The Northeastern United States was the heart of the American Revolution, the beginning of the United States as a country, the rise of American industrialization, the stronghold of the Union, the waves of late-19th and early-20th century immigration, and the proliferation of many important elements of modern-day American culture that came as a result, were mainly centered in this region. It’s very rich in culture and history, and it’s one of the parts of the United States I really want to visit the most.
In the '70s we were taught in school that the U.S. industrial economy of that time was grouped into four "megalopolises:" The Northeast, the Great Lakes, the South and the West.
it's still kinda true, I think the great lakes area is sort of a sleeping lion rn, but in my prediction people will be flocking there like Texas and Florida 10-20 years from now. Abundance in fresh water, access to Midwestern agriculture, not very bad with natural disasters, and low housing prices after people left. Crime is the biggest thing holding them back, and eventually that'll get better.
@@zacharyreynolds4303 I’m from Indiana I’ve lived on every side of the country growing up I think the Midwest is very slept own lost of character in the cities but the crime and old homes in the Midwest is usually why people are moving elsewhere most of us Midwesterner’s are stubborn so a lot stay put, but it’s rare other regions come our way unless it’s for school/ work Chicago is probably the most growing city in the Midwest all the other cities are big && small and are just slightly unheard of except for the original residents
You could fill an entire library with the amount of history in Philadelphia alone, let alone DC, NYC, Boston.. Wildly historic area, and surprisingly beautiful, architecturally and naturally.
Lehigh Valley, PA here. I can't count how many warehouses are out here. Geoff is spot on with these videos, I always look forward to them. Thanks for the recognition!
I'm glad LV was mentioned, we played important role with the steel and coal in this area. I'm glad to be born and raised in LV, so many things to do, places to visit. Not too far from the mountains, ocean. Great location.
Grew up in DC going up and down I-95. It’s crazy how until south of the DC suburbs to Boston, it’s all connected by suburbs. No rural land from Boston down until you pass at least Springfield VA, and depending on your definition of Rural, down past Fredericksburg or Quantico. When traveling south, you feel free when you pass Richmond and the rush hour and other jams become so much less common.
The sprawl is spreading down to Richmond. I live in Stafford, 45 min south of DC. 25 years ago this was still a rural county. Mostly made up of farmer's fields and forests. Now it's concrete and pavement for 10 miles on either side of I-95 all the way down to Fredericksburg and points south. A never ending hellscape of strip malls, subdivisions, fast food joints, gas stations, warehouses, data centers, parking lots and wall to wall traffic. Yuck!!!
As a native Washingtonian, I’ll never take for granted the ease in which I can get to Baltimore, Philly, NY, NY, CT, MA.. it’s as easy as jumping in a car and driving north. Only thing that’s annoying are those EZPass tolls but states gotta make their money right?!
Has anyone else noticed that geography based Tubers all have a very similar delivery and rhythm in the way the way talk about the topics? Quick, articulate, and very engaged and excited about what their saying. I like it.....
A Tuber should have been a 'tuber, the contraction of a RUclipsr. Apostrophes nowadays are often censored or dropped due to how difficult it is to key it in.
I became a Masshole, after emigrating from Portugal 🇵🇹 now living in Providence, RI ⚓️ Grateful for the 🇺🇸 & for living in such a historically beautiful area.
@@georgeleavitt4487 Historically: whaling. Note that the atmospheric first chapters of Moby Dick are placed in New Bedford, Mass. Also: look up the Whaling Museum there.
You live in PA don't you? Manchester, Providence, new bedford, fall river, lowell, lawrence, Springfield, Fitchburg, providence, Portland, Woonsocket, New London, New haven, Waterbury, bridgeport, jersey city, newark, richmond. (I'm surprised albany isn't included in the highlighted region. I'm also surprised it didn't extend as far south as hampton roads). But you're right. It's a giant eeb of big cities, medium cities, small cities, and suburbs. There is hardly a break in the chain. It's really cool. And it's cool to watch accents blend from one to the other as you travel throughout. For instance, the rhode island accent is a perfect blend between boston and nyc. They say "cahh" and they say "cwoffee." Lots of unique cultures. So many different ethnic groups. You got diverse places, and you have places that are dominated by virtually one ethnic group. I love it here. And we are all connected by train and I95.
@kaicandoit I'm from southeastern mass I've lived in plymouth, fall river, the cape, Boston (north shore and metro west when I was that way), and I lived in pawtucket ri. My accent would fall into the boston category, but I've had equal exposure to both accents. I love the thode island accent! Lol. And I love rhode island culture (coffee milk, party pizza, strip clubs, italians, puertogues, cape verdeans, dominicans) 🥰. I love providence. Lol. It's great. Fun place. Good people. The smallest state.
@@mattymatt6970 Ahh my family started in fah rivah and New Bedford (take a wild guess where they immigrated from). But I grew up mostly on the north shore and the city proper... I lived in PVD for grad school! Great times. I miss New England but NYC is still close enough to easily visit. 100% recommend everybody visit RI
Living in the DMV for the last 20 years, I realized I took this level of interconnectivity for granted until I moved to Indiana and the midwest... its crazy
@@Edmondson_Avenue yeah and not to get too political but i think the county and city should merge back together. the county split was used to uphold white flight in the 60s +
@@benfelps Yes, but the split🪓 happened July 4, 1851 the City was very highly prosperous and was also the county seat, but wanted to be an independent city separate from the county government, the city had all of the infrastructure and utility services, the county was pretty much rural farm land at that time. So what happened was the city began to grow more and started annexation of surrounding areas which all cities do when they grow, the last annexation was in 1918, the city was planning to annex most of Western Baltimore county and parts of Howard county, Baltimore would have been huge, but it didn't go through. The Great Baltimore Fire slowed down a lot of the city's growth and a lot of the surrounding suburbs were beginning to develop and some people want to be a part of the city some didn't, but back then more wanted to join but certain state delegates were against the city's rapid growth and land annexation and secretly snuck a moratorium bill into another bill 1948 banning the city from annexation without a vote for 100 years. If this never happened, one of two things would have happened, the city would have annexed most of Baltimore County south of Towson and probably would have grown to be 200-300 square mile and kept most of it's tax base that crossed into the county. There were plans to annex Ellicott City into Baltimore, the city would have been massive. The second theory is that the city and county would do a full consolidation like Philadelphia and other cities merging the City-County government and borders as one City-County and it would be 774 square miles. Most Baltimore county residents identify with and as Baltimoreons, Baltimore county has no incorporated cities only communities so it would be smooth. This really needs to happen for bigger regional growth, both governments can dissolve and form a new Baltimore government, a City-County merger would bring around 1.4 million residents in it's borders! If you look at it, Baltimore county is becoming more of a city than a suburb.
I'm kind of surprised he didn’t talk more about New Jersey, with all the Jersey beaches and people traveling between there and New York daily. Delaware is also a state that is known for banking, no sales tax, beaches and easily accessible to New York, Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, etc. Overall good video.
I I agree. Jersey City, Newark, Paterson, Elizabeth, Trenton, all cities that have major historical and industrial importance. Plus, most of the revolutionary war was fought there.
@tommygogetter5992 Considering that the T opened in 1867 and the DC Metro opened in 1976 I wiould expect it to be more modern! However, once you come above ground I would much rather be in Boston.
My biggest surprise in the NYC to DC Area,… being from Mississippi, but traveling my early life in Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, Miami, and Atlanta, and my Professional Life from Coast to Coast, was how excellent traffic did flow there vs. Southern Metro Areas. I landed at LaGuardia in Rush Hour, hired a rental, and drove to Water Treatment Centers from there to CT, and never got stuck in traffic really! The 18 wheelers being separated from expressways blew my mind!!!!😮 Edit: I mean, there was traffic, but as someone said, The Mass Transit is helpful, No 18 Wheelers trying to pass other 18 Wheelers on 6 - 8 Lanes like Atlanta, I should have said “Surprised by Traffic Flowing.” It wasn’t uncommon for me to see an accident, I mean to see one happen every time through Metro Atlanta, coming to stops for Hours during Nascar Races on the Southern (and Midwest) Interstates. My Trinity of Dreaded Hell Driving is Indianapolis, DFW, and the deepest Hell being Atlanta. Nothing is walkable there, you need a car. Outer cities don’t want MARTA, so it’s nothing to be caught up 3-4hrs trying to get through Atlanta(going from Aiken, SC to Rome, GA). Plus some homeless dude burned one of the interstate bridges, that was a Carmeggedom. I was just supper impressed with the “Flow” of traffic. Zipper Merging, (in the South people will block the lane before it ends when it says to Merge Right). And California’s Toll Express Lanes, My Goodness that was fun and freeing for a boy that grew up on I-20!!! Secondly, Speed Limit of 85 in North Michigan was super fun too.
Did you happen to play the lottery while you were at it??? Why do I ask? Because, I've driven those roads ~100 times and was able to avoid traffic once.
Very lucky. Try the DC region, recently 'awarded' the second worst traffic in the country. It is trial of either extreme boredom punctuated with crawling a yard at a time OR a crazy whirlwind of crazy passing drivers where life and limb is at stake.
The only real traffic I've ever got stuck in was Baltimore, and Wilmington, DE where 95 meets 295, luckily most of the traffic was going to 295 and I was headed more towards Philly.
I live in one, it can be boring out of season but wow is it worth it for how beautiful it is during the warmer months. Plus amazing seafood and live music everywhere
Add to the excellent info in this video the fact that there are 145 counties in the respective NE Megaregion's states that supply goods, forest resources, agricultural products, recreation opportunities, labor and seasonal homes to the megaregion. It is a huge economic engine.
@@paulbadics3500 Given the above logic, it could be because they're not as well-educated. With the influx of highly-educated people, land values rise, as do housing costs. It gets to the point that the middle class can no longer afford the cost of living, and so they depart for other areas with a lower cost of living, where consequently the people in general are not as well-educated.
@@paulbadics3500 Probably high cost of living. Each state has different reasons for population growth/decline. For example, the population decline in Mississippi and West Virginia are due to factors that are _not_ high COL.
As a lifelong Philly-area resident except for 2 years in NYC, I can't imagine living anywhere else now that I'm nearing retirement. Have traveled to every other region of the country as well as internationally, and while there are so many beautiful areas to explore, you can't beat the sum of the parts.
Some of my clients who left NY/NJ for the South are coming back. Culture, family , education , food, sports are some reasons why. When you have the Yankees, Rangers why would you care about the Asheville Tourists.
Mmm id argue it goes both ways, which you did say Some. I've met many New Yorkers and a couple new englanders being very satisfied with their new quality of life in NC and the south in general. Sure, many people do move back but most do settle down here with no plans to return. It seems the more laidback quality of life and affordable cost of living is more of an advantage over northeastern general quality of life. Great region nonetheless, but we cant underestimate others
This is where i am from. The only big issue here is its impossible to build anything in the area and in general cost of living is super high. Right now i live 5 months of the year working seasonally in Southern NH/MA and the rest of the time in far north of upstate NY where its super cheap to live and in my industry dairy farming its a good area to work on commercial farms
Thats the only bad side with being so insanely dense in the region housing and cost of living is a issue. The region however is the best place to develop public transport if we change the mindset of it being for the poor but for everyone.
I’m pretty sure the Industrial Revolution started in Rhode island. On the Blackstone river that runs from Worcester MA to the ocean in Providence RI, the blackstone river and the Merrimack river is what started it all. Not trying to discredit PA
That’s the way I learned it as well. The Blackstone started it, and the Merrimack was the first river truly exploited to harness its power with industrial centers like Haverhill, Lawrence, and Lowell just in the Massachusetts stretch of the River.
Including the historically significant town of Harpers Ferry, WVA, which is connected to DC (and thus the rest of the Northeast Corridor) by passenger rail service!
I live in CT and think this part of the country is the best place to live-think about this: if you live in the South, you have hurricanes that you have to evacuate and hope it doesn’t wipe out your house, if you live in the middle, from Texas to Canada, you have wildfires and tornadoes you have to evacuate and hope it doesn’t wipe out your house, on the West coast, you have wildfires and earthquakes and you have to evacuate and hope it doesn’t wipe out your house, in New England, we get a blizzard warning, we go shopping and stay in our house!
Im so glad you actually included my hometown Lewiston/Auburn, Maine as the last destination north of the Northeastern Corridor. We definitely get underrepresented🤦🏽♂️ it’s the last densely populated area heading north (115,000 pop.)
I’d argue south until Richmond on the other end. It’s really more connected to DC and Baltimore (via 95 and Amtrak) than to southern cities. Culturally too, especially in the under 40 age bracket. Maybe you could argue for like Appalachian foothills with it being so tied up with Charlottesville economically, but I’d say it’s significantly more tied to DC than anywhere else.
Excellent video. Just one thing about Providence. I currently live in Rhode Island and the entire state is a little over 1.1 million people. Providence only has about 3/4 of million. Though there is a lot of overlap with Boston and its suburbs.
overall great work!🙌 Disappointed you did not include the Connecticut river which has been historically important for agriculture, trade, and hydropower. The river's floodplain creates some of the most fertile agricultural land in the northeastern United States, and the river's high volume and many waterfalls have led to significant industry along its banks (Hartford Insurance Industry, significant manufacturing like Colt)
Awesome video Geoff! Quick nitpick, 2:28 Maine is part of New England. You probably know that, but the video makes it seem like it might be two separate areas.
Very nice video. Thanks for giving Baltimore some credit. It is a very important city. Love all the facts about the region. We are the deepest part of American History. Lots to love about the region.
I’m surprised you left out Richmond Virginia in your list of smaller significant cities. the MSA for Richmond has 1,300,000+ people in it. Richmond has been considered part of the northeast region for at least the last 20 years. It would be interesting to see a video about how the northeast region has slowly crept to the south in Virginia, particularly after 911 with the federal government implementing its 100 mile radius dispersement plan. Over the last 20 years, where I live, Charlottesville Virginia, has become a significant commuter town feeding Washington DC, also along the US 29 corridor development has been essentially nonstop for the last 25 years.
Very interesting being a resident of the Hudson Valley region of New York, right in the middle of this area, having immigrated from the UK 🇬🇧 in 1949 to NYC on the Queen Mary, and started to live in Westchester County in 1950, where I entered school. 😊
Lived in NJ and MA most of my time in US, one downside is that living in Northeast make me think the whole US is similar to Northeast, but actually there are huge differences.
I love learning about history and geography ❤. The northeastern region of the United States 🇺🇸 is so diverse, culturally and historically rich, luxurious, highly developed, livable and captivating just like the whole country. Thanks so much for the meaningful information you provided in this video with such engaging, articulate speech you have.
Monmouth county NJ is the only home I’ve ever known. There are also a lot of famous people from not just my area but the northeast too. Bruce springsteen got started at a bar near my house called the stone pony, jon bon jovi has a house on the navesink river, etc. great video geoff!
Wikipedia considers Richmond to be a part of Megalopolis now too, so I can officially say I’ve loved my whole like in The Megaregion (RVA-NYC-PHL-DC).🎉
Agreed. In fact, the fall line's influence could be seen as far south as the Carolinas and Georgia as well. It's one of the most geographically significant features in the development of the United States. I'm surprised it wasn't brought up in the video.
Crazy just two percent of land wow,main reason I would say is density. I lived in Jacksonville fl for a year and it pained me how huge and sparsely populated it is,told my self I have to live somewhere with decent density.
I disagree that the battle of long island was the first major battle of the American war of independence. I'd argue that the siege of Boston was. It bugged me a little that the battle of Lexington and Concord wasn't mentioned.
The entire video I was waiting for Rhode Island to get a shout out and it sort of did with Providence. lol. I love New England. Born and raises in RI, lived in MA for a bit, now back in RI. Drove up to Vermont for the eclipse this past Monday and forgot how beautiful and mountainous it is up there! I'm so used to being at or near sea level!
I really love the animation and maps used in this video and I'm actually very inspired by Geoff to make my own videos on things in history that interest me. He has degrees from Portland State University and so do I. Seeing a fellow alumni be so informative and intriguing really is inspiring! Thank you Geoff and I appreciate your videos very much!
Population numbers were off, but otherwise, a very interesting video. I've lived in the Boston area for 9 years, after 3 years in Hartford, CT and 20 years in Vermont. New England is a fun place to live, but expensive.
Looking at just geography, there is a high density of protected deep water ports. This allows for long distance trading, regionally and internationally. The ports are connected to large navigatable waterways into the hinterlands. This allows produce and products from the interior to be capitalized. This was further enhanced by the Intracoastal waterways. A series of islands, barrier islands, rivers and canals allowed an almost contiguous protected waterway along or near the eastern coastline from Rhode Island all the way down to Florida. Basically, you do not need deep water ships that can take the rough water waters of the Atlantic. A barge can safely traverse most of the route with a few breaks. This significantly reduces waterborne transportation costs as well as promote trade and specialization (with associated efficiencies). Tributary waterways were ideal in creating watermill. This inturn powered machinery, fostering the growth of industry well before the Industrial Revolution. You mentioned the Erie Canal. The two super highways into the North American interior were the Erie Canal and the Mississippi waterways. Of the two, the Erie Canal was the shorter, more direct, and safer. Since it was mainly manmade, it was not subject to shifting sand/mud bars that one may find in the Mississippi and its tributaries. It also helped tha tthe Erie route starts with New York Harbor, a better and more developed port at the time than New Orleans for the Mississippi. The Hudson River in NYC is actually a fjord, not a river. It does not have a dynamic and everchanging delta like the Mississippi.
People in the Northeast don't need to fly short distances because we have Amtrak, local commuter rail and plenty of roads. The trains are pretty efficient, the rest of the country Shou have them especially for regions like California.
The Western USA covers a lot more area and the major cities are far more distant from each other, so intercity train service like Amtrak would be impractical. For example, New York City to Philadelphia is about 100 miles, but Phoenix to Los Angeles is about 350 miles, or three and a half times longer.
The Industrial Revolution actually started in a small city called Pawtucket, RI known as Slaters Mill. Providence and Newport were important ports of trade for centuries.
I live in Philly. Why do ya think 9/11 was targeted at the northeast. Our region is a powerhouse in world trade, military and Intel. If any country wants to strike the heart of USA, it’s northeast.
I've often wondered where the precise boundary of the Northeast Megaregion lies. For instance, I live in western Massachusetts, about 30 miles north of Springfield. On the one hand, we have the 5 colleges in my area, which contribute to the cultural and technological dominance of the region, but on the other hand, this area is largely rural, not particularly economically strong, and not well-connected to the rest of the Megaregion (except via I-91, which itself is a humble 4-lane highway in my area). I'm sure some folks in New York (away from the city) and Pennsylvania might also have similar questions.
Thanks for putting it this way. I lived in the PNW for seven years (all else in NE including currently)and this was not at all something people were comfortable admitting. Or even really equipped to understand as most people in Portland had never been east of Denver.
I mean... Germany refers to itself as Deutschland. China refers to itself as Zhongguo. Denmark refers to itself as Danmark, which is why we call them Danes and Danish instead of Dens and Dennish, yet we still can't be bothered to change the E in the place name. Iroquois is a pretty cool name. New York state should steal it if the tribes don't want it. I wish I could describe myself as an Iroquoian instead of getting a few syllables into "Massachusettsian" before giving up and saying I'm from Boston.
As a LTL truck driver based out of MA, we have a LOT of industry and commerce in our area. The amount of west bound freight we ship is massive compared to the inbound freight in our area.
it's where america started, and where much, if not most of the investment and trade was centered and started as well and the flow of much of the westward expansions wealth would flow back through to trade with the world as the country grew...
Clearly Vermont is not in the blue, although I would have considered it an economic outlier, but just as clearly some of the blue is in Eastern West Virginia
You forgot the Wyoming Valley, also known as The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Metro area in Northeast Pa, with a population of close to 568,000 people. It was essential in early America with the largest anthracite coal deposit in the world, powering the USA.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh I would strenuously argue that the Battle of Bunker Hill and the Siege of Boston were major (and especially influential) battles... The Battle of Bunker Hill decimated Britain's North American officer corp which directly influenced the out come of the war. And yes there were only 5,000 total troops directly involved in that days fighting but there were thousands of more troops involved in the siege, all within earshot of the battle.
The Battle of Long Island?? How about Lexington & Concord in 1775...you know the "Shot heard around the World"! Or The Battle of Bunker Hill.... This is where the Nation began.
We live in the best region in the country. We have everything from ethnic diversity, the best food, job opportunities, great roads, major airports at every corner, train connections, beaches, casinos, large cities full of energy, beautiful suburbs, quiet towns, beautiful architecture, museums, great history, numerous national landmarks, events all the time, many sports teams, fishing, hunting, hiking, sailing, camping, no weather major weather related threats, close to Europe, great suburbs, close to different cities you can travel to if you're bored, etc...
And to think it will only take a few counties to become more developed for Richmond and Hampton Roads to become part of this megaregion. It will take Charles City County a while to develop since it has a population of only 6,605. A place like that would be better off staying rural. Route 5 is a nice detour if you need a break from the congestion of I-64 during the summer months.
My uncle live in this region in Rhode Island. Me as a native Ohioan visiting this region was awesome! It's a naturally beautiful place full of history and cool architecture.
NJ is the only state fully a part of the region yet doesn’t have a major city. Newark/Jersey City combined is a powerhouse subregion of NYC with a major rail hub and airport in Newark
And when the New England states talk about switching to year-round Atlantic Standard Time (same as Eastern Daylight Saving Time), people lose interest in it when the learn that they'd be an hour ahead of NYCity.
About 70% of the Lower 48 states and perhaps 95% of its population is defined to be part of a Metropolitan or Micropolitan area. Metro/Micro population centers now encroach into formerly remote areas such as interior Maine and Upper Michigan. The only extensive belt of empty land is located in the arid high planes between the 100th Meridian and the Rockies. I live in a seemingly rural area of Florida's Megalopolis, but urban centers of a million or more are at most an hour away. The void in between the urban centers is rapidly being populated into a low-density continuum that is neither urban or rural, but more properly called "micropolitan." I live in one of those Florida Micropolitan areas about 40 miles long that is continuously, but not densely, populated. The Northeastern Corridor (Washington to Boston) is densely populated continuously. The D.C. urban area of 5 million meets Baltimore's urban area of 3 million 30 miles away, then meets Philly's 5 million a hundred miles away, which meets New York's 20 million another 100 miles away, which merges into Boston's 5 million 200 miles away, driving through other urban areas of a million ore more like Hartford and Providence.
SE PA is a very livable place, diverse economy, relatively reasonable cost of living, decent weather. Close to the coast, smack in the middle of the megalopolis. Lived here most of my life, nevertheless plan on relocating out of USA with the family soon.
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The Northeastern United States was the heart of the American Revolution, the beginning of the United States as a country, the rise of American industrialization, the stronghold of the Union, the waves of late-19th and early-20th century immigration, and the proliferation of many important elements of modern-day American culture that came as a result, were mainly centered in this region. It’s very rich in culture and history, and it’s one of the parts of the United States I really want to visit the most.
I like what you wrote.
There's nothing like NYC.
But outside of that,
west is best.
@@moebeing1190your envy is showing
@@moebeing1190 If you like living in tents, you're spot on.
All BECAUSE it has a coastline nearest Europe, for European culture and settlement.
@@moebeing1190 Whelp, at least your tent has Wifi, I guess.
In the '70s we were taught in school that the U.S. industrial economy of that time was grouped into four "megalopolises:" The Northeast, the Great Lakes, the South and the West.
Same here! Megalopolis was such a cool word.
it's still kinda true, I think the great lakes area is sort of a sleeping lion rn, but in my prediction people will be flocking there like Texas and Florida 10-20 years from now.
Abundance in fresh water, access to Midwestern agriculture, not very bad with natural disasters, and low housing prices after people left.
Crime is the biggest thing holding them back, and eventually that'll get better.
@@zacharyreynolds4303 abundance of fresh water? Isn’t flint in Michigan?
@@zacharyreynolds4303 I’m from Indiana I’ve lived on every side of the country growing up I think the Midwest is very slept own lost of character in the cities but the crime and old homes in the Midwest is usually why people are moving elsewhere most of us Midwesterner’s are stubborn so a lot stay put, but it’s rare other regions come our way unless it’s for school/ work Chicago is probably the most growing city in the Midwest all the other cities are big && small and are just slightly unheard of except for the original residents
You could fill an entire library with the amount of history in Philadelphia alone, let alone DC, NYC, Boston.. Wildly historic area, and surprisingly beautiful, architecturally and naturally.
& Baltimore
@@branplore yeah fr, dont forget baltimore. It has alot of history
@@stoof-q4kAnd a lot of crime 😂
Even smaller cities in the area often have interesting histories
Geoff, I’m not sure you give the Philadelphia region its due except for a few mentions in this video.
Lehigh Valley, PA here. I can't count how many warehouses are out here. Geoff is spot on with these videos, I always look forward to them. Thanks for the recognition!
Same! LV born and raised. 😎
I'm glad LV was mentioned, we played important role with the steel and coal in this area. I'm glad to be born and raised in LV, so many things to do, places to visit. Not too far from the mountains, ocean. Great location.
Yup: Jaindl and Chrin have been great at changing farm crops from corn to warehouses in Lehigh and Northampton counties...
All over Allentown area
Me too born and raised in the Leigh valley I lived in Easton for the past 10 years
Grew up in DC going up and down I-95. It’s crazy how until south of the DC suburbs to Boston, it’s all connected by suburbs. No rural land from Boston down until you pass at least Springfield VA, and depending on your definition of Rural, down past Fredericksburg or Quantico.
When traveling south, you feel free when you pass Richmond and the rush hour and other jams become so much less common.
Nah. Not “It’s crazy how until south of the DC suburbs to Boston, it’s all connected by suburbs.” /
The sprawl is spreading down to Richmond. I live in Stafford, 45 min south of DC. 25 years ago this was still a rural county. Mostly made up of farmer's fields and forests. Now it's concrete and pavement for 10 miles on either side of I-95 all the way down to Fredericksburg and points south. A never ending hellscape of strip malls, subdivisions, fast food joints, gas stations, warehouses, data centers, parking lots and wall to wall traffic. Yuck!!!
*My guy what are you talking about? Eastern Connecticut is hella rural.*
Nah bruh, there is rural in the region, you must’ve just stayed on l95🙄
There is plenty of rural land just not off 95.
I’ve lived in nyc and Boston and life is really fantastic there with the landscape, history, development, education, people, culture, etc.
Providence, Rhode Island is an absolutely beautiful city with so much history.
But you don’t live there anymore bc why
@@niravjhaveri it is super expensive though....
As a native Washingtonian, I’ll never take for granted the ease in which I can get to Baltimore, Philly, NY, NY, CT, MA.. it’s as easy as jumping in a car and driving north. Only thing that’s annoying are those EZPass tolls but states gotta make their money right?!
That's the 1 thing I always said that I love about Philly too. Everything is literally 2 maybe 3 hrs away. I can get to NYC driving in 1hr in 20m.
lol. Uhhh. What world? Traffic is 24/7!
@@djcandle3863 Washingtonian? More like Columbian! We from the great state of Washington get that title!
Has anyone else noticed that geography based Tubers all have a very similar delivery and rhythm in the way the way talk about the topics? Quick, articulate, and very engaged and excited about what their saying. I like it.....
I was just about to say, they are very similar BUT I LOVE IT!
They copy Geography King I mean each other
What is a Tuber
A Tuber should have been a 'tuber, the contraction of a RUclipsr. Apostrophes nowadays are often censored or dropped due to how difficult it is to key it in.
They have a teaching cadence.
I became a Masshole, after emigrating from Portugal 🇵🇹 now living in Providence, RI ⚓️ Grateful for the 🇺🇸 & for living in such a historically beautiful area.
Portugal surely has no shortage of history and beauty too!
Excellent
Just have a question but why do all Portuguese and Brazilians pick southern ma and Rhode Island? The Dominicans choose the north I just want to know
@@georgeleavitt4487 Me too! Why IS that?
@@georgeleavitt4487 Historically: whaling. Note that the atmospheric first chapters of Moby Dick are placed in New Bedford, Mass. Also: look up the Whaling Museum there.
So many even smaller cities too. Portsmouth, Hartford, Poughkeepsie, Scranton, Reading, Lancaster, York, Harrisburg, Frederick, Hagerstown, Dover, Vineland, Atlantic City. Worcester, Trenton, Wilmington.
ein Beitrag des Mittwoches, 10. April 2024
Scranton (PA): "Delaware Joe on the Trace of His Lost Memory" ("Indiana Jones ...")
You live in PA don't you?
Manchester, Providence, new bedford, fall river, lowell, lawrence, Springfield, Fitchburg, providence, Portland, Woonsocket, New London, New haven, Waterbury, bridgeport, jersey city, newark, richmond. (I'm surprised albany isn't included in the highlighted region. I'm also surprised it didn't extend as far south as hampton roads). But you're right. It's a giant eeb of big cities, medium cities, small cities, and suburbs. There is hardly a break in the chain. It's really cool. And it's cool to watch accents blend from one to the other as you travel throughout. For instance, the rhode island accent is a perfect blend between boston and nyc. They say "cahh" and they say "cwoffee." Lots of unique cultures. So many different ethnic groups. You got diverse places, and you have places that are dominated by virtually one ethnic group. I love it here. And we are all connected by train and I95.
@@mattymatt6970 as someone with a Boston accent now living in NYC...let me just say the Rhode Island accent still makes me laugh when I hear it.
@kaicandoit I'm from southeastern mass I've lived in plymouth, fall river, the cape, Boston (north shore and metro west when I was that way), and I lived in pawtucket ri. My accent would fall into the boston category, but I've had equal exposure to both accents. I love the thode island accent! Lol. And I love rhode island culture (coffee milk, party pizza, strip clubs, italians, puertogues, cape verdeans, dominicans) 🥰. I love providence. Lol. It's great. Fun place. Good people. The smallest state.
@@mattymatt6970 Ahh my family started in fah rivah and New Bedford (take a wild guess where they immigrated from). But I grew up mostly on the north shore and the city proper... I lived in PVD for grad school! Great times. I miss New England but NYC is still close enough to easily visit. 100% recommend everybody visit RI
Because we wake up first.
If we even get any sleep. Lol
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Living in the DMV for the last 20 years, I realized I took this level of interconnectivity for granted until I moved to Indiana and the midwest... its crazy
You lived in a department of motor vehicles? Lol nerd
Bos-Wash corridor represent! 😎
Baltimore City may date back to 1729, but there was a European settlement there dating back to 1661.
Just say Baltimore, Baltimore City is a colloquial term.
Baltimore County was founded 1659, and the city of Baltimore was an unofficial town back then but it was still a part or Baltimore county.
@@Edmondson_Avenue yeah and not to get too political but i think the county and city should merge back together. the county split was used to uphold white flight in the 60s +
@@benfelps Yes, but the split🪓 happened July 4, 1851 the City was very highly prosperous and was also the county seat, but wanted to be an independent city separate from the county government, the city had all of the infrastructure and utility services, the county was pretty much rural farm land at that time.
So what happened was the city began to grow more and started annexation of surrounding areas which all cities do when they grow, the last annexation was in 1918, the city was planning to annex most of Western Baltimore county and parts of Howard county, Baltimore would have been huge, but it didn't go through. The Great Baltimore Fire slowed down a lot of the city's growth and a lot of the surrounding suburbs were beginning to develop and some people want to be a part of the city some didn't, but back then more wanted to join but certain state delegates were against the city's rapid growth and land annexation and secretly snuck a moratorium bill into another bill 1948 banning the city from annexation without a vote for 100 years.
If this never happened, one of two things would have happened, the city would have annexed most of Baltimore County south of Towson and probably would have grown to be 200-300 square mile and kept most of it's tax base that crossed into the county. There were plans to annex Ellicott City into Baltimore, the city would have been massive. The second theory is that the city and county would do a full consolidation like Philadelphia and other cities merging the City-County government and borders as one City-County and it would be 774 square miles. Most Baltimore county residents identify with and as Baltimoreons, Baltimore county has no incorporated cities only communities so it would be smooth.
This really needs to happen for bigger regional growth, both governments can dissolve and form a new Baltimore government, a City-County merger would bring around 1.4 million residents in it's borders!
If you look at it, Baltimore county is becoming more of a city than a suburb.
I'm kind of surprised he didn’t talk more about New Jersey, with all the Jersey beaches and people traveling between there and New York daily. Delaware is also a state that is known for banking, no sales tax, beaches and easily accessible to New York, Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, etc. Overall good video.
Delaware up
I I agree. Jersey City, Newark, Paterson, Elizabeth, Trenton, all cities that have major historical and industrial importance. Plus, most of the revolutionary war was fought there.
yeah dude basically ignored NJ completely other than mentioning it once in the intro lol
Right!! We’re such an important part of the region, and Newark and Trenton used to be major factory locations
This is the life of a New Jerseyan. We are used to being looked over. Wouldnt live in any other state though
400 years of near constant activity and proximity to Europe, plus everything is so green.
I think Washington DC is the best tourist destination in the area, because of all the free museums, plus it’s much cleaner than NYC.
@JG-MVeh manhattan smells like a sewer. a lot like new orleans honestly
@tommygogetter5992 he did say "cleanest I've ever seen it" as opposed to calling it cleaner than other cities
Agree
Boston can give it a run for its money
@tommygogetter5992 Considering that the T opened in 1867 and the DC Metro opened in 1976 I wiould expect it to be more modern! However, once you come above ground I would much rather be in Boston.
My biggest surprise in the NYC to DC Area,… being from Mississippi, but traveling my early life in Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, Miami, and Atlanta, and my Professional Life from Coast to Coast, was how excellent traffic did flow there vs. Southern Metro Areas.
I landed at LaGuardia in Rush Hour, hired a rental, and drove to Water Treatment Centers from there to CT, and never got stuck in traffic really!
The 18 wheelers being separated from expressways blew my mind!!!!😮
Edit: I mean, there was traffic, but as someone said, The Mass Transit is helpful, No 18 Wheelers trying to pass other 18 Wheelers on 6 - 8 Lanes like Atlanta, I should have said “Surprised by Traffic Flowing.” It wasn’t uncommon for me to see an accident, I mean to see one happen every time through Metro Atlanta, coming to stops for Hours during Nascar Races on the Southern (and Midwest) Interstates. My Trinity of Dreaded Hell Driving is Indianapolis, DFW, and the deepest Hell being Atlanta. Nothing is walkable there, you need a car. Outer cities don’t want MARTA, so it’s nothing to be caught up 3-4hrs trying to get through Atlanta(going from Aiken, SC to Rome, GA). Plus some homeless dude burned one of the interstate bridges, that was a Carmeggedom.
I was just supper impressed with the “Flow” of traffic. Zipper Merging, (in the South people will block the lane before it ends when it says to Merge Right).
And California’s Toll Express Lanes, My Goodness that was fun and freeing for a boy that grew up on I-20!!! Secondly, Speed Limit of 85 in North Michigan was super fun too.
Did you happen to play the lottery while you were at it??? Why do I ask? Because, I've driven those roads ~100 times and was able to avoid traffic once.
Very lucky. Try the DC region, recently 'awarded' the second worst traffic in the country. It is trial of either extreme boredom punctuated with crawling a yard at a time OR a crazy whirlwind of crazy passing drivers where life and limb is at stake.
@@silencekit 295 is awful to drive on (traffic wise), no matter the time of day lol.
Also trains remove car trips so you get less traffic
The only real traffic I've ever got stuck in was Baltimore, and Wilmington, DE where 95 meets 295, luckily most of the traffic was going to 295 and I was headed more towards Philly.
I really like these shorts . Thank you very much ! 😊
I love the beautiful beach towns in this region
Agreed! Not to mention the fact that if you're not as big a fan of the beaches, there are forests and mountains just a few hours away.
I live in one, it can be boring out of season but wow is it worth it for how beautiful it is during the warmer months. Plus amazing seafood and live music everywhere
Add to the excellent info in this video the fact that there are 145 counties in the respective NE Megaregion's states that supply goods, forest resources, agricultural products, recreation opportunities, labor and seasonal homes to the megaregion. It is a huge economic engine.
Among the countries most educated states are MA, CT, NH, VT ,MD, NJ. Tends to leads to more prosperity for this area.
So why is the middle class fleeing?
@@paulbadics3500 Given the above logic, it could be because they're not as well-educated. With the influx of highly-educated people, land values rise, as do housing costs. It gets to the point that the middle class can no longer afford the cost of living, and so they depart for other areas with a lower cost of living, where consequently the people in general are not as well-educated.
they made their money now they're leaving. @@paulbadics3500
@@davidlandry3487i live in boston and assure this isn’t true.
@@paulbadics3500 Probably high cost of living.
Each state has different reasons for population growth/decline. For example, the population decline in Mississippi and West Virginia are due to factors that are _not_ high COL.
As a lifelong Philly-area resident except for 2 years in NYC, I can't imagine living anywhere else now that I'm nearing retirement.
Have traveled to every other region of the country as well as internationally, and while there are so many beautiful areas to explore, you can't beat the sum of the parts.
Philly resident here too!
Some of my clients who left NY/NJ for the South are coming back. Culture, family , education , food, sports are some reasons why. When you have the Yankees, Rangers why would you care about the Asheville Tourists.
What “culture” do Americans really have, pls explain 😂🤔🤔😂✋🏽
Probably depends where in the South, but I met a few people from there during my short time in Dallas area and they have never looked back.
Mmm id argue it goes both ways, which you did say Some. I've met many New Yorkers and a couple new englanders being very satisfied with their new quality of life in NC and the south in general.
Sure, many people do move back but most do settle down here with no plans to return. It seems the more laidback quality of life and affordable cost of living is more of an advantage over northeastern general quality of life.
Great region nonetheless, but we cant underestimate others
I seriously doubt that. I have never even met anyone that even heard of anyone "going back".
@@neox9369 just the cultural capital of the world in NYC
I’m originally from NYC, Brooklyn specifically, I joined the Army and live in the south now…..nothing beats NY baby !!
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So then why don’t you still live there?🤔
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Politically, the Boston to DC corridor is the axis of evil.
This is where i am from. The only big issue here is its impossible to build anything in the area and in general cost of living is super high. Right now i live 5 months of the year working seasonally in Southern NH/MA and the rest of the time in far north of upstate NY where its super cheap to live and in my industry dairy farming its a good area to work on commercial farms
Thats the only bad side with being so insanely dense in the region housing and cost of living is a issue. The region however is the best place to develop public transport if we change the mindset of it being for the poor but for everyone.
I’m pretty sure the Industrial Revolution started in Rhode island. On the Blackstone river that runs from Worcester MA to the ocean in Providence RI, the blackstone river and the Merrimack river is what started it all. Not trying to discredit PA
There's also Paterson NJ, founded by Alexander Hamilton in 1791. The Great Falls of the Passaic River powered a bunch of textile mills.
The Blackstone was at one point the hardest working river in the country
That’s the way I learned it as well. The Blackstone started it, and the Merrimack was the first river truly exploited to harness its power with industrial centers like Haverhill, Lawrence, and Lowell just in the Massachusetts stretch of the River.
I thought it was Lowell Massachusetts and the textile mills.
It works on volume, good coffee and attitude.
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They even had a county of West Virginia!
Including the historically significant town of Harpers Ferry, WVA, which is connected to DC (and thus the rest of the Northeast Corridor) by passenger rail service!
Mega region: Mega-City 1
I live in CT and think this part of the country is the best place to live-think about this: if you live in the South, you have hurricanes that you have to evacuate and hope it doesn’t wipe out your house, if you live in the middle, from Texas to Canada, you have wildfires and tornadoes you have to evacuate and hope it doesn’t wipe out your house, on the West coast, you have wildfires and earthquakes and you have to evacuate and hope it doesn’t wipe out your house, in New England, we get a blizzard warning, we go shopping and stay in our house!
When we do get hurricanes, they're usually less than a category 3
Connecticut is too pale for my taste
Im so glad you actually included my hometown Lewiston/Auburn, Maine as the last destination north of the Northeastern Corridor. We definitely get underrepresented🤦🏽♂️ it’s the last densely populated area heading north (115,000 pop.)
Right! Im from Tilton NH and we live on the edge too! Its a great spot to be
I’d argue south until Richmond on the other end. It’s really more connected to DC and Baltimore (via 95 and Amtrak) than to southern cities. Culturally too, especially in the under 40 age bracket. Maybe you could argue for like Appalachian foothills with it being so tied up with Charlottesville economically, but I’d say it’s significantly more tied to DC than anywhere else.
They also take all of the northern VA tax money and spend it on their roads while we avoid 6ft deep and 3 year old potholes
Damn bro didn't know we was up there in Maine ✊🏿
Portland is rated the best small city in the United States.
Excellent video. Just one thing about Providence. I currently live in Rhode Island and the entire state is a little over 1.1 million people. Providence only has about 3/4 of million. Though there is a lot of overlap with Boston and its suburbs.
Providence metro is 1.2+ million-it includes many southeastern mass cities and towns
I live in the Northeast and it is doubtless the best place to live in the world. We have everything and everything is so close and accessible.
They’re better places to live
@@TheloniousJackson proceeds to give no example or reasoning to back his assertion
It WAS best. Not anymore. Twas wokecuckery killedthe megalopolis region.
@@TheloniousJackson Like where? Not the South or any red state!
California and Hawai'i, hands-down, are the best places to live in the U.S. It's not even close
It's funny that NJ (my home state) is fully covered on the map
Delaware too!
overall great work!🙌 Disappointed you did not include the Connecticut river which has been historically important for agriculture, trade, and hydropower. The river's floodplain creates some of the most fertile agricultural land in the northeastern United States, and the river's high volume and many waterfalls have led to significant industry along its banks (Hartford Insurance Industry, significant manufacturing like Colt)
The most infrastructural connected region.
Awesome video Geoff! Quick nitpick, 2:28 Maine is part of New England. You probably know that, but the video makes it seem like it might be two separate areas.
Very nice video. Thanks for giving Baltimore some credit. It is a very important city. Love all the facts about the region. We are the deepest part of American History. Lots to love about the region.
Providence, Rhode Island is an absolutely beautiful city with so much history.
Really nice to hear the Lehigh Vallry pop up in a RUclips video that isn't about the rust belt
I’m surprised you left out Richmond Virginia in your list of smaller significant cities. the MSA for Richmond has 1,300,000+ people in it. Richmond has been considered part of the northeast region for at least the last 20 years. It would be interesting to see a video about how the northeast region has slowly crept to the south in Virginia, particularly after 911 with the federal government implementing its 100 mile radius dispersement plan. Over the last 20 years, where I live, Charlottesville Virginia, has become a significant commuter town feeding Washington DC, also along the US 29 corridor development has been essentially nonstop for the last 25 years.
When I drive to Charlottesville from Northern VA, I feel like I've re-entered NoVA (which is a good thing).
Tidewater is the southern end, to my way of thinking.
Great video Geoff. Shout out from Philly..
Very interesting being a resident of the Hudson Valley region of
New York, right in the middle of
this area, having immigrated from
the UK 🇬🇧 in 1949 to NYC on
the Queen Mary, and started to
live in Westchester County in
1950, where I entered school. 😊
love that journey for you
@@citizenx2369 Thanks 😊
Wow! So cool. Love the Hudson valley. We are lucky to live in it 🙂
You could probably argue that with all of the buildup in northern VA that the megaregion now extends to Richmond.
At least to Alexandria
1638 - Philadelphia was originally settled by Sweden as New Stockholm.
Facts 😤
Lived in NJ and MA most of my time in US, one downside is that living in Northeast make me think the whole US is similar to Northeast, but actually there are huge differences.
I love learning about history and geography ❤. The northeastern region of the United States 🇺🇸 is so diverse, culturally and historically rich, luxurious, highly developed, livable and captivating just like the whole country. Thanks so much for the meaningful information you provided in this video with such engaging, articulate speech you have.
Great video and I'm looking forward to the rest of the series.
Monmouth county NJ is the only home I’ve ever known. There are also a lot of famous people from not just my area but the northeast too. Bruce springsteen got started at a bar near my house called the stone pony, jon bon jovi has a house on the navesink river, etc. great video geoff!
Amtrak will have new locomotives and cars for NE corridor high speed rail during 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Wikipedia considers Richmond to be a part of Megalopolis now too, so I can officially say I’ve loved my whole like in The Megaregion (RVA-NYC-PHL-DC).🎉
we gotta extend the acela down to you guys to make it official
Key to many of these cities founding was their place on the Fall Line.
Agreed. In fact, the fall line's influence could be seen as far south as the Carolinas and Georgia as well. It's one of the most geographically significant features in the development of the United States. I'm surprised it wasn't brought up in the video.
Crazy just two percent of land wow,main reason I would say is density. I lived in Jacksonville fl for a year and it pained me how huge and sparsely populated it is,told my self I have to live somewhere with decent density.
I disagree that the battle of long island was the first major battle of the American war of independence. I'd argue that the siege of Boston was. It bugged me a little that the battle of Lexington and Concord wasn't mentioned.
8:18 Downtown Newark 1920 population: 426,500😊
The entire video I was waiting for Rhode Island to get a shout out and it sort of did with Providence. lol. I love New England. Born and raises in RI, lived in MA for a bit, now back in RI. Drove up to Vermont for the eclipse this past Monday and forgot how beautiful and mountainous it is up there! I'm so used to being at or near sea level!
@@billlange9408 I'm from eastern MA, born and raised. But VT has always been my fav state in the US. Gods country up there.
I really love the animation and maps used in this video and I'm actually very inspired by Geoff to make my own videos on things in history that interest me. He has degrees from Portland State University and so do I. Seeing a fellow alumni be so informative and intriguing really is inspiring! Thank you Geoff and I appreciate your videos very much!
Amtrak goes north from Boston all the way to Portland ME
All the way to Brunswick, I believe
There was recently talk of having a rail line between Montreal and Boston.
I thought it went even farther than that.
Population numbers were off, but otherwise, a very interesting video. I've lived in the Boston area for 9 years, after 3 years in Hartford, CT and 20 years in Vermont. New England is a fun place to live, but expensive.
pop numbers were reference to metro area of respective city, not just the city itself. And yeah NE is wicked expensive 😅
We are the foundry 💪🏼
Looking at just geography, there is a high density of protected deep water ports. This allows for long distance trading, regionally and internationally. The ports are connected to large navigatable waterways into the hinterlands. This allows produce and products from the interior to be capitalized. This was further enhanced by the Intracoastal waterways. A series of islands, barrier islands, rivers and canals allowed an almost contiguous protected waterway along or near the eastern coastline from Rhode Island all the way down to Florida. Basically, you do not need deep water ships that can take the rough water waters of the Atlantic. A barge can safely traverse most of the route with a few breaks. This significantly reduces waterborne transportation costs as well as promote trade and specialization (with associated efficiencies).
Tributary waterways were ideal in creating watermill. This inturn powered machinery, fostering the growth of industry well before the Industrial Revolution.
You mentioned the Erie Canal. The two super highways into the North American interior were the Erie Canal and the Mississippi waterways. Of the two, the Erie Canal was the shorter, more direct, and safer. Since it was mainly manmade, it was not subject to shifting sand/mud bars that one may find in the Mississippi and its tributaries. It also helped tha tthe Erie route starts with New York Harbor, a better and more developed port at the time than New Orleans for the Mississippi. The Hudson River in NYC is actually a fjord, not a river. It does not have a dynamic and everchanging delta like the Mississippi.
The decision to build the Erie Canal was amazingly farsighted. I wonder if we're still capable of that kind of vision, especially as a public project.
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I am a bit of a cynic. I think they saw the immediate financial benefits (which was significant) and the rest was a bonus. LOL
People in the Northeast don't need to fly short distances because we have Amtrak, local commuter rail and plenty of roads. The trains are pretty efficient, the rest of the country Shou have them especially for regions like California.
The Western USA covers a lot more area and the major cities are far more distant from each other, so intercity train service like Amtrak would be impractical. For example, New York City to Philadelphia is about 100 miles, but Phoenix to Los Angeles is about 350 miles, or three and a half times longer.
The Industrial Revolution actually started in a small city called Pawtucket, RI known as Slaters Mill. Providence and Newport were important ports of trade for centuries.
Stopped developing soon after 😂 RI sucks lol. Basically small NJ. Massachusetts’ dingleberry
I live in Philly. Why do ya think 9/11 was targeted at the northeast. Our region is a powerhouse in world trade, military and Intel. If any country wants to strike the heart of USA, it’s northeast.
not wrong
what’s up neighber, I’m 90 miles north of ya
It would be great to see a comparison between all mega regions in United States and have them ranked Love your channel brother.
I've often wondered where the precise boundary of the Northeast Megaregion lies. For instance, I live in western Massachusetts, about 30 miles north of Springfield. On the one hand, we have the 5 colleges in my area, which contribute to the cultural and technological dominance of the region, but on the other hand, this area is largely rural, not particularly economically strong, and not well-connected to the rest of the Megaregion (except via I-91, which itself is a humble 4-lane highway in my area). I'm sure some folks in New York (away from the city) and Pennsylvania might also have similar questions.
imagine if it had real HSR
Shout out to Greenfield, MA for making the cut!
Thanks for putting it this way. I lived in the PNW for seven years (all else in NE including currently)and this was not at all something people were comfortable admitting. Or even really equipped to understand as most people in Portland had never been east of Denver.
As someone from Vermont, I thought it was hilarious that it was the only New England state not included.
"Iroquois" is a bit of an old-fashioned misnomer-the people of the Six Nations refer to themselves as Haudenosaunee.
Iroquois is correct though
I mean... Germany refers to itself as Deutschland. China refers to itself as Zhongguo. Denmark refers to itself as Danmark, which is why we call them Danes and Danish instead of Dens and Dennish, yet we still can't be bothered to change the E in the place name. Iroquois is a pretty cool name. New York state should steal it if the tribes don't want it. I wish I could describe myself as an Iroquoian instead of getting a few syllables into "Massachusettsian" before giving up and saying I'm from Boston.
As a LTL truck driver based out of MA, we have a LOT of industry and commerce in our area. The amount of west bound freight we ship is massive compared to the inbound freight in our area.
The video actually starts at 2:20
It's OG America. If you want to see "real America" this is it. This is where it all began.
it's where america started, and where much, if not most of the investment and trade was centered and started as well and the flow of much of the westward expansions wealth would flow back through to trade with the world as the country grew...
Clearly Vermont is not in the blue, although I would have considered it an economic outlier, but just as clearly some of the blue is in Eastern West Virginia
You forgot the Wyoming Valley, also known as The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Metro area in Northeast Pa, with a population of close to 568,000 people. It was essential in early America with the largest anthracite coal deposit in the world, powering the USA.
The eastern panhandle of West Virginia is apart of the NE megaregion with its association with the Balt-Wash corridor.
Love this series!
The amount of repetition and phrases like "the likes of which whole countries don't have access" really gives this ChatGPT vibes.
Well done!
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh I would strenuously argue that the Battle of Bunker Hill and the Siege of Boston were major (and especially influential) battles... The Battle of Bunker Hill decimated Britain's North American officer corp which directly influenced the out come of the war. And yes there were only 5,000 total troops directly involved in that days fighting but there were thousands of more troops involved in the siege, all within earshot of the battle.
The Battle of Long Island?? How about Lexington & Concord in 1775...you know the "Shot heard around the World"! Or The Battle of Bunker Hill.... This is where the Nation began.
We live in the best region in the country. We have everything from ethnic diversity, the best food, job opportunities, great roads, major airports at every corner, train connections, beaches, casinos, large cities full of energy, beautiful suburbs, quiet towns, beautiful architecture, museums, great history, numerous national landmarks, events all the time, many sports teams, fishing, hunting, hiking, sailing, camping, no weather major weather related threats, close to Europe, great suburbs, close to different cities you can travel to if you're bored, etc...
Witnessed 3 minutes of totality Monday. Most awesome thing I've seen in my 65 years
And to think it will only take a few counties to become more developed for Richmond and Hampton Roads to become part of this megaregion. It will take Charles City County a while to develop since it has a population of only 6,605. A place like that would be better off staying rural. Route 5 is a nice detour if you need a break from the congestion of I-64 during the summer months.
Proud Long Islander! Feel blessed too live in a historic area of our nation!
My uncle live in this region in Rhode Island. Me as a native Ohioan visiting this region was awesome! It's a naturally beautiful place full of history and cool architecture.
shoutout jerseyyyyy.
NJ is the only state fully a part of the region yet doesn’t have a major city. Newark/Jersey City combined is a powerhouse subregion of NYC with a major rail hub and airport in Newark
why isn't Pittsburgh included? always feels weird that Pittsburgh is excluded in these things considering how important it's been to this country
You are a great geography buff! 👍🤓
And when the New England states talk about switching to year-round Atlantic Standard Time (same as Eastern Daylight Saving Time), people lose interest in it when the learn that they'd be an hour ahead of NYCity.
Answer : port districts require masses of people to sustain them.
About 70% of the Lower 48 states and perhaps 95% of its population is defined to be part of a Metropolitan or Micropolitan area. Metro/Micro population centers now encroach into formerly remote areas such as interior Maine and Upper Michigan. The only extensive belt of empty land is located in the arid high planes between the 100th Meridian and the Rockies. I live in a seemingly rural area of Florida's Megalopolis, but urban centers of a million or more are at most an hour away. The void in between the urban centers is rapidly being populated into a low-density continuum that is neither urban or rural, but more properly called "micropolitan." I live in one of those Florida Micropolitan areas about 40 miles long that is continuously, but not densely, populated. The Northeastern Corridor (Washington to Boston) is densely populated continuously. The D.C. urban area of 5 million meets Baltimore's urban area of 3 million 30 miles away, then meets Philly's 5 million a hundred miles away, which meets New York's 20 million another 100 miles away, which merges into Boston's 5 million 200 miles away, driving through other urban areas of a million ore more like Hartford and Providence.
The NE should succeed from the rest of the US. They don’t like us, we are tired of paying their welfare. It would be an amicable split
Actually, they pay your welfare.
At the heart of it all is the state of New Jersey
SE PA is a very livable place, diverse economy, relatively reasonable cost of living, decent weather. Close to the coast, smack in the middle of the megalopolis. Lived here most of my life, nevertheless plan on relocating out of USA with the family soon.