U.S. Metro Areas that Cross International Borders

[@SeanA099]

Fun thing about Tijuana’s airport. You can actually walk across a bridge from San Diego into the airport so you can go through customs before your flight to get a cheap domestic flight in Mexico.

[@dennisc6716]

Too bad you can't take MTS there.

[@MarcosElMalo2]

CBX, baby!

[@corn677]

@@MarcosElMalo2 It's awesome if you live in San Diego and want to vacation in Mexico!

[@floycewhite6991]

The original plan was to build a parallel runway on the US side so it could be a major regional cargo and passenger airport to serve maquilladores on both sides. Around 2000 they gave up on that plan and parceled the land off for warehouses.

[@danielmontoya4063]

It's somewhat similar in El Paso though you just can't walk to the airport. It's like a $5-10 Uber ride once you cross the Zaragoza bridge to the Juarez airport. You don't get quite the connectivity of Tijuana but you can get to most places in Mexico, much faster and cheaper than flying out of El Paso.

[@TheKnowledgeWizard]

Oh hi I actually sell tickets for some events at the Haskell! I believe it's the only venue in the world where the stage and audience are in different countries (as well as the split audience too)!! You must use your country's designated main entrance/exit, but once inside you are not confined to country lines. Tickets are always around $15 USD, though if you're Canadian and pay in cash at the door then they'll happily disregard the exchange rate and take $15 CAD :) It's mostly used for a local theatre group (aptly called the Borderline Players!), and I've heard the inside of the concert hall is GORGEOUS. If it's in your travel plans, support your local arts! Check out this cool library and music venue that's literally one of a kind! And have a maple creemee while you're at it!

[@calumashleymcdonough8955]

Thanks for adding more context!

[@jeffaholics2289]

Are people checking passports at the doors?

[@TheKnowledgeWizard]

@@jeffaholics2289 I only ticket remotely and haven't been inside - but I've been told they don't!

[@RonD937]

@@jeffaholics2289 Everyone uses the entrance on the US side. Canadians must remain on the sidewalk from Canada and there is always a US Border Guard stationed in front of the building. Further west in town the houses on the south side of Canusa Avenue are in Vermont and north side in Quebec. You can be fined for crossing the street without reporting to the border station.

[@devinmathews7809]

I like driving thru El Paso at night. You can see the lights from Juarez and makes the city feel big. Also New Mexico has some of the population of the metro

[@pattydinero6292]

Very good point, that El Paso is unique in having multiple US states border a large(r) international city!

[@ruckusbeblack]

As a Houstonian I love driving through as well! The mountains are so beautiful.

[@carlgomm9699]

Awesome show, I'm a retired over the road truck driver, I've been in all the places you mentioned in this video, very well done ❤

[@haroldhutchinson4362]

As always, good stuff Kyle. I’m a geography nerd myself, but you always include some little detail that’s new to me. Never boring. 😊

[@GeographyKing]

Thank you!

[@BenBistro004]

Hi Kyle! My father grew up in Sault Ste. Marie, ON, and we have a lot of family there still. I lived there during one of my hospital rotations for school. I would take my bike down to the locks and across the bridge and bike around in Sault Sainte Marie, MI. As long as you had your passport and border toll you were fine! Really cool experience! Thanks for your work and love the videos!

[@calumashleymcdonough8955]

Oh no! Your #1 fan from Vancouver, Canada, couldn't wait for the part about Blaine, WA, and the Point Robert's oddity. Next time. Great video as always

[@Merle1987]

No way dawg, I'm the number one fan from Vancouver, Canada.

[@ericmiller6056]

I'm just down the road from Derby Line VT, but I share your disappointment, even outrage! And I would go even further: Bellingham, WA is really just an outer suburb of Vancouver.

[@ericmiller6056]

By the way, residents of Derby Line and Stanstead just consider themselves part of one single, same town. Thus, for instance, the one single town library right on the "border" -- until 2001, the international "border" was always in sarcastic quotation marks.

[@calumashleymcdonough8955]

@Merle1987 Belly laugh

[@pattydinero6292]

Right? The Isles were one of the ones I just knew he would cover. Next time! :O)

[@happygilmore5948]

Some honorable mentions: Nogales, Arizona and Nogales, Sonora Presidio, Texas and Ojinaga, Chihuahua Del Rio, Texas and Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila Eagle Pass, Texas and Piedras Negras, Coahuila Blaine, Washington and Surrey, British Columbia Sumas, Washington and Abbotsford, British Columbia International Falls, Minnesota and Fort Frances, Ontario

[@TheParadoxDestroyer]

...Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario

[@BlackKnightsCommander]

I was immediately thinking about Nogales and Naco, Sonora/Arizona

[@InifinityM]

...San Luis, Arizona and San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora

[@johncrandall5782]

I’m surprised Nogales didn’t get mentioned

[@bennfisherr6317]

I'd love to hear more about small towns that cross international borders. Hyder, Alaska and Stewart, British Columbia is one example that comes to mind!

[@frankdeboer1347]

Couple of other metro areas on the US Canada border. Sarnia Ontario and Port Huron Michigan has quite a bit of traffic between them. Then there are a few on the Washington British Columbia border with the biggest Canadian Metro on the border being Vancouver.

[@robinAlberta]

A small correction. You use the word francophone and pronounce it "france a phone". It is pronounced "Frank a phone"

[@magellanicspaceclouds]

Yes, I was gonna say the same thing.

[@MikeP2055]

But he pronounced Tijuana correctly, so that's a W for me. 😂

[@coquimapping8680]

@@MikeP2055 I don’t know anyone who pronounces it differently.

[@MikeP2055]

@@coquimapping8680 A lot of people (read: Americans😆) say Tee-uh-wanna rather than Tee-hwanna. It doesn't *actually* bother me, I was just crackin' wise. Edit: I can't speak Spanish worth a damn! 🤣

[@coquimapping8680]

@@MikeP2055 It’s just inconceivable to my mind because my first language is Spanish. But yeah

[@reachforthetop9]

Edmundston-Madawaska is pretty cool to visit - I live in Saint John, NB, so any road trip to Quebec involves going through Edmundston and it's the most unilingually Francophone area of my province I've visited (I have not yet been to the Acadian Peninsula on the opposite side of NB). THe Francophone "Brayon" culture in that part of the province is also somewhat distinct, having more in common with the Quebec communities to its north and west than the Acadian culture found through most of the rest of New Brunswick. Most of Madawaska County, NB (where Edmundston is located), and northern Aroostook County, ME, was disputed territory up to the 1840s, with the US and UK (our colonial governors) disputing the bloodless Aroostook War. During the conflict, settlers on both sides of the Saint John River (the eventual international border) got together and declared the disputed lands the Republic of Madawaska, complete with its own flag. While this declaration was roundly ignored by those with actual power, the mayor of Edmundston still holds the honorary title of President of the Republic of Madawaska

[@spillinois]

Chicago guy here who stopped overnight in Edmundston on my way to St. John; one of the few border neighbors in different time zones. My “smart” phone was continually jumping between Canadian and US carriers, and each time it jumped the time changed.

[@WTFpeoplebruh]

Could you talk more about “Brayon” culture being more similar to Quebec than Acadia? In what ways?

[@joedegnan2142]

Thanks for doing this video and mentioning the Greater Buffalo Metro. It's what most people miss when discussing the area that half of its metro size is on the other side of the border. Also, you forgot to mention Hamilton Ontario, which is about half an hour from St. Catherines is a city of over 500k residentials. When you add up erie and Niagara counties in the us and Nf canada, St. catharines and Hamilton, you suddenly have a metro of close 3 million. Which would make's it much more competitive, and that's why major sports teams are in the area. I hope this helps people understand the area a bit more. It's always thought of as so tiny, but most forget about the other half of the metro.

[@johnchastain7890]

I hear from a friend in "Tronno" that Hamilton has legendarily bad traffic. I'll have to see how it compares to the US Northeast!

[@glennmorin7431]

Yes. And this is why the Buffalo Sabres (NHL) [and the Toronto Maple Leafs NHL] have blocked several attempts to to place an NHL team in Hamilton, at Copps Coliseum (in downtown Hamilton).

[@jodiuhron1979]

@@johnchastain7890, omg, yes! We’ve driven up to Toronto from Niagara Falls only a couple of times. Both times, some of the worst bottlenecked traffic was in Hamilton! Might I add that it was a weekend, not even a weekday in which people were going to and from work!

[@stormythelowcountrykitty7147]

Hamilton/Buffalo are (is a) fine cities.

[@elicarlson7682]

Stan Roger’s birthplace

[@MrDEWaters]

The Mexico-California border is not really a "line of latitude". If you look at the map you find that the southern border of California does not go exactly east-west. It is a little tilted.

[@sebastiannegrete9659]

Is a line that was designed to connect the agreed upper limit at the Colorado River before the Gadsen Purchase towards the point located 10 miles south of the southern part of the San Diego Bay and into the ocean

[@literallytraeger8222]

I'd love to see a Part 2 on this, this was fascinating, I've always been curious about the border towns on the US-Mexico and US-Canadian Border

[@hudsontarlow]

Small correction at 1:12 - The Las Vegas Metropolitan area is also a single-county metro area with over 1.5 million residents.

[@viewer-of-content]

They have the casinos in a special distinct legal entity. I forget what they call that entity, but I think it disqualifies Las Vegas from Single county/city status because it has two distinct legal entities.

[@jljordan1]

@@viewer-of-contentit’s called Paradise.

[@stephenhassler4596]

@@viewer-of-contentThere are other cities in San Diego County, and Paradise is also in Clark County, so I don’t see what the difference would be. The point was about cities > 1.5 M population whose MSA is just one county.

[@maikotter9945]

@@viewer-of-content "Paradise"

[@keithcyrus6321]

Clark County and Las Vegas single county MSA with 2.2m people but city limits of Las Vegas only has ~650k. Both Clark and San Diego counties have many municipalities other than the main cities. His point is main city > 1.5m AND single county MSA. Kind of an obscure stat though. Listing largest single county MSAs would be interesting. How many over 1 million?

[@andrewgraves4026]

Super cool video, King! I would love a continuing video on this, or even better a deep dive into the Mex-US border with its history quirks of geography and consequences. Thanks!

[@margefoyle6796]

Love it, Kyle! Super interesting!!

[@froter1]

That was a good one Kyle 👍💯

[@pattydinero6292]

I LOVE how you say Tijuana right. I paused the video and had a whole conversation about it! GeoKing for the win!

[@MikeP2055]

I was going to say the same thing.

[@johnchastain7890]

Don't forget the Vancouver-Burnaby-Surrey sprawl in BC, which has a little nubbin on the US side called Blaine, WA. ;)

[@halo3soap114]

And Point Roberts, which we should really just sell to Canada at this point.

[@halo3soap114]

It's quite the shock if you go across the lynden checkpoint, on the American side it's rural farm land while the Canadian side has condos almost right on the border

[@EditorVJAS]

If the border didn't block urban sprawl the extended Metro Vancouver/Fraser Valley region would likely reach all the way to Bellingham. Might make for a different video idea, if there are enough other areas where the Metropolitan region is slowed/stopped by the border to also discuss.

[@BillGreenAZ]

Just a small correction. At 12:50 you mention the following about Calexico, CA and Mexicali, Mexico: "The international border is just a line of latitude". In fact, the international border is a skewed line from Tijuana to Los Algodones. Being a geography nerd, I'm sure the following will be of interest to you. The international line near Los Algodones on the Colorado river is the northern most point of Latin America.

[@JasonBob]

And the line is skewed toward the southwest instead of due west because the US wanted to make sure the entirety of San Diego Bay was within American territory.

[@BillGreenAZ]

@@JasonBob Interesting. I didn't realize that. Thanks!

[@Dan-hispano.]

Se llama Hispanoamérica, no América Latina.

[@BillGreenAZ]

@@Dan-hispano. Both names are correct. Don't try to control the conversation here.

[@Dan-hispano.]

@BillGreenAZ No, solo el término Hispanoamérica es CORRECTO. Hablamos español y estamos orgullosos de nuestra cultura 🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴.

[@christianburgos5956]

I grew up in Buffalo, NY. Lowkey, Niagara Falls (the NY side) has been historically under-appreciated as a place to experience natural beauty. You have to drive thru a lot of ugly post industrial wasteland to get there but it’s so worth it to spend a day walking Goat Island and the rest of the State Park. Still cross over the the Ontario 🇨🇦 side for the better view of the Falls as a whole and also for the tourist traps, but NY is where you actually experience Niagara Falls

[@jodiuhron1979]

I haven’t done it yet but would like to someday, but Cave of the Winds on the American side looks badass!

[@orangeradishneo]

I grew up in Fort Erie, and I completely agree. We have a lot of beauty in this area, I love being so close to the water. The town doesn’t offer much aside from cross border services. Also, go north of Niagara Falls to Queenston/Lewiston for some equally as beautiful sights!

[@jimclarence5441]

As a Canadian, I really enjoying travelling upper New York State. Don't visit Buffalo proper much but the State Parks and Finger Lakes....a joy.

[@christianburgos5956]

@ I live in LA now but definitely spend a day in Buffalo in the summer. It’s magical

[@christianburgos5956]

The entire Great Lakes-St Lawrence region (ON/QC 🇨🇦 NY/PA/OH/MI/IL/MN 🇺🇸) is so full of natural and man made beauty and history it’s overwhelming. So many iconic cities and naturally beautiful destinations. Also so extremely diverse culturally. Only the East and West Coasts compare in iconicness

[@elgreco75]

I think Niagara Falls once being a top Honeymoon destination has to do with the the days before cheap flights. Since it was destination relatively close to a few major East Coast cities like New York, Boston, Philadelphia,etc it was popular destination for a Honeymoon. Once cheap flights became available most people went wherever, with Hawaii probably being a top destination now.

[@bakarka]

Yes, and it’s one of the great natural wonders of the eastern US, which draws tourists from all over the world. It’s not the ominous or depressing location that Kyle joked about, and there’s much more to it than the tacky tourist shops. On the Canadian side, Niagara-On-The-Lake is a really beautiful town, and there’s also lots of interesting historic sites in the area.

[@lapamplemoussegrande]

@@bakarka Yes, and it is quite easy to incorporate the Finger Lakes and Watkins Glen into a Niagara trip if you are coming from the east. I once did it with a friend and also made a stop in Niagara-on-the-Lake and Toronto--very pleasant road trip.

[@jaimerosado3896]

I would definitely recommend Niagara Falls for a weekend trip, but not a whole vacation (nor a whole honeymoon): one day to explore the American side, and one day to explore the Canadian side. Outside of the falls themselves, the American side is too depressing, and the Canadian side is a tourist trap.

[@ruckusbeblack]

Disagree. Flights to Hawaii are NOT cheap even here from Texas. It’s the falls that people wanted to see which drove people there on top of cheap and beautiful hotels, casinos, and a lower legal drinking age than USA. Trust me I used to live in Rochester, college kids flock there to be able to drink

[@elgreco75]

@@ruckusbeblack of course the natural beauty is what made it an attraction but a honeymoon one? A supposedly once on a lifetime trip? That hasn't been the case in a long time. By cheap I mean pre mass travel age flights were really expensive. It's why people went to close destinations like Niagara Falls.

[@Matthew-pn1qu]

Great video as usual, thanks for always delivering high quality geography content 😁

[@AsianInvasion88766]

a video about the small, but large for the state, cities of west virginia that are spread out around the state and why they exist would be cool

[@michael7054]

I'm guessing because of rivers

[@pattydinero6292]

Dude, I just explored WV via Google Maps and was mesmerized by the diversity. From upper state to eastern state to lower state to mid state, it's so different and vast. Nice suggestion, especially for a geo nerd :O)

[@pattydinero6292]

@@michael7054 also terrain

[@AsianInvasion88766]

@ im from morgantown and ill say were like our own little bubble. no other city in wv comes close to how we are. other cities are that classic stuck in the past towns like parkersburg or wheeling. we are singlehandedly carried by the university here and wed probably be the same, just worse since we have no other big industry like other cities since the death of coal.

[@lilflo36]

11:00 My wife and I spent part of our honeymoon in Niagara Falls ON in September of this year! She'd never been and I had been there twice. We then took our rental to Toronto for a week which was spectacular!

[@jodiuhron1979]

My husband and I spent our 10th anniversary on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls! We even had a hot tub suite! I can totally see why the Canadian side would be a good honeymoon destination! Some of the hotels overlooking the Falls have beautiful views! If you go on your honeymoon/anniversary trip around Christmas, the Winter Festival of Lights is beautiful, especially if there’s snow! That can set the scene for something romantic as well!

[@oddmouthsoundsasmr6851]

I love this channel because it helps me pick out places to travel in the future on road trips!

[@sansebastian1190]

3:05 great sense of humor, dude! Enjoy the videos, thank you for the interesting geography topics.

[@SouthShoreSonics]

What about Sarnia, Ontario Port Huron, Michigan? There is about 100,000 people combined here!!!!!!!

[@GeographyKing]

I've used that one multiple times to cross when driving from Detroit to Toronto.

[@SouthShoreSonics]

@@GeographyKing Sarnia produces 40% of Canada's petrochemicals, so if Toronto is the economic engine, Sarnia is the fuel of Canada's engine.

[@nicholasharvey1232]

He never mentioned Nogales, USA and Nogales, Mexico (the former is a small town in Arizona, the latter is a city in Sonora with over 100k people). There are also a couple of other towns in Texas with larger Mexican cities just across the river, like Del Rio and Eagle Pass.

[@stuartrollings602]

Howdy n thanks! Very cool! Happy New Year!

[@elainejones5109]

Kyle, we laughed our heads off over your Niagara Falls / marriage analogy. Well played. And a fun episode too!

[@brianj5635]

Thanks from Grand Rapids , MI

[@curtandoscar]

Thanks and Happy New Year, Kyle! Loved this! Another great video, and it would be great to see more border videos like this. So many cool facts about these places, and I loved that the opera house in Vermont is half in Canada.

[@floycewhite6991]

It used to be so free and easygoing to cross the border, but the long lines getting back just kill the fun.

[@MaxZomboni]

Yeah, it sad those times are gone. My favorite was the El Paso & Juarez Streetcar Line. You could just ride the streetcar back and forth across the border. Also both the US-Canada Border and the US-Mexico Border used to have trains that crisscrossed back and forth across the borders.

[@jetfan925]

Correction at 6:26 - that's not South Padre Island, that's Galveston, way up further the Gulf Coast.

[@rongiefaustino8867]

The Tsawwassen - Point Roberts area over at the BC-WA border needs to be mentioned

[@edwardsaulnier892]

As a Canadian, thanks for including such Canada - U.S.A. metropolitan areas such as Windsor, Ontario - Detroit, Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie. Ontario - Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan; and even Edmunston, New Brunswick - Madawaska. Maine.

[@RyanTaylor0201]

Happy New Year to you Kyle! I thoroughly enjoy all of your content! Thank you for your hard work and sharing your thoughts and knowledge with all of us! Peace and love from a big fan! -Ryan Taylor, Brownsburg, IN (West side Indianapolis)

[@GeographyKing]

Thank you! I'll try to keep it up

[@ApeJayy]

Thanks for all the great videos Kyle!

[@DavidOwensArgentina]

Thanks for the video! I really appreciate all the info!

[@JohnC546]

Some extra interesting notes on Derby Line/Stanstead: The library and opera house entrance are on the US side but you can enter without reporting from Canada for library purposes as long as you return right after leaving (you cannot enter via Canada and cannot exit the building out to Canada). The library building itself is more or less a “free travel zone” in the building with a line marking the exact border. Also down the way from there is Canusa Avenue, which the center yellow line on the road is the border. If already in Canada, you can travel normally as it goes back in. But if you live on the street on the US side of the street you have to report to the border station to go into either the US or Canada depending on the way you’re going. There’s also a Canadian signage on the street on the US side, as an interesting side note

[@KyleLeHeup]

Detroits population is increasing and it's the 12th largest metro, due to 2 major cities sharing a metro area.

[@Rthomp02]

Great video yet again! Bummed that my home county didn’t make the list we just hit 25k in population!

[@glennmorin7431]

International Falls, Minnesota & Fort Frances, Ontario Canada 🇨🇦. (Along the Rainy River). At one time both towns shared the Boise-Cascade Pulp & Paper Mill. The Paper Mill on the Fort Frances side was closed years ago & has been torn down with a large Gold mine 1hr Northwest of Fort Frances providing employment.

[@eugenepolan1750]

Crime has dropped quite a lot in Detroit, so I don't think it's something worth making a comparrison to crime in Windsor. Maybe more interesting is that travel and commerce between Detroit and Windsor may take place through a tunnel under the Detroit River and driving over the river on the Ambassador Bridge, or the soon-to-be-completed Gordie Howe Bridge. Ever fall, an marathon run is held, with the course including tunnel and bridge crossings of the international border. There is also an an under-river train tunnel, which currently services freight trains and may resume accomodating passenger train service as well. At the Southern end of Lake Huron, Port Huron, MI and Point Edward, ONT lie on opposite sides of the multi-span Bluewater Bridge over the Saint Clair River. There is also a tunnel for freight trains passing below the river.

[@MrCho14]

Getting better? Okay, but it's still ranked 2nd in the nation for worst crime for cities over 500,000 people. It's #1 in rapes, #2 in murder, but at least burglary is down.

[@charlienyc1]

​@@MrCho14And bear in mind all these numbers are probably skewed by the lack of population. They're per capita stats, no?

[@MrCho14]

@@charlienyc1 How does per capita make it better? That's how you normalize populations to make absolute numbers more relevant and meaningful.

[@nicolasaldape]

Interesting vid as always! (P.S. Animals is a top 5 Pink Floyd album, Sheep is a classic!)

[@rollinwithunclepete824]

Kyle, always interesting videos!

[@adamjacquez9495]

Great content as always!

[@stickynorth]

As a Canadian geography buff, I've read about and studied about most American cities. It's these cluster of Texas/Mexican border cities that have grown from relative obscurity to medium-sized in my lifetime that I barely knew about before this video so well done. On the other side when I drove to Portland, Oregon from Alberta a few years ago I was treated like an alien because nobody knew where Alberta is much less the fact it has or is pushing 5 million people as of this week or the next few after its recent growth spurt.. So I get it from both sides.

[@jimgreen5788]

It's interesting, and maybe surprising to those who don't know, that people go to Sault Ste. Marie, where they see the Soo locks, and an interesting point is that the Soo Locks are in the world's busiest canal in terms of tonnage that passes through it (53X Suez; 36X Panama. Since you admitted at the end that this isn't a complete list, and that you may do a 2nd. video on the subject, don't forget Hyder, AK (which is about the chance of a snowball surviving a forest fire, I'll admit, since your videos are always so complete).

[@denelson83]

Stewart, BC and Hyder, AK. Ogdensburg, NY and Prescott, ON. Madawaska, ME and Edmundston, NB. Calais, ME and Saint Stephen, NB. Akwesasne.

[@chillmemes5865]

Haha. Someone though on a Beaver Geography post thought that Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, British Columbia were the same metro area. This made me think of the idea of international metros. How nice how you thought of this idea.

[@mikenelson1614]

Are you sure he wasn't referring to Vancouver, Washington? Because that is part of the Portland, Oregon metro.

[@stephenhassler4596]

They are over 300 miles apart and Seattle, Tacoma and Olympia are all between. There is a Vancouver in the state of Washington across the Columbia River from Portland that is part of the Portland metro.

[@reddykilowatt]

People live in Vancouver, WA to not pay any state income tax and shop in Portland to not pay any state sales tax.

[@raydunn8262]

Thank you. 1. Niagra Falls' honeymoons decreased starting in the 1960s because of highways and air travel. 2. Niagra Falls, the PA Poconos, and The Catskills are within five hours on non:HW roads for much of the NE. 3. I guess heart-shaped tubs aren't that much of a draw, anymore. I was thinking of Heart Shaped Box by Nirvana, a big draw, a much different pleasure. 4. Some of the Pocono resorts were converted to housing. 5. Starting in the 1980s, NE PA had a housing boom. By car, via Rtes 78 and 80, NYC is two hrs away. Compared to NY and NJ, PA has less expensive housing, lower real estate taxes, and a fixed 3.1% income tax for all individuals' earnings.

[@globalflow8]

Hello Geography King!

[@GeographyKing]

Hello!

[@Sir_Austin_T_Gee]

As a resident of west Texas (Lubbock) I can tell you why El Paso isn’t growing as much as other parts of the state - Midland / Odessa. The M/O area is a lot closer to San Antonio, DFW, and even Houston. Midland and Odessa, as well as the small towns around the area, pull people in to work in the oil fields. Midland / Odessa is also an easily driveable distance from Houston and other parts of Texas whereas El Paso is either a very long day or split across two days. A semi cannot *legally* drive from El Paso to Houston in the same day. El Paso is also very disconnected from the rest of Texas, so much so that us folks in west Texas (Lubbock, Midland, etc) call El Paso as “far west Texas”. Lubbock itself is 6ish hours from El Paso *driving through New Mexico* and it takes a little over 8 to stay in Texas. Houston is about 8 hours from Lubbock for reference. So people from the rest of Texas chasing after that sweet black gold money go to Midland / Odessa because it’s far closer to their homes. Then the obvious - people from outside Texas don’t move to El Paso because they’ve watched Fox News their whole life and are lead to believe that El Paso is just as dangerous as Juarez… and (based on my own Ozark relatives being very concerned about me moving to Lubbock let alone El Paso) they’re very concerned about the amount of Mexicans who live in that area….

[@aaronclift]

Wages in El Paso are also really low.

[@albierodriguez9797]

We’re nice down here bro no need to be scared of Mexican Americans lol we’re very welcoming but yeah wages suck. College graduates tend to leave El Paso for Austin, Dallas, and other nearby metro areas.

[@CCallanan]

Great video Kyle!

[@santiagosanchez8683]

I’m surprised you didn’t talk about Vancouver, BC and Bellingham, WA

[@MaxZomboni]

He doesn't care much about the Pacific Northwest.

[@tranvianoruega8756]

Those two are very very far apart

[@leestamm3187]

Probably because it's well over an hour's drive between them, not counting occasionally lengthy delays at the border.

[@whalesequence]

I noticed your Pink Floyd record in the background. I just listened to it yesterday, good stuff. Also, I have that atlas that's directly underneath it

[@Wes1969YT]

The 2018 Remix is better with an excellent clear sound !

[@TheTimeshadows]

The last one, in VT, is someplace I'd like to visit.

[@gregm766]

When I run at lunch, I enjoy my view of Windsor.

[@Wardo44]

Unless there’s a special exception, Madawaska & Edmunstom are 1 hour apart because NB is on Atlantic time.

[@cameronwilliamloomis]

Boy you covered a lot here Kyle. A part 2 seems likely but I'd be hard-pressed to suggest a third lol. I have driven through Sarnia ON and Port Hudson MI but I know very little about the area outside of the donut shop in Sarnia we stopped in for directions 😎

[@jaimerosado3896]

The library has two entrances: one for Americans and one for Canadians. Once you’re in the library you’re free to wander about, but it can not be used as port of entry. There’s also a line running along floor of the library that only exists for insurance purposes.

[@brianarbenz7206]

I traveled to Juarez, Mex. in 1967, crossing from El Paso. Juarez had about 45,000 people, and was a relaxed tourism-oriented town. I have never been back and cannot fathom it being the same little place that today has 1.5 million people and is a crime and kidnapping center. So sad.

[@ericktellez7632]

When you have a weapon manufacturing and a drug infested country as America that tends to happen to the country supplying the demand of drugs.

[@brenrenn8306]

Interesting video and thank you, as a person that lived in Windsor Ontario, Canada for over 50 years then just five minutes across the river and border ,ended up, marrying an American and moved across to Detroit and been that way for the last nine years I can totally relate. Dual citizen now. It is interesting. My old residence in Canada is only 15 minutes away from my residence in Detroit. we really enjoy it because we can enjoy the best of both worlds. We really like downtown Detroit, where we live , has become extremely nice in the last 5 to 8 years and very livable after many years of hardship, so that’s really nice to see.

[@liamthebull]

Geo King Kyle! Long may he reign!

[@wschmrdr]

Near Derby Line is Beebe Plain, with "Rue Canusa", where one side of the street is US, and the other side is Canada. BTW, Quebec drinking age is 18.

[@fjfjfurjrnfncnnxxn]

Thank you for pronouncing Tijuana with 3 syllables

[@openairmarket6473]

Good Vid!!!❤

[@georgefmaris]

i've seen a guy do a video about Derby Line, Vermont and had a local give him a tour of the city with all the different area's that had borders including that Opera House. It was a neat video that was about a half hour long

[@jh9992]

The reason there was a decline in population from Niagara Falls NY area was due to toxic waste being unearthed in neighborhoods . It is now slowly making a comeback.

[@WealthyChronicle]

Detroit and Windsor's weird geography always blows my mind! Traveling south to get to Canada? I need to see this for myself.

[@RacingPoint-h3p]

One international metro I find really interesting is the Piedras Negras-Eagle Pass metro area. As you said in the video, usually the affluent area of town is located in the US side while the rougher side is in Mexico, but interestingly this seems to not be the case in there. There certainly was a time when it was like "usual" with Piedras Negras being a really dangerous town, while Eagle Pass was really prosperous. People in the Mexican side crossed over to shop at the mall or do groceries, or even go out to party or to grab some food at a local spot or at one of the big chains. But nowadays the mall is basically empty, the big chains have closed shop, a lot of restaurants have also closed, downtown looks like a ghost town. Overall Eagle Pass looks really rough nowadays, while the Mexican side has become one of the safest cities in Mexico, its economy is booming, a lot of really nice restaurants opened up, they got their own malls with most of the big chains that were in the US side opening up locations down south, heck Eagle Pass never had an Starbucks and they got two already 😂. Overall, I find this metro to be a really unique situation where the safest and most prosperous side is in Mexico, unlike most of the other examples.

[@jamesgordon2809]

From 2010 to 2020, Buffalo's population increased by 16,271 (6.23%), according to Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program.

[@djexpo6655]

Fascinating stuff! And timely, as that “imaginary line” may soon be erased.

[@toddverbeek5113]

One of things that has knit some of these cities to each other is isolation. From Sault Ste Marie, the nearest city of comparable size on either side of the border is hundreds of miles away (even since the Mackinac Bridge). A simple international border crossing is trivial compared to that.

[@roverdover4449]

Never noticed the rotating album covers on display, but Pink Floyd 'Animals' caught my eye.

[@andrewgraves4026]

Saw them in MSG in NY. Played all of animals front to back, then all of wish you were here front to back, and the encore was all of dark side front to back. Not too shabby!

[@jedendwatrzy4189]

I’m digging your Blue Öyster Cult symbol on the wall behind you.

[@KingpinStratGroup]

loved the video...side note: otay mesa is pronounced "oh-tie" mesa

[@donttalkcrap]

@GeographyKing I noticed in this frame 6:53 South Padre Island. I have noticed in several places around the US where they have these small slivers of land running parallel to the coastline. Perhaps you could talk about them in a future video. I have never seen them in other countries that I have lived. Do people actually live on these islands? (I'm also interested in knowing whether these islands actually provide any protection to the mainland if so there was a tsunami. Would it slow down the impact of a wave?)

[@nicholasharvey1232]

These are called barrier islands. Dauphin Island, Alabama is another inhabited barrier island., with an incorporated town of the same name. Georgia also has some inhabited barrier islands off its east coast. And of course you have NC's Outer Banks.

[@GeographyKing]

In the southeastern US, it's usually referred to as the intracoastal waterway, with barrier islands opposite the mainland. Many islands are inhabited, and many are of National Park lands. They are just about the worst places to be when a hurricane hits, and the shape and size of some of the islands can change due to a heavy storm shifting sands.

[@keithcyrus6321]

Check out the Jersey shore and Long Island

[@theaveragejoe5781]

An international version of this topic would be interesting.

[@maikotter9945]

The city of Basel (Switzerland), both boarders to Elsass (France) and to Baden (Germany).

[@MichaelSIngle-gn9qz]

Ruse, Bulgaria and Girgiu, Romania Two capitol cities: Kinshasa, DRC and Brazzaville, RoC.

[@risksrewardsrelics51]

The Haskell Free Library allows you to mingle on both sides of the border while you’re in the building. However, you must exit through the same side you entered from.

[@TheWolverine-ff2rs]

The first time I saw the Soo Locks was in 1954 at the height of the Korean War. I was on a road trip with my family [10 years old] and there were multiple big signs posted to not take pictures. Anyone caught taking pictures of the locks would have their film removed and destroyed - period - no small cameras in those days either. I've been back a couple of times since - but never realized the two cities were that small.

[@malikshabazz2065]

great stuff!

[@gregdiamond6023]

I enjoyed the video. Have a great 2025 everyone!!

[@MaxZomboni]

You missed Point Roberts Washington which is a part of the Vancouver British Columbia Metro Area.

[@jbz1r]

One of the most interesting things about the San Diego-Tijuana area is that the Tijuana airport has an entrance from the U.S.

[@PeakBagger999]

Good list, but you left out Nogales. Same name cities are on the U.S. and Mexico sides.

[@allanflippin2453]

Is Bellingham WA/Vancouver BC considered a thing? Maybe not since Bellingham doesn't amount to much and it's not all that close to the border.

[@hondaracer888]

Blaine/surrey and Abbotsford/sumas as well as pt Roberts/tswasseen could work!

[@markostner]

Point Roberts, WA is an interesting suburb of Vancouver. It's only access is through Canada. Canadians go there for cheaper gas and domestic US shipping. It suffered during Covid when the border was sealed.

[@anthonyhartnell4199]

You could do a video on Metro Vancouver, BC and Bellingham, Washington which have very integrated economies!

[@Lcngopher]

The detroit windsor border crossings are the busiest on the us canadian border. They are so busy, a third border crossing is being built and will likely open in 2025. The gordie howe bridge, named after detroit red wing legend and canadian gordie howe, will be the fourth bridge between michigan and canada.

[@innaig_nayr915]

El Paso metro also expands into Southern New Mexico as well. Chapparal, Sunland Park, Santa Teresa are in New Mexico but are suburbs of El Paso.

[@anycoveryoulike7510]

That Niagara Falls Honeymoon take was epic 😂

[@lesterstone8595]

Eagle Pass, Texas and Piedras Negras in Mexico? Yuma AZ and Los Algodones, MX?

[@andrewbremner6678]

I like your state profiles...when's your next one???

[@banjoplayingbison2275]

El Paso is basically New Mexico stuck in Texas Territory

[@jwil4286]

You forgot the Vancouver BC metro, which includes Point Roberts, WA. Furthermore, Victoria BC's metro includes the San Juan Islands, which are part of Washington State.