Why Cities Exist

[@TugaAvenger]

Wendover 2017 - "Why Cities Are Where They Are" Wendover 2018 - "Why Cities Exist" Wendover 2019 - "Why"

[@aaryanramourti3081]

Nooo... 2019 - why cities 2020 - why why 2021 - why 2022 - wh 2023 - w 2024 - error404 'ideas not found'

[@pawion]

Wendover 2020 - "yhW"

[@CrackedTubeGamer]

Planes

[@Saint_nobody]

Simon Miller - here's why!

[@DavidHdezES]

Planes everywhere!

[@canadianplanespotter]

Cities exist to concentrate large amounts of people into once space in order to justify the construction of major airports, which in turn, attract airplanes for the purpose of Wendover Productions to make videos on. This comment has been brought to you by Squarespace :)

[@azzaid8068]

😂😂

[@oali2478]

XD

[@blizzardl]

Canadian Plane Spotter Genius

[@AdAndPlanes]

Canadian Plane Spotter Haha!

[@Marchant2]

Cute.

[@morganahoff2242]

I'm surprised you didn't include Choice as a reason why people live in cities. Cites offer a variety of things to choose from: what kind of job to have, where to live, what to do for recreation -- and this gives people the feeling that they are choosing their life circumstances. There is perhaps nothing as defeating to the human spirit as having no choice. That's the reason cities are expensive: for each thing you choose to do, all the things you didn't choose to do need to be paid for too. But we're willing to pay a premium in order to have a range of options available to us. Mind you...having things to choose among means that you are one of the things other people may choose or not choose, hence cites can be lonely places.

[@iLoveBoysandBerries]

And in n out.. Only found in cities

[@cabron247]

That's pretty much the path of least resistance, you CHOOSE the easier life thus its a choice to move to a city.

[@elimorozov4769]

@@cabron247 this is overly simplistic. Specialized workers (outside of agriculture and forestry) live in cities because that is where their jobs generally are. It isn’t “least resistance,” or for an “easy life,” it is just the only thing that would make logical sense. Why drive hours a day when you can live near where your high paying, specialized job is located?

[@AustinCDennis]

@@elimorozov4769 that kinda is "least resistance" in a way since you mentioned commute time.

[@sphynx7242]

5:21 Cologne is smaller than Cologne, makes perfect sense

[@labeeb7735]

Cologne was shown twice and replaced Frankfurt, circa. 5:21

[@Crevulus]

Labeeb Ahmad-Sanni also he just said that Paris was Europe's second biggest city with 2.2m and then said Berlin has 3.5m.

[@misosong]

lol good catch

[@beagletv6054]

Crevulus Furthermore, London isn't Europe's biggest city, it comes in at third place behind Istanbul and Moscow. Paris is merely the 9th biggest city in Europe.

[@traceycherryman9768]

Yes

[@jesusgonzalez6715]

That depends on both your definition of "city" and "Europe"

[@austinmoon6974]

If you ever feel like you don’t matter, just remember: Somewhere in the world exists 1 acre of farmland for you.

[@jerrylin9798]

actually 5 acres but okay

[@muhammaduqbahahmadtermizi1252]

I want that farmland, where I can get it

[@keithbox1684]

You are on to something. Good thinking! Don't Stop!

[@keithbox1684]

@@jerrylin9798I will agree, let's all have a share!

[@insertnamehere1273]

@@muhammaduqbahahmadtermizi1252 “where can I get it”

[@rockstarprincessa]

City: exists Wendover Productions: *but WHY*

[@smarthandsomekid6548]

how has no one replied before me?

[@grizzlyguy9416]

idk

[@rufodeer5421]

Because you fat boi

[@leavemealoneforawhile9494]

😂

[@leavemealoneforawhile9494]

😂

[@jeff8253]

Why do we live in cities? Because of Squarespace

[@DOTTORE_FOX]

Jeff Man this time the transition was even normal 😂😂😂

[@electric7487]

r/hailcorporate

[@GamingRailfanner]

“Hello there”

[@faisalofficialchannel6480]

@@GamingRailfanner General Kenobi!

[@vedantmungre1702]

😂😂😂

[@HenriqueCarneiroM]

Cologne also known as Frankfurt with 700k

[@Miquelalalaa]

Henrique Carneiro Also known as a no go zone

[@badibedix]

I'd say thats an omage to the ungodfull A-Team movie, that made a pretty similar mistake by showing "frankfurt,germany" under a picture of the dome of cologne

[@romanbaranovichi5375]

Jonathan B. Pull your head out of your ass, I was in Koln 6 months ago, it’s the same as it was 18 years ago when I first visited, ie: safe and beautiful Don’t believe everything you see on Fox

[@gourabkundu6324]

Roman Baranovichi I mean a thousand sexual assaults happened on New Years soooooo

[@SkaveRat]

that's bullshit as well

[@carsonking2186]

“Why do cities exist?” “Oh, that’s because of dolphins”

[@xenxander]

Farewell, and thanks for all the fish.

[@confusedsoviet5937]

Dolphins - finally my day has come

[@Thammarith]

5:20 Today I learnt that 'Frankfurt' is spelt as 'Cologne'. xD

[@Arrow5002]

Thammarith Likittheerameth XD

[@benjaminfraeyman]

or cologne is pronounced as frankfurt

[@abhiinair]

It's just a mistake. Leave it man!!

[@Thammarith]

It's just a joke. Leave it man!!

[@WJames-nq2df]

It's just a comment. Leave it man!!

[@Zinoun1000]

The thumbnail is actually from Doha’s skyline. Doha is the capital of Qatar. Quite beautiful skyline.

[@m3735]

Nice 😃

[@tankerkiller125]

Other than the fact that is was probably built using slave labor.

[@thegruffalo5383]

@@tankerkiller125 what do you plan to do about that? Regardless of the fact it exists, talking about it online does nothing for the issue

[@thomasmills3934]

@@thegruffalo5383 raising awareness about the horrible human rights violations in Muslim countries does help. How else do you make change happen? By not talking about it?

[@thomasmills3934]

@@thegruffalo5383 unless your one of those who think it's ok to violate peoples rights if you dont have white skin...

[@TheCanadiaKiwi]

Just got off a 12 hour night shift, all I want to do is sleep. Sees that wendover posted a new video...sleep is for the weak.

[@Btt8]

TheCanadiaKiwi what job do you do?

[@Elliott2001]

“I've always loathed the necessity of sleep. Like death, it puts even the most powerful men on their backs.” - Frank Underwood

[@santinieve1]

How the hell where planes not involved in this... I was waiting for it... :(

[@TexasBoyDrew]

Those aerial pictures...

[@dumbcow7722GD]

santinieve 1 GD!!

[@ahmxtb]

please bring the planes back1!!

[@odinakazeus]

santinieve 1 You can fly yo different cities, there

[@debodatta7398]

Another underwhelming video, come on man most of that was surface level observation and the rest were fallacies...

[@yosuto]

this was very informative! glad to see youtube bringing up some quality trends

[@grainfrizz]

I'm from Metro Manila and I did not realize how densely populated this place is until I came to visit Brisbane. Jfc it's not even a joke. The astonishing difference in population has a huge impact in the psychology of a person. Suddenly, I can breathe well, able to sleep early, wake up early, eat just enough and did not crave for more intake, and many more.

[@kurotheflop]

Ikr! I live close to Manila but I mainly stay at home here cuz of the pollution. My hometown is small, but living conditions here is a little bit better.

[@DanielGonzalezL]

*ZIPF MYSTERY INTENSIFIES*

[@pfunk_1535]

Hey, Vsauce, Michael here

[@ScottMaday]

My exact thought

[@craftie7721]

Idk man I'm feeling a little Zipffy about this one

[@LovSven2011]

ZIPF has conquered the world! What conspiracy is this?? :-D ;-P

[@juanpedro1896]

Daniel Gonzalez Pareto's Law...

[@evolveproductions4216]

5:22 You put cologne where it should say Frankfurt EDIT: well this got a lot of likes lol

[@DOTTORE_FOX]

RepR | CS:GO And More! came here to say that!!!

[@LawsCrown]

*you know what happens now animator*

[@derKevinio]

plus 2nd largest city cant be paris if berlin itself has around 3million inhabitants 0.o

[@Jesue1943]

oh heck we've been bamboozled

[@sicknickeroni]

Can confirm I was about to comment that.

[@dezthejambo7906]

Cities have to exist to keep the Godzilla population thriving.

[@Ms.Mamabean]

Something else that I, a random American high schooler, want to mention; European cities, specifically those with mixed commercial and residential zones, are even more efficient than cities with split residential and commercial districts because then cities can expand upwards instead of outward. I think there’s a Vsauce or CGP Grey video on why some cities expand up instead of out. I’ll try to find the vid and link it here

[@EmperorEdselstein]

Now make a video about why airports exsit.

[@carlislethecumbrians9135]

Kdw Edselstein that profile picture is very intimidating I must say.

[@aaryanramourti3081]

lol....who dosent like planes??

[@risannd]

Where Airports Located

[@harrisonshepherd1538]

OMG YES!

[@jellybeans3970]

Good idea

[@Thee_Sinner]

Like, why does anything exist, man?

[@javiermoro9553]

You're on to something here...

[@Thee_Sinner]

Ferguson101 It doesn’t sound familiar, but I’m intrigued...

[@zolika1351]

*VSauce existence crisis music*

[@Thee_Sinner]

Ferguson101 never watched that specific video, but I do watch AvE

[@dukethotness]

Bad day?

[@Norkeys]

Not planes? What a decent surprise!

[@thepack6952]

Pigeonhead MORE PLANES but this was interesting

[@Norkeys]

KeCS1 Dank.

[@DancingDeity]

@KeCS1 no, airports exist because they're near cities.

[@SirJeff]

0:26 tfw when your city is the country

[@arandominternetuser5203]

I know its a late response but yes. The city is literally the country as Singapore is a city state.

[@SirJeff]

A Random Internet User ya lah :)

[@SolusBatty]

It's weird, you speak of things I intuitively know and yet each time I see your video I am filled with wonder. When I get a better understanding of how our world works I feel so idealistic, like it is easy to transcend borders of all kinds. Keep up the good work!

[@rodrigopaim82]

Istanbul and Moscow are bigger than London, and Saint Petersburg, Berlin, Madrid, Kiev and Rome are bigger than Paris. Maybe in the video you wanted to say "the bigger metropolitan/urban areas in the EU/Western Europe", that would be correct, with London and Paris closely in 1st and 2nd, with some sources indicating Paris as the first, and others London.

[@lynnixvarjo9150]

rodrigopaim82 even then Paris would be Beaten by Both Berlin and Madrid

[@erickpalacios8904]

That's probably exactly what he meant, as Madrid is: "...the third-largest city in the European Union(EU) after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan area is the third-largest in the EU after those of London and Paris."

[@Typersx1]

Editing mess up at 5:22. Cologne happens twice.

[@tanhungpham3986]

Yeah

[@Markonim]

Nobody expects the Cologne twice!

[@GANTZ90]

My dude... It's such a simple conclusion but the way you explain it is blowing my mind. Love your vids, so mesmerizing.

[@Typersx1]

Labeeb Ahmad-Sanni good for you? 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@andrasfogarasi5014]

Frankfurt is a hoax.

[@NathanCorleone]

You said London was largest, and Paris was second largest in Europe with a population of 2.2 million, while about a minute later you showed the population of Berlin at 3.5 million so...

[@Ecikardgaming]

Actually Paris's urban area is about 12-13 millions inhabitants While berlin's is about 4,5 millions The same for London, about 13 millions inhabitants in the urban area

[@francoisvillon1300]

Moscow is 12,5+ mln not counting suburbs/ i.e. the largest city in Europe.

[@douglasmcintosh464]

Nathan Branch yeah what the fuck is wrong with this guy

[@ToBeIsWasWere]

@@francoisvillon1300 istanbul has 15 million inhabitants and yes istanbul is commonly regaded as part of europe

[@taka2721]

From what I've understood, WP was talking about cities commonly associated with Europe, without their urban areas (they gave only numbers of cities population)

[@FutureNow]

Shout out to Josh, the animator, by the way, the video looks great. No need for everyone to point out the one mistake in a 13 minute video that was likely just a copy & paste error that happens to everyone.

[@emperorpenguin5902]

FutureNow there was two

[@TheMaplestrip]

I was unaware that you could use the appearance of zipf's law to draw a conclusion.

[@WhiteBaron777]

What kinds of bricks are cities most commonly made of?

[@pavelsarkisyan]

im waiting for a brick video as well. ;}

[@richardbaker2701]

As someone who’s moved from a rural area to a city and is struggling to understand them this video was gold

[@adamerickson7605]

Stay rural dude, it's way better

[@tibbers3755]

@@adamerickson7605 thats subjective

[@adamerickson7605]

@tibbers3755 Yeah so is every opinion that has ever been uttered

[@oakblaze433]

​@@adamerickson7605Both are fantastic! Good medium/high-density small towns are the best in my opinion, but both bigger cities and rural areas are great too!

[@jacksonsparks868]

We’re doing this in A level geography and I cannot express how good this video is at giving further information in such a fun way! I’ve been subbed for over a year now and I’ll never let down by a video here or on hai!

[@pfunk_1535]

49% - Complaining about the Cologne Frankfurt mistake 49% - Complaining about the European cities list not being accurate to their qualifications 1% - Complaining about both these simultaneously 1% - Me, because I replied to comments in this video for an hour

[@jicewoods5413]

PFunk _ jice

[@MrReclaimer343]

Is not moscow the biggest city in europe (if you not count Istanbul's asia side)? Correct me if Iam wrong, but between London and Moscow are few milion people.

[@charliemasson4287]

I think he is just speaking about western europe :v

[@pawion]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_cities_by_population_within_city_limits And Paris isn't the second most populated city :/

[@COYM_1908]

MrReclaimer343 Yea wtf? I thought this guy knew geography and stuff. Moscow is definitely the biggest city in Europe.

[@COYM_1908]

And yes, if you count Istanbul as a European city, it's the biggest one. 3 biggest ones in order would be Istanbul, Moscow and London.

[@Wout12345]

Yeah, I've noted mistakes in his past videos, but this one is quite big ... :/

[@sam83af61]

Let’s goooo! My teacher assigned this video for us to watch and I’ve already watched it cause hey, wendover fanboy here! Score!

[@doogmann]

education gets worst by the second

[@ACE7O2]

@@doogmann worst?

[@reinatr4848]

@@doogmann as evidenced by this comment

[@hotfunbread]

Geog 101? Doberstein? UW?

[@TwoCraZyEyes0]

Holy shit people we know about the Frankfurt/Cologne mistake, we don't need 80% of the comments mentioning it

[@X.N.X.X.]

Mr_NarwhaL most of the comments are people saying Istanbul is European city

[@dugroz]

HE MADE A MISTAKE!!!! OH MAN!!! MIND BLOWN!

[@soeren555]

dugroz Mate yes. He named the ninth biggest city in (the continent) Europe as the second. That's a tough thing to get wrong, especially if you partly base an argument on it. In addition to the Frankfurt/Cologne thing.

[@thelongboarddude95]

Mr_NarwhaL your argument just proves that we do. We NEED to raise awareness of this problem!!

[@KaityKat117]

Yeah, but did you notice he put Cologne twice?

[@hasankh4n]

LOVING these human geography videos. Especially those of cities. Please more! Amazing job.

[@santinieve1]

Something related to cities you could do a great video on: Gentrification!

[@Marchant2]

I'd love to see a Wendover video on that subject.

[@Pfhorrest]

Gentrification is only a problem because rent is a thing. In an ownership society, your neighbors improving their property would be good for you, not bad.

[@TXnine7nine]

Not necessarily. Even in an ownership society it can be a problem. Yes your house's value goes up but so do the property taxes on that house.

[@MK-ex4pb]

santinieve 1 white people move out: white flight White people move in: gentrification

[@MK-ex4pb]

Pfhorrest if my neighbor improves his house, it means i have less shitty surroundings

[@dozenazer1811]

In Russia, the rules break you 4:55 Moscow: 12,5m residents (1) St. Petersburg: 5,3m residents (0,42), not close enough to half Novosibirsk: 1,8m residents (0,144 or 1/6), not even a half of third. Ekaterinburg: 1,5m residents (about 1/8) 11 other cities with 1m to 1,25m population (0,08 to 0,1).

[@abdenacerfodil2546]

Russia is not real .

[@yuricherkasov]

Russia is not a country, it's a prison of nations

[@GolerGkA]

Moscow's 12.5 mil is only according to official statistics. There's a lot of illegal immigrants from other countries as well as immigrants from other regions who don't change their registration, so the real figure is closer to 20m.

[@MinistryofKeith]

Yurii Cherkasov like many many other countries....

[@jasonhaven7170]

0.42 is not far from 0.5

[@JFatGlentract]

You said Paris is the second largest city in Europe, but then showed Berlin with a higher population a few minutes later. What gives?

[@lpereira300]

he showed only the population living inside Paris municipality, not the full city (that has a population around 10 million)

[@snowypantha]

Luís Pereira More like 12.4 millions.

[@PaulieFetz]

I also figured that was the case, but that's still an issue, since he's changing up parameters from metro to conurbation to municipal boundaries...I really enjoy his videos, but this one feels sloppy and contradictory at times.

[@WTomasGaming]

Cologne is Frankfurt and Paris is the second largest city in Europe with 2.2 mill, even though Berlin has 3.5 mill as mentoined later.

[@nicholas2376]

ikr WENDOVER GET YOUR INFO RIGHT

[@ghost-yp8tc]

WTomas lol ur picture

[@max_galingumas9409]

Moscow is largest city in europe (~13m people), london is second with ~8,5m

[@thomasnk9489]

10:40 Narrator: There are people better at making cars than you. Elon musk: *doubt*

[@jacobvestergaard9097]

LMAO he can design cars but he fucking sucks at actually living up to his promises, one being delivering the cars

[@JewTube001]

tesla aren't the best cars. neither are they produced the most efficiently.

[@Matyanson]

he doesnt physicaly build them lmao he just pays others to make a car

[@zach7482]

Is that why they died before literally any other electric car?

[@kurokiiri9836]

Zachary Reed how? I’ve seen tons of Tesla

[@CharlesTheClumsy]

You're talking about the Zipf Mystery which Vsauce has made a video about.

[@tropfen]

really great video! that mystery comes closest to what i would call god.

[@user-ob3nn3th7y]

"i cant explain it so it must be god"

[@johnathonfilamonte6625]

X7r gaming ;_; pretty much yeah, I hope people at least take one closer look before defaulting to religion in the future. It's just lazy in my opinion.

[@ToriKo_]

Lasse Samstrøm ur a... Ur a fuckin idiot

[@lynniesaade4710]

It's called a power law distribution.

[@Wavwavcocogaming]

*Spelling Bee* Spell Frankfurt: C-O-L-O-G-N-E

[@aaryanramourti3081]

Its ok everyone makes mistakes

[@ON-YT]

Yeh

[@walarootus]

Aren’t Moscow and Istanbul more populated than London and Paris?

[@kayo5011]

Jonathan Wright technically but most people don't consider them in Europe tho.

[@asneakychicken322]

Jonathan Wright only half of Istanbul is in Europe and Moscow isn’t exactly

[@walarootus]

Aaron Brougham I agree about Istanbul but Moscow is 100% in Europe... I guess they mean European Union.

[@LouisKing995]

Jonathan Wright I don’t know if most Moscow residents would consider themselves as in Europe. It’s a stick situation. A poll would be interesting

[@christopherwilson88]

Taking Russia and Turkey out, London and Paris ARE 1-2...but only if you count the whole metropolitan area, not just the actual cities proper. As shown in the video, Berlin proper has more people than Paris proper, as do Madrid, Kiev and Rome. However, the Paris metro area (around 12 million people) is roughly that of Berlin's and Madrid's combined.

[@jamescalhoun7336]

Thanks!

[@relaxingnaturesounds168]

Some small little mistakes but otherwise a good educational video. Like saying Paris is the second biggest city in Europe with 2,2 million and than a little bit later saying that Berlin has 3,5 million.

[@sallylee4924]

This is one of the greatest channels on KZbin! Your videos are always informative and very interesting, on topics that I have previously given little thoughts to but now appreciate. Thanks for making all these videos.

[@chrisdooley6468]

Interesting video. I just finished a book about the construction and management of Ancient Rome and you hit on a lot of the same points. I find cities and their infrastructure fascinating. Having lived in Philadelphia, Hong Kong and Paris its amazing how similar things are irregardless of their country. Thnx for the video👍🏻

[@Cheaze56789]

what book?

[@OneShotProduktions]

That motorcycle recklessly weaving through traffic at 10:32 gave me anxiety.

[@markvorobjov6185]

3:49 - largest city of Europe is not London. It's actually Moscow (or Istanbul, but only if you include its Asian part). London is largest city in EU, but EU is not Europe.

[@newYoshtown]

mark vorobjov Moscow is entirely in Europe

[@markvorobjov6185]

I meant that Istanbul is split between Europe and Asia and it will only be biggest city in Europe if we include its asian part.

[@upside.down.gonzalo]

Also is not even the second one in the European union, Madrid and Berlin have more inhabitants too

[@danieldeburgh8437]

Gonzalo hdez no they dont. Madrid and berlin are small

[@ObliviousBanana]

Paris as a city is not even close to being Europe's second largest city en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_cities_by_population_within_city_limits

[@brandonkirk5357]

He should have made a poll at the end of the video how many viewers live in cities... I am curious if it would still be 54% with this audience/ anyway great video Wendover!

[@Lee0723sVideos]

Brandon Kirk It would be more because people in urbanized countries are more likely to have Internet access.

[@flof2631]

At 3:53 you said that Paris is the second largest city with a population of 2.2m but at 5:09 you pointed out that Berlin has a population of over 3m? Wikipedia lists Paris on rank 9 of the largest cities of the european continent :s

[@michaelschipper3312]

Flo F paris metro is like 10 million

[@lynnixvarjo9150]

Michael Schipper Moscow Metro is Like 12 Million , Istanbul (European Side) is 8.5 Million without Metro (wich would Include the Asian Part , Bringing it to 14 Million)

[@ON-YT]

The metro Paris area

[@MrPaukann]

Lynnix Varjo, Moscow is 11.2 without metro. With metro it is about 17 million.

[@rokosoldat9912]

His whole content about city population numbers is full of errors and half-truths.

[@michaszostak1105]

Wendover: Why Cities Exist Vsauce: Do Cities Exist

[@royalrhode2461]

3:48 How about Moscow? Istanbul? That's clearly a mistake.

[@rahimjoseph211]

Quicksilver both are contreversially in Europe. He means proper and undisputed

[@emuman9]

And Paris isn't second for sure Berlin Madrid Kiev and Rome are bigger

[@royalrhode2461]

Mason Joseph anyway, tell me, where Europe officially ends. I'm genuinely curious

[@glebsokolov8016]

Mason Joseph Moscow is fully located on the European continent, learn geography.

[@glebsokolov8016]

Plus Russia has always been a European country (unlike Turkey), so I wouldn’t see an issue why it would be a problem to call it the biggest city even if it had a part in Asia.

[@eliswilson2030]

Just so you know when it says 'Frankfurt' the map says Cologne. Great video 😀

[@dashgamer2325]

This comment is sponsered by Squarespace

[@oyonggofomocci2078]

Squarespace wouldn't sponsor someone who doesn't know how to spell "sponsored"

[@jessejamesbond6073]

Man's gotta eat.

[@RayderFun]

One of many great catches. So much that he can recommend lube tubes and look good in the picture. U always see lovely images throughout the duration of the videos... Dont combine the last two statments

[@flaggerify]

DG2 FiFa They fucked up the spelling.

[@aperturegamerSAC]

This was great studying for my midterm, thanks for the economics review!

[@anonymoussos8893]

Hello makers of wendover productions! I am a huge fan on your videos, you do such an amazing job producing these top quality videos. I was wondering in the near future if you could produce a video on "Why the family dairy farms are disappearing" I feel that you would explain and go deeper in depth than any other KZbin channel I know. If you did this I would be forever grateful! Thanks for considering my idea🙂

[@TAP7a]

Singapore is the largest remaining city state, which I find to be pretty cool

[@nitrocreed]

Yep it sounds pretty cool until you live there

[@neilmoulang90]

I hate to be that moaner on the internet, but I don't like that you said the population of Paris was 2.2 million. Paris (officially) is the tiny, extremely densely populated core of a massive urban conurbation home to almost 11 million people. Admittedly, this is slightly higher than the population of London's urban area (closer to 10 million) so it wouldn't exactly prove your point; however, London's metro area is still roughly 2 million inhabitants higher than Paris's, which also gives a much better visualisation of their actual size. I also have to point out (sorry) that Moscow (by official size, it's technically part of Europe as is east of the Ural mountains) is home to around 3 million more people than London (also by official size). When we compare their urban areas Moscow has almost 6 million more people than London, and by metro area Moscow is still roughly 6 million larger. Edit: oh yeah, the other city populations annoy me too; official city boundaries are just too arbitrary to use whilst trying to prove a point. Once again I'm sorry and thanks for reading the whole comment.

[@Pfhorrest]

Yeah I'm pretty sure if you include surrounding metropolitan areas LA is bigger than New York City too. There's WAY more people packed into the entire LA conurbation and all of its sprawl than in tiny little NYC.

[@emardis8982]

I was just about to make these same points! Thank you for writing this comment.

[@magmagon5572]

Pfhorrest no New York metro area is 18M, LA is 12M, they are still 1 and 2, but Phoenix only has 4M, and gets bumped down a lot

[@dom7098]

if you follow those rules, Los Angeles' population is about 19 million, and new yorks 24 million

[@jicewoods5413]

Neil Moulang for jice

[@SunlightMaggot101]

Just a quick realization Wendover, as I checked back to your old video, the speech was much better than recently videos, easier to hear, information is less packed, therefore it's easy getting what you're trying to convey.

[@jackjaeger8272]

Vsauce has a great video on why a ton of things are ranked in distribution by 1 over their place in a distribution graph- It's called Zipf's Law. It's actually quite fascinating!

[@The3Kalle]

3:53 Berlin has a population of 3.5 Million :) Edit: continued watching and you even said so yourself lol

[@jaydonwilson9094]

Kappa Kalle I think he was talking about the population of the city, the the whole area

[@klopferator]

If he meant the larger metropolitan area of Paris (which is what I think you are talking about), why did he show the population size of the city itself with 2.2 million?

[@Ny4d]

Madrid has 3.1, Kiev 2.9, Rome 2.8 and Saint Petersburg 5.2. And if you count them as european Istanbul has 14.8 and Moscow 13.1

[@michelangelobuonarroti4958]

5:21 _"And then the 5th is Frankfurt at roughly 700k inhabitants"_ *Wendover shows Colgne as Frankfurt* Me, as a German, screams internally

[@Marco-bf4uu]

Same lets invade these fuckers

[@Brocambro1]

@@Marco-bf4uu Forgive him in America world's geography and history are elective subjects, children are only taught American history and the history of their own state; his attempt at this subject is just an embarrassment like most people in America his geography knowledge is very flowed may be because in America there is a strong belief that the country is so good than the rest of the world and so exceptional, therefore; there is no need to know what's going on everywhere else. Most American people I know, still believe that Africa is a country. I think he went on Wikipedia and superficially gathered whatever facts people posted there to make this video. What an intellectual embarrassment for himself.

[@Marco-bf4uu]

@@Brocambro1 I didn't have even once german history in school lol we dont have that here after ww2 we just do information history and geography

[@TheAyomikun]

Brocambro1 I’m pretty sure he’s from the UK, not America

[@henrythomasoswald]

@@TheAyomikun this guy is absolutely American, have you ever heard a british accent?

[@noajpetrowski-anchick9395]

Moscow and wondering why it wasn't shown on Europes most populous city: Wendover Productions: *You simply have less value*

[@psychicopus]

This is why I love humans! We can do anything if we put our minds together!

[@fandomguy8025]

It's what we evolved to do! The biggest example is our eyes, "Perhaps the hallmark of our egalitarian nature is the design of our eyes. We are the only one of well over 200 primate species to have evolved eyes with an elongated shape and a bright white sclera background to a dark iris. Known as ‘cooperative eyes’, they invite anyone we interact with to see easily what we are looking at. By contrast, great apes have round, dark eyes, making it very difficult to judge their eye direction. Like mafia dons wearing sunglasses, they watch other animal’s moves intently, but disguise their thoughts from others. This suits a primate world of Machiavellian competition. Our eyes are adapted for mutual mindreading, also called intersubjectivity; our closest relatives block this off. To look into each other’s eyes, asking ‘can you see what I see?’ and ‘are you thinking what I am thinking?’ is completely natural to us, from an early age. Staring into the eyes of other primate species is taken as a threat. This tells us immediately that we evolved along a different path from our closest primate relatives."

[@computerschreck]

I'm born and raised in Düsseldorf and I also currently live there. I never knew it was a telco hub, I am 99% sure AT&T has absolutely no business here as they don't operate a network in Germany, Deutsche Telekom has their headquarters in Bonn, not Düsseldorf, and I have never seen any significant buildings owned by LG, Nokia or Google here.

[@twinturbo9113]

A literal 3 second google search will prove you know nothing about what you’re speaking off. All I face checked was att and their European headquarters are literally in Germany. I’m not even going to waste looking up your other dumb statements.

[@bahnspotterEU]

Apart from London not being the largest city in Europe, Paris isn't the second largest either. St. Petersburg (around 5 million inhabitants) and Berlin (around 3.5 million inhabitants) are far bigger.

[@Malte_OJ]

It's especially funny because he mentions Berlin and its population two minutes later.

[@JCP94]

Haha omg

[@snooderblade315]

Should'nt Moscow be the biggest city in Europe with its population of 12 million people?

[@alucardwhitehair]

Snooderblade Istanbul is largest in Europe at almost 15 million. Moscow is second largest. I assume he excludes cities located in pancontinetal countries?

[@KainYusanagi]

Neither Moscow nor St. Petersburg are part of Europe, though they are part of what is known as "European Russia". Istanbul is also not part of Europe, before someone mentions that. Lastly, he is not incorrect. Paris population information on Google only lists that of its specific in-city population, which is about the size of Inner London, while the Paris Metropolitan Area's population, or the true city population because pretending that the city really ends with its tiny borders is insane, is well over 12 million. London's is 13.6 million.

[@dogminister]

The ratio phenomenon is known as the pareto distribution, and can be applied to anything with numerical representation. It is not exact/precise, it is a rough correlation, one that to this day, has no confirmed explanation. It's very interesting!

[@Grezero]

3:54 No, Madrid Berlin and Rome are Bigger

[@MrPaukann]

Alexander van Leussen, yep, London is the 3rd biggest. Paris is 9th. Did he just pull his facts out of his ass? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_cities_by_population_within_city_limits#Largest_cities

[@Darklife66]

Thats because Paris city only include the downtown. If you want the whole Paris urban area you should google Ile de France . This puts paris overall population at around 12 millions.

[@Tebbe1997]

Yea but no matter the definition Moscow is still the largest city in Europe.

[@MrPaukann]

Darklife66, Istanbul 14.8 metro, Moscow - 17.1, Tehran - 14. London - 14.5, Paris - 11.3.

[@abdulrahmanalajaji5899]

Maybe he used population sizes?

[@crowdedtent]

Humble opinion: one of your best videos yet, thank you!

[@C0ntr3y]

3:50 Berlin, Madrid, Kiev and Rome are all bigger than Paris. Paris is definetly NOT the second biggest city in Europe!

[@charliemasson4287]

We tend to count the metropolitan zone around Paris as part of it, bupping the population to 12 millions.

[@lynnixvarjo9150]

French Wine the Metropolitan Zone of Westphalia in Germany has a Population of 14 Million people but we're talking about citys (Btw Moscow has a Population of 10 Million , The European Part of Istanbul 8,5 Million , St Petersburg Million and Berlin 3,6 Million WITHOUT their Metropolitan Areas)

[@mozer3632]

What about Moscow. 12 million

[@pankam7800]

This boy is genius..!!! ...I had to write a comment because i saw more than 10 of his videos. Genius..!!! Thanks for being in youtube ..you make this site much more valuable.!!

[@mlee-w664]

4:51 *correction:* Philadelphia is the fifth most populous city in US not Phoenix

[@mlee-w664]

Guilty🦅

[@lift7467]

Phoenix outgrew Philadelphia recently and became the fifth most populous US city

[@danielvillalobos9546]

nope, phoenix is growing extremely faster than philadelphia, overtaking the 5th spot (phili has 1.5m while phoenix has 1.6m)

[@TheSpogNYC]

Nope, Phoenix has a larger population than Philadelphia.

[@jordanweir7187]

On the whole was a reaaly nice video but I think the thing about cities being natural due to Zipf's law is a bit of a stretch

[@user-zb8tq5pr4x]

@@Shevock not true. Zipf's law is very real.

[@rodneyplewright7685]

Beehives and Ants Nests are natural habitations for bees and ants, and follow a pattern, so why not habitations for humans?

[@pandarosamusic5751]

How could cities not be natural? This is the way things are going, it's part of nature. It may be damaging, feel wrong, it may deprive us of green spaces and clean air, but it is still part of the natural cycle of what humans as a species are doing, all over the world. This is nature. As is destruction and war, sadly.

[@kielbarry1789]

that was a very polite way to describe miseducation for clickbait

[@maxresdefault_]

I think Ziphs law here is less of an explanation, and more of an expected outcome

[@AakashKalaria]

8:08, "LAND costs about 38 USD per square foot in New York" APARTMENT costs 800 USD per square foot in Mumbai suburb.

[@Kaedynlimon]

dang thats pretty high! most houses in the US cost around 250-300$ per sq ft in suburban areas. Its all about the furniture and location though.

[@NathanClingan]

Yeah, that $38 is completely wrong

[@hey7328]

APARTMENT is not LAND

[@AakashKalaria]

@Wolves bandwagon fan since 1998, only rich afford it. Rest of us somehow get through rent, sharing, etc. @hey7328 I know, the land is MOST expensive.

[@hey7328]

being MOST expensive has no relation to the $800/ft^2 figure given

[@TreetopCanopy]

That 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, etc. population distribution rule is useful for worldbuilding!

[@gavinwarner3480]

Ooh you could do a video about Switzerland’s whole “which city is the capital” thing. I know Bern is the de facto, but it’s sort of a complicated topic I think.

[@gabrielstraus4116]

Same thing for South Africa and Australia

[@vinish542]

3:56 Detroit: Hold my beer!!

[@lukazupie7220]

There is a small city (population 18.000) in my country that was once (about 1800 years ago) bigger than London:) population was similar to today.

[@martinmlakar5093]

3:49 Moscow?

[@Templar112299]

Yeah, and he says Paris is the 2nd largest city at 2 million, but then says IN HIS OWN WORDS that Berlin has a population of 3.5 million at 5:10

[@marcitustangens9251]

and Madrid etc.

[@kosatochca]

Coaster well, there are really many unexplained uncertainties in this video, but still Paris is bigger than Berlin. There is such a very complicated thing as borders of Cities. Therefore, questions like how many people live in this city are sometimes quite hard. I think It'll be quite good if the wendover productions makes a video on this topic

[@leonleon2021]

My Chinese friend: I'm just from a small rural village. Me: how many people live there? Friend: just 3 millions 😑

[@TeKaMOTO]

1 acre = 4 046.85642 m2 or about 0,40 hectares

[@tubbista]

How is paris the 2nd biggest city when Berlin is almost twice as big?

[@rumilb]

maybe wendover was going by metropolitan area population, which would make london and paris 1st and 2nd but the figures would be incorrect

[@MarloSoBalJr]

Is Berlin twice as big in size or population density?

[@tubbista]

MarloSoBalJr Berlin has a population of 3.6 Million, the density is just 20% the density of Paris.

[@Tebbe1997]

Moscow is the largest city soley in Europe...

[@nnalan4886]

Istanbul isn't in Europe.

[@roccoVAL]

frankfurt is cologne, cologne is frankfurt...thanks mate i always learned on your channel!!!!

[@abhiinair]

Mark F. It's just a mistake mate. :)

[@roccoVAL]

Abhilash Nair...or is it? maybe the flat earthers can chime in for help

[@abhiinair]

Mark F. Haha maybe. 😁

[@jasonwika2653]

Wendover: London is the largest city in Europe Meanwhile Moscow: bruh

[@Americanidiot685]

Cities are good when it come to preserving pockets of land for wild life. A majority of Canadian citizens live with in cities. This leaves 82% of the land to wildlife

[@bluerisk]

3:52 Moscow: "I'm a joke to you?!" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_cities_by_population_within_city_limits

[@amabustyocheeks5459]

It's really unfair to only look at the city limits, they are arbitrarily set while people still live outside them. If you include greater Paris it has a population of about 8 million

[@alexhaynes7983]

Vickran it is the entire state of ile de France just like greater New York in New England and grater Los Angeles is Southern California

[@aetu35]

Istanbul. The core of the city's population is within Europe.

[@marklandriau]

Istanbul!!

[@bluerisk]

@@marklandriau Not Europe.

[@cerdaspediaindonesia8926]

Land in new york $38 per square feet? Really? I dont live there, but sounds so wrong to me because that's the same price of land in suburban jakarta, indonesia.

[@matthewmatthew638]

In the suburbs or NJ maybe, but knowing HK land auction prices, hell nah in the City proper,

[@cerdaspediaindonesia8926]

Delve i know, but i think $38 per square feet is too cheap for NYC (imo).

[@cerdaspediaindonesia8926]

matthewmatthew638 well that's make sense now.

[@_yuri]

Just kill old people in Hong Kong get their face by surgery and sell it for a 10th of the price you will be able to buy a better house in any other expensive city. You could also become an adopted child of an old couple and when they die 10-20 years they will most likely give their home to you as a gift problem is the people are having tough time in HK as one slice of bread can cost a dollar.

[@Enkijamenk]

It’s likely an average across the entire city. My 750-square-foot 1-bedroom apartment in the Financial District is $4,200 a month, but if you moved it to Canarsie in Eastern Brooklyn, it would probably be around $1,200 a month at market rate. You’re probably thinking in terms of just Manhattan, possibly just Manhattan south of 59th Street, which is what most people from elsewhere think of when they hear “New York City.” Hell, when he said “Downtown New York” in the video, a generic image of Manhattan looking south from Midtown was shown.

[@planefan082]

I live in a city because if I lived any more suburban than I do now, I would probably go completely insane. Edit: Also, I love big international airports.

[@tinfuyiu3940]

This is inspiring, never thought of this before, thank you for making such a great video! Support from Hong Kong.

[@caderlocke8869]

Video: Puts Cologne instead of Frankfurt Me: Immediately goes to see the comments

[@user-wq3hu2pq4e]

4:58 and as always, thanks for watching.

[@jrexx2841]

wendover productions: ❌ *WHYdover* productions: ✔️

[@ayushanand2901]

Cities have fast WiFi, rural areas don't. That's why!

[@S404_44]

A. Ayush You're wrong, German cities don't have wifi

[@fridericusrex9812]

SimonHellinger You're wrong too, its Canadian cities that don't have wifi.

[@S404_44]

White Wolf there are literally almost no public free wifi networks in Germany, you'll only have wifi at home

[@dedlykuin8539]

Major cities got uber, which is nice

[@epicflomax3502]

London isn't the largest city in europe, Moscow and Istanbul surpass it. Paris isn't the 2nd not even close 5th Istanbul, Moscow, London, St. Petersburg Berlin etc. are all larger

[@longnaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame]

Rome and Madrid as well

[@asneakychicken322]

Third Mann Entertainment Istanbul is half Asian, same could be said of Moscow

[@epicflomax3502]

well sure istanbul might not count but Moscow is without a doubt in europe if u see europe as its own continent

[@ClarityA1]

He might have been talking about the eu

[@epicflomax3502]

Even if Paris is way smaller than Berlin and Madrid and Rome + London isn't really in the eu anymore( like it is but not for much longer)

[@stickygrenade]

Why cities exist: economy

[@jana31415]

3:44 but london is 3rd. First is moskow and second is istanbul