Connecticut and Massachusetts Compared

Mr. Beat compares and contrasts two fairly similar New England states that were settled by Europeans earlier than most other states.
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mafilm.org/made-in-mass/
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connecticuthistory.org/the-fi...
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Massachusetts vs. Connecticut

[@iammrbeat]

I'm... pretty tired. I think I'll go home now.

[@lenny7822]

no worries bro

[@abrahamlincoln8037]

Hi man!

[@abrahamlincoln8037]

Good night

[@januzairamli4426]

Vc

[@thepoliticalapple5145]

Go to sleep

[@colinwechsler9990]

I've always liked living in Connecticut not for what's in the state, but for its proximity to other things. We're 90ish minutes from Boston, 2 hours from New York, 5 hours from DC, between 1-3 hours for great skiing, and no more than 30 minutes to beaches. We also have great hiking, especially in autumn with the foliage.

[@rondajames6955]

In MY part of CT, i'm 24 minutes from NYC and 3 plus hours away from Boston - which is why I never go there.

[@jackdepalma9252]

You said it. It’s really nice in that way

[@davidz7858]

Yes, I used to live in Southeastern Connecticut for 8 years form 1994 to 2002, really like that area, 10 min to beach, 2 hours to Boston or NY city. But I heard now its tax is as high as NJ.

[@Ian58]

I’m about 40 minutes away from nyc and 3 hours from Boston

[@Atl-jv1kw]

You must be in far northern CT cus im only an hour from NY

[@MidnightSkylineMA]

One of the coolest parts about living in these states are the stone walls everywhere. No matter where you are there are old stone walls scattered about. It’s really interesting to look around and see where old farms use to be.

[@pistonsandfakesnow2747]

If there’s not a stone wall in a 3 mile area of me I start to get lost. Even in the towns surrounding Boston there stone walls that are around

[@notmyname9625]

@Rose :3 they’re not worth shit lol idk who told u that but they’re wrong

[@notmyname9625]

@Rose :3 ur parents are con artists

[@Ugly_German_Truths]

"old" *snort*

[@junidfae5039]

OMG, I LOVE the stone walls. There are hikes in the woods here in CT that have stone walls in them, showing that some of our woods were once pasture lands.

[@Cycopather]

Born in CT, currently living in MA, the thesis here is pretty accurate. CT is mostly just a less populated MA, with a tinge more NYC influence.

[@miked2075]

Way better food scene in the CT. Especially as it relates to pizza.

[@Matt-ro7cb]

Sounds horrible tbh nyc is trash

[@violetgrice5638]

Nothing like NYC.and mass is common wealth

[@SirMikeyV]

Not at all. CT doesn’t have the bruins, redsox, celtics, patriots.

[@kikalb1358]

Alot of CT especially the ghetto hood urbanish parts such as BRIDGEPORT where I live for 30+ years do have basically the same slang as NYC & plus alot of CT cities & towns also have their own words & slang even though its still very much similar as NYC!!....

[@Snqwy]

You'd be surprised how many people forget my home state; Connecticut exists

[@disparatebroom7705]

In order to remember it exists, I just remind myself the founders of Connecticut were founded by people called hookers

[@alecbraun6272]

Most people outside of the US only remember that the US has New York, Las Vegas, and guns.

[@disparatebroom7705]

@@alecbraun6272 you forgot: McDonald’s, excessively large meals, big Texas, and obesity. Oh also bald eagles

[@rosealexander9007]

Wrap this around your brain. I was born in CT but never lived there. Lol. It was the closest hospital by NY state where my parents lived. Makes it confusing when people ask me what state I’m from. I commonly just say NY state because I never lived in CT.

[@badshot370]

Try Rhode Island…

[@larissabreedlove2289]

Native nutmegger here. Massachusetts has better beaches (i.e. "the real ocean" vs LI Sound). Both have aggressive drivers; Massachusetts drivers are known as Massholes. :D

[@PrimoRadical]

It’s like the lanes are reversed in Mass; the passing lane is the slow lane and visa versa.

[@pistonsandfakesnow2747]

Ya ever on up south west of the border hates the driving of every one down there

[@mrmaple4235]

actually, anyone who's blue-blooded in Massachusetts is considered a "Masshole"

[@miguelmejia4656]

nutmeggers have better beaches, better drivers and better racists.

[@Frazier16]

And better education

[@lol-xs9wz]

Massachusetts may have too high taxes but damn, I really love this state. Their education system is superb.

[@liam-man7265]

Now that’s what I call MassaTAXES.

[@Rickrossatethelesagna]

my aunt earns 200K for being a sales Manager!!!

[@Roman-ez4hq]

@@liam-man7265 bruh its Taxachusetts

[@eoghan.5003]

I think those two facts are connected: it funds said superb education system through higher-than-average taxes

[@cmanlovespancakes]

Lower than the rest of the northeast but behind New Hampshire.

[@Fat_Tony4224]

As a Connecticut resident, I really felt the “Massachusetts without Boston”. It’s pretty accurate, but pretty quiet. Great video, oh yeah also the WWE is down here in Stamford.

[@joemancini8376]

Don’t forget about ESPN headquarters in bristol

[@RockyPondProductions]

I wouldn't say CT is just MA without Boston. You cut Boston out and MA urban areas still outpace most cities in CT by a good bit. "Boston" as it's traditionally thought of is really greater Boston which at its widest definition includes Worcester, Cambridge, Lowell, Providence and parts of southern NH. If you took that out MA would be left with Greater Springfield and the Berkshires, that really wouldn't compare to CT either.

[@garyspaziani1699]

…and Whiffle ball was invented in Ct also !!

[@RockyPondProductions]

@Harry Engel Yep, Brookline boarders Boston so it definitely falls in the broad definition of Boston or Greater Boston. In Massachusetts you have the towns and cities that directly revolve around Boston (like Brookline) and then you have Worcester County. In between you have the metro west which isn't sure if it relates more to Worcester County or Boston. Worcester County and Boston do differ a good bit in culture even though the population density is pretty consistent from Worcester all the way east to Boston. The greater Springfield area is also densely populated but is more similar to cities in CT. Like I said even that isn't a perfect comparison because Springfield is bigger than every CT city.

[@RockyPondProductions]

@Harry Engel ​ Interesting about Granville, it is a super small town but I was never aware of it's voting history. Yes Brookline is very affluent and a lot of wealthy people live there who have business or play sports in Boston but don't want to be in the city. I have a fun fact for you. Massachusetts is one of the most densely populated states (3rd in the US) but at the same time over 60% of it's land is forest (8th most forested). Pretty crazy for one of the most urbanized states and smallest in terms of land area to be mostly made up of forest if you think about it. Shows how much open land the United States has.

[@mou6854]

As a Rhode Islander it feels like being in the middle of a sandwich

[@warcrimeenjoyer219]

Don’t worry their always has to be a middle

[@Ugly_German_Truths]

And what is it like to live on the Providence Plantations, the bit everybody always forgets about? (Wasn't it also recently removed from the 300 year old official name of the State it had from before there even was an USA?) must be like an invisible sandwich filling then? ;)

[@mou6854]

@@Ugly_German_Truths feels like living in an off-brand Mass but better then being from northern New England

[@colinh7088]

Rhode Island is like a hybrid of Massachusetts and Northern New Jersey, but on a 0.1 scale.

[@Undecided0]

I got drunk in Mt. Vernon & somehow ended up in the Warren Alpert Hospital the next morning. Apparently security found me passed out in a park near Brown & I was unresponsive.

[@jahseh6076]

Yay my home state of Massachusetts is in a video!!! I love my state as it is is absolutely historically rich and it's education is so great, which is something I am so happy about due to me wanting to become a history educator. Thanks for the amazing video as always Mr. Beat!!

[@iammrbeat]

Thank you so much! Also, have you seen my Boston and Philadelphia Compared video per chance?

[@jahseh6076]

Oh yeah, I have! I remember you mentioning you made that video because of the super bowl at the time if I remember correctly, and that the Chiefs hadn't been to one in a while lol. Well, I guess them winning in 2020 was a highlight in an otherwise bad year.

[@hydrogen3266]

I’m from MA as well and I’m very excited too :)

[@alexquinn2390]

Lol, your comment reads like Machiavelli is from Massachusettes.

[@maxraschi7554]

@@hydrogen3266 same here. Its a great state to live in

[@hakeemfullerton8645]

I live in Connecticut so I'm happy to see a video by Mr. Beat talking about my homestate

[@hakeemfullerton8645]

@@iammrbeat That's right plus, if I'm correct my state of Connecticut was the place where the Federalists Party had a convention during the war of 1812 that ultimately led to their demise "The Hartford Convention"

[@demigod1230]

A lot of news anchors come to CT to learn the accent because its considered pretty neutral.

[@tiavee]

🤔 from CT, live in VA and get asked all the time if I’m from NY due to my accent.

[@silverlocomotive9127]

Connecticut. Home of no accent.

[@Bacopa68]

@@silverlocomotive9127 Not really, but being more rhotic has got to help blend in a lot of places in the South.

[@lowqualityvideos8091]

yeah as a connectican i don't really think we have an accent

[@existinginaspace8347]

Because we say the entire word with correct pronunciation.

[@Jiji-the-cat5425]

As someone born in Massachusetts, this is a cool video. There's things not to like about it but it's still my home state. Also as someone from western Mass it's nice to have someone talk about different parts of the state other than Boston and Cape Cod, and point out we don't have the Boston accent out here. One thing to add to the Presidents list, Calvin Coolidge even though he was born in Vermont lived much of his life in Northampton MA and was even the Governor of MA in the early 1920's.

[@erikbergstrom4638]

It’s interesting. I’m in the Boston metro area and very few people actually have the distinctive Boston accent. It’s really an accent of older people nowadays.

[@atony1400]

As somebody also from the central part of Mass, thank you! Whenever I travel, I get asked where my accent is, and some get disappointed when I say that not everybody has that distinct Boston accent haha.

[@jakebutler291]

I live in Western MA! I love Northampton so frkn much. But sometimes I get bored and go east to the beach 😁

[@Ugly_German_Truths]

"There's things not to like about it but it's still my home state." Sounds like any place ever (to those born and raised there)

[@phantomjosh2148]

Me too

[@nikhilkellore8914]

i live in connecticut, we are overshdowed by other states so i am glad that you talked about our state

[@iammrbeat]

It's a great place!

[@rondajames6955]

I don't know where you live, but i'm in the NYC region and states outside of this tri-state area are JEALOUS of us! Namely, MA and PA!

[@ekop1778]

IM IN EASTERN CT GOVERNOR IS A AZZHOLE THE POLITICS ARE TOO SCUMBAGS

[@hoursonly6348]

I could not agree more as a resident of Connecticut.

[@hoursonly6348]

@@ekop1778 Really I like Ned

[@shyguy9615]

Born, raised, and currently living in Connecticut. This was extremely accurate! The biggest complaints people have about CT are taxes/cost of living, and our cities have high crime. But Connecticut is a beautiful state and I love living here. For sports, from what I’ve seen, we’re split down the middle. I see support from both Boston and New York teams. New Haven also has the best pizza ever, that’s just fact 😂

[@avhgptws]

Frank Pepe's really delivers! I'm a Connecticut native but am living in Ohio for some time - one of my previous landladies mentioned that she still craves Frank Pepe's every now and then! Her husband lived in CT many years ago, and Frank Pepe's was one taste they could never forget.

[@alejandrojefferson6993]

Boston teams are out of market. Only the NY and NJ teams are local CT teams.

[@justinspiewak1482]

​@alejandrojefferson6993 I'm in central CT and I'm a Boston sports fan. Here in Connecticut it is a pretty even split between New York sports fans and Boston sports fans

[@milanimorales2645]

Connecticut is quiet and cute. As long as you have money to get away every now and then, CT is beautiful.

[@nononono5217]

Even though I only been there once in my lifetime I have to agree.

[@LunarWingCloud]

So glad to see my home state of Massachusetts in a video finally!

[@MeikaiX]

It's my home state too, Massachusetts represent 😳

[@andybrown3849]

Mass gang

[@iammrbeat]

Did you ever see my Boston and Philadelphia Compared video?

[@peterromeo4379]

WHOOP MASSACHUSETTS!

[@dnewmanmetal3680]

Same

[@deteon1418]

Ey, my aunt moved to a small town in Connecticut after marrying her American husband. Good to know she lives in a high quality state.

[@PK-bn2pg]

@@xshxr yea but high taxes, terrible inner cities and no culture. MA has culture but CT does not. Super high cost of living. Terrible people

[@eoghan.5003]

@@PK-bn2pg "terrible people" ok Pratham

[@WardenOfTheGreatSaltLake]

@@PK-bn2pg There is no place where people live that has “no culture”

[@PK-bn2pg]

@@eoghan.5003 I live in the Hartford Suburbs (Manchester) and almost everyone here is rude. When i was in Louisiana people were way nicer

[@aryanbhuta3382]

@@xshxr The last point depends on how extreme they are.

[@ggolds5]

My wife and I grew up in CT. I LOVE this state, education, salaries, democracy, closeness to NY and MA is great. We can do a day trip in CT through the state and MA and find something wonderful and new every single time we venture out. We have vacationed in RI and love it. Most of our family stems from NY and I was born in NYC, my wife's family NYC. A high majority of CT residents stem from NY families and lived there as well at some point in their lives. CT is a bit calmer then MA, and MA has very nice vacation areas like Marthas Vineyard but don't plan on living there if you can't spend more then 2 million on a house. Healthcare is great in CT. The town we now live in is great, as was the previous town. West Hartford and Farmington. People here overall are smart, polished, and the seasons here are great. Taxes are high but salaries are also among the highest in the country. A School counselor in Florida makes less then half of the their salary in CT. The offset of cost of living although lower in Florida is not nearly low enough to justify living there. Education there sucks, heat sucks, I mention FL. because a lot of CT people have second homes in Florida. LOVE Connecticut.

[@alejandrojefferson6993]

I had a feeling that you must live north and inland, or else you would not have mentioned MA or RI. We don't care about those corny places.

[@katykat3364]

Whenever I meet people from out of CT, they’re really intrigued about my life in a mansion, golfing, sailing, wearing vineyard vines, etc. I don’t have/do any of those things, people who do that are concentrated down by New York, and are really in the minority but people who see CT in the movies think that’s what the whole state is like.

[@mrs.lauren7726]

Yeah that's Greenwich and Fairfield. All the boys looked like clones in Vineyard Vines when I was in high school lol

[@dmnemaine]

In a lot of old movies, Connecticut was pretty much one of three things: that suburb that New York people lived in to get away from the big city, that place where all the New York sophisticates went to see the previews of a new Broadway show, or rural hick New England that was still accessible to New Yorkers. Notice that each of those Connecticut "identities" was informed by New York.

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

@John Fremont damn

[@danielramos6466]

For real I'm broke as fuck

[@notsure1350]

Certainly not West Haven.....

[@NeoCeltics00]

I’d love to see a Vermont vs New Hampshire comparison

[@ciqme]

As someone who lives in new Hampshire, the only difference I notice between the two states is that new Hampshire has more crazy people

[@chrisaustin9949]

Vermont is New Hampshire upside down.

[@ciqme]

@@chrisaustin9949 true

[@embrxr]

he's already done that

[@nononono5217]

Same.

[@thefriedchickenbucket]

Hey! Can you possibly make Malaysia and Indonesia compared and Zambia and Zimbabwe compared in the future? It would be nice.

[@iammrbeat]

Two fantastic suggestions that have been on my list for awhile now.

[@aribantala]

@@iammrbeat oh yes please! being Indonesian myself, I will wait the Malaysia - Indonesia one with bated breath. Be prepared with influx of both Malaysians and Indonesians coming to watch your video by then. They will flock by the thousands 😆

[@thefriedchickenbucket]

@@iammrbeat Another truckload of suggestions. Some are highly requested and some aren't requested much but here we go: Scotland and Wales compared France and Germany compared Austria and Hungary compared Slovenia and Slovakia compared Romania and Bulgaria compared Alberta and Saskatchewan compared Sudan and South Sudan compared Niger and Nigeria compared Lesotho and Swaziland compared Nepal and Bhutan compared San Antonio and Austin compared El Paso and Ciudad Juarez compared Yemen and Oman compared Armenia and Azerbaijan compared Greece and Turkey compared Albania and Kosovo compared Lithuania and Latvia compared Norway and Sweden compared Syria and Iraq compared Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan compared Australia and New Zealand compared Guinea and Guinea-Bissau compared Togo and Benin compared Costa Rica and Panama compared Colombia and Venezuela compared Haiti and the Dominican Republic compared Chile and Argentina compared Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands compared Taiwan and Hainan compared Belgium and the Netherlands compared Johannesburg and Pretoria compared Oklahoma City and Tulsa compared Virginia and West Virginia compared Belize and Guatemala compared Corsica and Sardinia compared Morocco and Algeria compared Istanbul and Ankara compared Eritrea and Ethiopia compared Djibouti and Somalia compared San Marino and Vatican City compared Baja California and Baja California Sur compared Mexico City and Guadalajara compared KCMO and KCKS compared Denver and Colorado Springs compared San Francisco and San Jose compared I know, right?

[@maplecosy9429]

I'm from Mass and went to school in Ct.and travelled quite a bit abroad and in the U.S. For me , there's no other place to live IN THE WORLD than Massachusetts. !! It's the SPECTACULAR nature ! Currently we're stuck in Fl. and deeply miss the forests, meadows, seasons, colonial houses , great education and state health! Thanks for the video.🌲

[@DCarloss]

Great Video as always! I always learn so much watching you!

[@kms2814]

Tufts university grad here- thanks for the shout out as evidently the 4th most important Massachusetts college haha. Both are great states with a lot of history, but I think once CT legalizes marijuana it will definitively be better. I’ve only driven through but the interstate is immaculate, and I loved not paying tolls!

[@justinlipins8576]

Tufts University is one of my dream colleges did you work hard and was it challenging to get in

[@andrew_ray]

But the taxes are noticeably worse. The income tax (CT graduated 5-7% above $10000/yr. (3% under $10000/yr.) vs. MA flat 5%), sales tax (CT 6.325% vs. MA 6.25%), gas tax (CT 35.75 cents/gal vs. MA 26.6 cents/gal) and property taxes (varies by city, but generally higher in CT) are all higher.

[@TheCoreyLazaro]

Massachusetts will always be better legit so much more history. It’s where the revolutionary war started

[@kms2814]

Justin Lipins honestly no and no lol. I was a good test taker so my stats were good, but my essays and extracurriculars were pretty lackluster. It’s obviously hard to know what exactly got me in haha, but my theory is that it’s because I made my passion for the school clear through my supplemental essays and had specific reasons why. I’m not a good writer, but I made sure I was really happy with my “why tufts” essay. Also if you are interested in Mr. Beat type subjects, I took one history class there and most of my friends did history or political science, and as far as I can tell everyone liked it!

[@kms2814]

TheCoreyLazaro oh in terms of history absolutely. Even in recent history and present day politics, MA probably comes out on top. But I wouldn’t choose what state to live in based on its history! Political significance could be a determining factor, in which case I just wouldn’t pick Mass OR Connecticut lol

[@barkboingfloom]

Connecticut is also the home of operations for WWE.

[@dilloniscool5560]

Nice I went to Stamford once

[@dystanysam9896]

I actually never knew that I’m from Windsor Connecticut

[@carlos_herrera]

@@OneSmileAtATime. Triple H is not from CT, that was a wrestling gimmick, he is from New Hampshire.

[@carlos_herrera]

@@OneSmileAtATime. he is married to Stephanie McMahon in real life and they live in Greenwich now, she and Shane grew up there

[@carlos_herrera]

@John Fremont GHS 93?

[@roberthuston7896]

One I have been waiting for. Excellent job!

[@r9k_YT]

CT native here- We invented and are some of the leading manufacturers of: the wiffle ball, the frisbee, the helicopter (Sikorsky Aircraft), and the submarine (Electric Boat). Bridgeport USED to be the manufacturing capital of the world before international trade popped off and most products and raw materials are processed overseas such as in China or next door in Mexico. Even at Sikorsky, where I work, we still *finish* the helicopters, but the majority of all the big components are now imported / contracted in other states or countries. Honestly, nowadays, it feels like nothing is ever being made here instate anymore, since all the big plants have moved further south where land is cheaper and taxes are less pervasive to business (if they are staying within the country, of course- plenty of factories are no longer domestic). Pretty soon, all the business that's done here will purely just be white collar office work, hence all the upper-middle class suburban neighborhoods being what most people think of when they think of Connecticut. Not saying that's inaccurate, that's where I've been my whole life, but there are pockets of somewhat rural areas in the northern bits, especially in the east where Storrs and my school, the University of Connecticut, is. The actual content of what goes on in the state may change, but the people that built this place up will always be the same: the majority of the population are Irish or Italian (I'm half and half) alongside the already existing British population, and when the mass migration waves were hitting the northeast in the early 20th century, a lot of those people actually came in straight through Bridgeport, in addition or rather than going through New York and Ellis Island first.

[@markdiloreto9042]

also the home of Stanley Tools in New Britain Ct!!

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

Damn

[@lambofmetallica]

@@markdiloreto9042 my hometown 🤘🏻

[@voz805]

Two-thirds of ammo we used in WW2 was made in Bridgeport.

[@markdiloreto9042]

and New Britain was the Hardware city of the world!! replete with industrialists, and at least 7 factories running 24/7 up until the 70's

[@arandomperson1999]

I live in southwestern mass and have been to Connecticut many times so it’s cool to see a video on two states that I’m familiar with

[@iammrbeat]

That's wonderful to hear!

[@pistonsandfakesnow2747]

Im in the same boat as u gota love wester mass

[@kathmandu2285]

Me too. I am in a town on the Connecticut line. We often shop in Enfield.

[@notsure1350]

I love both states.

[@travelandeats8518]

I live in Hartford haha I go to Springfield mass for the fuck of it. Boston I enjoy myself redsox games good vibes haha

[@Lord_Of_Aether]

How to start a sports related argument in Connecticut: Step One: "The Giants are better than the Patriots" Step Two: Enjoy the show

[@iammrbeat]

Yep, that'll do it.

[@toninomavuli]

Or Yankees vs Red Soxs

[@amandahealey2216]

We take our sports very seriously in Connecticut. We even argue about them in elementary school!

[@popowazhere]

Being from Mass, if I heard someone say that I’d just laugh

[@returnofthebrotha]

I think that is how you stat an argument in MA! MA people to this day still make excuses for those losses to OUR Giants.

[@connorwhiteley8466]

Born and raised in MA, spent 6 years in CT (New Haven, then near Greenwich), now I am back in MA. The states are very similar, but much more opportunity for career advancement in MA. Boston has so much opportunity, while in CT you're limited to the much smaller Hartford, or commuting into NY which is a nightmare. Also, CT has too many damn Yankee fans...GO SOX

[@alejandrojefferson6993]

I'm glad that you left. Now stay out! If you lived in New Haven and near Greenwich, then you should know that no one cares about Boston or Hartford. CT is in metro NYC, so of course we have Yankee fans. Do you think we should like the Red Sox? If you think that commuting to NYC is a pain, try commuting from New Haven or Greenwich to Boston and see how hard that would be! Of course you cannot, because Boston is in another region.

[@Atl-jv1kw]

We are New York fans because we are part of the New York Metro area...not Boston.

[@travelandeats8518]

Nah. CT here redsox I’m at the games yearly.

[@g.anderthomas8298]

I requested this a few months back on another video. You are the man Mr. Beat! New Haven native!

[@nicholask2627]

I'm happy to see my home state Connecticut is being talked about lol

[@nicholask2627]

@@iammrbeat I learned so much about my state that I didn't know about so thank you😁

[@icebreaker9995]

Ok

[@tech8222]

Same

[@dex4836]

Ct gang 💪😎

[@Abcelo665]

Same

[@ReynaSingh]

These videos are so good. Keep it up Mr Beat

[@Ok-lu8gx]

ok

[@iammrbeat]

@@Ok-lu8gx ok

[@iammrbeat]

Thank you Reyna!

[@Dunkskins]

Been subscribed to you for years Mr Beat, glad to see your channel growing my bro you deserve it, I'm from New Zealand but find a significant proportion of your videos interesting, I've studied Politics and International Relations myself hence how I ended up here but remember you only having 10s of thousands of subs hope you keep growing.

[@raskopfritz60]

Hi from Darien CT!!! It feels so nice to be noticed as a state

[@quickdraw0793]

Massachusetts math teacher here. I think you did a spot on job comparing my state and "New York-achussetts" as we would call it. Obviously there is only so much depth you can go into in a video, but I think you might be interested in researching the level of tourism on Cape Cod. It has gotten quite high in recent years and I suspect it is one of the more frequently visited destinations in the the country. Thanks for another great video. My wife and I find all of them so interesting!

[@devingiles6597]

Mr. Beat, you should compare both Australia and New Zealand in a future video!

[@awomensvoice6694]

Born in New Haven, CT this was really cool thanks for the info

[@Magmaster13]

The highest point in Connecticut is on a mountain that has its summit in Massachusetts

[@tsvandyke]

The highest point on ... massachussetss islands .. are their garbage dumps. ( highest natural point on NANTUCKET ( statue of original settlers - 50 feet above sea level - can bee seen from 1/2 mile away .... garbage dump reaches 200 feeet hgh - can be seen from the "main land" ... 20 miles away . ) ... NOWHERE in Connecticut - will you find GARBAGE DUMPS ... taller ... more obvious ... than national treasures !

[@Skelly57]

Assuming a Virginia VS West Virginia is on the list, so instead how about Australia and New Zeland would be interesting, otherwise great video!

[@auburnmann3630]

Or Virginia and Maryland Or Maryland and DC Baltimore and DC?

[@Skelly57]

@@auburnmann3630 all of those sound sick

[@diegofuentes3258]

I been waiting for that for wild that would be interesting to see that Australia and new Zealand bc they're both are sooo similar. What I heard.

[@lisasforehead6043]

@@diegofuentes3258 they are indeed but the thing is Australia's population is five time more than new Zealand

[@FirstnameLastname-xq4rp]

@@diegofuentes3258 Currently living in NZ, been to Australia. It's pretty much a US-Canada relationship between the two countries. NZ being Canada, and Australia being the US, in this case.

[@badralsharnuud3433]

I just love ur voice and tones. Very relaxing could listen you for entire day 😊🙂

[@jasoncabanday457]

Mr Beat. I didn’t study at all for apush, but I watched your videos and streams consistently throughout the year and I felt very confident so thanks for being the fun way I learned the class :)

[@ricklarose7002]

Outstanding video! Native Connecticrapper here. Never lived anywhere else. Mass is nice but only to visit. You should have talked about the annual spring to fall battles royal between Yankees and Red Sox fans here in CT. Another interesting note that some in New England may remember is a tv commercial for then Dunkin Donuts targeted at the entire New England Region. It featured people with decidedly thick Boston accents and photo vignettes of places all over Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island drinking Dunkin' and enjoying their donuts and other offerings. At the end someone in the video says something like "Hey, what about Connecticut?" The reply is simple. "What's a Connecticut?" Priceless commercial and hilarious for we here in CT suffering from the ultimate identity crisis and within the enormous shadow of New York City.

[@alejandrojefferson6993]

I don't recall that ad, as I am in the NY/NJ/CT region and NY and NJ media are out local media. Good thing - because there should be no reason that we should get Boston anything! I really wish those up in the New England are would leave us alone and stop begging for us to be down with them. We are not near them, don't sound like them and don't want them.

[@TheEpicShadowGaming]

Finally, I have been waiting for this video for years now!!

[@bruno2756]

I love your comparison videos ... i'm not even american although I lived there at a young age .. it's a great way to learn specific stuff about the states . Thank you

[@TracyFalkenthalTbwLLC]

This is great! Thanks for this video.

[@donmburrows]

Love these videos, I've been binging them. Please consider comparing Arkansas and Iowa, two similarly populated but very different states that don't easily compare to their border states!

[@ActionFilmsFan1995]

YES! I’ve lived in both, I’ve been waiting for this vid!

[@JaydentheMathGuy]

This is really amazing. Connecticut is my home state and it was truly amazing to see this in my recommendation. I was truly fascinated by what I could relate to in this video. Great job! I often visit Massachusetts and I can likely look into what you've said about Massachusetts too! Thanks, Mr. Beat!

[@nononono5217]

I wish I could travel to your state more often but it's a six hour drive.

[@NYCJohnnyLES]

CT nice place to spend the weekend. Thanks for the video

[@algorel4763]

I sincerely enjoyed this video, born & raised in MA, but have sales territory in CT 35 years. Extremely accurate and entertaining video. The two states have more in common with each other than any other two states in America I bet! Lol

[@Yamamotoseto]

Love these comparisons. Mr beat can u do a series when u talk about international politics. I wanna hear your views

[@gosse3476]

You could also add that connecticut had the first law school in the country

[@kdd3051]

Yep. That small house in Litchfield, RT 63N on the left side of the road as you enter the 'green' or center of town.

[@livbyron4150]

Winstead has the Museum of Tort Law, founder Ralph Nadar.

[@pistonsandfakesnow2747]

So awesome to see Massachusetts talked about. I live here and it’s a pretty incredible state in my opinion. Not many people talk about it but up north west of the state you can get some 3 feet of snow on one bigger storm. And then you have cape cod in the summer which is amazing and these two places are only 4 or 5 hours away for each other. Also the more west and up u go in the state the pretty it gets by a lot.

[@kaymack5304]

Born and living in MA, but lived in CT for 3 years and loved it. It reminded me of the MA from my childhood. Less developed and a great park system. I love living near the ocean in MA.

[@Auscan_Octrice]

Living in western ma, I’ve gotta say both states are great, practically indistinguishable between most of ct and western ma but south western ct is on a completely different field when compared to the rest of Connecticut, not saying it’s bad or anything but southwestern ct and eastern ma are completely different when compared to the rest of ct or western ma, we’re practically the same people here in western ma and northern Connecticut, love to those in Connecticut as well :)

[@Secretname807]

I have found that Western Mass tends to cater more to tourists, but the moment I cross into that section of CT, it seems more blue collar.

[@el3ctroTV_]

What’s a western mass?

[@Secretname807]

@@el3ctroTV_ There be dragons

[@christopherkucia1071]

👍👍👍👍👍 I’m central west CT, around Bristol. I travel to north Hampton and the berkshires for fun all the time, and new haven area-new London in CT for a lot of fun in the warmer months. I can’t stand NY city area but I love the Boston area. And I do a lot of work near Stamford and western mass doing lighting controls and Audio/Visual work. Western mass and northern/western CT rock and the eastern south of CT is also really nice.

[@christopherkucia1071]

@Harry Engel no. Only because upstate NY is so vast and spread out. There are tiny shithole towns/“cities” in north-west CT that completely throw upstate nee York out of comparison. If we’re talking about dropping areas like Torrington, Bristol, Winsted in CT, then yeah, just a less spread out version of Upstate NY and western Mass/Berkshires without as much hills and mountains.

[@oc2226]

Great and very informative! You should do a Namibia and Botswana compared video or maybe Lesotho and Eswatini compared video.

[@RodericSpode]

Great list of links in the Sources section. I'm from Ohio but have relatives in Mass. so have visited there a lot. Lots to see up there. Personal favorites are the Mark Twain house in Harford, the Mystic Seaport, the Whale Museum in New Bedford, taking whale watch cruises out of Gloucester, visiting the Berkshires and Sturbridge Village. And I've also had a lot of fun going to games at Fenway Park, and to one Harvard-Yale football game. For people interested in American history that area of the country is a gold mine.

[@el3ctroTV_]

Was born in foxboro mass and I’m happy you talked about It!

[@CivilDefenseSoutherner]

My old schoolmate moved from Florida to Connecticut back in 2019.

[@iammrbeat]

Did they have any regrets after making the move?

[@TheKelsey]

@@iammrbeat I'm actually moving from Connecticut to Florida this year

[@greekmythdude9053]

I wish I lived in Florida (no winters)

[@jakeplays1995]

@@TheKelsey dont do it! Horrible mistake!

[@TheKelsey]

@@jakeplays1995 I can't consent to it! I'm a minor! It's my mother's decision :(

[@rodrigoogr_4483]

I am so excited!!! :D

[@iammrbeat]

Your excitement is contagious. :D

[@MasterTSayge]

I grew up in New London CT for 5 years in the 90's and I LOVED THIER SCHOOLS. My teachers were hardcore but they made learning FUN! Infact the schools in CT was the 1st time I got interested in politics and geography. CT is a GREAT place for higher education for kids.

[@robertrowan9893]

Owing to suffering the persistent ignominy of being gazumped back in Blighty in the 60s, my Aunty and Uncle thought better of life in the UK and have since happily assimilated into American life via Massachusetts. As such, I've especially found this one useful to give some context to discussions we've had in the not so recent past. Given that I don't generally use a pseudonym when surfing the interweb, in the unlikely expectation they're having a proverbial busman's holiday (?) - I'd like to say hello till next time they hear my dulcet northern accent (oxymoron if there ever was one) on some compatible platform or other. And well done too for an entertaining YT channel. I learn a lot.

[@maxwellsings]

As a Connecticutter I have been waiting for this video for so long

[@noahh90]

Northeast Megaopolis is going to take over the United States. Maniacal laugh mwahaha

[@iammrbeat]

MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH-

[@galek75]

Not if West coasters have anything to say about it!

[@ginch8300]

@@galek75 Don't worry, British Columbia will reclaim Washington, Oregon and Idaho before the U.S. North East ever gets the chance. B.C. Gang ;3

[@noahh90]

@@ginch8300 well I am WA gang so haha. Gotta get through us first. You can take Idaho lol.

[@ginch8300]

@@noahh90 But Idaho is the pizza crust of the pacific north west, you can't just eat a pizza with only the crust and expect to feel full :0 lol

[@NHMapsOffical]

I was actually born in Massachusetts in the town of Weymouth which was also the birthplace of Abigail Adams! Bet you guys didn’t know that!

[@panjoshua6251]

*OMFG FINALLY I'VE BEEN WAITING ON THIS FOR YEARS!* :D :D

[@abrahamlincoln8037]

Dear Mr. Beat, this is the president Jfk, and I am so glad to finally hear my home state of Massachusetts!

[@jacoby3070]

Welcome back!

[@thepoliticalapple5145]

L

[@tiberiuscanineus8705]

@@thepoliticalapple5145 Thank you for your input, Mr. President

[@abrahamlincoln8037]

Hey guys!

[@andrewpenn295]

@@abrahamlincoln8037 Hello Mr. President

[@TheKelsey]

These two states are my two homes. Bridgeport and Boston. My eyes lit up as you posted this. Thanks Mr Beat!

[@TheKelsey]

@@iammrbeat Yes you did! :D

[@rondajames6955]

Later for Boston!

[@j0rdanray186]

I am from cape cod, born and raised in mass, and i had no idea about half the things you just listed. Thanks for the video 👍👍

[@noaahhhoke4012]

I really enjoyed these state comparison videos

[@johnoliveira5575]

i’m from worcester county, it’s a great place, glad to see my state being talked about

[@BELCAN57]

"Wuss-tah" for those who ain't from around there.

[@simixlee]

Fun fact: In Connecticut, you don’t have to wear a helmet on motorcycles, and in Massachusetts you have to. Additionally, Connecticut actually enforces people should choose to wear a helmet on a bike. LOL

[@scumweather3219]

Sounds like a Connecticut type of move

[@onion7830]

When I was growing up I thought it was normal.(I live in Connecticut)

[@dezt4903]

I enjoy these comparison videos!

[@thecoolannishatk.]

Great video. As a New Yorker I visited Massachusetts in 2017 and I loved it! Especially the whale watching I did

[@dmdeester]

12:09 You could've mentioned how Connecticut used to have the Hartford Whalers, but I digress, great video as usual.

[@panjoshua6251]

yeah that's what I was expecting him to do. I hadn't even heard of the team he did mention for CT lol

[@darioj606]

Connecticuter here. Massachussets is better, zero question and no one of sane mind would debate you. We joke that we're mainly a highway between Boston and NYC, and I would say that there is remarkably little accent variation, and the accents we have are not New York at all. Most people speak with a vaguely standard American English with some New England influences, and not all of the state is that urban. It's not really fair to catogorize New Haven and Litchfield counties as that dominated by NYC; they are both their own worlds.

[@kathmandu2285]

Yeah. But go to New Britain and have them pronounce the name of their town. They lose the t. But then Massachusetts has Haverhill and Peabody!

[@matrixman7706]

Take Boston out of the mix and Mass is nothing special.

[@danieledlin9154]

Hey, Mr. Beat! Been a big fan of you and your content. I was wondering if you’d ever cover the topic of the “Forgotten Presidents” post-Reconstruction like from Hayes to McKinley. Just some of their accomplishments and why do you think they aren’t covered as much in history classes? Even in undergrad, I’d heard Chester A. Arthur mentioned once in passing.

[@violacola]

Awesome video. My home state (CT) doesn't get much love so it was great to see. One story I wish you told is the origin of the nickname the Nutmeg State. It's really wild. Legend has it that early Connecticut residents were so ingenious and clever they could create and sell wooden nutmegs. Doubly clever when you consider that nutmegs aren't even grown here. And your right to say we're basically a Diet Massachusetts with a sprinkling of NYC. If you live around Hartford your bond to here the line about being 2 hours from both Boston and NYC. Only Hartford would advertise itself using it's ease of escape. Once again, great video.

[@alejandrojefferson6993]

Why do some of you act as if you are bound by some creed to worry about Boston? It takes way too long to get there. Why do you always try to find places that you consider to be equal distance from NYC and Boston? Boston is no where near CT and NYC is about 10 minutes away. Boston at the closest CT point, is still about an hour an some change away.

[@formeruspresidentharrystru9240]

I’ve been to both. Fine states I must say.

[@iammrbeat]

Indeed they are!

[@aidanfowler8630]

Holy shit it’s former president Harry s Truman

[@formeruspresidentharrystru9240]

@@aidanfowler8630 In the flesh!

[@tech8222]

Agreed

[@abrahamlincoln8037]

@@formeruspresidentharrystru9240 hi truman!

[@illosophie]

Great video, like always.

[@iammrbeat]

Thank you!

[@Butwait87]

Thanks for showing information on my home state of Connecticut. I remember being in the military (I was stationed in North Carolina) and a guy in a southern accent asked me what state I was from, when I told him Connecticut, he said, "I didn't know people lived in Connecticut". 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@mattt7404]

The biggest thing you missed is that southwestern Connecticut identifies a whole lot more with New York City- especially Fairfield County. You did mention it briefly, but some people from here will go as far as to call themselves New Yorkers since a lot of cities are like forty minutes away from the city.

[@armandotaveras1836]

So true. Stamford, Greenwich, Darien, Norwalk, rowayton and New Canaan feels like New York suburbs.

[@dubreil07]

@@armandotaveras1836 they are NY suburbs. Fairfield and Greenwhich are part of the Tri State

[@alejandrojefferson6993]

No - we don't feel MORE NYC, we are IN metro NYC and we feel nothing to MA since we are not near there and Boston certainly has nothing to do with CT. FYI, NYC is TEN minutes from CT. When you read that any place is X amount of minutes or miles from NYC, they are using Times Square as the destination. The Bronx is NYC too... Boston is waaay too far to even be concerned with, and not special enough to go there anyway.

[@RMatty95]

@@alejandrojefferson6993 Boston is only an hour from Thompson CT without traffic, and that’s not far lol

[@rockyrock4796]

That’s disgraceful behavior. This is exactly why CT is on probation.

[@wcvenus]

Here's an Idea. I said this in the stream but here it is. Compare the president who were back-to back eachother. Like for example. You can compare like the 25th and 26th president or something like that. I think it is something seriously worth considering. Edit: Dang this got more likes than I thought it would thanks to everyone who liked!

[@travelandeats8518]

Hartford here… Connecticut has better train system. You can go from Springfield/Windsor locks to nyc pretty easy. Hartford has more homicide than New Haven and Bridgeport. Mass needs to do Springfield to Boston

[@iammrbeat]

Interesting to hear!

[@rithvikpbalaji1002]

@@iammrbeat nice

[@rondajames6955]

In the 203, we could care less about going to MA. They want to be down here.

[@travelandeats8518]

@@rondajames6955 Springfield heads always in Hartford going to our house parties etc.

[@rondajames6955]

@@travelandeats8518 I guess so. We in the 203 rarely go up there in Hartford or MA anyway. We have a whole world here in NY.NJ.CT.

[@theautistictransitfan]

Fun fact: Long island (the island, inluding brooklyn and queens) is longer that the entire state of connecticut

[@theautistictransitfan]

@@kevinnorris6558 yep

[@tsvandyke]

most girls do not care about ... long & skinny ( from long island ) - they like girth with the length ( like connecticut men have to offer )

[@matthewmajestic1013]

Excellent video Mr.Beat!, two very unique states I’ll tell ya. When my mother was married to a Marine they were stationed in a city called Bedford, Massachusetts on Hanscom AFB, I forgot how long they lived there but it’s been a many day I’ll tell ya. That was last time that I’ve been in Massachusetts, and as for Connecticut I’ve never lived there or had any family that has lived there.

[@florentinamcananey6102]

I moved to Connecticut when I was 3 and have lived here for ten years now, I have loved every minute of it. The landscape is so beautiful.

[@ASententiousFellow]

You missed my favorite Massachusetts fact! Massachusetts is the largest state that has its entire congressional delegation from one party! 9 Congressional and 2 Senatorial Democrats (that’s a lot of blue!)

[@Preygrantess]

Thank you Mr. Beat, this video changed my life!

[@billcouch8425]

Lived in Ct- for eight years, could not get out fast enough! I love FL.

[@Deathotto21]

Born and raised in the CT but lived in MA for a while a moved back - I think you nailed it with CT is similar to MA without Boston and with New York Influences (South of Hartford NY teams and North of Hartford Boston teams).

[@lloydwilliams1605]

Originally from Newtown, CT and spent time in MA while in grad school. Overall great video, but you did leave out one important detail about CT: the hamburger. Louis' Lunch in New Haven made this American staple famous. Oh and New Haven style pizza is great.

[@Posirep]

Louis' Lunch sucks tho. Correct on the pizza tho.

[@Jdmboi-gh6di]

Born in Massachusetts and lived there for several years, now i live Connecticut. Not very many differences.

[@brandondvaz6801]

Love hearing these two match up. I'm from Danbury CT - 15 min west I'm in NY on MTA Harlem to NYC. 15 min North? New Milford & four corners farmland. 15 min South and you start seeing Gold Coast Millionaires & Country Palaces & 15 min East you're on I 84 flying to the now-ghetto Waterbury.... You can say we're conflicted out here! lol Great Video 👍

[@amandahealey2216]

10:52 And because of that, we like to joke that Connecticut's biggest export is its people

[@GoldWings37]

I moved out of Connecticut with my family two years ago, so yeah, pretty much

[@jubez1875]

I wonder where he got his data from because in the last year the prices in CT have skyrocketed with people moving here. People who did work in NYC that now WFH are trying to live here instead of paying 2k rent for a shack in Brooklyn.

[@mryonan5865]

Actually population did increased the last decade. Ppl were surprised. Could be more than we thought due to influx of New Yorkers and that is due to the pandemic.

[@michaeldunn6645]

i live in CT its slaps - so much culture and nature, if you disagree take a walk through downtown New Haven, Hartford or West Hartford or check out Parkville Market or Food truck paradise. Most underrated state for sure, sunsets on the Metacomet Ridge always hit the spot.

[@nononono5217]

Last time I was there I was only like 5 so I don't really remember it.

[@existinginaspace8347]

I walked through west hartford once. One singular time. Got fucking mugged. Didn't even have time to pull my own 9m

[@travelandeats8518]

@@existinginaspace8347West Hartford haha..? No. You were probably in Hartford. Nothing happens in West Hartford but bear sightings and coyotes. Hartford is on fbi list West Hartford you will never ever see on fbi list in your lifetime ever

[@Joseph-sm6je]

I actually am going to MA this summer so this helped thanks

[@newflyer2198]

It's worth noting that the cities of New Haven and Hartford in CT as well as Springfield, MA are part of the Knowledge Corridor.

[@kathmandu2285]

And Hartford and Springfield share an airport.

[@matrixman7706]

@@kathmandu2285 Hartford is the main city for the airport.

[@alejandrojefferson6993]

huh?

[@travelandeats8518]

@@matrixman7706exactly it say Hartford not Springfield lol