Why Almost Nobody Lives In The Southern Half Of Argentina

[@BMWE90HQ]

Same reason people don’t live in northern Canada….

[@stlmo974]

but is not that cold in southern Argentina

[@michaelsurratt1864]

@@stlmo974 not that cold is a completely useless statement. People from Finland will think -10° isn’t cold people from Mexico will think 60° is cold.

[@stlmo974]

@@michaelsurratt1864 not that cold as northern Canada

[@mharg6408]

@@stlmo974 Of course, but I think the wind is more intense in Patagonia, and some places doesn't have sufficient water

[@fantastiskchow8830]

You just saved me 15 minutes hahahah

[@mattmackewich9699]

South Argentina is just Argentina's Canada.

[@stickynorth]

As a Canadian, I can confirm. N Argentina is like the USA and S Argentina is like the Canadian West... cooler, windier but still liveable... Just not as...

[@maravreloaded]

Argentina is Brazil's Canada. Colder and way less populated. Saludos desde Argentina.

[@tomvlogs8463]

@user-lk2ec4dn9obruh can you read? He said its the other way around.

[@gonzapelayo]

NO

[@emmanuelc9048]

El sur de Argentina es el sur de Argentina, no sé porque siempre algunos Argentinos se quieren comparar con otros países literal la Patagonia Argentina es mucho más hermosa y tiene más prestigio que la mierda de paisajes de Canadá.

[@MartinReiter143]

When I rented a car in southern Patagonia, about the only advice the owner gave me was to NOT LET GO OF THE DOOR when it was open, so that the wind would not tear it off. Good advice.

[@janejones8672]

😂😂😂

[@tt-designs124]

I hiked The W trek in Torres Del Paine. I have hiked in quite a few countries in 25 years, but not until Patagonia have I experienced being lifted off the trail by wind. Just unreal.

[@MicaelaMereles-cf6cc]

Soy neuquina!! ( Patagonia) el viento aquí es constante, rara vez no sopla, pero amo éste lugar.

[@DT-wp4hk]

German sounded name in Argentina. Interesting.

[@gorsh7870]

@@DT-wp4hk Mereles is a spanish last name, you doofus.

[@joseluisdrimal]

Despite being an American channel, you told what happened with Operation Condor, managed by the CIA. Congratulations for your seriousness, professionalism and neutrality! Hugs from argentina

[@ryanrobinson5638]

It's somehow not a top 3 atrocity by us........ Which is really saying something. Boy do we not like talking about operation condor

[@ezequielsaavedra9670]

Gracias a la CIA nos salvamos de ser hoy paises terroristas con ak-47 en las manos y tapabocas como sucede en medio oriente... El comunismo se habia apoderado de america del sur. Yo agradezco a las FFAA haber intervenido a pesar del precio.

[@Roiddz]

@@ryanrobinson5638 the West was still scarred by WW2, Soviet gulags, and China's great leap forward. They felt that much of the world was trying to kill the bretton woods system. Not making excuses just explaining the root cause of the mistakes.

[@fedemerayo6598]

Same, really appreciated he mentioned it.

[@dannylive3000]

We literally learn about it in high school

[@TheAURELIANITO]

As an Argentinian, I don't consider Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area as part of the North and, in your map, it is just in the limit between North and South. If you ignore the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area, the rest of Argentina is mostly empty with pockets of population that rarely exceed a million people. So while the facts stated in this video are correct, they are clearly misleading.

[@maikotter9945]

ein Beitrag des Montages, 1. Mai 2024 ° spring in most parts of Europe, in Cascadia, in New England, in parts of Asia ° autumn in Argentina, in Chile, in Southern Brazil, in Uruguay, in Southern Africa, in New Zealand, in parts of Australia The new "Messi-as" has arrived! Meanwhile Germany has become Basketball World Champion for Men in 2023! Diego Armando Maradona: "If Argentina becomes FIFA World Champions for Gentlemen, I will be running naked through Buenos Aires!" Italian Pope ... Italy becomes FIFA World Champion Polish Pope ... Poland becomes 3rd placed team at a FIFA World Cup German Pope ... Germany becomes FIFA World Champion Argentinian Pope ... Argentinia becomes FIFA World Champion I spot a structure ... ! May be the Netherlands should have a Pope of their own again! ° ... Simon von Uetrecht (15th century); Bishop von Rom ... Jorge Borghelio was born in Argentina. He is Pope Francis now and 87 years old men, sitting in a wheelchair, since "Good" Friday, 29th March 2024. Maxima, Queen-Consort of the Netherlands, was born in Argentina. Her father was a Argetinian Federal Minister, of the fasicts military gouvernment of Argentina. Maximas father, on purpose, was not inivited to the wedding of Willem-Alexander and Maxima, exactly because of that reason! Why Argentina took fascists from Europe, since 1945? The were/are fundamenalists! FIFA World Cup of 1978 in Argentina (fascist dictatorship) Second Group Stage 2; Federal Republik of Germany 3; Second Republik of Austria Who was the opponent? :) The Malwinen-Inseln are a British Overseas Territory, ... so is Gibraltar Town! The Malwinen, the Osterinseln and the 5 Guaynas should its their repsective own members federation of COMNEBOL! Brazil shall make 27 countries out of its current 27 states. Southern Argentinia shall become "La Republica del Rio de la Plata"! Chile´s Southern half shall become "La Republica del Patagonia"! COMNEBOL would have 43 member countries. These boarder changes, would make it easier, to claim at least 6 spots for COMNEBOL, of the FIFA World Cup for Gentlemen! ° "Estadio de Las Malvinas Argentinas" ... What a stupid name for a stadium! :) Citizens of Argentina, ... some of you could settle on the Falklands ... peacefully! "Die Internationale erkennt das Menschenrecht ...!"

[@joaquinfonseca4858]

Nose si lo notas pero ya me di cuenta lo trucho del video cuando puso en el mapa a mar del plata en mitad de la pampa JABZSJ

[@Texan_christian1132]

Thay are called Argentines NOT Argentinians

“Nadie ignora que el Sur empieza del otro lado de Rivadavia..." Jorge Luis Borges

[@juanmag8405]

@@maikotter9945who the fuck is this guy?

[@SixtyNice420]

Going down south, according to me: Sandy beaches, palm trees, and beautiful weather. Going down south, according to Northern Argentines: *Patagonia*

[@Th3Chuzzl3r]

Such a bizarre reality for a north hemisphere resident like myself, not to mention that they have winter in July and summer in December

[@stickynorth]

Same sitch with Australia... The further South you go the colder and cloudier it gets. And in fact, Melbourne gets less sun per year than Edmonton, Alberta my hometown on native land at 53 degrees NORTH! Warmer? At certain times of the year sure, but sunnier? Nope!

[@maikotter9945]

@@stickynorth Hamburg (Germany) is located, roughly the same latitude as Edmonton (Alberta). "Daylight Saving Time" ... sucks! DST is most beloved in Italy!

[@loboar2808]

@user-lk2ec4dn9o no entendiste, dice que para ellos el sur es cálido, pero para nosotros el sur es frío, simplemente geografia. Una curiosidad.

[@maxiaguirre]

in the international airport in BA in the middle of the mac donalds, the cafes and othe gift shops there is one that sales warm cloth, and only that, cause a lot lot of people go there with summer gardments specting tropical weather only to find out that Argentina is cold place, or at best template.

[@sanexpreso2944]

Southern Argentina has the strongest winds in the world outside of Antarctica, for those living in the Midwest or in the Rocky Mountains of the USA it's the same but on steroids

[@maravreloaded]

The difference is that we make our houses with solid materials. Not wood and cardboard like in the us.

[@kstreet7438]

@@maravreloaded I guess another difference is that Americans can afford to heat their homes during winter

[@brendacruz3716]

We too.

[@paomirabet5967]

@@kstreet7438 No sólo que tenemos con que calentarnos, sino que tenemos la mejor carne del mundo, el mejor vino del mundo..😘

[@santiagoayalef-b7l]

Yeah sometimes it gets scary

[@renatoe9648]

Kinda annoying that México keeps being referenced as the center of spanish control when Lima was the center for South América and directly administered argentina til the 1770's (aprox)

[@maravreloaded]

Yankees

[@cardsharper1909]

taco sombrero burrito mentality

[@martinra6040]

@@cardsharper1909 se nota que sabes mucho de argentina.

[@maryzacheo6498]

Ehhh en 1700 no existía argentina y la patagonia no formaba parte de ningún virreinato

[@SantiagoAriasEskapa]

@@martinra6040 habla del que hizo el video sobre la mentlidad yanky de meter a los mexicanos como ejemplo de la hispanidad...

[@timelessdays]

Just to note, Mar del Plata is a coastal town in the southeastern part of Buenos Aires.

[@ArgStyleRlz]

yeah, when i saw that i was like "wait what?", pretty sure Mar del Plata is in the middle right side of "Grand" Buenos Aires.

[@taotaoliu2229]

Southern Argentina is almost but not quite Antarctica.

[@MatthewConnellan-xc3oj]

lol.

[@IRLSuperb]

The difference between that line in the thumbnails is the the temperature changes drastically. Like two different seasons. Most people rather stay in the north were it’s less cold

[@theontologist]

No more like Antarctica than Ontario and Quebec, but more mountainous and much more scenic.

[@stickynorth]

@@theontologist Bingo! I'd move there and I'm from Northern Alberta... Which got snow today...

[@theontologist]

@@stickynorth My condolences on the snow :-)

[@SLJ2776]

An ancestor of mine helped set up a Welsh colony in Patagonia. This was driven by oppression by the English including suppression of the Welsh language. As you say, the conditions and landscape were extremely tough for them, but towns like Rawson and Chubut still display some echoes of the links to Wales, including the language. My ancestor was surveying the Andes for better land when he was murdered by US outlaws escaping justice, rumoured to be Butch Cassidy’s gang.

[@isaiasrodriguez8980]

What a fantastic and insightful look at Argentina. It’s such a fascinating country. Buenos Aires is such a thrill. I truly hope that it can recuperate economically.

[@facundomontivero2299]

I don't think it ever will. Especially with the new lunatic we have as president.

[@eideng7415]

​@@facundomontivero2299 Te hubieras ido a venezuela con maduro 🤭

[@facundomontivero2299]

@@eideng7415 No te preocupés. Con Milei vamos a terminar con la ecnomía igual que Venzuela. Todo lo que está haciendo ya se hizo antes. Cuando estaban los militares, y durante la presidencia de Menem. Estamos repitiendo la historia y no se dan cuenta porque tienen la memoria de una mosca de fruta.

[@michaelzeballos6344]

It's very simple. Most of the southern región is Patagonia, very windy most of the year, very hot in summer and very cold in winter. Not an easy climate to adapt yourself to. No centralization, long distances between cities and towns.

[@DT-wp4hk]

Not easy to adapt. Ideal for Germans that don't want to adapt😂

[@WolfyMacontosh]

I am surprised to hear that it gets *VERY HOT* in the summer I would think temperatures would be very mild and winters would be brutal.

[@fastinbulvis2223]

@@WolfyMacontoshYou are right to be surprised. Because it doesn't get "very hot" in the summer. It does get hot. But that's normal. There are days in 90's, but mostly in the 80's. But even when it does get hot it's not until around 2pm and when the sun goes over the Andes around 7pm it cools down pretty quick and the temperature can drop even to the low 50's. Also, the winters are not brutal at all. The snow is only a problem up in the mountains.

[@Rob-pz5dw]

@@WolfyMacontosh It never gets very hot..

[@amireal5458]

I'm from Tierra del Fuego and it's absolutely NOT very hot in summer. There is almost no difference between summer and winter.

[@Yormsane]

Thank you for mentioning the effects of Operation Condor. Strange how other history & geography channels turn a blind eye to one of Henry Kissinger's nastiest pet projects.

[@stickynorth]

Bingo! This deserves more than its own video, probably a series on it...

[@M.L.Knotts]

Yea but calling it right wing is just plain ignorant

[@miliba]

It was necessary to prevent Soviet expansion. Nowadays nobody gives a damn about leftist governments because the USSR is no more

[@Yormsane]

​@@M.L.Knotts So how would you describe Operation Condor? Do enlighten us.

[@mike4181]

The video is IGNORANT on Operation Condor. The Dictatorships were alredy on power years before the Meeting to share the Soviets Comunist Spys within the countries of Origin. Didnt Explain any Context, even the Story is Left side written, NO Context of Rusia involve told.-

[@Jairo1998xd]

Errata: Argentinian patagonia never was inhabitated by mapuches, they were live from the chilean patagonia in the other side of Andes mountains, who lived in argentinian patagonia was the tehuelches

[@gorsh7870]

Eso es un mito propagado para deslegitimar los reclamos mapuches. El pueblo mapuche habitó a los dos lados de la cordillera (lo cual es obvio, porque no existía razón para usar un límite entre dos países que todavía no existían! El territorio cordillerano es uno solo).

[@maurovallarino4444]

@@gorsh7870 Entonces según vos, los mapuches sobrevivieron a la campaña del desierto? O puede ser que no estaban antes ahi... y llegaron despues. Tanto así que se asentaron en las mejores tierras de la patagonia, reclamando como suyo lugares que pertenecen a TODOS los argentinos y NO a un grupo minoritario. De todos modos, cada año los mapuches con iphone prenden fuego a los bosques de la patagonia...

[@alavalle69]

@@gorsh7870 SÍ, ES UN MITO INGLÉS, PORQUE SE QUIEREN ROBAR LA PATAGONIA ARGENTINA Y LA PATAGONIA CHILENA: ESOS FARSANTES TIENEN SEDE LEGAL EN BRISTON, INGLATERRA. NUNCA EXISTIÓ NINGUNA TRIBU "MAPUCHE", HUBO Y HAY ARAUCANOS, ORIGINARIOS DE LA REGIÓN DE ARAUCO, ¡¡EN CHILE!! En la Argentina, había tehuelches, puenches, pampas, selk´nam, yaganas...

[@dr.woozie7500]

Argentina has the most fertile region of South America, yet they somehow fumbled and are the 23rd largest economy in the world behind countries such as Belgium.

[@theontologist]

As noted, the colonial powers frequently intervene to extract wealth, interspersed with populist backlash that doesn't manage economies well for long-term growth.

[@stickynorth]

Whenever nations are heavily subject to foreign interference and intervention like Canada, Argentina or Australia their economies will always suffer thanks to the geopolitical and economic might of Super powers who will do everything they can to control or kill the competition even form friendly nations... Bombardier C Series now Airbus A220 vs Boeing anyone? Thanks to Boeing, Bombardier basically collapsed as a jet-maker other than for the Global Express private aircraft it's still known for...

[@hanschristopherson8056]

Short term gain

[@uxb2001]

Socialism!

[@theontologist]

@@uxb2001 Trump is a socialist, demanding that businesses do his bidding or else,

[@Tupavada]

Te aporto dos datos: En Argentina somos 46.23 millones de habitantes. Y las Malvinas son Argentinas simplemente por qué son parte de nuestra plataforma continental. (Si les cabe alguna duda, vayan a chequear los últimos mapas de la plataforma submarina de Argentina (consensuados mundialmente) y no les quedarán dudas. Buen video, un saludo desde Buenos Aires 🇦🇷💪🏻

[@lioneldemun6033]

Los Canal islas cerca de Normandía son parte de la plataforma continental pero Francia no hice una guerra contra el RU por esto archipiélagob

[@javiermartinmehdi1914]

@@lioneldemun6033 Si yo voy un dia y te expulso de tu casa x la FUERZA ( eso hizo Gran bretaña en 1833) tu casa pasa a ser mia o vos tendrias derecho a reclamarla x mas tiempo q pase...???

[@persona_comun]

Soy argentino, y la verdad que el argumento de la plataforma continental es el menos fuerte de todos los argumentos que tiene Argentina para reclamar las Malvinas. El argumento más fuerte, y que se debería usar más, es que desde la independencia (1816) hubo población que se identificaba como argentina en las Islas, hasta que en 1833 el Reino Unido expulsó a la población Argentina e implantó población británica de forma violenta. Este es el verdadero motivo por el que las Malvinas son argentinas, y por el cual el referéndum del 2013 es inválido (ya que fue votado por población implantada de forma violenta)

[@Tupavada]

@@persona_comun Yo también soy Argentino. Y me apoyo en los tratados internacionales basados en las aprobaciones de la ONU y sobre todo en el trabajo científico realizado a través de los últimos 20 años por la Comisión Nacional del Límite Exterior de la Plataforma Continental (COPLA) No son hipótesis, es evidencia científica. www.ucsf.edu.ar/onu-aprueba-ampliacion-de-la-plataforma-continental-argentina/

[@blackhawk5950]

@@persona_comun exacto, más claro agua!

[@zddxddyddw]

You incluced Mendoza in your map of Patagonia but that is wrong, Mendoza is parto of another geographic region called Cuyo. Also, you placed Mar del Plata inland when it is a coastal city. Other than that, great video and greetings from Buenos Aires!

[@Juan-tn1dl]

Un desastre. Información que se puede chequear fácilmente en google maps en menos de 5min

[@WizardToby]

Southern Argentina (aka Patagonia) is basically antarctica. Cold snowy tundra down there and lots of penguins.

[@maravreloaded]

Just the tip at Tierra del Fuego.

[@WizardToby]

@@maravreloaded true I guess it would gradually get colder as you go south in Patagonian Steppe.

[@mrdarkside4071]

What an ignorant remark..Antarctica is deserted ice fields and moving icebergs, Patagonia is habitable and has humans settlements permanently.

[@WizardToby]

@@mrdarkside4071 would it be less “ignorant” to compare Patagonia to Alaska then?

[@ottotcherrig3480]

@@WizardToby There´s different zones in Patagonia.Andes valleys and lakes are one of the beautiful landscapes in the world.Central steppe is arid and windy.The coast is beautifull,plenty of animals and very windy.The extreme south don´t have permafrost.

[@nickd717]

Ok, the answer for almost all these videos is the same: IT’S TOO COLD! But in this case it’s something different. It’s because it’s too Chile down there.

[@fantastiskchow8830]

Hahahahahahahahahahah

[@juanpedronardin8596]

Hi, an Argentine here and fan of this channel. Great video, I liked it, but I have some notes to amplify the information: -Patagonia is very underpopulated not only because its weather (the main reason of course), but also because it was incorporated later to the country unlike the north. They took part of the country since the 1880 decade (this isn't the case of Malvinas Islands tho). However in the last couple of decades, the patagonian provinces have been the ones that have grown the most in porcentual terms. Tierra del Fuego has particularly grown in a 50% between 2010 and 2022 census. They are still the most underpopulated ones of course, but they are going in a good way. -The contrast in population goes mainly between the full pampean region (Provinces of Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Santa Fe and Entre Rios, and the City of Buenos Aires) with 30 million of people (almost 66% of the country's population) and the rest of the country with 16 million. La Rioja and Catamarca are also very underpopulated provincies (300k and 400k people respectively) like the Patagonia, but this two are located in the north west of the country. -Mar del Plata is located in the coast, in the extreme south east of Buenos Aires Province. -I think you exposed well in a respectful and correct way both official positions related with Malvinas Islands (generaly north americans and europeans are limited to show or explain only the British position) which is fine. I just would like to add in the world map, that all Latin American countries supports the Argentinian position in the claim. Nonetheless I would like to recognize in the good sense the fact that you mentioned Operation Condor, an atrocious historical event that generally is omitted by people from North America or Europe. I have great respect for you for that.

[@Texan_christian1132]

Finally someone who says Argentines NOT Argentinians

[@juanpedronardin8596]

@@Texan_christian1132 I use both, just like in this long comment.

[@Texan_christian1132]

@@juanpedronardin8596 only Argentine

[@Tony_417]

The Falkland Islands will always remain British, per the will of the people living there. Argentina needs to wake up and get over it

[@user-xu3bg7zh9c]

@@Tony_417 that population was implanted by the british empire so I dont care what they think, if they want to be british they can go there. Imagine if the pro-english people on the USA were given the choice to remain british during their independence... you would have cities or even entire states considered british land inside the United States, thats not how things work. If some day the Malvinas are finally given back to Argentina, those people must accept it or get the f*ck out asap.

[@tvo6453]

Fun Fact…if you ever visit Argentina, a great conversation starter is to bring up how great Argentina was in the Falkland War.

[@Nozzred]

As to ask New Zealanders "Where are them kangaroos then?" when you landed...

[@maikotter9945]

@@Nozzred In a zoologic garden?

[@IERServer]

Conversely, if you mention the Malvinas are (actually) British, civilized people will look at you like if you just said the n word, whereas the uncivilized will fight you.

[@AntonelaArias-w6d]

Cómo preguntarle a un Inglés: por qué la estrella del escudo de la camiseta de su selección de fútbol casi no se ve? será por tantos años? o por tímida?

[@flacosolazzi6250]

Se llaman Malvinas y son ARGENTINAS.

[@MAuric10bal]

I live in this "southern" part (close to Mar del Plata) and it's absolutely livable. The weather is temperate cold and not bad at all. With better policies that promote productive activities, (like the expected offshore gas and oil) and decent healthcare is as good as any other part of the world.

[@LevisH21]

Southern Argentina must be similar to what Alaska might be for USA. and the Falklands would probably be the Hawaii for Argentina, but they are part of UK.

[@rodolfodicarlo7819]

@@LevisH21 Not quite the same climate though

[@MAuric10bal]

@@LevisH21 only parts of Patagonia might be comparable to Alaska. In Buenos Aires province is less cold than cities like New York or Chicago.

[@voice.of.reason]

I bet the weather there is better than in the UK

[@rodolfodicarlo7819]

@@voice.of.reason I doubt it...

[@timmiestabrnak]

I hated geography in high school, idk what got me to click on the first video of yours but ever since I can’t stop, every time they pop up. Your videos are so interesting.

[@AxelVideos-h7k]

Oh no, Mar del Plata lost its sea.... Now it is "Tierra del Plata"

[@picolete]

El nuevo Villa Gesell de xmen

[@afevre11]

As an argentinian, nice video! Just two minor mistakes: 1) Mar del Plata is located on the coast of BsAs Province, no inland. 2) Neuquén population is approximately triple than the video claims (~720 k)

[@David-pz4bs]

El sur de Argentina es otro mundo, no se lo puede comparar con nada

[@zeppeline21]

I am argentinian and this is not true, it is true that fewer people live in the south but not by that much.

[@ElGranAguila]

I would love to go to Patagonia someday.

[@federicostritzler7650]

It is beautiful. Visit Bariloche and "Los Glaciares" National Park

[@airamespana6296]

It's amazing, you won’t regret it.

[@memcmzor]

Fairness as a person from 🇨🇦 I clam that the Falklands/Islas Malvinas - be Argentinian🇦🇷

[@jennijenjenjen]

Why?

[@maravreloaded]

​@@jennijenjenjenwhy not? It's an opinion and you can't prohíbe them

[@jennijenjenjen]

@@maravreloaded okay

[@maikotter9945]

1st amendment of US Federal Constitution!

[@memcmzor]

It is geographically located much closer to Argentina however English still could be a spoken there yeah

[@Lauren-7777]

Pronunciation of Salta and Jujuy was spot on!!

[@mgtowlevel5293]

Muh friend growing up we were 7or8. His Dad was from Argentina. He was 69, smoked cigarettes, wore gold jewelry. Very fit and active. He was getting on our bikes sitting on the handlebars backwards riding the bike even letting go with his hands whilst smoking. This was in 1984. His name was Lucky LOL that was 40 years ago.

[@pabloalvez915]

Tens of thousands of people of Welsh and English descent in SA (South Argentina): "Are we a joke to you?..."

[@Rainy_Day12234]

@@pabloalvez915 Lots of Germans as well.

[@alexbrown2401]

@@Rainy_Day12234 that managed to escape trials after WW2

[@FernandoVargas-lo1tt]

No existe autodeterminacion de los habitantes de malvinas porque ellos fueron traidos de otro lado, no son originarios del lugar, aunque hallan nacido ahi, sus antepasados fueron faraneos

[@morlockianhabits1974]

No tienes sentido de la ironía, ¿verdad?

[@pedrodelupi9889]

Fun fact: Tierra Del Fuego is closer to Australia, heading southward, than it is to the United States

[@irishmaninflorida1608]

Yes, I believe you are right. I have flown from both Houston and Atlanta to Buenos Aires. 10hr flights. So I imagine another 4 added to get to southern Argentina.

[@Arsontapir]

10 bucks say its cause you can't farm in it

[@liquidfloyd2588]

Totally wrong actually. Foreigners own the land and wont let you farm in it

[@GORULLA]

@@liquidfloyd2588 cause it’s impossible to farm in it. It’s just all gravel desert. Yes the main sediment there isn’t sand it’s actually gravel

[@alguien2212-7L]

​@@liquidfloyd2588 fake

[@Dylan0w0]

@@liquidfloyd2588 Los extranjeros serán con suerte menos del 2% de la Patagonia...

[@patricioiasielski8816]

As an argentinian I can tell you why: 80% of argentinian patagonia it's just a fucking desert with regular winds of up to 60 km/h and extreme cold in winter and heat in summer, the few large cities that are in the region is because it's full of oil, gas and minerals and the sea is inmensely rich in fish (and more oil) and is located on a strategic region of the world that used to be the only way to go from the atlatinc to the pacific ocean. The andean region and the coast are pretty nice.

[@frequentlycynical642]

No mention of the Pampas as a major cattle region? Cattle came WAY before crops.

[@jerrymcintire7902]

He mentioned cattle more than once.

[@Ralph-em8xh]

Awesome video dude! So much information and great visuals. I wish we had dudes like you and videos back in the seventies when I was in junior high and high school. We only had books and the occasional black and white movies of boring and repeated scenes of crap like banana trading with other countries. The only fun was getting the teacher to play the movies in reverse. Cool teachers would. Since even they knew the movies were boring back then. My favorite one to run backwards was one of lizards that run on their back legs. We were simple back then. Again great video. I'm 63 and I still like learning keeps the brain going along with the weed.

[@fernandog.aguirre2791]

Before i moved to Hawaii I lived there for almost one year. So expensive and you must be MC Gibber in many ways. From a nurse, to food provider, farmer, hunter, builder, teacher, electrician, cook and you name it! Life down there is very difficult because the hostil enviroment, long distance to anywhere and the very luck of non existing laws!

[@nixcails]

Talking about waves of migration in the late industrial age you omit the huge Cornish and Welsh dispora especially around Chebut Provincia who moved there after the metal mining in North Wales (Gogledd Cymru)🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 and Cornwall (Kernow) this gives Argentina the distinction of having one of the largest Welsh/Cornish speaking communities outside of the Brythonnic world. I also note you didn't include Las Islas Malvinas in your boundary of Argentina. That said the 1982 conflict of sovereignty was also part of the dirty war to distract the public from domestic issues. Both Galtierri and Thatcher pushed the flag waving agenda to distract from social unrest domestically and as usual the USA sat on the fence instead of trying to broker peaceful resolution. The main reason the British far right government since 2010 maintains the claim on the Falkland Islands is the fishing and mineral rights. And that's what annoys China and Russia since Chinese vessels rarely get fishing licences and Russia is unhappy about potential gas and oil extraction by Western nations brokered through the UK Government. The other reason the Falkland Islands are kept is servicing Antarctic Territory and for Military Strategy purposes. With Mount Pleasant Airport [MPN] a ready made airbase for NATO-OTAN and other allied forces and plenty of deep water to 'hide' V-Class (and New Dreghtnought) ICBM capable submarines. The irony is joint sovereignty deals between UK and Argentina were started to be brokered by Chile in the 1970's but nothing came of it and now Stanley is officially a UK city it's unlikely anything will come to the table especially whilst UK is in an economic mess and overstretching military needs to other conflicts. I have it direct from Chileans I work with that Chile 🇨🇱 is pronounced ChillE by natives.

[@Aydin-Adam]

I just learned about the Welsh-Argentines the other day from Simon Wilson’s excellent video

[@Abyss-Will]

Fun fact: while the map at 9:50 says all the south experiences colder temperatures, the city of Bahia blanca that sits near the bottom of the Buenos Aires province is usually the hottest city on the whole country with temperatures that regularly rise above 42C

[@Max15691]

I'm from there.... it's a city of kind of extreme weather. It's inside a geographic depression, there's a bay, and some other geographical or climate factors I don't remember. All those things combined cause very hot summers and very cold winters, a loooot of wind (fairly high speeds and lasting for days with pauses, and then back again), along with, not quite as low precipitation as Patagonia, but close. Oh and extreme temperature swings too (usually because of the winds) during the seasons, and during the day too, like, you might be dehydrating under the sun, but when the sun falls, it can get really cold sometimes and need more clothes, or heating. This winter was extreeemely cold, with several days having the temperature of Ushuahia 🥶 but this is rather uncommon. There was also a storm, almost like a tropical storm, last December, 100-130MPH sustained winds and tons of rain. I have to say, I don't like the weather here 😅

[@iFlashScarlet]

in Brazil its the opposite, few in the north, everyone in the south lmao, north is way hotter and also due to the amazon

[@Gabriel-bt1nx]

I live in the south of argentina and yes, i do have a penguis like a pet

[@matthewbarabas3052]

probably summed up as: poor farmland, poor climate, poor coastal areas.

[@BERSERKERDEMON1]

I ve lived or travelled to Europe, Africa (Cameroon), Australia (Western Australia) and Argentina. Argentina is the best place of all. (effects of global warming are limited compared to Southern Europe where temperatures reach 49 Celsius degrees, also there is no water shortages, the Northern part of Argentina is very sunny which is a good thing for agriculture, the country has a lot of natural resources: gaz/oil/mines and one of the largest stream of the world to produce electricity). People are very friendly (very little delinquency in Buenos Aires you can go at night and sit on the grass of a square nothing will happen to you there are even families, ... people also help you if you get lost which will never happen in any multi millions population western city, and the food is amazing -unlike Australia/UK ) I ve yet to explore the rest of the country (north, west and south) but to me it's the best place of the world...

[@matthewbarabas3052]

@@BERSERKERDEMON1 i live in canada. we are also quite resistant to global warming.

[@jdlc903]

​Your so full of caca . I e lived in 4 countries and food in UK is good, supermarkets/ market's provide everything and restaurant scene is world competitive ( Michelin restaurants). Btw when I lived in continental Europe I met loads of Argentinians who had escaped and abandoned Argentina for Europe.​@@BERSERKERDEMON1

[@paomirabet5967]

QUÉ IGNORANTE.. !! TENEMOS LAS MEJORES TIERRAS..LA ZONA PAMPEANA, LA MÁS RICA DEL PLANETA PARA EL CULTIVO, GANADERÍA..TENEMOS LA MEJOR CARNE DEL MUNDO..EL MEJOR VINO..!!!

[@picolete]

@@paomirabet5967 Sos un bobi, no te das cuenta de lo que esta hablando y salis a llorar en mayusculas

[@stickynorth]

I'd love an entire episode dedicated to Operation Condor and all the governments and regions it affected to this day.. I.e. what's REALLY causing the US border crisis is blow back from Condor operations in Central America designed to destabilize Left-Wing Paramilitary movements and governments and the drug cartels that use the power vacuum left behind to rob nations of their dignity and security... Most people don't even know about this project much less how it STILL shapes Geopolitical conflicts in 2024...

[@estudiantes68]

We, the Argentines, don't care about the location of the "center of the Spanish empire". We don't care if it was Mexico or Peru. We have more influence on them, than they have on us. Nobody here watches Mexican football or soap operas. They grew up listening to Argentine rock.

[@stephenbachmann1171]

This kind of rotten attitude is why you are bankrupt

[@diegoflores9237]

Dude, relax. Every country has amazing things. The USA, Russia, China , Argentina, etc etc all have great things

[@Dylan0w0]

?? Te ofendes por eso, búscate un problema onesto amigo, dale... Es HISTORIA YA ESCRITA, si Perú fue el centro administrativo, ya está, fue el centro administrativo y punto.

[@ezelegui7901]

@@stephenbachmann1171 argentina is not bankrupt, lmao the inflation has gone down a lot

[@floretion]

If Buenos Aires is the largest city and is right on the border between the north and the south, I would think whether it counts as a northern or southern city also greatly contributes to why so many ore people are in the North, i.e. it is mostly a matter of definition.

[@user-xu3bg7zh9c]

the place where he place the division line is wrong. The region oficially considered as "the south" is like 1/3 of the country, Buenos Aires is the most populated province (its shaped as the letter "P") and the city of Buenos Aires (capital of both, the province and the country) is at the north of said province. He pointed the city of Buenos AIres as "the north" but the whole province is located in what we consider "the center" of the country. The most populated part of the country (where the provinces of Buenos Aires, Cordoba and Santa Fe are located) is simply considered "the center". The part we consider as "the north" is also wrongly marked here, as it would be about 20% of the country or so (its... the part on top of the center, lol). There are a lot of regions, but to be very simplistic just think of it as divided in 3 instead of 2 like he did in the video, the most populated part is not the north, but the middle one. If you imagine it as a videogame map, the south would be snow, the middle would be green plains, and the north would be desert and mountains lol.

[@santidiedrich]

@user-xu3bg7zh9c Buenos Aires city is not the capital of Buenos Aires province, that's La Plata. The city of Buenos Aires (Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires) is an autonomous district since the constitutional reform in 1994 and it has been separated from the province of Buenos Aires since 1880. Like its own little province.

[@user-xu3bg7zh9c]

@@santidiedrich Sisi tenes razón, puse cualquier cosa. Buenos Aires es la capital del país y La Plata es la capital de la provinca jajaja

[@elnomadaespacial]

Cabo de Hornos is like Baltic Sea, the island like Southern Scotland and Lithuania, even Southern Denmark.

[@fernandog.dabramo9664]

Geoff, something similar happens in the Midwest USA (Arizona, Kansas, Kentucky, Montana, etc.), and of course in Canada. Patagonian hinterland areas have several weather constraints in winter, reaching -10F. However, in 1983 there was a project to move the country's Capital to Viedma by the Rio Negro and the sea, as Brazil did in the 50's with Brasilia to set sovereignty in their Mata Atlantica hinterland.

[@ElGranAguila]

Thanks you for sharing the reasons why the Southern Argentina is less populated.

[@gabrielpicek]

As an argentinean born and raised in the big rivers and forests in the north of the country, I tried life in the middle of Santa cruz province, I can say that almost the entire Patagonia is just a vast flat and windy desert full of petrol pumps everywhere, I got depressed by such a drastic change, there was nothing to do there, the most annoying was the dogs that were very agressive, is like if that desert turned everyone in bad mood, and is easy to understand if there are sand storms everytime and no water, its not an inviting place to go for walks. A tip to people wanting to go there: stick to the Andes mountains is much better

[@ElGranAlbatros]

You have great videos, Geoff! ❤

[@secretospaleontologicos]

In your map, when you distinguished the north from the southern part of the country you leave behind Buenos Aires as the most populated province, which is actually the most populated of the whole country.

[@raydunn8262]

Thanks for the great deep dive. 1. I knew it. Those darn mountains are part of the answer. 2. I recommend Geoff's excellent take on Chile, Argentina's western neighbor. Southern South America is called Patagonia, 10%/90%. It's like if one placed 10 shoelaces side to side. Chile would be the first one. One would guess all ten shoelaces had similar climates. Please guess why not. Hint only for non-Geoff subscribers: mountains. I always wondered why Prince weirdly titled a song as 'Mountains'. As always, Geoff answered my wonder. 3. Saudia Arabia is building a linear city in the desert. The planners should be talking to Argentina and especially Chile how they manage such lopsided countries. Chile is shaped like legs of Brooks Shields and Uma Thurman if they fasted for three months. a) Noem is the linear city that is 1,000 times east to west than it is north to south. b) It's going to be a 20 to 30 storied apartment building that will be a 1/2 city block continuing to go for 100 miles, climate change neutral. c) Even Geoff would have difficulty convincing the most gullible that this is being built. d) The planners admit that some technology is nowhere practical. e) It's like paying one million upfront for a one-way ticket to Mars in 2028. Flying on Musk Spaceways.

[@maryzacheo6498]

No nos interesa sus ideas nos gusta ser pocos, nos gusta la patagonia como esta, no queremos la atención que le están poniendo a argentina y más ahora que encontraron una reserva enorme de gas y petróleo en nuestro sector de la antartida.

[@moragafabian]

I am from the south of Argentina.. if you live in the dessert you have winters of -15C and winds up to 100 km/hr and really hot summers.. unless you have to work there, living is quite difficult.

[@nonilan8179]

Argentina is wonderful, the people are good, there are many diversities and climate, the great dinosaurs were there, there are a lot of people and tourism.

[@RiggyRonnie]

Same reason no one lives in the northern half of Canada

[@Kariakas]

Canada and Taiwan are the UKs and/or US’s lackey, not like they have a real opinion.

[@eldelfifaydls8944]

As an Argentine (and living in the southern half of the country) I think it is correct, and it is also crazy to think that in the eighth largest country in the world 1/4 of its population is concentrated in the capital

[@andreisilkin9722]

I had a question "where are the bigger cities in Southern Argentina?" Now I know thanks to your video! I liked your story!

[@sanexpreso2944]

Although Mar del Plata's location is wrong, it put it inland and is a coastal city

[@maravreloaded]

Center. Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Rosario all in the middle

[@AntonelaArias-w6d]

Puerto Madryn - Rio Gallegos - Rio Grande -

[@nahuel]

I'm so glad u talked about operation condor. No one does and it's a very important fact.

[@brauliofernandesss]

Mar del Plata position should be at the same latitude but at the coast (at the "mar" = sea).

[@ramacope]

Revolution in Argentina was actually not in 1810, it was in 1816. In 1810 was the first reunion to start thinking about revolution

[@fernandog.dabramo9664]

By the way, less people in some regions means less contamination and better environmental balance. Fires caused by human action are a serios problem for natural old forests sirvival.

[@jonhjackson7224]

3:15 even there was an initiative to recognize Italian, German and Welsh as co-official languages ​​and French as a compulsory subject in schools, but only Welsh was recognized as co-official in the province of Chubut. In the 90s,Italian ,German and French coexisted in different institutes (French in business institutes and elementary schools, Italian and German in technical institutes), but educational reforms proclaimed English as a foreign language subject. So now Italian , Portuguese or French are subjects in tourism courses (but usually only Portuguese is obligatory) and Hochs is only taught in German schools.

[@F-ke5pv]

Not one of your geographic descriptions was correct. None of them. You place regions such as the Chaco or the Pampas in a completely inaccurate place, extending over the wrong lands. You described as "lowlands" territories that are up to 3000mt above sea level. You even, somehow, got wrong with the placing of cities such as Mar del Plata. You completely ignored the main rivers of the country that are what shapes and defines the geographical and social structure of most of the country. This video was by far the worst I have seen touching this subject. Just a 1 minute Google research would have shown you how inaccurate you were.

[@gaborbakonyi6552]

As far as I know from Hungary, the Andok mointains in South-America has a strong effect to the climate. While in Peru and in the north part of Chile the west part of the Andok is arid and the east part is wet and fertile, in South-Chile and South-Argentina the west part of the Andok is wet and fertile and the east part is arid, due to the prevailing winds. Thereffore the sout part of Argentina is arid and cold. The plants prefer the water and the sunshine, but in South-Argentina, none of them is pesent.

[@jose.lisboa]

Mar del Plata is in the coast!!!

[@jamesg9468]

The reason is because the Falklands are British, and there is every chance they might invade southern "Argentina".

[@Juan-tn1dl]

Islas Malvinas Argentinas

[@rodrigoquiroga8590]

Mapuches were not from Argentina, but from Chile

[@robertpaulson9369]

Argentina is starting to do well lately

[@ariellopez3332]

Te faltó las islas Malvinas, Georgias y Sandwich del sur, en el mapa de Argentina

[@Tetengue]

The Patagonian steppe is characterized by poor soils, little rainfall, low temperatures, frost almost all year round and winds that exceed 100 kilometers per hour.

[@MK-su6eg]

As a SURFER , this looks like a unexplored surf spot of endless perfection of surf spots! Aloha from westside Oahu Hawaii On 1 side lefts , other side rights !

[@CrissTRG]

not empty just a buch of welsh lads

[@Jc2.004]

Welsh in argentina are minory, they are in some isolated Village

[@luchodib]

You forgot to indicate on the map the two argentine islands located east of Patagonia. Malvinas Argentinas.

[@DiegoBrach]

Thanks for the video, the Malvinas are Argentine!

[@tanybrachid]

I've always seen the Patagonia as the Siberia of the southern hemisphere: Uninhabited and underdeveloped, but undeniably beautiful.

[@maryzacheo6498]

No esta deshabitada, mejor así que con contaminación de los humanos

[@TheDavidlloydjones]

Note that South America was not conquered by the Spanish or the Portugese: it was conquered by smallpox. Smallpox destroyed all the mountain cultures of the Andes before a single European saw a South American mountain except from the Pacific side in the distance.

[@MHiggs-rx5zz]

That's a distinction without a difference since the Europeans BROUGHT smallpox to the New World which facilitated and expedited the conquering of indigenous peoples by weakening their numbers. Whether it was horses and firearms or threw biological means, the result was the same.

[@Maximopaccioretti]

Not only is the south of Argentina unpopulated, but the entire west of the country as well. The population (+70%) is concentrated in the Pampas area, in the center-east of the country near the Atlantic. This is because they are dry and arid regions and there was never immigration in those regions. and finally, the part that says NORTH is not right. You are mixing regions.

[@intricateentity2360]

Because it's cold and it's hard to grow crops. There, saved you 15 minutes.

[@joestutzman4519]

Now I want to move there. Thanks, Geoff!

[@liquidfloyd2588]

Please dont. Stay where you are

[@MishaElRusito]

It must be cold lol

[@briancastro313]

Its kinda like Russia but in south america 😅 (it applies for the southern end of Chile too)

[@raul_8127]

Super cold, the wind are sometimes more than 100kilometers, the distances between cities are huge, snow in the most of places, the quality of life is kind of good but ultra expensive. Just to point some things why there's less people in the south

[@revinhatol]

Les Malouines sont Francaises!

[@maikotter9945]

"Brexit means Brexit!"

[@larifari4371]

"Why so few people live in southern Argentina" starts at 07:59

[@M.L.Knotts]

Wow... I didn't realize how politically biased this channel was until I saw this video.... Labeling a dictatorship as "right wing" is misleading and just plain wrong. To be right-wing means that you believe in less government, less control, more freedom, less regulation..... Literally the opposite of a dictatorship

[@alexpatagonia961]

I live un Patagonia, born near Buenos Aires.....came here un 87....knew mi wife who gane 3 kids, and is wonderfull live here, the winds....You must learn to live with them.... dependes what parte of Patagonia You live

[@James-zg2nl]

Argentina’s claim to the Falklands Islands is pathetically weak. France has a stronger “claim” to Quebec than Argentina does to the Falklands, but France isn’t dumb enough to make such an absurd claim. Another example of a better “claim” than Argentina’s to the Falklands is Mexico’s “claim” to the lands they lost in the Mexican-American War, but again, Mexico isn’t dumb enough to make such an absurd claim. Time to get over it Argentina!

[@Just_Call_Me_Tim]

If you go run around Laredo, TX with a cab radio on, you may be surprised at the number of native Spanish-speakers who think the lands sold to the US are… *still* Mexico’s lands. It’s baffling. I’ve heard some hilarious arguments though (one guy with a pretty heavy accent going OFF on a Mexican driver who was running his first).

[@SM-zm5xt]

Britain left the islands in 1774, never protesting or challenging the 32 Spanish and 5 Argentine governors, any claim prescribed by acquiescence after 55 years of complete silence. They had absolutely no right to take them from Argentina that was already settled in 1833 Don't tell us what to do

[@James-zg2nl]

@@SM-zm5xt how does that have anything to do with the basic common sense of you lost the islands fair and square, and now over 98% of islanders are in favour of remaining British??? Your claims to the Falklands Island died well over 100 years ago. Wake up to reality and move on!

[@SM-zm5xt]

@@James-zg2nl UK stole the islands, expelled Argentinian people, implanted its own and now begs for self-determination On the other hand, UK is one of the countries that rejects the will of Crimean and Donbass people to be part of Russia But yeah, let's respect the opinion of implanted people

[@SM-zm5xt]

@@James-zg2nl Common sense also says that you can't be forced to accept a theft. We will never recognize the illegal British sovereignity over the islands in these conditions. This still will be so and you can't do nothing about it. Why would you be upset when you control the islands? That's all what you can have, nothing more

[@quivop7759]

Buenos Aires is not the North at all, it is the center. Most people live un the center actually. The North West and North East are also quite empty. Most big cities are in the center of the country. Your video is all wrong basically.

[@cinnamondan4984]

Just let the Falklands do its thing, Argentina.

[@SM-zm5xt]

UK stole the islands, expelled Argentinian people, implanted its own and now begs for self-determination On the other hand, UK is one of the countries that rejects the will of Crimean and Donbass people to be part of Russia But yeah, let's respect the opinion of implanted people 😂

[@javierperalta7648]

Rio Colorado is the limit of Patagonia. If you use that limit then the population living south is way way less,

[@100percentSNAFU]

It's cold.

[@DCFunBud]

I don't think you covered the acquisition of Patagonia which was claimed in its entirety by Chile until the War of the Pacific c.1879, when the border was decided.

[@zddxddyddw]

Argentina also claimed it historically, not just Chile. It was just decided that each country would keep their side of the Andes and that was it.

[@DCFunBud]

@@zddxddyddw Yes, you are correct.

[@jjramos46]

Viva la Libertad ca***o! -Javier Milei

[@kjhuang]

I haven't watched the video yet but I'm gonna take a wild guess: few people live in southern Argentina cuz it's cold. Edit: Just watched it, and yeah I was right, though there are a few other reasons. I think the other reasons stem from the climate though.

[@judithkoveleskie7476]

These episodes that deal with climate are getting a bit redundant.😮

[@VMBSnake]

Many inaccuracies, like Mar del Plata position and parts of Mendoza, La Pampa and Buenos Aires provinces being part of Patagonia.

[@V.T.1989]

My people's settled in the south. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@SLJ2776]

Mine too