British Guy Reacting to The Largest City in Each US State

[@eloymenendez387]

“City” is a legal term, the metropolitan areas are much larger.

[@Bob-jm8kl]

Even metropolitan areas are legally defined in the US, but yeah, a city of half a million might might be the center of 3 million people.

[@srice8959]

@@Bob-jm8kl Exactly I’m from New Orleans and the city is just 350,000, but the Metro Area is about 1.5 Million people, and was even bigger before Katrina

[@ncwolfe]

Yeah, this video doesn't quite give the full picture. Some of those small cities aren't surrounded by much else, so they seem small, but Baltimore's Metropolitan Area shows at 2.7 million. Dallas-Ft. Worth area is 7.57 million. By comparison, Greater London has about 8.1 million. Cities alone don't give you the full picture.

[@santiagoperez5431]

I seem to be drawing a blank as to what the exact different is between a county vs the metropolitan area.....I tried looking into it and got lost....any feed back would be appreciated

[@miskaffon]

Yes; this count is obviously only counting the legal city and not the larger metropolitan areas...large difference. And many cities have local differences in pronunciation. "Ankerage" is the way Anchorage is pronounced, "Boyzee" for Boise (with an American Z, not "zed").....And many US cities have invested lifetimes of work and fortunes into recovering rivers to be clean. Thank you for noticing them 😀

[@thereaper2x846]

These aren’t the full populations not even close. Just city limits but that’s a bad representation of total number

[@noahthenomad]

Ya seattle is like 5.4 million I grew up there

[@kayd731]

Yeah. My County kind of meashes together to make 1 big city

[@surtuppets9959]

That the where I live the city is like 200000 and the metro area is 600000

[@Vann-no2qw]

Neither the city population and metro area gives an accurate representation but comparing the two together does.

[@williamcross6480]

So the 558 thousand for Manchester would be the comparable number

[@sammietana_6221]

“So there’s two cities called Portland then? That’s quite interesting.” .....Wait until he finds out how many Springfields there are.

[@kurtsnyder4752]

Don't have a cow, man!

[@hueleb1cho]

or middletowns

[@plus-sizealbert2268]

Or Manchester’s

[@sammietana_6221]

@@plus-sizealbert2268 yes and Jonesboros. I believe the most common city name is Riverside. We are not particularly original or inventive when it comes to naming things apparently, lol.

[@hifijohn]

there are 11 city named paris,4 named london,13 named berlin.

[@AndrewL209]

a lot of these populations dont include the metro area, so places like Honolulu where the population seems small, its actually a LOT bigger if you include metro population, like the surrounding suburbs and people that live in the area around it

[@danielcortes2451]

yea where i live the population is like 1 million but the metro area is 3 million

[@trevorgarey5646]

That doesnt work for every city. For instance Philadelphia is contained within the County of Philadelphia. The Surrounding areas and suburbs are not considered apart of the city. Metros are simply not the same. Outside of the the US youd also have the case of Tokyo which has like dozen cities that make up the Metro of Tokyo but are still separate cities

[@zk97383]

This is what I came here to say

[@AndrewL209]

@Advanced Solutions yea i live in Sacramento California which has a “population” of around 500k but if you include the metro area its nearly 2 million

[@keegan6356]

@@trevorgarey5646 Except it does. The metro area of a city is simply the city proper and its surrounding neighborhoods that are all apart of the city's industries, infrastructure, and housing. They may be separate cities, but they're still connected to the city proper. For example, you probably wouldn't say you're from Brookline, MA when talking to someone. You'd just say you're from Boston.

[@vincentpeterson-sand1397]

These populations are just the city not the metro so like Atlanta’s actual population is 6 million

[@levistokes3960]

Yes Atlanta is huge. And the traffic is horrible 😂😂 I live in Knoxville tn and have to go down there all the time.

[@lucashunter9362]

Yeah because I was about to say Louisville’s population was around 770,000

[@peacefindersimply5001]

he figured it out toward the end, he started noticing the populations were shockingly small

[@flashpoint9920]

Agreed, Vegas' population is close to 3 mil now, but that includes the metro area and suburbs like Henderson and north las Vegas which are different municipalities.

[@rickmurillo6857]

Atlanta's actual population is like half a million

[@raineredacted161]

"There's 2 cities named Portland?" Bruh, every name is reused like 20 times each across the states. You heard of Miami? That's right, Miami, Oklahoma.

[@domtreber5987]

Can’t forget beautiful Miami, Ohio

[@RobGamesOn]

Atlanta, Texas... Near Amarillo... Lol

[@kenpurcell2316]

I think every state has a Salem as well! LOL

[@eubh223]

My personal favorite is Las Vegas, New Mexico.

[@MekaMyers]

Miami, Oklahoma is actually pronounced My-am-uh. I am from Southeast Oklahoma and went up north and got corrected when I pronounced it like Miami, Florida, lol. It’s named after the Miami (My-am-uh) Native American tribe.

[@michaeldunn5197]

These were all city populations, the large number you saw for Manchester was the metro population so the city and the surrounding areas.

[@tilted4fun805]

but many would define that as the “city”... but on the other hand sometimes people who live in the city proper of certain cities define “the city” as an even smaller part of the city proper. In NYC us locals call Manhattan “the city”... even though I for instance live right across the brooklyn bridge from Manhattan and am very much in the city proper. It’s all relative... but considering that the boundaries of the “city proper” of most cities are dated & arbitrary... it’s not a very good unit or descriptor of anything. Some cities are commuter cities, some are residential/sprawling, some are dense, and some are hybrids. Metropolitan statistical area is the only well-defined and relevant unit of measuring the population of any given city.

[@exploringidaho]

metro areas are a better representation of a city and its population than just the city limits imo. Gotta include the city and the suburbs

[@billpickard7848]

I agree. As a native of NYC the metro area is cared for more than the outskirts. Good pick up

[@JL-ix8or]

Atlanta metro? On god lol

[@brewii4991]

Minneapolis is a good example of this. It's so close to St. Paul that their metro areas have merged. The whole area is known as the Twin Cities, and a little over half the state's population lives in that combined metro area (about 3.6 million).

[@exploringidaho]

@@billpickard7848 Yeap NYC metro is about 20 million vs 8.3 million for the city limits. Crazy how big that area is. The entire northeast corridor from Richmond, VA to Boston is a huge megalopolis

[@jyu467]

St. Louis is a perfect example. The city population is only 300,000, but the metro population is 3 million.

[@aryankarcii1157]

Atlanta is massive but the way they categorize “cities” is weird in the US. Atlanta metro has more than 6 million people. Same with Miami, the “city” is only like 400K but Miami metro is like 6.2 million.

[@brentparks3669]

Almost every city is like that in the United States! I’m from Columbus and can tell you downtown Atlanta is bigger, but doesn’t have the population living in its city center like Columbus does. But take a sky view looking down and you’ll see the surrounding areas are absolutely huge around both cities. The exceptions are going to be cities that are locked in, say NY which is an island, or Chicago which can’t expand certain directions because of water.

[@aarwonable]

Greater Boston is like 5 million

[@jasonmilly3320]

Yeah I live in Louisville, KY. If you google the populations you'd get the impression we're bigger than places like Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Miami, St. Louis and others but it's just not true. Louisville is bigger than some cities and markets with major league sports for example, like New Orleans, Buffalo, Memphis, Salt Lake City, but the numbers still deceive.

[@BBQPorkSandwich3]

I live in Jacksonville. REPRESENT FLORIDA

[@jagroopsandhu5424]

Manchester’s population is actually 500k but the metro is 2.7 million. The cities in this video have HUGE METROS but that was not listed in this video.

[@ryanescobar8980]

Lol the city Chicago has the same amount of people than the whole metro area of Manchester

[@samhutchison9582]

Minneapolis may only have 320k, but the Metro area has 4+ million. Atalanta has 500k, but metro Atlanta is 6 million.

[@jagroopsandhu5424]

@@samhutchison9582 exactly bro

[@David-qq9bk]

lisbon, portugal (the city im from) is literally the same!! half a million people in the city; 2.7 million in the urban area

[@scumdog666]

Houston's metro area has around 8 million, which is just the city population of NYC 😂

[@alexmeyer6514]

The mountains are so prominent in Denver, Co; Children are taught that to find "west" just look for the mountains.

[@Cheetahgirl-ut6uq]

I can support this as fact

[@shelbiereynolds]

I can verify, yes that is true.

[@EpicToadRage]

Lived there for almost 2 years. They're beautiful, but deceptively farther away than they look.

[@TheTurtlebot]

I live in the Bay Area and to find west I just look for the ocean

[@demonrat9667]

The sun is so prominent in Kansas, children are taught that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west... we can even tell time by looking at the sun... duur huuur derp at denver people lol LETS GO KC CHIEFS

[@jasmynncalderon5846]

I’m from Denver, and I can confirm that we can see the mountains from anywhere! We actually use them to determine what’s east and what’s west :)))

[@j.kevvideoproductions.6463]

I drove for RTD for a few years and had people ask for directions all the time. Once I remember telling someone that someplace was about 10 or 20 blocks to the West, and they said "Which way is West?" . I responded "towards the mountains", at which point they said "What Mountains?". There are some real idiots out in Aurora.

[@JohnLeePettimoreIII]

Cheyenne = "shy-ANN" Boise = "BOY-zee" Des Moines = "d'MOYN" Wichita = "WI-chi-TAH" Omaha = "OH-muh-Ha"

[@skunkfac3]

Louisville = "LOO-uh-vole" (Yes, seriously.)

[@thewilldavis]

@@skunkfac3 I always say "LOO-E-VILLE" i dont know if its right or not. ( Im from the U.S by the way)

[@skunkfac3]

@@thewilldavis As I understand it, the important thing is that you don't pronounce the S.

[@sophiefilo16]

@@skunkfac3 Loo-uh-vill or Loo-uh-vul "vole" is a no-no...

[@Davidgon100]

@@skunkfac3 Lewis-Vil

[@summeronio9751]

Fun Fact: The mountain in the Seattle back ground is actually a dormant volcano, Mount Rainier

[@BJ-xm6bi]

Fun Riddle: What do you call a volcano that is dormant? A mountain.

[@katlovato6653]

@@BJ-xm6bi na it's still a volcano. If it's an extinct volcano then it's a mountain.

[@royharris752]

Mt. hood the mountain in the background of Portland, Oregon is also a dormant volcano. Where i live in Oregon when i go to church/school there is a great view of the mountain and it is just absolutely beautiful. Whenever I can't see the mountain because of clouds or rain even though I know its there it still feels like something is missing.

[@autumnbluemoon99]

Mt Rainier is still considered active though

[@ShisuiUchiha117]

I've been to Mt. Rainier National Park, it's fucking beautiful, there's also an area where you can look to the distance and see Mt St Helens, and on a clear day and with some binoculars you can see Mt. Hood which is in the background of the picture of Portland.

[@hilarywyllie2983]

Connecticut - an influential state. I'm trying not to laugh, I really am.

[@King.Kaleb3]

Lmao same, CT is never brought up in any discussion. You only mention it when you mention Massachusetts

[@dukeofthedesert]

That’s exactly what the massive amount of rich people want... for you to have forgotten about them.

[@rodneygriffin7666]

I am a Conneticutian. A Nutmeg since I was born. I live in Columbia, SC. Now. Lot's more land, about the same amount of people.

[@camille744]

It seems like they used the city limits population based on 2010 census. This is quite old data and city proper population is not as good an estimate as metro area population. (I live in a dense part of a city (50,000 in the North region) but technically we're outside of the city limits so we wouldn't count. Also BTW we did the 2020 census last year since it happens every decade, however the results aren't out yet).

[@iamnadexey]

I was about to say the same thing. He was saying at the start he was surprised how cities with such small population were so built up, when the population data most likely doesn't include nearby suburbs or residential areas.

[@dogile]

Yeah city proper isn't a great metric compared to metro area. I guess it's the simplest to think about but in every meaningful context it's kinda meaningless.

[@camille744]

@@iamnadexey City limits are very annoying for unincorporated regions like mine. We're literally the Northern 2 miles before the city ends at the mountain but somehow our 50,000 ppl haven't voted to incorporate. We aren't even a separate town or anything. Like my city would be near a million but the official population is only like 500,000

[@iamnadexey]

@@camille744 I live in Virginia, which physically separates cities from their surrounding counties, so you can bet that there is a helluva lot of gerrymandering when it comes to determining city boundaries.

[@nickwille16]

@@iamnadexey why would population for the surrounding cities be counted? the source video is about the biggest cities not the biggest cities + their suburbs

[@titaniumwolf1123]

Yes, you can see the mountains almost anywhere in western colorado. They tower over everything

[@Deeznutzo_]

same with anywhere in northern Utah. The rockies make buildings look like nothing lol

[@titaniumwolf1123]

@@Deeznutzo_ salt lake is gorgeous, I'm there all the time visiting my brother. It's incredible flying from denver to there and seeing just how wide the mountains are too

[@b7grams]

Makes up for the barren wasteland that is eastern Colorado.

[@Deeznutzo_]

@@titaniumwolf1123 SLC is only pretty from a distance lol, being downtown is nasty lmao. The mountains are really cool looking from a plane tho

[@titaniumwolf1123]

@@Deeznutzo_ downtown can be gross. Got sick of homeless people being super aggressive haha. Makes you not feel bad when they act that way unfortunately

[@andrewreynolds8100]

8:55 "Wha-cheetah, Kansas" had me rolling. Just a heads up, it's "Wit-cha-taw"

[@KingAsa5]

When you search up population Theres two different populations for a city...Metro and City. Metro population is the largest number and city population is the smallest. For example the city of London has a population of 9million..But Metro London has 18Million.

[@thekinggamer21]

No it does not.

[@KingAsa5]

@@thekinggamer21 your comment doesnt even Coincide with mine if you're not using proper grammar

[@ryandean3162]

The City of London has a population of only ~9,000 people. A special case though since it's the actual original ancient city limits legally defined by the old city walls, now long gone, and what's grown up around it is it spreading out and all the little villages that would have dotted the area around it growing and all meeting up into one big city, even if the original city is actually quite small. The Metro London Area has a population of 14 million. But you are correct in spirit, that they are only using the population within the smaller actual city limits rather than the larger surrounding area that would usually be considered a part of the city, even if it's not technically part of the city. Probably better to use the Urban Area population to get a real feel for the size of a city since Metro area includes all the outlying suburbs and such.

[@frankvsrandomobjects8266]

Is the video metro or city

[@Ken-ss1en]

@@frankvsrandomobjects8266 it is the municipality

[@crisblakeney]

Yep, Denver, Colorado really does look like that. That was a hella zoomed in shot of the skyline and the mountains though. We call it the front range, you can see mountains for miles! It’s absolutely breathtaking! Denver sits at a mile high or 5,280 feet/1609.344 meters and those peaks in the background reach 14,000+ feet/4267.2 meters above sea level!

[@clinthowe7629]

The weird thing about Portland Oregon is that it’s named in honor of Portland Maine, yet so much larger.

[@zan8354]

In the US many people like to live in the suburbs and commute to the city for work, so the population of the entire metro (city + suburbs) is way higher than the city proper. The largest city in my state (Wisconsin) is Milwaukee, population 595,000 but the metro population is 1.6 million.

[@rickmurillo6857]

Milwaukee Metro includes parts of Waukesha and 3 other counties. Chicago's Metro area has Kenosha Wisconsin in it. It's way more than city and suburbs.

[@XxWinnerPGCxX]

When you look at the cities here, it’s just the city proper population. You are surprised by Atlanta being so small. Yes the city proper population is small, but the metro area of Atlanta is extremely big. Metro areas are a better basis to see how big a city is. Not just the city proper

[@RossM3838]

The hub and spike airline system brings all to Atlanta airport. It’s about the worlds busiest. They say that whether you are going to heaven ir hell you have to switch in Atlanta. I’ve never seen anything else like it.

[@swisscheese6456]

Yea Atlanta is HUGE, it is spread out sooooooo much too

[@guineapig55555]

I wouldn;t include suburbs under "city"

[@lemontart1883]

@@guineapig55555 A lot of the “suburbs” have grown into cities of their own, but they are so close to the main city they share at least part of it’s identity. They are basically part of a megatropolis.

[@guineapig55555]

@@lemontart1883 the way I see it is that what defines city is two things: 1. architecture and 2. culture and to me it's clear that the majority of suburbs in america are distinct from the downtown area in both aspects

[@andelinn]

I live in Aurora, Colorado which is the suburbs of Denver and the view is even better during a partly cloudy sunset. Also, that population number is just in the city limits of Denver, not the metro area. The population of the Denver area is over 2.8 million. Denver also has really great food and tons of breweries and Cherry Creek is a wonderful place for art, as well as Santa Fe st. Edit: You always see those mountains unless the smog gets dense. You can see the mountains along the entire western horizon.

[@blankb7483]

Metro area population is a better indicator. Atlanta metro area has over 5 million people, same as Miami. Kansas City area has over 2 mil. Salt Lake City has nearly a million, etc.

[@Utonian21]

Exactly, the city of SLC is only about 200k, but the entire Wasatch Front is 2 mill

[@miskaffon]

He was explaining that he knew we had larger areas, bit the idea of a "metro area" was foreign to him and he was struggling to understand it.

[@Mutatedordinary]

Fun fact: Portland, Oregon was named after Portland Maine.

[@benjaminsteig7126]

Fun fact: Portland Oregon is full of hippies and crack heads.

[@nathanhass]

Fun fact: Portland, Maine was named after the English isle of Portland

[@nathanhass]

@@gamblebeardsley516 lol nice. Great minds think alike

[@zulutheruler]

@@benjaminsteig7126 so is Miami Florida yet nobody cares to mention that

[@matthewweinman8247]

@@benjaminsteig7126 its like a smaller san francisco

[@jimbofergus]

British Guy: "I know Salt Lake City has the soccer team." Me, an American: "Oh yeah? What soccer team is that?"

[@anthonykolodziej440]

the MLS team Real Salt Lake

[@theoriginalburgandy550]

I had the same thought

[@AllIAm1]

Same

[@Intotheabyss1988]

Oh! That’s what he said. Yeah... we’re more likely to be known for the snow and Sundance festival, not soccer.

[@PhxVanguard]

Real Salt Lake

[@edwardmunson3896]

Luka: Your interests, and curiosity, in our Country is most commendable. You explore more than many Americans, and you share it through exceptionally well done videos. As others who have posted comments, the available statistics on the city's size are somewhat misleading. The populations are based on the city's core (within the city limits) and do not accurately depict the more important MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area). The MSA is the common denominator for size and economic importance. Two quick examples: Atlanta's population is reported as slightly more than 400,000. The MSA figures give a much more accurate accounting, which is nearly 6,000,000. The U.S. city of Birmingham (named after Birmingham, England), "weighed in" at slightly more than 200,000. The MSA population is actually 6 times greater than that at 1,200,000. Again, I am impressed by your amazing interest in "all things American." I wish that our young people shared the same curiosity.

[@darreljones8645]

Some of these metropolitan areas can be quite large, and cross several states. Examples include Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (a metro area that includes five counties in Pennsylvania, four in New Jersey, and one each in Maryland and Delaware), Chicago, Illinois (metro includes ten counties in Illinois, four in Indiana, and one in Wisconsin), and New York City, New York (metro includes ten counties in New York, thirteen in New Jersey, and one in Pennsylvania).

[@Bob-jm8kl]

I await the day he can comment from personal experience. With his love of sports, maybe a July afternoon at Wrigley Field or Dodger Stadium.

[@LM-dv8pv]

I’m pretty sure They used the city limits population for this, not surrounding areas. Boston is a prime example. Areas like Cambridge, Somerville, and Brookline aren’t counted in the city’s population but they’re basically part of the city. In my hometown of Cleveland, the actual city has a population around 300k but counting surrounding areas it’s well over 1 million.

[@brianschaffer9220]

That is why it says city...

[@user-ng4tf2oq7s]

@@brianschaffer9220but that’s deceiving

[@user-ng4tf2oq7s]

Exactly. Boston has the same population as like okc city limit wise, but that’s because it’s such a small footprint. Just pure city size Boston is closer to Houston

[@GlobalGioReacts]

It’s interesting that you are so familiar with a lot of USA states . If you ask an American to name even 3 cities in the UK most couldn’t .

[@demonrat9667]

Manchester, London, Birmingham... i know because I used to watch Peaky Blinders lol

[@lordoman1940]

You got be there I've even been to the uk before but i can't name 3 cities lol

[@Jaster832]

Can't you just think of a state or city in New England that has "New" in the name and just lose the new part?

[@legojedimasterplokoon2173]

@@Jaster832 I'm late but no. For instance, Hampshire is a county, not a city

[@Job0121]

London, Liverpool, Lancaster, this dude just shared with us some google web page that is 10 years old. I was disappointed

[@itachigaming1330]

I actually live in Atlanta GA, and this is when I knew they were only talking about people who lived in the downtown area, cause ATL is much bigger than that

[@rorypaul153]

The city limits of Atlanta, not just downtown, is about 420k, but the entire metro is over 6 million.

[@BJ-xm6bi]

420k in city to 6 million in metro is why the traffic is so bad! Need residential buildings in downtown area like Toronto has.

[@tythegreatttg]

Noo ATL is not that big I live in Houston and Atlanta can fit in 1 corner of Houston

[@rorypaul153]

@@tythegreatttg lol the population of Houston is just over 7 million, Atlanta is just over 6 million. So no, ATL cannot for in one corner of Houston

[@tythegreatttg]

@@rorypaul153 I was talking about just Atlanta not the areas around it

[@websites377]

The most accurate representation of a city's population would be its metro population. That includes the surrounding smaller cities and towns near it. You should watch a video based on the biggest metro areas in the usa to get a more accurate representation of populations of cities.

[@swisscheese6456]

I think a comparison of both is the best representation of population of a city

[@brianschaffer9220]

I can't see how that can be a more accurate representation. Many cities metropolitan areas have other cities 50,000, 100,000, even 250,000. Heck, LA's metro has at least 5 cities of 100,000 or more. Even Denver includes a city of 300k in Aurora.

[@donaldashworth258]

Denver, Colorado is called “The mile high city”.

[@Oduunich]

Yup. They used to put the elevation on the city limits sign, but I heard they stopped because people kept stealing them. My dad used to drive trucks & bought one off a guy & it sits behind our shed now.😂

[@formber]

@@Oduunich They still put the elevation on the city limit signs. Every city or town in Colorado does. No population, just elevation. I always thought it was pretty cool.

[@jensymank4935]

@@Oduunich Elevation are still on city signs around town just no exact 5280 (one mile).

[@PhxVanguard]

Prescott, AZ is also a mile high city. 😊

[@nathanmaynard2241]

The smaller population is just solely the amount of people living in the city itself and the large population in the millions is the one that includes suburbs and all that stuff which is why there is a big difference

[@TheCriminalViolin]

As it should be. Its logical and simple, and gives clarity. You want the city's population numbers? You look up the city and should only get the results for the city proper. You want the metro area's population (not just the city)? Then you look up METRO population, instead. I will never understand why people think it makes more sense to conflate them into one thing and demand that it is logical somehow to state the metro is the city, and they're the very same, when that could not be more false. But that's just my perspective on it that nobody asked for.

[@geoffsimpkins7650]

The larger numbers are metropolitan areas. For instance, Los Angeles has about 4 million and the metropolitan area is about 20 million, maybe more.

[@slyherrera]

12:39 You can’t really see the view from inside though if you’re in the west side of the city by Elitches it’s a bit easier, and if you live south of Denver it has a really great view of Pikes Peak

[@carltonsprague7346]

Google "Population of the greater Atlanta area" then you'll get the answer your looking for:) Spoiler alert! 6,000,000

[@brentparks3669]

It’s like that for every city in the United States.

[@idrinkbeer3922]

Or google -"city" metro. Every large US city has the city proper which is city limits and then city metro which includes all the suburbs and the city proper together.

[@TheCriminalViolin]

Atlanta Metro Population and Atlanta GREATER Metro Population are two different criteria and things, yielding predictably different results in the numbers. One includes the more distant, but still in close enough proximity to the bedroom cities towns, cities & CDPs/Unincorporated Areas, (Greater) while the other only includes close in and directly attached suburbs to the main city of the area. People often do not have any idea of this fact. It can make a massive difference in those numbers.

[@georgyzhukov6409]

wow almost same as philedalphia

[@Job0121]

that was 2019, he was using a 2010 census figure. he should have told his viewers which year he was using.

[@thwack100]

I live in Denver, and yes you can see the mountains from all over. That is the front of the rocky mountains, which stretch very far north and very far south. However, if you go east it is just plains for hundreds of miles.

[@nevergivingup3434]

Reverse Utah right there.

[@edwardmunson3896]

Thwack: Of late, Denver has taken a few "kicks to the head (politics often does that); but it is in an absolutely gorgeous area.

[@shanestevenson2452]

Imagine living in the middle of those plains...the horizon looks the same no matter which way you look

[@thwack100]

@@edwardmunson3896 How have we taken kicks to the head? Politics in Denver are fine

[@edwardmunson3896]

@@thwack100 Don't judge me as I was NOT judging Colorado, nor Denver, nor their body politic. My comment was simply an observation of how our Country's often challenged media represents things.

[@siriconant278]

"Boys, idaho" I was just waiting for mispronunciation but I've never heard that one lol locals say "Boy-See"

[@cnr6142]

Most of the u.s. says boy-see

[@rbrtgrdn]

@@cnr6142 Lol...I thought the same. Who doesn't pronounce it like 'Boy-See' or 'Boy-Zee'.

[@daffyderp]

@@rbrtgrdn those who say boy-zee are mental...

[@egad1773]

I’m from Meridian and I’ve always said Boy-zee

[@lopheim]

And he pronounces Albuquerque perfectly haha. I love Luka. He's awesome.

[@brittanym7491]

Las vegas has like 2 million people it's just not all called Las Vegas. Vegas is really just a small area around the strip..while the strip is actually paradise nevada

[@koreanforrabbit]

I live in Denver! The mountains aren't visible from my home, but boy howdy, seeing them every morning on my drive in to work starts my day off right.

[@anthonyorsini]

Me too! The mountains on the background of Denver are always a nice thing to wake up and see =)

[@shannapelton9019]

Yea but you get Red rocks in Morrison, i traveled there for a concert in 2017 for the Head and the Heart, first time I had ever been in CO and now we are planning on moving there 💨🔥

[@elizabethhamilton4678]

You need to watch the channel Lost in the pond. He grew up in England , married a girl from America, who was going to college in England. He ended up moving to America with her and he talks a lot about the differences between the two. He covers a so many things and has a funny dry sense of humor. I think you would really learn a lot from him. He's been here about 20 years now. Check him out. I live on the southeast coast of Florida. No mountains, snow or cold winters here. Very tropical, very beautiful beaches and lots of sunshine.

[@UnlikelyWeTry]

Came here to hear Luka say, "Wait. What?!"

[@mazdaman2315]

One thing that I don’t think anyone has ever reacted to is the documentaries about the national parks they are long but worth watching

[@lizardhipsnchips2408]

This is a good idea.

[@LukeAdamMiller]

I agree. Good idea. There's interesting information about national parks in terms of both nature and history. Plus, they're beautiful, so any video you show will be visually appealing.

[@Jesterisim]

oo i like this suggestion

[@newgrl]

Oh, hell ya. Great idea. I think he would love those.

[@BarnestormerAK]

From anchorage, Alaska... have almost half the state’s population in this one city. Central hub for the rest of the state for commerce and travel.

[@jacksonhstudios4421]

I dare you to do an entire video in an American accent, Luka

[@Wyattjohnson13]

Yes!!

[@actionjax7433]

I fifty-second this!

[@tishaw.8254]

Most definitely

[@halicarnassus834]

You also try the 50 Accents of the U.K. I agree, but make it an even field.

[@mrp782]

Can't be done. Where do you start? The new yorker, the texan, or the foreign language? Lols

[@erinh4184]

Minnesota's two largest cities are neighbors to eachother, Minneapolis & St. Paul. They are frequently referred to as the Twin Cities. The surrounding cities/counties are grouped and referred to as being a part of the Twin Cities. If you included the Twin Cities metropolitan area the population is around 3,099,000. Minnesota is also referred to as the land of 10,000 lakes (though we actually have more then that). The northern part of the state has the Boundary Waters Canoe area (an untouched and popular destination) and a lot of beautiful hills and nature. To the west of the Twin Cities is more flat farm land. To the south it is a blending of the two with some beautiful scenic drives. To the east of the Twin Cities we have our Wisconsin neighbors. Its a beautiful state, and as a few others states in the list would probably agree, the pictures in this video do not do our cities justice. Nonetheless, it is an interesting video to watch. Thank you for sharing!

[@bigdog91paper]

The drive down the Mississippi along the Wisconsin, Minnesota border is one of the most beautiful drives you can take, especially in the fall.

[@erinh4184]

@@bigdog91paper if you are referring to highway 61, I wholeheartedly agree!

[@bigdog91paper]

@@erinh4184 For sight seeing and beauty I think State 35 on the Wisconsin side is a bit better because it's less of a proper highway and just two lanes for the whole way from La Crosse to Prescott and you can better appreciate the bluffs on the Minnesota side rising up. 61 is a US highway so it's built up a bit more and you're right at the base of the bluffs so it feels a little less impressive. Both very beautiful though and I drive 61 far more often.

[@talonofravens3695]

Dallas and Fort Worth are two large cities next to each other. They are usually just called the metroplex or the DWF area because they are like a huge metropolitan area together.

[@shark8123]

Me: from Fargo, North Dakota “Not a great picture tbh” Me: instant sadness

[@partysuvius]

You gotta admit, there are far better landscape photos of all 50 states. The person who made the video used some terrible shots.

[@AJStarhiker]

True, but it's still more photogenic than West Acres.

[@shark8123]

@@partysuvius yeah I definitely agree, they definitely could have have taken or found a better photo

[@RiftShad3COD]

I miss living in Fargo

[@thestach7729]

Phoenix and Las Vegas are great representations of one of America's greatest, yet most underrated achievements in how they conquered the desert, something that many nations have struggled with historically yes while some deserts around the world may be more inhospitable, these desert cities are still impressive nonetheless

[@frankpaiz5657]

Not sure which was more fun. Watching your reactions or hearing your pronunciations of some of the city names. 😍 Cheers, mate!

[@dragoncrackers7660]

British guy: "Columbus looks so nice. That river looks so clean" Me: "I don't think anyone told him. Should we tell him?

[@rubiginosaa]

Columbus isn't cute? I always thought Cleveland was the grimy Ohio city

[@dragoncrackers7660]

@@rubiginosaa Its not the worst but it certainly isn't cute apart from a few very expensive areas.

[@srice8959]

I was literally LOL 😂 when he said that

[@srice8959]

@@dragoncrackers7660 I thought that was a computer generated city pic map model

[@sarahnoonen7513]

@Jeremy Dunfee cleveland has been putting in a lot of work to clean up. It's actually a pretty cool spot now

[@user-biscut]

Cheyenne [Shy-an] Anchorage [Ang-krige] Wichita [Which-uh-taw] Omaha [Oh-muh-haw] Edit: ...please note that this is just how I an American who's from the midwest and has live in both the north east and in the south pronounces these names

[@David-un4cs]

The Anchorage pronunciation looks a bit strange to me. I've always pronounced the "or" in the middle.

[@aliccolo]

Anchorage usually has the o pronounced in it. AN-kor-ige, emphasis on the first syllable. Sometimes people will smoosh the last two syllables together though, as in AN-krige. I'd say both are accepted and no one would correct you if you used either. Source: I was born and raised there.

[@rissriss3608]

I’m from Denver, CO and yes the views looking west are always fantastic. I used to live in an area with no houses or buildings behind my house facing west up into the mountains, and the view was insane. The sunsets are gorgeous!

[@thwack100]

Keep in mind these are city proper populations (just the population in the city boundries) not metro populations, which are much bigger. For example, the Atlanta city proper population is 420k, but the atlanta metro population is 6 million.

[@tylerahlstrom4553]

The skyline of Cheyenne was actually Salt Lake City. He even commented he was surprised they had that skyline given the population size of the city.

[@formber]

No, that was Albuquerque.

[@marksetser2136]

Nope, I'm from SLC and it was definitely a pic of SLC. Most pics of SLC are looking south towards downtown from the mountains like in this vids pic of SLC or from the west side looking east towards the Wasatch Mtns. This one is taken FROM the Wasatch mountains looking west/northwest

[@formber]

@@marksetser2136 Ah, I stand corrected! The building with the point on top is very similar to one in Albuquerque, so that threw me. Thanks for the clarification.

[@Job0121]

@@formber think it was salt lake. But it does look like Albi (certainly not Tucson like I was guessing) hopefully dude does better homework before he shares a video with viewers who are not sharing a video

[@odoggymnasts3703]

12:21 “ image livening in the city and wake up to that view” Me - I do ever day and the mountains are ten time more majestic when there is fresh snow in them.

[@alvallac2171]

*Imagine (different meaning and pronunciation) *living (different meaning and pronunciation) *every day

[@odoggymnasts3703]

@@alvallac2171 sorry I’m dyslexic and can’t spell

[@Bondsy35]

One thing you have to understand about America is the road system. A lot of these cities are for work because we travel into them from outlying areas and we don't actually live in them. Also, I noticed how you enjoyed the view of Denver's mountains. There's an old joke that the settlers who were headed towards California made it to Denver and saw the snowcapped Rocky Mountains and just said, "Fuck it, I ain't climbing that". So they just settled in Denver.

[@Bob-jm8kl]

I'm from Minneapolis. The city proper may only be 382,587, as it has a relatively small land area. The metro has 3.6 million. Jacksonville has a huge land area, the largest in the US. In reality, the Miami metro is has lot more people. Tampa-St Pete and Orlando might even have more people than Jacksonville. Interestingly, the Las Vegas Strip isn't technically in Las Vegas.

[@m2tbone]

The picture they showed for Wichita, Kansas, is actually a picture of Kansas City, Missouri.

[@bigussmokesus8866]

You should react to the 15 emptiest parts of the United States by geography king

[@George_Washington_1776]

Damn, Big Smoke. You ask this on every video.

[@bigussmokesus8866]

@@George_Washington_1776 yep, and I’ll keep asking on every video till he reacts to it

[@George_Washington_1776]

@@bigussmokesus8866 And when he does that, we team up and get him to react to furry porn.

[@Annaevelin-]

@@George_Washington_1776 😂😂😂😂😂

[@nathanpitek3177]

These are all “proper” numbers. They don’t count the suburbs

[@Blemery1]

Looks like it's from 2010 census because I am pretty sure Phoenix surpassed Philadelphia based on 2019 estimates.

[@TripNBallsGaming]

And they're not even up to date. They're only using data from the 2010 census, while census estimates seem to update every 2 years or so, making them more accurate and up-to-date.

[@ashh651]

@@Blemery1 yeah and this probably doesn’t include Glendale and other areas which are apart of Phoenix

[@quincyhansen2660]

I live in Denver, and I can confirm you can just see the mountains “in your back garden.” I sometimes look at the view and feel so lucky to live here. However, to clear up a common misconception, Denver is not located in the mountains, only next to the mountains.

[@mikehunt368]

“witcheeta kansas” 😂

[@adnelg319]

That took me right out

[@George-wb9du]

@@adnelg319 I guess he's never seen Zombieland

[@jcrazy9060]

I live here in Wichita, KS and that's actually a very common pronunciation people use who aren't from here.

[@johnwhite345]

That photo of Honolulu is actually Waikiki. Honolulu is in the background about 2 miles away.

[@krasnokat]

Isn’t Waikiki a district in Honolulu? Forgive me if I’m wrong. Do locals just see downtown Honolulu as Honolulu and then Waikiki as a separate area? I’m curious. 🤔🙂

[@Kityn]

Yes, if you're in Denver, you can always see the mountains! It's how we tell direction and time off the top of our heads.

[@jrangel101]

At any given time there are more tourist in Las Vegas then residents, this was before the pandemic.

[@alvallac2171]

*than (comparison) *residents. This (to fix your comma splice run-on)

[@V4ND4L1Z3RR]

*"whi-cheeta"* man as a Kansas native I died

[@mckennajones4741]

12:13 Denver; yes you can see the mountain range from most places in the city, its not the best place to live in like a house, but if youre in a suburb (where i live) then you can usually see it from a porch or a deck, my town is on a hill so its so pretty especially on my morning drive. sometimes theres clouds or fog but very rarely. as said in another comment, the mountains back up to the west so you alost always know which direction youre going based on that, but i still have to so "North, South, East, West" in my head haha

[@austinreed5805]

13:17 Nashville is a beautiful city, and a booming one. If you look at the Nashville skyline from 2011 and from 2018, they look completely different.

[@citymaker1234]

I’m from charleston South Carolina. Its short because there is a limit to keep the church tops being taller than everything else to keep historical value. The city has a lot of history about it.

[@jamesbrooks4805]

I live in anchorage Alaska but I’m originally from Atlanta Georgia. When I moved up here I was surprised how mild the climate was compared to the rest of Alaska. But a lot of people move up here for jobs and the scenery or to just get away.

[@thebudgettravelblog]

I’d be down for flying this guy out here and showing him across the country, some of these videos are very misleading. If you want to see the size or get a feel for it, come here. I would genuinely be pleased to do this. This past year we went from key west to main and Savannah Georgia to San Francisco a few times. Check out some of Wolters Worlds videos!! He’s the travel pro who really does his due diligence!! React to some of his videos

[@minionman95]

I’d take him on a tour of good ol’ Nebraska.

[@thebudgettravelblog]

@@minionman95 went through Nebraska on 80 west, once you hit Kearney and the landscape changes towards winning you guys have some outstanding sunsets

[@minionman95]

@@thebudgettravelblog that and sand hill cranes. But Husker Saturday memorial stadium in Lincoln attendance is larger than the third largest town population.

[@ofmine08]

I can show him around Austin,tx

[@bigdog91paper]

That's the biggest thing about the mountains especially. You just cannot appreciate them properly until you see them rising in the distance in person and it takes another hour or two to get to them.

[@captainfly4602]

A lot of the tropical cities, and the smaller cities have tall office buildings or resorts, not every skyscraper is an apartment block

[@annelooney1090]

In parts of Colorado, you have to use different recipes when you bake food because it's at such a high altitude.

[@OCPDesigns]

The biggest issue is city vs. metro area. A lot of the population who call a specific city home actually live outside the geographical boundaries in what we call Suburbs. It's the same thing with when you searched Manchester you saw 500k for the people literally living in the city bounds vs 2.7m for the greater metro area.

[@gopher6532]

Fact: Themost famous part of the strip is actually in a suburb of Las Vegas called Paradise including the picture you saw.

[@chrissimmons9743]

14:14 The Smaller numbers (like the 500k for Manchester ENG, and 800k for Charlotte) are the populations within the city itself, while the larger numbers include nearby cities in the form of a "Metro Population" For example Portland Oregon only has about 645k people, but the Portland Metro Area (which includes cities like Beaverton, Jantzen Beach, Tigard, Gresham, Oregon City and Vancouver WA), the population rises up to 2.4M.

[@Watnow20]

I’ve lived in Denver my whole life, those mountains are the view everyday. People in Denver always know which way West is because you just have to find the mountains!

[@Jaster832]

Lucky! I have to look at my watch and then the shadows. I'm completely lost from 11 am to 1 pm. No sense of direction at all.

[@Utonian21]

Same in Utah, except the mountains are to our East

[@bryanibarra1142]

There’s need to be a new video with new numbers. Those population numbers are from 2010 (11 years ago). Can’t wait for the new census numbers from 2020 to be released.

[@miabartoli5826]

The fact that I feel somewhat flattered when he says how nice Columbus is ahahaha no one ever says anything nice about Ohio

[@andregomes8559]

Same! I love our city of Columbus

[@BIFC216]

Cleveland is the alpha city in Ohio

[@davehelms1398]

These are within city limits, not metro, Atlanta, it spreads over 7 counties, not just one. metro is 4 million, not 450 in the city limits.

[@DaleyWhaley91]

Metro for Atlanta is almost 6 million and as of this year well over half a million just city limits.

[@NateOlson]

Based on the Salt Lake City numbers, they're just using the city borders. The metropolitan area has 1.2 million, and you wouldn't really know when you left the city limits.

[@brianschaffer9220]

That's why it's different. Because that "metro area" includes cities many miles away, like provo, about 45 miles away.

[@Uncle_Antnee]

@@brianschaffer9220 the 1.6 million is just salt lake county that doesn't include provo. It's just point to point in the Salt Lake Valley

[@NateOlson]

@@brianschaffer9220 Yeah, it's doesn't include Provo Metro or Ogden.

[@goomanhlr5697]

I’m from Minneapolis. It’s very cold in the winter and very hot and humid in the summer

[@trainedcyborg0985]

before i watch, i just KNOW he’s going to say “Looeyvilll” Kentucky instead of “Looahvuhl”

[@edwardmunson3896]

TrainedCy: And he damn sure did. But he is a nice kid and makes his channel interesting. Hell, we have born and raised Americans who still say "Ill-uh-noyze." I still have problems adapting to the politically correct way of pronouncing Nevada......"NUH-VAT-UH."

[@TeeTop_]

I had never known about "Looahvuhl" until recently and idk how that is.

[@phillipruck3638]

And bless his heart for not saying it so stupidly

[@chitlitlah]

Actually, he said it Louiseville.

[@leahtheanimationfan40]

Thank you for educating me. I have been pronouncing it wrong my whole life 🙂

[@lrgrapevine]

If you haven't you should find a video talking bout the largest lakes in the US. You don't have too.... I kinda just wanted to find something interesting that would almost definately have Minnesota in it. Lol

[@The-Divey]

Well it doesn't seem that interesting other than the great lakes... but I don't know much about lakes so idk

[@lrgrapevine]

@@The-Divey lakes can be cool

[@GGBladeSK]

14:17 so there is the actual city of charlotte but then every city has a metro area which is like greater charlotte so the suburbs are included

[@arielle-autumnstott9627]

One thing to keep in mind when looking at these numbers is, they don't include the residential neighborhoods just outside city limits. I am a born and raised Coloradan, and I can tell you that if you include all of the homes around Denver you come closer to a population of 1.5 million. The 600,000 is just for Denver proper, not the Denver Aurora, Denver Lakewood, or the Denver Centennial districts. Strictly downtown city. Kinda like the map you pulled up of Manchester. There were residential areas around what is Manchester proper. And yes you can see the mountains all around Denver. It sits in a bowl like valley between the peaks so you have all the highest peaks around you. My city, Colorado Springs is on the side of the mountain, so you can always find your way cause the peaks are always to the west. I live near Cheyenne mountain so I'm about 6,800 feet above sea level.

[@karenmatuska3812]

I live closer to downtown Colorado Springs and I have a perfectly framed view of Pikes Peak every day I step out of my house. It is just as amazing as you think it is to live here!

[@donavannj]

Denver metro has ~ 2.9 mil per census bureau iirc. That doesn't include Boulder tho iirc.

[@cdmforconner]

That picture they had with Cheyenne Wyoming was actually a picture of Salt Lake City

[@jasonlym6995]

I noticed that too. It’s taken from the east side looking across the valley toward the Ochre Mountains. Taken from the west it would show the Wasatch mountains which are much closer to the city.

[@Utonian21]

@@otterspace3634 No, It's SLC. The picture was taken facing West, which is out towards the lake and desert.

[@Nintend0n]

I’m from Grand Rapids, Michigan and our city limits population is just over 200,000 people but out metro population is over a million so it just depends if you’re looking at the metro population or the population of people in the city limits only

[@bradfordlangston836]

I don't think these numbers include the metro areas For example, the Boston metro is almost 5 million

[@surielparra4102]

Oh Seattle has beautiful scenery 🏔

[@sortaamy3003]

You have to remember that in the US, a lot of people live in suburbs surrounding the city and those people won't be included in the count. Outward growth vs upward growth. Metro area includes the towns surrounding the city itself so it will, of course, be much larger than the city alone.

[@iamjacobwulff]

You should do a video of my city (Jacksonville) which is the largest US city in the lower 48 and home of the Jacksonville Jaguars NFL team. :)

[@Capydachi]

@@nicholassutton8210 Largest in terms of area, it is I believe something like 850 square miles

[@jyu467]

Jags are going to ruin Trevor Lawrence

[@kam9908]

im from jax too

[@watley1773]

Duuuval!!!!!!!! #DTWD

[@jamesbrubeck6335]

DUUUVAAAL!

[@jordanhurd1988]

Technically the strip isn’t part of the city of Las Vegas, but rather an unincorporated town called Paradise.

[@dennisreesman9180]

From the Denver Metro area, which encompasses many cities, you can see the rocky mtns.. Its easy to know the direction you're going by looking at the mountains because they are west of the city.

[@TheQueenofScream4]

I’ve been to the top 3 most populated cities. Los Angeles is only about 45 mins to an hour away from my city (depending on traffic) and I’ve been to New York and Chicago Illinois.

[@danielleporter1829]

You must live in Valley right, maybe North Hollywood, Simi Valley, Studio City, Panorama City etc. Anywoo hi neighbor 😃👏

[@TheAtomBuilds]

I live in the East but my cousins live in your are so I visit LA a lot

[@rickmurillo6857]

@@danielleporter1829 Canoga Park, Northridge, Thousand Oaks

[@IK-pz7th]

The Atlanta Metro area is massive. There’s random medium cities scattered throughout the entire country with metros over 500,000 and countless over 100,000

[@BJ-xm6bi]

Massive is like 10 million or more. Atlanta is not there yet.

[@gacaptain]

It shows the city of Atlanta at 420,000 but an up to date figure would be 500,000. It's Metropolitan Area population is close to 6 million.

[@adamsrankings8860]

10:27 that's just the city limits. Atlanta's metro area is around 6 million, same thing with Miami.

[@619jack_]

these are all the city limits not the metro area, like when you saw how manchester was 500k thats the city limits but the metro is what was 2.7m, atlantas city limits is just 400k but the metro is almost 6 million