California's Northern Third (State of Jefferson?)

[@BlownMacTruck]

The Lost Coast is one of the most amazing places in the country… if you want to be alone among absolute beauty, there's not many places that match it.

[@zelphx]

Camped there... like another world, camping on a beach (no sand... ROCKS).

[@nomaderic]

Yea the oregon coast gets all the hype but you can see basically the same beauty on the northern California coast and be pretty much alone. I went last year and it amazed me that I could be on these beautiful beaches and trails all alone

[@tltaber50]

I have backpacked in that area a couple of times. It is the wildest coastal area in the U.S. south of Alaska.

[@Alterbridge321]

Longest stretch of undeveloped coastline in the Lower 48. Around 60 miles I think.

[@CarlosRodriguez-hb3vq]

Roosevelt elk, the largest in North America, black bears and river otters on the beach.

[@scottevans9553]

I chose Trinity County to live in twenty years ago because it was the best fit for all the things I wanted: mountains, woods and waters, four season climate without extremes, reasonable land prices, good access to the outside world (but at arm's length). I was fortunate to be able to research these things on the road for work as I planned a life change. Northern California ticks all my boxes. Great video, sir. Thanks.

[@nomaderic]

I spent a couple months traveling from texas towards Seattle. Made my way from Denver, to slc, across Nevada, entered California at lake Tahoe, then Sacramento area, San Francisco, then begin heading north up the 101. Once I got to the redwoods I was stopped in my tracks. It was the most amazing thing I've ever seen. I spent the next nearly 3 weeks just exploring the northern California coast, redwoods, and the towns like eureka, crescent city, etc. Simply amazing everywhere you go and what amazed me was that there were so many beautiful places with so few people. I'm used to beautiful places around the country being packed but I found myself deep in the redwoods or on some picturesque beach pretty much all alone at times. I love it, since spring is now here I'm about to start making my way back north again and I can't wait to make it back to northern California

[@jamescoleakaericunderwood2503]

Hey Tex I'm glad you enjoyed yourself..if you get a chance go to Yosemite and Kings Canyon... See the Giant Sequoia Trees...Way more magnificent... I hope you get to...you can come up I-5 via 10 ...

[@joshjones6072]

The Redwoods and far northern California coast are amazing, I love thst place! I have family up there in Arcada, Eureka and Fortuna and all over Far Northern CA. Just beware the rogue waves right on the beach at edge of water ;)

[@maxrogers5479]

Best geography channel on KZbin, I’m like a kid on Christmas morning every time you post a new video! Great job Kyle!

[@BuMPiHD]

Co-Sign📝

[@zelphx]

My wife will attest: I always exclaim "Howdy" in unison with Kyle.

[@breadoflifefaiupu8992]

@@zelphx that sickens me. You all sicken me.

[@zelphx]

@@breadoflifefaiupu8992 Wow, really? You need help. Your named looks Samoan, the ones I know are not disturbed; have you sought help? BTW, your obsession with Lionel Richie is disgusting.

[@eduardocajias5626]

@@breadoflifefaiupu8992 Why?! Are you a hater? Or... Do you simply hate geographers?!

[@anawile3152]

That was great. As a 65 year old Californian I had never heard of Jefferson! Loved the mountain info. Thumbs up and I subscribed. Thank you

[@kbanghart]

Haha yeah jefferson, that's because it's just a silly idea. Only wacky conservatives think it's an actual state, or will be an actual state.

[@andrewthorup6576]

I was born and raised in Paradise and it was a fantastic place to grow up. Thank you for the great video giving some attention to the 'northern third'. Your channel in one of my favorites, keep up the great work!

[@kbanghart]

So sorry about the fire

[@turdfurgason8476]

I had acreage on Scottwood Road. A year round creek and beautiful ground. PG&E took everything. 😢

[@kbanghart]

​@@turdfurgason8476 well, the fire took it, but pge could have done better

[@irishgrl]

I’m a Camp Fire Survivor. I’ve lived in Paradise since ‘83 & went to Chico State in the mid 90s. I never knew campuses could be so beautiful with the creek running right through the campus, and historic Bidwell Mansion right next door. The campus is also a botanical wonderland with many of Annie Bidwell’s unique collected specimens growing all around. And of course, the GIGANTIC native Sycamores that are mind bogglingly HUGE! Chico is a great little college town (or was before all the homeless started ruining it) but my heart belongs among the Pines in the Paradise/Magalia area 💕

[@dreaminez472]

Bless you, I hope your town is rebuilt. That was the fire of all fires... I was living in Redding during the Carr fire, that was scary enough. Then I lived in Weaverville during the Monument Fire. It's so sad what's happening to California with this drought.

[@irishgrl]

@@dreaminez472 Agreed. Then Dixie fire just last year (2021) taking out Greenville! I have friends in Redding, they survived the Carr fire too (I’m glad you’re ok as well!) About the only thing we can do is keep our yards clean & pray for rain. My poor state! 😩 But, in Paradise, hope springs eternal. We are rebuilding slowly but surely ❤️

[@IdiotBoxProductionsTV]

Hey I’m going to Chico soon too!

[@tommyhubbard342]

Just graduated Chico. Town is great. Yeah homelessness is an issue, but they didn't "ruin" anything.

[@kbanghart]

​@@tommyhubbard342thank you for saying this. Unfortunately, conservatives really don't like the homeless.

[@TuddsCrapshoot]

Crazy coincidence, we’re actively driving south on 97 and the image of Shasta in your video is my exact view right now! Spent a month exploring up here and in Oregon! Unbelievably beautiful considering I’m from Nashville. Amazing work as always Kyle!

[@deviantluis]

I'm literally on my second road trip ever.. again started doing them thanks to your channel. First was the 4 corner states and now is the North west , including North California, Oregon and Washington. First thing I noticed is just how different and BEAUTIFUL this region is! What a funny coincidence you post this right after I visited there, great content as always, cheers!

[@jebrogers1986]

California has 15 counties with a population larger than Alaska. Subtract those 15 counties, you’re still left with approximately two Nevadas and a Vermont.

[@kbanghart]

And, the largest county by land mass in the entire country.

[@johnchedsey1306]

Most of northern California has something of interest to offer. If you're on I-5, stopping in Corning at that Olive store is a treat. Best olives you can find anywhere. Burney Falls is an amazing place to see a waterfall seemingly seep out of a cliff. Lava Beds National Monument is another fascinating lava field featuring caves to explore. Lassen, as mentioned, is beautiful with the Bumpass Hell geothermal area being the best way to experience Yellowstone without the crowds. Or driving all the way to Wyoming. A person could take a nice long vacation in northern California and see such a wide variety of climates and scenery...and find great little microbreweries all over the place.

[@bryntnjal9446]

Yes, those are nice additions to Kyle's mentions.

[@andyjay729]

I visited Lassen Peak a couple years ago and noticed a lot of dealer frames from the Bay Area. I guess it is within a day's drive from there and probably a popular summer destination for people from there.

[@nathanfitzgerald6651]

My great-grandfather's family came from Alturas, Modoc county, in the northern part of CA, so I'm familiar with a lot of attractions you mentioned. I remember loving Burney Falls, it was one gargantuan waterfall. If California became two states (and I had the financial wherewithall) I'd move there in a second.

[@kbanghart]

​@@nathanfitzgerald6651won't happen

[@shereygould9307]

We moved from Tahoe to just north of Crescent City 8 years ago and during all my years in this state (including being born here 60+ years ago), I never knew the facts about CA's geothermal production.... fascinating, thank you!

[@waynes.2983]

The Geysers Geothermal plant is the largest geothermal power producer in the world. I can see it from my house.

[@grantingtherant1465]

YEAHHH CHICO STATE!!! In all seriousness though, the Camp Fire has and will be one of the most devastating events in the recent history of Butte County. I knew several people who had their lives completely uprooted and had to move or join the many homeless if they had nowhere else to go. I had only been to Paradise a few times, but I distinctly remember playing my first few shows with my band at Kings Tavern. It's insane just how much life changed in the area over the course of a week, and almost no one outside the area knew about it because there was a much less threatening fire happening in LA at the same time

[@markfrench8892]

That's California media for you. Southern California always gets first billing when it comes to the news.

[@bargdaffy1535]

And the whole Oroville Dam thing.

[@zelphx]

My wife's cousin and husband lost it all... and REBUILT. I did not realize so few did.

[@bob_frazier]

Camp, Carr, Dixie, Caldor, Delta, it would be difficult to explain the extent of this devastation to anyone elsewhere.

[@irishgrl]

@Granting the Rant What’s the name of your band? I used to go to the Top Flight back in the 80s & Duffys Tavern in the 90s but it’s been decades since I partied down in Chico. My daughters husband was in the band La Fin Du Monde, which was a Chico favorite for many years til they disbanded….on my page I actually have footage of 2 of their songs from their Farewell concert.

[@pepintheshort7913]

The last time I travelled anywhere was 2019, and it was to CA. I had a mission on that trip. I had bought a book in a used book store in Harrisburg, PA. It was published in the 1950s, sci-fi, and had a Weaverville, CA Public Library card slot. I looked before I went out to CA to see if there was a used bookstore in Weaverville, in the mountains to the east of Redding. There was. So I went out of my way to take that book back to where it came from.

[@andyjay729]

I don't know if this is still true, but according to an area hiking guidebook I have that was published in 1994, at least back then Trinity County, of which Weaverville is the seat, had such a small population that the entire county didn't have any traffic lights or parking meters.

[@cross6560]

@@andyjay729 was true until a few months ago! they just installed the first stop light intersection! my family lives there and i have to say it messes up traffic haha

[@lyndsaybrown8471]

Doing the Lord's work

[@pepintheshort7913]

@@jazzcatjohn you people? What are you talking about? Pennsylvanians or sci-fi readers? Because I’m not Mormon. Wait … did you think “had a mission” meant I was going around knocking on doors and annoying people? You’ve never heard mission used to mean “task to be accomplished”.

[@breadoflifefaiupu8992]

@@pepintheshort7913 he means sanctimonious people like you who drink their own diarrhea instead of buying diarrhea at the store like normal people.

[@sambolino44]

I'm getting ready to move across the country to a place that I picked out from my own online research. Until now I had not realized how little information there is, or how hard it is to find, about affordable small towns around America. It's a bit frustrating to realize that there are probably hundreds of cool places that I would love to live, but will never know about. At least it's better than it used to be. Your channel is a great help.

[@andyjay729]

It also extends pretty far north; almost as far north as Boston, actually, with the CA/OR border being formed by the 42nd parallel, which eventually runs just to the south of Boston (and just north of Chicago). Eureka and Redding are both at almost the exact latitude of New York City. Given California's size and north-south length, if it were placed on the East Coast it would extend from Charleston, South Carolina to Cape Cod.

[@kathleenking47]

Ive seen an old history book. Saying that CA would allow discussion on the state of Jefferson the weekend of december 6th and 7th 1941 We know what happened then

[@nathanfitzgerald6651]

That makes sense because that's the only part of CA that gets regular snow in the winter.

[@rclaughlin]

@@kathleenking47 Yeah, WWII stopped the proposed State of Jefferson dead in its tracks.

[@DaveWossum]

As a life long CA resident I really enjoyed this video. This is the one area I have not travelled to all that much. Thanks.

[@Zumama2]

I love your lowkey change of vinyl cover in the background on every video! I bet many of your viewers miss this little detail. Love your music taste

[@grumpysonofbill5881]

Southern Oregon is considered part of the State of Jefferson. The NPR radio station in Jackson County Oregon even uses a "State of Jefferson" bumper. In general, the California border to Roseburg Oregon is part of the State of Jefferson.

[@kbanghart]

LOL the only place the state of Jefferson exists is in your imagination

[@mwngw]

Summertime is dry and HOT.

[@edwardwalter3100]

My stepdad worked at the Geyers when I was a kid! Thanks Kyle, great work as always!

[@SurvivinginCreative]

So glad there is a community on youtube that likes geography as much as I do, thanks for bringing us all together kyle!

[@dreaminez472]

I lived in a bunch of places all around this area for the last 4 years. Here are some thoughts. I started in Redding. It's surrounded by gorgeous mountains on three sides and has some of the best hiking trails I've ever seen. But its blistering hot in the summer. I worked overnights to dodge the heat. Wildfires are insanely scary, I was there during the Carr Fire. The air quality was horrific. It's affordable for California but getting more and more expensive. It's very conservative as well, many conservatives from down state flock up there to away from the liberal cities. Then I lived out of my car for a year in Eureka. The weather is perfect for it but that means lots of other people get the same idea which means heavier restrictions. Humboldt County is beautiful beyond belief but there are no good jobs, tons of crime and the most excessive drug use anywhere. I was working at a cafe in Eureka for a while and addicts would be constantly shooting up and overdosing behind out building. We saw the EMTs there almost every day. The cost of living is again affordable for California but not considering the dead economy. And rent prices are rising fast, I imagine due to remote working from Covid. I then spent a summer in Mount Shasta, small town at the foot of the mountain. Woodstock never ended there, I've never seen a town where 75% are hippies. Good people, beautiful nature. The mountain is a mesmerizing place with lots of folklore around it. The weather is like Redding only a good 10° cooler on average and the wind from the mountain make it feel cooler still. Then I spent the next summer in Weaverville. This town is a lot like Mount Shasta except no hippies and it's hotter. Its in a good location between the coast and Redding though and the Trinity Alps are the best kept secret of the whole area. Other than a lumber yard there are no decent jobs there though. In the end I had to leave that town because of another fire, the Monument Fire. The whole area is so enchanting and mystical. It was a great place to car camp and travel around in but ultimately all of California's issues drove me out. Those wildfires are totally nuts, the scariest thing I've seen. And the coast is just riddled with hard drug use and all the chaos that comes with it.

[@calci2679]

This makes me sad. I kind of thought of moving here in a few years :((

[@kbanghart]

@@winters05 yeah redding is unfortunately infected with Trump supporters who have lost their minds. A lot different than when I lived there.

[@TheDripzzy]

I lost my house in Paradise, and most of the people I know left the state when they lost their home which is probably the biggest reason for losing population in Butte County and other counties exodus is probably from other fires.

[@butler-macdonald8351]

As 'nerdy geoscientists', my partner and I (in NS, Canada) love your videos! I really enjoy seeing the maps, and one suggestion - it would be great to see a map inset of the location of features you mention, when you start to showcase it (in this video, I wanted to know where those volcanoes are in the state, though I can see one clearly on the awesome terrain map!). Thanks for doing these great videos. We watch every them all!

[@LordBrozart]

I hear “howdy it’s Kyle” and I press like. I’m a simple guy.

[@kevincinnamontoast3669]

Humboldt County cannabis is sublime, the terpene production is off the charts and the growers take great pride in the flavors they are able to produce. They deserve a D.O.P. area designation.

[@Eman666_]

Every time I would go up North to Oregon on the I 5 I always see a barn with State of Jefferson written in top of it. I always wondered what the meaning of it was

[@ChordYogaGuitar]

Thank you! That adds some much needed perspective to my trips through California's 'Northern Third' :) Always wondered about how this area and its people tick, played a couple of gigs there. Btw, the Amtrak Coast Starlight is a hip way to see Mt. Shasta up close, in the wee hours of the morning

[@KathleenMcCormickLCSWMPH]

That’s an incredible train ride up to Seattle.

[@ChordYogaGuitar]

@@rignard The famed observation car :) there are so many varied landscapes (and microclimates?) to marvel at in just a couple of hours, gotta get back on that train soon. I still have to see Dunsmuir by day though, if the Amtrak schedule allows, lol

[@ChordYogaGuitar]

@@KathleenMcCormickLCSWMPH Probably one of the most scenic routes to become familiar with the peaks and perks of the West Coast :)

[@eduardocajias5626]

Wooooow, Kyle! Thank you a lot for this video! One of your best videos I have watched. No doubt! I had no idea you have olive oil production in USA. And never listened a word about plums, prunes, almonds in US. Nor anything about State of Jefferson! Amazing! Salute from São Paulo, Brazil.

[@nigelman3001]

Possibility one of the best videos I’ve seen in 20 years on KZbin

[@Peapolop]

I've been living in California since 2016 and I love Northern California. By far my favorite part of the State.

[@Steveofthejungle8]

I also love Lava Beds National Monument! Such a cool place to explore some caves in the high desert!

[@victoriabernuth9728]

Kyle, great video. I love this part of California. It’s so majestic.

[@coreysmith556]

I love the northern 1/3 of CA. A nice part of the West.

[@clarkleakins879]

Regarding the agriculture crops, you failed to mention Bing Cherries! Olson's (most folks know in Sunnyvale) now grow/harvest in Chico. VERY VERY important California produce!

[@nickt9467]

Yoooo!!! Olson's? Did you ever go before they shut down the main market and sold most of the land?

[@garretyoung2173]

The buttes are considered the smallest mountain range in the world. It is a great hike by the way, a lot of the land is privately owned by generations of farmers too!

[@jeffersonstatecrash]

Well done video. I’m born and raised here in the northern third (as you probably guessed from my nick). Non-local pronunciation of Yolla Bolly and almond is forgiven. Also dig George and Weezy. Fun with flags! All you folks reading this come visit and spend time here in The spots Kyle mentioned. Redding is an outdoor enthusiast paradise. Base in Redding and explore it all, this is an amazing place!

[@soupdrinker]

I live in southern Oregon in which there also is people who want to form/consider to be the state of Jefferson

[@xltek1]

Me too

[@williamford7013]

That's why we've been trying to join Idaho. Anything is better than Portland politics

[@nathanfitzgerald6651]

In that case the new state of Jefferson should include a portion of southern Oregon.

[@kevinblatter2369]

Thank you for making this video! As a native Bay Area resident, I love the northern part of California and visit at least annually.

[@bigaaron]

One of my favorite youtube channels fs I'm glad you are growing

[@GeographyKing]

Thank you very much!

[@Nathan_Lara]

I love California. Born and raised here in the San Joaquin Valley. I've been to L.A, San Diego and nearly everything in between. I'd love to hit up Riverside and some more of the central coast. I love the bay area and I've been up to the m mountains and Sacramento but it never occurred to me to go up further north. I'm leaving for the Air Force soon and now I know where I'll go on one last trip with my bud.

[@kaziu312]

Redding is also expanding its commercial operations at its municipal airport for this upper third of the state. United has been serving the area for awhile and more recently Avelo and the return of Alaska Airlines have extended the reach of RDD to pretty much all the major metropolitan areas on the West Coast except Portland.

[@scottevans9553]

RDD is one of the reasons I chose Trinity County to build and live in. The first six years I was here I had to travel for work more than twenty times per year. United/SkyWest service to SFO was my lifeline to the world!

[@princew95]

Middle third video? I’m a Sacramento resident, I’d love to hear it!

[@OGRocker1]

Greetings from the State of Jefferson. XX ... 😜 The Northern half above the Syskiyou mountain pass (formerly S. Oregon) 😎 Good video Tkz.

[@sarahbelle6069]

My boyfriend & I are about to have our first baby soon & looking to go on a road trip up north to find a place to settle our little family. You really given us some great information that we need. Thank you!

[@noahhunter2384]

Shout out to the Northen California and Southern Oregon area! One of the most beautiful areas in the world!

[@bob_frazier]

Yay! Thank you!

[@mwngw]

And......overrun with cartel drug runners, homeless vagrants, meth heads, and plain trash.

[@LeighHanna]

Beautiful no doubt

[@depressedbillsfan7711]

I’m majoring in Geoscience right now, it would be so awesome to hear some more of your insight about West Coast geoscience nerds

[@breadoflifefaiupu8992]

I can't believe Genocide is actually a college major.

[@samuelskillern7365]

*Humboldt State is now Cal Poly-Humboldt.

[@reddykilowatt]

those stoners aren’t fooling anyone. 😃🪴

[@margefoyle6796]

I've been waiting for this one. I know you avoid politics generally, but in order to describe the State of Jefferson (California/Oregon), it would help to explain that. Anyway, great video, as usual!

[@breadoflifefaiupu8992]

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[@shaynemhopkins]

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[@breadoflifefaiupu8992]

@@shaynemhopkins bread and milk

[@margefoyle6796]

@@breadoflifefaiupu8992 WTF? What did I say to deserve that?

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[@G02guy24]

Great video! I enjoy the ones on the lesser-populated areas a lot. Would love to eventually see a video on BWCA in Minnesota or the Great Lakes.

[@gus473]

Combine BWCA with Quetico, and the UP of Michigan! Or just the Lake Superior Circle route! 👍🏼😎✌🏼

[@MrAwesomeSaucem]

@@gus473 I would love to see this!!! I think the BWCA and Quetico definitely go hand in hand (and the UP)

[@michaelmurphy1652]

Man I love your videos so much! You literally answer all the questions I always think about. I wish you the best!

[@bargdaffy1535]

I lived in Chico and was a Travelling Pharmacist for 5 years up there, it is pretty amazing. I have literally lived in or worked in every city he mentions. I remember riding my bike and just picking up Kiwi's and Almonds to eat as I went. Eureka, I am surprised you didn't mention the Samoa Cookhouse. 9:36, there is a Sign for Yreka, worked there...lol.

[@KathleenMcCormickLCSWMPH]

Really liked this video. I used to live in the Bay Area and loved going north. When you think about it, although SF is considered to be in Northern California, it is located towards central CA. Many people, even those from CA, have no idea about the extent of wilderness up there. Spectacular. It has always been unbelievable to me that it is so lightly populated. A big part of the reason I love it….. Love coming up Interstate 5 and slowly seeing Mount Shasta begin to take over the horizon to the north.

[@markfrench8892]

Thanks for bringing the problems of Bay Area to Northern California..

[@a-sane-person]

@@markfrench8892 What?

[@KathleenMcCormickLCSWMPH]

@@markfrench8892 yes, what? I hope your bad attitude improves.

[@joelmora2826]

@@markfrench8892 tell that to all the crackheads and bums .

[@recoveringsoul755]

It's a lot more populated and crowded than it was in the late 70's when I attended college there, worked for a bit early 80"S. Lot more populated now.

[@ShonnMorris]

Another great video. You told the northern 3rd perfectly!

[@MissCharliechop]

Great info! Born and raised in California and learned a lot about upper ca. Great job!

[@GeographyKing]

Thank you!

[@gegenuberwachung5714]

I live in Germany. I went for a road trip to Northern California in 2017. It was wonderful. But of course, there were big distances to drive. I underestimated this...

[@nickt9467]

I think the drive from Eureka (northern border) to San Diego (southern border) is just a little bit longer than the distance from London to Milan

[@ironpig701]

@@nickt9467 So true Interstate 5 that runs from Mexico to Canada is near 800 miles long in California and 576 miles running through Oregon and Washington combined.

[@billolsen4360]

@@nickt9467 misread your remark at first glance, thought you'd said "the distance from London to the Moon."

[@user-ii3vn8tn3q]

It doesn't help that the roads aren't a steady freeway speed. The mountains make that impossible.

[@brendamusante9086]

Good program! We live in Cloverdale, northern Sonoma Co., & consider ourselves part of Jefferson (less than 1 mile from Mendocino Co. border. Beautiful part of CA but high cost of living. 2 bedroom APT. around $2800.00/mo. 1940's 2 bedroom 1 bath unremodeled house about $550,000. Feel sorry for young families, no jobs anymore & even with new fast food minimum wage, $20/hr ($41,000.00/yr), employers have cut hours & staffing, so many young people have to work 2 or 3 part-time jobs just to SHARE housing. Foodbanks overtaxed & all social services at maximum. Sorry state of affairs. Do ENJOY your thoughtful programming! Thank you. Rich (& Brenda) 😊😊

[@Anthony-GoAvsGo]

Thanks for highlighting the northern third. I grew up in Mt. Shasta and no one knows about the area unless theres a forest fire or someone goes missing/gets hurt on the mountain.

[@GeographyKing]

Or Bigfoot sightings.

[@mwngw]

Ever been in Wyntoon?

[@joebarrera334]

Shout out to the best state flag in the country just over your right shoulder. Thanks for another great video, King!

[@NicksElixir]

I've exclusively lived in coastal metro areas (east, west, and gulf), but I haven't been anywhere north of SF bay. Road tripping the PCH is on my bucket list. I am so intrigued about California's coastal towns, and this entire region of California in general. Love this video.

[@daphneloustalet9792]

I grew up in the northern third of California. Not a bad place to grow up at all but once you graduate high school, many of us (including me) end up moving south to pursue more educational and career opportunities since the job market just isn’t as affluent for young adults in certain industries.

[@recoveringsoul755]

And I left the bay area to go to college up north, beautiful there, except that creepy Bohemian Grove

[@kbanghart]

@@recoveringsoul755 what's creepy about it and where is it?

[@annalorree]

I have lived in Humboldt County my entire life. It is a unique and sometimes strange part of the state, often considered “the Appalachia of California”, and for fair reasons. That aside, the geography is absolutely beautiful, and simply unrivalled. Also, Humboldt State University just became a state polytechnic school.

[@kbanghart]

Also, something that is neglected by most of the Jefferson supporters lol, Humboldt County doesn't want to be in the state of jefferson.

[@mwngw]

Alderpoint, home to Murder Mountain.

[@raysoutsideplace]

You can likely include Tuolumne, Calaveras and Amador counties on your map of the current State of Jefferson. There is a lot of support in those areas. There are signs, bumper stickers, hats and t-shirts all over place in that area.

[@kbanghart]

LOL it takes more than shirts and bumper stickers, it takes a vote, and so far I'm not sure if any of those counties have actually held a vote for the citizens. Even if they have, it takes a lot more counties in the northern part of California to also take a vote.

[@x1achilles99]

I think it would require geographic proximity also!

[@noahpatch1483]

Thanks Kyle. Keep up the good work. I like these more specific area videos.👍

[@purpl3spri7e]

It would be interesting to do a video about Texas like this. Most people just think about the DFW/ Houston/ Austin metros, but Texas is such a huge state

[@taureanblue]

I usually watch on the day the video is posted. I don’t need to wait until the end to give it a thumbs up. I do it right away, because I know I will love it! Geography King, you are the King!

[@lyndsaybrown8471]

Nice video! California native, but we never went up North much. My dad moved to Oroville a few years back and my mom, two-year and I spent a 4th of July weekend up in Quincy. Was going to go to Lessen for my birthday, but then the Dixie fire happened. The parks department just put out the list of open trails for Lassen's summer season, if anyone else was wondering.

[@michaeldoherty5415]

My uncle lived in Paradise before the fire. The entire town is basically gone.

[@jpgale]

Someone I know mom and brother lived in Paradise, his brother got some of the footage shown on the news of the evac. I sent him some money to help his family out. I grew up in a town about the size of paradise in the UK, it totally upset me to think about.

[@joelmora2826]

It's slowly being rebuilt now

[@michaeldoherty5415]

Awesome! I’m glad it’s being rebuilt. I’m sure it’s gonna take some time.

[@Jack-ne8vm]

Redding has toasty hot summers. Less rain on the coast last few years, fire danger increasing. Summers along the coast are best.

[@dougsherman1562]

Very well presented GK. You packed a lot of learning into this nice video.

[@goodpools]

I go to Cal Poly Humboldt (formerly HSU) and it’s a great area, a lot safer than I thought before moving here. It’s my favorite part of CA because it’s never too too hot (weird to pick a school based on weather, but that’s exactly what I did). We also had a tsunami warning a few months ago in winter of 2022 and regularly practice tsunami drills.

[@jordanhowell3262]

Thanks for the Shoutout to Chico! I am a Chicoan. I for one, do not believe the State of Jefferson is a good idea. Love the detail you always put in your videos!

[@zelphx]

No mentions of the very HOT town of Red Bluff...

[@breadoflifefaiupu8992]

Why would your opinion matter to anyone?

[@nathanchildress5596]

It matters as much as any of ours, don’t be a dick.

[@JL-yl8gd]

Very good video. Would love to see Northern California it looks beautiful Western Montana interests me as well

[@jsnydR24]

Super interesting vid, thanks Kyle!

[@patrickoshea4991]

The Beckwourth complex fires and the Dixie fires last summer which were the largest in state history were in Lassen and Plumas County. Such a beautiful area but so many problems.

[@breadoflifefaiupu8992]

I doubt that

[@lexkoal8657]

This part of the state certainly isn't talked about enough. I have never been to US but these forested areas along the coast interest me. Reminds me of Finnish gulf coast where I live

[@Yormsane]

Thank you for an excellent video, Kyle. So much great information on a little-known part of our most populous state. I hope you'll discuss the eastern 2/3 of Montana some time.

[@kbanghart]

What is special about that part of montana?

[@LeveyHere]

Awesome! Definitely nice to talk about this overlooked area.

[@ashleymcbride1273]

Would love to get Washington in here to finish off the PNW. Thank you for all your hard work that leads to interesting and informative videos. Love all your content! ❤

[@GeographyKing]

I've had a lot of requests for WA, so it'll be coming up soon. Don't tell anyone, but despite the subsciber count it only takes about 10 requests for me to do a state profile on. I really have no set order for them.

[@ashleymcbride1273]

@@GeographyKing You are the best. My husband and I love watching your videos. The information is always on point, your make it interesting and fun, we love the dot map you started. Would love to see you start a patreon or a way to support you more.

[@erynpimentel915]

Very cool! As a Humboldt State alumni and living in Sacramento ever since, its really a forgotten part of the state

[@marijeangalloway1560]

I'm from Sacramento and I never heard about the State of Jefferson! You'd think our local tv and radio stations would have at least talked about it. I even lived and worked in Chico for awhile and never heard it mentioned. What a fascinating piece of information you're given me about my own home. (By the way, the coastal village of Mendocino is a charming place to visit; if you're ever watched "Murder She Wrote" with Angela Lansbury, Mendocino "played" the village of Cabot Cove, which was supposed to be in Maine! Guess Hollywood managed to get to the Northern Third after all!)

[@andyjay729]

The town seen in Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" is Bodega Bay, just down the road from there, and Endor from "Return of the Jedi" was actually Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park near Crescent City, so the area hasn't gone completely unnoticed by Hollywood. (Speaking of ROTJ, California's wild geography and climates can be summed up in how the Tatooine scenes were also filmed there, in Death Valley (Jabba's palace) and Glamis near the Salton Sea (the Sarlacc pit); of course those scenes were basically filmed at opposite ends of the state.)

[@rclaughlin]

Not to mention that Chico's Bidwell Mansion was Tara in *Gone with the Wind* and Bidwell Park was Sherwood Forest in *The Adventures of Robin Hood*.

[@rebauer2000]

Great job! I certainly like this "more nerdy perspective" kind of videos. Thanks!

[@calci2679]

This place is where I have always wanted to visit

[@mattpastell3728]

In 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake in Japan caused a tsunami that caused serious damage to the harbors in Brookings, OR and Crescent City, CA

[@ozjthomas]

I’ve only ever lived in humboldt in California(now am in nc). I miss it, but it’s not what people assume when I say I lived in Cali. I did visit sf and Modesto and Yosemite, but never the dreaded Hollywood 🤭

[@breadoflifefaiupu8992]

You are not important

[@RandomRabbit007]

Amazing video! LOVE IT THANK YOU

[@PenguinBooHelix]

As a member of Sonoma County we would love to be included please.

[@henryrobertson6778]

Funnily enough this region of California is the only part of the state that I've been to. Redwoods is amazing as is Lassen, and it was cool to see the change in scenery from the coast, through the mountains, and finally to the desert. Modoc county is one of the most remote places I've ever been, and it's funny to think that you're in the same state as the urban sprawl of L.A.

[@breadoflifefaiupu8992]

That doesn't sound funny.

[@shaynemhopkins]

@@breadoflifefaiupu8992 maybe keep your negativity to yourself rather then acting like a fuckboy who should never have been born 😂

[@NickDiConzo]

I can't believe I caught this first. :P

[@jonjodan8933]

Great video - thanks for showing FarNorCal some love!

[@raytul12]

Took a trip through this part of California last year. Very beautiful place. But yeah, it almost didn’t feel like I was in California because it’s so much different than the southern half of the state.

[@leedeimos3343]

From Yuba City/Chico, have lived almost all of my life here. It's Hella cool that you did a video on NorCal. 😉

[@johnsechrest2675]

Always interesting and educational. Keep them coming.

[@cristiansoutside]

So glad I got this recommendation! Great job!!

[@MikeP2055]

Cutting Crew?! Dagnabbit, I was hoping you'd have a copy of Chico's own The Mother Hips back there. I think you'd like them, Kyle. Think Dawes/Beach Boys/Wilco/Grateful Dead-type music. They've been around for 25ish years and tour extensively, especially across the west. My family is from Northern California. My cousins went to Chico and now work in wineries in Geyserville. It's such a beautiful part of the country.

[@GeographyKing]

I'm not familiar with Mother Hips. I'll have to check them out.

[@nickt9467]

Dang dude, going with the deepest of the deep cuts.

[@MikeP2055]

@@nickt9467 Are you a Hips fan? I lived in St. George, UT for many years and used to see them all the time at the Bit & Spur Saloon in Springdale (Zion NP) all the time. I've seen them in Salt Lake several times as well.

[@Matthew-fc2vy]

Renoite here- I love taking day trips into Quincy and Lassen Nat'l Park. We have beautiful year-round weather and it rarely gets below 20 degrees here.

[@aaronhow1932]

Great work on this one, Kyle!! :)

[@jmcarthur3804]

Such an interesting video. Long time fan and listener. You should do a podcast

[@mattpastell3728]

Klamath and Lake counties in Oregon now are among 11 counties of eastern Oregon that want to be part of Idaho.

[@johnbubbajohnson5630]

Thank you for sharing sir. God bless you and your family....🙏❤🙏❤🙏😀😀🙂