Hey guys and gals! As some of you pointed out, the metro is not 140,000 mi of track -- That would be about five and a half times around the earth or more than halfway to the moon as Cam mentioned (which would be q u i t e impressive) I got excited and added the extra 139,860 miles of track, my apologies. It's an estimated 140 mi or 225 km of total length. - David 🌝🛤🌏
Another small detail: it's not "mapa de Siguenza" but "mapa de Sigüenza" and therefore the letter "u" is pronounced. It's named after 17th century historian Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora.
I took some vacations in february and I spent a week in Mexico City and was amazed at both how diverse, beautiful and interesting it as but also at how little did I get to see, you could spend a lifetime and it would never cease to amaze you
I’ve been there 30+ times and it’s so massive im constantly finding new things. You will never completely know it, with earthquakes, gentrification, development, it’s always on the move.
I’m really impressed by the quality of the video. It’s evident the effort it took to make it, few youtube channels today still make this type of quality content. Congrats, you have yourself a new subscriber.
Been there 4 times and I can’t get enough, i don’t know what it is, the food, the parks, architecture, the walkability, restaurants, the vibe, the culture, I’m obsessed.
Other things, because I was obsessed with Mexico City for a while after visiting: -The Nezahuacoyotl Dike separated Tenochtitlan from the rest of salty Lake Texcoco, and the salty water was replaced with spring water brought in by aqueducts from Chapultepec. Despite this, flooding and lack of access to potable water were persistent problems though Tenochtitlan's life -While yes, Tenochtitlan was much more in harmony with the environment than early Mexico City, whether it was completely harmonious is debatable, not only because of the consequences for the ecosystem on Tenochtitlan's side of the lake going from saltwater to freshwater, but also because of dredging up lakebed soil for chinampas/other artificial islands -Estimates vary, but when the Spanish arrived, Tenochtitlan had around 250k inhabitants -The Aztec Empire fell in large part because the Aztecs were so brutal. The conquistadors were able to rally up allies to defeat them so easily because the Aztecs were so disliked by their neighbors/tributaries -Tenochtitlan wasn't the only island city. How cool! -Chinampas were insanely productive, yielding 3-5 harvests a year -Other canals and water systems besides Xochimilco remained into the early 20th century -Another reason to drain Lake Texcoco was to stop malaria -Each metro station has a symbol because when the system was first being built, there was still widespread illiteracy -Lots of metro stations have archeological exhibits, because like other really old cities, there's just so much underground -Mexico City is sinking around 30 cm/yr because it was built on a lakebed, especially around downtown you can see some buildings are leaning because of it -In the north of the metro area, you can take gondolas! Not the Venetian boat kind but the tram-style transport kind, you may have seen them in Colombian cities before. They're very cool, not only for the views but because there are lots of murals made to be seen from them -Flooding in Mexico City is a very common problem, because Lake Texcoco is trying to form again!
In the dry season there's often not enough water for everyone, while in rain season we have frequent floods. The irony. (also, apparently we are going to run out of water eventually if we keep consuming/growing at this rate 😞)
@@juliamay8580 It's really unfortunate, it seems to me like there's enough water but it's just poorly managed. Is this accurate? And have you heard of plans to partially restore Lake Texcoco? I'm recalling Alberto Kalach specifically but I forget the specifics of his vision
One of the few countries where their foods are so good, it rivals those in ASEAN. I miss CDMX and hope I can visit it some time again soon. Me quedé un mes en la colonia napoles y hay tanto puestos callejeros que venden los tacos buenisimos
Vaya vaya... Qué buena producción, todo en general muchísimo cubriste en 14 minutos. Ésta ciudad es un organismo vivo que vive y gruñe y sonríe y disfruta desde antes de que México fuera México... Los Chilangos tenemos el privilegio de heredar esa tradición, esa vibra, el de llamar a la Ciudad de México nuestra cuna, casa, y campo de juego...
Tengo muchos años qué no vuelvo a visitar mi familia en Santa Maria pero voy a volver este año. Solo quieria saludar y practicar un poco mi español que se me esta olvidando.
I have been there, definitely a must for any traveler. Forget about the crime that's shown on the news. Mexico City is will make any American re-imagine what Mexico is really about. We traveled without a glide and we had an amazing time. Visited the temple and the ruins, plus the food. Once you try real Mexican food, you will always remember the favors. One of the best cities I have ever visited.
Really nice presentation, I knew that the city is spectacular, but never really took a deep dive into it's history. Now I kind of want to go see everything in person!
Hey! Nice video! Welcome to the Capital. Your animations and presentation style are absolutely beautiful. I just have a couple of pointers. 1. Your video implies that the lakes were mostly drained during the colonial period (1521-1821). This isn't the case. Up until the start of the Revolution (1910) the lakes were still a formidable part of the city. By the end of the Vietnam War though (1975), the city was more concrete than water or empty land. What truly killed the lakes were the glorious post-war years (1950-1970) with their oil-based economic booms and the wonderful, wonderful appeal of consumerism and American-style urbanism (priority to highways and cars to the detriment of pedestrian and aquatic traffic.) 2. You pronunciation was fantastic in some words (both Spanish and Nahuatl), but in others it seemed you were saying the words aloud for the first time. A quick and dirty trick that almost always works (especially for place names) in Nahuatl is that the second to last syllable bears the stress. So Te-noch-TI-tlan. Tla-CO-pan. Iz-ta-pa-LA-pan. Spa-GHE-tti and La-SA-gna ;D
I live in Morelos, but we have an apartment in Narvarte. Watching your video makes me look forward to my mother's visit from the States next month when we will spend some time visiting CDMX. Very well done!
Did a great historical job, the origins and how the city evolved is fantastic, a much needed video to see the marvels of one of the world's greatest cities.
The best city in the world hands down. The people so approachable, the food world class from its street food to its 1-3 star Michelin star restaurants. Historic sights at every turn. Amazing weather, can’t beat it.
I like Mexico City. It’s a hidden gem. The weather is perfect. The summer is the best time to visit because of the light rain. The rain cleans the air and makes everything green. I’ve heard the winter dry season has a lot of pollution.
@@cutcut1980 I will admit that I thought the first time I saw Mexico City (in the late 80's) would be my last. The pollution was so bad that I would never go back. It was awful. I was wary, but after seeing several recent videos of people in CDMX and none of them mentioned pollution, we decided to give it another try and go to Xochimilco for my birthday. The difference in air quality was stunning.
El video está padrísimo!! RUclips me lo recomendó y en automático puso los subtítulos en español, pero los subtítulos tiene TODOS los nombres mal porque los agarra fonéticamente así que estaría cool si se pudieran cambiar para que las personas tuvieran bien el dato, y pues ya solo eso, excelente trabajo!!
Really excellent video. A magnificent city. I go to cdmx almost monthly and knowing your way around is truly a skill. It can feel like there's no rhyme or reason for its layout. This video gives so much perspective. I love the historical aspect of this video. Really wonderful work.
Now that i see this history Im actually quite dissapointed that Tenochtitlan isn’t there anymore and that the spanyard drained all the water and build churches. Bruh they have so much history and such cool geography it would be a massive tourist attraction or maybe even a world wonder like Machu Pichu or Chichen Itza. Such a pity that its all lost. Btw same here in Rotterdam Netherland the most modern city here. Before it was bombed in WW2 it was a same style city like Amsterd, Alkmaar, Delft and Utrecht. It was so beautifull
Yes but unfortunately thats not how you conquer a place, specially one where you plan on staying for a long time. They destroyed the temples because they needed to extricate the Aztec minds from their former religion and replace it with Christianity. Both Machu Pichu and Chichen Itza were already abandoned before the Spaniards arrived.
AAAAAAAHHHHH MY MIDDLE SCHOOL LFM IN THE LAST SHOT!!! In physics class you could see the massive train deliver grain to the mill that was there back in the 2010’s.
He did land in the Yucatan peninsula first, then sailed all along the gulf coast and eventually founded Veracruz before he marched towards Tenochtitlán
@@ismenie100 best neighborhoods would be Condesa, Polanco or Roma norte, its because they are close to the Centro... But if you want to experience real mexico city I will suggest going to Coyoacán...
i visited a couple years ago and kept going back and now me and my wife are moving there next year! it's one of the most exciting places i've ever been to!
This is a really cool video. I love the breakdown of how the city was, how it came to be what it is today and how the transit system works. Great job, carnal! My family is from Los Altos de Jalisco. I so badly want to go to Mexico City. Hopefully, soon, I will go. I may even decide to live there for a year or so to take it all in. Como Mexico no hay dos!
love it! you really touched on some my favorite parts of the city. not to mention this was released just in time to save us from margaret y ya's atrocious interpretation of mexico city in her runway for RPDR Mexico EP.1.
For a provincial from the interior, it was conclusive to imagine a huge with so many sights to see and places and things to do, but your video taking it from when the city was known as Meshiko-Tenochtitlan to CDMX really amazed and astounded me. Next time I go on vacation,instead of going to PV(Puerto Vallarta or the Grutas de Tolantongo, en Hidalgo State, next vacation will be CDMX. Thank you for sharing, 👍and 👋greetings from Querétaro. 🤠
I’ve always wanted to go this is just more inspiration thank you sometimes people come by and discourage you say bad things will happen I’m not sure what to think for my sake but this definitely takes the negativity away
It's very cool how much Mexico's pre-Spanish past is still reflected in the country today; the snake and the eagle, the centrality of Tenochitlan (MC), the name Mexico, yet it's still deeply steeped in Spanish culture too. Every time I visit Mexico, I fall more in love with the place.
It's so sad to read this, because, me, as mexican, I don't identify under those symbols, primarily because what they really mean and because they're introduced.
@TheJosman well, good for you. I don't know much about my indigenous ancestry, but I hope that there's no Mexica in it. Those symbols I recall, belong to this bloody and hellish culture, the less I'm related to, the better I am.
@TheJosman I have no problem with any other culture but Mexicas. Mexicas for me, is the representation of a glorified culture with no value. They ought us to 'feel' identified to them, when we shoul not. This culture is the equivalent of the Nazis in pre-hispanic era. But you're free to believe what you want, you aren't going to make me feel proud of that people.
@@paulmoreno4913 jajajajajaja, todas las culturas del postclasico de mesoamerica tenian casi las mismas constumbres. Supongo que tambien el maiz, frijol y picante ya no los consumes jajajaja
Congratulations! Consider a video of the time layers of Mexico City map, say every 50 years from 1521 (Tenochtitlan), to say 2000, with a map of the lake superimposed so anyone can find out what is under their homes, offices, etc. I live in San Diego, CA, and have a small apartment in Mexico City at Av. Juarez, right in front of the Hemiciclo a Juarez monument in the Alameda. I have learned that the plot of land where the building was built (one of the few that survived the 1985 and 2016 earthquakes), was in the transition of the Tenochtitlan island to “tierra firme”. I guess that it was a muddy marsh with rocks, nopales and some short elevations (islets). I keep researching about the history of my neighborhood, for example, the next building towards the zocalo was a convent, in the XVI century there was a jail somewhere near, and each block of the avenue had a different name, not like today that is Av Juarez from Reforma to eje I. Well thank you for your patience, I look forward to participating in the video contest with videos from western China, south to north, call it China Extremes. It was a trip in 2009 when I retired from my old job.
Gran video, explicaste y relacionaste demasiado bien la parte histórica con la actualidad de la ciudad, el mejor video que he visto sobre la ciudad, felicidades.
I have been fortunate to have spent time there on a number of occassions. I am completely enthralled by it. I thought this was an interesting perspective. Many thanks
No exageres. 😒 Yo tengo 54 años (alrededor de 40 explorando la capital y sus alrededores) y casi lo he cubierto todo… unas cuantas veces. Claro, la ciudad sigue creciendo y cambiando, pero si vives aquí, con tan solo respirar y dejar de ver la tv, puedes conocerla antes de llegar a viejo.
If you have a U.S Passport and have not been to CDMX you are a missing out on a very unique place in our hemisphere, it’s worth going to just simply eat food it’s that good, you could go just to eat. How many places could you say that about.
I gota say, your Spanish is amazing!! I wouldn’t actually be surprised if you actually are Mexican because I’ve met people from Mexico who can’t even pronounce some of the names of the places you mentioned! Amazing video
Cortes invaded with roughly 600 Spanish AND thousands of Tlaxcalan allies. If it weren’t for the Tlaxcalans, Cortes had no chance in toppling the Mexica.
4:55 Spain did not had colonies. It was a viceroyalty. Spain spread its culture, Universitys, religión, etc. On the Other hand, The British and the USA are colonialist, because they just looted the foreign land they occupied.
England and the US have not only colonized regions, they have taken away the natural resources of all the countries of Latin America and other regions in the world. This is a great work of history, which unfortunately the American universities do not present as a course of study. It is very sad that the US ignores the history of the southern countries, it is not ethical.
A colony by definition is: a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country. The viceroyalties you’re referring to were also colonies, ruled by a viceroy (who were not indigenous by the way, not even creoles). The 13 colonies in America and British colonies elsewhere also had a degree of self-governance and autonomy with the British government/king holding veto power. And just like the Spanish, they too spread culture; universities; and religion as evident by the fact that English is the intermediary language of the world and the Ivy League schools (most of which formed during the colonial period) are global leaders in education. In short, Britain did a lot of the same things Spain did and the viceroyalties were exploited for the land and resources as all colonies were.
@@mikaelzakan1929 Wrong. The big difference is that Spanish people mixed with the natives. New Spain, other viceroyalties and “capitanias” were consider Spain. The Spanish Empire. People were refer to as “Españoles Americanos”. And the evidence is all the mixed etnic people all over Hipanic America and its many big viceroyal cities and towns. Just to let you know, Mexico city throughout 300 years was the economic capital of the world, not Madrid. So, Spain did not loot Its viceroyalties. British and the US, just kill the natives almost to extintion, in America and Australia. Not to mention they did not mix with natives. AND looted the land they arrived: North America, Australia, Sudáfrica, China, India. Imperialism and Colonialism are not the same thing.
@@mikaelzakan1929 Sure they are similar, if you don't get into the details. There were a lot of big differences in how Spain conducted life in America, legislations like the Leyes de Burgos and Leyes Nuevas were way ahead of it's time especially compared to other European countries. And yes, there were creole viceroys. Judicially speaking the territories of New Spain had the same rights as Spain itself, that's what he meant.
Great video! Thank you for all your hard work! I just got back from Mexico City about two weeks ago. The place and the people are amazing! Mexicans are really kind and considerate. And the city is steeped in history and beauty. It's huge. Unfortunately, the air quality is awful.
Best museums to visit Museo Nacional de Antropología (antropology museum in Chapultepec park), Museo Nacional de Historia (History museum at the top of Chapultepec inside the castle), and Museo del Templo Mayor (aztec ruins) just in Mexico centro histórico next to Catedral anda Palacio Nacional... You can't miss them, they are amazing really breathtaking sites ❤
I need to go back and visit my friends, they were filled with so much more life and fun things to do everyday even in regular life than here in the US where everyone is a mindless drone.
Buenísimo todo...ero no entiendo pq lo haces en inglés, nuestra lengua es lo bastante global y tendrías mas visualizaciones y mas dolares de tus vecinos amados..un saludo .
Hey guys and gals! As some of you pointed out, the metro is not 140,000 mi of track --
That would be about five and a half times around the earth or more than halfway to the moon as Cam mentioned (which would be q u i t e impressive)
I got excited and added the extra 139,860 miles of track, my apologies. It's an estimated 140 mi or 225 km of total length.
- David
🌝🛤🌏
Hey David! Great video! Where’d you get your shirt at 6:42?
Another small detail: it's not "mapa de Siguenza" but "mapa de Sigüenza" and therefore the letter "u" is pronounced. It's named after 17th century historian Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora.
I would love a video of São Paulo. I would even do it for free. Lol
I took some vacations in february and I spent a week in Mexico City and was amazed at both how diverse, beautiful and interesting it as but also at how little did I get to see, you could spend a lifetime and it would never cease to amaze you
Absolutely!
I’ve been there 30+ times and it’s so massive im constantly finding new things. You will never completely know it, with earthquakes, gentrification, development, it’s always on the move.
Especially if you count the entire valley (DF and Estado de México
Nothing but liars
@@billydakid9814gfy
I have been to Mexico City twice and find it one of the most vibrant cities on par with NYC, Paris or London. Loved staying in La Zona Rosa
I’m really impressed by the quality of the video. It’s evident the effort it took to make it, few youtube channels today still make this type of quality content. Congrats, you have yourself a new subscriber.
@Francisco Parra shut up speedy Gonzalez, go back to ur rancho
Been there 4 times and I can’t get enough, i don’t know what it is, the food, the parks, architecture, the walkability, restaurants, the vibe, the culture, I’m obsessed.
Everyone should visit Mexico City in their lifetimes. Absolutely amazing city filled with friendly, wonderful people.
Other things, because I was obsessed with Mexico City for a while after visiting:
-The Nezahuacoyotl Dike separated Tenochtitlan from the rest of salty Lake Texcoco, and the salty water was replaced with spring water brought in by aqueducts from Chapultepec. Despite this, flooding and lack of access to potable water were persistent problems though Tenochtitlan's life
-While yes, Tenochtitlan was much more in harmony with the environment than early Mexico City, whether it was completely harmonious is debatable, not only because of the consequences for the ecosystem on Tenochtitlan's side of the lake going from saltwater to freshwater, but also because of dredging up lakebed soil for chinampas/other artificial islands
-Estimates vary, but when the Spanish arrived, Tenochtitlan had around 250k inhabitants
-The Aztec Empire fell in large part because the Aztecs were so brutal. The conquistadors were able to rally up allies to defeat them so easily because the Aztecs were so disliked by their neighbors/tributaries
-Tenochtitlan wasn't the only island city. How cool!
-Chinampas were insanely productive, yielding 3-5 harvests a year
-Other canals and water systems besides Xochimilco remained into the early 20th century
-Another reason to drain Lake Texcoco was to stop malaria
-Each metro station has a symbol because when the system was first being built, there was still widespread illiteracy
-Lots of metro stations have archeological exhibits, because like other really old cities, there's just so much underground
-Mexico City is sinking around 30 cm/yr because it was built on a lakebed, especially around downtown you can see some buildings are leaning because of it
-In the north of the metro area, you can take gondolas! Not the Venetian boat kind but the tram-style transport kind, you may have seen them in Colombian cities before. They're very cool, not only for the views but because there are lots of murals made to be seen from them
-Flooding in Mexico City is a very common problem, because Lake Texcoco is trying to form again!
In the dry season there's often not enough water for everyone, while in rain season we have frequent floods. The irony.
(also, apparently we are going to run out of water eventually if we keep consuming/growing at this rate 😞)
@@juliamay8580 It's really unfortunate, it seems to me like there's enough water but it's just poorly managed. Is this accurate? And have you heard of plans to partially restore Lake Texcoco? I'm recalling Alberto Kalach specifically but I forget the specifics of his vision
One of the few countries where their foods are so good, it rivals those in ASEAN. I miss CDMX and hope I can visit it some time again soon.
Me quedé un mes en la colonia napoles y hay tanto puestos callejeros que venden los tacos buenisimos
Mexican food is the best 😏 it's even world intangible heritage
Vaya vaya... Qué buena producción, todo en general muchísimo cubriste en 14 minutos. Ésta ciudad es un organismo vivo que vive y gruñe y sonríe y disfruta desde antes de que México fuera México... Los Chilangos tenemos el privilegio de heredar esa tradición, esa vibra, el de llamar a la Ciudad de México nuestra cuna, casa, y campo de juego...
Tengo muchos años qué no vuelvo a visitar mi familia en Santa Maria pero voy a volver este año. Solo quieria saludar y practicar un poco mi español que se me esta olvidando.
that was beautiful friend.
I have been there, definitely a must for any traveler. Forget about the crime that's shown on the news. Mexico City is will make any American re-imagine what Mexico is really about. We traveled without a glide and we had an amazing time. Visited the temple and the ruins, plus the food. Once you try real Mexican food, you will always remember the favors. One of the best cities I have ever visited.
Really nice presentation, I knew that the city is spectacular, but never really took a deep dive into it's history. Now I kind of want to go see everything in person!
Hey! Nice video! Welcome to the Capital. Your animations and presentation style are absolutely beautiful. I just have a couple of pointers.
1. Your video implies that the lakes were mostly drained during the colonial period (1521-1821). This isn't the case. Up until the start of the Revolution (1910) the lakes were still a formidable part of the city. By the end of the Vietnam War though (1975), the city was more concrete than water or empty land. What truly killed the lakes were the glorious post-war years (1950-1970) with their oil-based economic booms and the wonderful, wonderful appeal of consumerism and American-style urbanism (priority to highways and cars to the detriment of pedestrian and aquatic traffic.)
2. You pronunciation was fantastic in some words (both Spanish and Nahuatl), but in others it seemed you were saying the words aloud for the first time. A quick and dirty trick that almost always works (especially for place names) in Nahuatl is that the second to last syllable bears the stress. So Te-noch-TI-tlan. Tla-CO-pan. Iz-ta-pa-LA-pan. Spa-GHE-tti and La-SA-gna ;D
Ya te lo hubieras guardado we, ya ni al caso
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I live in Morelos, but we have an apartment in Narvarte. Watching your video makes me look forward to my mother's visit from the States next month when we will spend some time visiting CDMX. Very well done!
Did a great historical job, the origins and how the city evolved is fantastic, a much needed video to see the marvels of one of the world's greatest cities.
The best city in the world hands down. The people so approachable, the food world class from its street food to its 1-3 star Michelin star restaurants. Historic sights at every turn. Amazing weather, can’t beat it.
Do what now? Have you been to Honolulu.....??
@@pavelow235 yes , twice why ? Honolulu is more like a big town with a bunch of hotels lol
Viva Mexico 🇲🇽 lindo y querido
How does video not have millions of views. It’s awesome youtube.
Maybe because it’s wrong. Cortés did not land in Yucatán. He landed in Veracruz.
@@gospizana I'm sure that's why. smh
I like Mexico City. It’s a hidden gem. The weather is perfect. The summer is the best time to visit because of the light rain. The rain cleans the air and makes everything green. I’ve heard the winter dry season has a lot of pollution.
Last time I was in CDMX was in mid March 2021. Very little pollution.
@@shammydammy2610 That is great to hear. Maybe It is not as bad in the dry season as I have heard.
@@cutcut1980 I will admit that I thought the first time I saw Mexico City (in the late 80's) would be my last. The pollution was so bad that I would never go back. It was awful. I was wary, but after seeing several recent videos of people in CDMX and none of them mentioned pollution, we decided to give it another try and go to Xochimilco for my birthday. The difference in air quality was stunning.
El video está padrísimo!! RUclips me lo recomendó y en automático puso los subtítulos en español, pero los subtítulos tiene TODOS los nombres mal porque los agarra fonéticamente así que estaría cool si se pudieran cambiar para que las personas tuvieran bien el dato, y pues ya solo eso, excelente trabajo!!
Really excellent video. A magnificent city. I go to cdmx almost monthly and knowing your way around is truly a skill. It can feel like there's no rhyme or reason for its layout. This video gives so much perspective. I love the historical aspect of this video. Really wonderful work.
Now that i see this history
Im actually quite dissapointed that Tenochtitlan isn’t there anymore and that the spanyard drained all the water and build churches.
Bruh they have so much history and such cool geography it would be a massive tourist attraction or maybe even a world wonder like Machu Pichu or Chichen Itza.
Such a pity that its all lost.
Btw same here in Rotterdam Netherland the most modern city here.
Before it was bombed in WW2 it was a same style city like Amsterd, Alkmaar, Delft and Utrecht.
It was so beautifull
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Yes but unfortunately thats not how you conquer a place, specially one where you plan on staying for a long time. They destroyed the temples because they needed to extricate the Aztec minds from their former religion and replace it with Christianity. Both Machu Pichu and Chichen Itza were already abandoned before the Spaniards arrived.
AAAAAAAHHHHH MY MIDDLE SCHOOL LFM IN THE LAST SHOT!!! In physics class you could see the massive train deliver grain to the mill that was there back in the 2010’s.
Haven't been in CDMX in a long time...To long....Thank you for this well presented history vid... I love Mexico and Mexico City. Viva Mexico 🇲🇽
Megalópolis, México City ❤🇲🇽
Fun fact! Mexico City is the second city with the most ammount of museums in the world, only behind London :)
Excelente información y video...!!!
Saludos desde CDMX...
Nuevo sub...!!!
thanks for this video! An American in CDMX
Definitely one of the best intro videos of the city, the historic through-line makes it particularly informative.
3:48 Herman Cortes landed on Veracruz, not in the Yucatán peninsula. Loving your video btw!!
He did land in the Yucatan peninsula first, then sailed all along the gulf coast and eventually founded Veracruz before he marched towards Tenochtitlán
Such an interesting and beautiful city!
I love Mexico City !!! I been there multiple times there’s always something new to see or do !
Excelent vídeo on CDMX. The Best I've seen! Keep up the good work!
I live in Mexico city and still did not know the trivia about the subway and ancient roadways... Wow Amazed
I am coming into Mexico city in 2 weeks with family, what area should I looked for a hotel/place to stay
@@ismenie100 best neighborhoods would be Condesa, Polanco or Roma norte, its because they are close to the Centro... But if you want to experience real mexico city I will suggest going to Coyoacán...
i visited a couple years ago and kept going back and now me and my wife are moving there next year! it's one of the most exciting places i've ever been to!
One of the best cities in the world
As long as americans don't ruin it.
This is a really cool video. I love the breakdown of how the city was, how it came to be what it is today and how the transit system works. Great job, carnal!
My family is from Los Altos de Jalisco. I so badly want to go to Mexico City. Hopefully, soon, I will go. I may even decide to live there for a year or so to take it all in.
Como Mexico no hay dos!
Que gran video!! Breve, pero con los elementos culturales, históricos y arquitectónicos que debes conocer de esta gran ciudad. Me encantó ❤
I am glad to have come across this video. I am flying to Mexico City in July, for 15 days. I have lots to see😊
love it! you really touched on some my favorite parts of the city. not to mention this was released just in time to save us from margaret y ya's atrocious interpretation of mexico city in her runway for RPDR Mexico EP.1.
For a provincial from the interior, it was conclusive to imagine a huge with so many sights to see and places and things to do, but your video taking it from when the city was known as Meshiko-Tenochtitlan to CDMX really amazed and astounded me. Next time I go on vacation,instead of going to PV(Puerto Vallarta or the Grutas de Tolantongo, en Hidalgo State, next vacation will be CDMX. Thank you for sharing, 👍and 👋greetings from Querétaro. 🤠
I’ve always wanted to go this is just more inspiration thank you sometimes people come by and discourage you say bad things will happen I’m not sure what to think for my sake but this definitely takes the negativity away
It's very cool how much Mexico's pre-Spanish past is still reflected in the country today; the snake and the eagle, the centrality of Tenochitlan (MC), the name Mexico, yet it's still deeply steeped in Spanish culture too. Every time I visit Mexico, I fall more in love with the place.
It's so sad to read this, because, me, as mexican, I don't identify under those symbols, primarily because what they really mean and because they're introduced.
@TheJosman well, good for you.
I don't know much about my indigenous ancestry, but I hope that there's no Mexica in it.
Those symbols I recall, belong to this bloody and hellish culture, the less I'm related to, the better I am.
@TheJosman I have no problem with any other culture but Mexicas.
Mexicas for me, is the representation of a glorified culture with no value. They ought us to 'feel' identified to them, when we shoul not.
This culture is the equivalent of the Nazis in pre-hispanic era.
But you're free to believe what you want, you aren't going to make me feel proud of that people.
@@paulmoreno4913 jajajajajaja, todas las culturas del postclasico de mesoamerica tenian casi las mismas constumbres. Supongo que tambien el maiz, frijol y picante ya no los consumes jajajaja
@@periclesperez103 ok
Awesome video!! Have been trying to learn some history before my trip and this was so excellent
Congratulations! Consider a video of the time layers of Mexico City map, say every 50 years from 1521 (Tenochtitlan), to say 2000, with a map of the lake superimposed so anyone can find out what is under their homes, offices, etc. I live in San Diego, CA, and have a small apartment in Mexico City at Av. Juarez, right in front of the Hemiciclo a Juarez monument in the Alameda. I have learned that the plot of land where the building was built (one of the few that survived the 1985 and 2016 earthquakes), was in the transition of the Tenochtitlan island to “tierra firme”. I guess that it was a muddy marsh with rocks, nopales and some short elevations (islets). I keep researching about the history of my neighborhood, for example, the next building towards the zocalo was a convent, in the XVI century there was a jail somewhere near, and each block of the avenue had a different name, not like today that is Av Juarez from Reforma to eje I. Well thank you for your patience, I look forward to participating in the video contest with videos from western China, south to north, call it China Extremes. It was a trip in 2009 when I retired from my old job.
Gran video, explicaste y relacionaste demasiado bien la parte histórica con la actualidad de la ciudad, el mejor video que he visto sobre la ciudad, felicidades.
I'm in mexico city rn and this is a great summary of most of the history presented in some of the national museums
I have been fortunate to have spent time there on a number of occassions. I am completely enthralled by it. I thought this was an interesting perspective. Many thanks
Great video! Don't know why 4 minutes in, I realized you were speaking English. You look like my neighbors here in CDMX and I heard Spanish lol
Great video and well explained paisano
Exactly the content I was looking for!
Great video on my city 🤍
This video makes me wanna go and explore my own city. Amazing job!!
So clean for such big city
I love it there. Been there several times. Ill pick this place over any city in the US.
It would take several lifetimes to discover all of CDMX. It's my spirirual home.
No exageres. 😒
Yo tengo 54 años (alrededor de 40 explorando la capital y sus alrededores) y casi lo he cubierto todo… unas cuantas veces. Claro, la ciudad sigue creciendo y cambiando, pero si vives aquí, con tan solo respirar y dejar de ver la tv, puedes conocerla antes de llegar a viejo.
appreciate the pronunciations! made this video even better
This video is awesome, you earned a sub! 🙌
Amazing video. Thank you
What happened to lake texcoco?
love your face and your attitude, delight. like your content and accent.
Torre Reforma for me is the world most interesting modern building! A masterpkece!
Awesome video , you so handsome as well 😎👏🏼
Muy buen video
Beautiful video ❤
If you have a U.S Passport and have not been to CDMX you are a missing out on a very unique place in our hemisphere, it’s worth going to just simply eat food it’s that good, you could go just to eat. How many places could you say that about.
@@Warm-qq2wo where in that hemisphere is known for gastronomy?
Great content, informative and very well-produced. Subscribed!
Great video bro, not sure if you’re also Mexican, but you told our history very well. 🇲🇽 ❤
Excellent video 👏🏽 very thorough and it captures a wonderful summary of Mexico City’s highlights!
Hermoso el Palacio de Bellas Artes.
I gota say, your Spanish is amazing!! I wouldn’t actually be surprised if you actually are Mexican because I’ve met people from Mexico who can’t even pronounce some of the names of the places you mentioned! Amazing video
Very informative and great presentation. Well done!
This dude needs more subs, what a great video with amazing infographics
¡Excelente video!
Yes great video keep up the good work
Hernán Cortés desembarcó en Veracruz, no en la península de Yucatán
Very well done and creative piece. Thank you.
great video! please drop more mexico content
Gran video. ¿Cómo te llevás con la historia de la conquista?
The is he finest posting on this topic I have seen.
Chido carnal. Cool bro
Cortes invaded with roughly 600 Spanish AND thousands of Tlaxcalan allies. If it weren’t for the Tlaxcalans, Cortes had no chance in toppling the Mexica.
4:55 Spain did not had colonies. It was a viceroyalty. Spain spread its culture, Universitys, religión, etc.
On the Other hand, The British and the USA are colonialist, because they just looted the foreign land they occupied.
Correcto, aquí fundaron un imperio; siendo la CdMx una de las más ricas e importantes en la historia universal
England and the US have not only colonized regions, they have taken away the natural resources of all the countries of Latin America and other regions in the world.
This is a great work of history, which unfortunately the American universities do not present as a course of study. It is very sad that the US ignores the history of the southern countries, it is not ethical.
A colony by definition is: a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country.
The viceroyalties you’re referring to were also colonies, ruled by a viceroy (who were not indigenous by the way, not even creoles).
The 13 colonies in America and British colonies elsewhere also had a degree of self-governance and autonomy with the British government/king holding veto power. And just like the Spanish, they too spread culture; universities; and religion as evident by the fact that English is the intermediary language of the world and the Ivy League schools (most of which formed during the colonial period) are global leaders in education.
In short, Britain did a lot of the same things Spain did and the viceroyalties were exploited for the land and resources as all colonies were.
@@mikaelzakan1929 Wrong. The big difference is that Spanish people mixed with the natives. New Spain, other viceroyalties and “capitanias” were consider Spain. The Spanish Empire. People were refer to as “Españoles Americanos”. And the evidence is all the mixed etnic people all over Hipanic America and its many big viceroyal cities and towns. Just to let you know, Mexico city throughout 300 years was the economic capital of the world, not Madrid. So, Spain did not loot Its viceroyalties.
British and the US, just kill the natives almost to extintion, in America and Australia. Not to mention they did not mix with natives. AND looted the land they arrived: North America, Australia, Sudáfrica, China, India.
Imperialism and Colonialism are not the same thing.
@@mikaelzakan1929 Sure they are similar, if you don't get into the details. There were a lot of big differences in how Spain conducted life in America, legislations like the Leyes de Burgos and Leyes Nuevas were way ahead of it's time especially compared to other European countries. And yes, there were creole viceroys. Judicially speaking the territories of New Spain had the same rights as Spain itself, that's what he meant.
Love how Americans just found about about how cool is CDMX and now is trending ❤finally y’all get out of NYC and LA
Que se queden ahi
@@HomieCV sigue llorando pobre
Love to see a video of Mexico, since most are of the US but you should also make some of Canada
Awesome video, greetings from azcapotzalco!
Great video! Thank you for all your hard work! I just got back from Mexico City about two weeks ago. The place and the people are amazing! Mexicans are really kind and considerate. And the city is steeped in history and beauty. It's huge. Unfortunately, the air quality is awful.
Best museums to visit Museo Nacional de Antropología (antropology museum in Chapultepec park), Museo Nacional de Historia (History museum at the top of Chapultepec inside the castle), and Museo del Templo Mayor (aztec ruins) just in Mexico centro histórico next to Catedral anda Palacio Nacional... You can't miss them, they are amazing really breathtaking sites ❤
This video isn't in your Map Breakdowns playlist btw
Excellent documental!
Very good video my friend!
Te quedo increíble
thank you for this post.
Great video 🇲🇽
I loooooove CDMX!
Wait, the metro is "140,000 miles" of track? Sorry man, that's not possible. It's just 140 miles.
That was excellent!!
Greatest City on Earth!!!
Lol 140 THOUSAND miles of track in the metro??? I think you might be off by a factor of about a thousand.
Haha yeah, I noticed that too.
140 THOUSAND miles! That’s like more than halfway to the moon. Pretty impressive for a metro system.
Yes! The Mexico City metro runs an estimated total length of 140mi or 225kms *
I got excited and added in the extra 139,860 miles of track 😅
-David
lmao that would be complete chaos
please do a map explain of Ho Chi Minh City (formerly known as Saigon) pleaseeeeeee
I need to go back and visit my friends, they were filled with so much more life and fun things to do everyday even in regular life than here in the US where everyone is a mindless drone.
Buenísimo todo...ero no entiendo pq lo haces en inglés, nuestra lengua es lo bastante global y tendrías mas visualizaciones y mas dolares de tus vecinos amados..un saludo .