How The US Plans To Expand

[@OBFYT]

Correction: At 2:58 we put a map of Boston and not San Fransisco.

[@dancoroian1]

Also, the graphic at 0:46 calls a clamshell (I presume...) a "cumshell" -- but considering how unlikely of a typo that would be, I'm half inclined to think it was an intentional Easter egg on their part! 😝

[@jessj8313]

Standard OBF.

[@wilcohermens3492]

And Flevoland is bigger than you thought, in your map you're only highlighting the southern part of Flevoland

[@madjvck]

you also forgot to mention that Boston is wicked cool

[@hybbfr727]

the netherlands: look what they have to do to mimic a fraction of our power

[@potato733]

Land "conquer" is a term reserved only for the Dutch

[@mehmeh1234]

Yes I agree. But the frisians also deserve to use that term.

[@Kerguelen.Mapping]

@@mehmeh1234Macau literally has 2/3rds of their land reclaimed

[@Trickaz94]

​@@Kerguelen.Mappingso

[@Kerguelen.Mapping]

@@Trickaz94 land conquer could also be used for macau imo

[@Trickaz94]

@@mehmeh1234 Frisian are Dutch (in this instance at least)

[@FamilyPremiumShare]

The thing is that China is illegally building artificial islands in territories that are not theirs. It's entirely different from reclaiming land from bays and coastal areas. Reclamation (water to land) vs. Theft (from smaller countries and international waters)

[@OBsurdityTV]

The video is kinda half assed on purpose to blur lines

[@cinnamondan4984]

Is it really theft categorically? Saying it is theft feels like more of a value judgement that has no metric to measure as opposed to an indisputable fact with a metric.

[@driedmelon]

@@cinnamondan4984 Yes. There's an international treaty, UNCLOS, that China has signed and ratified. It lays out the principles for who gets what when it comes to territorial waters and exclusive economic zones. China violates this treaty each and every time they try to claim waters from a smaller neighbor. This is one of the most clear-cut examples of theft in geopolitics, a direct violation of a treaty that they themselves have signed and ratified.

[@justinallen2408]

​@driedmelon well the united states patrols their waters all the time? We step on international law every day we have troops statio Ed in another country so fuck off and let China do what it wants near its own oceans.

[@markmuller7962]

Aren't marshlands a very important biodiversity environment to protect?

[@TheMotlias]

Yes they are, very important for food webs and can protect areas from flooding

[@rynieryarom4277]

Yes. But a biodiverse marsh/forest/mangrove does not make money for the capitalist industrial complex. A standing tree is "worthless"

[@viewer-of-content]

Much of land reclaimation is actually to reclaim wetlands that have been destroyed. It's not worded that well in the video, but land reclaimation in the USA often involves building dams and planting mangroves behind the protected damns. So you dump and fill a sea wall after a hurricane before replanting and replacing hurricane destroyed mangroves.

[@dan8910100]

no

[@BryanM45]

Not according to Florida home builders.

[@maxR7275]

2:58 Talking about San Francisco while showing a map of Boston?

[@kryscat5481]

I was going to comment on it but you beat me to it.

[@vinny-is-here]

OBF corrected this in the pinned comment.

[@seasong7655]

Crazy how Netherlands has them beat by a LOT

[@SzymonPmc]

not really, america is empty af meanwhile the dutch barely fit in their own country lol

[@bluelonden]

@@SzymonPmc not really, only the interior of the usa is empty, the coastal areas are really densely populated

[@Trickaz94]

​@@SzymonPmcmurica is a backwards dump

[@Trickaz94]

​@@SzymonPmcamurica is a backwards dump

[@Trickaz94]

​@@SzymonPmcmurica would be nowhere without the Netherlands

[@communistpoultry]

Love this video love from Independent Country of Taiwan 🇹🇼

[@bambyayt]

No you are a province of China stop listening to your american lapdpgs

[@katjerouac]

😂

[@hover-eb1hx]

🇺🇸🇹🇼 May Taiwan always be free, independent and prosperous!

[@mrsoisauce9017]

You might wanna be careful there. I support your cause, but your crazy neighbor to your west might come for you first if you keep that up

[@RonGerstein]

Formosa

[@MB-xq9hu]

Great video. Preserving our Everglades here in Miami/South Florida is a battle I am very involved in, and always will be.

[@TomJE0]

The issue i have is, In most cities and towns there's tones of abandoned land which was used previously, they should have to build on abandoned land as it preserved greenspace and it means no need to claim new land. Now for some projects (mainly airports) land reclaimation is needed without destroying massive amounts of greenspace.

[@kinexkid]

Excuse my ignorance, but why is the grab bucket at 0:42 called a cumshell?

[@dancoroian1]

My thoughts exactly! After a bit of investigation, I'm almost positive it's meant to be "clamshell" -- and considering that seems like an exceedingly difficult/unlikely typo to make (on a standard QWERTY layout, in any case) and not something that can be explained by auto-correct, I'm inclined to conclude: Easter egg(?)

[@seamusfinnegan1164]

Its a water boiler machinery thing, I have no idea what it is, but thats the only use of the word im aware of.

[@dancoroian1]

@@seamusfinnegan1164 wait seriously? This is an actual industry term? I didn't really find anything when I searched for it...

[@launchpending]

😩

[@jchastain789]

Anyone seen the indoor vertical strawberry garden? They also said they have a pollination process that's more affective than bees. Which is also crazy af

[@viewer-of-content]

Coastal Marshland and Mangroves are often destroyed by storms or wave errosion, and require a seawall to be built for protection before replanting native species in their young sapling forms.

[@Fabiansegara1969]

It doesn't matter if the USA wants to reclaim land for housing and recreation. Yf you keep on designing your cities and suburbs, like they are now, it will be of no use. You need to re-invent the way you design your zoning strategy. Start using mixed zoning. Create your suburbs, like a little town. with shops, parks, schools and mixed housing. Not only family housing.

[@catsupchutney]

I wish... it seems real estate interests abhor mixed use zoning and hate traditional urban neighborhoods.

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

I've seen a proposal to extend Manhattan southward into NYC harbor through artificial land. (Spirit of New Amsterdam!) Some environmentalists don't like it, but it could change the city. I envision this extension being planned so that skyscrapers would be limited to a central belt at the furthest distance from the harbor; residential buildings with half a dozen floors would be closer to it; and closest of all they'd build a zone of parks and wetlands!

[@emitsienim]

very interesting video, glad you covered this

[@hamburgerhamburgerv2]

It’s called land reclaimation and nobody is harmed by it

[@I_Command_Future]

What about the ecosystem

[@Trickaz94]

@@I_Command_Future if done right, the ecosystem can also benefit from land reclamations

[@Ripkittymi]

2:58 "Much of San Francisco's downtown area stands on reclaimed land," he said as we stare at a Boston map.

[@idriveastationwagon1534]

2:57 good thing boston isnt in a heavily seismically active area cause most of the city's ground would liquify

[@unbreakable7633]

Comparing this to what China does in the South Asian Sea is specious and absurd.

[@BuildNewTowns]

Lets build some cool new towns

[@thebombcat]

"Much of San Francisco's land has been...." Then a zoomed in picture of Boston...wtf man. @2:55

[@1237barca]

2:05 this should make you question the official narrative

[@hover-eb1hx]

Born and raised in Boston! BOSTON FOR THE WIN! BEST CITY! Livable, walkable, highly educated and with good public services (please stop cutting the school budget tho). Low crime, low drug usage. Minimal climate threats. Stable and constant economic growth. Rich history. We have had many firsts and been pioneers in many ways, technologically and socially. We are the original city on the hill! Long live Boston, we will prosper forever!

[@Lex_Lugar]

They started a war over a 1% tax and now they're one of the highest taxed locations in the USA. Nice place to visit. Real Americans avoid high taxes just like the people of Boston did 250 years ago.

[@hover-eb1hx]

@@Lex_Lugar The reason was taxation without representation not taxation in general 😭

[@btg1213]

I see junkies nodding out on the street quite frequently. It’s a good city but you seem to be sheltered from the reality of the situation here. We can’t fix these problems if we pretend they don’t exist.

[@hover-eb1hx]

@@btg1213 I know what you mean. You go to meth mile, even downtown around crossing or so, or look at that rehab clinic by forest hills you see junkies for sure. I will say that it’s far better than most - especially the walkable - cities in this respect. You’re right though. We have to make sure these people get on the straight and narrow.

[@Sequaloid]

thanks for telling your life story

[@lonnyself3920]

farming was different back then so more land more crop .

[@pyeitme508]

Hmm US conquers lands

[@joogonza]

Make unusable land usable for farming, sell usable farm land in order to develop neighborhoods/ commercial buildings. Rinse and repeat lol

[@1237barca]

2:50 look at the panorama from nob hill in the 1878…do you honestly believe that was all built in 30 years with horse and buggy?

[@timsimmons5190]

And then cry and waste funds when it floods.

[@timsimmons5190]

Wasting money for rich people

[@projectarduino2295]

We just going to ignore that the grab bucket is also called a “cumshell”?

[@Snoweagle0]

they made France V2

[@Dead.garden]

Go up not out problem fixed

[@lossless4129]

USA numma 1

[@Olifantenstaart]

By hiring the Dutch.

[@danlowe8684]

A chart showing number of coastal flood days for 1999 vs. 2023 means nothing, scientifically speaking, without the other 150 years of data included. Also, coastal regions are affected by subsidence more than by sea level. And everyone is a 'conqueror', until they aren't. Much like the Dutch found out in 1953. The flood control systems installed along the lower Mississippi River in response to the 1927 flood are much the same as the Dutch have installed and equally successful. There are levees, diversion structures, pumps, etc. in both systems. But this also leaves New Orleans and the delta area with very little deposition of sediment to build up the sinking areas, which makes storm surges much worse than they would normally be. Also, San Francisco and Manhattan were not 'reclaimed' - they were simply filled in with garbage. Check the manmade islands in Dubai, Japan's airport, and China's sinking manmade islands and it will become apparent that this is a bad practice. And most beaches along the US coasts are either manmade or have been made much larger than they naturally were. Beach nourishing in these regions has been going on since the 1930s.

[@Kurkurkurdae]

Soon USA will claim moon and mars

[@OOCR96]

How dare you call Flevoland Holland on your thumbnail

[@dxelson]

america, of all countries, is reclaiming land? xDD

[@ATLAS.3DIT]

As a representative of the comments reading association, I humbly urge everyone to keep their comments short and straight to the point for easy reading. The more humurous comments will receive the most acknowledgement.

[@dancoroian1]

@@ATLAS.3DIT this man is an imposter!

[@tommy-g5k]

too long not reading all that

[@biafra13743]

do a video on Biafra

[@Rodero2443]

LAST time when i was this early, the fire nation didn't attack,the west fold still stood,the trees of valanor still shone, heck even the Excutor wasn't built.

[@leepreston9637]

The sea levels are not rising.

[@DKS007]

What's the point of this video ?

[@MelvinJoosten26]

What’s the point of your comment?

[@xr2kid]

Did you not watch how due to climate change it is more important to reclaim wetlands and lands to protect coasts. Watch the video until it finishes. There is plenty of land in the US that can be used especially deindustrial lands.

[@wmrcats]

Jesus loves you repent he is coming back he died for your sins please ❤😊h

[@HCOGGAN]

😂😅

[@chrissterrmusic]

😂😅😂

[@ScotchBonnetHand_]

why can't we stuff abandoned mines with landfill trash?

[@krisskross9994]

chemicals from the rubbish would leach into the to the soil becsuse of the heat or any rainfall water which would cause the soils above to become more toxic and harmful for plants and ecosystems above

[@tentimes.8537]

first? cool

[@Trickaz94]

The Americans would be nowhere if it weren't for us dutch