9:20 "Non-denominational" does not mean atheist in this context. It means "not belonging to any specific denomination of Christianity." There are plenty of Christians who do not identify as Catholic, Baptist, Lutheran, etc. but simply as "Christian" and don't have ideological disagreements with other Christians who follow the basic message of the religion.
@@timsimmons5190 Compelling argument. If you measure the distances, Maine (eastmost part on ocean) to Morocco/Western Sahara is just under 3,200 miles. Massachusetts (Cape Cod) to Western Sahara is 3,300 miles. North Carolina (Cape Hatteras) to Western Sahara is just over 3,600 miles. And Florida (West Palm Beach) to Western Sahara is 3,950 miles. If we include Cabo Verde and the Canary Islands as part of "Africa", then the point still stands though the distances are smaller. What's your counterpoint?
Non-denominational does not mean atheist. It means the church is not affiliated with a mainline denomination ie: Roman Catholic, Baptist, Methodist, etc. Nondenominational churches are simply Christian churches with varying sets of foundational beliefs.
Yup still christian. All of the categories are different types of christian. Interesting that Amish doesn't have a plurality anywhere in central PA. Learn something every day.
A lot of Pentecostal and Charismatic non-denominational churches exist, which have some wildly differing doctrine when it comes to miracles, speaking in tongues, and even some are Unitarian, not Trinitarian. While most would be considered Evangelical, just as the Baptist are, they aren't similar to Baptist in many key areas.
Yeah it's like those who continue to spout this "Blacks don't have ID to use when voting" BS. That is complete and utter garbage but people believe it because they want to be offended for those "poor Blacks being affected" by something that doesn't actually affect them. Idiots. In most countries the people who breach their short stay visas and are undocumented have usually arrived by plane. In Australia for decades it was tourists from England who would visit family overstay their visa find work and make an application for dual citizenship. Because our governments have loved people with white skin more than those people with coloured skin we let these English have dual citizenship easily. However, now the major problem with people overstaying their visas is with students from India and China studying then not going home once their study is completed. They have children in Australia, who are considered Australian by birth, but their parents get in strife and some are sent home once it's discovered they've broken the visa rules. Usually we let one of the parents remain here and finally after years of stuffing around the entire family comes to live here and I don't just.kean the parents, I mean the entire family!! I just don't see the big deal. We've got an enormous country and loads of space for people to live and work. The old ways, the 'White Australia Policy" won't die until the generations responsible for it are dead. Sad to say. Then again, in a recent referendum asking Australians if "Aboriginal Australians, those who've been here for more than 80000 years as a civilisation should have rights in our constitution as the first custodians of this great land"?, a majority of 'New Australians' voted against the change to the constitution. To think, those people who have benefitted most from most recently becoming Australian, leaving awful countries filled with violence and conflicts, voted against the rights of the oldest Australians being recognized in our constitution. Bloody ridiculous.
@ParkerVlogz yeah Southern California has a LA and Hollywood and all that, and we have the Silicon Valley/Bay Area. So Cal has a huge desert area. Nor Cal has a huge forest area with Redwood trees. So Cal hardly gets any rain. Nor Cal has the Sierra Nevada mountains topped with snow.
Northern California has fallen off the cliff in terms of crime, homeless, etc. faster than Southern California...but the entire state is headed downhill fast.
Interesting! When I think African I usually think Sub-saharan, forgetting that North Africans of course also count for the term. I just tend to associate them more with the Arab ethnicity.
I really like the last map who takes rivers into account. Sometimes in any parts of the world mistakes have been made not to think about ethnic groups or natural features.
it might be interesting having a video about the different types of attractions in a number of US-States - maybe divided into groups like theme parks, national parks, historical sides, museums and malls. and the most interesting thing would probably be having a short historical summary about those attractions.
I've been to 5 of the attractions on the most popular attraction map (Independence National Historic Park, Atlantic City Boardwalk, Times Square, Broadway at the Beach, Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Walt Disney World)
I would like to say that the coal-fire plants in Utah are also the oldest power plants, thus the first that will be replaced. Unfortunately, there isn't a river worthy of the name (well, the Colorado cuts through a less populated area) to provide hydroelectric, so they will probably get replaced with methane-burners.
The most popular attraction is a shopping mall. oy. I'm very surprised that Yellowstone National Park is the most popular attraction in Montana, given how little of the park is actually in Montana. And most of it isn't easily accessible. I figured Glacier Nat'l Park would have taken the honor.
The most popular attraction by state is definitely false for Oregon. Crater lake is REALLY far away from populated oregon. It's hard to get to even if you live in region. Mean while Silverwood is in north Idaho and there's no way that Idaho's theme park in the middle of no where gets more visitors than an attraction near Portland like Mt hood meadows or something.
I live two miles from Mall of America and grew up only a few minutes further away...needless to say, I knew there was a reason I avoided that mall like the plague regardless of how accurate those numbers are.
Gee, you'd think they had lots of Republican governors in the last 30 years. (They did -- a whole state doesn't 'scream" for one thing or another. Both are huge and have complex political make ups.)
@@brianarbenz1329 New York has only had 1 Rep in the last 30 years George Pataki (95-06), while the others since then have been Dem a grand total of 4. California has had 2 in the last 30 years Pete Wilson (91-99) and Arnold Schwarzenegger (03-11), while the other 3 have been Dem I wouldn't exactly call that a lot on either account. Historically New York has had 25 Dem and 18 Rep, California has had 15 Dem and 21 Rep governors respectively overall. I likewise wouldn't say their political make ups are complex either, they both pretty much follow the same pattern, with coastal urban areas voting left while the rural interiors vote right and the only reason why there is such a huge discrepancy between the two factions, is that both states are home to some of the most heavily populated urban areas which swings the vote in whatever way the cities whim it to go, regardless of what their interiors want as the interiors do not have the population to offset the cities voting power to any reasonable degree. This is counter to many other states where the rural vs urban demographics are more evened out and can balance each other.
Cool video. We'll have to agree to disagree on that interesting map at the end. I don't know if it's better than our current borders, but it is definitely not more logical. Unless we were still hunter/gatherers. That would make sense.
Uhhh, Maine is also a U.S. state, and they also are predominantly hydropower, so it's actually 5 states, or 10% of the U.S. which are mostly hydro powered.
That graph was ambiguous, it could have been referring to % of the population or % of the energy produced, not states as a % of the total number of states.
9:26 Non denominational basically means an independent Protestant church without any larger organizational structure outside the church. Denominations are branches of Protestantism (Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist etc). Definitely not atheist.
Re the Watershed maps -- if you knocked on doors in Cincinnati and told people there, "Congrats, you now live in Kentucky," and then did the same in Louisville to tell them, "You now live in Indiana," you would not survive.
The Northeast (Maine) is actually geographically closer to the continent of Africa than the Southeast. The reason you think that it’s the opposite is because of maps and the projections they commonly use
The energy map is not up to date anymore as New Mexico and Minnesota’s main source is not coal anymore, it’s wind now. Also, Arkansas, Wisconsin, and Michigan are not coal anymore, they’re now natural gas
Nondenominational means not part of a specific denomination. They still believe in the broad religion, but they don’t have a specific system of rules. A nondenominational Christian still considers themself as Christian, but not a particular denomination, such as Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, etc. Nondenominational does not mean atheist.
Americans do love their pickup trucks. The Chevrolet (Chevy) Silverado and the GMC Sierra are both made by General Motors and are remarkably similar in body style and features. They are both made in the same plants using the same parts and their engines and transmissions are made in the same factories. They vary in trim packages available. The GMC variant is considered to be a more premium brand.
At 3:30 I'm just going to throw these two things out there: 1) Maine is actually the closest state to Africa so by proxy the north east is closer than the south east. 2) immigration by boat doesn't happen to the same extent in the US as it does in Europe and potentially other places. I can guarantee no African immigration to the US is happening by boat nowadays
I would think most of those African émigrés come by plane, in which case the northeast makes perfect sense given that New York, Boston, Philly and DC are far more likely to have direct flights to African nations.
The Utah/Nevada/Arizona part on the last map makes sense to me, mostly because St George doesn't feel like Utah and Las Vegas like the rest of Nevada. They feel like Arizona and Arizona respectively
@brandontucker1898 mexico city is beautiful besides the designated trash piles. The city does really well for real... it's bumping like NYC at all hours partying till 3 then immediately working at 4
For California that works pretty well, but for the Northeast like New York it is more about historical immigration from Catholic European countries like Italy and Ireland.
Maybe the same happens as in the Netherlands. We used to be a Protestant country. But now Roman Catholics are in the majority. That’s because the Protestants left the church last decades. The Catholics are now also leaving, catching up, and have the fastest growing group of leavers. The largest group are actually the non believers.
The Southeastern U.S. has a history of Africans arriving by boat… (slavery) Also, the higher percentage of people having passports may also be an indicator of immigration hubs who visit family back “home.” Finally nondenominational means not falling under the umbrella of any particular religious sect’s governing body.
U.S. military personnel love the Toyota Tacoma, especially those who serve in the Navy or at the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. It's kind of a social marker. My guess is that accounts for the popularity of that truck in Hawaii.
I've lived in Idaho since 1977 and I've never heard of "Silverwood Theme Park" as listed in "most popular US attractions by state", where do you get your info from??? EDIT: I looked it up, it's over 400 miles from me, Idaho's a very big State!!
I google earthed the flint hills tall grass prairie and it doesn’t appear to be a thing- just a large area. Am i correct? Does it count as a visit if you just drive through? 😂
It is interesting that more Alaskans have their passports than most other states. It makes sense as they only birder Canada and Americans need a passport to enter Canada now. People of other borders states have other places to drive that don't require a passport.
1:05 You could have just looked up "Best selling cars in the United States" and seen that the Ford F-Series and Chevrolet Silverado and the 1st and 2nd best selling vehicles, respectively.
Also, at 8:48, this map is wrong or outdated. Catholicism does not have a majority or even plurality in most of Florida (including Miami). Most places have a majority or plurality of some form of Protestantism, usually Baptists in North Florida and Non-Denominational in South Florida.
The Southeast US is not closer to Africa than the Northeast US. I know it seems counter intuitive. However, if you use a globe and a piece of string you will find that Maine is the closet state to the African continent. The US Atlantic coastline has a southwest longitude
9:10 utterly shocked that it says Clearfield County Pennsylvania is plurality Catholic. Growing up I didn’t even realize there was a Catholic Church. I thought the Catholic Church was mainly only in Europe and very few places in the us and was dying out and didn’t know why so many people feared and were terrified of it. We did have a tv channel that was Catholic and everyone complained it wasn’t their faith/religion/denomination and many families watched it sometimes anyway bc it was a family channel unlike most tv in the 90s that was violent and trashy. They had their own school that merged with the public school system in high school and those students often had to play catch up with the rest because some subjects weren’t taught or taught as soon or the same way. I think their school was either dissolved or stopped at 8th grade/middle school after awhile bc they got better education in the public school system. But still the main churches in town were the Lutheran Church, Presbyterian Church, and two United Methodist Churches. The Catholic Church was considered to be 3rd 4th or 5th. Though apparently back in the 1800s or very early 1900s it was a different story as I’m told at one point it took all of the 3 to 4 prominent Protestant denominations to come close to equaling the Catholic Church congregation membership. This map portrays the USA as basically split between Catholics and Southern Baptists. I don’t understand, because it doesn’t show the huge church formed by the United Methodist church from the Methodist Church and United Brethren Church. It doesn’t show Methodism as a whole that also includes Free Methodist Church and African Methodist Episcopal and African Methodist Episcopal Zion Churches, it doesn’t show the Baptist Church that Methodist Churches are closely allied with or governed by i forget which now and it doesn’t mention that Southern Baptist are a fringe break away group that only became somewhat popular by mega churches and televangelism back in the 1970s or so. This map also doesn’t seem to show the Lutheran Church or Presbyterian Church or Episcopal Church at all. The us has been a mostly Protestant country for over 200 years most of the time according to all the history books and what I read heard and was taught growing up but this map has everything colored in purple for Catholicism with some colored in red for the southern baptists in one region of the country.
10:20 if the USA was divided by major rivers/watersheds most of the country would fall into the combined Mississippi/Saint Lawrence Seaway Watershed and there would be a meeting of the United Nations held to determine if the bulk of the USA belongs to France, Denmark/Norway/Vikings, or Ireland.. by earliest discovery/claim it would be in Ireland favor since the Irish are purported to be the source of the maps and information the Vikings and others used to sail to North America, by land claim stone/surveying the Vikings have the strongest claim and Denmark owning Greenland and until fairly recently Iceland strengthens their claim, but by settlement/attempt at colonization it would go to France as the strongest claim..though that claim was partially abandoned when the Louisiana purchase happened between France and the 13 colonies/early USA, but not entirely as they didn’t abandon Quebec or the st Lawrence seaway or Newfoundland until much later and partly only sold the Louisiana purchase to keep Spain from gaining any further territory/influence.
We're also like the second most theoretically wind productive state in the Union, and we get over 80% of our electricity from renewable energy. South Dakota is more green than any European country besides Iceland.
We have to remember there's definitely room for error in these! But I believe wind power tends to be concentrated in specific regions so it may be a situation of one either seeing most of them or almost none.
Americans don't travel because even in the best of times it's expensive, just cross country, let alone international, you're looking at a good 1k+ Unless you can drive to Canada or Mexico
we can also go to almost any climate while remaining in the US. if you live in germany and want a warmer climate? you’re gonna have to learn another language and move to another country.
@@General.Knowledge yes large deposites and economy built around it. We don't have much else in WV and KY. I think we hold on too strong to coal and it's keeping us from moving forward :(
You made it sound like mormonism spread to the other parts of the jello belt recently while that's not true. Most are descended from pioneer populations from the mid 1800s. If you look at old "Deseret" state suggestions you see that the mormon population was already outside Utah
Lol no! That's not what I meant ahah. I would just guess flights are more common to the closest point of entry OR to the biggest cities - not necessarily to what seems to be a somewhat random distribution among mid-sized centres.
9:20 "Non-denominational" does not mean atheist in this context. It means "not belonging to any specific denomination of Christianity." There are plenty of Christians who do not identify as Catholic, Baptist, Lutheran, etc. but simply as "Christian" and don't have ideological disagreements with other Christians who follow the basic message of the religion.
Thank you! I thought I was going to have to explain that! 🙏👍😁😎🙏
3:35: False: the northeast US is closer to Africa than the southeast. The closest US state to Africa is actually Maine.
Thanks for this tidbit of knowledge, just goes to show how a European centered map can be misleading
Surprisingly (to me), this is true!
It's not
@@timsimmons5190 Compelling argument. If you measure the distances, Maine (eastmost part on ocean) to Morocco/Western Sahara is just under 3,200 miles. Massachusetts (Cape Cod) to Western Sahara is 3,300 miles. North Carolina (Cape Hatteras) to Western Sahara is just over 3,600 miles. And Florida (West Palm Beach) to Western Sahara is 3,950 miles. If we include Cabo Verde and the Canary Islands as part of "Africa", then the point still stands though the distances are smaller. What's your counterpoint?
@@timsimmons5190lollll
Non-denominational does not mean atheist. It means the church is not affiliated with a mainline denomination ie: Roman Catholic, Baptist, Methodist, etc. Nondenominational churches are simply Christian churches with varying sets of foundational beliefs.
“Non-Denominational” is a branch of Protestant Christianity that is very similar to baptist churches
They are generally independent congregations.
Yup still christian. All of the categories are different types of christian. Interesting that Amish doesn't have a plurality anywhere in central PA. Learn something every day.
A lot of Pentecostal and Charismatic non-denominational churches exist, which have some wildly differing doctrine when it comes to miracles, speaking in tongues, and even some are Unitarian, not Trinitarian. While most would be considered Evangelical, just as the Baptist are, they aren't similar to Baptist in many key areas.
Didn't know this! Thanks
No, well yes, most are like similar to baptist but they don’t need to be it just means they are an independent congregation.
Fun fact, Maine not Florida is actually the closest US state to Africa.
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Pretty much nobody migrates by boat these days. All the places African immigrants came to have major international airports.
Yeah it's like those who continue to spout this "Blacks don't have ID to use when voting" BS. That is complete and utter garbage but people believe it because they want to be offended for those "poor Blacks being affected" by something that doesn't actually affect them. Idiots. In most countries the people who breach their short stay visas and are undocumented have usually arrived by plane. In Australia for decades it was tourists from England who would visit family overstay their visa find work and make an application for dual citizenship. Because our governments have loved people with white skin more than those people with coloured skin we let these English have dual citizenship easily. However, now the major problem with people overstaying their visas is with students from India and China studying then not going home once their study is completed. They have children in Australia, who are considered Australian by birth, but their parents get in strife and some are sent home once it's discovered they've broken the visa rules. Usually we let one of the parents remain here and finally after years of stuffing around the entire family comes to live here and I don't just.kean the parents, I mean the entire family!! I just don't see the big deal. We've got an enormous country and loads of space for people to live and work. The old ways, the 'White Australia Policy" won't die until the generations responsible for it are dead. Sad to say. Then again, in a recent referendum asking Australians if "Aboriginal Australians, those who've been here for more than 80000 years as a civilisation should have rights in our constitution as the first custodians of this great land"?, a majority of 'New Australians' voted against the change to the constitution. To think, those people who have benefitted most from most recently becoming Australian, leaving awful countries filled with violence and conflicts, voted against the rights of the oldest Australians being recognized in our constitution. Bloody ridiculous.
As a Northern Californian I approve this message. (Southern and Northern California are two different states)
Same with NY.
Definitely different in many ways
@ParkerVlogz yeah Southern California has a LA and Hollywood and all that, and we have the Silicon Valley/Bay Area.
So Cal has a huge desert area. Nor Cal has a huge forest area with Redwood trees.
So Cal hardly gets any rain. Nor Cal has the Sierra Nevada mountains topped with snow.
Same with Georgia.
Northern California has fallen off the cliff in terms of crime, homeless, etc. faster than Southern California...but the entire state is headed downhill fast.
By African immigrants. It includes many Arab Americans from Egypt that moved to Detriot and the Twin cities
Interesting! When I think African I usually think Sub-saharan, forgetting that North Africans of course also count for the term. I just tend to associate them more with the Arab ethnicity.
@@General.Knowledge yes but it not how US but its immigrantion categories. The census does do a deep dive into ethnic and race break down.
I’m shocked Washington’s best selling vehicle wasn’t Subaru.
Oregon too! Around Portland it’s more than 50% combined Subarus and Teslas. Less Teslas further from the city though.
and fucking volkswagen
Subaru is a brand, not the name of a specific vehicle
I wonder how Pike Place Market numbers were calculated as locals also visit the market.
I really like the last map who takes rivers into account. Sometimes in any parts of the world mistakes have been made not to think about ethnic groups or natural features.
idea: a map of UK, Ireland or any European country under the same subheadings in the video
it might be interesting having a video about the different types of attractions in a number of US-States - maybe divided into groups like theme parks, national parks, historical sides, museums and malls. and the most interesting thing would probably be having a short historical summary about those attractions.
9:27 nondenominational is a branch of Christianity similar to baptist in practices but aims for a more board religious appeal
I've been to 5 of the attractions on the most popular attraction map (Independence National Historic Park, Atlantic City Boardwalk, Times Square, Broadway at the Beach, Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Walt Disney World)
as a Washingtonian with a Toyota I approve this message
Which model is yours?
I’m a Washington resident with a Scion. Same thing.
@@General.Knowledge a RAV4 lol
As a Chicagoan who has built a chronic counter strike addiction from nuclear energy I approve of this message 👍🏻🇺🇸
That most popular tourist attraction is so out of date, the Jefferson expansion memorial in Missouri is now the gateway arch national park.
It was from 2009 lol
I would like to say that the coal-fire plants in Utah are also the oldest power plants, thus the first that will be replaced. Unfortunately, there isn't a river worthy of the name (well, the Colorado cuts through a less populated area) to provide hydroelectric, so they will probably get replaced with methane-burners.
Loved the states' borders defined by rivers. That was really interesting.
Yes, a separate video on tourism attractions in each state, please! Awesome maps. Thank you. 😊
That intro was the best intro in all of RUclips, even better than mine 😊
The best selling vehicle in the US is the ford f-150. That’s been the case for over 40 years and likely won’t change anytime soon
The most popular attraction is a shopping mall. oy. I'm very surprised that Yellowstone National Park is the most popular attraction in Montana, given how little of the park is actually in Montana. And most of it isn't easily accessible. I figured Glacier Nat'l Park would have taken the honor.
Yeah a friggin mall. Shameful 😂😢😔😡
The most popular attraction by state is definitely false for Oregon. Crater lake is REALLY far away from populated oregon. It's hard to get to even if you live in region. Mean while Silverwood is in north Idaho and there's no way that Idaho's theme park in the middle of no where gets more visitors than an attraction near Portland like Mt hood meadows or something.
Regarding visitors, Mall of America is...well...a shopping mall...so I would expect a steady stream of local visitors.
The southeast is not physically closer to Africa, Maine is the closest state to Africa. Don't forget, the earth is round.
Love your vid pal!!
I live two miles from Mall of America and grew up only a few minutes further away...needless to say, I knew there was a reason I avoided that mall like the plague regardless of how accurate those numbers are.
Non denomination doesn not mean atheist 💀💀💀 atheist means atheist
Great video!!
The river one is cool!
Agreed! I love to see border redesigns based on natural divisions.
@General Knowledge, please tell about the spread of martial arts throughout the world. Thanks before
California and New York scream about green energy, but both of them run on natural gas.
Gee, you'd think they had lots of Republican governors in the last 30 years. (They did -- a whole state doesn't 'scream" for one thing or another. Both are huge and have complex political make ups.)
@@brianarbenz1329 New York has only had 1 Rep in the last 30 years George Pataki (95-06), while the others since then have been Dem a grand total of 4. California has had 2 in the last 30 years Pete Wilson (91-99) and Arnold Schwarzenegger (03-11), while the other 3 have been Dem I wouldn't exactly call that a lot on either account. Historically New York has had 25 Dem and 18 Rep, California has had 15 Dem and 21 Rep governors respectively overall.
I likewise wouldn't say their political make ups are complex either, they both pretty much follow the same pattern, with coastal urban areas voting left while the rural interiors vote right and the only reason why there is such a huge discrepancy between the two factions, is that both states are home to some of the most heavily populated urban areas which swings the vote in whatever way the cities whim it to go, regardless of what their interiors want as the interiors do not have the population to offset the cities voting power to any reasonable degree. This is counter to many other states where the rural vs urban demographics are more evened out and can balance each other.
More people want to see ice cream than my state That's wild
Canada next please
Fun fact regarding the African immigration. The northeast is closer to Africa physically than the south is. And nobody is immigrating by boat.
As a Canadian I am offended by our provinces being ignored 😢
Sorry! I'll make a dedicated video for you guys!
Cool video. We'll have to agree to disagree on that interesting map at the end. I don't know if it's better than our current borders, but it is definitely not more logical. Unless we were still hunter/gatherers. That would make sense.
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Uhhh, Maine is also a U.S. state, and they also are predominantly hydropower, so it's actually 5 states, or 10% of the U.S. which are mostly hydro powered.
That graph was ambiguous, it could have been referring to % of the population or % of the energy produced, not states as a % of the total number of states.
9:26 Non denominational basically means an independent Protestant church without any larger organizational structure outside the church. Denominations are branches of Protestantism (Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist etc). Definitely not atheist.
Re the Watershed maps -- if you knocked on doors in Cincinnati and told people there, "Congrats, you now live in Kentucky," and then did the same in Louisville to tell them, "You now live in Indiana," you would not survive.
The Northeast (Maine) is actually geographically closer to the continent of Africa than the Southeast. The reason you think that it’s the opposite is because of maps and the projections they commonly use
Or user error. Most maps make that clear.
The energy map is not up to date anymore as New Mexico and Minnesota’s main source is not coal anymore, it’s wind now. Also, Arkansas, Wisconsin, and Michigan are not coal anymore, they’re now natural gas
Nondenominational means not part of a specific denomination. They still believe in the broad religion, but they don’t have a specific system of rules.
A nondenominational Christian still considers themself as Christian, but not a particular denomination, such as Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, etc.
Nondenominational does not mean atheist.
Americans do love their pickup trucks. The Chevrolet (Chevy) Silverado and the GMC Sierra are both made by General Motors and are remarkably similar in body style and features. They are both made in the same plants using the same parts and their engines and transmissions are made in the same factories. They vary in trim packages available. The GMC variant is considered to be a more premium brand.
I guess it makes sense that they are useful in such a large country where most things seem to be only reached by car.
@@General.Knowledge That's a big part of it but, many pickups are sold to people who rarely or sometimes never even haul anything with it.
At 3:30 I'm just going to throw these two things out there: 1) Maine is actually the closest state to Africa so by proxy the north east is closer than the south east. 2) immigration by boat doesn't happen to the same extent in the US as it does in Europe and potentially other places. I can guarantee no African immigration to the US is happening by boat nowadays
I would think most of those African émigrés come by plane, in which case the northeast makes perfect sense given that New York, Boston, Philly and DC are far more likely to have direct flights to African nations.
The Utah/Nevada/Arizona part on the last map makes sense to me, mostly because St George doesn't feel like Utah and Las Vegas like the rest of Nevada. They feel like Arizona and Arizona respectively
What If each Mexican 🇲🇽 state became independent
Probably all be even shittier
@@brandontucker1898some of them would start doing quite well
Good iea!
@brandontucker1898 mexico city is beautiful besides the designated trash piles. The city does really well for real... it's bumping like NYC at all hours partying till 3 then immediately working at 4
Re: religions: I suspect that the "Catholic" states are largely explained by Hispanic ethnicity (Mexican in the west; Puerto Rican in NY; ...).
For California that works pretty well, but for the Northeast like New York it is more about historical immigration from Catholic European countries like Italy and Ireland.
Southern and Western states - definitely! In the East I'd guess European migration is at play too.
Maybe the same happens as in the Netherlands. We used to be a Protestant country. But now Roman Catholics are in the majority. That’s because the Protestants left the church last decades. The Catholics are now also leaving, catching up, and have the fastest growing group of leavers.
The largest group are actually the non believers.
Kind of weird that the Ohio River wouldn't make up any borders.
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The Southeastern U.S. has a history of Africans arriving by boat… (slavery)
Also, the higher percentage of people having passports may also be an indicator of immigration hubs who visit family back “home.”
Finally nondenominational means not falling under the umbrella of any particular religious sect’s governing body.
U.S. military personnel love the Toyota Tacoma, especially those who serve in the Navy or at the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. It's kind of a social marker. My guess is that accounts for the popularity of that truck in Hawaii.
3:39 "Since it's physically closer yo Afrika" No, it isn't. Maine is the closest US state to Afrika, bruv
Africa* its not that hard to spell
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That's a common spelling too, especially in Africa itself.
I've lived in Idaho since 1977 and I've never heard of "Silverwood Theme Park" as listed in "most popular US attractions by state", where do you get your info from???
EDIT:
I looked it up, it's over 400 miles from me, Idaho's a very big State!!
I google earthed the flint hills tall grass prairie and it doesn’t appear to be a thing- just a large area. Am i correct? Does it count as a visit if you just drive through? 😂
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It is interesting that more Alaskans have their passports than most other states. It makes sense as they only birder Canada and Americans need a passport to enter Canada now. People of other borders states have other places to drive that don't require a passport.
1:05 You could have just looked up "Best selling cars in the United States" and seen that the Ford F-Series and Chevrolet Silverado and the 1st and 2nd best selling vehicles, respectively.
Also, at 8:48, this map is wrong or outdated. Catholicism does not have a majority or even plurality in most of Florida (including Miami). Most places have a majority or plurality of some form of Protestantism, usually Baptists in North Florida and Non-Denominational in South Florida.
Alaska's National parks are huge - most maps (including this one) represent Alaska at less than 20% of it's actual size!
That's true! Alaska is always shown smaller than it is, while Hawaii's case is the opposite.
The Southeast US is not closer to Africa than the Northeast US. I know it seems counter intuitive. However, if you use a globe and a piece of string you will find that Maine is the closet state to the African continent. The US Atlantic coastline has a southwest longitude
Technically the North East is closer to Africa. Globes are fun that way.
Correct, Washington DC has the largest ethiopian community called "little Ethiopia"
9:10 utterly shocked that it says Clearfield County Pennsylvania is plurality Catholic. Growing up I didn’t even realize there was a Catholic Church. I thought the Catholic Church was mainly only in Europe and very few places in the us and was dying out and didn’t know why so many people feared and were terrified of it. We did have a tv channel that was Catholic and everyone complained it wasn’t their faith/religion/denomination and many families watched it sometimes anyway bc it was a family channel unlike most tv in the 90s that was violent and trashy.
They had their own school that merged with the public school system in high school and those students often had to play catch up with the rest because some subjects weren’t taught or taught as soon or the same way. I think their school was either dissolved or stopped at 8th grade/middle school after awhile bc they got better education in the public school system.
But still the main churches in town were the Lutheran Church, Presbyterian Church, and two United Methodist Churches. The Catholic Church was considered to be 3rd 4th or 5th. Though apparently back in the 1800s or very early 1900s it was a different story as I’m told at one point it took all of the 3 to 4 prominent Protestant denominations to come close to equaling the Catholic Church congregation membership.
This map portrays the USA as basically split between Catholics and Southern Baptists. I don’t understand, because it doesn’t show the huge church formed by the United Methodist church from the Methodist Church and United Brethren Church. It doesn’t show Methodism as a whole that also includes Free Methodist Church and African Methodist Episcopal and African Methodist Episcopal Zion Churches, it doesn’t show the Baptist Church that Methodist Churches are closely allied with or governed by i forget which now and it doesn’t mention that Southern Baptist are a fringe break away group that only became somewhat popular by mega churches and televangelism back in the 1970s or so. This map also doesn’t seem to show the Lutheran Church or Presbyterian Church or Episcopal Church at all. The us has been a mostly Protestant country for over 200 years most of the time according to all the history books and what I read heard and was taught growing up but this map has everything colored in purple for Catholicism with some colored in red for the southern baptists in one region of the country.
10:20 if the USA was divided by major rivers/watersheds most of the country would fall into the combined Mississippi/Saint Lawrence Seaway Watershed and there would be a meeting of the United Nations held to determine if the bulk of the USA belongs to France, Denmark/Norway/Vikings, or Ireland.. by earliest discovery/claim it would be in Ireland favor since the Irish are purported to be the source of the maps and information the Vikings and others used to sail to North America, by land claim stone/surveying the Vikings have the strongest claim and Denmark owning Greenland and until fairly recently Iceland strengthens their claim, but by settlement/attempt at colonization it would go to France as the strongest claim..though that claim was partially abandoned when the Louisiana purchase happened between France and the 13 colonies/early USA, but not entirely as they didn’t abandon Quebec or the st Lawrence seaway or Newfoundland until much later and partly only sold the Louisiana purchase to keep Spain from gaining any further territory/influence.
lower 48 is smaller then brazil
Eh,not by much. More people tho
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And because you can't spell a 2nd grade level word; I'm just going to assume that your wrong about anything else too. 👍🏻
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As a Puerto Rican I was surprised to not see El Yunque in the national parks map
El Yunque is designated as a National Forest, not a national park.
Puerto Rico erasure on the national parks map 💔
No way the mall of America is the most visited its just a mall
How is South Dakota's most prevalent energy source not hydroelectric? We have like four major dams along the Missouri River.
We're also like the second most theoretically wind productive state in the Union, and we get over 80% of our electricity from renewable energy. South Dakota is more green than any European country besides Iceland.
I was a little surprised to see that my home county is very catholic! 😳
10:39 It's laughable how a Portuguese thinks they can have any opinion on the Unites States state borders
1:30 I think I found out RLL's state
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North Carolina is definitely f150 and 1500 country and it's the south not east coast.
2:10 uh... i think you meant five. you forgot about Maine which is, in fact, not a Canadian province
non-denominational means mega churches.
I've only seen like 4 wind turbines in Iowa and have lived here my entire life
We have to remember there's definitely room for error in these! But I believe wind power tends to be concentrated in specific regions so it may be a situation of one either seeing most of them or almost none.
What happened to Rhode Island lol
Non-denominational is a type of Christianity
«Should they come by boat»
bro why is ohio not defined by the ohio river??? 10:42
Finding out my state is powered by nuclear energy wasnt something i thought id do today but here we are 😅
Are you a supporter of nuclear or no?
@@General.Knowledge Admittedly, I lack the knowledge to say either way.
I find it crazy that pennsylvania uses natural gas more than coal
How come? Do they have large coal deposits?
@@General.Knowledge of what I know living in the area. The area I live in pennsylvania is literally called the coal region
Maybe it's changed since coal was so widespread but the area has one of the world's largest deposits of Anthracite coal
Wrong...Maine is the closest state to Africa
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More USA maps
Americans don't travel because even in the best of times it's expensive, just cross country, let alone international, you're looking at a good 1k+
Unless you can drive to Canada or Mexico
Yeah that's definitely a key factor. In Europe you can fly around from one side of the continent to the other for like 100 euros - it really helps.
we can also go to almost any climate while remaining in the US. if you live in germany and want a warmer climate? you’re gonna have to learn another language and move to another country.
Wow
Coal isn't surprising for wv ky or wy at all
And wv and ky are poor so it makes sense that we don't travel much
Do they have large coal deposits? Or is it just because the states have not so strong economies and coal is a cheaper source?
@@General.Knowledge yes large deposites and economy built around it. We don't have much else in WV and KY. I think we hold on too strong to coal and it's keeping us from moving forward :(
@@nebulanSuch an ignorant, stereotypical statement. There are VERY wealthy in West Virginia.
im kinda surprised ohio isn’t coal, with the proximity to both states and having a decent amount of coal in SE ohio
Nondenominational isn’t atheist
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You made it sound like mormonism spread to the other parts of the jello belt recently while that's not true. Most are descended from pioneer populations from the mid 1800s. If you look at old "Deseret" state suggestions you see that the mormon population was already outside Utah
Didn't mean to suggest that! There's definitely an old process of implementation in the regions
@@General.Knowledge np thanks!
Ironically the Christian denomination, non-denominational is a denomination. Much like atheism is a religion.
shall they come by boat...
from Africa dude? by boat? into u.s.?
Lol no! That's not what I meant ahah. I would just guess flights are more common to the closest point of entry OR to the biggest cities - not necessarily to what seems to be a somewhat random distribution among mid-sized centres.
I don’t think the religious map is right