The NEXT Top MEGAREGIONS Of The United States

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You all loved the first megaregions episode so much, I decided to follow it up with the NEXT top megaregions! While the Northern California, Florida, and Cascadia megaregions aren't quite as prominent as the top four, they each still have an eclectic culture and huge contribution to the country.
Next time in this series we'll dive into the final three US based megaregions and, if popular, we'll just keep on going through other global megaregions in the world.
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[@dustin35713]

Geoff’s latest videos has me falling asleep with some grotesque inaccuracies and ignorance to be honest.

[@killercaos123]

Random fun fact: inside the lower 48 states Washington contains the total most glaciers.

[@tomfields3682]

Ok , but how many of the lower 48 have glaciers? 🤔

[@Noremac_the_Negligible]

San Francisco and San Jose aren’t separate metro areas, it’s one metro area with 7 million people imo

[@shubdotclub]

The weird thing is that they’re classified as two in the census; it should be one honestly

[@nick8243]

Yes they are separate metro areas because not enough people commute between their central counties to qualify as a single metro area. Only less than 25% actually do so.

[@laeihbvaljefhbvalejfhbv]

@@nick8243 doesnt take away the fact that new jersey is put in with new york! a lot of new yorkers including me never go into new jersey. san jose oakland san francisco is one, if you grew up in the bay youd know this.

[@NatureShy]

@@laeihbvaljefhbvalejfhbv Agreed, and I am from Oregon not from California. Just looking at maps its plainly obvious they're connected. Seattle and Tacoma are considered together I believe, and Tacoma is a pretty large and distinct city away from Seattle, but they all connect.

[@tmghui888]

I agree. The Bay Area is one metro region with 9 counties with over 7.5 million people. That is how the Bay Area is defined. I disagree with the census separating SF with SJ as 2 metro areas.

[@tlspud]

The "Portland" grain harbor that leads the nation in grain exports is actually across the Columbia in Vancouver, WA (not to be confused with that crazy Canadian city of the same name, eh!) The Port of Vancouver (WA) is a pretty impressive operation. I hope to be able to get a full tour of it next Spring.

[@greasher926]

Also most of the grain doesn’t come from the Willamette but the Palouse region in SE WA, NE OR and N ID. Those grains are then barged down the Columbia River. Lewiston ID being the most inland river port in western US.

[@tlspud]

@greasher926 Yes, it's quite fascinating--how river transportation has shaped the region. Years ago, they had an exhibit at the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria, OR with a graphic showing exactly what you were mentioning.

[@Djamonja]

And it's a lot more than grain they are shipping out of the PNW, there's a lot of fruit and vegetables, potatoes, etc.

[@cloudwatcher608]

As a resident of Vancouver, it’s pretty cool to have my city shouted out. We also have a ton of coal that passes through here for better or worse, depending on who you ask. I live right by the train tracks that go from the port heading north so I see it all the time. All in all, Vancouver is a pretty cool city. Just close enough to enjoy the perks of a bigger city like Portland but able to escape some of the issues thereof.

[@highway2heaven91]

Both Vancouvers were named for George Vancouver

[@kenlehigh6363]

Great video! I really enjoyed this one being i live in the Cascadia megaregion. I personally love the Pacific North West.

[@cloudwatcher608]

The PNW is always home for me, no matter where I travel my heart is happy to be home

[@timcombs2730]

I lived in the northwest my whole life nobody called it Cascadia until the late 90s

[@cgpxae2119]

Do a vid on the NC-SC-GA mega region

[@aveleda84]

I would agree. I am shocked how Cascadia and Florida were included over Piedmont Atlantic (PAM). The population of PAM is right up there with Cascadia and Florida and it's GDP is possibly higher. I am surprised at how it's been skipped.

[@neilwaldock6272]

Ben Cartwright would be appalled to know that the Ponderosa was part of a megacity!

[@thestach7729]

i’m glad you touched on the bay area, it’s so much more than just san francisco and a lot goes on here that has huge influences on the world, my COUNTY has a bigger gdp than Denmark and the UAE

[@ViperTempest7274]

I agree I live in the Bay Area and everybody think it’s just San Francisco but reality is much more and has a booming economy than just San Francisco. Such as Sacramento snd San Jose so I’m also glad he touched on the parts of the Bay Area and other parts of the mega region besides just San Francisco.

[@thestach7729]

@@ViperTempest7274 yeah people dont realize that san jose is larger by almost 200,000 residents, thats like entire populations of "big cities" here in the states, the true heart of the bay in my opinion but the east bay is also significant in terms of culture, just like SF

[@ViperTempest7274]

Agree

[@eastpark4864]

Your county got bigger GDP because they count flipping burgers into it. UAE don't flip burgers, so they're undeveloped third world country.

[@AR-tj1no]

@@ViperTempest7274 Sacramento is definitely not part of the Bay Area.

[@mbathroom1]

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[@birbluv9595]

I’m always so happy when Geoff drops another video! Thank you for providing such interesting content!

[@delta01protoman]

Hi from KZbin Recommendations. Never saw your channel, yet I am here within an hour from upload. Great job, Geoff, and thanks KZbin!

[@alexmcintyre8229]

For Cascadia I would include Vancouver Island Victoria to Nanaimo.

[@WineSippingCowboy]

I am happy 😊 to be a San Francisco native 🌁. Steve Miller even sings "Northern California" in Rocking Me. So does Huey Lewis in Heart of Rock and Roll, "... San Francisco too", 40 years ago 🎂. Add Vietnam 🇻🇳 and Philippines 🇵🇭 for Asians who move to Northern California.

[@jasonknight5863]

Yes I can attest to that I lived in a hotel for months on end and it was literally filled with pregnant Asians mostly from China and the Philippines. Funny that… you’d think they are all here to have United States citizenship? 😂 too much of a scam artist place for me to live though.

[@kyckrox1]

Sacramento is better

[@lk29392]

Congrats on 300K subscribers!

[@rodrigomurrugarra3688]

Love your videos!

[@jhhwild]

As a person who lives in the north part of California I consider that region Central California or The Bay Area.

[@Trapezius_God]

Agreed - I never thought the Bay Area was NorCal

[@tanmaygupta5504]

if the great lakes is a mega region than savannah ga needs to be added to the florida megaregion. There are some rural parts between savannah and the georgia border but the distance from Jacksonville downtown to savannah is around 130-140 miles. This is similar to the distance between Cleveland and detroit. Yeah, there is toledo but does that count as a major city?

[@user-uo4rf4ez8c]

Yep! Their port is the 2nd busiest in the US.

[@iboKirby]

I’m just curious why Victoria wouldn’t be considered part of the Cascadia megaregion. I could maybe understand why it wouldn’t be mentioned, but it wasn’t even included in the highlighted borders.

[@AUniqueHandleName444]

His borders are VERY fuzzy for both Cascadia and Norcal.

[@kathygann7632]

Victoria, Canada is south of Bellingham, WA.

[@timcombs2730]

Nobody called the northwest Cascadia until those hippie soccer teams

[@revinhatol]

FUN FACT: Jacksonville used to be the Film Capital of the world before Hollywood took over.

[@thesharinganknight9859]

Now Atlanta is on the rise to take over that title now. I wonder what city next century is gonna take the title.

[@tylerkriesel8590]

@@thesharinganknight9859I don’t think there will be a “city” but just wherever they want to film. Hollywood is outdated, you don’t need to hyper-centralize is places like that anymore.

[@johnl5316]

Fla is the 2nd largest cattle state and has the largest cattle ranch by head of cattle

[@revinhatol]

4:35 And don't forget Gainesville!

[@LE64SAM-IAM]

Ahh... Gator fan, are we? It DOES fall at #13 for largest cities in Florida, and, obviously, the largest for its region.

[@revinhatol]

@@LE64SAM-IAM Eeyup!

[@thesharinganknight9859]

GO DAWGS ⚫️🔴⚫️🔴

[@un852]

9:50 You meant to say, 'cannot be overstated'.

[@thebrownguy79]

Northern California has a HUGE Filipino population and you should have had them listed as part your graphic with the arrows crossing the Pacific.

[@txcmno]

i love your videos bro. greetings from a geography student from Chile :D

[@kosjeyr]

What do you think would happen first?: A) A New Madrid Earthquake B) An Earthquake in Cascadia

[@matthewlarson738]

As a few other people have said the grain mostly comes from the eastern Wa and eastern OR farms and is shipped down the Columbia river where it is shipped to other places from Vancouver

[@glencurtis2761]

Really should just include the entire states of Washington and Oregon. Eastern Washington has 1.6 million people and is a huge ag region that provides economic diversity for the region.

[@Dominodude55]

I'd like to see you do a video on the Windsor-Quebec City Corridor some day, the area that makes up half of Canada's population and is poised for huge future potential.

[@E4439Qv5]

If they can figure out the housing situation, sure.

[@Dominodude55]

@@E4439Qv5 Realistically people are coming here already, that's *why* there's a housing problem. Toronto has five times more construction cranes tan any other North American city, and with global warming on the rise, people from the south in the United States will be choosing to move here anyway. It's the economic powerhouse of the country

[@aimxdy8680]

⁠@@Dominodude55No they won’t lol, they’ll just move back to the midwest and northeast. There’s no money to be made in canada, the salaries when adjusting for CAD is 0.73x of the dollar, Canadians earn 25K less per year while houses cost far more. The best megaregion to make money right now is the midwest great lakes running from Minneapolis-Chicago-Indianapolis-Cincinnati-Columbus-Cleveland and StLouis, and no i’m not including detroit.

[@Dominodude55]

@@aimxdy8680 Perhaps, but I'm not talking about right now, I'm talking about the next few decades. The future, Toronto is primed to be the next big megacity, following in New York's footsteps, but with the added bonus of being in a country more friendly to the international community. With all fallout of roe v wade and generally the republican decline towards manhunts and systematically outlawing everyone they don't like, moving across the border will be an appealing alternative to more and more people. the temperature is climbing and there's a lot of economic opportunity on the horizon, with a political climate that's a touch less intense in similar issues. Southwestern Ontario is in a promising position

[@aimxdy8680]

@@Dominodude55 Instead you have crazy trudeau and liberal party banning everything, your liberal party cant even fix roads. When I drive in north dakota the road goes from smooth asphalt to once im in manitoba, canada all of a sudden the roads become uneven concrete and potholes

[@jakebaumgart388]

More mega region videos!!

[@tredeep]

Just gotta say as a Nevadan calling Reno area part on NorCal is a bit of a stretch, not to mention an insult 😅.

[@highway2heaven91]

It is the gambling destination for NorCal, afaik. I don't know how many people for NorCal choose to go to Vegas instead though.

[@michael7054]

lol

[@kathygann7632]

You have beautiful photos of Cascadia, but only one of them is common from September through June. It’s the one with dark clouds. It rains here- A LOT!

[@Jjjaaahhnn]

Much of the southeast and northeast U.S. gets much more rain overall. You guys just have lots of cloudy days with drizzle. It could be worse though Upstate NY and Michigan get lots of cloudy days with lots of snow. I like cloudy days though. It's relaxing and I don't feel bad sitting on my ass in the house.

[@kathygann7632]

@@Jjjaaahhnn At my house at Lake Samish, we get about 62 inches of rain a year, but rain never made us miss a family Christmas. Last year I was finally able to get on the freeway at about noon on the 24th after being snowed in for almost a week, and one year we never did get down.

[@Qwert-abcdqwert]

Please make a video on North American Water and Power Alliance and Great Recycling and Northern Development Canal

[@iseewood]

I would add Bend/Central Oregon to the Cascadia region, too. It’s a rapidly growing region of the Northwest only 3 hours from Portland. Also, I think the biggest natural disaster threat to the Cascadia region is wildfires.

[@dylancool8903]

No it’s not, we’re literally separated from everyone else. A whole mountain range separates us from Eugene, Salem Portland metro area Plus we have a big conservative influence in central Oregon! Eastern bend, Redmond, Prineville, Madras!!

[@iseewood]

@@dylancool8903the creator placed Reno with Northern California and Las Vegas with Southern California even though those are 4 hour drives away and on the opposite side of the Sierra Nevadas and Mojave Desert, respectively. The creator also placed the entirety of Yakima Valley in the Cascadia region which is also east of the Cascades. Given that Central Oregon is dominated by the Cascade mountains, and tried economically to cities West of the Cascades, it seems like a logical add.

[@brandon9172]

@@dylancool8903 What would eastern Oregon (and Washington) being conservative have to do with anything?

[@aimxdy8680]

@@brandon9172I guess he hates cheap housing, maybe that’s why

[@timcombs2730]

Nobody called the NW Cascadia until the hippie soccer teams used it. I hate that term it’s like calling the south Dixie

[@BlaBoy17]

Looking at the Cascadia map, it seems Yakima, WA is included, which is a big hop producer for the Cascadian range, and also the US and many parts of the world. It’s kind of sad to see that my city doesn’t get recognized for that, but it’s fine!

[@bluepapaya77]

Going all the way to Yakima yet not including the Tri Cities seems like a weird choice. It should both or neither. It kind of stung when he only credited the Willamette Valley for the port of Vancouver's output, given that most of it comes from up the Columbia and Snake rivers.

[@BuddyIsGarbage]

Looking at Northern California map, Fresno would be in it and the bottom of the Central Valley of it. But was never mentioned. He only talked about the Bay and briefly talked about Sacramento. As a Central Valley native, I can tell you no one here would ever think of us being in the same region with the Bay.

[@BuddyIsGarbage]

Also, the Central Valley is huge on agriculture. But that was also never mentioned.

[@tomrobertson3236]

He isn't a native to these regions He is just going by stats Don't worry

[@BlaBoy17]

@@BuddyIsGarbageI feel like agriculture is just as important (if not more important) as economics and other things, as it keeps civilization alive.

[@specialk2514]

Moved to FL 20 years ago from NY. We are getting choked out here. Too many people still moving to what is now one of the most unaffordable places to live in the US.

[@dsa2591]

I've been in FL for more than 20 years, and I'm being economically pushed out. I can't afford for my COL to go up much more. Sadly, I'm hoping this economy will crash so I can afford to stay here.

[@specialk2514]

@@dsa2591 It's a very serious situation and it's heart breaking for good folks who just want to live simply in the beautiful sunshine state.

[@User1player]

Home insurance rates are also pretty insane

[@ElJosher]

That is what happens when uncontrolled free movement and immigration is allowed. It creates a huge pressure in the housing market and job market. Things need to be taken slowly other wise things can go south quick.

[@jasonknight5863]

@@specialk2514I get what you are saying but at the end of the day Florida is paradise as it has great weather all year around which is why increasingly the wealthy want to live that lifestyle that you’d get in California with the beaches …. only it’s less taxed. Florida is not the place to live if you work at Best Buy only if you live with mommy and daddy and they own their house. Kind of like Hawaii and California. The poor are more suited to live in the mid west as it’s less sought after, homes don’t rise in value because of supply vs. demand that is in Hawaii, Florida and California. 🌴🤷🏼‍♂️ What can I say you have to pay to play. Not everyone can afford Ferrari Maserati and Porsche. If you are on Toyota or Ford income Florida is not the place for you.

[@jorgegonzalez-realestatein8558]

You should do a video of the southeast consisting of Atlanta GA, Nashville TN, Charlotte/Raleigh NC

[@mattr2626]

I've lived in Sacramento all my life and have to agree with many of the points made in this video. I'll try to remain as unbiased as possible and just say that San Francisco and the Bay are not somewhere many people are eager to move to in 2024. In fact, many of San Francisco's residents have been moving inward to Sacramento and Lake Tahoe, which is why we've seen a big increase in population here since covid. For all of its obvious flaws, Northern California specifically is worth it because the infrastructure here is simply too good to ignore, the weather is incredible year round, and despite popular belief there's not a whole lot of people unless you go out of your way to the Bay Area.

[@TonyLeadholm]

Grew up in the San Joaquin Valley, and now a 15 year Rosevillian (Sac Metro) - I wholeheartedly agree with the above post. The influx of Bay Area migrants to the Sac Metro Area has been quite considerable.

[@anthonypearce9652]

Great Video overall! As a Seattle Area resident, I guess I should point out a couple of things though: 1. When you mentioned the Columbia River, you could have mentioned that it is actually a very large trade corridor. It is a big part of the grain shipments you were talking about too! 2. Rail Connections to Seattle and Portland also bring a lot of trade in bulk goods like grain and minerals from the interior of the country. (And I assume in Vancouver too.)

[@tankwipe]

Hi I enjoy your videos. You mentioned the danger of natural disasters in the Cascadia region but when talking about Florida no mention of the fact that large portions of the state will be submerged in the next 100 years due to sea level change. Also many insurance companies have already stopped doing business in the state.

[@matthewlarson738]

It's funny that he talked about natural disasters in the PNW when Florida gets hurricanes pretty regularly. Despite having many stratovolcanoes the northern Cascades doesn't have eruptions very frequently. From somewhat recent geological study it was discovered the cascadia earthquake is set to operate on a 500 year cycle instead of 300 years. A smaller portion of the fault at southern Oregon has earthquakes every 2-300 years however.

[@seanmcdirmid]

Why does Cascadia seem to include Yakima? That's just a weird border to me.

[@killiemon]

Interesting to say Florida has the most coast line of all megaregions, I'd argue the great lakes region beats it (yes not quite the same, but really the only differences are Florida is more developed and the water is salt not fresh)

[@jasonknight5863]

Lakes be it 12 or 15 thousand of them like in Minnesnowda for example aren’t really scenic and glorious coastlines like you’d have in florida with tremendous views and palm trees 🌴 and cooler ocean breeze. Without the issues of the Canadian wildfires all “summer” long even though it’s only 3 months. 🤷🏼‍♂️ when you’d want to look out at water views you can’t see it you see smoke 💨

[@jasonknight5863]

But you right though in that Florida is more developed being that 1,150 people move to florida every day all throughout the year, year after year. The reason most lake areas are not is because no one wants to move there unless they are cheap or poor and don’t want to travel. So the uneducated.

[@aimxdy8680]

@@jasonknight5863 "poor" Buddy, we have chicago and Minneapolis, with far higher gdp per capitas than Florida, We have the HIGHEST disposable Incomes IN THE NATION when adjusting for cost of living.

[@aimxdy8680]

@@jasonknight5863and canadian wildfires are in the east, the middle side of canada is literally just plain and wheatfield.

[@aimxdy8680]

⁠@@jasonknight5863and last time I checked, Most midwestern states has a far higher gdp per capita than Florida and better education.

[@Nardiumms]

What future do you see for the Front Range? Colorado Springs, Denver, Fort Collins, & Cheyenne, WY?

[@geoffreygregory7152]

As someone from Reno they outta make trains that go from here to San Francisco I’ve had to take a bus down to Roseville and then a train to San Francisco because I didn’t wanna drive it was also $70 for a one way ticket

[@highway2heaven91]

Agreed. Reno should be a part of the California HSR project. If Vegas gets a connection with Brightline, so should Reno.

[@TerryHaleMizagorn]

Just stumbled across these amazing videos. Subscribed and will certainly be watching more. At one point (about Cascadia) you say "its beauty can't be understated". Pretty sure you mean it can't be OVERstated. 😊

[@lanxy2398]

Cascadia I feel like has a ton of potential and i’m from the Northeast I think it’ll definitely gain leverage in the coming years

[@RossSpeirs]

Woohoo Cascadia represent, from Sooke British Columbia west coast of Vancouver Island. Love the channel and the podcast, never miss em.

[@highway2heaven91]

Outside of maybe San Francisco and Vancouver (and Portland, Seattle and Miami to a lesser extent), many of these Megaregions might as well be called Megasprawl as almost none of these regions have much in the way of transit or urbanism to speak of. Especially Florida.

[@nohlanfisherman5185]

And I feel Denver is going to be a new mega-city!

[@hokkaidosnow6643]

Yep. I live in Tokyo and I'm From Washington. It's easier to go from Tokyo to Osaka, than Seattle to Olympia.

[@thevictors6724]

this is really true ,i live in south east florida, and the "megaregion" is really just the miami metro ,swamps and little coastal towns to the next region, then more of such. its not like new york, or la or even Chicago where its miles of urban cities are morphed into one big area. The only real urbanism is within the individual cities themselves, especially the miami metro area

[@johndunkelburg9495]

Interesting that you extend Cascadia east across the Cascades to Yakima, which is one of the hubs of the Yakima Valley which has its own verdant agricultural production including a majority of hops used in the brewing of beer.

[@mjrtensepian1727]

I thought so too. As a Seattleite, who lived in Eastern WA for many years, I *would not* include it; just seems too far removed. But maybe there's economic factors

[@Brambrew]

Yet another reason to construct a high speed rail network across the USA. Europe and East Asia have a similar size, geography, and population to the USA and made rail networks work pretty well. In the USA, lawmakers are often just lazy or money grubbing, especially surrounding long-term infrastructure and city planning. In fact, the USA used to have an expansive passenger rail network until the end of WWII. After the construction of mega highways, massive parking lots, and capillary roads which cause congestion, urban sprawl, and loss of land for housing and other amenities, these rails are still in-use but only for cargo.

[@zach464]

Agreed. Never should have given up on passenger rail here in the US. We'll have to go back to it whether we want to or not because the days of cheap and easy gasoline are over. Have been since about 2005. Maybe buy a few railway stocks and hold onto them for decades just to get ahead of the rush.

[@paladin677]

94% of China's population lives in 36% of the land east of the Heihe-Tengchong Line. It'd be equivalent to a billion people living east of the Mississippi. So it isn't quite apples to apples. However, there is no excuse for these lines not existing in the population regions mentioned in the video. France probably has the right plan. Banning flights where HSR can travel in 2 1/2 hours or less. Air travel would connect the longer distances with each other. At the very least, it would be a much more attainable first step to implement in this country.

[@highway2heaven91]

@@zach464 With the amount of HSR fans there are on YT, I wonder if the US would have invested heavily in HSR in the 60s and 70s when it was starting to take off if KZbin had been around back then?

[@seanthe100]

What?! They do not have similar populations and definitely dont have similar population densities.

[@aimxdy8680]

No we dont, especially not through the rockies USA population is very spread out, chinas population is literally just on the coast, meanwhile we have seperate mega regions from great lakes all the way to florida all the way to los angeles etc. also high speed rail is only good for like a 200-300 mile intercity travel, beyond 500 miles it’s very slow, take a plane instead.

[@SagaciousSilence]

Cascadia is awesome. I think it’ll continue to be the region with the highest quality of life in the next 50 years.

[@Orlando_Steve]

Absolutely. Anyone thinking of moving to Florida should move there instead!

[@AUniqueHandleName444]

Sure, if you love crime, junkies, and general dysfunction. I was born in WA and spend the first ~30 years of my life in Cascadia -- I love it, it's my homeland, but it has some serious flaws and keeps getting worse.

[@JJM_PNW]

No! Move to Florida instead. Please!!!

[@mjrtensepian1727]

@@AUniqueHandleName444 I'm a Cascadia baby myself. Having traveled the rest of the country extensively, there's nowhere better in the US. Everywhere else is dumpier, more crime-infested, uglier, has less to offer. I spent years wanting to get out...until I did.

[@AUniqueHandleName444]

@@mjrtensepian1727 Are you serious? Everywhere else is more crime infested and dumpier? That’s so hilariously out of touch with reality…did you just visit NYC and California? Utah and Idaho right next door are much cleaner, better built, and have dramatically lower crime. Colorado is less dumpy but has similar crime issues. The entire northeast outside of the megacities has much lower crime and is built to similar quality (albeit with generally larger home sizes and worse road layout) The upper midwest is better built and many parts of it have much better crime situations Lmao I can’t even

[@paulbadics3500]

Great videos..very interesting..i do think however these 3 regions not quite as large & populous 1/ Cascadia..Vancouver being in Canada results in it not being nearly as "integrated" into rest of the region in terms of labour, commercial & industry 2/ North Cali-extending a bit far into rural central valley..SOCAL (SBar,LA,SB,SD) larger in population 3/Florida-dont think can combine SE coast with Tampa-Orlanda..completely seperate regions & Jacksonville too far away..so Miami SE coast while a major metro is a smaller "mega" region

[@beback_]

As a UF alum it was sad that Gainesville didn't get a mention :(

[@chuckleberrypieceofpie]

We need the next next megaregieions

[@Nathan_Lara]

Central Valley!! Underrated part of Cali. Born and raised there.

[@roberttorres8477]

I live in the Bay Area and it’s crazy how every city is now connected from San Jose/Santa Cruz to Santa Rosa and Sacramento

[@PNWTruckCamper]

Like that Yakima and half of Tri cities is also included in Cascadia footprint

[@jwil4286]

Nitpick: wouldn’t Eugene also be part of Cascadia?

[@brianwhite1189]

Fully agree with you. It looks to me that he does really include the whole length of the Willamette Valley in his green-shaded map. I don't think he's implying the mega region stops at Corvallis, but it would include Eugene.

[@LesliePajuelo]

It wasn't mentioned but on the map you included Fresno as part of the Northern California. Huh? why? what data did you use for that mega region? It's very sparsely populated between Fresno and Sacramento so it's not a contiguous sprawl-city

[@TonyLeadholm]

As a native Visalian, I was wondering the same thing. 🤨🤨

[@FaithfulObjectivist]

Enjoy the unique take on geopolitics as well as the new top knot.

[@jakem.8608]

I love living in Northern California, It's so worth it. Very cool part of the country.

[@ekgrulez1]

Please be sure to include the Front Range megaregion, which is where I live in Colorado.

[@yaboimosh]

Why does the cascadia region not include Eugene I know it was in the empty coast region but what exactly is the criteria for it being in a certain region for another region?

[@brianwhite1189]

Fully agree with you. It looks to me that he does really include the whole length of the Willamette Valley in his green-shaded map. I don't think he's implying the mega region stops at Corvallis, but it would include Eugene.

[@Idahoguy10157]

Whats left of the discussion is Governance. Cascadia and Northern California officials refuses to enforce criminal and public health laws to keep it safe for those not privileged. This seriously adversely affects Quality of Life and safety for families not living in gated communities and affording private education.

[@plantguy3346]

i live in Saceramento we have one of two inland ports the other one would be stockton Ca

[@f.rodriguez8852]

I love my home which I call San Francisco Bay Area which includes the City and County of San Francisco, Oakland (OAK) in Alameda county, Southern Marin county (across the Golden Gate Bridge), San Mateo county (where SFO is actually located) and Santa Clara county (where Levi’s Stadium and Stanford University is located) and our largest city San Jose (SJO) is also known as the Capitol of Silicon Valley.

[@diegomontoya8889]

Extra 10 points for leaving the University of Oregon off the Cascadia institutions of higer learning list.

[@matthewlarson738]

I thought that was pretty funny

[@Jjames763]

Northern California doesn’t have a housing issue, it has a _zoning_ issue. People wanna make that bank on real estate appreciation.

[@johnl5316]

Perhaps Stanford & UC Berkeley are the actual beating heart of that N Ca region

[@ryanmcdonald2117]

Do Canada 🇨🇦 Next

[@brucebanana4486]

Why is your map added to certain parts of Central Valley when we aren't part of Sac?

[@Edward135i]

Calling the coast of the PNW a MEGAREGION is funny to me, I think the same amount of people live in Oregon and Washington as they do in just LA County.

[@keithk8275]

You'd be correct if you added Orange County. Also B.C. is included so there's that.

[@seanmcdirmid]

@@keithk8275 Edit: they include Vancouver BC already.

[@pauldavis1943]

Yeah....not sure it qualifies

[@jaedenbaker4611]

I dont think the coastline is the focus of the megaregion although I agree that the region couldve just included the areas along i5 and nearby metros. Our coasts are pretty much just small isolated towns that I would hardly say feel interconnected to Portland or Seattle.

[@timcombs2730]

It has a lot to do with the northwest having the same insecurities about California that Canada does with the US

[@truejacksonveep]

Forgot to mention how Florida has the top ranked public institution in the nation but discusses the Oregon schools😂

[@Light67057]

im more confused by why the cascadia region includes a tail out to the east. are yakima and ellensburg really that important?

[@jaedenbaker4611]

Thats what i thought about Reno. I mean i get that Lake Tahoe is a big resort area but can it really be considered the same area as San Fran and Sacramento.

[@frankjoseph4273]

After Pueblo Colorado, drive south. You'll hit Trinadad, Raton ,Las Vegas NM. Nobody there.

[@tommunyon2874]

I, personally, find Vancouver to be the most beautiful city in North America.

[@susancook1448]

Not to me! Try getting off a cruise ship and finding no taxis!

[@tommunyon2874]

@@susancook1448 It is a walkable city, as my wife and I found out. Someone eventually offered us a lift by Stanley Park.

[@joyfulgirl91]

@@tommunyon2874 also wonderful to explore by bike and motorcycle if you like them. I took a road trip from San Diego to Vancouver on motorcycle and I couldn’t have dreamed up a better destination to stay the weekend and rest up for the ride home.

[@aimxdy8680]

I agree, I love seeing homeless people and drug addicts in Vancouver, scenic views.

[@WesOEden]

So, Eugene isn't part of Cascadia? Seriously? The Eugene/Springfield area has over 230,000 people in it and is home to the University of Oregon.

[@brianwhite1189]

Fully agree with you. It looks to me that he does really include the whole length of the Willamette Valley in his green-shaded map. I don't think he's implying the mega region stops at Corvallis, but it would include Eugene.

[@cbpylant]

LMAO at him naming OSU instead of Oregon. ❤

[@FettiMagazine]

You forgot to mention Oakland. Great video nevertheless

[@mi12no]

It’s not just Northern California. It’s the San Joaquin Valley from Tracy to Bakersfield

[@johnd.2114]

I think it would be interesting if you could do a video on plains states, such as Kansas, Nebraska, and the Dakotas. While they don't technically form a part of any megaregion, they have a very stark east/west divide, with most of the population being in the former.

[@highway2heaven91]

That would be interesting, especially when you add the larger states of Texas and Oklahoma to the mix since much of the population of these states also happens to live in the eastern halves as well.

[@rickcobos1724]

This was largely addressed in the Empty/Underpopulated Belt video.

[@jomaka]

The Great Lakes population megaregion is the largest at 59 million people. It will only expand due to the resources.

[@jwetzel3141]

Also, after a massive disaster or war, the west coast is where you can live year round outside if necessary. Won’t freeze to death, won’t heat stroke out. It’s the best!

[@GrimmJaw496]

Puget sound from Olympia to Bellingham Washington is now suburbs from south to north uncontrolled growth has turned it into a LA with trees......Seattle is a shxt hole!

[@paulmezzetta6905]

No mention of the numerous universities in San Francisco Megaregion. More than Cascadia Megaregion.

[@flmcmil]

As a central floridian, I have to disagree with what Geoff said at 5:50 - that being Tampa is a place to get away from tourism. Having lived in Clearwater, I can say that spring break is still a crazy time of year and you see people from all over north america and the world. Sure, it's probably not as bad as Miami or Orlando, but I would look at Jacksonville, The Panhandle, and Okeechobee areas to really get away from tourists. That being said, I've heard from our local news station WFLA that Tampa and Orlando's metropolitan areas are predicted to merge within the next 20 years. With Lakeland and Winter Haven also growing, and even my small town of Auburndale right in between all of them, I predict it's true and yes Florida is, without a doubt, a mega-region. Good video!

[@Worldaffairslover]

I love how you cut off south and southeast Ohio, that’s Kentucky and West Virginia

[@eresgal7802]

See the “cascadia” region in the thumbnail and think: Why are you including Wenatchee and Yakima with Western Washington? We have little in common besides belonging to the same state. It’s probably because they’re the apple and hops capitals of the country and makes the mega-region sound more economically diverse.

[@paulkreeft2091]

When did you become a samurai?

[@mjrtensepian1727]

I thouhg maybe he was going as a Troll(tm) for Halloween

[@punchnazis3498]

San Jose and silicon valley are part of the San Francisco Bay Area. This video makes it sound like they're separate, but they aren't.

[@andrewtaylor3167]

What happened to the Piedmont?

[@rubbishrabble]

The map is scrambled. It should have Chattanooga, Knoxville, Nashville, and that comes out to at worst tied for fourth overall. The official entry on Wikipedia has Piedmont Atlantic way ahead of the Texas Triangle.

[@michelleb7399]

I was surprised to see the southernmost university in Cascadia to be OSU rather than UofO. As a generational Beaver loyalist, I am not complaining. Just surprised.

[@hardyk2010]

that hairdo is classic Portland

[@pepperonish]

Cascadia is mostly just the I5/99 corridor

[@youbugginjit]

Miami metro actually has over 6 million people

[@pauljensen4773]

Correction 9:57 Can't be OVER stated.

[@deleted-something]

Is crazy to me that Louisiana is still that big

[@boneytiger5650]

So ATL showed on the thumbnail but isn't talked about

[@yipmabaruya1148]

Good morning from PAPUA NEW GUINEA. I enjoyed watching your contents.

[@mrwess1927]

Hi

[@CathodeRayNipplez]

Megaregion is codeword for somewhere to avoid.

[@Justicehillmusic]

I’m pretty sure the Great Lakes mega region has more coast line

[@neanam]

Coast to coast like butter toast

[@JTL1776]

What if cascadia became a State.