British Guy Reacting to The 15 Emptiest Parts of the U.S.

[@solace6700]

It may not seem like a big deal but youre revolutionizing the reaction genre by looking stuff up ect. keep it up brodie

[@route2070]

Exactly, I have seen some channels where they just stare at the screen, or say ooh, wow, or laugh about every minute and call it a reaction. He is actively trying to learn from the video and finding out relevant facts outside of it.

[@Jesterisim]

@@route2070 exactly! theyre so annoying asking viewers to answer their questions on the thing they're reacting to when they can literally google it themselves since they're on the damn internet ugh so refreshing seeing someone just do it themselves

[@artsysabs]

It's nice to see that hes actually trying to learn

[@jariemonah]

Nah I watch youtubers who have been doing that for years. Sometimes it gets annoying when they're googling the wrong things and get the wrong results lol. But I appreciate them researching the facts.

[@KarenCatMom2]

The fact that you look things up is one of the things I like most about your reactions. I do the same thing. When something comes up if I'm reading a book, watching a show, or before I retired from teaching, if I came across something I wanted to know more about I would stop right then and go Google it, so it just seems natural to me LOL

[@jlbarnes]

"I need it for my insanity" is why I like your channel so much. I love your little Google/Wikipedia tangents to answer your own questions. I do the same thing.

[@killerlalu1]

It shows his true love for learning and that he's not just watching these in order to pump out more videos. It is also super interesting to me to watch him search from his perspective because it's so different from what I know that it helps me learn even more interesting things.

[@basinho0211]

It's way better than the KZbin's who ask a question but never search it up even after the video. Love these videos!

[@pandoughbear2592]

It still blows my mind that people haven’t seen what the stars actually look like without light pollution

[@anniebalsbaugh735]

I know, it is so sad

[@A-A-RonDavis2470]

That's what many cities and towns have done to people. They can't even live life how we're supposed to.

[@pandoughbear2592]

@Brains00007 Fr the first time I saw the stars my breath was literally taken it was probably the cold but it felt spiritual

[@artsysabs]

It is sad. That's something I rarely see. I live in southern NY and dont see em but last year I was up in northern NY and was like wow I can actually see stars now

[@LIBICU812]

Exactly! In a totally darkened area and moonless night you can see billions of stars and the Milky Way with just your eyes.

[@missouriluv]

I actually love that you look stuff up. It drives me crazy when other KZbinrs ask questions that they never look up even later on. I also appreciate it because I would do the exact same thing. I love knowing things, especially obscure things, so when I have questions I need answers.

[@laptv2144]

Yeah some people spend like 3 mins talking about how they don’t know something or wish they did rather than taking the 30 sec it takes to do their own research

[@mainstreammedia01]

It's the generation of do it for me. 🤣

[@grandmasterblueberryice4882]

So about the Undertaker his character in wrestling is from Death Valley, but in reality he's from Houston Texas.

[@spoonman1307]

don't ruin it for the poor lad

[@theyeetus1428]

And he's available on whatever Deezer is.

[@leviticuscornwall9631]

H TOWN HOLD IT DOWN

[@Crzserbianguy]

I actually ran into Mark Calway in a Best Buy near south Austin many years ago. He was living in Bastrop idk if he is anymore. Very chill guy

[@rickyfever]

@@Crzserbianguy yeah he seems like a cool guy. I saw parts of his hot wing interview recently

[@gwenjackson8583]

Your enthusiasm for learning about the world is so inspiring. I’m learning right along with you...even about my own country (US).

[@regret9423]

I agree I like his perspective and he really seems interested in this stuff

[@susanweisheit68]

Same!

[@wolver73]

Weather moves west to east. It has to rise to get over the mountains, cools, and drops all its moisture as snow. When it comes back down the other side it is hot and dry, giving us the picture you saw. It’s called a rain shadow.

[@redknight6915]

"That is so weird seeing desert next to snow" This is pretty much north-eastern and central-eastern Utah. Mountains with snow where there is a desert below it.

[@drkiz96]

That was my childhood in northeastern Utah, desert and snow

[@kaiseremotion854]

also breath of the wild

[@Wickssss]

DR. Kiz lmao I’m sorry I live in salt lake county and I’ve thought that if you don’t live in salt lake county that shit gotta be ass

[@joshhemp]

Oregon in some places too 👀

[@xavvi]

Same with a lot of Arizona

[@nonautemrexchristus5637]

Makes me happy to hear someone complement Scottish scenery, the people here take it for granted

[@owl-of-athena]

Some of the most beautiful landscapes that I have seen in photos are of Scotland. I would love to visit someday.

[@kingcarlos7048]

The Scottish have a grocery store chain named after my family

[@lalalalala712]

I've always really wanted to visit there so I can see it for myself! I live in Colorado and it's a semi-desert here so the landscape doesn't get very "green", so when I look at pictures of Scotland I'm always so awestruck by how green and beautiful it is. Hopefully one day I can go.

[@kingcarlos7048]

@@lalalalala712 maybe you're thinking of Ireland lol

[@Eowyn187]

@@kingcarlos7048 much of Scotland is green. I follow 2 photographers from Scotland on IG.

[@nymetswinws]

Don't apologize for stopping the videos! You're enthusiastic about learning new things and that is awesome.

[@briangarrow448]

The military used to set off nuclear bombs in central Nevada. Not anymore.

[@thelegacyshow4248]

Murica baby!

[@anniebalsbaugh735]

That was never a good idea

[@drastik798]

@@anniebalsbaugh735 why not?? It was incredible useful, especially for preparing for the moon landing.

[@josephcote6120]

If you have to test, that's a great place to do it. Hardly anything there at all.

[@thelegacyshow4248]

@@drastik798 also, it was great for researching how to use nukes as an excavator. They were even gonna make it a service for deep underground construction.

[@theblackbear211]

Even people in the US get confused by "East" - "West" terminology. "The West" evolved historically - Kentucky was once considered "The West", Wisconsin was in the "Northwest". Even Currently, What is included in "The Midwest" Includes pretty much everything West of the Ohio river, to the Western edge of the Dakotas, and North of "The South", or "Southwest". Most people- even in the US, are prepared to call Chicago "Midwest". In round figures, Chicago is (almost) 1000 miles west of New York City, but Cheyenne, Wyoming (almost directly North of Denver Colorado) is 1000 miles west of Chicago - but what most people miss, is that you must travel (almost) another 1000 miles west of Cheyenne to reach the Pacific Ocean. "West of the Mississippi is a fairly good dividing line, but that splits the country roughly 1/3 East and 2/3 West.

[@chaost4544]

I'm living in St. Louis and at one point we were considered western pioneers in this region.

[@oougahersharr]

In my eyes (Vermonter here) 2/3 west is appropriate, since those states are so large. Why cut the state in half. Give the west their due and let them be 2/3 of the mainland USA. :-) Us eastern states are smaller, more urban, denser (for the most part), and don't have the wide spaces the westerners enjoy. I keep mentioning in comments how Vermont is big on preserving natural beauty, and that's a big reason why our tallest building is 11 stories, etc., but since we appreciate beauty, I can really appreciate all that large expanse of nature those states west of the Mississippi have.

[@thomasdemay9805]

@Elijah Feuerstein down here in NC everyone from North of Virginia is an "up North" or a "New York"

[@FlippytheMasterofPie]

I’ve seen some people confused as to how films set in Texas can be considered “westerns” when Texas is in the South. Which, you know, is fair enough, but I do think a lot of people forget that the US started on the east coast and expanded westward

[@michaelrunnels7660]

I was born and raised on the California coast and never traveled anywhere. Before I went into the Army, my thinking was that anything east of Nevada was the eastern US. That's what happens when you don't care about finding out about the world.

[@barkerjames1980]

The northern lights are visible in Wyoming and Montana, too.

[@moniacurrie5518]

Oh wow i didn't know that I live in North America so I don't know.

[@nncortes]

Also in Minnnesota and Michigan

[@moniacurrie5518]

@@nncortes ok didn't know that either.

[@caseyflorida]

I used to live in New Hampshire and back in the 1980s I was at a drive in theater in the back of a pick-up truck with friends, and suddenly the northern lights started appearing. We stopped watching the movie and watched the northern lights instead. It was amazing! It doesn't happen often, but once in a great while you can see them that far south.

[@EmilyEmilyEmily01]

On my bucket list is to visit somewhere you can actually see the stars and lights

[@AirbusA380DIA]

If you want more US middle of nowhere, I'd recommend looking for "the Loneliest Road in America", US 50 through Nevada.

[@skippercalantian2952]

Driven Nevada 50, not that bad. Nevada 6 is way worse.

[@newgrl]

@@skippercalantian2952 Totally agree.

[@kaziu312]

@@skippercalantian2952 SOOOOOO TRUE!!!! I drove from Ely to Tonopah, passed by EIGHT, yes EIGHT, cars!!!

[@MsBloodyHime]

50 through Nevada is where my dad taught me to drive.

[@ApolloStarfall]

30 miles or so outside Fallon, at night, you can see the whole galaxy. Fucking breathtaking

[@laurengarner7911]

Just watching you learn about the US with a smile is so wholesome. You legit make my day :)

[@cameronparker3197]

I don’t mind when you look stuff up about your country I enjoy it because you give some info on your country as well and comparison is a good way to understand something.

[@SilvanaDil]

"Empty" applies to over 90% of Canada, LOL.

[@MitsukiDiablew]

True and the fact that probably more than 90% of Canadians just live near the border or 2-3 hrs away from it, which makes you think how empty it is xD

[@jonathanbouthillette753]

As a Canadian I can confirm, drive 5 minutes outside of my city and it's nothing but farm land

[@barefootanimist]

To be fair, though, most of the unoccupied land is made-up of places most people couldn't comfortably survive...

[@WingmanSR]

The whole population of Canada is smaller than the population of California (39.5M vS 39.9M). Total US population is about 10 Americans to each 1 Canadian!

[@griffca4814]

Remember driving to Manawaki. 5 mintues out of Ottawa and everything was just gone.

[@JeanMeadeauxs]

I read a comment here that said you were revolutionizing the reaction video genre by looking things up. Believe it or not, he's right. No one else is reacting the same way you are dude. Love watching your videos, you seem genuinely interested in learning new things about foreign places, and that's the coolest part about your videos.

[@4potslite169]

Our weather systems move west to east here. As moisture comes off the Pacific it hits the north to south mt ranges and rises, condenses, and dumps. That’s why you have the western sides of Washington state and Oregon filled w temperate rain forest. Once the jet stream makes it past the mt range, it’s depleted of moisture and you hit the super dry arid regions in the eastern side of those states. When driving west to east you go thru an immediate change from lush and green to dry and beige. The dry areas butt directly up against the Mts which is why you see snow at the top and nothing but dry dirt on the plateau below. (Great wine country there!)

[@stacanator]

If you ever want to see the most beautiful mountain scenery, visit Glacier National Park in Montana and drive along “Going to the Sun Road.” It’s probably one of my favorite places in the entire country.

[@melodyknievel515]

I grew up about 20 minutes from Glacier National Park. I can definitely agree

[@williammontgrain6544]

It doesn't need to be hot to be a desert, just dry. The world's biggest desert isn't the Sahara, it's Antarctica.

[@regret9423]

Very cool William!! Wow

[@ressljs]

Although the desert he was looking at when he ask if deserts had to be hot, I'd still say yes, with an asterisk. Those places still get quite hot during the day in the Summer compared to greener areas at the same latitude and elevation. (Especially by the standards of an Englishman). Of course in the night and Winter, they get really cold.

[@addisonscott6170]

@@ressljs No. Deserts do not need do be hot. Deserts are places that get little to no precipitation. The Andes mountains are a desert.

[@ressljs]

@@addisonscott6170 I should have worded my post different since technically I'm wrong and you're right. But to get what looks like a dry desert as he was looking at, you generally need high temperatures, at least for parts of the year. By the official definition, the interior or Alaska is also a desert, despite the fact that when it's not frozen, it's essentially a swamp because it never gets hot enough to evaporate the water that collects in the soil.

[@addisonscott6170]

@@ressljs I have a degree in geography. Why don't you stop while you're only slightly behind. Why don't you check out the koppen geiger climate scale.

[@newgrl]

8:12 - About South Eastern Utah - "Oh Wow..." Damn right. The great red dessert is beautiful and amazing country. When you are old enough to rent a car, Thurston, fly yourself into Salt Lake City Airport, rent a Jeep and a bicycle. Drive the 4 hours down to Moab, Utah. There are plenty of cheap hotels (and expensive ones... but the local ones are cheap and usually fine), or you can also camp if you wish (backcountry or campgrounds). Visit Arches National Park and get that awesome place out of the way, then grab a tent, a cooking stove (no backcountry fires allowed and there's generally nothing to burn anyway), a water purifier and a few other essentials and hike, backpack, bicycle, and 4x4 around the area. See if you can find any old Native American graffiti, called petroglyphs, that no one has ever seen before. Come in the Spring or the Fall as summer is unbearably hot and winter is cold. You can spend days and days out in the backcountry and never see a single soul, even during high season (spring/fall). Some associated links: www.myutahparks.com/things-to-do/petroglyphs-moab www.nps.gov/arch/index.htm www.nps.gov/cany/index.htm www.fs.usda.gov/mantilasal stateparks.utah.gov/parks/dead-horse/ www.discovermoab.com/ 5 Off-road trails in Moab: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXypdaJsr9iXg5o I've personally driven or spotted on: Fins and Things, Poison Spider, Hell's Revenge, Top of the World, Moab Rim, Behind the Rocks, and I was lucky enough to get on Lion's Back before it closed in 2004 (not in that video). NOTE: Lion's Back scared the crap out of me. Lion's Back: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2SugmpjiLmhiNU Alternatively, fly into Las Vegas airport and rent a car and drive North through the Virgin River Gorge on Interstate 15 and backpack and hike around Zion National Park. This one you're just going to want to hike and backpack in. There might be mountain bike trails, but I am unaware of them as I'm not a biker. Take a week and explore by walking around (go on walkabout as the Aussies would say). Then go enjoy a few days of recreation and fun in Las Vegas. www.nps.gov/zion/index.htm

[@TombstoneBlues]

Weird little fact: Arizona has parts of all four North American deserts within its border( Great Basin, Mojave, Chihuahuan and Sonoran).

[@brandonhill2183]

Technically, not the hydrographic great basin.

[@dkroll92]

@@brandonhill2183 yeah, that makes sense because the parts of Lincoln County NV and Washington County UT that immediately neighbor Mohave County AZ are still in the Mojave... I'm wondering how that guy defines the Great Basin desert's boundaries

[@sock2828]

Driving through Arizona and seeing the biomes change one after another in just a few hours is one of the most interesting things I've ever seen.

[@raindrop2417]

15:08 that area is probably very cold, because, judging on how the sagebrush is reacting, it looks like it was winter in that photo. The high elevation means that it gets snow, not usually on the actual sagebrush portion, but definitely on mountains. In the summer however, it will definitely get up to around 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37 Celsius)

[@williamjordan5554]

He used the term "interior west" because the "Midwest" is in the east.

[@Wickssss]

Ehhh it’s like central but yea

[@newgrl]

@@Wickssss I think he's talking about when people call Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, etc. "The Midwest". Having lived in Kansas and Missouri for most of my life, I'm so confused by that. Wouldn't those states be more Mid-East? Wouldn't the Midwest be more like the states just west of the Mississippi? But what do I know?

[@jariemonah]

@@newgrl It's because of the borders before states were formed. Kentucky was actually part of Virginia (alongside West Virginia) and the US didn't really occupy north west of the Ohio River, which is why Ohio is considered a bit more "west" to the states in the Northeast.

[@LIBICU812]

@@newgrl The western Missouri border used to be the western edge of the United States. Westport in KCMO was the "port" where the Santa Fe Trail started heading west across the unknown territories.

[@larryphilby4918]

@@LIBICU812 Exactly. Before the railroads, Kansas City was as far west as you could travel easily (by early Nineteenth Century standards) as it was reachable by river steamers coming up from St. Louis.

[@cheetahqueeny1216]

You are such an interesting person, as a person who has lived in five different states from California to Michigan, I just want to talk to you. If you ever do come to the US you could find a watcher in each place you visit to show you around. Seeing the way you react to things with such a genuine interest is amazing.

[@Zacharon1]

Come in the summer so you can explore and camp! I'm in wa state, we made this list! Lol

[@timothycook2917]

Fun fact: The Salmon River in Idaho is the longest river in the US (outside of Alaska) contained within one state border and is also the longest unobstructed river (meaning it has no man-made dams) in the US

[@ryandean3162]

You often find deserts next to large, snowcapped mountains, generally with an ocean on the other side of the mountains. The reason is they make what's called a rain shadow. Wet air comes in from the ocean and collides with the mountains and gets pushed up along the side to where it's lower pressure and colder, which means the air can't hold as much moisture, so it dumps most of it on the seaward side of the mountains as rain or snow. Then the air falls off the other side of the mountain much drier, with very little left over to moisturize the land beyond. Not only that, but as that now cold, dry air sinks down on the other side it warms up again, meaning it can hold a lot more moisture, so it actually ends up sucking up any excess moisture from the area. Doesn't have to be a mountain range either, can be a single mountain. A large hill can be enough to cause a small drop in moisture on the far side of the prevailing winds. Good examples are the deserts on the eastern side of the Rockies in the US, the Atacama desert which is sandwiched between two mountain ranges blocking it from both the Pacific and the Amazon, or the Tibetan plateau, which is shielded from the Indian Ocean by the Himalayas.

[@SeanShimamoto]

Imagine, that sign that said “Next Gas 163 Miles”...that’s about 1/4 the distance from the Northern tip to the Southern tip of the United Kingdom.

[@anniebalsbaugh735]

Also where town signs with the population stated is never more than three digits.

[@GCook-dm2pm]

I live in Texas.. I live in the middle of texas, and my grandparents live up towards the top... When I travel to see them.. it takes me a 7hr car trip (which is decent) and it's 650+ miles lol.. and Texas is still way bigger😂

[@SeanShimamoto]

@@GCook-dm2pm Oh yeah, TWO United Kindoms can fit in Texas! 😂🤣 Where I’m from, the distance from east to west is a whopping 40 miles! And north to south is a stellar 30 miles! But we have almost 1 million people here, including ~340,000 people in our state’s biggest city, ranking us #30 in that video Luka watched a couple of days ago. Can you guess where I am? City or State. If you need a hint: we’re the most expensive state to live in, and the 2nd most expensive city to live in. 😜

[@48mavemiss2]

lol in Georgia we call it a trip back and forth to work if you live in Athens and work in Atlanta.

[@SeanShimamoto]

@@48mavemiss2 As much as I enjoy learning new stuff about our country, so thank you for sharing that info, but I have something more important to tell you...well I’m making one assumption and I hope I’m right. Hehe. CONGRATULATIONS ON THE RUNOFF ELECTIONS! 🎉🎊 If my assumption was wrong and it’s bad new to you, lemme know and I’ll delete my comment. 😁

[@sarahmarshall5340]

Really needed to something to take my mind off the chaos in DC right now, so thank you!!!

[@dschroeder4380]

Same. Tho it would be super interesting to see him react to us news from a foreign perspective

[@sarahmarshall5340]

@@dschroeder4380 I was thinking that too!

[@NolmDirtyDan]

There is snow in the mountains because higher you go up the colder it gets

[@A-A-RonDavis2470]

Generally.

[@skippercalantian2952]

That and the rain shadow. The taller the mountain the more severe the rain shadow.

[@regret9423]

Ok

[@davezedman]

The reason why central Idaho is uninhabitable is because in the early 80's Idaho's Government designated it this way. They said that there will never be any building, or roads in this area. The salmon River goes right thru ough this area and it's truly beautiful. But the government said the only way you can get in this area is floating down the river, on plane (which is hard because there aren't any runways) , or by horseback. Many people try to raft the river, because it's the easiest way to see this area. Truly amazing area.

[@SuperRandomness1996]

Also it's a absolutely beautiful place to go river camping. light weight camping using a kayak or canoe to transport you&gear through the area.

[@lorigraham2496]

The land of no use

[@davezedman]

@@lorigraham2496 that was exactly the point, to preserve it.

[@exploringidaho]

large parts of the great basin region is a cold desert. Antarctica is a polar desert

[@tonyalvarado453]

I live in CA desert (Palm Springs) and yes the mountains around us get snow on them during the winter. Mt San Jacinto is 10,833 ft high and Mt San Gorgonio is 11,503 ft high.

[@jazminyz]

I love when he searches random things up and you can see how intrigued he is, it’s fascinating and cute

[@corvus1374]

The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, outside of Tucson, is an interesting side trip. The tallest mountain in the US, outside of Alaska, is Mt. Whitney, in California, which is only 109 miles from Death Valley, the lowest spot in the US.

[@dkroll92]

84 as the crow flies from Badwater

[@briangarrow448]

I’ve driven across the United States and Canada, from Atlantic to the Pacific. Lots of empty spaces

[@TheSkyGuy77]

yeah away from the coastal states things get real space-y

[@stephaniec.728]

I love it when you go off on a side quest to find info on something and end up somewhere random. It shows that in a lot of ways people all around the world are so much alike!!! Always be you!! You're awesome!!!

[@mrpyro333]

Dude I have a "mountain" taller than the uk's tallest mountain in my backyard

[@timothybrown2552]

The UK doesnt have mountains, just tell hills.

[@cheetahgaming9689]

Lol, same

[@suekelley6461]

Timothy Brown that’s what made it funny 😂🤣👍. 🙏✌️🇺🇸

[@unpopular5301]

I live higher than uk'biggest mountain

[@11thcenturycrusader31]

Ah, Tennessee. Such a beautiful lump of rocks.

[@lynnesears6254]

I enjoyed this reaction and really like how you appreciate the US. I think you sell the UK short though. You've got the Peak District and the Lake District in England. You might want to get yourself up there and explore. You did mention Scotland. Lovely. Have you seen the pass, I think the Great Glen, that goes through Glen Coe and up to Loch Ness? Wales has Snowden. I could go on and on. I've been around the US numerous times but it's so large it takes forever! Thanks for your enthusiasm!

[@evy8582]

You should react to I shouldn’t be alive where the people get stuck in Arizona dessert

[@NatureShy]

Hey, I am from Oregon! To answer your question about the snowy mountains in the desert, the mountains there (Steens Mountain), is just much higher in elevation, so it snows more there in winter. Then in spring, the snow lingers there longer before it melts away by summer. So yes the desert there is very hot and dry, but much colder in winter. And, Steens Mountain itself is still part of the desert, and also gets hot in summer, just less so than the surrounding area. Even in the Southeastern US deserts around the Grand Canyon and Zion, it can snow sometimes too. EDIT: Also, about central Idaho's mountains and lakes: Yes, you can camp and hike there. Bears aren't usually a reason that keeps hikers away from places like that. I am an avid hiker myself who has been to mountains and camped at places like that before. It is absolutely beautiful, and I recommend doing it if you ever visit the western USA. :)

[@davidmcaneney9295]

Since I’m in New Mexico which is a giant dessert/ (plains to the east )covered in mountains in the top half of the state. And me and my dad like going down random dirt roads and he takes me to places with beautiful rock formations. And people live out there in rvs and also Indian reservations. But a lot of people go shooting out there but it is just very peaceful in general.

[@davidmcaneney9295]

And New Mexico it’s a desert with a bunch of mountains so you see deserts next to mountains covered in snow it’s very beautiful especially during sunsets because in New Mexico it’s the sun sets are pink/orange/yellow/red and some times hints purple

[@marlamarla5558]

Snow on the mountains; So like there's this thing in L.A. California where you can go skiing in the mountains and then swimming in the ocean in the same day. A snow to sand day trip (I call it visiting the snow)

[@scorpiothegreat1]

This is why we don’t have to leave the US. We have all the landscape we need.

[@dash4800]

I always find it interesting when people, especially Europeans criticize Americans for not traveling. When the reality is we likely travel far more and see far more different places than they do. But for them if they travel what I do every week for work just across half the country, they would be going across a dozen countries.

[@nolaray1062]

@@dash4800 I think it has more to do with missing out on seeing culture, architecture, history etc. I’ve been fortunate enough to travel the US and the world and mountains here are nice, but there’s also something very amazing about being in the Andes mountains surrounded by native ppl in their typical dress working with alpacas that we would only see on tv shows.

[@yespls6260]

@@dash4800 yeah I've thought of that, too. I'm American and in the past I've been so eager to travel overseas to Europe and such, but watching videos like this always reminds me how much natural beauty we have here. The thing about going to Europe is the incredible, rich human history that is just *everywhere*, so the history buff in me loves that. I just would like to travel as much as I can in general in my own country AND overseas once I have the chance.

[@alistairt7544]

But there's still so much to see around the world. We don't have ancient structures like the Pyramids, Roman ruins, Mayan temples or ancient rice terraces. I love travelling around our country but like what another commenter mentioned, there's still something magical when you visit another country, meet different people of different cultures, speaking different languages, try authentic cuisines, seeing their own natural landscapes and historical sites. I wouldn't skip world travelling because we have our own diverse landscape. Obviously, when the pandemic is at bay, that's when I decide to travel once again.

[@stn7172]

@@alistairt7544 their is no pandemic you swine

[@DukeGang11]

Really like that guys content. He's very passionate, keep reacting to more of him.

[@ericdavis3879]

True story: More "Western" Films and television series have been shot in southeastern Utah (which you thought looked like Red Dead Redemption) than any other place on earth. A majority of exterior shots from HBO's Westworld were filmed there. If you ever get a chance, stay in Moab someday. There are 3 places iconic locations you can access within an hour drive of Moab: Arches, Canyonlands, and Dead Horse point. Go a little further south and you're in Monument Valley (the Forrest Gump "I'm pretty tired. I think I'll go home now." running scene) was filmed on highway 163 in Utah. I also highly recommend Natural Bridges national monument. Go a bit to the west and you'll find Bryce Canyon and Zion. Some of the most spectacular natural formations can be found in southern Utah. Definitely worth a trip.

[@dancer004]

Honestly the fact that all 5 of our national parks are within I think 5 hours of each other is impressive

[@IONATVS]

More *Modern* western films. In the silent film era they were pumping out dozens a month, all on Hollywood backlot sets. Usually with 3-4 in production on the same couple streets simultaneously. And even afterwards, location shoots were a lot less common (because a lot more expensive) for the first half of the century, which was also the golden age of Westerns. Some big-budget ones were being filmed on location in places like Utah even back then, but it was always cheaper to pick a place that looked vaguely desert-y within the Actor’s Union’s definition of “local” to LA, so the low-budget Westerns being cranked out by the thousands usually made do.

[@PotatusFrye]

Monument Valley made John Ford famous.

[@kayleyhodson7079]

Someone who lives in Oregon here: Oregon isn't particularly hot, no. It's pretty mildly temperatured most the time, but there are dry areas and it gets cold quickly in the mountains, hence the snow. The fun part is on the other side of the mountains, where the desert turns abruptly into wet, massive evergreen forests.

[@Trynaful]

The Aurora Borealis is in the upmost northern hemisphere. Canada, Alaska, Scandinavia, Russia too.

[@donbrandoniii3446]

Even here in Anchorage, generally we will see the Northern Lights sometime in January or feburary if you can get to a spot without lights.

[@wheredidthetimego8087]

Heck I seen the Aurora Borealis one time in my 60 plus years in Southern Colorado! It was mind blowing. Made me feel like an ant watching it.

[@spoopysauce2456]

15:00 I’ve been thru this area. Those mountains are VERY high up& tend to keep snow year round. The land itself is pretty temperate& doesn’t get too hot in the summer since it’s so far north 👌🏻

[@debrahudson5917]

When I was young and in good shape, climbed Pike's Peak and hiked through Wyoming and Utah. A lot of the land that this guy is saying is uninhibated is on Native American reservations.

[@flowerbit4137]

When you spoke about the desert in Oregon with desert below and snow up on the mountains, you may be surprised that that isn’t super rare in the U.S! I’m from California near Los Angeles and I drive to Las Vegas in Nevada a lot through the Mojave desert. And in the summer, the drive there was up to almost 115 degrees Fahrenheit. But when I went last week it was around 40 degrees Fahrenheit on the road and the mountains and hills surrounding the road were covered in snow

[@Dizzy206]

Thurston is turning into Richard Hammond, lol. We should get him into muscle cars.

[@Wyattjohnson13]

May was jealous of hammond’s e-type😂

[@nalsra0]

Get him a demon

[@robtintelnot9107]

I see him more as a young Tom Saxondale.

[@Taleri]

14:30 There is a similar situation of snowy mountains next to desert in the southwest. In the area surrounded by the deserts listed in #'s 12, 10, 9 , 8, 4 and 3 is the southernmost ski resort in the US. The resort is at the top of Mount Lemmon, which is about an hour drive up the mountain from Tucson, AZ. Tucson gets very very hot in the summer. There is a season from mid-summer to mid-fall we call monsoon season as that is when we get a lot of thunderstorms and most of the years rain. 17:37 The government also tested nuclear bombs near Alamogordo, New Mexico at the White Sands Missile Range.

[@ianjacobs9721]

We gotta get this man to 500k by the end of the year

[@danielsullivan9271]

I lived in the UK in particularly England. I have been to England on countless vacations. I am so amazed how much you love my country the USA. As a teacher, I sold England to the kids. My kids my classes over the years wanted to go to England and Scotland. Peek District is so beautiful!! I considered England one of the most beautiful countries in the world. Cotswolds, Lake District, Kent, Salisbury Plain, Devon, Dorset, Cornwall, Devon, near Hadrian's Wall. Amazing beauty. Can't forget Sussex Downs, Cliffs of Dover and Yorkshire. Your towns and cities are amazing. Cambridge, York, Cotswolds, Bath, Durham, Chester, and I love the villages. Every county has great villages and their own unique styles. Nothing compares to England with the Castles, Palaces and Great Aristocratic Estates. I love Geography, History and love to travel. I did travel in the USA. Love places like Charleston, South Carolina, Newport, RI, Cape May, NJ, Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, Savannah, Georgia. Bigger cities Boston I love. I am so attracted to Historic places. Thats why I worked and lived in England, Italy and other places.

[@kate2create738]

Being in a few of the lower locations on this list, I can confirm the night sky is even more impressive than the scenery sometimes. Gorgeous. Stunning. Doubt these words could describe it.

[@kekort2]

I remember driving through Arizona and I lost the radio signal, so I hit scan on the controls to find another station. The radio started scanning, and it never landed on a station. Zero radio signals there.

[@cfred7895]

Red Dead takes a lot of inspiration from Southern Utah/Northern Arizona

[@willcool713]

Asking about the Oregon Outback? A lot of it looks a bit similar to interior Australia, which is where it gets its nickname. Those mountains above the high desert they showed are the Steens, a block uplift range. In the summers the temps get above 90° routinely. There are swamps in the mountains fed by ice melting at their edges, that have low, broad leafed, flowering plants that resemble flora of a jungle not a desert. Huge problem with ticks there, every few years. And that big mud cracked plain they showed was the Alvord Desert, a rain shadow leeward of the mountains. It turns to a shallow lake for a few weeks at the start of spring and them blooms into miles and miles and miles of wildflowers.

[@michaeltnk1135]

You would love the channel Lost in the Pond. All his videos talk about the differences between the US and the UK

[@pupuleknk]

Enjoyed the reaction and greetings from Yuma, AZ in the number 9 location the Sonoran Desert

[@natsinthebelfry]

Fun fact: Oregon has over 200 ghost towns, more than any other state in the U.S.! 50% of the entire population of Oregon lives in the Portland-metro area, which makes up about 6% of the total square mileage of the state.

[@regret9423]

Oregon is so beautiful, I hope to go back one day and explore it

[@wandalevy470]

I must say that driving through #5 going SW Oregon from Idaho to California I once saw one of the most spectacular sites I have ever seen. Driving along a straight flat road and off to the left hundreds of pronghorns. They blended so perfectly with their surroundings that we could have driven past and missed them. Pronghorns are North America’s only antelope. Look them up they are awesome!

[@MollyFC]

I saw some of those in south eastern Utah, just on our way out of Castle Valley. I was shocked to see them.

[@LeveyHere]

Perfect timing, I'm eating! Also, please do some Google Maps and Geoguessr videos :) I don't normally "beg" but we really want to see it, and you'd love it, too

[@wendyscott9521]

He would probably do terrible cause you would have to be extremely good to even guess a few right on those quizzes

[@LeveyHere]

@@wendyscott9521 I'm pretty good at it, you've just got to look around s bit

[@daco4625]

He should do Google Earth

[@davidterry6155]

Flying from the West Coast to Denver it is amazing how vast the Rockies are. It seems like 100s of miles of giant mountains

[@ianrotheroe2540]

I live in Seattle and have actually been to northcentral Washington, the area is pretty much filled with the Cascade mountain range and large forests with extremely tall trees, not a lot of people live there and if they do they are probably lumberjacks or in some way related to the timber and logging industry (which is huge in Washington and Oregon)

[@surielparra4102]

Cmon Seattle !

[@ianrotheroe2540]

@@surielparra4102 hyped for the game on Saturday!

[@znachkiznachki5352]

Yep, mostly North Cascades National Park, and the Wenatchee and Okanogan National Forests. Gorgeous scenery, and great hiking.

[@cassandraluckert8115]

Lol true, or work at a brewery or pot shop. Just moved to the Maple Falls area in December/January. I love it here, never wanna leave.

[@damienc6130]

Your channel is growing at super speed, you love to see it

[@George_Washington_1776]

You finally did my boy Big Smoke right. Proud of you

[@padraigmurphy3540]

My aunt and uncle live in NC Washington (#11). Their house is 2 miles from a road, an hour and a half drive away from town (a town with just 2 small gas stations), they dont get mail for 3 months out of the year because they cant get into town due to the snow, and they have more interaction with bears and mountain lions than they do people unless they spend a lot of time going into town lol

[@JosephRussellStapleton]

Wow

[@jacobnemeth7634]

It’s crazy dude. I remember I was driving through I think Arizona with my dad when I was 10 and the teacher a point where there was no gas stations or anything for 100 miles. There was a sign warning you to make sure you have enough gas.

[@JosephRussellStapleton]

Wow. How did it feel?

[@jacobnemeth7634]

@@JosephRussellStapleton It was wild.I have driven through deserts a lot now, but nothing compares to that drive. Almost everything was the same beige color. But because of how straight the road was, we could see some oncoming cars that were miles ahead of us.

[@JosephRussellStapleton]

@@jacobnemeth7634 That's awesome.

[@allanistarr4746]

Idk why but I always go to your channel when I'm really stoned...I'm not into geography or reaction videos but for some reason your channel is a goldmine for stoned me

[@CaliRail]

It snows in most deserts in the US. Winter time is when it the temperatures get down to 25° in the Mojave and gets around 20” of snow each year.

[@CaptainNice]

The off topic rambling before the start is the best. Thanks :)

[@jimburg621]

Love my empty space Montana life. No traffic lights in my county, 2 people per 5 sq mile.

[@madsluvsu]

I really enjoy your videos. They make me appreciate living in America so much and I learn so much from them

[@lelandc9763]

I come from the south east. I always thought those signs that say "no fuel for 200,300,etc miles" were just for movies lol. Nope, bunch of close calls in Kansas and Arizona lmao

[@JosephRussellStapleton]

What's it like over there?

[@lelandc9763]

@@JosephRussellStapleton in South East United States, or just the u.s. in general?

[@71Trevor01]

So glad I came across your channel! I enjoy watching you react to things, especially these kinds of things. I live in the western US, in Portland, OR. So, definitely not rural. But, still a lot of nature very close by, & some pretty spectacular mountains, & a beautiful coastline. If you ever visit Oregon, I’ll show you around. There are parts of the State I’ve never been to, & I’m twice your age & have lived my whole life here! As, to the segment about SE Oregon in this particular video, I have been there. The guy who made the video you watched is right I suppose in that it’s not spectacular. But, it’s beautiful to us. We like it. As to what makes it a desert, it’s just so arid! There’s very little rainfall. A friend & I drove through it once on one of the very few roads that exist there. It’s nicknamed “The Oregon Outback.” The destination for most people driving through there is Reno, Nevada. The short destination though is the first town at the end of the highway, Lakeview, OR. It’s pretty much a required stop after such a long & strange drive down that desolate highway. In fact, I think we stayed the night there & drove onto Reno the next day. As to year round temperatures, it follows a normal seasonal pattern. It just doesn’t get much precipitation. It’s cold in the winter & hot in the summer. It’s at a pretty high elevation compared to other western deserts. So, that’s why it’s not always hot. Anyways, long comment I know. But, I hope that tells you something about the place.

[@SeanShimamoto]

I only related the aurora borealis with Alaska ‘cause I’m America, and Luka related it to Scandinavia ‘cause he’s European. #Perspective

[@LakeWrld]

Goes to show that we learn as much as he does during these reactions

[@willcool713]

Let's not forget all of Northern Russia and Canada, lol. Just in Scandinavia? Alaska?

[@thelegacyshow4248]

@@willcool713 Greenland, bruh you're out here being ignorant lmao

[@BAPK1602]

@@willcool713 I agree, but that is not what Sean said. What he said is because he is American, when the Aurora Borealis is mentioned, the first thing that pops into his mind is Alaska, and for Luka is Scandinavia as he's European. He did /not/ say that the Aurora Borealis does /not/ appear in Russia or Canada. I'm sure a Canadian and a Russian will have something different pop into their minds too. Like Sean said, it's a matter of #Perspective.

[@SeanShimamoto]

@@willcool713 And you missed the whole point of my post...does Luka live in Russia and do I live in Canada? It’s called humility, showing other people that they’re not dumb just because they saw something from their perspective. The guy is 19 and has a thirst for knowledge, the last thing I’m gonna do is try to make him feel dumb for not knowing something. But obviously not everyone things like that. 😁

[@killergamer1012]

You're the best reaction channel because you try to educate yourself on topics you may not be well versed in and we all learn from you when you watch these or bring up relevant topics.

[@aubreymacleod2618]

You shod do the U.S National Parks for some beautiful scenery!

[@jasonstark8675]

@ 15:00--- the mountains have snow because the are at a very high elevation, the desert is still hot. mountains in the USA are no joke. a good chunk are so tall that they have a "timber line", the elevation where trees wont grow.

[@slothbro2740]

also love that this geography king is wearing a new mexico t shirt reppin that zia symbol

[@Sobergirl_]

5:32... been on that road and seen that sign. That was the place where we saw a giant dust devil that went up to the sky. Straight up looked like a tornado, but the sky was clear. The gas station was a podunk that you would see in a horror movie.

[@NolmDirtyDan]

Do a geography king video on city metro areas

[@tiffg4502]

I’ve been to almost all 50 states and yeah Utah by far is the emptiest one I’ve experienced. Like 2 hours of driving at one point without seeing another person but it looks great out there.

[@evy8582]

“I need it for my insanity” lmao

[@Reapster04]

With the Oregon thing with desert next to snow, the big thing there is elevation. The higher up you go the mountain the colder it gets. I know here in Northern Utah it is often Late June or early July (when the valley is upwards 90-100 degrees) before the peaks of our mountains see all of the snow melted. To illustrate the elevation, when I was younger my family had a cabin in southern Utah, and it would be in the high 90s up here in Salt Lake area, and we'd drive down south to Cedar City and it would be 100-105 degrees (further south the warmer it gets) but then we'd move up the mountain to where the cabin was and by the time we got to the full elevation of the cabin it would be 75-80 degrees so 20 or more degrees cooler than the bottom of the mountain.

[@dantaerodgers2555]

you can see the Northern Light from many states: Alaska Idaho Maine Michigan Minnesota Montana New Hampshire

[@cindyknudson2715]

Wisconsin

[@laurabudd8680]

North Dakota, the forgotten state.

[@2012escapee1]

My range is #3 Central/Northern Nevada. BTW the high deserts of Oregon and Nevada have sage brush, poor soil and yes, high, snow topped mountains. Tallest mountains in Nevada are around 12,000 ft. The high desert gets up to 90 in the summer, and winter, 30-40 in the day, 20-15 at night. It snowed on the mountains around Elko last June.

[@mazdaman2315]

He should react to a documentary on Yellowstone national park or possibly Yosemite national park

[@LadyOfSummer]

Glacier is pretty awesome too.

[@rijlqanturis625]

It's funny how we view the places we are from. You may think the UK is boring, but as an American I am absolutely dying to visit there someday.

[@ianrotheroe2540]

Love how you say “Antarctic”😂

[@chadlynch1551]

In some places out west, you can get mountains with snow on top in the winter next to a desert because of something called a rain shadow. Storms generally come in from the west off the ocean, and when they bump up against a mountain range the clouds are driven to higher and higher elevations. As the clouds go up, they become less able to hold onto their moisture, and so a crap ton of snow gets dropped onto the mountains. Most of that snow melt will end up going to the west (where the majority of the precipitation happened), and what little ends up flowing to the east will eventually get swallowed by the more porous soil. So yea, you can see the snow on the mountains from the eastern/desert side during the winter in the northern deserts, and even get a little dusting of snow from time to time.

[@katrionaverity9128]

The snow on the mountain with a desert isn’t actually that odd. The desert’s probably caused because of the mountain. The evaporated water raises up the mountian fromt he western coast, forms clouds, cools as it rises and dumps most of the precipitation on the western side of the mountain and the top so there’s little to nothing left by the time the wind would carry the clouds to the eastern side of the mountain. I can’t guarantee this is the case for that specific desert. But it is a way deserts get formed and would be my guess. Look up rain shadow for a better explanation than I could give.

[@erickyoung8331]

High desert (the desert you were talking about that is often near mountains too) is usually really hot in summer, pretty dang cold in the winter. It's just a desert due to lack of water. Part of why so few people live in those areas, unless they can irrigate and farm some of it.

[@cassiemichael4697]

I swear, number eleven looks like a Bob Ross painting.

[@94afish]

Bro you’ve learned so much since I started following your channel and it’s inspiring

[@frankisfunny2007]

"25 Best National Parks In The US" by Touropedia..... That'll give you a good idea for some US State Parks. In the comments of that video have the locations of each park.

[@jeffreym68]

Great idea! Especially as we can't visit right now.

[@xw0lfpack91x]

To answer your question about snow in the desert, yes it happens a lot. I live in a high Desert valley in Central Arizona, very near to Camp Verde (small local town). The area is known as the Verde Valley we are on the border of the Colorado Plateau and the Sonora Desert about 120ish miles south of the Grand Canyon. We get snow every year due to elevation during the winter wet seasons. That’s being said yes it’s very dry most the year we only get run off from the mountains, in 2020 we only had 5 rain storms from January to December