultured swine. What movie?

[@shawna620]

@@DeathBringerBecky "The Englishman who went up a hill & came down a mountain," starring Hugh Grant. It's a fun movie!

[@elaniarkady7351]

My favorite terrain is the Redwood forests.

[@flagmichael]

I'll take the Gulfstream Waters for 100, Alex.

[@doghair5403]

You know what else is in Arizona? The original London Bridge from The London in England. I hear someone might be from around there. In case you are curious it is in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.

[@wilklikesmilk5371]

I’m from Appalachia I think many Americans underestimate the rural parts of our country.

[@johnbowers6258]

And the people

[@michelleauville3991]

@@johnbowers6258 yep

[@selinaburke7645]

Born and raise Appalachian. I agree.

[@danr154]

Eh....I'm from Illinois and spent time in Arkansas........my problem is the humidity mainly.

[@johnulrich5572]

And the Ozark mountains in the middle of the US is another mountain range.

[@ladydewynter674]

With some stunning landscapes there.

[@twotone3471]

The Ozarks aren't a Mountain chain, its a eroded plateau. You could say the St.Francois Mountains in Missouri, and the Ouachita Mountains in Arkansas and be right though, but the Ozarks aren't mountains.

[@RyanAcidhedzMurphy]

@@twotone3471 "There are two mountain ranges within the Ozarks: the Boston Mountains of Arkansas and the St. Francois Mountains of Missouri. Buffalo Lookout, the highest point in the Ozarks, is located in the Boston Mountains. Geologically, the area is a broad dome with the exposed core in the ancient St. Francois Mountains, some of the oldest rocks in North America. The Ozarks cover nearly 47,000 square miles (120,000 km2), making it the most extensive highland region between the Appalachians and Rockies. Together with the Ouachita Mountains, the area is known as the U.S. Interior Highlands."

[@twotone3471]

@@RyanAcidhedzMurphy That there are mountains within the Ozarks don't mean the Ozarks are mountains. Its pretty in a way that Karst topography is, but due to erosion, not uplift with the exceptions given. The Boston Mountains are rather special, its part of a missing mountain chain that ran from Northern Texas to the Carolinas that was split off North America when South America pulled away from it. Buried in the west under the great plains, and just missing to the east, the missing bit is in Venezuela!

[@l1ves2r1de]

Those aren't mountains! They are tall hills. The black hills in South Dakota are more of a mountain range than the Ozarks.

[@yamiswife101]

Coloradan here. My city eats your mountains for breakfast. 2x the height

[@SpookyMomma918]

first time i was in Colorado, i realized that it has mountains on their mountains.

[@Cypresssina]

Hi fellow Coloradan 🙂

[@Septiccatgaming]

Dottoman No, not quite. They just felt that Salt Lake City could hold it better than Denver. And Denver doesn’t need MORE traffic.

[@Hooner77]

My father and his brothers were all born and raised in Colorado. Most of that time was in Victor which sits at 9708 feet above sea level. He always said it wasn't a mountain if if it didn't have a timberline. When he said that to someone from the East the response he received was "What's a timberline?"

[@Cypresssina]

@@Hooner77 😂

[@fidelogos7098]

They may not rival any mountain range but the White Cliffs of Dover are breathtaking and iconic. Why does it have to be a competition? It's all one world and there's beauty everywhere.

[@johnbowers6258]

Except Gary, Indiana

[@michaeldougfir9807]

Until my wife died I was married into a British family. I enjoy reading/hearing about Britain, its' topography and people. But you gave us a fresh look at the UK landscape. The author of ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL and the rest of that series, wrote of a crazy, danderous drive in snow in the Penines. Since I am from the Sierra Nevada mountains in the western US, the story left me with a few questions. So I thank you for the geographic and related information. Thank you for this presentation. Good graphics and photos. Well done.

[@flowerdoyle3749]

Actually the Pacific Northwest has 2 separate mountain ranges...The Olympic Range and the Cascade Range....the Cascade range has 18 active volcanoes.

[@NatureShy]

My favorite terrain is right here in the Pacific Northwest. We've got jagged mountains, volcanoes, deserts, canyons, rainforests, lava flows, jagged coastline and headlands, beaches, massive old growth trees, lakes, massive rivers, waterfalls (including the tallest in the lower 48 states up in WA around 3,000 feet tall), islands, and so much more. Aa a hiker, you never run out of places to hike in this region.

[@chrisj.9882]

Favorite terrain: southern Utah. OH MY GOLLY, IT'S ALL SO PRETTY!!

[@scottstewart5784]

those red hills at sunset

[@thedankmemelord5215]

I'd love to see them. I've been to Colorado, and I'd pick the Southwest for vacation if I could.

[@davehoward22]

Go to Yorkshire or Scottish highlands for pretty

[@danr154]

Yea I live in Utah and it's like being able to drive to Mars whenever you want basically.

[@19580822]

I suppose it's all what you're used to or where you grew up. I've visited most of the southwest (relatives in Arizona) and it's a great place to visit with some stunning scenery, but I found myself craving the color green as in trees, grass or most any type of vegetation. My eyes were literally starving to death. The barren landscape of the southwest may be fine for some, but I'll take the forests and rolling hills of the east any day.

[@shawnaimus]

You have to come to Montana and visit glacier!! No words for the beauty.

[@markmccormack1214]

To be honest my favourite terrain is indoors watching KZbin thank you an goodnight

[@rylian21]

My favorite terrain is the temperate rainforests of the Olympic Mountains in WA.

[@RobotShlomo]

If you like mountains and haven't been there yet, head to Estes Park Colorado.

[@TenaciousSLG]

Laurence (and Tarah), I just wanted to say that your Vlogmas videos are more far-reaching and important than you probably know. I have severe depression and holiday time makes it that much worse. Having even your daily video to look forward to is helpful-a welcome few moments of relief every day. Thank you so much for that gift!

[@janicefeny2223]

I've suffered from depression as well. Love these vids - hope you find joy this holiday season🕊☺

[@TenaciousSLG]

Janice Feny How kind of you💛. Thank you!

[@janicefeny2223]

@@TenaciousSLG you're very welcome ❤

[@3Authoress]

I think you might enjoy Mount Washington in the Presidential range up in New Hampshire. It's got a weather station at the top that held the world record for the highest sustained wind speed ever recorded on Earth until about a year or so ago. You can hike up, drive up, or even ride an old style train up and down. Definitely worth it. Oh! And you can see the Atlantic Ocean from the summit on a clear day. But beware, the mountain's weather is notoriously strange.

[@LostinthePond]

I've seen it with my own eyes. But didn't get chance to climb it.

[@3Authoress]

@@LostinthePond Nice! If you ever get the chance, try going in either fall for winter. The leaves are amazing and the icicles in winter are freaking SIDEWAYS and as big around as my dad's bicep. Not kidding. We have pictures. Still blows my mind.

[@kellypenrod2979]

A couple of tidbits for you, Colorado, has 52 peaks over 14000ft, Black mesa, in Oklahoma, is over 4000ft. I could go on, but you get the point. Love your videos!!;)

[@pitademon]

Come to Anchorage, Alaska. Here you can see 5 different mountain ranges! The Chugach (pronounced chew-gatch), Kenai (pronounced Key-nigh), Alaska range (which has Denali), Talkeetna mountains (pronounced Tahl-key-t-nah), and the Aleutian range (which runs off to form the Aleutian islands and home to most of the active volcanoes in the United States). A glacier you can drive up to, another you can boat to, a large bird preserve. You can even fish for salmon downtown! It does not get any fresher! to me best time to visit would be in mid to late August. see all the changing foliage and check out our LARGE! supersized vegetables (ever see a 100lb. cabbage?, or a zucchini the size of your forearm?). does get a bit rainy, but like England it must be perpetually misty for everything to be so green.

[@MichaelSHartman]

I visited Anchorage, and saw the intown salmon fishing. You forgot the Canadian Geese flying low overhead, and the ducks in the road. To the north Stackpole pine trees everywhere. You have great seafood, and reindeer. I had the great luck to be there during the state fair which hosted huge vegetables. Got told about the cold ways of the Eskimo by a woman who lived during that time.

[@mutteringcrone1210]

Get out of Anchorage and see Denali NP, or the Wrangell-St. Elias NP. The WSE is huge and is a wonderland of superlatives, not to mention it could encompass Switzerland.

[@KristinaL1698]

I loved your comment about taking a boat from "the top of America all the way to England". When some of my ancestors came to America from Ireland, they first went to Liverpool, then took a ship to New Orleans, then another boat up the Mississippi River to what was then (the 1840s) the largest city in Illinois, Nauvoo. Not exactly to the northernmost part of the U.S. but the general idea (in reverse) is pretty much what you talked about.

[@gormauslander]

Me, an American Sees title "Well I do like to hear people brag about my country"

[@bromixsr]

In truth, If you have to tell an American to brag about their country, then you know they are no true American. They should be bragging before you ask.

[@gormauslander]

Sounds like me

[@janjirawilliams1172]

Husband&I lived in vegas for over 40years.we often explored the desert areas on off days.we goes off roading&hike.so we covered Utah,California&Arizona.never get old.so beautiful.just as beautiful as Carmel California.where the Hearst castle is.

[@alvinwine5665]

My favorite type of terrain is the swamp , like where I was born and lived all my life , it's wonderful and I'm an scotch / Irishman in Florida

[@akeeperofoddknowledge4956]

You're a Scott! Scotch is s drink.

[@alvinwine5665]

@Jarbledumbles it's different if your born into the environment I grew up here without air-conditioning or heat so the humidity never bothered me it's just natural that people be are acclimated to the environment they grew up in I've lived here over55 years and it does not bother me where as tourist don't care so well.

[@alvinwine5665]

@Jason Mistretta new England too cold for me when temps get down to 70° f I put a jacket on, I lived in Pennsylvania for a four years and just don't like the cold I like being able to wear shorts Tshirt and sandals year round Christmas day today it was 81° f here , such a lovely day.

[@danr154]

Ugh see I gave the south a chance but yea that humidity and in some cases lack of breeze makes it insufferable. I swear it's why everyone walks slower down there. I did not enjoy my time in Little Rock I'll tell ya that for sure. Memphis is just bigger Little Rock. Alabama was cool to visit I guess (space camp and Talladega was a fun trip as a kid). But hey at least the south bas good fried food and Shipley Donuts. Maybe if I was more into hunting or eating bath salts lol. I'm from Illinois and hated it, almost as humid. Now I'm in Utah and I still get my 4 seasons AND no humidity somehow. When the snow caps the mountains and all the colors are changed at the same time Northern Utah becomes one of the most beautiful places you could ever live. And it's in your backyard, you dont have to drive anywhere to get a better view like Colorado or Wyoming really cause the mountains tower over you to where it looks like you could hit them with a spitball.

[@CentennialTreks]

As someone born and raised in Colorado, I have been fortunate to climb a fair number of the peaks within the highest chains of mtns. in the lower 48 states. Now as you say, size matters....that and the vast areas above the trees can give these mtns. a kind of forbidding quality. But still, that is just one dimension of beauty and awe. The Appalachians are much lower, but the time I went there I was struck by their comparative lushness and cosiness. Having said that, I have never been to the U.K. before - my ancestors got on a boat from there to Virginia long ago - but would love to see its mtns. Thanks I enjoyed watching.

[@cassymarlow6111]

One of my favorite stories from my oldest sister who went to Ireland, was she wasn’t feeling very well, but everyone in the area told them that they had to check out this mountain they had that they were proud of, and accidentally went over it like four times in one day looking for it, but only finding a hill 😂😂 the locals were quite shocked 🤣 also in my town in Wyoming, the mountain that we call Casper mountain is part of the Rockies that is 8,000+ft.... and those pics of “mountains”? Only showed hills, the Snowdonia? It’s at best a mountain-y hill, or a hill with aspirations of being a mountain, it’s adorable in the pictures I looked up for sure

[@dendrocerulean5908]

Well sometimes things don’t need to be big to be beautiful.

[@idahoandude3284]

Swamps, tropical rainforests, temperate rainforests of Washington state, forests, deserts, canyons, great lakes, rolling hills, mighty rivers, steppes, vast plains, rock formations. We have everything and it's what I love most about America. Denali is possibly the tallest (not highest) mountain in the world. The Grand Canyon is possibly the most iconic geographical location in the world. Love it here.

[@thomasgrabkowski8283]

Fun fact: Denver is at a higher elevation than the summit of Ben Nevis

[@StamperWendy]

I love watching your videos, Laurence. Keep well. God bless you and your family.

[@elijahyoung11]

Denali is higher above sea level, but mauna kea would also be the tallest in the world at 33k ft. From the sea level base

[@Platyfurmany]

Lawrence, I would say that both the US and the UK have some of the most beautiful landscapes/countrysides/places in the world! Often times, it's just a different kind of beautiful. I absolutely loved exploring back roads in the countryside of the UK, especially in the Peaks District. At the same time, I'd put up drives like our Blue Ridge Parkway against any other place in the world for heart-rending beauty.

[@StamfordBridge]

The Sierra Nevada is heaven on Earth.

[@Repicheep22]

I burst out laughing when the picture of Ben Nevis came on screen! **That's** Britain's tallest mountain!? I've done day hikes with my elderly aunts on mountains taller than that! And it's so adorable, too.

[@ddemaine]

Haha. We're aware in the grand scheme of things, it's not that tall. However the landmass isn't big enough for the massive peaks you have in the USA.

[@pogfee]

I still double take every time I hear someone call Mount McKinley "Denali".

[@ChrisPage68]

Isn't it funny how "Denali" is an anagram of "denial"? 😜

[@MattDakus]

It was officially renamed I believe

[@PhoenixBlazer39]

What, since when?

[@thhunter]

@@PhoenixBlazer39 2015

[@JamesWilson-vr3ql]

C'mon now! The people who actually LIVE near the damn thing were calling it Denali a long time before it was ever named McKinley. Of course, I also use Chomo Lung Ma.

[@DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER]

I've never been to the UK, but I have always loved how all of the landscape seems to be so "naturally landscaped", like it's been gently cared for, but not like Disneyland or a golf course. The meadows have this clean beautiful grass that goes right up to the rivers, and meets them with no rough edges or anything. Everything looks like it was naturally born to be a perfect picture postcard. And the country byways. Sometimes, I'll stop Downton Abbey, during a driving scene, and just look at the country lanes and hedges and such. So beautiful. We don't really have that here. And don't get me started on the blighted areas caused by the litterbugs. Even in an otherwise beautiful area, of which we have plenty, you will almost always see garbage dotting the landscape. Like it grew there. You never see that in pictures of England. I know you have what you call "yobs" and such there. But it's like you have fairies and leprechauns...or maybe you call them outdoor broonies, who go around every night and pick up after everybody, and prune the landscape...but in ways that doesn't overtly look like anyone actually did anything. If I had to describe it...it's like how women who know what they are doing with makeup, put it on. Which is, to make it look like they're not really wearing any makeup, but just naturally look great. It is used to "accentuate the natural look", not overwhelm it garishly. Anyway, that's what England looks like in the countryside...rambling like an old English garden, like no one really did anything, but it just grew this great looking way, entirely on its own. And another thing, the way you guys build your great buildings right down into the rivers, not just up to the edges. And the buildings apparently don't leak (or else everyone agrees to keep a stiff upper lip about it, and not tell the world, especially the Americans, lol). I don't know how you do that. If we built a building right up to one of our rivers. Let alone down in it. People will drown! It's guaranteed. And then people will get sued. And it would come out in court that strong drink, and stronger drugs...was involved in the construction and planning. And "the Man", who was cheap, didn't want to buy enough land to build his new building, and so he told the architects to just try building a few feet of it into the river. And then...right after it was done, people would start drowning in their offices, and the lawsuits would start...because that's what we DO here. And within a month the building would fall sideways INTO the river. And that would be that. And the fish would build their nests in it, or whatever they live in. And the next year, all the locals would be going out there with their fishing boats and six-packs of beer, trying to fish down through the office windows. And hollering at each other about all the office equipment they were hooking. "Hey look, Billy-Bob...I caught a copier... It's a Canon. I wonder if it still works!" But you guys can build these cathedrals...CATHEDRALS, and stuff right up to, and it looks like, right down into the river. And two hundred years later, they're still there. And presumably not leaking. And nobody drowned during Mass, or whatever. I really don't think your rivers flood over there. They wouldn't dare flood. I don't think it's "done". And the rivers understand this somehow. That it's "improper and uncivilized" to flood. So it's not done. The rivers know "their place", and they tend to literally stay in it, as near as I can tell. No matter that the grass comes all the way down to the water. The river never presumes to "go over top the grass". Apparently, it's against the rules. And the English rivers all know that. American rivers are unruly. It does not matter how many dozen feet of sheer drop there is from the edge of the river bank down to the actual river...an American river sees it as its God-given right and responsibility, to rise higher than the banks on each side of it. On a regular basis. American rivers, are in a sense, like American people. They don't know "their place", at all. They're always rising up over whatever is next to them, whether it's a meadow, or house or a mall. I'm pretty sure I've never even seen a picture of a British flood. So I'm not sure if you have them, and they're a state secret, or if English rivers wouldn't even dream of flooding through someone's pretty meadow. Let alone through their house. Kinda like how the Dowager Countess, old lady Grantham on Downton Abbey once said "No Englishman would even dream of dying in someone else's house." Or words to that effect. Enough for now. But can you explain any of this? I think it's something like leprechauns...that come out at night, and make everything look like a picture postcard. And remind the rivers to behave. And keep the buildings from falling into them, or leaking. But I don't know how it REALLY works. It just seems that it does.

[@beanburrito4405]

America’s population density is actually very low, which can be seen when compared to European countries. This is especially so for the West when taking into account how populated the East is. The population density is only 34 people per square kilometer, which is much less than the world average of 57 p/k2, when compared to the UK’s population density of 274 p/k2

[@xDTHx]

The west is less populated because it's simply harder to build cities with the western terrain. Also because the US started on the East so the entire eastern side had more time to develop. But it's mainly because the terrain in the west isn't all that suitable for cities.

[@Cody_Ramer]

My state has 7 people per square mile on average. That's about 4.3 per square kilometer.

[@wwoods66]

@@xDTHx Not the terrain but the lack of water.

[@xDTHx]

@@wwoods66 that's true too, but the terrain also has a big thing to do with it. In the west it looks very mountainous and full of desert. There's lots of land in the west which simply can't be built on because of the mountainous environment.

[@christianboehlefeld5168]

The main thing to realize is that the US is only slightly smaller than Europe by total land area and has around half the total population.

[@ddemaine]

The Grand Canyon has to be seen in person, for its majesty to be fully appreciated. There's also a sparse beauty to vast emptiness of Mojave Desert, that can only be experienced by visiting. Nothing can beat a road trip across the Rockies. Bill Bryson did a good book about the Appalachians, later made into a Robert Redford film (yes, really) The UK is only second to New Zealand, for variety of landscape for its area: Within in a few hundred miles you can switch from the flat peaty expanses of the Fens, to rugged and mountainous terrain of Scottish highlands, passing through woodlands, heaths, moorlands, chalk hills, and lots more between. A geological map of the UK reveals a rich tapestry found nowhere else in such a small area (bar NZ of course) The USA is lucky in that it has enough land to create huge mountains. It's true the mountains of the USA make the Cairngorms or Mournes look ant hills: The beauty of the highest summits in the UK, is that you can walk up them without specialist equipment (crampons, oxygen etc). Snowdon even has a railway to the top, if you fancy an expensive cheat. IIRC USA is about 40 times larger than the UK.

[@marsbars4767]

Well that’s not fair because America’s like an entire continent!

[@SomethingSeemsOff]

Yeah, he makes it clear in the video that this isn't a "fair" comparison, but rather more just giving one an even better understanding of just how vast the US is. But I agree with you, the US could be considered it's own subcontinent especially considering just how many different ecosystems it contains.

[@flagmichael]

But not as much as Australia is.

[@timothycook2917]

Funny how you touched on this topic. A few hours ago I was in the "shadow" of Mt. Williamson, California, that rises 10,000 feet above the valley floor on the backside of the Sierra Nevada. A few weeks ago I was by the headwaters of the Mississippi, which is near Bemidji, Minnesota.

[@heidimarchant5438]

God bless America Land that I love Stand beside her And guide her Thru the night with the light from above From the mountains, to the prairies To the oceans white with foam God bless America, my home sweet home💝

[@ChrisPage68]

Through.

[@danielhaywoodsnow]

You can have all of it in NC, we have the mountains, some wet stuff, some flat stuff, and the big ocean thingy too.

[@chipparmley]

I am surprised you did not mention the Grand Tetons. "Big" is in the name.

[@PixelatedH2O]

It slightly loses points for roughly translating to Big Nipples

[@adriennegormley9358]

He actually mentioned the major chains (Appalachians, Rockies, Sierra. areas like the Catskills, Tetons, etc, are subranges within the larger ones.

[@g0679]

Adam Porter A lonesome French trapper named those peaks.

[@lesliefranklin1870]

"Tetons" is the important word.

[@bodywhey8]

Im from the foothills of the Appalachia. They are an amazing land feature to live near. Give me the mountains over the beaches any day. There’s waterfalls, trails to hike, and tons of sites to explore.

[@GIRTHQUAK3]

"I have an obsession with size" Well I didn't see that coming.

[@gothnate]

Same thing the blind porn star said.

[@WandaMay22]

My favourite is the Canadian Shield. Absolutely beautiful!

[@diamondflaw]

Plus, we've got volcanoes! Horray for the Cascades and Yellowstone, and here's to them not blowing up too often!

[@ChrisPage68]

There's a volcano in Scotland - Arthur's Seat. Edinburgh Castle sits on it.

[@diamondflaw]

@@ChrisPage68 "A hill for magnitude, a mountain in virtue of its bold design."-Robert Louis Stevenson TIL. I like it! I mean, sure it'd fit inside the crater of Mount St. Helens pretty tidily, but who says size matters?

[@emilyabt4016]

I'm late to this party but I love my Missouri Ozarks. It's such a vast area of the state with the Black River, many campgrounds, the Lake of the Ozarks, Mount Tauk Sauk and its summer camp. It's my happy space during the summer.

[@margeoconnor166]

You succinctly explained why we are an automobile based society. Trains just arent efficient getting us from here to there.

[@matthewhammond9575]

Marge O'Connor The railways in the US are meant to ship freight and has the right of way over trains with people in them. This is also why they cannot travel very fast.

[@margeoconnor166]

@@matthewhammond9575 duh!! You missed the point completely

[@ddemaine]

Trains work better in places with higher population concentrations. Travelling from (for instance) Denver to LA would be a lot quicker by air, than by train

[@jena6587]

Estes Park, CO. The gateway to the Rocky Mountains. Absolutely beautiful. Was there when I was 13. Can’t wait to go back with my family. ❤️

[@someguydavies2313]

Finally, somebody who knows how to pronounce Appalachia right.

[@scottmsg]

Ethan Davies I was so happy when I heard that.

[@LoriCrabtree31]

His wife is from West Virginia.

[@LPCardinals]

I’m from the Ozarks but the Grand Canyon at sunset is without a doubt the most beautiful place I’ve ever seen

[@toddhall7416]

Interesting fact: Denali is actually much larger than Everest. It's just that the valley at Everest is much higher. Also the US is much more comparable to all of Europe for geographic diversity and not one country in Europe.

[@dendrocerulean5908]

Well Europe and the US are similarly sized.

[@SpookyMomma918]

I live in Oklahoma , which has a very diverse terrain............eastern Ok. is pretty lush and green with lots of lakes , smallish mountains, and even small swamps in s.e. Okla. , with alligators, no less.....central Ok. is def. "plains-like", with lots of wind and tornadoes , smallish mesas & canyons......western Ok. looks like something out of a "spaghetti western " movie , with mesas , canyons mountains, even a smallish desert called "little sahara"..........

[@eyreland]

There are times when I speak and, based on the reactions of those around me, I feel very much like Cliff Clavin, the know-it-all barfly from the 1980-90s sitcom Cheers. You see, from the fall of 2013 through the winter of 2014, I researched and wrote a book called Canadian Geographic Biggest and Best of Canada: 1000 Facts & Figures (in stores now!), which boasts national superlatives in a number of categories, such as geography, weather, sports, pop culture, etc, etc. And so, it seems (to me at least) like I know an impressive stat or feat relating to just about anything and everything in Canada, and it feels fun to share them (and I don’t intend it in a know-it-all way anymore than I expect Clavin did). If you enjoy trivia, particularly Canadian trivia, or have a particularly fascination with Canadian facts and feats, you’ll surely enjoy my new book. In the following weeks, I’ll share a selection of my 10 favourites from each category in hopes of further capturing your interest. This week: geography. 1. If long walks on the beach are your thing, Canada’s the place to be. The country’s 243,000 km of coastline are the longest in the world. At a pace of about 20 km each day, the stroll would take 33 years. The shores of 52,455 islands are a big part of what makes the coastline so long. 2. With water flowing out from the Great Lakes, the largest source of freshwater in the world, it’s little wonder the St. Lawrence maritime estuary (a place where fresh and saltwater mix) is one of the largest and deepest estuaries in the world. Freshwater increasingly mixes with saltwater for nearly 250 km, from Île d’Orléans, near Quebec City, to Pointe-des-Monts, northeast of Baie Comeau on the St. Lawrence River’s north shore. 3. The oldest known rocks on Earth - 250 million years older than any other known rocks - are found in Canada. The 4.28-billion-year-old rock was discovered by geologists in 2001 in an area of exposed bedrock on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay, in northern Quebec. 4. The largest known impact crater in Canada (and the second-largest on Earth) is found near Sudbury, Ontario. Known as the Sudbury Basin, the crater is 130 km in diameter. It is believed that the impact of a 10 km meteorite created the Sudbury Basin in just seconds about 1.85 million years ago. 5. Our pingos are bigger than yours. The Northwest Territories’ Mackenzie Delta region is home to the world’s greatest concentration of pingos (some 1,350) and the largest. A pingo is an ice-cored hill, usually conically shaped, that grows only in permafrost. They’re formed when water freezing under the surface is forced up by pressure, and they range from a few metres to several tens of metres high. 6. There are millions of lakes in Canada, so it’s hardly surprising that our nation has more lake area than any other country. They’re often big, too, with 563 lakes larger than 100 square km. 7. Water so buoyant it’s impossible to sink? Head to the Dead Sea, right? Or go to central Saskatchewan’s Little Manitou Lake. Fed by underground springs, the 13.3 square km lake has mineral salt concentrations of 180,000 mg per litre, making the water extremely buoyant.

[@candyerwin5828]

Very interesting!! Thank you.

[@maxxmantooth5219]

You’re totally correct. Moving on in the America’s- my favorite terrain is the Andes. From Patagonia through the Atacama desert through the Amazon up to Panama. Magnificent

[@soldierdudegamer2690]

favorite terrian: Moon Craters

[@julienielsen3746]

in Idaho? Craters of the Moon National Monument.

[@danr154]

Yea I've been there, it's pretty cool. Also that ace has some crazy parasite that infects everything and "petrifies" it. Called like witch's brew or something but yea the moon craters and weird petrified wood everywhere it might as well be another planet.

[@nkelly5851]

I love mountains the most, I definitely miss living by the rockies. Alas, I now live in Texas, which isn't known for being very mountainous. My favorite US state landscape wise has got to be Colorado, though. It's utterly gorgeous.

[@MasiaDe]

Europe wonders why we don't travel much- -one most of your countries can fit a few states. Also, it's expensive.

[@bluefoxy6478]

Don't forget there is so much to explore here that we don't need to leave considering we have a mix of cultures here so culture wise is diffrent in every region. So we pratically experiance diffrent cultures depending of were you went.

[@susanapplegate9758]

I drove Anchorage to Tampa, alone, in December last year. It was a very long, VERY lovely trip (my route was over 5200 miles). I hope to do it in spring or summer. I enjoy your videos so much, not sure I how missed this one until now. Come to Alaska, it'll be fun!

[@mistertwister2000]

UK: We got some great landscapes The Rocky Mountains: *HA*

[@ChrisPage68]

That doesn't mean we don't have some fabulous scenery. Come and find out instead of gloating.

[@kevinerose]

Wow, someone's got their knickers in a bind.

[@joannakennedy6005]

Something you Americans don't have is the History we have in the UK, stick that in your trumpet and blow it out!

[@sce2aux464]

(Himalayas giggling hysterically in the corner)

[@ReedShilts]

When I lived outside Boston - we liked to hike the mountains. This is so popular, and there are so many within driving distance - there is an unofficial "4000 foot club". The goal is to hike every peak over 4,000 foot in the area. The prize, well, the view and bragging rights.

[@davidlauer5436]

United States is the only country in the world with all five clients zones

[@JohnnyYuma405]

I drive 8 hours one way at 75 mph to go snow skiing on the weekend. 8 hours is a quick, easy drive.

[@SandAngels73]

One thing about the US, there is no safe place to live. You are destined to have one or more of the following no matter where you live - tornado, earthquake, volcano, hurricane, blizzard, sweltering heat, landslide, avalanche, flood, and/or sinkhole.

[@KYoss68]

Safety is overrated.

[@ddemaine]

@施亮 I visited Northern Ireland recently, I was disappointed my car didn't get bombed and came back with my kneecaps intact. Turns out that the fun was spoilt over a couple of years ago by the GFA. Ah well... at least there's World War Six to look forward to, which is apparently going to happen next decade.

[@ChrisPage68]

Per square mile, the UK has more tornadoes.

[@ddemaine]

@@ChrisPage68 Very enough. However since the temperatures aren't as great as in the USA, they are much less destructive.

[@twotone3471]

Lets see, Tornado, Earthquake, Blizzard, Heat, Flood, Fire (you forgot about forest fires), and sinkholes @ Missouri. Also include several types of poisonous and disease carrying wildlife.

[@danieldietsche2954]

The best thing you Brits have that I really miss here in the midwest US... great fish & chips! Lots of good fresh fish here too, but for some reason, the food + the British pub ale is just a treat.... 🍺🇬🇧

[@markmccormack1214]

3rd and I live the UK right by a forest that smells of Christmas all year round due to what trees they sell . ps and 1st to press the thumb up.

[@karlamackey4675]

Hands down my favorite is the Sierra Nevadas. My cousins have a cabin in Calaveras County. They shop in Angels Came. Beautiful!

[@-gemberkoekje-5547]

As a Dutch person, a hill is a mountain

[@ButacuPpucatuB]

I love the Lake District!! Driving through it was majestic. It was even better when we stopped and gazed into the wandering and sweeping vistas. I think both countries have much to offer. The differences really help you appreciate what the land offers.