Why New York City is so Huge

Three reasons why this city became so huge
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[@johnnyharris]

Hey Friends. Corrections/clarifications: 1. yes indeed the Erie Canal was built way after the british left. I should have made that clear. 2. "Bronx" isn't dutch. i must have been thinking "Harlem" and should have double checked. Whoops 3. (Old) York has lots to do with water and regularly floods (thank you all for telling me about that. I had no idea!) 4. I wont apologize for misspellings cuz being pedantic about typos is not a good use of our time here on earth. im dyslexic and will mispell things until the day I die. If you can't handle it, maybe best not to watch my videos? 5. k im done. Im doing my best with these vids and sometimes mis things here and there. that will likely always happen as long as I don't have a team to help fact check and comb thru everything I write. Hope you learned a bit about the growth of NYC! -Johnny

[@zacharynorensberg4202]

Your still an amazing journalist. Keep up the good work 👏

[@newstarttn]

Love your content. Thanks for the clarification!

[@siddharthkrish85]

Keep doing the good job you do.. love your work.. critics are always there - some for self improvement while others we don't need to care about.. miss you on Vox - glad we still have access your work through your channel..

[@zacharynorensberg4202]

@@siddharthkrish85 I hate that they had to cancel borders. Hope they bring it back one day 🙏

[@eretria-amorosa]

New York was named in honor of James, Duke of York. Not directly after the English city.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

I sure hope you talk about Pyongyang, best city in the world

[@firesurfer]

Nice troll.

[@dedovagency]

you misspelled Seoul

[@OfficialEntertainnmentHub]

My king

[@a4yster]

How do you reply to every darn video on the tube, oh Great Leader?

[@NorthOCkook]

Baby you’re a firework

[@Matthew-qx3dh]

New York’s smaller than some mega cities but what makes it so different and popular from the others in my opinion is the culture. New York is such a diverse city you can meet all types of people from around the world

[@kirkdaley3441]

Exactly

[@ponzaum]

Few years ago I visited the Empire State Building and I will never forget this doorman/concierge that was asking everyone from where they were and he was replying with a "good morning/noon/evening" in their language. I saw he speaking it in a dozen of different languages in 5 minutes. And I can say that his "good morning" in portuguese was perfect. Not to mention that at each 2 blocks u can hear someone speaking in your language, I even found a coworker that I haven't seen in a long time in Brazil. This city is amazing.

[@njnikusha]

Totally

[@krpcannon123]

and wealth

[@nickgore6872]

So profound

[@verdatum]

Also, Manhattan is largely a giant hunk of basalt, so you can built skyscrapers on it, and you can build subway tunnels under it. Lots of places around the world can't handle that sort of building; especially not when skyscrapers were new.

[@krateproductions4872]

NYC is so popular, I see “I ♥️ NYC” shirts in Rural India with people who don’t even know where New York is... These shirts are also Made in China 😆

[@SharpElite1991]

Everyone knows where New York is.

[@krashd]

@@SharpElite1991 In the mind of a New Yorker, maybe.

[@ASLUHLUHCE]

That's hilarious

[@holger_p]

In rural india , you are glad you got a T-Shirt. You don't care for the print. After seeing caps with the NY-Logo for 20years, I always thought it stands for New York, no it's the New York Yankees Logo. People don't understand any symbolic values in the same way.

[@nickpearson291]

I lived in Manhattan for two and half years completing a bachelors degree at Columbia. I was intimidated by the high buildings and they way they cut out sunlight in the winter months. I found refuge from that in Central Park. Without Central Park Manhattan would be dehumanizing.

[@aconcernedfan7783]

People: NYC is so crowded Asians: *laughs in overpopulated megacities*

[@a_yan6581]

It certainly isn't a joke anymore, *it disconcerts me a lot*

[@yazan7518]

the middle east is not that crowded

[@aftabnabi128]

@@yazan7518 Karachi, Mumbai, Tokyo, Shanghai and Beijing etc are also part of Asia which are one of the biggest cities in the world

[@flashstar1234]

Most of the world’s most populated cities are all in Asia

[@flashstar1234]

Most of the world’s most populated cities are all in Asia

[@LashanR]

"Immigrants tend to be a self-selecting group of risk takers." This is so perfectly well put I love it

[@khoirulanam9141]

40 Percent of Fortune 500 Companies Founded by Immigrants

[@dylanmurphy9389]

what the hell does that even mean

[@s5r581]

👍

[@juho5282]

@@dylanmurphy9389 Basically: "Immigrants tend to choose the riskier path voluntarily". I don't know what's particularly profound about that.

[@BeastinlosersHD]

@@juho5282 It makes New Yorkers and Americans in general very prone to risk taking. Which leads the more innovation, investments, and business as a whole.

[@Arin-droid]

Whenever I see old footage from 1900s or before, it makes me sad thinking nobody is alive anymore. Makes me appreciate life even more.

[@RICHBLACKCOCK]

Arin. Thing is is that there isn`t hardly 'ANYONE alive from1919/1920 on back period!!!

[@BÓBŒÓŒ]

Anything that have ever lived from that time period and before is gone. We are next

[@101WDC]

5:02 As a Yorkshireman I feel I need to report that sadly York has a lot more to do with water than its people would like. It sits on the confluence of two rivers and gets horrific floods almost every year that cause all kinds of damage to the beautiful, old homes there and people's livelihoods.

[@thornton]

And didn't the vikings land there?

[@jebbo-c1l]

@@thornton think they founded it as a settlement right?

[@OfficialAperio]

@@jebbo-c1l The Romans founded it way before this, it used to be called 'Eboracum' when it was Roman, and 'Jorvik' when it was Viking :)

[@TheMagicJIZZ]

@@OfficialAperio what about the Brythonic Celtic name

[@TheMagicJIZZ]

@@OfficialAperio what about the Brythonic Celtic name

[@BestEverFoodReviewShow]

Really profound point about the type of people who went to New York. The risk takers.

[@alexhaynes7983]

OMG IMA BIG FAN

[@devsagarcrypto]

Hey you are here I watch your videos they are awesome

[@BestEverFoodReviewShow]

@@devsagarcrypto thanks!

[@brandontran4325]

Omg I watch your videos all the time. They are great

[@eugeneimbangyorteza]

Great FAN HERE! Vietnam is safer nowadays in terms of Covid. Hope your team is safe there

[@markncl100]

I would like to say how interesting and informative I found this video. Living in the England, it is real hard to get my head around how vast the USA is. To link up the Great Lakes and Atlantic ocean in that would must have taken a huge amount of foresight and been engineering nightmare. Thoroughly gripping.

[@JessieYangs]

This was amazing Johnny. I've been wishing unconsciously for more content like this. Historical but relevant and amazingly compelling. Please keep it coming!

[@ElenaTaber]

honored to make a 2 second appearance🥳

[@RowNumbers]

@Zahin Okenshield lmao, no

[@ChadPANDA...]

@@RowNumbers yeah , sHe iS dEfiNaTelY nOt hIs wIfE

[@muhammednijas8157]

When tho

[@johnnyharris]

so good to see you!!

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

@@johnnyharris Thanks

[@ahnafj416]

Risk taker immigrant business man perfectly describes my dad who immigrated in 1985 from bangladesh to New York. Before my dad immigrated, he traveled the world working on a ship. I asked him why he chose New York over every other place he could have gone to and he said something like, it is a nice place unlike any other city. This video connected very deeply to me.

[@althamish]

How did he immigrate?

[@stevemartini470]

Nice?

[@dylanmurphy9389]

my poor ancestors couldn't dream of affording to migrate, asian privilege

[@lockerpartner123]

@@althamish he immigrated the same way all the Indians do

[@routinelylazy8682]

@@lockerpartner123 Engineer/doctor? Immigration policies were that strict?

[@pjg_77]

This is fast becoming my fave channel, my ex partner used to think I was weird for spending hours just looking at maps & ordnance survey pathfinder maps. Glad to see like minded people uploading super interesting content. Thanks Johnny

[@Lazer-bp9lf]

New York: Look at me I'm huge! Tokyo, Beijing, Seoul, Karachi, New Dehli: *Your dad's over there bud.*

[@kushal4956]

but new york beats all of them in terms of economy by a long shot n u missed shanghai

[@kay6096]

@@kushal4956 New York is second to Hong Kong in terms of wealth now. Sometimes London tips the balance in it's favour from time to time, they are almost tied now but economy wise Tokyo is still the wealthiest metropolis on Earth and has been for a while.

[@ahrifchaudhary7293]

@@kushal4956 you forgot mumbai

[@kushal4956]

@@kay6096 hong kong's gdp is 300-400 billion dollars new york's gdp is over a trillion

[@kushal4956]

@@ahrifchaudhary7293 yeah

[@21Kyzix12]

This would make a really cool series, looking at various megacities around the world and how they got to be that way.

[@I_am_Jordan_K]

Shenzhen in particular would be interesting. It went from 106,000 population in 1983 to 12,357,000 in 2020.

[@chidumebiarukwe6436]

Couldn’t agree more

[@664theneighbor5]

New York is the most important tho

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

NYC certainly feels like the epicenter of the world. Center for world finance and media, the UN is there, over 600 languages are spoken within its borders, food from a different country at every corner, it's truly an international city.

[@krashd]

The UN being there is a mistake, had Roosevelt stated early on that the US would develop a habit of never ratifying anything the UN might have been built in a nation where it would mean something.

[@JustANervousWreck]

@@krashd ?

[@krashd]

@@connorwoods3758 Yes, it does, the US is notorious for pressuring other nations to their way of thinking at threat of sanctions or removing support, something that must be a lot easier when you have all 180 foreign ambassadors under your own roof.

[@machinist7230]

Fun fact: Manhattan has(well, had, COVID has put far too many out of business in the last year) 17,000 restaurants, almost all of the USAs Michelin 3 star restaurants in a given year. It's arguably the Restaurant capital of the World.

[@chinesefather7219]

This reply section is people who don't like the US

[@luckydog-287]

Awesome video! Learned a lot, and, re-organized what I already knew. Great, voluminous content! Thank you, Very Much!!!

[@brysonwest93]

Really well done. Well structured but also has a wonderful flow from beginning to end. Thank you!

[@mfvieira89]

Correction: If I'm not mistaken, New York was named like that by the English in honor of the Duke of York, not because of the city of York (directly at least)

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

That's true, it's named for the Duke of York and Albany, who later became King James II. (The upriver city of Albany was also named for him!)

[@yesthatsagrubworm.7732]

I thought the same...York who's power they fled, or a friendly? I forget but as far as I've learned...you are correct it took that name from a King.

[@kumbaya69421]

@@Blaqjaqshellaq Albany just so happens to be the capital of New York

[@Albanez39]

@@kumbaya69421 I'm from Albania...and when I first heard of Albany, NY in a movie, I thought there was full of Albanian immigrants xD Then I learned Alba is an old name for Scotland.

[@VillainousFiend]

Toronto was originally called York as well.

[@PatrickJohnPaulCurran]

my guy really said "Stanton Island"

[@dr.woozie7500]

Staunton Island for GTA III???

[@naomijaroslaw7706]

Ahhh, ok glad to know I wasn't the only one.

[@nyrereparchue3197]

@@naomijaroslaw7706 lmao

[@johnottr]

You heard that too.

[@johnottr]

@@ikennaeckrich7653 Of course it does, wtf are you talking about.

[@ninoellison7793]

Brilliantly crafted & insightful mini doco...just loved it!

[@busterbailey5320]

i love that you cut these infographic pieces with bits of vlogs, it adds a touch of personality to your work.

[@edsc86]

I moved to the US when I was 15. Before landing to the Miami Airport I was looking through the window looking for the Statue of Liberty.. 😂🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@johne28]

lmaoooooo

[@maryamdamda5082]

Ive the same thing too😂

[@Tech-cy9yo]

💀💀

[@robertv.8893]

As native Dutch I have to say: 'Our obsession with water is directly tied to preventing mass death by uncontrollable flooding. In fact the Netherlands is by origin a swampy marshland but has been terraformed, especially the past 200-300 years'

[@PlayWaves1]

He made an entire video dedicated to the Dutch empire.

[@whatevergina9401]

Nah. If that wet the case, you would have moved 1,500 miles inland safe from all water.

[@wilproK]

Quoting your self...wierd but I respect it.

[@insushorts5976]

@@whatevergina9401 yeah, do you think you can move an entire city 1500 miles?

[@PAIKUN.]

The Transvaal

[@sanchari.c]

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this! Getting to know why a city is the way it is, especially in YOUR way -the way you present, is a gift. Please do consider doing something like this for more cities that you find fascinating.

[@patchso]

That was a great little history of NYC and very informative. I'm a huge map nerd, and that map of NYC with all of the rivers and islands is one of my very favourites.

[@chid9]

Dutchie here, Bronx isn't a Dutch name! It's derived from a swedish farmer! Brooklyn is though! There are also a lot of other names derived from dutch, like Broadway or Harlem for example.

[@5planksleft679]

Pewds would be proud of Bronx :)

[@nicolasblume1046]

Broadway? How is that Dutch? I heard it was just named that way, because it was the widest path/road through Manhattan

[@Leonardo-ql1qu]

@@nicolasblume1046 Nicolas, use your brain...or the internet: all these English street names were originally Dutch, like 'Brede weg' (Broadway). Do you know why? Well, because the Dutch settlers made a wide road! In fact, it originally was a narrow path through the woods that the indigenous people, the Lenape, had created and used for hundreds of years.

[@Albanez39]

@@nicolasblume1046 Because English is a Germanic language, just like Dutch...and there are many similarities regardless of how you hear and perceive those names...

[@RaymondHng]

Yonkers

[@christiancandler5988]

It's so insanely petty that the British were like "No we won't trade with Boston or Philadelphia, but sure we will trade with New York! Another city in the same country, just not home to those pesky revolutionaries."

[@kallenmurphy]

I mean if the owner of a local food store slept with your wife and made her divorce you would you support him?

[@MrCrockpotter]

Yeah, honestly I need a source for this. I'd love to look into this more, though!

[@adamelshayeb]

Well, during the revolutionary war, New York had a lot of loyalists who would supply and feed the redcoats, and when the British took over New York, the people cheered for and carried the soldiers

[@naverich4603]

hah, really? :D Funny

[@Grimsace]

During the revolutionary war, New York was a bastion for Monarchist loyalists.

[@bobling98]

great stuff as always!

[@drorperetz237]

Amazing video, well edited, explained and enriching! Thank you

[@ayanverma5746]

*Americans* :- NYC is overcrowded *Asians* :- laughs in Manila, Tokyo, Jakarta, Delhi, Lahore, Dhaka, Shanghai, Beijing, Mumbai and all major cities

[@Perririri]

Normie

[@timothykiefer2289]

That my home for you mnl

[@ayanverma5746]

@@Perririri simp

[@Davao420]

Omg, I'm Filipino, Manila is like New York's younger sibling who is overweight, poor, and has a skin disease that makes it smell like clogged sewers

[@lifeuncovered6188]

I’m gay

[@paulozhan]

All these people who are trolling the title because "NYC is not that huge" The video is about the city's cultural weight and financial importance, not about its actual geographical size or number of inhabitants. That's what happens when you want to be "first" and comment without watching the video.

[@jamessajeev6735]

10:09

[@MattBidewell]

Alright 'ard

[@elliotw.888]

yeah there are many cities that trump new York in size and population, but NYC's global influence and diversity is undeniable

[@flavialacerda6160]

yep... ditto

[@soccerruben1]

THIS

[@wickedeternity2002]

Well done. Thanks for the brief overview!

[@MuditVerma]

Great video! Super helpful!

[@DrPOP-jp7eb]

The Bronx isn't named after a Dutch city, Harlem is (and as mentioned in the video: Brooklyn). The Bronx is named after some Swedish dude called Bronck.

[@koreaquirks7300]

Like the pokemon trainer?

[@Zetsuke4]

Interesting

[@DjamieA]

Ye, Harlem is named after Haarlem and Brooklyn after Breukelen.

[@Jellyroll2]

Yes, one Swedish family called Bronck basically owned all of that land so it was named after them. Also why it’s called THE Bronx as opposed to just Bronx.

[@firesurfer]

@@Jellyroll2 Beat me to it. Jonas Bronck to be specific. (including most of Westchester)

[@SteveYalo]

Every New Yorker cringing hard when Johnny says "StaNten" island 😂😂

[@ikercastillo644]

New yorkers don't think as Staten island as part of nyc. You must be a tranplantee from the Midwest.

[@SteveYalo]

@@ikercastillo644 Naahhhhhhhhhh

[@ikercastillo644]

@DIEGO PEREZ GENIS me too. That’s why I said that New York’s never consider Staten Island as nyc.

[@aimx4]

@DIEGO PEREZ GENIS evreyone in nyc knows its apart of nyc what

[@robyonkers1632]

I replayed it like 4 times cuz I thought I heard wrong

[@optiTHOMAS]

Very cool! Another thing I absolutely love about New York city is the architecture! There's beautiful art deco all over the place! It's home to the Chrysler building, perhaps one of the most beautiful buildings in the entire world, and probably the best example of the beauty and elegance of art deco! It's my favorite and I hope to visit it one day! ❤ :')

[@sandrahoffmann6711]

great video! Thanks for your wonderful work! keep going!

[@noahb5092]

Johnny Harris: "NYC is so big!!" Also Johnny Harris: *Only shows footage of 1 borough*

[@bigf0ot25]

freal lol but also, much of queens/bronx/brooklyn are residential so while beautiful (especially the bronx, in my hot take opinion), not as "epic" looking as manhattan. (also funny tho cuz really, manhattan is really only big and breath taking in finance and midtown. the rest is just like 3-5 story walk up mixed use buildings lol)

[@b.griffin317]

IKR 😂 @Huh Ok Some parts of Brooklyn too.

[@raulsantana1801]

Thank you! I came here to see his take on my borough...and he shows Manhattan...like NYkers don't call Manhattan NY... He needs to be more inclusive

[@DaComebakKid]

@@b.griffin317 Brooklyn is basically becoming Manhattan-Lite (No diss)

[@ahnafj416]

@@DaComebakKid your right the rent of downtown Brooklyn is comparable to Manhattan now. My mom told me when she came to the US in 2000 there were no tall buildings and all the glamor of brooklyn. It was dangerous and rundown and she's like I came to America for this?

[@TheTrainmobile]

John I think there's an error at 5:07. It says the British sailed to connect to the Eerie Canal. The British were out of NY by the time construction began on it.

[@admirald2680]

Superb video - well done Johnny 👏

[@willvideosgood]

Another great video! Keep up the excellent work!

[@BryanLloydCCruz]

This just made my day

[@shamailafarooqui4233]

his videos always do.

[@Fitzsimmons.]

I would love his to be a series. Like what factors make some of the massive cities so big. London, Paris, Tokyo, Toronto, Cairo, etc. Why did those cities become so influential and significant? I already know some answers but it's great how you explain it and dive into it!

[@dylanmurphy9389]

man said Toronto lmaooo

[@great-mighty9603]

@@dylanmurphy9389 I mean, it's growing, it's basically Canada's Manhattan

[@natharon]

cairo tho?

[@arlentan]

Most major cities tend to be close by sea where trade used to happen as opposed to being landlocked

[@starzzzzzz2133]

@@arlentan New Delhi

[@duncanbyrne1134]

Pronouncing Staten Island “Stan-ten” greatly upset me.

[@wdhyrhrj4414]

He’s dyslexic

[@VejmR]

@@wdhyrhrj4414 who?

[@lachlanchester8142]

@@VejmR guess

[@varyiaverner]

Same but it's also the disrespect Staten Island deserves

[@thesolvedmysteries5129]

I live on Manhattan so anything that pissed staten island off is a great day

[@amyixo8339]

Beautifully written, beautiful story line and I love, learned and earned from it.

[@akashsahoo4687]

everywhere you go in this world , you will find connection to Britain .

[@jeheskielsunloy3881]

except for mother russia..

[@ChadPANDA...]

And it is generally not for good reasons

[@thebomb78]

Usually bad

[@maximusoakley]

@@jeheskielsunloy3881 The Romanovs were cousins with the British Monarchy - you're welcome

[@LaYziELoC7]

hmmm... what about El Salvador?

[@leiderdawg]

5:15 MAJOR ERROR ALERT: construction did not begin on the Erie canal until 1817, decades after the British lost control over New York to the new United States.

[@johngriff914]

And after they had lost 2 wars to the US

[@johncasson5390]

@@johngriff914 Well, they really did not lose the war of 1812...

[@oam6626]

@@johngriff914 *one war

[@richardwills-woodward5340]

@@johngriff914 There were no wars against the United States. They were Brits! It was more a civil war and it was only half a success at the time. "The American is the Englishman left to himself."

[@ChrisLoNgShAnK1990]

Excellent research and use of archive! really well done man :)

[@ShiaGirl18]

Thank you for this video! I love the way you retell history.

[@rcm926]

4:58 it wasn't named after the city of York, it was named for the Duke of York, a person

[@zacharygordon6014]

and heir to the throne and future king of england. not "a city that doesnt manage water"

[@keithleyjarvis5663]

@@zacharygordon6014 isn't the future king called the Prince of Wales?

[@zacharytaylor2983]

Keithley Jarvis When the heir is the eldest child of the reigning monarch, they are granted the title of “Prince of Wales” In the 1670s, the future James II was the King’s brother. It’s common for the King’s (or the future King’s) younger brother to be granted the title “Duke of York” The title is currently held by Prince Andrew, younger brother to the future King, Prince Charles.

[@BoardingKid07]

Great video, but "Sta'n'ten Island" and "Algo-Quin" had me gigglin.

[@ajderr5173]

And Eerie Canal 👻⛵️

[@NorthPoleSun]

Same.

[@BoardingKid07]

No hate Johnny. I'm always blown away by your talent with these videos. I couldn't do what you do. Don't mind my nitpicking, just had me doing double takes.

[@hr2079]

Good work bud! Thank you for sharing

[@YogiDalge767]

Excellent video. Keep it up!

[@junior7841]

“The Bronx” is actually named after a Swedish man who bought some land from the natives. His name was Jonas Brunk (or Bronk). Brunks land -> The Bronx en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Bronck

[@Arjonko]

''The Bronx'' is actually named after a Scandinavian born immigrant from Holland. Jonas Bronck leased land from the Dutch West India Company on the neck of the mainland immediately north of the Dutch settlement of New Haarlem (on Manhattan Island) and bought additional tracts from the local tribes. In 1898, the city established the borough system. Since the Bronx River ran through the northernmost borough, it was decided to name it after the river. Thus The Bronx -- (with a capital T, since that is part of its name) The Bronx River-> The Bronx

[@zacharygordon6014]

actually it's "Bronk's River" becomes the "bronx river" and then the area named after the river!

[@PurposeDevoid]

It wasn't named after the city of York (UK), but after the Duke of York of that time (James Stuart, second son of Charles I), who later became King James II & VII (second of England and simultaneously seventh of Scotland). He had fought as Lord Admiral a number of times against the Dutch, and was granted land by King Charles II (his brother) between the Delaware and Connecticut rivers, as well as the area being renamed in his honour (to New York). Note that the "Duke of York" is a title of nobility that when given is usually granted to the second son of English/British monarchs. The current Duke is Prince Andrew, second son of Queen Elizabeth II.

[@marcelhurtado5766]

i thought you were going to talk about how 5 separate cities merged to create 1 mega city. But it seemed like you were only referring to Manhattan, which definitely is tiny but only has a population of 1.6 million. All 5 boroughs have a combined pop. of 8.4 million, which is huge but is also kinda huge land wise.

[@thomascovello9781]

I’m new to this Channel and I love it lots of info and he explains it so well

[@Slammin40s420]

As a Midwesterner, seeing the Erie Canal spelled “Eerie Canal” bothers me more than I’d like to admit.

[@arterca]

I was questioning if I was spelling it wrong my whole life.

[@wennick4859]

I haven’t even gotten to that part yet and I’m already bothered

[@LeoKatzman]

Same!!

[@mjchang42]

As someone who went through New York State history class in Junior High, I'm also bothered.

[@Banom7a]

its pretty eerietating i would say

[@travel9two557]

Loved this video. Being a raised by a first generation immigrant parents in NYC is tough. Sometimes I get lost as to why I’m here and the identity of the city. And why so many people come here to visit from all over the world. But you made things a bit clearer and reminded me

[@corey2232]

The Eerie Canal thing reminded me of the rise & fall of Buffalo, NY's economic power (and the rust belt in general). You should look at the population rise & crash, as Buffalo at one point was the US's 5th largest city. I'm from Virginia & live in Texas, so has nothing to do with me living there lol. I just think it's fascinating.

[@jiff2323]

Super interesting. Thanks!

[@Chanemus]

"renamed it after one of their own cities that had nothing to do with water" excuse you I'll have you know York is frequently submerged with water lol

[@theyredistortingyourrhthym4381]

0 Virus Mask = Enslavement Millions are AWAKE

[@bonappetit7522]

I thought it was named after the Duke of York and not the city

[@michalkoblas9766]

​@@bonappetit7522 You thought right. The Duke of York had financed the expedition to take over New Amsterdam in 1664. And once that was accomplished, he got to enjoy the perk of renaming the city - in all modesty - after himself. The victors make the history.

[@stalfithrildi5366]

@@michalkoblas9766 The best bit being that the Duke of York that captured the city from the Dutch fled for his life out of fear of reprisals for being a Catholic, and was replaced as British monarch by William III, the King of the Netherlands.

[@eric-dj8qx]

Johnny : Why is NYC so big Japan : Laughs in Tokyo Metropolitan Area

[@deogratiassaidi2874]

My thought, I was like, dude you been to Tokyo

[@10PlaystationGamer]

@@deogratiassaidi2874 Why can’t they both be big?

[@hammerandpickle7390]

@@10PlaystationGamer Both are big, but Tokyo is BIG big, its massive.

[@deogratiassaidi2874]

@@10PlaystationGamer as @Jumbo said, Tokyo is just to big to compare with NYC

[@a_yan6581]

@@deogratiassaidi2874 But it certainly is a really colourful city

[@anirudh163]

Liked the way how you summarised everything at the end.Keep going like this❤️.Huge fan🙌🏼

[@shazjawaid7353]

This channels videos are soo good - glad I found it - keep up the good work mate

[@isnitjustkit]

New York was named after the Duke of York, not the city of York, contrary to popular belief

[@irenecunto]

Yes! So true

[@petermercurio9415]

I was told it was the city. lol THX

[@stevewestwood6607]

It was named after that guy who was the royal statesman of the city, he wouldn't have had his name without his ties to the place.

[@eddiejc1]

@@stevewestwood6607 Besides, they heard that "Jamestown" was already taken so they settled for "New [Duke of] York".

[@har5814]

What if it would've been called New Dork?

[@xXMangosAreCoolXx]

this guy really pronounced Staten Island, Stanten Island

[@CameronConnor]

how do you say it? phonetically.

[@CameronConnor]

Stantniin"?

[@hirosavage]

@@CameronConnor stat en. It’s right there🧐

[@ruffridge02]

I thought I was hearing things!

[@zacharytaylor2983]

CameronConnor “STAT-in” With the combined syllable/hard consonant break, you might also hear the second T become almost silent: “STA(*)-in”

[@jeffbowser5896]

Hey Johnny! I see you already fact checked the bit about the Erie Canal. It’s also worth noting that the canal system spanning off the Hudson is even larger including the Delaware and Champlain canals. Not sure if you looked into the Champlain canal, but with your love of maps I’m sure you would appreciate that one can travel from NYC to Montreal via boat thru lake Champlain. One other thing to note is that even though the canals didn’t come till the 1820s, the Hudson River still had a massive effect on how NYC developed. It’s by far the longest navigable river on the East coast and this allowed New York a way to relatively quickly ship goods from upstate to population centers downstate. Even before the canals the distances between the Hudson and lake George and lake Champlain were short enough to facilitate trade via portage with Vermont as well. What I’m getting at is that NYCs access to the interior via waterways helped provide it with easy access to agricultural areas that could help sustain its population and industrial growth. Lastly, a fun fact is that the US Navy was founded at whitehall, New York on lake Champlain to fight the British and prevent them from using the two lakes and Hudson River to cut off the New England colonies. I don’t usually comment on KZbin videos but I really appreciate your work and thought you might appreciate some of the things I’ve mentioned. Thanks for doing what you do !

[@leviticus3]

Very informative! I love your channel!

What a great video. Well done Johnny!

[@Rootkit_69]

Italian language teacher, you here?

[@katyoutnabout5943]

At first i wondered “why NYC? There have been oodles of other documentaries on NYC being big, and there are other larger cities with a much longer history” but then, as always, Johnny surprizes me with his killer researc- and-storytelling combination. Great video!

[@jeromekelly477]

Another outstanding video from Johnny...

[@dr.shilpagowda4700]

I’m in NYC this weekend and happened upon this video. How timely and informative!

[@goldeneagle99puhu]

I've been learning english to myself(I am still learning and I'll always learn until the moment I die) with internet and contents like this.Generally I use subtitles sometimes I just watch and listen without subtitles and pal!!! YOU ARE THE ONE OF THE PEOPLE that I can understand most,you speak so clear and your toning,elocution,spirit of your voice are great and your vid topics really attract me.While I watch you and those like you,Frankly I really feel like i am immersed in this wonderful language.Thank you for all

[@drs_films]

This video is like the bedtime story you always ask your dad to tell you. You know the story, but you never get tired of it. And it gets better if Johnny is the editor and narrator. Thanks for your videos man.

[@RyanBfromNYC]

Awesome video! It shed some light on the city I live and love. I would love to see you do a follow up video about how many New Yorkers are now leaving New York for greener pastures far far away from NYC. My great grandfather was an immigrant who worked on the Empire State Building construction. My ancestors actually built NY and it hurts my heart to know I’ll never be able to live the American dream if I want to stay here.

[@maurohenriqueoliveiraborge2825]

Out of so may KZbin channels, this is the one and only I'd happily watch all the ads to help the channel...!

[@carlaeher]

I have to say, this video shows much hard work you’ve put into your craft!! Animations, footage, the story telling, the history and all - you absolutely nailed it! Fantastic video Johnny, keep up the amazing work!!😎

[@GrahamMorehead]

Johnny, possible mistake: the Dutch didn't pay $24 for Manhattan, because dollars didn't exist yet. They paid 24 gilders. Side note, if 24 gilders have been invested that day in Lloyds of London, that same money would buy back Manhattan today. Guess that means it was a fair price

[@aryaaswale7316]

Really?

[@robertewalt7789]

At a reasonable rate of interest to compound the value, over 400+ years.

[@Mere-Lachaiselongue]

Being anti-white is trendy so he had to say that in order to get favor from the algorithm and more likes.

[@guynorth3277]

Dude, I can sit and watch your video's the day long, you have the most interesting touch to some great topics.

[@sashs8461]

Dude your video journeys are amazing

[@TShelb30]

“Stanton Island” 😂 Great video just thought this was funny

[@jedediahwright6959]

As a rural Oregonian, I'm just finding out that Johnny Harris grew up in rural Oregon! If you see this Johnny where did you grow up in Oregon?

[@bhulse7]

Fellow Oregonian here, curious as to where Johnny grew up

[@jedediahwright6959]

@@bhulse7 Hey fellow Oregonian! Where are you from

[@jedediahwright6959]

@@thefelonattorney Thanks!

[@NorthOCkook]

My mom told me that Oregonians really hate Californians. Is that true?

[@jedediahwright6959]

@@NorthOCkook I have no problem with Californians, I like them. I think some Oregonians feel like Californians who move here are changing Oregon, or making it more expensive

[@hooby7045]

Such a good video, keep it up 👍

[@adrianvalverde6723]

What a great video, making history so easy and entertaining 👏🏽

[@ayhemshaban9745]

NYC's whole existence is due to that $24 imagine if they refused to give that land?

[@AZ-kr6ff]

It didn't belong to them in the first place.

[@oam6626]

@@AZ-kr6ff cry harder

[@ayetreyyy]

@@AZ-kr6ff The plot is deeper. The natives who sold it to the dutch should not have done so! "The Dutch paid the wrong tribe for Manhattan. Doubtless, the Canarsees, native to Brookyln, were quite pleased with the deal...The Weckquageeks, who lived on Manhattan and really owned it, weren't so happy. For years afterward, they warred sporadically with the Dutch. Perhaps the most famous street in America, Wall Street, was named for the wall the Dutch built to protect New Amsterdam from the Weckquaesgeeks, evidence that the Dutch hardly imagines they had bought Manhattan from its real owners" (Lies My Teacher Told Me Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong, 2018, p. 121).

[@AZ-kr6ff]

@@ayetreyyy It didn't belong to the weckquags either, according to the vid narrator. "It belonged to the earth"

[@ayhemshaban9745]

@@AZ-kr6ff You don't belong to yourself.. yourself belongs to god..

[@MatthewCaban]

Great video! Fun facts: the Dutch took New Sweden (Wilmington) & then Britain kicked out the Dutch from NYC. Jonas Bronk(Bronx) was Swedish. The Dutch settlement started on Governor's island, which became the East Battery and Fort Amsterdam became West Battery. After a fire on Ellis island, immigration resumed at fort Amsterdam until it was rebuilt. Dutch had multiple settlements in the vicinity, including New Dorp on SI.

[@machinist7230]

Half the locales on Staten Island are dutch names in origin New Dorp, Todt hill, Great Kills, Tottenville.. the list goes on and on. Btw, the first settlement on Staten Island was where Tompkins like is today. There was also an "Oud Dorp" in SI that was anglicized to it's English translation: Old Town, roughly between Dongon Hills and Concord, up on the North shore.👍😉

[@zeMinimalist]

He'll probably make a video about this called, "How the US stole New York"... 😒

[@boyanslavov972]

Great job man, really an amazing video! I love the structure, the music, the tension that you build after or before stating something. You're really doing one hell of a good job as a KZbin Journalist. Respect!

[@adafelatenciorincon3522]

Sir, having watched and enjoyed your video on the Suez Canal, I actually expected a more in-depth explanation about the Erie canal. In all honesty, you left me curious to know how deep this canal is, what type of ships are allowed to navigate it and if it had to go through a process of widening and deepening of its banks in order to allow for larger ships to reach the Great Lakes. I am not an American but did enjoy very much learning about the origin of New York and its development into what it is today.

[@RealSebus]

Answer me this: Why it is called "big apple"?

[@user-yl2wm2gy3z]

Because Newton fell on his head there.

[@OutWithMyGear]

New York State is know for its apples. The biggest of them is the New York City.

[@laexploradoraaaXD]

It was a PR thing to get people back into the city, especially tourists, after the city declared bankruptcy in the 70s

[@quinofking]

From what I heard growing up in NYC was that Jazz musicians used to refer to gigs as “apples” so when they got a chance to perform in NYC they called it “the big apple”, and the tourist bureau ran with it years later. Today the only people who call it that are people who’ve never been in NYC - a dead ass individual

[@lovebutnosoilder]

@@user-yl2wm2gy3z 😂

[@discgolfboy9]

As soon as I saw this on my feed - “LET’S GOOOOOOOOO”

[@haydenjay6662]

This is a beautiful video. Well done!

[@EmericTimelapse]

Amazing video! I was glad to see some of my timelapse videos in it :D

[@m.m.9678]

Sta”n”ten island haha 😂 definitely not a New Yorker

[@E-Lizzie1776]

So many Staten Islanders are probably triggered lol

[@ZenMaster1296]

Lmao, got him there

[@cmcbride17]

Stanchen.. ain't that that big thing in Bostons baseball field🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Caro-hh8wk]

He's dyslexic.

[@tristanasphall855]

He said he is from Or…

[@EriksBlue]

As some who has lived in many states/countries I never had the image of new York as the center of the American universe.

[@machinist7230]

The thing is, economically it is. The stock exchanges are there. The bank head quarters are there. The first and third largest financial districts in the US are there. Billions of dollars flow through the city on a daily basis. Hell, other countries keep their gold reserves there...

[@astromo1]

subbed. this is so good

[@hollywarehouse7938]

Been there once and stayed off 47th in Manhattan. WAS AWESOME, saw a Broadway musical, museums, Statue of Liberty and Ellis island probably walked 50 miles in 3 days! I’m glad I was able too go!