Las Vegas' Map, Explained

[@DanielsimsSteiner]

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[@MrAzijn]

Once again I want to reiterate how specifically your videos scratch a perfect itch for me, keep em coming

[@alexarobinson2850]

Sometimes I lose track of what 'year' we're in in the story telling. It would be great to have markers on the video that include the year/time period or something on the screen.

[@almightysosa3007]

Same, when he brings up the Mormons coming and only staying for a few years, it would be really cool to see exactly what years those were

[@kevinlynch6396]

My missus has been trying to convince me to have kids. “You just rejoiced upon learning there’s a new map video online. I think you’re ready to be a Dad”, she said.

[@justinaguirre3776]

Bro just give her a kid already

[@jollyrogerq]

Yeah dude its time . Good luck its the greatest adventure you will ever have. The best unsolicited advice I can give you let them be a kid for as long as they can and be don't get frustrated at silly kid things it'll be the coolest experience of your life

[@Just-Leo2]

bro i love these map explained videos. never stop pls!

[@TheAdrianMc]

I sort of knew the story of The Strip part of Vegas but you just explained SOOOOO MUCH MORE!!! Instant new subscriber here!!

[@CamdenBintcliffe]

Can you do a video about Houston’s map? Your videos are always teaching me something new.

[@haroldbarnes5776]

If you ever want to do a video on the use of highways in the 20th century Hartford, Connecticut would be a great example. Hartford might be the city that was the most negatively affected by highway infrastructure. I-84 cuts right through the middle of the city and was used to segregate the majority black north from downtown. I-91 cuts off the city from the river. Both intersect downtown eating up precious land and overall kinda killing the city. Hartford is a pretty small city so it might not be the most popular video BUT if you ever wanted to address that topic I think it’s the perfect city to do so.

[@stischer47]

The father of a really good friend of mine worked on Hoover Dam and she was born in Vegas. She said she remembers little of it but her parents told her stories of the camps and Las Vegas. Later her father was sent to Hawaii after Pearl Harbor to help recover ships and build facilities.

[@knockshinnoch1950]

Absolutely first rate video. This is such a well researched and excellent presentation- filled with facts and anecdotes that inform and entertain. Not 1 single minute is wasted, no padding out with recaps of earlier sections or previews of what's to come later which has become the scourge of so many "documentaries we now see. This is intelligent and highly effective communication. I look forward to catching up with the rest of this channel's content! Thanks for taking time to share this.

[@MikeP2055]

I grew up in St. George, UT, so this one really struck a chord with me. We went to Las Vegas almost once a week, sometimes for one hour, before hopping back into my car to drive the two hours back to St. George, such was our boredom in SG, haha. If we had to fly anywhere, we flew out of [McCarren] because LV was much closer than SLC. We'd go to concerts and events all the time, so it sort of became our other hometown in a sense. I saw Sublime at the Huntridge Theater in 1995, the final Las Vegas Grateful Dead shows at Sam Boyd Stadium, a bunch of Phish shows, and a shit-ton of punk rock gigs. I live in SLC now, which I love, but I miss rock climbing in Snow Canyon, hiking in Zion, and taking ridiculous trips to Vegas on a whim. Luckily, I still have several very dear friends who live down there (So many memories are flooding back!) Cheers.

[@CaMaMorro]

“Vegas has a very definitive character. But at the same time - what make Vegas what it is, is its desire to be somewhere else” This is absolute bars, Daniel! You should be very proud of coming up with this line! Oh, and yet another great video. Thank you!

[@DowntownPaco]

It is so great to wake up in the morning and see this video on LasVegas. Who knew that you were working on this video when I reached out to you and said “you should do a video about LasVegas!” Excellent video Mike Green and Claytee White are amazing historians.

[@tbird2013]

DANIEL STEINER JUST DROPPED

[@Steve-l8d5m]

I’m delighted to have recently found and subscribed to your channel. Hope you continue to grow.

[@tylerpi]

When people ask me what kind of content I’m into, I now know what to tell them: Daniel Steiner. Exactly him. In exactly the way he does it.

[@FlorenceRyan]

yayyyy Daniel uploaded a new video

[@artvandelayimports]

Can't get enough of these videos. It's super interesting seeing how cities evolved over time to be what they are today.

[@southpaw3473]

Fantastic as always, Daniel!

[@adnamamedia]

This was an incredible video! I'm always amazed with how much I learn from this series. Really appreciate the work and research you put into this.

[@arklu8341]

my new favorite youtube map guy

[@jetsons101]

I remember taking the Hoover Dam tour in the 80's and Lake Mead was FULL to the top....... Great watch.......

[@PerkyCaptures]

Always love your videos! Thank you for the high quality informative content!!

[@mihailstolz]

I think this is your best laid out video yet. Probably because of how shallow (in terms of time) the history of Las Vegas is compared to, say, Tokyo. There was no unanswered questions in this one, while I had a lot in all your previous videos. Great work, Daniel! 👏🏻

[@oppositionguerrilla6129]

Excellent video! Love my hometown!

[@directedbystal]

living Here , i Appreciate Vegas History , I Learned a Lot in This ! Great Job !

[@somslovensky959]

Perfect timing when I’m about to go for a month study trip at UNLV from the UK

[@DanSinc84]

Just moved to Las Vegas and this was a wonderful documentary to learn about the city!

[@CellaDragon]

When I tell people during rideshare or tours they aren’t actually in Vegas and in the Town of Paradise everyone gets confused or surprised.

[@pavelow235]

I enjoy your content thank you

[@marklittle8805]

Excellent history lesson. Vegas is a really unique place....and it is true. Carrier made it all possible

[@Thornbloom]

yes, a fire "broke out". Of course we can't PROVE it was arson, but it just seems awfully convenient, don't you think?

[@almightysosa3007]

Jewish lightning they call it

[@zebesttfd]

Awesome video as always, I really would love a video about Istanbul, I feel like there's a lot of material that could be discussed.

[@DocSteiner]

I’ve been to Vegas so many times but never knew these fascinating details! Boulder City and A-bomb craters!

[@kippg.9604]

19:37 those craters are from underground tests, which ran from the 1960s to the early 1990s. Above ground tests, which the mushroom clouds are created by, stopped in the 1960s with the limited test ban treaty. Anyways, really cool video, I just had to share.

[@AKSNB1]

Fun fact, up in the spring mountains theres an overlook where you can see the nuclear craters on the horizon! Very cool

[@오레에에엔지]

I love the history you learn with these videos! Can you do Tokyo or Seoul next?

[@Halocon720]

He did Tokyo a while back

[@lostinrabbithole12]

Great video as always! I still want a St. Louis video, but I won't nitpick. I'll probably enjoy it no matter what city it is

[@alexmozie6301]

Whoa... Geography Now's latest video was about LA having a weird map and even mentioned LV as another example, either this is a weird coincidence or you guys conspired LOL

[@idiotsloveboxes]

I just now had the same experience

[@rosemulet]

I literally just came from that video!

[@aliendave]

Lol I was binge watching this channel the other day and I was really hoping you would get to Vegas

[@Joelthegeek]

this is a great video! I hope one day you can do one on San Diego and it’s Old town versus “New” town!

[@tmbarral664]

It seems that JT McWilliams original town is now a very poor part of LV. A lot of homeless or very poor people and even junkies, sadly :/

[@ybur24]

Daniel dropped, day is better

[@trevorratchford3768]

amazing work

[@Steve-ku8wk]

Awesome video. Thanks for giving your viewers the chance to nerd out on history, geography and maps all in one insightful video. Now the question is where will you be going to for your next video. :)😊

[@zardsire2012]

please do LA next

[@almightysosa3007]

Please do San Fran or LA next!!

[@jetsons101]

Only got 1:13 minutes in and it's time for Work..... Will finish when I get home.

[@amzahtilla]

I gotta admit, at one point I was sure you were going to say that "the Hoover Dam harnessed the power of divorce..." 🤔

[@alexarobinson2850]

I bet Santa Monica would be a fascinating city history to check out too!!

[@0zniugnep904]

Never clicked faster on a video

[@ZacCrosby]

Wait, that Union Pacific railroad map was epic.

[@br88dy]

Awesome video

[@jftransit]

Oh I’m early early. Feels nice

[@janninin]

You can see Lake Mead disappearing in lock step with the growth of the city.

[@blackdogrmh]

I would Love one on DFW

[@idiotsloveboxes]

Houston. It is a BIG messy story just waiting to be told. With lots of interesting stories of the energy industry.

[@HandyMan657]

Could you please explain again how a person can bankrupt three casinos and still be considered a good businessman? It makes no sense to me.

[@slowlydistancing]

Well we elected a guy who bankrupt multiple businesses and was awarded the most powerful position in the world so I wouldn't call it extraordinary

[@frybreadndizhnikaaz3314]

in the same basket it was destined the existance of salt lake and la the springs the rivers the open location with proximity to mountains thats an anasazi wet dream right there

[@smoothkid765]

You should get a sharpie sponsorship.

[@andrewgrandfield7214]

18:47 Is that Johnny Carson?

[@Paybroooks]

DECEMBER 16TH?! WHO IS THIS GUY?!

[@Paybroooks]

nevermind

[@DanielsimsSteiner]

Lolol

[@billieshearstone2963]

waiting paitently for the day you make a video about Atlanta 😇

[@andylee7862]

Visited Las Vegas twice for only a short period... Could never live there and also recommend people just visiting and not settling down there 😊

[@braxjohnson]

I LIVE IN THE SAME CITY AS ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE CREATORS??????

[@comrontiana2257]

Philadelphia would be cool

[@jakegarvin7634]

I love Fun Delaware

[@Carlitabita]

The Johnny Harris format is too obvious, it doesn’t work anymore.

[@tonymontana5651]

Last time I was this early I made a baby

[@alexarobinson2850]

Yessssssssss I love these!!! I know it is not a very popular city, but I really wish you would do Hartford/Springfield and why they went from being the heart of America's industrialisation/innovation to the ghost towns they are today. Did you know cars were invented in Springfield? Mark Twain and Harriett Beecher Stowe were next door neighbors in Hartford? That the NFL rules were decided on in a hotel in Springfield that was where Teddy Roosevelt had his honeymoon?

[@bmjv77]

The metro population of Springfield is 700,000, and Hartford's is 1.2 million. Hardly what anyone would call a "ghost town".

[@BourbonManRyan]

great video but, can americans PLEASE stop using american things to compare sizes! Theres a whole world out there who hear "3 empire state buildings and one statue of liberty" and don't feel any sense of the scale at all... We're not all in that cult lol.

[@ZoomZip]

lol. This guy is American so he is using references Americans know.

[@MrGalactica75]

It’s like asking a Brit, “Please stop using British terms, idioms, etc.” I get the frustration, but you are using an American run platform and watching an American’s channel. I’m sure Daniel will accommodate where he can, but it’s a bit ridiculous, don’t you think?

[@virtualet]

Also watching a video about an American city and American history. People can look up the sizes of things themselves; google exists for a reason

[@BwInNewJersey]

Your first sentence sounds ridiculous. He’s an American making a video in America about America. Also we are a country not a cult. I don’t whine when foreigners use metric #’s.

[@SighTology]

Ok so how many diggery do’s should he use?

[@beauhart5484]

First comment (ignore the others)

[@VudueTSC]

Damn I'm early

[@megatronfilms315]

im so early , hi

[@YuriNikolajavič]

Long story short: It is called Paradise, Nevada and it was created as a tax haven because of the Mob hated the Las Vegas County government.

[@ssfc117]

Idek why I bother watching these anymore. Always disappointed with the quality of the history and how often it is wrong

[@ZoomZip]

How so? So instead you just make crazy accusations but don’t back your claims. You’re dumb.

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