As of upload I am currently in Nevis Island and tomorrow going to Puerto Rico tomorrow. Can’t wait to meet you guys the Boricua geograpeeps! Noon. Old san Juan plaza. Be there!
@@frigginjerk There are two islands that seperate Russia with Alaska by a mere two miles. On the Russia side its a day ahead so you could literaly see tomorrow from Alaska.
@@UnchainedAmerica The Diomedes! That's a tough one to wrap your mind around, eh? If I were ever on the US one, I would irritate the crap out of everyone around me by constantly talking about how I can see the future.
You also forgot to mention another fun fact about the Virgin Islands: It's the only U.S. administrative division where you drive on the left, similar to how the British and most Caribbean states drive.
This is true! I was visiting St. John wit the rest of my family in the USVI and i had to remind my dad not to drive on the right so we wouldn't get be at risk of driving into head on traffic lmao.
Hi Virgin Islander here I'm from that island of St. Croix it's is pronounced similar to how you pronounce the city of Troy so you pronounce it as "St. Croy" and the people there are called "Cruzan" pronounced as Krue-zhan we don't call ourselves black or African American we call ourselves based off of whichever island we hail from. "Tomonian" for St. Thomas, "Jonian" for St. John Hope this helps
We have one in American Samoa but it's only a clinic but when it's too big of an issue like illnesses and more appointments then they'll have to send them here at Tripler in Hawaii. My dad as a veteran is among those from back home that lives here in Hawaii because of lack of equipment and doctors.
My wife and I went to the US Virgin islands on our 20th wedding anniversary. We were too poor to go when we first got married. Lol. Everyone was very friendly there and we had a great time. Edit: wow. Thank y'all so much for the positive response! 👍
Puertorican here!!! Pretty accurate, boricuas see themselves different from americans but think that being under US control is actually not a bad thing. Of course there are different opinions; a pro independence movement; but the majority is ok with US handling the important stuff, we don't trust our politicians and for good reasons. One thing that is not in the video and very important is that we don't see races as US see races. The majority of puertoricans see themselves as tri-racial a mix between African-Spanish and Taino Heritage. Also if you ask a boricua is he is white or black he will be uncomfortable with the question specially younger generation because if one mark white one may fill that is not honoring the african and taino roots. I took that example because light skin boricuas are more common than dark skin boricuas. There are some new afro-puertorricans movement but these are more about embracing blackness than actually calling for creating a new type of ethnicity since most of African culture is embedded in puerto-rican culture. Almost all music of PR have african roots. Also you should do a Video of only PR!
In truth PR is the wealthiest per capita Latina American “country” in the world. This has directly to do with being a US territory investing into the country and US businesses in PR. If PR became independent their economy would collapse because PR US businesses would leave and at the same time a massive amount of PR would leave to the US if it became independent. PR does not have natural resources it’s neighboring islands have and does not have any special geographic advantages. Theirs success directly has to do with being a US territory. On the other hand if they became a state their economy would increase massively with the influence of investment. While PR are the highest per capita in Latin America they are only half that of the US. This means the US federal government in addition to private investment would have to spend a lot of resources to impre the lives of PR. They would be forced to in order to get presidbelty votes. Basically the Lives of PR would massively improve if they became a state and their society would bordering collapse if they became independent
@@AL-lh2ht Not entire true, US invested in PR long before colonization, there were a lot of US business in PR in the Spanish era. The invasion of PR was no brainier to USA, if PR left USA, probably US multinational will continue investing in PR and maybe more because they would not need to follow all the industrial federal regulation like what happen in Mexico a lot of companies are moving to Mexico because have less regulations. PR probably will be a US puppet state serving US interest. PR will not fall in socialism/communism that just fearmongering non-sense. PR always have been a right-wing-quasi-libertarian state, nationalization of property only occurred under US occupation, but since PR autonomy, PR have been selling everything to the private sector. For example the electric utility operation was sold to Luma energy (private sector). US and EU investment in PR made PR rich and no other Caribbean nation, but that only because of PR political/social stability. No civil wars, no political uprising, always deliver on time. PR have more political/social stability than any other country in the Americas that is good for business. Take for example other US-ex-colonies, they didn't have stability so they have to go. PR is always playing the long-game.
@@KanyeTheGayFish69 I agree it's a stupid stereotype but the education system in the US is more self-centered than European countries when it comes to history and geography but they are better at other things. I only lived in the US for a few years though i may be wrong
@@Rishi123456789 Papua New Guinea wasn't an Australian colony. It just seceded along with Australia when the British first left, so wasn't really colonised.
Northern Mariana Islander here. Interesting little side note for you Geograpeeps: The NMI is a great place to see World War II relics and sites scattered across the three inhabited islands of Saipan (pronounced "Sai-Pan" not "Sai-Pawn"), Tinian, and Rota. The other islands are largely uninhabited due to being active volcanic islands...Also, there are only 4 municipalities - Saipan, Tinian, Rota, and the Northern Islands Municipalities (sorry, Barbs). Anyway, if you're interested in WWII History, I recommend going to the commonwealth territory to visit. Same with Guam, by the way.
I always wondered why american samoa would want to be a territory but then I realised, they basically can do whatever they want, and they get to be a part of the U.S, which makes them basically untouchable, and it ties them to the most powerful economy
That and by being a territory they are like three times wealthier then Samoa itself despite Samoa being three times bigger. Huge plus for Samoa. Far better off being a territory.
I'm actually American Samoan my mom says the main reason why is because we wanted to keep the aiga system and if we were incorporated the banks could take away land and sell it to non-natives but that doesn't stop natives from renting out their land to other ethnicities.
As a Puertorican, im happy of this video. Heres a fact, Us virgin islanders sometimes come to Puerto Rico to buy stuff because its slightly cheaper here. I know it because I have been to dock ports before and I know some things.
Definitely!! PR has such an amazing and historic background and importance in the Latin world, yes we are not a country but in almost every way act like our own country.
@@sweetie4148 hey bro i dont understand one thing just like catalonia quebec Why puerto ricans are not having independence movements like that And do you like mainlanders or your island because according to pew research in next 80 years puerto rico will become nearly extinct with population of less than 500k mainly due to old age and domestic emigration
@@divyaprakash5189 theres independent political movement but no ones barely supports it I means I dotn know much but from what I've seen most Puerto Ricans prefer how it is I guess
@@laylowxalex the reality is PR is the wealthiest Latin American “country”. If they became independent their economy and living standard would collapse. Remember the US spend a lot of investment to make PR better and wealth is tied to many US businesses in PR. Remember unlike their neighbors PR does not have any real natural resources or geographic advantage. Even worse PR government is both corrupt and incompetent. The fact becoming independent would be the worst they could do. By becoming a state PR would have the reverse happen and a huge amount of investments would be made to improve their lives.
Letting ya’ll know, the reason he didn’t mention our “representative” because PR is almost in a power vacuum, so we have some issues that make representatives and government kind of complicated. Only way to describe it is... Puerto Rico’s national sport might as well be politics
@@corvus1374 I know, I'm criticizing PR for this. I believe there is a great deal of political manipulation to keep the country as it is, being a state would be much better for the people.
Hey Barbs, I just came back from visiting Guam and Saipan last month. I loved it but I enjoyed Saipan way way more. It’s a hike to get there but you would enjoy it!
Hey bro, Since the Samoa episode is coming up I just wanna give you a heads up on the Samoan language. The G’ is pronounced ‘Ng’ so Pago Pago is pronounced Pango Pango. Same with Aiga, it’s Ainga. Can’t wait for Samoan episode.🇼🇸🇼🇸🇼🇸
I've been watching since the very start and have always wondered if you would do a video on territories now my wish has come true hello from the U.S V.I 🇻🇮🇻🇮🇻🇮
I'm from Guam, the info you gave is spot on! The only thing that we would have controversy with would be Micronesians. Our lineage is a bit different from the rest of Micronesia. As native descendants, we call ourselves Chamorro. This came about after the Spanish colonized the island. The word Chamorro is what the Spanish called our male ancestors with mostly shaven heads and a pony tail. So we don't really know what our ancestors called themselves prior colonization.
But we are still Micronesians though. In Saipan and the rest of the NMI we Chamorros id as micros not bcoz of any political boundaries but bcoz we are Pacific Islanders from the region known as Micronesia. Just bcoz our lineage is different from our other neighbors doesn’t mean we should not be considered Micronesians
@@jasonsan6708 not sure where you miss read, but I never mentioned we are not Micronesian. I just mentioned that there is a significant difference between the people of the Mariånas and the rest of Micronesia, and that this particular matter is always in question. In the end it’s just your opinion.
Been to Puerto Rico, Guam and Northern Marianas. Got a trip to American Samoa planned for next month! Looking forward to USVI next year I hope. The territories are awesome and have a lot to offer, esp. awesome beaches and friendly people and a feeling of being both far away and close to home
I always feel Large when I'm around non-samoans. But when I'm around fellow Samoans I'm below average size, it's great. Looking forward to the samoan episode!
@@Rishi123456789 I know you're been sarcastic but I will respond anyways, Trump is not Jesus, hes just another war mongering boomer that misses the USA influence of back in the day (he was the least worst choice for president thoug) yes, the white man kind of rule the world but don't get it wrong, there are a lot of "white man" so it's not like your ancestors are the best. Contrary to modern belifs I think colonization is mostly good for both parts it's the type of colonialism that I am against.
I used to live on Guam at the Naval Air Station (even though my dad was Air Force), back when Typhoon Pamela hit in the '70's. The climate was awesome all year round. Fun fact, there is another island named Maug relatively close by. I have some great childhood memories from living there and would love to visit again.
Thank you so much for talking about native Americans, and getting great images too. Most would just get the Long Plains Head dress but you got us in Pow-Wow regalia. In the USA episode it would be cool if you could do a segment of native speakers or just a segment alone to natives in general since we are true Americans
Actually Johnston Atoll is an unincorporated unorganized territory. The only incorporated unorganized territory is Palmyra Atoll. the incorporated part means the full constitution applies and the government can't sell the territory.
@@Wanderer25 I'd consider them to be Latin Americans because French is a Latin-based language, just like Spanish. Also, I never really thought about the ABC islands being Latin, I forgot their creole is Portuguese/Spanish-based.
@@seiph80 I'm aware they aren't Latinos since "Latino" refers to Spanish-speaking cultures in Latin America, but Latinos aren't the only "Latin" people in Latin America since that region also includes Francophones and Lusophones.
I'm from Guam, and whoa -- you pronounced Hagåtña correctly! I like the older name of our capital (Agaña) a lot more, but it is what it is. By the way, in regard to Saipan in the Northern Marianas, if you want to sound like a local, you can pronounce it "Sa-ee-pan" (the last syllable sounds like frying "pan," not "pun"). This content is a lot more accurate than many I've seen about the territories. Great video!
I always think people from Northern Mariana Islands and Guam were too clingy to the US. I mean, we were also acquired from the 1898 Treaty of Paris and we also had a Commonwealth.
That would have to come after all the countries are done as Puerto Rico is not an independent nation though it would be cool for them to do territories more in depth the issue is then you're going to have people from other states begging to have it done for their state as well
Loved this episode too like all the others, about places I like! Of the American Territories and Commonwealths, I'd say Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Northern Marianas are my favorites! 🇺🇸🇵🇷🇬🇺 🇫🇲 🇲🇵
@@Iamtheliquor ... nah, I'm American and we just do not have more to cover than Russia did. Twenty-five to thirty minutes is more than plenty. "Friend Zone" is pretty long, but so was Russia. There's lots of major river and mountain and lake systems to hit, but again, so did Russia. Overseas military bases to quickly mention, but again, so did Russia. Maybe a skit or two about independence and cross-continental expansion, but again, so did Russia. Doing these filler videos on states and cities and territories massively reduces the pressure to lard up the USA country episode with things not present in every country episode
Limited Experience well I’m glad to hear you’ve got some sense and don’t need an overly long episode for the USA. Lets hope your fellow countrymen are as sensible
Also in Arizona the Hopi reservation is inside the Navajo reservation. The Navajo reservation observes Daylight Savings Time, but the State of Arizona and the Hopi Reservation do not.
Love from 🇬🇺 Guam! Also, you didn’t mention that we all also speak English. Our main language is English but everyone just knows some Chamorro and uses it time to time. Also a weird thing we do is say, “Leche” we use as like saying, “what?!” But it means Milk.
Not really it's fairly normal for the states and territories to have their own official languages the country as a whole does not though it might as well be English
@@spartanx9293 Not really when you have a huge mix of diffrent languages such as Spanish, German, Italian, French among others depending on the region you are in.
@@Hardcase_Kara yes but the main language in most areas is English and you know it and I'm from Indiana while there's plenty of German culture here few people actually speak German
@@spartanx9293 Talking about areas in Pennsylvania which have a rather large German speaking like population, the thing is we haven't had any official language for as long time and their is no actual need to change it.
@@Hardcase_Kara yes but English is still the factor official it is a language the government uses for most situations and it is by far the most widely spoken
It was a great episode that gives us the Information about the territories and i love american samoa and Puerto Rico are the different world at their own sense
Holy fuck what a cool, edgy meme! Is that original? You should tell your mom how cool and edgy your are so she can take you to McDonald's and get you a happy meal.
My step-Grandfather spent his WWII service on Howland Island. They manned a bunch of AA guns guarding buried drums of aviation gas. He saw one action, a Japanese flying boat flew into a cloud pursued by U.S. fighters. Only the fighters emerged. He said it was a British Sunderland, but Japan had their own flying boats. He was 26 or so when the War broke out, from a SoCal farm family from Iowa.
As a British person I certainly have a lot of admiration for our cousins “across the pond” I have wanted to go to the USA probably since when I first of them. And who’s knows depending on how much I like or love the Americans I could be the like pilgrim fathers and emigrate to America. Where do you think I should go to go first and why? With lots of love from the UK 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
I think you should definitely go to Chicago, Illinois (where I live) It is a beautiful city with a lot of American history and museums to visit to, plus the Chicago deep dish pizza is something you need to try and the restaurant portillos is so good (it like the in-out of Illinois, but better). Plus I think going to New York is another good option. The state I least recommend is Califorina, trust me the traffic in LA is huge and homelessness is everywhere and to many crazy people. I mean we have crazy people in Chicago, but it not same as LA. If you want to visit the country side of America instead of the cities, than try going to Springfield, Illinois where Abraham Lincoln is buried and it also the state capital, there you get to learn about American politics when visiting those museums. The best one you should go to is the Smokey Mountains in Tennessee, there you definitely get a taste of American culture and southern culture.
@Stephen Puls Try Boston. And just as a tid bit of history, the Commonwealth War Graves commission (UK) maintains a portion of a cemetery in Montgomery, Alabama, the only one located in the USA
Just got off work and Its Saturday! As soon as I got home and checked my youtube and saw a new Geography Now video uploaded , I was like Yayyyy! Glad to see P.R. up there! Good job Barb!
As of upload I am currently in Nevis Island and tomorrow going to Puerto Rico tomorrow. Can’t wait to meet you guys the Boricua geograpeeps! Noon. Old san Juan plaza. Be there!
Good videos!
Cool!
Can't wait to see you!
ok
Awesome!!! I hope you enjoy our island!
Imagine if you tried going from American Samoa to Samoa and back within a few hours.
"Yo, my trip tomorrow was great!"
That just blew my mind.
@@frigginjerk There are two islands that seperate Russia with Alaska by a mere two miles. On the Russia side its a day ahead so you could literaly see tomorrow from Alaska.
@@UnchainedAmerica The Diomedes! That's a tough one to wrap your mind around, eh? If I were ever on the US one, I would irritate the crap out of everyone around me by constantly talking about how I can see the future.
Doing that exact thing in reverse next month. Have to get a return ticket for the day before I left...
@@UnchainedAmerica bruh
American Samoans have US citizenship now, as of a few weeks ago.
Congrats!
I see this as a complete win
Yay absolute win
Has that ruling been upheld? I hope so. But I heard the territorial government doesn't want citizenship.
What citizenship did they have before?
"If you go here, you won't be virgin anymore."
-Barbs, 2020
that laugh afterwards tho
@@syynimaa9562 IKR? xD
I laughed so hard on that part.
*laughs in virgin*
😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁 that was awesome
You also forgot to mention another fun fact about the Virgin Islands: It's the only U.S. administrative division where you drive on the left, similar to how the British and most Caribbean states drive.
Driving on the left while sitting on the left is an…interesting…experience at first
This is true! I was visiting St. John wit the rest of my family in the USVI and i had to remind my dad not to drive on the right so we wouldn't get be at risk of driving into head on traffic lmao.
Knowing Puerto Ricans, they would have probably wanted a whole episode for themselves. Lol.
Yep I been waiting 🤣🤣
Of course we have 🇵🇷 🇵🇷 🇵🇷
Yes
Yes we have.
Hell yeah, been waiting
Barby in French episode: *speaks French*
Also Barby: SAINT KHRRROOOAAAKHR
Hi Virgin Islander here I'm from that island of St. Croix it's is pronounced similar to how you pronounce the city of Troy so you pronounce it as "St. Croy" and the people there are called "Cruzan" pronounced as Krue-zhan we don't call ourselves black or African American we call ourselves based off of whichever island we hail from. "Tomonian" for St. Thomas, "Jonian" for St. John
Hope this helps
Yeah I was confused why he couldn't say it. LaCroix the drink... yep 'croy'... why is this so hard.
@@rejvaik00 I grew up on the St. Croix river between Wisconsin and Minnesota. We pronounce it the same way you do.
He said Croix based on the Danish pronunciation. Also fellow Caribbean person here.
@@Aphixy the word is French though no? So It doesn't matter if he says it the American or Danish way it's still not right
please do uk overseas territories!
Yeah that will be good!
Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Gibraltar, the bases on Cyprus, Fawklands, British Indian Ocean Territory, Antarctic Territory
With special emphasis on the pedophile islands in the south Atlantic.
@@quinoline3865 what?
@@priscillajimenez27 Turks and Caicos deserves to be in the Olympics
Sad story, American Samoans do serve in the US military, and in high numbers, but the closest VA Hospital to the territory is in Hawaii.
We have one in American Samoa but it's only a clinic but when it's too big of an issue like illnesses and more appointments then they'll have to send them here at Tripler in Hawaii. My dad as a veteran is among those from back home that lives here in Hawaii because of lack of equipment and doctors.
I didn't know that. That's not right at all. I hate how poorly our veterans are taken care of.
You forgot to mention that the Virgin Islands are the only part of the US that drive on the left.
Heresy
@@spartanx9293 they must be brought to the light brother!
@Ammon Herrera we need to launch a crusade and make them drive on the right by force
@@spartanx9293 we love driving on the left thank you
@@kingmello1886 what part of heresy do you not understand
“We like to give Puerto Ricans citizenship”
Pedro Albizu Campos *infuriated screaming*
Filiberto Ojeda Rios *punches through computer screen*
Jose Celso Barbosa *flips the bird and blows a raspberry*
Luis Muñoz Marín OK GUYS CALM THE HECK DOWN
*boomers triggered*
I and many others are super thankful for that citizenship. :)
OMG! I shouldn't laugh at this, but it was funny! 😂
BTW, my high school was Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos, Levittown
My wife and I went to the US Virgin islands on our 20th wedding anniversary. We were too poor to go when we first got married. Lol.
Everyone was very friendly there and we had a great time.
Edit: wow. Thank y'all so much for the positive response! 👍
So cool! :D
Thanks for informing us of ur poverty after marriage
Are the people there Virgins? hehehe
antiisocial better late than never my friend 👍
@@weeman6970 lol. Ty
Thank you for representing the Northern Marianas Islands, we exist and are proud to be part of the U.S.
There are salty Japanese people on the islands aswell
What do you mean salty, a large amount of our tourists come from Japan and are always very nice and respectful.
@@noa670 I mean Japanese families who have been there before 1945
I miss The country on Miss Universe competition
I wanna visit!
Gonna be scary when he does the territories of the UK
don't forget the territories of France, Australia & Japan.. can't wait for more c r o i x
Imagine talking about every territory UK ever had or tried to, how many hours would that video last?
TODO EL MUNDO
I know what you mean bro 😁
white He did kinda talk about Christmas island.
Puertorican here!!! Pretty accurate, boricuas see themselves different from americans but think that being under US control is actually not a bad thing. Of course there are different opinions; a pro independence movement; but the majority is ok with US handling the important stuff, we don't trust our politicians and for good reasons.
One thing that is not in the video and very important is that we don't see races as US see races. The majority of puertoricans see themselves as tri-racial a mix between African-Spanish and Taino Heritage. Also if you ask a boricua is he is white or black he will be uncomfortable with the question specially younger generation because if one mark white one may fill that is not honoring the african and taino roots. I took that example because light skin boricuas are more common than dark skin boricuas. There are some new afro-puertorricans movement but these are more about embracing blackness than actually calling for creating a new type of ethnicity since most of African culture is embedded in puerto-rican culture. Almost all music of PR have african roots.
Also you should do a Video of only PR!
Gracias por el mensaje. :)
In truth PR is the wealthiest per capita Latina American “country” in the world. This has directly to do with being a US territory investing into the country and US businesses in PR.
If PR became independent their economy would collapse because PR US businesses would leave and at the same time a massive amount of PR would leave to the US if it became independent. PR does not have natural resources it’s neighboring islands have and does not have any special geographic advantages. Theirs success directly has to do with being a US territory.
On the other hand if they became a state their economy would increase massively with the influence of investment. While PR are the highest per capita in Latin America they are only half that of the US. This means the US federal government in addition to private investment would have to spend a lot of resources to impre the lives of PR. They would be forced to in order to get presidbelty votes.
Basically the Lives of PR would massively improve if they became a state and their society would bordering collapse if they became independent
@@AL-lh2ht Not entire true, US invested in PR long before colonization, there were a lot of US business in PR in the Spanish era. The invasion of PR was no brainier to USA, if PR left USA, probably US multinational will continue investing in PR and maybe more because they would not need to follow all the industrial federal regulation like what happen in Mexico a lot of companies are moving to Mexico because have less regulations. PR probably will be a US puppet state serving US interest. PR will not fall in socialism/communism that just fearmongering non-sense. PR always have been a right-wing-quasi-libertarian state, nationalization of property only occurred under US occupation, but since PR autonomy, PR have been selling everything to the private sector. For example the electric utility operation was sold to Luma energy (private sector). US and EU investment in PR made PR rich and no other Caribbean nation, but that only because of PR political/social stability. No civil wars, no political uprising, always deliver on time. PR have more political/social stability than any other country in the Americas that is good for business. Take for example other US-ex-colonies, they didn't have stability so they have to go. PR is always playing the long-game.
I was waiting for this one, sadly many people in the US itself do not know much about these territories i hope this video will help, good job!
Yes. He and his crew are so much better than the entire world's school system.
@@gavinhillick Exactly
Gavin Hillick it’s ironic how ignorant your comment is
Mister_A he’s ignorant himself ironically
@@KanyeTheGayFish69 I agree it's a stupid stereotype but the education system in the US is more self-centered than European countries when it comes to history and geography but they are better at other things. I only lived in the US for a few years though i may be wrong
When a colony in the past has colonies 🤷♂️
:Carthage has entered the game:
Every colony in the past has colonies
@@2111jade sorry but Brazil doesn't, as most colonized countries in America.
@@Rishi123456789 Papua New Guinea wasn't an Australian colony. It just seceded along with Australia when the British first left, so wasn't really colonised.
Portugal has Timor Leste before Indonesia grabbed it in 1976. Then, at 1999 they got independence from us.
Northern Mariana Islander here.
Interesting little side note for you Geograpeeps: The NMI is a great place to see World War II relics and sites scattered across the three inhabited islands of Saipan (pronounced "Sai-Pan" not "Sai-Pawn"), Tinian, and Rota. The other islands are largely uninhabited due to being active volcanic islands...Also, there are only 4 municipalities - Saipan, Tinian, Rota, and the Northern Islands Municipalities (sorry, Barbs).
Anyway, if you're interested in WWII History, I recommend going to the commonwealth territory to visit. Same with Guam, by the way.
I always wondered why american samoa would want to be a territory but then I realised, they basically can do whatever they want, and they get to be a part of the U.S, which makes them basically untouchable, and it ties them to the most powerful economy
That and by being a territory they are like three times wealthier then Samoa itself despite Samoa being three times bigger.
Huge plus for Samoa. Far better off being a territory.
I'm actually American Samoan my mom says the main reason why is because we wanted to keep the aiga system and if we were incorporated the banks could take away land and sell it to non-natives but that doesn't stop natives from renting out their land to other ethnicities.
Long time Boricua viewer here. Gracias for the compliments, your videos gets watched in the island by a lot of people
Don't speak Spanish because Puerto Ricans aren't Spanish you didn't get independence from Spain and are a American colony
8:45 we need a gif of that
yes we do someone go do it i dont know how
I knew Barby will make a Virginity Joke as soon as he mentions Virgin Islands 😂
As someone who actually used to live in the VI, trust me everybody thinks that
As a Puertorican, im happy of this video. Heres a fact, Us virgin islanders sometimes come to Puerto Rico to buy stuff because its slightly cheaper here. I know it because I have been to dock ports before and I know some things.
"Say something in boricua." "...ay bendito?" 😂😂😂
I felt the passion from here when he talked about Puerto Rican women. I get you, Barbs, I get you
-_- yes
YOU SHOULD DO A WHOLE VIDEO ON PUERTO RICO IVE 👏🏼 BEEN 👏🏼 WAITING 👏🏼
Also thank you for calling us the coolest latinos ❤️
Isabel Ruiz YES!
Not a country. Maybe after all the countries are finished. Or as a filler episode.
Kolin Martz piss off
Puerto Rico is a place with a LOT of history and for him to explore all of that in a episode it would be amazing!!!
Definitely!! PR has such an amazing and historic background and importance in the Latin world, yes we are not a country but in almost every way act like our own country.
Can we appreciate just how much better this man nd his whole crew are than the whole world's education systems
Well at least for the American education system and the ones like the American one
Really? He doesn't even know these are colonies, not territories
@@bitterballs356 They WERE colonies, now they're territories.
Some random Guy and the whole world
@@KanyeTheGayFish69 I said they are territories... Please read my comment correctly.
8:41 what a classic Barby
Puerto Rico is really amazing. I want to know more about it. Please🙏🙏 make a seperate video on Puerto Rico. Love Puerto Rico from India🇮🇳
I’m from Puerto Rico and I want to go to India 🇮🇳 so bad 😍❤️
@@sweetie4148 hey bro i dont understand one thing just like catalonia quebec
Why puerto ricans are not having independence movements like that
And do you like mainlanders or your island because according to pew research in next 80 years puerto rico will become nearly extinct with population of less than 500k mainly due to old age and domestic emigration
@@divyaprakash5189 theres independent political movement but no ones barely supports it I means I dotn know much but from what I've seen most Puerto Ricans prefer how it is I guess
@@laylowxalex the reality is PR is the wealthiest Latin American “country”. If they became independent their economy and living standard would collapse. Remember the US spend a lot of investment to make PR better and wealth is tied to many US businesses in PR. Remember unlike their neighbors PR does not have any real natural resources or geographic advantage. Even worse PR government is both corrupt and incompetent.
The fact becoming independent would be the worst they could do. By becoming a state PR would have the reverse happen and a huge amount of investments would be made to improve their lives.
Im a Puerto Rican yes! 🇵🇷 I mean what else can I say I’m proud of this place!
Yet, there are more Puerto ricans in USA mainland than in the island 🏝️
Amo Puerto Rico!
@@joshnavarrete6716 Puerto Ricans aren't Spanish they didn't get independence from Spain and are USA colony
Letting ya’ll know, the reason he didn’t mention our “representative” because PR is almost in a power vacuum, so we have some issues that make representatives and government kind of complicated. Only way to describe it is... Puerto Rico’s national sport might as well be politics
@@SantomPh District of Columbia is the same.
PR should become a state, the actual status makes no sense.
@@lvaruzza They keep voting for the status quo.
Hahaha I always tell people that. Baseball is a close second.
@@corvus1374 I know, I'm criticizing PR for this. I believe there is a great deal of political manipulation to keep the country as it is, being a state would be much better for the people.
In the military, we have a lot of Puerto Ricans and they are the coolest people you'll ever meet.
Ikr lol
I have a friend from puerto rico. He is like the best
☺️
@@sweetie4148 Puerto Ricans aren't Spanish because they didn't get independence from Spain and are a American colony
Now do the reservations!
Do the RESERVATIONS!!!!
Literally just autonomous regions
CGP Grey is working on that
Check cgp grey they already made a part zero......no i'm serious they have a part 0
Why do y'all like know about the rez so much? Also cgp already got it wrong lol
@@letkwu All I know is I live near a Reservation. The Onieda Reservation in Wisconsin
When my mother was a teen she lived on the island of St Croix in the Virgin Islands for a few years.
Hey Barbs, I just came back from visiting Guam and Saipan last month. I loved it but I enjoyed Saipan way way more. It’s a hike to get there but you would enjoy it!
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I hope that after GN finishes Zimbabwe, there will be episodes on territories like Puerto Rico! Love you guys!
Puerto Rico really should be the 51st state or its own country.
The people here in Puerto Rico HATE being a territory but we are always on a constant battle between joining the states or being our own country
@@abielsanabria1599 I wish you good luck with reaching a satisfactory solution.
Be a state bruhhhh don't be like Venezuela or Mexico cuz they are a narco-state
Lugmillord honestly I’d say be independent, that way you can fully express yourselves and keep your culture, language, etc.
The US is the biggest drug consumer in the world.
Small thing left out: USVI are the only part of the US that drives on the left side of the road. All of the cars are right hand drive!
Not really states have their own official languages
Hey bro, Since the Samoa episode is coming up I just wanna give you a heads up on the Samoan language. The G’ is pronounced ‘Ng’ so Pago Pago is pronounced Pango Pango. Same with Aiga, it’s Ainga. Can’t wait for Samoan episode.🇼🇸🇼🇸🇼🇸
You can email him if you have information about Samoa for hi
7:49 When you tried to speak but realized that you have a cockroach inside your mouth
So relatable
Happens all the time.
I've been watching since the very start and have always wondered if you would do a video on territories now my wish has come true hello from the U.S V.I 🇻🇮🇻🇮🇻🇮
Hey friend I thought I was the only Virgin Islander who watched this
Same!
Virgins shame.....
Wow I’m not the only one
Ayou ain alone dread!
Last time i was this early, Hitler was still in his bunker
Don't worry he moved to Argentina
Facts
Spicy
You alive in 1945? There were no phones
I get it I ruined the joke
Smešno! 😂😂😂
I'm from Guam, the info you gave is spot on! The only thing that we would have controversy with would be Micronesians. Our lineage is a bit different from the rest of Micronesia. As native descendants, we call ourselves Chamorro. This came about after the Spanish colonized the island. The word Chamorro is what the Spanish called our male ancestors with mostly shaven heads and a pony tail. So we don't really know what our ancestors called themselves prior colonization.
But we are still Micronesians though. In Saipan and the rest of the NMI we Chamorros id as micros not bcoz of any political boundaries but bcoz we are Pacific Islanders from the region known as Micronesia. Just bcoz our lineage is different from our other neighbors doesn’t mean we should not be considered Micronesians
@@jasonsan6708 not sure where you miss read, but I never mentioned we are not Micronesian. I just mentioned that there is a significant difference between the people of the Mariånas and the rest of Micronesia, and that this particular matter is always in question. In the end it’s just your opinion.
@@fluffykeyahafa and don't be confused with the Federated States
@@K3rr-wth my apologies, but you seem to be confused about this comment thread.
@@fluffykeyahafa Oh......my bad, anyway
You go to G u a m(exile in Guam joke)
Been to Puerto Rico, Guam and Northern Marianas. Got a trip to American Samoa planned for next month! Looking forward to USVI next year I hope. The territories are awesome and have a lot to offer, esp. awesome beaches and friendly people and a feeling of being both far away and close to home
I always feel Large when I'm around non-samoans. But when I'm around fellow Samoans I'm below average size, it's great.
Looking forward to the samoan episode!
I approve what he said about Puerto Rico 😂🇵🇷
So basically, "territory" is a more tolerant way of saying "colony"
Yes
Pretty much
Indeed
Rishi is this poor bait?
@@Rishi123456789 I know you're been sarcastic but I will respond anyways, Trump is not Jesus, hes just another war mongering boomer that misses the USA influence of back in the day (he was the least worst choice for president thoug) yes, the white man kind of rule the world but don't get it wrong, there are a lot of "white man" so it's not like your ancestors are the best. Contrary to modern belifs I think colonization is mostly good for both parts it's the type of colonialism that I am against.
please when you can do one on puertorico and help bring awareness to the island thank you always enjoy your videos ! saludos from Yokosuka Japan!
Learned a lot. Fun video.
St. -
*Chokes*
Kurt Maverick P. Guarin Lmao
I learned something, thank you 🙏💕.
Love you.
I used to live on Guam at the Naval Air Station (even though my dad was Air Force), back when Typhoon Pamela hit in the '70's. The climate was awesome all year round. Fun fact, there is another island named Maug relatively close by. I have some great childhood memories from living there and would love to visit again.
What are you talking about, the weather is trash there
@@thecartoonistchick6539 Trash to you, but awesome to me. Shorts year-round and don't recall ever hating it.
@@grondhero Hawaii has a cool tropical breeze, Guam is hot and humid year round
But to each his own, glad you liked it!
@@thecartoonistchick6539 I lived in Hawaii in the '90's; didn't care for it. Extremely humid indoors. Flooding problems.
Love this video. Thanks for making.
@Hello Dewayne how are you doing?
Is it wrong that i find the US territories more interesting than the USA itself?
I mean the USA is one of the most immigrated nation in the world
Actually
It's true-
Thank you so much for talking about native Americans, and getting great images too. Most would just get the Long Plains Head dress but you got us in Pow-Wow regalia. In the USA episode it would be cool if you could do a segment of native speakers or just a segment alone to natives in general since we are true Americans
As a Puerto Rican this gave me a huge boost in confidence, thanks!!!
Puerto Rican aren't Spanish you didn't get independence from Spain and are a American colony
Actually Johnston Atoll is an unincorporated unorganized territory. The only incorporated unorganized territory is Palmyra Atoll. the incorporated part means the full constitution applies and the government can't sell the territory.
6:22 - "Cubans, Dominicans, and Puerto Ricans make up the trifecta of Latin Caribbeans."
Haiti, Guadeloupe, and Martinique: "Are we a joke to you?"
Are they though? More like francophone creole peoples with a sprinkle of latin...Even the ABC islands are more latin.
@@Wanderer25 For one, Haiti's national language is French alongside Haitian Creole.
@@Wanderer25 I'd consider them to be Latin Americans because French is a Latin-based language, just like Spanish. Also, I never really thought about the ABC islands being Latin, I forgot their creole is Portuguese/Spanish-based.
Not a joke, their background is French, so no, they're not Latinos.
@@seiph80 I'm aware they aren't Latinos since "Latino" refers to Spanish-speaking cultures in Latin America, but Latinos aren't the only "Latin" people in Latin America since that region also includes Francophones and Lusophones.
I'm from Guam, and whoa -- you pronounced Hagåtña correctly! I like the older name of our capital (Agaña) a lot more, but it is what it is. By the way, in regard to Saipan in the Northern Marianas, if you want to sound like a local, you can pronounce it "Sa-ee-pan" (the last syllable sounds like frying "pan," not "pun"). This content is a lot more accurate than many I've seen about the territories. Great video!
Fun fact: Philippines could be a US state. But, at last, Filipinos chose independence :-0
They weren't wrong
Lol, no, that's not how it works..
I always think people from Northern Mariana Islands and Guam were too clingy to the US. I mean, we were also acquired from the 1898 Treaty of Paris and we also had a Commonwealth.
Biggest mistake we did.
Nope. More like Puerto Rico
Fun fact: None of the territories pay federal income tax. Pretty sweet :)
Lol I couldn’t stop laughing of what you said 🤣. Anyways I would like a video on Puerto Rico one day. Saludos desde Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
That would have to come after all the countries are done as Puerto Rico is not an independent nation though it would be cool for them to do territories more in depth the issue is then you're going to have people from other states begging to have it done for their state as well
Don't speak Spanish Puerto Ricans aren't Spanish you didn't get independence from Spain and are American colony
Thank you
You don’t get enough recognition for your hard work. Each video is fantastic, professional and educational. Thank you for this channel 🙏🙏🙏🙏
8:43 omg...
Gross
Lmao
i’ve been waiting for this, i live in guam
Puerto Rican here. Thank you and I know 😏
Thanks for all this info Barbs
I love your videos !! Soo Interesting. Can u do a separate video on Guam? I'm from there and I really want to learn more
Great video. It is always nice to learn more about the US territories.
Yes! Please make a video of Puerto Rico! It definitely deserves it'd own video.
A former Danish territory being a tax haven, now that's irony! 😂
Kun danskere forstår
@@guledosman8512 Svenskar förstår också
@@frida507 nej altså joken, fordi danmark er så dyrt at bo i😝
@@guledosman8512 Vi har hög skatt också.
You are such an entertaining person to watch. Thank you.
Great video as always Barby
Loved this episode too like all the others, about places I like! Of the American Territories and Commonwealths, I'd say Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Northern Marianas are my favorites! 🇺🇸🇵🇷🇬🇺 🇫🇲 🇲🇵
I love it my favorite one untill your next upload.... Born and raised on Saipan..... You should visit..
The USA episode will be an hour long.
Only because it's his country and Americans will moan like hell if it's not really really long
@@Iamtheliquor ... nah, I'm American and we just do not have more to cover than Russia did. Twenty-five to thirty minutes is more than plenty. "Friend Zone" is pretty long, but so was Russia. There's lots of major river and mountain and lake systems to hit, but again, so did Russia. Overseas military bases to quickly mention, but again, so did Russia. Maybe a skit or two about independence and cross-continental expansion, but again, so did Russia. Doing these filler videos on states and cities and territories massively reduces the pressure to lard up the USA country episode with things not present in every country episode
Limited Experience well I’m glad to hear you’ve got some sense and don’t need an overly long episode for the USA. Lets hope your fellow countrymen are as sensible
It will be _very_ long
@@Iamtheliquor ur mad
Learned some good stuff from this video. Good presentation.
Also in Arizona the Hopi reservation is inside the Navajo reservation. The Navajo reservation observes Daylight Savings Time, but the State of Arizona and the Hopi Reservation do not.
Love from 🇬🇺 Guam! Also, you didn’t mention that we all also speak English. Our main language is English but everyone just knows some Chamorro and uses it time to time. Also a weird thing we do is say, “Leche” we use as like saying, “what?!” But it means Milk.
Sois la leche tíos 👍🏽
Yes please do a whole video on PR!!! I'll help in any way I can!
American Samoa's official language: English and Samoan
The US official language: none
*Weird*
Not really it's fairly normal for the states and territories to have their own official languages the country as a whole does not though it might as well be English
@@spartanx9293 Not really when you have a huge mix of diffrent languages such as Spanish, German, Italian, French among others depending on the region you are in.
@@Hardcase_Kara yes but the main language in most areas is English and you know it and I'm from Indiana while there's plenty of German culture here few people actually speak German
@@spartanx9293 Talking about areas in Pennsylvania which have a rather large German speaking like population, the thing is we haven't had any official language for as long time and their is no actual need to change it.
@@Hardcase_Kara yes but English is still the factor official it is a language the government uses for most situations and it is by far the most widely spoken
It was a great episode that gives us the Information about the territories and i love american samoa and Puerto Rico are the different world at their own sense
As a Puerto Rican this video was very informative and interesting! Looking forward to the PR video.
Puerto Ricans aren't Spanish you didn't get independence from Spain and are American colony
Geography now: exists
Skill Share: I'm gonna sponsor this whole mans career
Oversimplified: dude...... Uncool
Holy fuck what a cool, edgy meme! Is that original? You should tell your mom how cool and edgy your are so she can take you to McDonald's and get you a happy meal.
@@slappy8941 shut your mouth
Dwayne Is Half Samoan
Me: **Spits Coffee** Wait WHAT??
Literally everyone knows this
@watergod 83 he's half black, half Samoan.
It's ok, let me buy you another coffee
oil: man today's a wonderful..
america:DAY FOR AMERICA, GIMME THAT OIL
haha Funniy I'm ludghingf ghihuhhuv
edward m8 you realize that almost all oil in the us is domestically produced
The recently deceased Kirk Douglas had socks older than that "joke."
edward m8 These have never been funny
@@KanyeTheGayFish69 Not only that, but the US is now the number one oil producer in the world.
I cannot wait for the episode of USA, so much to uncover!
Have been waiting for the Puerto Rico epsiode for ages
It's not a country sorry.
Now you've peaked my interest in Native American Reservations. Can you do a video on their different reservations, tribes, rights, etc.???
Covering about 574 of them is way too much to fit in one video
9:40 The Navassa Island is also kind of disputed, as it is claimed by Haiti
I'm half Spanish and half boricua 🇪🇦🇵🇷. I love your videos!
Puerto Ricans aren't Spanish they didn't get independence from Spain and are a American colony
My step-Grandfather spent his WWII service on Howland Island. They manned a bunch of AA guns guarding buried drums of aviation gas. He saw one action, a Japanese flying boat flew into a cloud pursued by U.S. fighters. Only the fighters emerged. He said it was a British Sunderland, but Japan had their own flying boats. He was 26 or so when the War broke out, from a SoCal farm family from Iowa.
The video is excellent man.Your cool explanation makes us understand the country in the most simple way
You forgot to add Canada.
lmao
That’s actually the British so Canada is like our half cousin?
@@erikt3162 Canada is our hat
Would love to see a video about Puerto Rico in the future 👏🏻👏🏻
As a British person I certainly have a lot of admiration for our cousins “across the pond” I have wanted to go to the USA probably since when I first of them. And who’s knows depending on how much I like or love the Americans I could be the like pilgrim fathers and emigrate to America. Where do you think I should go to go first and why? With lots of love from the UK 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
I think you should definitely go to Chicago, Illinois (where I live) It is a beautiful city with a lot of American history and museums to visit to, plus the Chicago deep dish pizza is something you need to try and the restaurant portillos is so good (it like the in-out of Illinois, but better). Plus I think going to New York is another good option. The state I least recommend is Califorina, trust me the traffic in LA is huge and homelessness is everywhere and to many crazy people. I mean we have crazy people in Chicago, but it not same as LA. If you want to visit the country side of America instead of the cities, than try going to Springfield, Illinois where Abraham Lincoln is buried and it also the state capital, there you get to learn about American politics when visiting those museums. The best one you should go to is the Smokey Mountains in Tennessee, there you definitely get a taste of American culture and southern culture.
@Stephen Puls Try Boston. And just as a tid bit of history, the Commonwealth War Graves commission (UK) maintains a portion of a cemetery in Montgomery, Alabama, the only one located in the USA
West coast for sure! I'm originally from Arizona but there's something out here in California that won my heart.
L.A. california is always a great place to go when visiting the united states but its pretty expensive
Austin, Seattle, or Boston. All three are great and fun cities that you would not regret visiting.
Good work , thanks
Just got off work and Its Saturday! As soon as I got home and checked my youtube and saw a new Geography Now video uploaded , I was like Yayyyy! Glad to see P.R. up there! Good job Barb!