Saffron City has a 3.6% unemployment rate

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[@heca2003]

I calculated my own unemployment rate (100%)

[@pikapuffin368]

New meta strats

[@dougawesomecities]

Do you stand near fire hydrants?

[@Fooma777]

Mine just went from 100% to 0%😅

[@toewoe]

What method did you use to gather this information?

[@jplayzow]

@@Fooma777 congratulations and condolences

[@yurisbest2892]

Everytime he goes “does anyone know the best way to calculate the unemployment rate is” I get a Dora the explorer feel and want to say what it is with Austin

[@Daniel-rx2ed]

I do say out loud "a direct survey" every single time as if it's call and response

[@yayariru]

@@Daniel-rx2edI do the same thing. My co-workers give me a dirty look everytime

[@lucindamarx5098]

I came I to the comments to say this. I shouted "Direct Survey" like it's a kids show to my empty apartment lol

[@leahl5007]

Same X3

[@Ghastly1]

With all those checkpoints, you really have to wonder how all those yakuza got in to begin with. Smells like corruption.

[@Eddiember]

Don't worry, they all paid the proper fee of a Soda Pop to get in.

[@QuigleTheGnome]

Unregistered zubat flight

[@Champiness]

@@QuigleTheGnomeIf the Fly HM is criminalized then only criminals will have the Fly HM

[@Ali-mv3jc]

It makes me irrationally happy that you orient the unemployed/employed sign to the direction the character faces!

[@yayariru]

"Porygon is so blocky and cute" is what I'm gonna say the next time someone asks me about my employment.

[@rkr9861]

The idea that even Pokemon can't escape the woes of employment-based insurance is depressing.

[@MisterJackTheAttack]

I took it to mean the insurance for the company's building and property rather than the employees personal insurance.

[@solarprogeny6736]

Japan is definitely not the land of dreamers

[@Crudmonkey211]

Go virtually anywhere other than the USA in the real world and you’ll escape it.

[@kylenetherwood8734]

There are 58 countries with universal healthcare out of almost 200 countries in the world

[@BlackSun404]

@@kylenetherwood8734 According to the Hudson’s Global Residence index, all BUT 43 countries in the world have free healthcare.

[@AxeSoul]

2:32 As you stated, he "flew in across the country" therefore it's very, VERY unlikely he lives here and yet he's counted as retired instead of "out-of-town"

[@any_austin]

Wow I can’t believe I missed that

[@putinmahcochin1636]

Also, he's well dressed, flew however far for drama, and loves it. I think it's more likely he's a keemstar-type, making him a self-employed out of towner.

[@mikew3194]

@@putinmahcochin1636 Is a keemstar a water type pokemon?

[@irgendwer3610]

@@mikew3194 water/fire type

[@XatxiFly]

@@any_austinIt was worth it for the “retired behavior” line

[@spencernaugle]

"Pretty Bold Economic Claim 🧐" I love this quote but I don't know why.

[@orgeuillealkali]

Same 😂😂😂

[@Amiggydala]

It’s a hard ass line, ngl

[@Fooma777]

Follow it up with ‘Mr. President’ and you’ve got a pretty solid one liner for somebody being a fiscal rascal

[@falseprofit9801]

'Economics has proven to be extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.'

[@UltravioletNomad]

Saffron seemed so quaint, how did I never realize how corporate/militaristic it was. The entire city is centered around one business that seems to be funding all social services unlike other cities where the gym/center coop seems to function as a source of ammenities.

[@VTWS]

That second gym is 100% a bunch of unemployed dudes who lost their license and jobs to Sabrina but keep doing what they were doing because they can’t find work

[@cowking1st]

I think the big red "R" on your shirt may have turned that first "John Doe" away from giving you any pertain information.

[@matthewcarey5243]

This, you can't wear the logo of a terrorist organization and expect to be greeted with open arms.

[@TheKiddo2468]

@@matthewcarey5243I think this surely calls for a recount haha

[@smeebythesea]

that first guy was definitely trying to network with you. he has the vibe of those people who ask you what school you went to and immediately leave when they haven't heard of the answer

[@VTWS]

Which is unemployed behavior

[@Fawriel]

Wait wait wait roll that back for a second, what was that about “approximately 8 years and 7 months later”?! Does the Bureau know something I don’t…?

[@IndyJay53]

yeah, that was very ominous. Maybe a pokefan in the comments can enlighten us with some lore. Or maybe Austin is just a psychic.

[@felizdesdichado]

Perhaps a reference to Team Rainbow Rocket? they do manage to take over not only the region but the world.

[@creativealias85]

lmfaooooo i thought nobody else caught that bit. sounds like a reference to the february 1993 world trade center bombing. 8 years and 7 months later would be september 2001, of course when the towers were attacked on 9/11

[@IndyJay53]

@creativealias85 Oh dang, that is not the lore I was expecting. It's definitely a great little toss in regardless

[@Guimhj]

​@@creativealias85Grim 😂

[@RyanHaney55]

That was a nice catch with the golden teapot. 5:16 Ha! 😄 Pocket Monster! I turned my phone off for the press conference, but the video stopped.

[@unknowable4147]

We should talk to HR about that

[@ghostrickbirdbrain1197]

I'm pretty sure the incidental paintings at 6:30 actually reference other pokemon locations, being either Alola or Hoenn, Ho-oh's Bell Tower, Mt. Silver where you fight Red(?) and Spear Pillar, where you meet Palkia and Dialga.

[@Wired_User]

Yeah I’m pretty sure you’re right, but also Bell Tower is definitely a 5-story pagoda and Mt Silver is definitely based on Mt Fuji. A huge mountain that stands out from the mountain range around it, that is almost always topped in snow? Yeah, that’s Fuji. And that painting looks *exactly* like it, complete with the nice slope on one side

[@throughthelookingglass8883]

7:37 "turn your phones off". I'm watching from my phone, the urge to follow directions is counter-productive here.

[@spencernaugle]

I wonder how long it would take to do an Unemployment survey for Breath of the Wild.

[@RyanHaney55]

900 hours 😅

[@Potatezone]

@@RyanHaney55koroks outside of the Great Deku Tree are simply classified as rogue nature spirits, and therefore cannot be included into surveys of the regions.

[@spencernaugle]

@@Potatezone Now I'm imagining that the Koroks are employed by the Great Deku Tree and their salery is paid in those little "Koroks Seeds"... poop they're paid with poop.

[@PsychicStones]

During botw the kingdom is in an economic bottleneck caused by the ongoing apocalypse. A more viable source of inquiry would be a post-calamity Hyrule as seen in totk

[@puffles5535]

That would be interesting to watch for sure. Would watch.

[@NebulousJ]

I shared the genuine enthusiasm at 5:53. A team rocket hostage worrying about her insurance plan is the kind of thing you want in these videos. The platonic ideal surveyee

[@bubbyguppy]

Ive never been more excited for government work

[@orangesilver8]

Oh was that painting of stars and rocks a painting of Spear Pillar? It looked like it.

[@thoopsy]

Yup! Each of the paintings is a reference to a different region.

[@Void-Lizard]

It kinda looked like the first painting was Fuchsia seen from Pallet Town or Cycling Road, the second was Tin Tower where you find Ho-Oh, the third could be many different mountains like Mt Silver or Mt Coronet, and I strongly believe you're right about the last being Spear Pillar.

[@greenieboo]

"3, 2, 1, press conf-" my beloved

[@r4dios1lence92]

The Monster drink in an oversized jeans back pocket got me harder than I thought it would xD

[@martalualdi191]

Wait aaaa what time was that

[@CErra310]

@@martalualdi191 5:15

[@FloraAnneFauna]

i love with how every video the amount of hair clips seems to increase

[@steegen101]

yknow it looked like a crown of thorns at first

[@jimbob3332]

I really appreciate the due dilligence on professional procedure and scientific integrity. You even use "et al", the true mark of quality work.

[@louisep.9499]

This also seems like a surprisingly healthy demographic breakdown in terms of age! If this is a sort of "company town," what are the implications of so many children (and retirees) in the population? Another fantastic video, thank you! I especially appreciated the pause to admire incidental paintings. :)

[@an_asp]

It's not quite the same, but I'm reminded of Los Alamos, New Mexico, which exists entirely for the nearby laboratory, but aside from its remoteness seems to be a great place to live, raise a family, or retire.

[@Shift_Salt]

"Strap in, turn your phones off, and-" *Waits for the video to continue playing now that my phone is off.*

[@orangesilver8]

Also wait Saffron City is literally the closest city to a port that isn't a port itself. It's right next to Vermilion City!

[@Chadworthy_]

Nice to not be asked to like and subscribe in a KZbin video. The editing in this compared to the others give it a good flow.

[@TwinBlasters]

I was not expecting the big city to be such a short upload :o

[@sariannas2799]

"He's standing next to a fire hydrant, so it's possible he's a dog." at 1:23 made me snort, which upset my dog, who is very much unemployed.

[@unknowable4147]

7:37 We should all talk to IT, whenever I turn off my phone I cant hear the speaker! This should be fixed immediately.

[@MrAmalasan]

"Direct Survey" gets me every time

[@iquemedia]

something I think would be fascinating is if you took bill's time travel machine back to saffron city when it was 1996 and compared the growth between then and now you know, when you're all done with data collection in the current era

[@Yellowtoxin]

I used to be employed, now I am just unapplicable

[@FBI20303]

1:33 That seems like a uniform for a federal agent. which explains his serial killer vibes. But he could just like dressing fancy too(Also, if people wear fancy stuff, do we count them as employed or not applicable if they are a sugar baby. Because they must get the money from somewhere. and thieves are counted in employment ratios)

[@youmukonpaku3168]

criminal employment still counts as employment for economic statistics (and tax assessment, in most countries! It goes on line 10400 of a T1 in Canada if incidental, or 10100 if employment-like, and both types should be reported on line 21 of Form 1040 or Schedule C if through self-employment in the USA; elsewhere you may not have to file yourself.) Sitting on an inheritance or a trust fund, however, is not employment activity, though such a person is also likely not seeking work and therefore wouldn't actually be counted in the workforce population of most unemployment statistics. The idle rich are no more applicable than retirees or the dependent children whose lives theirs resemble.

[@bubbyguppy]

I do 2anna say the editing on this one was absolutely SUPERB Our trusty enumerator made this look good

[@pimpingkek4947]

Thank you for these bangers. Can't wait for you to cover Goldenrod City at some point in the future

[@meenah6859]

I dunno if anyone has commented it already, but the "incedental pictures" are paintings of Johtos tower from Ecruteak City, Sinnohs Spear Pillar ruins, probably Hoenn considering the white stripes that kinda look like Wingull and Mount Silver from the Kanto/Johto region

[@burnin8able]

I too would be most assuredly ecstatic to know that the primary economic hub of my region was a company town run by Lockheed Martin. absolutely not dystopian or horrific in the slightest. nope. not at all.

[@iminumst7827]

I love how Pokemon's dialogue is so shallow that you just gotta profile them based on vibe checks.

[@SM-jb8cj]

Enumeration at its finest.

[@THUGR4TED]

Honestly, What I love about this channel is the minimalistic editing you do with your videos. Personally I prefer more videos with less editing but im down for whatever you make tbh.

[@crocworks]

Silph Co being the Pokemon version of Boeing makes me wonder if there's like a Kanto Military Industrial Complex. Lt. Surge was talking about a war that he was a part of. Then Saffron City has high security for who can enter and exit, possibly to control who can look at Silph.

[@n.e.v.e.r]

0:05 typo detected Edit: Great video tho, love this series

[@NoamVH]

It would be very awesome and interesting if a sequel to this series will include post-Johto Kanto survey in order to see what happened in Kanto regarding employment rates three years later.

[@Xanthelei]

Man, idk what it is, but every time I turn my phone off for the conference as requested, I end up missing the conference! I hope they're ok with me just silencing it this time.

[@cullenskink]

Austin I am a huuge fan of your stuff and I do love this too but I think something of the slow rambling magic gets lost with the new fast-paced editing style. I like the quiet moments where you are going back and forward about something, I find that's where the absurdity of the concept really shines through and where the videos are funniest. Not sure my opinion is the most popular so take it with a really big pinch of salt, but I just wanted to leave a comment because this channel is the one that keeps me coming back to KZbin. Keep up the good work, however you do it.

[@prod.bygygahurts304]

Dude i randomly came across one of your videos yesterday and now im obsessed with your content. Feels extremely original and your vibe and tone is perfect to just sit back and listen to, thank you man

[@kupalan4374]

-me watching press conference on my phone -being told to switch my phone off -obeying command of a person from the internet -can't watch press conference anymore

[@snooze6650]

legit one of my fave series on yt... such a clever creative funny idea, I love how you fully commit to your duty as a representative of the bureau of labor statistics, thank you for your service, civil servant

[@felipellrocha]

You can't skip over all of that employment!!! D: Director's version coming soon?!

[@fuzzywumble]

I am employed and can afford supporting a favored content creator. So have this, good sir.

[@slbhugomarques2]

I always watch this with such glee and im loving the little editing variations, they add a lot of charm :D (tho I prefer longer videos) I hope you do whatever makes you happy after we finish kanto and skyrim but I do hope that what makes you happy is making more unemployment surveys in more places, these are just so joyful

[@ThatGirl1721]

Hi Austin, big fan here! I know a quality man such as yourself has surely noticed that your title says "Saffron City's has" and that you've probably begun the process of editing it to be more grammatically correct. But in case you haven't, maybe fix it before the grammar enumerators come a-callin'.

[@damienvalentine5043]

I can tell that "we've got to keep up the maintenance" is gonna echo in my brain for *at least* the next 48 hours.

[@nicolewillett5306]

I think that this was a particularly good one, I love these but sometimes I can't help space out during them. But I really like that you put a lot of psychological humor into each character, especially the second one when you bullet pointed all of the specific things you noticed about him (like the ellipses). I noticed you went a little faster in this video too, that may help keep attention as well. Although I do like just the chill running around because it's relaxing. I noticed you added some more engaging zoom-ins which helped keep attention. I love your channel and I can't believe there's someone out there like you that creates this kind of content. My favorite is absolutely the unremarkable places, because I can relate so much and didn't know anyone else noticed those things.

[@AnonyMap1]

Whoa this is so fast, I liked the vibe of the previous ones when they were slow and chill!

[@rph1258]

I watched this whole video and the whole playlist. Thank you for the entertainment.

[@nicholaszacharewicz693]

I love these employment deep dives! Please keep making them!

[@sagacious03]

Super excited for this big analysis video! Might comment more later! Thanks so much for uploading!

[@C4lmaria]

1:30 Maybe he's an undercover cop watching the entrance for suspicious profiles

[@jplayzow]

You are all legally required to have a better than statistically average day. I will be forced to send the police to your house if you don't.

[@crunglemcbungley]

To be fair to Saffron City, if I had just gone through a terrorist attack that almost toppled the hierarchy of the entire town, I would also amp up security on the way in

[@jhinkadaj58]

6:38 I feel like those are different spots in the Pokemon world. Isn't the top right one Spear Pillar? Top left could be Bell Tower?

[@flinnja]

the only videos worth watching on youtube; thanks to a new entry i can sleep tonight

[@a.e.5923]

“Saffron city is a company town” is not a take I was expecting today

[@terpeem]

enumeration daddy has blessed us again

[@lensy6]

it would be interesting in my opinion to do this with the gen 2 games in order to compare the economic situation between these videos and how they are in the games set in the future, even if its only one video summarising the whole region

[@lensy6]

yes i just want to hear "they built a railway which is nice, but also a volcano exploded and destroyed a whole city, so swings and roundabouts i guess"

[@BasicSub]

I never paid attention to the the guard gates around Saffron till now. It does seem like some sort of weird government quarantined City.

[@nckv]

I can't believe it took this long for you to clarify for us what "Pokemon" stands for

[@krabmeat]

Would love to see rates in freeside of new vegas. And other small towns and settlements.

[@madnessarcade7447]

U don’t know they’re unemployed could be their day off

[@SlickWillHermsted]

i really, really like the themes on this channel. These sorts of videos, along with the skybox appreciation or odd places, all remind me of trying to obey traffic in GTA. Immersion is really grand!

[@cutofthegib]

I get so excited everytime one of these vids drop. Never thought bureaucratic endeavors would make me so happy

[@elliotgandersen]

I like the survey at the end because there’s big words that I don’t know but it seems fancy.

[@bones3349]

another great one, loving these

[@Shenorai]

"Turn your phones off-" ...shit. So much for watching this on my phone. o.o But in all seriousness, I do like the incidental details. ^^

[@tortugalot8944]

I can’t describe the dopamine rush that goes through my brain when I just see the thumbnail 🙏🙏

[@manupm9161]

I really like the idea of Saffron City being made just to protect Silph Co, it makes team rocket's invasion much more impressive

[@clockworkkirlia7475]

This series is very fun, though I get the slight sense that your enumerator might be megadone with Kanto's one-line NPCs. If you want the complete opposite experience, where NPCs give you altogether Too Much information, I would recommend starting your adventure as the Enumeravine in Seyda Neen.

[@tarotreadingsbysteven8545]

I've been looking forward to this for a while 😁

[@ristopoho824]

I would really really like to work for the Silph co. Yea lab assistant probably gets to mostly just wash dishes there too, but they are bound to be dang interesting dishes. They probably also need tech support people. A lot of them. That i don't have a formal education for but it's what i have been doing lately so might get in on that.

[@BThings]

One of my favorite parts of these videos is the multitude of barrettes worn during the press conference.

[@j.r.1704]

I would really love to see a Johto unemployment rate video specifically Goldenrod City just so we can bring up the fact that it was also recently attacked by the same terrorist organization and is literally connected by rail to Safron City, the site of the last terrorist attack. Surely this will have an effect on the economy

[@username89012]

i live for these. Never stop.

[@yoh2525]

Bro the place being a SEZ is actually an insane thing to think about

[@daserfomalhaut9809]

Realizing that Saffron City is the big bustling city of Kanto and also named after the most expensive spice in the world. Fitting. Also that little beat you made during the Silph Co montage was fire.

[@lilac_hem]

that old Pocket Monster logo brought back memories and feelings 😭

[@arandompersonthatyoumightk4476]

Pls do super paper mario's flipside town (and flopside)

[@TriforceWisdom64]

Local Citizen: "Where did you come from? Oh... Pallet Town, huh?" Zealot of Bureaucracy: "TELL ME WHERE YOU WORK, GOD DAMN YOU!"

[@SIDEWAYS255]

I turned off my phone. Finished the conference at my computer.

[@lurker9634]

im shakin in my boots waiting for the windhelm unemployment rate

[@ramenboop]

Thank you for making jam

[@flewis]

This is your best editing to date

[@80nt]

this is your best video about unemployment so far.

[@W4iteFlame]

This type of editing really fits pokemon. Wait...if I will turn my phone off I will not be able to see the end of the video...

[@TwilightSentinel]

It doesn't beg the question, it *raises* a question

[@gamergril5940]

I DO think it's really interesting when I city has a low unemployment rate but a grim economic output

[@unknowable4147]

Another statistic for us statistics enjoyers! My Pichu loves statistics

[@spritestuff]

I think there has been a mistake. The karate dojo- surely not every single member is employed there- maybe 3 or 4 at max- most dojos are comprised of students of that dojo.

[@emmat3691]

The way I shout DIRECT SURVEY every video