Why Don't We Have A Worldwide Metro Network?

[@tahaak]

Imagine you want to go from The Hague to Rotterdam and you miss the stop and find yourself in New York

[@koifish4276]

yep it’s something i’d actually do

[@aussiedude3121]

Well simple solution hold up the train and make them driv3 in reverse backwards

[@sergioabrb]

Make them have to switch trains in rotterdam

[@fakedoorsfordinner1677]

*New Amsterdam

[@Karin-fj3eu]

Oh that happened to me once.. well meant to go to the last stop in Malmö and ended up in Denmark... At 15 with my best friend lmao

[@B0LT]

That would actually be pretty cool but if the train goes to fast the worlds chunks might not load.

[@conlangknow8787]

hmmmmmm🅱️🅱️🅱️🅱️🅱️🅱️🅱️🅱️🅱️🅱️🅱️🅱️🅱️🅱️🅱️🅱️🅱️

[@scarstewart175]

*too lol

[@uncoolchris9636]

Oh let's hope it has 16 times the detail than fallout 4

[@Hikoplouyr]

JUST GET A NEW COMPUTER DAMMIT ITTL BE BETTER

[@Epsi_Cron]

It’ll load since we’re playing SRLCraft on Multiplayer

[@weldin]

“Why don’t we have a worldwide metro network?” *looks at history before 1991* “Oh yeah.”

[@gamermapper]

The world was decided in 2 blocks.

[@gamermapper]

I hope no one will say that "the Soviet union was closed from the rest of the world" that's an extremely America centric view in the world, Soviet citizens could move between the whole huge soviet Union, including Russia (which itself had smaller republics like Tatarstan, Mari El, kalmykia, so Russia was a federation inside a federation) , Ukraine, Kazakhstan, etc, and also they could go to socialist republics like Yugoslavia and Poland. In the same way I can say that the US was closed because they ONLY could go to the western Europe and not into the huge countries and republics of Kazakhstan, Russia and China.

[@DanksterPaws]

Ikr bruh. The soviets were so closed from the rest of the world

[@epicsleet1]

the Soviet union was so closed from the rest of the world

[@gamermapper]

@@epicsleet1 triggered

[@jamescarnell8241]

Even if every country agreed etc, and there were no social/economic issues, most of the rails would most likely be destroyed by Tectonic plates subducting or separating as well as meteorological events

[@Humbulla93]

there are already elastomers which make it possible, due to it´s properties it allows some room for tectonic movements. they use it on the shinkansen, because japanese are the masters in solving tectonic problems

[@wadawads]

People will come up with any excuse lol

[@Merluch]

@@Humbulla93 and for the weather, just build it 15 meters underground like a subway

[@pakboimsal8498]

I don't think Amtrak is bad you Europeans are just spoiled by high speed trains the scenery makes up for the slowness of the trains Amtrak tries to please customers and it would take years to electrify the rail system especially to cities like Chicago because there is a ton of junctions that have mostly freight trains running on it and the metra electric power lines are too short by mileage and there's the railroad crossings there is already so many car accidents of ignorant drivers and its just the slow diesel locomotives imagine that tragedy with electric locomotives there would be even more fatalities and building underpasses and overpasses would take too much money and with the combined cost with removing the junctions and adding more caterney lines would be so expensive that the city and state governments won't have enough money and us government won't give a shit about it so Americans and non Americans just deal with the slowness and stuff it's better to have slow train than a poverty driven country just look at India they have high speed trains sure but they have extreme poverty levels the most of people are literally living on the floor with barely any money and food but if want high speed rail despite those negatives be my guest enjoy living without a house and barely have food and money just for high speed rail enjoy living that life spoiled Americans and non Americans.

[@GOATPONnY]

@@pakboimsal8498 USA moment

[@maxfi878]

That Nova Scotia explosion occured on the same day Finland declared independence.

[@ibx2cat]

that's a great way to prove the point that clear defining moments have ways to unify people, and sadly this doesn't have that

[@JFHWM]

@@ibx2cat The finns were unified in their independence at least.

[@user-vo8nz2yn3y]

concidence

[@victardoold]

cries in Swedish rule

[@suokkos]

@@JFHWM , Finland wasn't unified in independence. There was a civil war just a few month later. Following the civil war there was divided society util 1940.

[@jamesagnew3616]

I think the strangest thing with the map is the fact North Korea allowed the train the go through the country.

[@meneither3834]

The fact that the "Germany stop" is Bielefeld is hilarious.

[@willywodka1924]

The moment I realized Hamburg to be located in Sweden just killed me

[@Khloya69]

Me Neither what’s wrong with the name Bielefeld? Idk German

[@1m3agle]

@@GeographyWorld so it's wyoming in America

[@alpujugo]

@@GeographyWorld Paraguay in south america and Barrancabermeja in Colombia

[@fhfh4539]

Hamburg is in sweden kekwait

[@DominoLarry]

Why does Bielefeld have a stop? This city doesnt even exist/

[@OnlyGrafting]

Bielefeld gibt es nicht

[@LaPingvino]

Because it has a metro system.

[@Rocky712_]

@@LaPingvino It's a joke only germans will understand.

[@LaPingvino]

@@Rocky712_ I know the joke, don't worry. I'm just autistic enough to ignore it and give a correct answer.

[@Forestgravy90]

@@LaPingvino what is the joke?

[@dti6342]

Because the seats arent 2 meters apart

[@Khloya69]

DØTI wtf is meters

[@macaroon_nuggets8008]

@@Khloya69 The length of a minecraft block.

[@Khloya69]

Macaroon_Nuggets what’s a Minecraft?

[@macaroon_nuggets8008]

@@Khloya69 It is virtual world that lets you mine and craft. (among other things)

[@christophervlaskamp7462]

ChloeWade a meter is: A unit of measurement 100 centimeters 3.2808 feet 39.370 inch

[@Yaraelpoof]

"Fun" fact a guy named William Becker who was rowing 300 feet away from the Halifax explosion got launched 1600 yards and survived. He lived until 1969

[@darlingtonfamily7543]

Georg Stomnås 69 nice

[@Yaraelpoof]

@@darlingtonfamily7543 nice

[@takashi.mizuiro]

cool

[@Hejapanable]

nice

[@typorter9676]

Nice

[@thomashatchett4190]

It is important to note that that map featured on the cover of a book about the design of rapid transit maps. The map connects up all of the cities that have rapid transit, which explains the omission of certain cities.

[@simon6495]

Thomas Hatchett ahh that explains a lot. I thought the creator just didn’t care about Africa that much lol

[@mariebrown4966]

Thanks. Was wondering why a worldwide metro would have a stop in Portland and not Seattle.

[@팀보]

I have this book! it's more about the aesthetics of metro diagrams rather than the systems themselves. fantastic read/watch

[@LordMelbury1953]

Thomas Hatchett it omits Seattle yet it has the World Famous Monorail. 🚝

[@thomashatchett4190]

@@LordMelbury1953 I think it focuses on light rail and metros.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Imagine the journeys Geoff Marshall would take if this was real. His Oyster card belongs in a museum. I wish the US had a big high speed rail system like Japan and China. At least the Acela trains are getting replaced by new French trains

[@KanyeTheGayFish69]

Avery the Cuban-American it would never work for most of the country. Most of us live in low density rural areas

[@benfleishman2944]

That would create a 2-year long tube challenge

[@milkandduckrailway323]

all stations have 15 floors

[@raucousraptor]

It wouldn't be feasible because taking a plane would be faster. We are not like Japan or China - we don't have nearly the demand or money. St. Louis-Chicago, San Francisco-Los Angeles, Houston-Dallas, Miami-Tampa/Jacksonville, and Portland-Seattle would all be good contenders, but there will not be any cross-country routes in the near future, nor would these lines be connected.

[@neobe195]

Yes! another G&V fan. Geoffs oyster probably takes up most of TfLs storage.

[@wildidwhat]

even all the sidetracking in the beginning is so fun. i think part of what makes me love this channel is just how clearly passionate you are about this stuff and i love hearing you share it !!

[@Triadii]

In 200 years we will be like: why couldn’t we take a train from New York to Moscow

[@Sacara13]

Bold of you to assume there will be a 200 years from now

[@raaaaaaaaaam496]

Sacara yes

[@dwightmanne]

Cheaper and faster to just fly... Like we do now

[@maxdurk4624]

On the Nova Scotia thing: The US city of Boston actually sent a lot of aid to Nova Scotia after the blast (America was still neutral in WWI at this point so they didn't have a war sucking up their money, unlike Canada) and so still to this day, as a show of gratitude, Nova Scotia sends Boston a Christmas tree every year.

[@ilkoallexandroff]

Yeah, the Japanese part especially makes no sense at all:) Cheers from Kobe!

[@fjellyo3261]

Why are they not doing a circle line around the globe?

[@CharlesGregory]

It was only about 75% of the way through this video that I recognised that this was almost an exact replica of the London tube map. Not just the same style design wise, but things like South America being the Heathrow loop, Japan being the north-east central and district lines, etc. I'm not British so that's probably why it didn't stick out to me straight away, but it does explain the nonsensical layout in some areas (e.g. lots of stations in relatively lowly populated parts of western Asia).

[@jana31415]

youre forgetting that night trains exist. you arent wasting any time on trains because you go on the train, sleep and then just wake up in the city where youre going.

[@kaylenburns5180]

I feel like I’ve seen this before

[@qkimiq5887]

I feel like this was public before

[@BlitzerXYZ]

So do i. But I don't I remember hearing about it

[@Mads-do4ht]

Geography Now did a video about this

[@GeographyWorld]

Geography Now made a video about this.

[@GeographyWorld]

Toycat uploaded this without audio a few days ago.

[@Sebrav]

Now, I totally agree that this is a dream scenario, however; I would like to at least see more high-speed train throughout Europe, between major cities. Now, I get that it already exists some places, but they aren't always so well-connected as they could be. Also sometimes the tickets can be a little difficult to get. So, my dream is one day that a high-speed train goes from, lets say Berlin to Lisbon, which only stops in Berlin, Frankfurt, (Luxembourg maybe?), Paris, Madrid, and then Lisbon. I realize there's a few big cities in between, maybe it could stop there asell, but the mentioned journey is around 2450km, and in order for a such train to work it'll have to do this journey in under a day. If the chinese and japanese can do high-speed trains, so can we.

[@binarysignals9593]

High speed rail is only a viable alternative to air travel on journeys of 4 hours or less. (under 1000km)

[@monky1200]

expensive man

[@MaikonGarcia]

7:01 a subway line would never leave São Paulo to go to Belo Horizonte and then Brasília, to finally return to Rio de Janeiro.

[@LaPingvino]

Fact about the hyperloop metro map: the principle of the map is to connect all cities that have a metro system. The idea of the map is that all metro systems are connected.

[@samsouthall8443]

Since when did Birmingham have a metro system? I’ve lived there most of my life and did now know this?

[@LaPingvino]

@@samsouthall8443 Quick check, it's the West Midlands Metro, which they have since 1999. You could also call it a tram network.

[@adrianblake8876]

It mentions Telaviv, Haifa and Jerusalem, yet Israel has no metro system (Haifa has a funicular and Jerusalem has a light rail, TLV TBA maybe next year...)

[@LaPingvino]

@@adrianblake8876 most of these overviews of metro systems include lightrail systems, the broader definition of a metro system is a metropolitan transport system, which more and more includes alternative options like lightrail networks that are harder to classify as one or another. by being very strict many systems would drop out. of course more than anything, the creator had some kind of definition of a metro system that is in the end arbitrary.

[@adrianblake8876]

@@LaPingvino Oh, I thought metro is synonymous with underground rail. Anyway, Israel's national railway system is much better in terms of connectivity. (Israel has as much population as NYC or London)

[@sparkybolt2085]

Bullet trains, like the ones in Japan, are very comfortable and much less hassle than air travel. Like you said, it's more viable for shorter distances, like connecting the various cities in Japan (already exists) or along the US coasts. Another issue is the cost of riding it. Tokyo to Nagoya cost around 10,000Y, which is roughly $100. It would be an hour and a half of traveling. I think the bus was around six hours. Worth it if you are in a hurry, but not worth it if you have the time to take a bus. For longer distances, an airplane ticket may be more expensive, but it would probably be faster.

[@galactic_nerd-sk4747]

AND WE HAVE AUDIO!!!! Thanks daddy toycat

[@pixelraster9588]

Humanity *builds a worldwide metro network* Tectonic plates: allow us to introduce ourselves

[@finnvictorsson]

That definitely could shake things up and I could be wrong but I don't believe it would be catastrophic as the movement between them is relatively insignificant and could be adjusted through regular maintenance.

[@geznicks]

Jokes how whoever made this map has pretty much dragged a London tube map over a world map

[@295g295]

6:47 - The last service to be built, is in Africa. .. racist?

[@katankya]

It seems I'm late to the party... 9:28 This is exactly how trains in Central Asia work. I went from Moscow to Bishkek and I had to go thru customs at the Russia-Kazakhstan border as well as the Kazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan border, all staying on the same train.

[@ender3960]

I have the book that map in the thumbnail comes from. It is a map guide of metro lines around the world. (Not a world line, it's just coverart)

[@roo_the_day]

love the idea of these but I agree! I think east and west coast lines in the US would be great, but it just isn't going to happen unless we have a huge shift towards public transport. I think in each state individual high speed rails between commuting towns would be great. I live near Atlanta and I know so many people who commute over an hour and a half to work, mostly due to traffic. I think its ridiculous you can live 25 miles from somewhere but take 90 minutes to get there. even if it wasn't high speed, better public transport is a desperate need here. If you haven't, you should look into the monstrosity that is the MARTA system here. it's abysmal.

[@Cybernaut551]

A north and south metro connection would be so helpful. PS please ask for maglev metro connections.

[@Stinkoman87]

I would love a four point line, one the NE, SE, NW, and SW, each one connected to the other. Say, NYC, Orlando, Seattle, and LA stops. Maybe a fifth spot in the middle like Kansas City. Then you could drive the rest of the way if you need to.

[@timbowalk14]

Imagine if trains were included in the Interstate highway plan

[@onepiecepedia]

Toilet and food in trains.... Eurostar: Hold my croissant! Trans-Siberian: Hold my Vodka comrade!

[@stuckonautomatic]

So random to see Bielefeld of all cities on the world metro map

[@davidx4591]

One of the best dreams I had was, traveling around a worldwide London tube. I’m from London, so I guess the tube is trapped in my brain somewhere, the last station to me locally is Ongar, which is truly countyside, and the old tube kind of feels out of place there, but I suppose some day there will be skyscrapers in Ongar. Anyway the other day I had the most strangest dream that the tube was worldwide, oh boy what fun I had, from fantastic beach stations in the caribbean to war stricken places, it was a happy dream and sometimes a nightmare, depending on where you got off! Unfortunately I woke up, and can’t get back to that dream

[@victoriahaque5519]

Damn that's a cool dream

[@ilimerocks8124]

The map in the thumbnail made my eyes bleed

[@oliverdube8912]

Try looking at a London tube map

[@BronsonSelf]

I hate it so much

[@dionemoolman]

Isn’t the map supposed to be the London Tube map overlaid on the world map? You can see the shape of the lines. Anyway seeing something like that is awful.

[@wadawads]

You can travel by train from anywhere in the UK to ho chi Minh in Vietnam that's a pretty big rail network.

[@user-lv6rn9cf8m]

Stockholm to Helsinki via Berlin, Kiev, Ufa and Moscow is probably the most ridiculous. What a detour. It's like 400 km between the cities.

[@bramtencate2170]

7:20 the cities in this map are totally of. Amsterdam in Poland? Hamburg in Sweden??

[@becsterbrisbane6275]

I love how the Bakerloo line goes straight to Australia!

[@tsukiverse]

i love how you're so passionate about all of this

[@dradenlol8667]

I think one benefit of an America-wide metro system would be a cheaper option of transit. For example, I live in OKC and a trip to Denver wouldn’t actually save much time in comparison to taking a highway. However, if the cost of the metro system was cheaper or a yearly subscription sort of thing, the use of the metro might be favorable for cost efficiency. Rather than spending $100+ per trip to Denver for gas each time I go to Denver, I could spend maybe $100 a year for access to the metro system. Plane tickets aren’t even a part of a cost efficient method unfortunately :/

[@johnnyslokes2712]

Even in that scenario, I'd rather drive so I have more control and freedom of movement. Maybe when I'm driving, I feel like taking a break or making a pit stop, because I'm the driver, I can. Plus, if I drive then I can control who is a passenger allowing me to not be around anyone that I dislike and don't have to deal with any strangers. Also, since I would be driving and not taking a train, I can smoke as much as I feel like without offense and I can listen to any kind of music I want and listen to it as loud as I want. And the best part is that because I'm driving, I can drive directly to my destination to the exact parking lot. If you take a train, it won't necessarily take you to your designation but rather take you to a train stop that happens to be in the same city as your destination (or maybe not, maybe the train takes you to a neighboring city). Driving beats the ever living shit out of flying or train.

[@dradenlol8667]

@@johnnyslokes2712 guess it depends on what you’re prioritizing.

[@jonathanday5610]

I love this video, I'm from Nova Scotia and we have such a pride. Seting it mentioned just makes me feel so happy

[@jonathanday5610]

I mean part of why is was mention was for the Halifax explosion, that's not fun. But it's so strange that people will talk about such a small place. And when people do it's still like, Woah, I'm from there

[@nicklockk]

Talk about that concept of digging a panama canal 2.0 from the ocean to the australian desert to turn it into a beautiful, lush paradise

[@nicklockk]

Please

[@mamabriel]

I have not seen the video, but answering the title: money

[@Dr.Kornelius]

When you reach day 500 in Mini Metro

[@joshridgeon4777]

That map is literally the tube map, like exactly the same

[@danielfoley6839]

Great content bro watch u almost every day

[@offichannelnurnberg5894]

Well... Linz unfortunately doesn't lie between Nuremberg and Munich.

[@ledkicker2392]

Moscow also doesn't like between Minsk and St. Petersburg

[@allen7043]

Im curious of the mongolia map shown at 12:23, or basically what I mean is when is the whats up with outer mongolia becoming Mongolia and inner mongolia staying in what is now, the people's republic of china as an autonomous reigon Also I've heard the writing of the 2 languages are different yet they sound similar

[@deanmottershead9208]

You probably could make a “one rail network” between Europe, Asia and Africa as the seas separating them are relatively narrow in places the cost would be astronomical though. I have taken the Eurotunnel from Dover to France then to Spain then to southern Spain it was surprisingly easy I think we had 3 train changes for something like 5000 miles of journey so it would be hard to complain so we are not fair off having a easy access euro train network

[@juliangonzalez5666]

I find it interesting that Juarez and Tijuana are considered to be connected to that rail line.

[@MrChair2]

What's St Petersburg doing up there? Also it should be a stop between Helsinki and Warsaw

[@notpok2932]

The Halifax explosion was terrible. I live too far away in Oregon, but we have a version of our own called the "Roseburg Blast." The story I've heard is that at 1:00 AM, a dynamite truck in the 50s was driving through the small town of Roseburg. The next part may not be entirely true, but from what I've heard, he decided to stop and camp... right next to the explosive truck. It damaged many buildings and can be heard everywhere. It only killed 10, however.

[@BucketListTravellers]

Great food for thought! We travelled up the east coast of the US by train a couple of months ago, and a high speed rail network would have come in very handy! Currently going through Europe by train, and if there was a high speed network that could get us home to Sydney we'd be cheering! 😁

[@enzomatu]

i actually love how you sound excited about everything you say alskdjksa :)

[@hierarchyofroyalty6695]

What you have to think about here is that this is basically a carbon copy of the lines of the London Underground, they are not designed for optimal routes on a worldwide scale, and that people will never really go the full distance of a line, they will make changes or go between certain stops in the middle or one end of a line. Connections and where lines go in between are far more important than the eventual destinations and how they relate.

[@Obviary]

3:35 i noticed how new york has the red, white, and blue lines

[@1derpchild596]

yay sound

[@hpr2986]

Gg first comment

[@ii-gc3uf]

@HPR Stillwagon n o b o d y. c a r e s.

[@archieepps9777]

Deja Vu but with volume

[@AimeeVignes]

I love how Hamburg is in Scandinavia and Medellin almost in Ecuador

[@uhohhotdog]

It may take slightly longer than flying but some people would much prefer a train ride over an airplane for many reasons. I’ll take a 6 hour train ride over a 2 hour flight plus check in time and security, etc.

[@internetexplorer7143]

That would actually be pretty cool

[@dazza2350]

Why do they stop off at liverpool and manchester but not cork and belfast

[@dazza2350]

I am honoured that the creator of this design even considered ireland though

[@carlosserranosaez7467]

Dude I've been watching your geography videos for a long time and I just noticed that this is your second channel and you are actually a Minecraft youtuber. I'm mindblown .

[@leonzeltser7049]

The only reason why I know about the explosion is that here in Boston, Nova Scotia sends a giant Christmas tree every year, as a thank you because Massachusetts was the first to help out after it.

[@firefastracing]

9:09 I hate how this metro map are incredibly inaccurate on where cities are. I didn’t think St. Petersburg is the Gulag.

[@macaroon_nuggets8008]

It is supposed to do that to recreact real metro maps that don't actually care about the geographic location of stops.

[@shealupkes]

3:30 he finally starts talking about metro systems 6:48 world metro

[@menpee]

Looking at that metro map, teleportation seems more likely to exist first.

[@taitai5462]

Funny thing is the us transportation map is a map of the current Amtrak system but the thing is it goes more like 40 km a hour and it takes like 20 hours to get from Chicago to St. Louis and the tracks are barley owned by the government

[@elchepacabra9658]

The Manhattan project study the Nova Scotia blast and determined that because the explosives blew above ground level they were way more destructive. They then designed the bombs to blow before they got to ground level to add more damage.

[@pheakay]

I never had too much of an interest in geography, but you have managed to make it interesting, thank you for your videos mate

[@cccoolbucket1285]

Fun fact: Assuming similar costs to the chunnel, a New York to London line would cost around $2,350,645,161,290 USD.

[@Kschychooo]

Having such a system as more of a high speed train network rather than tube/metro/subway yes I would take so many of the trips. As for the world wide map the one you got as you said is unrealistic for the reasons you mentioned. For the U.S. high speed map me being in U.S. it is somewhat viable for the stops.

[@kamransameer06]

The worldwide metro map in the video is the same shape and same colours as the London map. Notice the circle line yellow loop and also the Piccadilly loop at Heathrow and the central line loop near Epping.

[@nyphron3109]

The SS Mont-Blanc? It's the reason Boston, Massachusetts gets its Christmas tree hand-delivered every year!

[@jackrollins2847]

THE RETURN OF THE KING... WITH SOUND!!!

[@computerentity]

There were a bunch of Scottish people who came to Massachusetts. They settled in Blandford. They were going to call it New Glasgow, but the governor denied it.

[@williamarends7138]

Even the New York City subway has sections that are above ground, especially in the Boroughs of the Bronx and Queens. It is unlikely that much of the surface of the world would ever need a metro tunnel, however early in the 20th century the subway linesan of NYC did connect with streetcar lines that fanned out into the suburbs. Even today the tubes of the Port Authority (Path) connect Manhattan and Brooklyn with Hoboken and Newark in New Jersey, on the Hoboken connection one can transfer to the Hudson-Bergen light railway system running from Bayonne to Englewood and at the Newark stop to the Newark Subway/Light Rail which runs from Newark Penn Station up to Montclair. The destruction of many more light rail lines, those that used to be called trolleys have made access to passenger rail much more problematic for people living in many towns and neighborhoods which are no longer on any rail line compared to the access to rail service decades ago. Had those lines and right of ways been preserved many more people would be using the commuter rail, light rail, and metros than currently do.

[@achannelandnothingmuchelse]

In the video you're talking about the train and how it's quicker to go with plane. Yes, it may be quicker but there you have to book a flight and get there on time. While on trains, you just show up, go on a train (Which is cheaper than going on a plane) and go.

[@bartman58]

Unbelievable that I started watching you because of a xbox game! I am 44 and without sounding patronising you are doing a better job explaining COVID-19 than any one else including all main stream media....thank you for reassuring my daughter 👍🏻

[@Naythannaise]

How did you see Denver to Omaha as four and a half hours? It's like two and a half according to the scale! That's so fast right?

[@CarroArmatoM-jc3ci]

Happy to see my home city Genoa on the map :)

[@AhimtarHoN]

It's quite weird to see the different standards. As a Slovak living in Czechia, I didn't even think of planes when looking at the 4hr travel time by train haha

[@Maddin1313]

This would only work if we had Mag Tubes from Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. You could move to anywhere in the world in one turn!

[@Andrew8468]

This map has Calgary north of Edmonton. Also driving from Toronto to Buffalo is about 90 minutes, using this system you'd have to go from Toronto to NYC to Buffalo

[@squareking8424]

Potential video idea: what if the world had one single leader?

[@Playerofakind]

It wouldn't last very long unless they did everything perfectly

[@obgaming109]

Wdum? Toycat is our glorious leader

[@squareking8424]

@@Playerofakind yes but I'm thinking all powerful dictator

[@Dani-ir3kk]

Toycat asking the big questions

[@charliewennerstrom8010]

Reason #1 it would cost at least 100 dollars

[@scuderiasimp]

The only thing that stops me from liking this is the placement of some cities Hamburg in Sweden Amsterdam in the Baltics Prague and Kyiv in Russia I seriously thought the creator of the map forgot Berlin

[@wodwodli]

Had a stroke looking at the thumbnail map

[@jader838]

Trains used to be very heavily traveled in the US, but as soon as cars and planes came around, hardly anyone uses them anymore. I very much doubt a high-speed train will work in the states unless there’s a huge incentive for it.

[@dawnsoisson3140]

There’s another flaw with this map which is making me uncomfortable, Boston is not more north than Montreal

[@Liggliluff]

I can see that the metro has a heavy London-influence. Which puts a huge limit on the creativity of the world metro, and makes it not effective at all.

[@whwhwhhwhhhwhdldkjdsnsjsks6544]

Well it’s just made to connect the metro systems of cities together, I’m not sure how much influence can be involved there

[@monotonehell]

Takeaway from this video: Andrew uses Opera.

[@velocisaurusrex8719]

In the thumbnail the pointer is pointed at Pyongyang, I agree, it definitely should be the hub of the world wide metro

[@michawesoek8726]

This map is clearly inspired by the London underground map. That’s why there is the loop in South America (reminds the underground loop at Heathrow). The yellow line acts like the Circle Line, you have a red line going through the middle and the black line has got two parts like the Northern Line. That’s the reason why some routes don’t make any sense - they are meant to imitate London and not to be actually reasonable.

[@manologg]

The countries merge video would be a good one :)

[@szfpa]

I live in St. Louis, and I think it’s funny that Rotterdam in the Netherlands is a closer stop than Chicago. It would be much faster to just drive the interstate up to Chicago.

[@AmandaRee462]

I think that the only way to make a 6 hour underground tunnel with no stops possible is if they built in “rest stops” for emergency purposes throughout the line that have access to the surface. But the amount of money needed for the infrastructure of a world metro would be better spent on planes and research into making planes more efficient in my opinion.

[@pileofcheese5017]

The Amsterdam-NY line would be shorter than the flight route, because your cutting underneath straight through the sphere, instead of going above it, parallel to the radius.

[@TheGreatCornholio.]

Wait no Chicago on the worldwide metro, looks like I’ll be going on a plane