British Guy Reacts to What Every State in the US is Best and Worst At

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[@colinaudette291]

About Alabama’s math scores, I think he was talking about public schools in general, not college

[@willvr4]

Yeah, and you only need a 2.3 GPA to be accepted into a D1 school which isn't much to ask for.

[@NolmDirtyDan]

So at big schools where players that have pro potential get scholarships, many of these players will take very simple easy classes just to pass so they can be eligible to play, since the NFL and NBA require you to go to college first

[@willvr4]

Yeah, I swear most of them are communications majors lol. They also get preferential treatment and don't necessarily have the same kind of workload as the average student. This really only applies to football and basketball though since that's where the real money and exposure comes in for the colleges if they go professional.

[@thecomorbiditycurator8018]

correct. and I cashed in on that back in college. charged them to do their homework. I had medical Bill's and tuition to pay 🤷‍♀️ they were elective courses that were part of the gen ed requirement, like intro musicology.

[@nattymo7835]

I don't think the NBA requires college. LeBron went to the Cavs right out of high school, for example.

[@SilvanaDil]

The grades to play college sports is a low bar. A few schools, e.g., Duke, have reasonably smart athletes and win some championships. My fellow students at Stanford back in the day were reasonably smart. Then again, Stanford wins championships only in the minor sports.

[@gabrspanksmen]

They were really good in football for a while but yeah I dont think they ever won a championship

[@umarhasan2978]

Lived in Minnesota my whole life. The craziest part of the cold weather is that life just goes on people will go skiing, run errands, walk their dogs, etc no matter the weather. Plus it gets super hot and humid in the summer too :)

[@shawnanderson6313]

Recent winter was an easy one.

[@Peg__]

@@shawnanderson6313 .Agreed. Makes you wonder what kind of heat we'll get this summer.

[@shawnanderson6313]

@@Peg__ Hot, Muggy and a lot of Mosquitos!!

[@corvus1374]

New Orleans is at the mouth of the Mississippi River. The grain floats down the river to New Orleans for shipping overseas. North Dakota's alcoholism problem is related to the fact that the state has a high Native American population. Unfortunately, alcoholism is a plague among Native Americans.

[@moniacurrie5518]

A lot of roads like that the highways like that in the US look like that I don't know about Atlanta though cuz I never been there and I love the video on hi but I think it does look like that the highways.

[@evilervcowart6234]

The traffic on Atlanta's Spaghetti Junction is the worst I've ever seen. It'll wreck a person's nerves even if they aren't the one driving lol

[@moniacurrie5518]

@@evilervcowart6234 ok lol :D

[@SRHS83]

We never had our kids believe in the Easter Bunny, but did the traditional hiding plastic eggs filled with coins and candy, and an Easter basket. We usually did the commercial Easter stuff on Saturday then attended church and taught our kids about the true meaning of Easter (the resurrection of Christ) on Sunday. Dinner was usually roast & potatoes, then normal "Thanksgiving" fixin's like cranberry sauce, rolls, stuffing, pie, green bean casserole, etc. to go with the roast.

[@KalEL224]

Easter was a stolen holiday from pagans FYI

[@gabrspanksmen]

14:23 yep we have coffee, trees, bikes, and snails

[@tamifaulkner4103]

And slugs!

[@rustklz]

I just went to Atlanta, Georgia two weeks ago, and I can confirm that the trafic is absolutely horrendous.

[@evilervcowart6234]

I absolutely hate Atlanta traffic, especially Spaghetti Junction lol

[@beesnort3163]

Oh yes it absolutely looks this mad!

[@hordayo502]

Yeah....it’s bad, like very bad. I went through Atlanta in January and let me tell you want, even though there’s 10 lanes, it’s still bad 😂

[@4theloveoflife]

Just about nobody that lives in vegas hangs out on the strip.. Only if we work there or if we are being tour guides for friends from out of town lol.. as far as Montana their internet is due the geography of the state. A lot of mountains and dense forest make it rough to run lines.

[@menwithven8114]

I've driven through Atlanta probably 50 times throughout 34 years of vacation driving back and forth to Florida. The traffic is INSANE! It gets up to like 8 lanes each way driving through long tunnels and winding back and forth while driving through downtown going 80 mph. I've personally avoided three crazy car crashes where cars ended up hitting each other or the dividing wall. It feels like driving NASCAR lol

[@evilervcowart6234]

When I was 15, my 16 year old buddy had been given a Dodge Colt by his grandmother who lived in South Carolina. We rode with his parents to Greenville, stayed a few days to visit, then my friend and I headed back home to Alabama. Long story short, we almost got totaled going through Atlanta during rush hour. Our nerves were so rattled that we found the nearest payphone and called his uncle, who lived in ATL. We chilled at his place for the night and left out early the next morning. From then on, we always detoured around Atlanta whenever we would go to Greenville...it added a bit of time to the drive but was worth it lol We referred to it as 'taking the scenic route' lol

[@Mathias-ex1lm]

As an avid golfer and lifelong Michigander I totally agree. Michigan is a summer golf destination, especially northern Michigan. Great quality, quantity, and affordability and some beautiful scenery. Also 100% correct about the gov. Thanks for not mentioning automobile production.

[@billpickard7848]

Two videos and a live stream. That rocks dude. I'm ready for hoops. Btw college students must keep their grades Up The math score pertains to Alabama high schools

[@jeffburdick869]

2:00 there are some academic requirements in order to gain and maintain eligibility to play college sports...but they are fairly easy to achieve. And there is cheating going on...academic scandals of tutors writing papers for players or helping players cheat on a test pop up from time to time, for example. At many universities, athletes are often pushed towards much easier classes and majors. There is one school in southeast Michigan that plays in the big hole that pushes most of their football players into "general studies" as their major...which basically means they just take the easiest classes that the university provides and unless they make the NFL, they leave their university with very little actual academic knowledge.

[@derekprzesmicki9578]

Fun fact: In 1895, there were 2 TOTAL CARS In the STATE of Ohio and they somehow got in a CAR CRASH Also, Wyoming only has 2 escalators in the State

[@Fetch26291]

In 1984, Massachusetts became the first state to ban so-called "happy hours." Calls for change were heard following one particularly gruesome drunk-driving death in Braintree in 1983, and the amendment coincided with the Commonwealth raising the drinking age from 20 to 21 shortly afterward.

[@frankisfunny2007]

To combat the constant negativity on the internet....... Whoever's reading this comment, I hope you are having a good day, and have a great weekend!

[@SRHS83]

Sweet! Same to you!

[@lorettascurato2692]

Thanks! Merry Christmas 🎄!! Same to you 😃

[@geoffmustbedestroyed]

The highways in Atlanta, yes......that shot is real....there’s a point in the Northeastern part of the city where i85 and i285 meet and there’s several lanes of traffic overlapping offering multiple directions of travel.....it’s nicknamed Spaghetti Junction.....with all the lanes going off in various directions resembling a plate spaghetti-to a point....it’s odd to get stuck on it during rush hour....as you’re up VERY high......not moving.......but, most of the time, whenever I drive over it, it reminds me of being on a roller coaster-it’s that high.....I live downtown....i85 and i75 converge north and south of the city.....i20 runs east/ west.....going north or south through downtown, the highway is 8 lanes going north and 8 lanes going south.....and it’s USUALLY always busy....semi trucks are NOT allowed to take i85/i75 through the city unless delivering.....if just traveling through, they must take the i285 bypass.....which puts them up going through “Spaghetti Junction”-adding to more traffic issue up there as well.....hell, everyday I drive north to work, there’s never NOT some sort of accident or delay

[@SpearM3064]

@Beesley I do want to clarify a _few_ things the narrator said. For example, he mentioned Alaska's violent crime rate. A lot of that can be attributed to alcohol. The indigenous tribes just cannot hold their liquor. That's why the tribal villages have banned alcohol to protect their own people, and also why a 750 ml bottle of vodka can fetch values of $400 on the black market. Furthermore, some of those villages are so remote they can only be reached by airplane, so it takes the State Police _hours_ to respond to an alcohol-fuelled domestic violence call. They also talked about Michigan and the state government's low ratings for transparency and accountability. A good example of this is Flint, Michigan... which you may have heard about, even in the UK. I could write a thesis statement about that incident, but I think the fact that nine state officials were charged with 34 felonies (false pretenses, conspiracy, involuntary manslaughter, obstruction of justice, willful neglect of duty, and conspiracy to tamper with evidence, to name a few) says enough. If you want to know more, just do an Internet search for it. You will find plenty of information about it. The narrator says that Oregon was the only state where he couldn't find anything they were the worst in. _He did not do enough research._ They have among the worst substance abuse rates in the country, with approximately 12% of residents reporting past-month use of illicit drugs; the national average is 8%. In 2007 and 2008, Oregon ranked first among all states in several categories: past-month use of illicit drugs other than marijuana among persons aged 12-17; past-year non-medical use of pain relievers among young adults aged 18-25; and past-month illicit drug use among persons 26 and older.

[@Gabriel-cj9ih]

The meth labs in Indiana are definitely illegal 😂

[@bayareasportsfan7092]

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[@jessebrierley8384]

Yes, he definitely needs to react to that

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[@TheBeesleys99]

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[@Rawnchie14]

Ahhh Massachusetts - the Ireland of the US, we have a mad number of pubs and whisky bars in town, and drink - a lot.

[@a00141799]

Favorite Easter tradition??!! Just going to church and eating a big Easter dinner afterwards. My kids (ages 22 and 26) come over for dinner and my wife makes a lot of food for Easter. Usually turkey, a ham, mashed potatoes, vegetables, and of course a cake. Neither of my kids are married yet, so no grand children but I am looking forward to having some one day. My daughter, who is 26, was offered a new job in Texas and she flew down last week for 5 days to see if she likes it there. I hope she doesn't move to Texas but she likes it so she might. We do have some relatives there but as you know Texas is huge. 😁😁😁 Great video Beesley. 👍👍👍👍👍

[@RacingGuy2448]

I heard that you are never more then 6 miles away from fresh water in Michigan

[@bigussmokesus8866]

You should react to Troy Polomalu highlights. He was the best defensive player of his time and has some superhuman plays

[@stevenhamann4344]

3:13 may be why its called CONNECTicut

[@LindseyMoon13]

Alaska having such high income doesnt mean much considering a small box of cereal is like $14.00. Everything is super expensive in alaska because everything can only be flown in/around. The crime rates are so high there because the living situations are so mentally, emotionally, physically, and financially difficult.

[@Melissa-wx4lu]

The Math scores are for all students in general, not just the football players. No such thing as Legal meth labs Yes people in jails can be from other states. But I'm not sure if the maker of the video is counting only inmates from Louisiana or all the inmates

[@corvus1374]

There's a movie called "Hoosiers", based on a true story about a small rural Indiana high school beating a big urban school to win the state's high school basketball championship.

[@jartstopsign]

Thanks for the video, Beesley

[@hordayo502]

I’m pretty the video Beesley is watching is from a couple of years ago because Alabama actually has 17 National Championships now

[@donnyscomics3487]

Also related to the prison thing. America has a lot of crime in comparison to the UK. And also really strict laws that make someone go to jail for a lot of things

[@kailynnnelson2435]

Colorado is also tied for the state with the least shark attacks...so that's something to be proud of...considering we're landlocked.

[@joehaynes7092]

One time the school just bumped my friends grade up for the football game to a c- so he could play according to him

[@jeffburdick869]

3:30 Makes me think that your gf isn't going to let you get a dog anytime soon.

[@ndguam]

For North Dakota the reason for the high alcohol consumption might be related to the ethnic make up of the state.

[@Ldracing4]

I’m from Minnesota, It’s not to bad I don’t know what everyone is freaking out aboot

[@cswrel]

ilhan

[@solace6700]

those crossing interstates are in every city unless their small i guess

[@ethanpost9774]

The most famous basketball player from indiana is Larry Bird and he played for Boston

[@jeffburdick869]

5:00 it was best state at high school basketball, not college. Also, I don't know where he's getting that statistic from. If he said most popular for high school basketball, I'd buy that. As it does seem like particularly in small towns, high school basketball is pretty popular there. But there are other states that produce far more talent than Indiana. Indiana is 12th in number of players in the NBA. Even if you factor it in as a per capita basis, they're still not first.

[@Gabriel-cj9ih]

If you really want to learn more about each individual state, World According to Briggs has a good channel. Check out some of his "10 Reasons to Move to" and "10 Reasons Not to Move to" videos on states.

[@downnice95]

Time to answer some questions The Nevada lacking socialization is honestly not surprising, outside of Vegas and Reno the state is largely unpopulated and even in Reno and Vegas areas there are alot of retired people who move from other states West Virginia being economically depressed compared to the rest of the US is complicated but back in the day the states primary industry was coal mining but environmental regulations and manufacturing jobs making overseas have really hurt the state and most of the eruxsied young people flee to states with more opportunities As for Texas lack of voting in elections compared to other states, it's complicated but part of it is Texas usually votes for the same party no matter so most people know this and don't feel bothered voting. Also in Texas there is still a lot of state pride and once in a while you hear rumblings of them wanting to leave the US, it doesn't go anywhere but I do think that plays a role in their low presidential voter turnout

[@fanguy247b9]

Georgia has decent roads but our interstate system is a tangled mess in Atlanta.

[@bryanfox5457]

Oregon's "worst" is probably State with highest number of pretentious craft beer MAKERS. -->"No, Edison, I don't wish to try your "pumpkin dandelion beer with a nice hoppy bite" or whatever, so please stop asking."

[@cyberboy5red]

RealLifeLore most certainly did not do their research on Oregon to say it’s not the worst at anything.

[@duanewilcox2096]

METH is not legal anywhere in the USA! A lot of jobs were lost during 2019 and 2020, but a quite a few jobs are now starting to come back.

[@ms_scribbles]

Which kinda makes the GQP's flailing and doomsaying from around 10 months ago about how if we don't open IMMEDIATELY, all the businesses in the country will DIIIIIIE! But it's just as I thought. They'll go through hard times, and some might die if they were already on shaky financial ground to begin with, but the entire economy didn't automatically collapse because most of the country didn't open wide as soon as the right wingers demanded it.

[@JonBurrows3577]

The facts were usually random and unrelated... correlation does not equal causation.

[@AngelusBrady]

Because they were talking about the best and worst of a state, so why should they be related?

[@JonBurrows3577]

@@AngelusBrady He asked during the Alabama segment why math scores were low when we have grade rules to play sports (no pass, no play, etc). I should have recapped the question.

[@AngelusBrady]

@@JonBurrows3577 Clearly, since you weren't specific at all in the slightest and sounded like you were talking about the video as a whole.

[@cswrel]

yep thats spaghetti junction hoss!

[@Gabriel-cj9ih]

React to 25 Best National Parks in America and also react to the Clippers Nuggets 7 game series from the playoffs last year, one of the best comebacks in recent sports history.

[@mlg1783]

I live in Arizona. Funny how the best and worst for us is somthing non human related, created or controlled. We are hot 4 months out of the year and that's southern Arizona mostly. The rest is perfect, also no hurricanes, earthquakes, floods or tornadoes. So, not complaining.

[@idontwant2bpoor]

South Dakota has the worst income by race because the Lakota reservations are there and they are treated pretty badly. Its honestly shameful how badly they are treated.

[@stevenhamann4344]

12:13 They actually have the highest homeless rate, dont know why he didnt mention that.

[@KalEL224]

Hawaii has that

[@cyberboy5red]

Because he didn’t do his research and it shows.

[@rebeccafoust2963]

Atlanta's traffic is worse than mental.

[@gwgux]

Funny, I always thought South Carolina would be the best at having a lot of churches, not producing nuclear power. Down here you're more likely to see a church than a strip club, and if you manage to find a strip club, a church will be next door or 10 minutes down the road. By car it's about 5-10 minutes apart to go from church to church. By contrast, when I used to live in NY (the upstate, not NYC), churches were a lot more spread out and in some areas they can be over 30 minutes to an hour apart by car.

[@beesnort3163]

It’s so the pastor can go from “door to door”. Sorry that might be crass, but most likely true.😂😂😂

[@gwgux]

@@beesnort3163 I never thought of that, but it makes so much sense now! XD

[@mitchwright]

As a Pacers fan, yes we are decent but we never win anything. Indiana is known for high school basketball, as we have like 9 out of the 10 largest high basketball gyms/arenas in the world. Indiana high school basketball is like texas high school football. It's just a different best here. Dr. James Naismith (creator of basketball) said "While basketball was born in Massachusetts, it grew up in Indiana."

[@husky3450]

So Louisiana has 372,000 incarcerated people in jails

[@CampCatch]

Happy hour in the USA is usually buy one get one free. I know what state not to visit.

[@Chris-rh9ej]

College athletes tend to take easy majors and from what I hear (this isn’t me stating a fact, just what I’ve heard) the professors let them get away with a lot

[@ethanpost9774]

The reason is high school and college you have to keep certain grades is because an overwhelming majority of the student athletes won't pay professionally. So we feel a moral obligation to provide them with a career path other than sports

[@ms_scribbles]

LOL what? Welllll, sort of. They will get a career path, but it's not through being educated. It's through the schools cheating to jam their athletes through college so they won't fail out and the school loses a good player. Still, it has nothing to do with moral obligation. Has nothing to do with morals at all, really, since poor kids who aren't as sporty are left to live their lives without a college degree and spend their lives toiling over a minimum wage job.

[@ethanpost9774]

@@ms_scribbles i didn't so it worked all of the time. Im not saying the system doesn't fail a lot of college athletes. im saying why they demand certain grades, and its in an attempt to solve a problem which is students athletyes not focusing on grades or being given an opportunity to Succeed. But PLENTY of college athletes graduate with degrees in things like business or communications and even MORE are ONLY STUDENT ATHLETES so they can get a scholarship and further their education

[@tobyobeyonecanobey1979]

Louisiana has high crime

[@rubenpreciado7485]

I think he was talking about public schools not college

[@delawaregamingandy9935]

I would differ what was said for Delaware

[@DanielLopez-dy1ul]

College football players are basically treated like royalty by colleges. They have a bunch of exceptions for academics and barely study.

[@camhatch8086]

Indiana High School basketball Is what he said.

[@dylanlevy2107]

Montana has most graduates but bad internet cause of location man... Google montana it's in the middle of nowhere lolll

[@chknugg3t55]

Oregon gang where u at!!!!!!!!

[@beesnort3163]

A very small percentage of people play football at a professional level or even have the skill to play high school football. So while the state overall has poor mathematical skills it does not reflect the people that are skilled enough to play ball. Also the controversy of grades pushed through for certain gifted players. Although this is not proven. And many many ball players are extremely intelligent. Also, Michigan is getting much better now that we don’t have a Governor that poisoned an entire cities water supply. Check out the flint water crisis. Our past governor was a monster.

[@LumberjackMC]

you should react to How Zack Greinke became the Weirdest Player in Sports. It's a very nice video on the mental illnesses of Zack Greinke and how he has delt with them throughout his life and career.

[@jermalcromartiepresents5728]

Can you react to The DIFFERENCE between the 5 boroughs (are the STEREOTYPES true)? this is about New York City. the KZbinr's name is Sarah Funk.

[@strpdhatldy]

Arizona is not the hottest state. Texas has the highest average temperatures. Phoenix (Southern AZ) does have the highest summer daily temperatures, but the State average is pretty, well average, because the northern half of our state is high elevation and much cooler.

[@jeffburdick869]

13:30 venison(the meat from a deer) is absolutely delicious...it ties with lamb as my favorite meat. And a lot of the US has massive overpopulations of deer. We call them forest rats, because they really can destroy ecosystems. I have an amazing deal with a friend of mine who is a massive hunter. Each year, he gives me one deer worth of meat in exchange for me paying the processing fee. I get around 40 pounds of incredible meat for $100. I don't like trophy hunters though...and I especially don't like them when they're hunting species with dwindling populations. I feel like, if you kill an animal, you owe it to that animal to use it for your own survival.

[@christinaharrell9175]

React to Ohio State Marching Band please u will enjoy it

[@cfromcass]

Someone called me and asked if I finished the video. I'm sorry I didn't.

[@samanthamyers4267]

West Virginia's drug problem and low college education rate is because the jobs aren't there. People graduate and move out.

[@jlpack62]

Did Mississippi even have a positive?

[@donnyscomics3487]

Honestly expected what New Jersey is best at to be either teen pregnancy or drug use 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣.

[@Cloudy341blade]

Sad that the beard and mustache already back u look way better shaved

[@Trenton-om9qs]

Being from ohio the allergy thing is true but other than that I'm just living life

[@terriecooperman7232]

We in rocky mountain.

[@cfromcass]

I'm so sorry I thought you said you lived in NY. Please forgive. I was preparing pasta and drinking like you. OOPS!

[@terriecooperman7232]

No it's all about money in college sports.football is a big money maker for them.america school system sucks here. Glad I went to school in england

[@SilvanaDil]

The video by Wendover Productions ("Every State in the US") that you reacted to already is better than this RLL one.

[@thereaper89]

If you are good at sports you don’t have to get good grades.

[@bjcee1108]

Utah has very high amounts of Mormons. . Church goers

[@tobyobeyonecanobey1979]

No meth labs are legal

[@vinyl1Earthlink]

Here in the US, there are many colleges who will take anyone with the money to pay tuition. You need good grades to get into a top-ranked university, but if you have bad grades you can still go somewhere. In Louisiana, they're kind of fond of drinking and fighting, leading to a lot of trouble, especially in the oil fields. As for Maine, Blacks don't like cold, rural states with few job opportunities- maybe they're smarter than the people who live there. They forgot to say New Jersey has the highest property taxes - you can easily pay $20,000 a year on a $700,000 house. West Virginia has the most equality because nearly everyone is at the bottom. The smart people usually leave.

[@terriecooperman7232]

Not true half the state is forest we even half ski resort ( snow) and death valley California is hotter then any city in az

[@wadeintonature2975]

Utah is the mormon capital of the world.

[@mr.rollercoasters]

Not proud of living in the state of New York.

[@SilvanaDil]

11 minutes is too long? I bet the girlfriend disagrees. ;-)

[@willvr4]

I appreciate the reaction, but this video has some of the least interesting facts of each state lol. Who the hell brags about the percentage of dog ownership in their state? haha

[@Laura-mi3nv]

Its impossible at the current time to make everything skill based because of the severe lack in education and opportunities for minority groups, girls, and the poor. Also, "the most qualified" is too subjective. Being white could be an unspoken qualification. Having a name that sounds "too black" could be an unspoken disqualification. Having the potential to have a baby and need maternity leave could be an unspoken disqualification. These problems don't just exist in the US, they also exist in the UK. You should be very careful with these types of statements. Neither of us live in a society where everyone is being treated equally, looked at equally, or given even remotely the same amount of access to equal opportunities. If you wish to get to a world where the most qualified person gets the job, then go out into society and understand what poorer communities and minority communities are dealing with and learn how you can make a difference. Then try your hardest to make a difference.

[@cfromcass]

I'm sorry but the source of these statistics is NOT reliable and are NOT showing the worst of some of these places. Such as Chicago is the WORST At Black On Black Gun Violence. Yet they have the most Gun Laws. Beesley you should stick to other suggestions like Not So Serious Baseball Moments or Baseball pranks. Less likely to be generated with political bias.