Brit SHOCKED at US States Compared to Countries Size Comparison

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[@YOU_CANT_BE_THAT_STUPID]

Alaska is that big because the Tsar sold it to us that size...it was a good deal.

[@oldtanker4860]

The green color in the maps was not vegetation, it was elevation. Nebraska and Kansas are NOT sandy areas they are major grain producing states but flat.

[@IvoryOxen]

Wait til we bring on Canada as the 51st state soon.

[@johnacres4666]

@@IvoryOxen Would think it would start as a territory first like Guam and Puerto Rico!

[@shatteredlegion6934]

To sum America up we are 50 war tribes in a trench coat😂

[@mbourque]

If you drove Interstate 10 east to west across Texas and drove non-stop, no gas stops, no food, no sleep, no bathroom stops. It would take 15+ hours at 75-80mph (120-129 kph)

[@eldersm100]

You are definitely telling the truth. I left out of El Paso, Texas driving on Interstate 10 and 15 hours later I was still in the state of Texas at gas stations crying my eyes out. I was driving to Detroit, Michigan. I will never do that again. I only travel by airplanes after that experience.

[@butchdobersman9198]

If Mr Bean in his car or the Monty Pathon guys on British cars their cars would die trying to drive across Texas. In summer time do not try it. Some Rancher cowboy would pick them up to ride in back of truck, ride to next town. take them to airport .

[@marylouwillis7941]

Thats only 880 miles. Drive from Homer Alaska to Prudhoe Bay it’s 1100 miles of a lot of terrible road.

[@johnacres4666]

@@marylouwillis7941 Yes but that 1100 miles has water the whole way and fuel stations!

[@IC27185]

That's so true. My son and his wife and kids relocated to South Carolina last year from Arizona and they drove across the states but they stopped overnight just as they entered Texas then the next day they left early the next day. When I called them around 5pm they were still driving across Texas.

[@MarkoDash]

It's because we're effectively 50 nations in a trench coat

[@Jackofalltradesmiths]

50 war tribes in a trench coat with a defense budget to fight God.

[@oliverdouglas4065]

This reminded me of something some youtuber said it was "The United States is not a country we are 50 war tribes in a trench coat" most states have a small population in comparison to their size but they still are forces to be reckoned with remember the United States has more guns than people we probably don't even need an army to defend our own country the people can do it themselves.

[@Jackofalltradesmiths]

@@oliverdouglas4065 check my comment. Habitual Linecrosser is who said it.

[@trysephiroth007]

Some would even call us 50 states, united (kinda)

[@Poopasislukas]

Each states has varying laws which is called a federal government

[@karlsmith2570]

2:56 "Cuba's Near America, Right?" That's correct, Lewis. Cuba's about 90 miles away from Florida

[@johnacres4666]

With a really vicious cross current of water between Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico making a scary voyage by boat for escaping Cuban's!

[@richardstuplich8278]

This is why it is sort of silly for people in other countries to say "you never traveled to more than 1 or 2 other countries", these states are very different and we travel between them all the time. We consider a road trip 2,000 miles.

[@tiahc3]

Bought my car Match 27th, it had 4 miles starting my test drive it and 12 driving off the lot. I have had 3 oil changes (every 5,000 miles) in 8 months!! 14,274 miles so far!! We do day trips to Jacksonville & Middleburg Florida to see family, 211 miles going down via 16 & 95 and 188 miles coming home via 301.

[@sandrawilliamson8108]

I want to travel U.S number 1..from beginning to end.😊

[@EnvyMyBlood]

Yes! It took my cousin two days to drive to me from the coast.

[@janellcrews6108]

I've been to 42 states this is why I'm surprised people don't know why it took almost a week for my family and I almost a week to get a week to get to DC from California we looked around other states too. My grandparents had money to travel I'll never forget how much fun it was, I miss that the most.

[@davidpfeffer1525]

I've been to 17 countries, and 49 states.

[@jirish5029]

And this is why most of us don't own passports.

[@jlaurelc]

That and it's a very very long way to most other countries (obv excepting Canada, Mexico, and the islands of the Caribbean)

[@jaredf6205]

I needed my passport to fly domestically the past few years cause I don't have one of those new driver's licenses

[@marcusking332]

Like who needs a passport here in the USA, when our country is already so diverse as is. And we don't need a passport to travel from state to state. I've personally visited 19 states so far in my 45 years. Florida, GA, Bama, N/S Carolina, Tenn, Va, W VA, etc all the up to Maine and travelled as far west Colorado.

[@dmonelledwards]

@@jaredf6205 hmmmm... Real ID doesn't go into effect until mid 2025...

[@Jmort93]

Plus some states require special ID's for flying that are accepted in Canada and Mexico like Washington states Enhanced ID which eliminates the need for most to have passports

[@SirDavidAsher]

This is exactly why for a while back in the early 2000’s travel slogan was “Texas, it’s like a whole other country”.

[@johnacres4666]

Around the state of Texas can still find some of those signs!

[@solandri69]

Texas was briefly an independent country (1836-1845). It declared independence from Mexico (the Alamo was part of this fight), but knew it wouldn't be able to survive repeated Mexican attacks. So negotiated to join the U.S. as a state.

[@johnacres4666]

@@solandri69 In 1845 when Texas became a State as part of the United States of America two full regiments of Federal troops of which 25 % were on horseback and others arrived by train, by ship, and afoot with about 50 long barrel cannons and 50 of the new crank type gattling machine guns against which Mexico retreated once they saw the resolve of the American Army!

[@johndeschner942]

Texas is that big. It is so independent that it even has its own separate energy lines from the rest of the other states.

[@marcusking332]

Visited Texas for the first time ever this year. Went to Texas vs Georgia game from earlier in the year.

[@donnaschmidt4372]

You realize quite quickly the size of the U.S. when you travel from Oregon to Arizona to Oklahoma City and back to Oregon, and you drive a little over 4,100 miles. Taking this trip you don't even cross the Mississippi River into the eastern portion of the U.S. Many hours of driving, but boy do you get to see some beautiful land as you travel and well worth the drive.

[@healTHCare71965]

Best drive I had was we flew to nyc to buy a semi. We went upstate bought a trailer and got a load going to okc then to Denver and then an hour home to Colorado Springs.

[@AllThePeppermint]

For real! Moved from The Pacific NW to the Deep South. Exchanged one coastal state with mountains for another. I moved 3,000 miles. In Europe if you moved that kind of distance, it might be the difference of living in the UK or... Maybe Russia? I'm not 100% sure.

[@marcusking332]

Longest drive I ever did was from Jacksonville, Fl to Denver, Co and back. Never again will I do that as it was a brutal trip.

[@ashwynlentini1317]

The mainland 48 states (not including Hawaii or Alaska) is over twice the size of the Roman Empire at its hight

[@lazaruslazuli6130]

'height'

[@uniqueknows2047]

Okay bro

[@karal_the_crazy]

Pax America

[@danliness5455]

If you don't include Alaska and Hawaii, as you stated, this is incorrect.

[@tommyhamilton907]

Reason why I find it funny when a European tells an American we aren't well traveled because we've only been in our country or something like that. Our country with an the states are their own miniature countries. Don't need to leave.

[@lasvegassecurity2958]

And when they talk about how we only know one language b**** I can speak New York New Jersey Louisiana Creole California Bostonian etcetera

[@Mr.Grinch_Real]

The us is almost as big as Europe itself.

[@Mike-h8m]

France was horrible! French people are so rude to Americans! Don't go to France.

[@Engieman909]

Size wise we’re almost there with Europe. Culturally though, Europe is way more diverse. That might be part of what people mean when they say Americans aren’t well traveled

[@Mike-h8m]

Fast and Furious is an American franchise.

[@joshuasanders6375]

America is so big, that Americans go on Holiday INSIDE AMERICA!

[@Heavywall70]

Even though we all speak the same language and overall have a lot of similarities, the differences in cultures from region to region are very noticeable. Just the coasts themselves represent everything from sea me of the wealthiest people on the planet to low country fishing communities, sportsman culture in the southeast runs completely around the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, California is its own thing and the Pacific Northwest has peaks over 3,000 meters that are only about 40km from sea level coastline.

[@robertyates9500]

Yes, and after living here my entire life I’ve still only been to 21 of the 50 states

[@rachelleakers8841]

Or it's so big we can actually do a staycation within the state that we live in😂

[@rachelleakers8841]

I've been through the Appalachian mountains to the Rocky mountains in Calgary near Banff Canada, we love to drive

[@aurorathekitty7854]

You can experience every terrain and weather the earth has to offer inside America

[@solandri69]

After hurricane Katrina hit, many of my European friends were asking why it was taking over a month for help to reach some of the devastated areas. I asked them how long would it take for aid to arrive if the entire coasts of Germany + Netherlands + Belgium were hit by a hurricane? Because that would be about the same size as the affected areas in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and part of Florida.

[@NoMoneyG]

I have a friend from New Zealand who was coming for a week who wanted to go to NYC, Miami, Las Vegas & hit LA. I laughed. We could see all those places, but we'd be driving the entire time & not spending any time at any of them. lol

[@frankbandera6591]

Why would they want to go to Louisiana? Oh wait, do you mean L.A. and not LA.

[@snoogins196]

@@frankbandera6591 ​New Orleans is a tourist destination.

[@frankbandera6591]

@@snoogins196 Uh-huh and it's also a city like Miami, Las Vegas and Los Angeles. Louisiana is a state like Florida, Nevada and California.

[@ernestogastelum9123]

@@frankbandera6591 come on, the only thing people care about Louisiana is New Orleans. so every American except the ones who live in Louisiana consider LA as Los Angeles no matter if you write it like LA or L.A.

[@MoldyMan.]

@@frankbandera6591 when people say LA they 99% of the time are referring to los angeles.

[@klycan33]

WA here. Was surprised to see some countries that were smaller. I think of my state as relatively small. But maybe that's because I drive across it so often I'm used to it.

[@kaydunton9303]

I'm in Delaware, the 2nd smallest state, and driving through just the small northern part seems huge and takes a long time.

[@MakriaMicronation]

2:17 "these states are literally countries" -Confederacy, 1861

[@csailer2353]

This was actually pretty interesting, the way they showed the topography and showed each state and country individually. Would be interesting to see them do a world one comparing other continents vs their countries.

[@brianlewis5692]

Nice tree! - not quite. The green on the maps represents forested areas, but not other green spaces like meadows and prairies, so keep that in mind.

[@adamjantz8469]

Nebraska has a bunch of corn I grew up there.

[@broncobra]

Nebraskan here as well.

[@urmomurmomurmom69]

Go Big Red!!!!! From Colorado!

[@Hawkers02]

not to mention the farmland too, lots of corn grown here

[@traciebreland4439]

I came to the comments just to see if anyone mentioned the sand comment.

[@jamesdee759]

To keep this simple and short, I'll just say it this way. Each of the 50 States can be considered to be individual countries who have joined together to form one nation. We also have such a diverse and in some cases a very unique landscape across the nation. I've driven across this nation from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and back several times and this is a very beautiful country/nation to explore and experience. Would I ever visit other countries over seas? Sure if I had the chance but there's also so much right here in my own country/nation to explore and experience too.

[@AllThePeppermint]

Essentially 48 Continental "countries" at our fingertips with no passports or major checkpoints. And we have the same language (mostly, if you can understand the accent and regional colloquialisms, etc.) making at least travel and ordering food easier. Lol Fun fact: fiancé has lived in 8 states and traveled through over 30. He made a friend living in the Deep South. The friend's father grew up in the swamps of Florida and could barely understand his own dad. My fiancé turned into a translator for the father to everyone else. Haha

[@adarkwind4712]

Pretty sure we experience, as a nation, every biome the world offers to various extremes.

[@reason6835]

Absolutely correct. Each U.S. State is perfectly capable of operating independently as its own country. They even have their own armies (the National Guards) under command of the State Governor. To foreigners, it seems like one big country because no single State negotiates with foreign powers. But to Americans, your State is essentially the only power you deal with routinely. I only deal with the federal government when I’m filing federal income tax or getting a passport. Everything else is done within my State.

[@brmolnar]

I recently drove in Iceland. At one stop I mentioned to the hotel staff that it was a 3 hour drive. They said that was long drive. I said it was not an easy drive, but it wasn't that long. Perspective I guess. 3 hours on a large interstate highway is very different than the 2 narrow lane roads with a speed limit of 90kph in Iceland.

[@Eyes3rd]

Thanks Lew for a fun and different video. Very informative as well. 👍

[@blakmastadon]

I laughed about that little 3 hour drive. From where I'm at in Southern Connecticut, it takes 8 hours to travel from Connecticut to North Carolina. (And that's if you're a decent driver)

[@blakmastadon]

Connecticut to North Carolina. Eight hours 👍!

[@rrylei]

@@blakmastadonI also live in southern Connecticut lol and when I go visit family in Ohio it takes 10 hours :(

[@KatyFaulkner-f6c]

The drive from Southern California to the Northern California border is a 16 hour drive!

[@brettmuir5679]

And that is freeway speeds averaged at 70 mph

[@SpaceFrogFromOuterSpace]

Please, South L.A. to North L.A. is a 16 hour drive😂

[@AlthosWTF]

@@SpaceFrogFromOuterSpace I've never lived there, never been there and this still made me laugh. lol

[@johnacres4666]

This statement about one State is a shock to many people in Europe who did not realize our size!

[@lazaruslazuli6130]

Homestead (South of Miami) Florida, to Pensacola, Florida is over 700 miles, and more than 10 hours.

[@raydaniel2490]

America is indeed massive and quite diverse. Lots of climate zones and geographical differences. So glad to be an American.

[@anitapeludat256]

Me too. I've traveled overseas a lot. Many beautiful countries, many things I loved, like the transportation system. I worked in Germany for several years. WOW, I was so used to our American "can do ", spirit, I missed it desperately. We are quite efficient in many ways, compared to even Germany. They are excellent, but, as an American, we work best as a team, I'm a team player, if there is an issue to bring to the boss, I always brought a solution with me or I would never show up empty handed. Germans will hold a meeting and discuss all the many possibilities that won't work, for an hour, first thing. I met American engineers at BMW that had the same maddening experience. I was spinning my wheels, not to be fast, but to be productive, and being productive is satisfying. I love my country and my fellow Americans. We always help each other in a disaster even with our differences. That's the America I've known since 1960. I still believe in it and I'm not giving up. 🇺🇸🗽☮️

[@Chokah]

IIRC counting Alaska and Hawaii, the US is the only country that contains every climate zone.

[@leelaor6201]

Driving from the east coast to the west coast, you'll need to drive 10 hours a day for a whole week!

[@donnaschmidt4372]

Only if you don't want to eat or take potty breaks. Now imagine doing this east to west coast trip back in the 1960's (like I did as a kid many times) without freeways through many of the states.

[@rtyria]

@@donnaschmidt4372 I can only imagine. Driving from southwest MI to northern MI (still lower peninsula) before the highways was an endurance trip for me as a little kid.

[@johnacres4666]

@@rtyria Ah yes i remember those winding two lane asphalt roads rolling up and down and around fields of many kinds of growing grains and vegetables and stopping at road side stands and sometimes small local cafes and diners of very tasty food in tiny towns where you can enter and leave all in one short block!

[@johnacres4666]

Another fun thing i remember about the one block tiny towns is that coming from the highway thru town the speed limit was 55 on highway in Texas then suddenly speed limit 30 sign then speed limit in town 15 sign and there sits a local police or a county sheriff car giving out tickets left and right so i always came in slow!

[@cstains5543]

It's always kind of funny, but nice, when people outside the USA understand how big the US really is. Suddenly the whole Americans don't travel much outside the USA makes a lot more sense to them. Traveling from the London UK to Berlin Germany is like traveling from Philadelphia to Indianapolis. London to Berlin is just about 20 more miles and Americans do drive that distance just to see a regular season football, basketball, hockey, or baseball game, some go for all four sports.

[@Nevir202]

Yea, I took a 4-5 hour road trip to see my favorite local band play in another city. Every Saturday, for years, my best friend had to drive to the border of our state to drop off a work package to another courier, pony express style, as it HAD to arrive by the next morning and it was too late for air mail. That was 3 hours each way, from what I understand, that would be a once a year vacation for a normal european LOL

[@BreadGood_21]

As a member of you American’s lovely hat, im laughing my ass off right now 😂

[@karal_the_crazy]

Driving from California to main is the same time as driving from Spain to Ukraine

[@michelejohnson2064]

Traveling across the US.. it’s like a right of passage ;) We would be happy to host you, Lewis! Get your a*s to the US already 😂 you are a breath of fresh air

[@jessicalee7119]

I was just thinking ~ ~ ~ Lewis should come here; he'd have no problem finding people to host his visit!

[@AllThePeppermint]

I hope Lewis meets someone named Clark to travel with. 😂

[@trumankim6484]

@@AllThePeppermintand that they set off from St. Louis and go all the way to Oregon through the Rockies

[@lawrenceliebman9079]

You need to come to the US and take a "Great American Road Trip."

[@mjkag1127]

The most driving I've done in a short period of time in the US was when I was stationed in the SE corner of Georgia and got orders to Hawaii. In under two weeks I drove from Georgia to Michigan to spend some time with family (that was a single day drive). Then drove from Michigan to Arizona to visit family (did one hotel stop in New Mexico for that trip). Then drove from Arizona to Los Angeles, California to drop off my car to be shipped to Hawaii, and spent a day and a half there with my sister-in-law before flying to Hawaii.

[@Gary-z5y]

I’ve heard there are wild chimpanzee and zebra living in southern Georgia, the ancestors of animals that escaped a circus train derailment in the early 20th century.

[@mjkag1127]

@Gary-z5y Nope, not a thing.

[@ΔΟΡΔΟΡΨΕΣΨΕΣΣΚΙΒΙΔΙ]

as a new mexican if you ever go to New Mexico I wish you safety

[@Marcia-f3w8c]

What a unique visual presentation…new understanding! ❤

[@shantellhall1577]

Great video! Nebraskan here. Fun fact with the brown color comment. Ironically Nebraska founded Arbor Day (American holiday celebrated throughout the US in mid/late April) as the majority/all Nebraska trees were planted/not native. Per search: Origin In 1872, Morton proposed Arbor Day to the Nebraska Board of Agriculture. The holiday was first celebrated on April 10, 1872, when over a million trees were planted in Nebraska. 😂

[@Delet322]

The only hand planted forest is in Nebraska.

[@broncobra]

Nebraskan here as well.

[@richardthomas5362]

Nebraska National Forest. From my experience driving across Nebraska on several highways I have found the I-80 corridor to be the most boring, although you make the best time. The Republican river valley in the south of the state is interesting and driving through the sand hills is awesome. US 20 along the northern part of the state is pretty cool as well. The eastern part of the state is basically Midwest but, as you go east, you get the northern fringe of the sand hills, then around Chadron it is more like the "West".

[@Delet322]

@ we call i80 the slab. It was built because it took Teddy Roosevelt I believe more than 30 days to get across the state of Nebraska . I 80 is boring long flat and quick and not a real representation of the state.

[@broncobra]

@@Delet322 My mom told me, before I-80, that they had to go across farm fields. And open and close animal gates. True story?

[@jeffj7831]

Here is a bit of information that may put this in perspective for the Europeans: Driving distance from New York City to Los Angeles California: 2,790.27 mi (4,490.51 km) (49h 34min).

[@tiahc3]

I've put 14,274 miles on my car in 8 months, 3 oil changes done! Bought it with 12 miles on it!!

[@justinmccoy7167]

I have a friend from the UK who now lives in TX. He was shocked to discover that we regularly drive 4 hours away one way for a weekend getaway. He said that would be a 2X a year thing for someone in the UK.

[@verlishdieverrukte6933]

New York STATE... not NY City! 😂 There is SO much more to the state, in land mass, in agriculture, in the arts and sciences....

[@earlymorningtwilight9119]

I live the beautiful hills of upstate, ny. I would never think of going to New York city

[@jesmasa1]

I spent my last vacation in upstate NY and I felt like I was in a different country in the country. I loved the quiet stillness of that trip. A description I never would have considered before when I thought of NY. I still love the energy and noise of NYC too.

[@magentahorizon6503]

You had me giggling when you said, "wait a minute ... NY isn't that big." Buffalo to NYC is 600 miles ... a 7 to 8 hour drive. Makes you start to appreciate how big things get as you travel to the western states. Alaska is in a league of it's own ... so big you cannot comprehend until you've been there ... pretty life changing.

[@jeremywilliams2535]

It is 373 miles lol

[@nunyabizness5391]

@@jeremywilliams2535how about the “600 mile” drive in 8 hours through the mountains?

[@marcusking332]

@@jeremywilliams2535 So true, its barely a 700 mile round trip, but it dang sure isn't 600 one way. Hell going from Panama City, FL to Miami is barely 600+ miles one way.

[@Jmort93]

Family from East Coast scoff when I say the nearest ski slope is quite close, around 2.5 hrs drive as they have a resort within an hrs drive. But Washington State is quite large so us residents have a different view of what's considered long distances as I imagine Californians, Texans, do too

[@Instantbeans]

My wife thought it would be one big city here. She is Filipina and shocked there is so much land everywhere. Lol

[@tiahc3]

Growing up we drove from Jacksonville,Fl to Pittsburgh,Pa. Once I started driving we stopped going to hotels and Dad & I took shifts driving.

[@appaloosa42]

Hubby driving today Pgh to Philly to pickup a new ( to him) van. I used to drive Pgh to and back Baltimore or SilverSpring Maryland or Willes-Barre/ Scranton every other week. All about a 5 hour drive. Only Bangor ME wasn’t drivable on weekends- 17 hours 1 was.

[@brijitglapion4577]

​@appaloosa42 ~ my youngest just moved to PGH - Bellevue - from New Orleans. That was the longest 20-hour drive. I have to give props to PGH though. Very nice city. Didn't think I'd hear someone else call buggies buggies and not shopping carts.

[@LoraHauschildt-d4e]

Love your Christmas decor!! Greetings from Minnesota

[@L3WGReacts]

thankyou!

[@csailer2353]

Greetings to a fellow Minnesotan! And an early Merry Christmas!

[@LoraHauschildt-d4e]

@@csailer2353 The same to you. Merry Christmas 🎄🎁🎄🎁

[@kevinathans4191]

I'm here from Minnesota as well!

[@KraxZoa-l2p]

Yeah, Minnesota represent!

[@johnacres4666]

Having driven all over Texas when i was much younger working for a company that transported international crewmen for mostly ships but also chemical company rigs everywhere in America so i have seen all five kinds of Texas climates and i unfortunately experienced these climates from the worst was dry no wind stillness of a high altitude desert to blinding snow blizzards and rain that blows sideways and of course the days of super hot 120 degrees sunshine! But it was fun! By the way there are only 60,000 acres in the United Kingdom and every year America yields 90,000 acres just of fresh sweet corn!

[@lazaruslazuli6130]

I was a USDA peanut inspector in Central Texas for one month back in 1978. It would be 30ºF in the morning and 80ºF in the afternoon. Fifty degrees difference will get you sick in a hurry.

[@johnacres4666]

@@lazaruslazuli6130 How wonderful Welcome to Texas!

[@oldageisdumb]

That might be the longest sentence ever lol

[@Adever12]

68 million people? How about 68 million corn cobs :)

[@michaelruhnke6721]

Nebraska isn't all sand. There is quite a bit of green in the spring in summer. And I can say from experience... From Lincoln, Nebraska to Fort Lauderdale, Florida is at least 24 hours of driving... stopping only for gas, snacks and restroom breaks.

[@broncobra]

Nebraskan here as well. One time made it to NE from Houston in 17 hours? Speeding, lol. No stops except for gas.

[@richardthomas5362]

Nebraska is anything but boring, except the I-80 corridor.

[@broncobra]

@@richardthomas5362 I actually have a pool table that my dad made from Fort McPherson. When they tore it down, dad went out and got the cedar. A friend of his gave him a slate top, and dad milled and built the pool table, and the legs from it. It is bad ass.

[@msdmckay]

The two that shocked me the most is Singapore being smaller than Rhode Island. No idea that was the size difference. I mean Rhode Island is as big as my thumbnail lol. It's got what, 88 people in the entire state because it can't fit 89. 😁 The other was Alaska. I had no idea Alaska was that huge, larger than Texas and Cali combined. Like no clue and I've been alive 61 years. Probably because on the map it's so tiny and offside like it's irrelevant. I will say, watching nomad videos of people driving through Alaska, it has to be the most breathtakingly gorgeous place in the entire United States. Absolutely stunning views.

[@FrozenLionsFan]

And that is why us Alaskans have a beef with people who draw those United States maps😂.

[@crepesoftime]

Alaska is almost two and a half times the size of Texas.

[@bobburris4445]

If Alaska divided itself in half, Texas would be the third largest state in the US

[@ShyBoy6ty9]

I had a conversation at work recently with a lady who thought Alaska was small, and out in the middle of the ocean with Hawai'i. I was talking about an ultra-endurance cyclist who rode her bike from Alaska to the start of her race (I think something like 2,000 miles?), and the lady I was talking to thought she took a boat to the start of the race. I'm like... a boat? Why tf would she take a boat? She road her bike, where tf was she taking a boat, who said anything about water? So we got into the whole discussion about where Alaska was in relation to the rest of the United States. lol

[@crepesoftime]

@@ShyBoy6ty9 I once knew a guy who thought it was possible for an American to drive to England from the US.

[@Boingo1625]

3:41 Why is Georgia upside down 😭

[@TimothyHester77NJ]

Noticed that too right away!

[@speeedracerx]

as someone who lives in Georgia, I was like, 'That's not Geor---oh, wait, yeah it is. WTF, lol.'

[@georgemetz7277]

I've had a theory since the 1980s when I grew up in the SF Bay Area. In my 25 year march to being an adult I saw the population and therefore infrastructure explode in my neighborhoods during the 60s, 70s, and into the 80s. It makes people grumpy! Possibly even psychotic. Waiting in lines, crowded elevators, heavy traffic, no parking, the new BART trains already filled to capacity. Consider that Michigan, slightly larger than the U.K. has only 10 million to your 68 million. See? Grumpy!

[@merlinathrawes746]

Native Michigander here, though I now live in Missouri. But stop and think,, the UK doesn't get the feet of snow in the winter that Michigan does. And the Great Lakes that surround Michigan get winter storms that can nearly rival the storms of the North Atlantic. Look up videos of "the Grand Haven, Michigan pier" winter storms. And Grand Haven is less than halfway up the Lower Peninsula.

[@georgemetz7277]

@@merlinathrawes746 I'm glad a native chimed in. I'm more a westerner but my point is Lew is always telling us how Brits are generally "grumpy", I like how he says it. He claims it is the weather. Maybe that too. I think Americans on the other hand are generally cheerful. Like to the point you may say "we get all this snow, it gets so cold, it's terrible..." "Then why not move"? gets asked. "What? Leave Michigan? I love it!" My experience was that Californians were nice cheery helpful people. Now no one has the time to look at you (in cities). But you tell me. Are Michiganders generally positive and cheerful and friendly?

[@merlinathrawes746]

​@@georgemetz7277Mostly. It is a beautiful state. Endless miles of sandy lakeshores, lots of sand dunes, forests, hilly enough for skiing, the 2nd largest apple producer in the country and a top cherry producer as well. Lots of state and county parks, many lakes besides the Great Lakes. A lot to see and do. But grumpy people are everywhere though.

[@anitapeludat256]

​@@georgemetz7277 I'm from Detroit and Traverse City, Michigan. I'm used to generally friendly , cheerful people, in a Midwestern way, like Wisconsin and Minnesota, however, since I moved to Connecticut, with family still in Michigan, esp. southeast Michigan, increased population and a heck of a lot of increased road traffic has made people more irritable. The stop and go at every traffic light has doubled the time to get across town. And infrastructure means more cement or asphalt everywhere. It makes a tree lined city very few and far between. You have to drive much further north to see more woodlands or even a cornfield. Our families and friends have a lot of complaints when we visit . Over crowdedness and heavy traffic makes anyone irritable. Michigan is still an outdoorsman's paradise. Very few people travel south beyond the state lines because Michigan has everything you need, including all 4 seasons. Everyone is outdoors all 4 seasons. And summers can get quite hot and humid, very tropical, except for oceans. But lakes and massive sand dunes are gorgeous.

[@trev5.566]

From Brownsville TX north to Texline TX is a 13 hour drive. Speed limits reach 85mph in Texas. I live in North Central Texas, and when I visit the Rockies it’s usually a 24 hour drive, the first 7 just to get out of Texas. I can also open carry my handgun *without a permit* in every state along the way (except in Denver, CO) all the way up to the Canadian Border.

[@richardthomas5362]

Careful in Colorado. The state legislature recently passed a law allowing different jurisdictions to make up their own laws. Therefore, places like Loveland, Ft Collins, Commerce City, Thornton, Pueblo, etc, are likely to forbid that. The cops will bust you too because going after real criminals can be dangerous.

[@trev5.566]

@ Ya, Colorado frustrates me greatly. Whenever I go up to Wyoming or Montana I have to take my smaller handgun rather than my regular carry gun because of COs stupid magazine laws. I usually don’t carry when I am in CO. It’s a shame the losers have taken over such a beautiful state. With their Dominion voting machines they probably will never elect any sane people again

[@TeriNkc]

We have to have room for all the Sasquatch. The green areas are Forests

[@crypt0ryan526]

I live in Colorado, and it’s an 18 hour drive to California, and I would only drive through 3 different states before getting to California. 😂😂😂

[@userdesorae]

I live in California, and I'm impressed with how big some of the other states are 😮!!! I drove down from northern California to LA for a concert, and it took about 12 hours!!

[@jokat963]

Love your genuine reaction! Keep it up!!

[@L3WGReacts]

thank you!!!

[@DavidDowdrick-b9y]

In 1992 my wife and I decided to spend nine days of my leave time (served with the U.S. Army), and drove from Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD., to Ft. Richardson Alaska. We decided to traverse the northern U.S. to Washington state and then drive along the Canadian Rockies north to Alaska via the Alaskan Highway. 5,200+ miles later, we arrived. And though it was not exactly the most direct route, it was indeed very scenic and enjoyable! We do enjoy a bit of “elbow room” in this country and on this continent.

[@janeg8274]

I am a 65 year old just retired teacher… oh dear God you are priceless! It is awesome to see your enthusiasm about every subject!!!❤️

[@fawfulfan]

Driving from Los Angeles to Austin, TX is about a 1,400 mile, two day road trip. The first day takes you across the Sonoran Desert, past Phoenix and Tucson, then across parts of Southern New Mexico, past Las Cruces, and a stopover for the night in El Paso, TX. The second day is just driving halfway across Texas, from El Paso to the Hill Country, and that alone will take 8 hours. Almost as long as the whole trip from the West Coast to Texas was.

[@hiphopgrinch]

El Paso to Huntington Beach, CA (The coast) is 800 miles. El Paso to Orange, TX is 853 miles. El Paso is closer to the Pacific Ocean than it is to some parts of Texas.

[@jenniferbabros1985]

I'd like you to do a video about your country😊 like how people react to you being friendly to them or something you think would be interesting😊

[@catmaya234]

As a North Canadian, we drive four hours to reach a grocery store. I have family in Europe, and they always act so weird when I tell them that. Then I remember that their country could litterally fit in between my town and the capital (where the grocery store is)

[@jillspear2848]

Hey! I'm a KZbin viewer. I Love your videos and commentary. You crack me up😊 I think you should come to the US for a good month and bring the family with you. I'd love for you to rent a RV and travel all over the states. You could create content while you're going to all the places you want to see. Make it a family holiday.

[@ellavader8262]

A month isn't enough time, we took 5 weeks and ~8000 miles and it wasn't enough really, but i agree with you about a motorhome trip being the best choice.

[@wildcardmatt17]

I drove from the southern border of Wisconsin to Bristol TN, that was 11 hours, 700 miles. And that only cut through the NW corner of Illinois, half of Indiana, and the eastern quarter of Tennessee/ tip of Virginia. A German friend of mine had to look up several comparable drive on google maps. She simply could not believe that the states were that big

[@ErutluvYekrut]

At 8:12 California is upside down

[@thegodwhale7855]

Bro so many states have been upside down

[@jovetj]

Nebraska resident here. Nebraska is not "just sand" but it is mostly grass land. There is a forest here but it's manmade. The Sandhills are a large feature of western Nebraska. But the state is quite varied, rugged and arid in the west and lush and green and humid on the east. The soils on the east side have a lot of clay in them.

[@richardthomas5362]

I would say the Sandhills are more central Nebraska. The western portion between Chadron and Scottsbluff is more grasslands and ranches.

[@jovetj]

@@richardthomas5362 If you draw a line that divides the state into even East and West, the Sandhills are all in the west half.

[@richardthomas5362]

@@jovetj Either way, your state is much more interesting than the colored maps suggest. Unless you are on I-80.

[@jovetj]

@@richardthomas5362 I've driven across the state more times than I can count, and while I80 is the fastest way, it's definitely not the most scenic! State Highway 2 is my choice!

[@KTKacer]

New York is fairly large. BUT, since it's the 27th largest states, it's not in the top 1/2 of the biggest states, but it IS almost at the tippy-top of the largest of the smallest 1/2 of the states ;) With almost 19.6 million residents, it is the fourth-most populous state in the United States, and the 27th-largest state by area.

[@ColtonS-c3z]

@L3WGReacts 3:38 Did he really say the "s" in Illinois lol 😂. The "s" is silent man😂

[@coastiewoody]

As an Oregonian, we engulf the entirety of the UK 😂

[@goofballpaul576]

And our state population is half of just London. When we say we're going to get lost, we actually can.

[@Nainogero]

And within a four hour drive from anywhere in Oregon, you have the beach, the mountains, volcanoes, the high desert, the deepest canyon in the nation, deepest lake in the nation, temperate rainforests, oak savanna, etc… we have all four seasons in all four seasons and micro climates that ignore all 8, I’m convinced Oregon is the most scenic/climatically diverse state…. Now if we can just fix our politics……

[@CasuallyIncredible]

4:50 Just to let you know Nebraska is not a desert, it's full of farmland but still the summers there can be brutal.

[@teerat8451]

I live in Nebraska, and yeah, it's pretty flat. 😂😂 The elevation does rise almost 3000 feet from East to West from the Missouri River to the foothills of the Rockies. The state is mainly farmland and ranches and we have less than two million people and most of us live in the Eastern part of the state.

[@broncobra]

Nebrskan here as well.

[@WhatsNextwithNora]

I'm in the middle of a very long road trip visiting matinal parks and loved ones. It is crazy hope big and diverse it is. 10 years ago, I did it on foot, and it took almost a year. I'm always amazed by how huge and interesting it is.

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

dude.. I LOVE your enthusiasm!!

[@welchsusan8444]

Because our family members live states apart. We do road trips going back and forth between New Mexico to Illinois (21 hrs - 1,437 miles) from Illinois to Wyoming (13 hrs - 973 miles) by road. We like driving and you see so much more.

[@SpaceFrogFromOuterSpace]

Wyoming has a population of 584,000 people making it over 116 times less densely populated than the U.K. Wyoming is just American Mongolia 😂

[@marywinn8953]

I tember when ww moved to Wyoming the population was 440 thousand.

[@crepesoftime]

It surpassed Alaska as the least populated state some time ago. Alaska has a little over 700,000 people now, I believe.

[@No_step_on_snake]

The states with the lowest population density are Alaska, wyoming and montana.

[@richardr7947]

I am in Indianapolis, Indiana The city of Indianapolis has more people then the whole state of Wyoming o.O

[@crepesoftime]

@@richardr7947 I was out there a few years ago, slightly across the border from South Dakota. Just miles and miles of nothing and the speed limit was 80 miles per hour on the interstate.

[@whitneylivingston5706]

I live in Texas, my best friend lives near Chicago… I used to get up at 5 in the morning and would drive 1100 miles in a day, would stop for gas/food/restroom twice, spend the weekend with her and then drive back. I used to drive 1,250 in a day to visit family (until they moved much closer), that’s leaving at 4 in the morning and getting there well into the night.

[@MoldyMan.]

1:38 you wanna something again thats massive?

[@Riscool309]

LOOOOOOW TAPER FAAAAAADE

[@Fraggspins]

LOWWWWWWW TAAAPPPPEEERRR FFAAAAAADDDDEEE

[@jacksorensen5634]

LOWWWWWWWWWW

[@ObsidianDragonsreal44]

When Tennessee came on in the video: everyone in TN "ROCKYTOP WILL ALWAYS BE HOME SWEET HOME TO MEEEEE!"🎶🎶🎶

[@CelestialDoggie]

Something like half our states are larger than the UK...but as a whole country, we only have slightly under 5 times as many people. There is a *looooooooot* of empty space around here.

[@maelin8240]

I drove across the US one time. Not even all the way from the furthest west to the furthest east and it took days. We stopped at hotels 2 nights and stayed with family members a 3rd night. The drive was from Idaho to the western side of Pennsylvania.

[@uncluckable6535]

The 'sand' that you're seeing in Kansas and Nebraska isn't actually sand. The great plains tend to be covered in grains and grasses that are less green and more golden or amber in color.

[@johnacres4666]

Some people are confused when say grain but America sells wheat flour and corn flour to the world! Billions of pounds of fresh milk is processed into powder to feed the sick and starving around the world just like our two pound loaves of fresh processed US Government Commodity cheese and barrels of saltine crackers travels all over the world to every country friend and foe! Many plan our downfall eating very tasty cheese and crackers!

[@H33T33]

What’s even crazier is that, from what I’ve heard, most people outside the US don’t often drive anywhere if it would take a few hours (don’t take my word for it). But in the US, a few hours is nothing, we’d absolutely be willing to drive for several days on end.

[@ltnqtnez]

Arizona here 🙏🏼💯❤️

[@centless554]

3:44 A familiar melody..

[@robcrayton2796]

Texas is a slight bit bigger then Ukraine...Amazing!!!

[@rmlgaming2091]

The driving distance from lisbon to moscow is 46 hours. The driving distance from Miami to Seattle is 48 hours

[@sikksotoo]

7:25 Not sure why they have Italy after New Mexico... New Mexico is larger.

[@bigfoot14eee99]

Michigan here. I live 30 miles from the Indiana state line. My son lives 30 miles south of the Mackinaw bridge. So, same state, same peninsula, 5 hours (with a couple breaks) one way; 70% at freeway speeds.

[@JamesLechon]

Bro come to Texas! And you'll see how massive it is!! Yee Haw!!! ❤

[@dcricket1]

Haha! Love the Yee Haw! Fellow Texan here! 😂

[@johnacres4666]

I live in Houston Texas and here just like New York i can buy anything 24 hours a day and have delivered! What a crazy world we now live in!

[@herbertliedel7019]

Drove to a hunting camp in the upper peninsula of Michigan near the Wisconsin border from the South East corner of the state near Lake Erie. The drive took 13 hours.

[@KevinDerosa-if3xw]

This made me realize my. Home state Illinois is way smaller than my state now Arizona

[@Parker_Theemotherian]

So so neat and cool keep it up my friend this was a good one. Insane on some of these tho.

[@johnacres4666]

Lest we forget that during world war 2 when american allied forces captured German prisoners we brought them to prison camps deep in the middle of America shocking many prisoners of our size and that we did not seem to be rationing food as abundance was shown everywhere in fields and stores and on plates of food given three hot meals per day with no war there inside the massive lands of the United States of America but prisoners did see bits of our giant factories running openly 24 hours a day making jeeps and trucks and tanks and ships and aircraft by the hundreds and most saw the truth! They did not have a chance once America entered the war!

[@richardthomas5362]

I think some figured that out when they were fed Ice cream in Europe. They thought, WTF (in German), America's logistics has room for endless war materials and Ice Cream!!!!.

[@johnacres4666]

@@richardthomas5362 The Germans were also upset that every soldier had many bars of Hershey chocolate bars and gave them away to everyone!

[@johnacres4666]

@@richardthomas5362 I read of a sample meal for arriving German prisoners to America being two pork chops a medium baked potato with butter and cheese a scoop of green beans a hot roll a piece of pie and all the coffee you want while in Germany where all food was rationed a American prisoner was lucky to get a baked potato!Most German prisoners were very shocked if the cooks made too much and offered seconds!

[@cautiousoptimist1926]

It's not just size that would surprise you, but the diversity. On the west coast we have everything from an oasis to a glacier, rainforests and high mountain deserts

[@SirDavidAsher]

The fact you resorted to miles instead of kilometers just shows you’re an American who just haven’t moved him yet. Come to San Antonio, amigo!

[@MidwestWoodsandWater]

I once drove from Phoenix to Cleveland and it took 36 hours only stopping for food and gas.

[@PriscillaV1964]

This is why I keep telling you to pick ONE state to visit, or you can do the New England states + New York, preferably in the Fall. Thinking you can hop about on little "day trips" to other States is just not an option outside the New England Region (a.k.a. the tiny States)

[@crepesoftime]

If you live near the border of another state you can kind of do that, go to the other for a few hours and then come back.

[@PriscillaV1964]

Please understand that anything more than a 45 minute drive is going to be a culture shock to a European. We need to stop thinking like Americans when we make travel recommendations. Europeans think of a one hour drive the way Americans consider a ten hour drive.

[@crepesoftime]

@@PriscillaV1964 Well, I was in the UK years ago and was told that a train ride from Edinburgh, Scotland down to London is about 5 hours. I rode on a bus coming back to London from a tour leaving from there and it was about 10-11 hours almost if I recall. That's almost the length of the entire country.

[@PriscillaV1964]

Exactly. From my dad's house in Northern New York to my home in Philadelphia, PA was a 9½ hour drive, even though New York and Pennsylvania are "next to each other" and among America's smaller states.

[@diana9954]

Every state is different, like it’s own country. That’s why a lot of Americans never go overseas. I’ve lived in England, Turkey and the Netherlands. I’ve lived in 6 states. I still need to see more of America!

[@mbourque]

Texas is 2.87 times the UK.

[@blakmastadon]

Thanks for the video 👍!

[@Heylo12345]

This is why it’s so annoying when people compare a tiny countries healthcare to ours, if we were the size of one state we could handle federal healthcare too but now we have more and more people not working so those who do work would have to pay a lot taxes to pay for the whole country

[@CatInWonderlands]

The biggest problem isn't so much the size, it is the amount of people and the financial. It just doesn't scale up. This has been proven time and time again as these other countries have grown and had issues as their populations have gotten larger.

[@ScotMayo420]

We could handle healthcare but Democrats are corrupt ass clowns.

[@Lynn705Hal]

@Heylo12345 @Catlnwonderlands I worked in the insurance industry in the US for decades. Sounds like you're making excuses.

[@alexisthriving]

Lmao you already pay it’s called insurance and it’s more than those taxes ever would be. And who told you that just bc we’re big means we can’t do it? Based on what?

[@richardanderson930]

With the per capita spending on health care in the US at over $10,000 the total amount being spent on healthcare is about the same as the combined revenue of the federal government. With a single payer insurance system with private providers there is absolutely no reason that we couldn't bring the individual costs down while still providing high quality care. But as long as the insurance companies are buying politicians we will never get there.

[@Brjskdbeikaheus]

As an Alaskan it’s always fun to see people’s reaction when they realize the true scale of the state. What’s even funnier is it’s one of the least populated.

[@seanbrunty7225]

You can fit every living person on earth and each will have a 1000sq ft. inside Texas. And they say we're over populated.

[@singingsparrow83]

I really enjoyed this. It was very interesting and informative.🇺🇸

[@TanyaQueen182]

This was a cool video.

[@experiencefloridawithjulie4568]

Cuba is approximately 90 miles/145 km south of Key West, Florida. Regarding Uruguay: “Florida’s bigger?!” Yes, Florida is a long state, which also has that panhandle. The driving distance from Naples to Pensacola is 623 miles/1003 km, an 8hr 45 min drive.

[@johnacres4666]

All this talk about Cuba! I am sure most people do not realize that there is a concrete constructed above ocean two lane highway that goes to the island of Cuba BUT one full double span has been blown up closing the road from use! Just like most people do not know that America has a Military base on the island of Cuba by way of treaty and it is called Guantanamo Bay!

[@kimgraber3671]

@@johnacres4666 What the hell are you talking about? There is no highway to Cuba..............I think you have VERY much confused Key West with Cuba. There is an overseas highway to all through the Florida keys ending at Key West. The portion that was "blown up" was the old portion of highway that they demolished when a new section was built. Yes, there is a U.S. military base on Cuba. I used to teach Geography and American history, please tell me you just had a momentary mix up and don't really think there is a highway to Cuba!

[@johnacres4666]

@@kimgraber3671 Went back thru my past notes and maybe was mixing up Florida with highway in Louisiana but remember was on big concrete in the air highway in Florida taking ocean divers to meet a ship off coast

[@TomCharles-kx4qg]

Honestly I'm in the U.S. and my backyard is bigger than some countries on this video

[@jlaurelc]

Love this way of presenting this!!

[@mbourque]

From Rhode Island to South Carolina are the small states. Those bigger than South Carolina but smaller than Oklahoma are the medium states. And Oklahoma and larger are the big states.

[@justinmccoy7167]

From the southern tip of TX to Canada, TX is half the trip. From El Paso to Florida, TX is half the trip. From Houston to Los Angeles, TX is half the trip. TX is absolutely enormous. As a Texan who has driven our state every direction, I cannot even comprehend how large AL is. 🤯

[@pi22aBoy]

the thing about states like south dakota and nebraska is that they are honestly mostly just farmland. if you go to sd on google maps and zoom in you'll see just a bunch of squares, each square is a massive farm plot