Do you want to see more Regional Breakdowns on other states or countries? Let me know in the comments which ones you'd like to see, and how you would've broken up the regions of the US yourself!
The videos on the regions of the United States have been excellent. I'd love to watch more of them. Another way to slice and dice the nation is by media market.
Very interesting series! One correction: Retirees who winter in Arizona are called snowbirds not sunbirds. I believe the ones that go to Florida are also called snowbirds.
Yeah, at least here in Florida sunbirds are retirees who are whose full time residence is in Florida (often they were already here when they retired) and the spend a few months in the summer in the cooler north. My aunt and uncle actually do that.
I’ve never heard them called “sunbirds.” Lived in Florida my whole life, and they’re called “snowbirds.” N the Carolina’s they call them “grass chasers.”😊
I am a Micronesian, but I teared up when I heard you talking about the West Coast. I lived a third of my life here, and I said that I´m never abandoning this place and its people! I will die for Americans! Fallen in love with its people!
I'm glad you separated the Mountain West and the West Coast locations of California. Having spent about half of my life in both locations I noticed a condescending attitude that the Coast has for the Mountains. This was always funny to me as many people from the coast use the mountains for recreation, location for their 2-3 home (or airbnb), and even the majority of water is piped down from the mountains.
@My FIRE L&S Journey sure thing, the easy route would be to start with politics. The Mountain towns are historically more conservative in California, which with current political polarization adds to the disdain. Im not saying it's one sided either, it definately goes both ways with tourism seen as a threat.
Well, that condescending attitude is real but that's partly because the inland California mountains while resembling the interior west in demographics, economics and politics are actually still very much part of the West Coast and though transitional are still NOT truly part of the interior west!!! That's true both historically, functionally and even culturally in terms of vernacular culture if one adjusts for demographics and economics.
@@myfirelsjourney947 those mountains are still the west coast both culturally and historically as well as functionally today. But our national political economic class and cultural devisions are now so strong that they are warping peoples definition of region in the Western US where such regional cultural differences are more subtle then they are in the eastern US. Basically being more rural, conservative (but not compared to much of the rural true interior west) and less diverse then most coastal areas, with a largely white and working class population but not right on the coast equals interior west to many people even if by any others means the area is still distinctly part of a shared West Coast cultural and historical settlement region.
I noticed the opposite, in Washington at least. A lot of the farmers on the East side of the mountains don't talk kindly about the people living in and around Seattle. Though I imagine both talk shit about each other equally, just like every other kind of "group" in this country.
Great videos! I was born and grew up in Minnesota, lived in Boston for seven years, lived in Honolulu for thirteen years, lived California for two years, and married someone from Guam and traveled there many times. I love Guam! I absolutely love the diversity of the USA. It is impossible to characterize US citizens, as we are all so different. This is a great summary of the different areas, as some outside of the US don’t realize how diverse and gigantic it is. This a wonderful introduction into the size and difference in culture!
You're making me miss the West Coast. I grew up in Sacramento but live in rural Missouri now. I call Missouri home, but the west coast holds a huge part of my heart.
So happy to see the recognition that the Cascades are a huge cultural and geographical divider. Having lived on both sides, they have very little in common besides what state they're in. Also really cool to see representation for the US territories; I've seen a million geography videos but they hardly ever mention the territories, much less tell me anything interesting about them, so I learned a lot from that portion of the video!
That's not really true though. Yes they are a devide politically and to some extent culturally but except for California and Southeast desert Oregon the rest of the inland northwest in Oregon and Washington share a similer settlement history and similer vernacular culture, especially food imtertainment, architecture etc with the coastal Pacific Northwest more then with other parts of the interior west. The fact that the region is so much less diverse however and so much more working class,nas well as more arid and with significantly less direct influence from the 60's counterculture (but there is still a lot in it's urban areas) means the area superficially reaemble other parts of the inland west in some respects, but it is still within the greater Pacific Northwest which is part of the west coast. Eastern Washington is just about as West Coast culturally as California's central valley, both being definitely within the cultural spere of the West Coast/Left Coast but also culturally transitional into the interior west, with both cultures strongly present and even in large part merged into one.
The Sierra Nevada Mountains and Southern California's Inland Empire (and really Southern California as a whole South of Santa Barbara) are also similarly culturally transitional in nature. In many ways Socal is both southwestern but also otherwise more interior west meets the sea then truly West Coast in terms of CULTURE, with strong Left Coast influences in parts to be sure but not truly similar in culture or history to the remainder of the west coast.
The cascades are a devider based on national politics and lifestyle and demographics on a large scale WITHIN a region. Both sides of the Cascades share a vernacular Pacific Northwest (and west Coast) culture!
@@jKLa talking out your ass. There's almost zero similarity when it comes to economy, food, political leanings, entertainment, religion, even language (you clearly aren't familiar with Eastern Washington because you're not aware of its diversity owed to its large Latino population). It's not transitional. You couldn't even get the diversity part right because you said it's "much less diverse" when Eastern Washington is one of the most heavily Hispanic areas in the country
I second this!! And I don't really find geography that interesting, but damn you do a great job at picking out the most interesting nuggets of info that makes me just want to learn more. It also makes me say....that is interesting 😬
I've fallen in love with the Virgin Islands in the past few years. The history of it is so fascinating. And I know some of the other US territories have incredible histories too.
I love California so much. Everyone has so much negative things to say about the West Coast but it’s wonderful, beautiful and alive. It has a unique culture and beauty.
The Great Plains is always one of the most fascinating regions in the country, it’s so strange being in a place that’s often very isolated and overlooked.
Hi Carter! I was waiting for you to cover Hawaii. I have one correction for you. The entirety of Oahu is actually the City and County of Honolulu and a single government entity (police, fire, mayor, etc.). In spite of a portion being outside the core urban area, it has 70% of the state's population (1,016,508) to the state's total 1,442,000 as of 2021. Now add the over 6 million visitors to Oahu each year (typically around 500k per month, pre-pandemic, but we're almost back to 2019 numbers). This offers a different view from the basic population totals. Your series was fantastic! Narration without distracting music is exactly what I want from my educational viewing. Good job!
Excellent video series! Perfect level of detail explaining each region's cultural characteristics. I'd be interested in seeing a regional breakdown of other countries, especially one for China. It's difficult to find comprehensive English-language readings on the cultural differences of China's regions, but you'd be great at tackling the challenge!
Watching this from India. Both parts are really well done. They gave me a great overview for an outsider like me. I loved how you have weaved both history and geography to give a sense to viewers why is region is the way it is.
Something you glossed over that deserves mention is that a big reason there is so few small towns in many mountain west states is that large portions of the land (up to 80% in Nevada) is owned by the Federal government.
I would like to see more of a breakdown of counties in each state if possible! Love your videos and the level of detail. Truly one of my favorite channels!⭐️🇺🇸🎉
I definitely would enjoy seeing a breakdown of each state. I must say that the title of your subscription is perfect because your page is definitely interesting!
This is a wonderful video which shows that you put a lot of time and effort into understanding the various parts of the US. Depending on the program, there are ways to classify areas with overlap to show that they are transition zones. This may cut down on the criticizing comments in the future. Cheers!
This is an excellent video and much better than the average YT video or TV videos like NOVA made by PBS. This is an excellent video because it has no obnoxious background kettle drums pounding and no obnoxious background corny music and it does not force the audience to view the narrator's face.
You really nailed your regional breakdown of the West Coast states. I am saying this as someone who has lived in all three West Coast states and on both sides of the regional divide you set.
South Dakota is definitely in multiple regions. I live here. The far eastern side shares many similarities with the “Midwest” states like Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. However, the western half of the state is much more similar to Wyoming and Montana, mountain time zone, higher elevation, semi-arid climate, and a different culture and economy than the “Midwest.” SD is 400 miles wide. The eastern and western ends of the state are very different from each other.
I love your channel and video IMO, the following are the regions of the USA 1. New England 2. Mid Atlantic 3. The South 4. The Midwest 5. The Great Plains 6. The Rocky Mountain West 7. The Pacific Northwest 8. The Southwest 9. California 10. Texas 11. American Caribbean 12. American Oceania 13. American Arctic
I’m actually, for the most part, very happy with how he divided the country. I was offended at first, but his explanations of each made it make perfect sense and seem very cohesive.
As an American who can attest to the accurateness of these videos, I'd love to hear your perspective on similarly diverse countries. I also live in Louisville, KY, which as you have discussed is very much on the border between regions, so would be eager to see videos on regional differences within states.
Great Plains checking in! Hardly anyone around and the climate is nice albeit schizophrenic at times. Hardly any moisture which create challenges but it's typically not humid. The lack of trees was weird at first too but now trees everywhere is strange. I absolutely love it.
Great video. Informative, objective and accurate. If you ever get to Canada, I'd love to get your take on my country. Larger geographically, it's regions are very distinct.
17:11 thats Apple Park, and the housing near there (Sunnyvale, Cupertino...) is super expensive, especially Sunnyvale, its perfectly situated right between Cupertino and Mountain View. silicon Valley is also home to a lot of big tech companies, and everyone wants to live near those apparently, or they work there. some include apple (the park is shown in image at time, yes its big, we took my cousin there when he visited cause apparently its a must see location if u come to Bay Area), adobe (I see that building too often), eBay (literally can bike there), intel (we had a field trip there), Nvidia (drive by to volunteer everyday over the summer), google (been to the googleplex with a friend), PayPal (my friends mom works there, they even have a stadium thats home to I think the earthquakes) one thing about this place is that you can be rich compared to like most people in different state but be broke poor compared to all your friends
your summary of the mountain west (especially the geographical history of the lds church in utah) is the most informative, objective, generous, and accurate description of my home (sierra nevadas) i have ever heard. thank you carter for this awesome work you are doing to teach the truth, not your opinion
Great info! You need more Oklahoma tho!! We have the world's tallest hill, Cavanal Hill, which is 1 foot shy of being considered a mountain, and we have a desert, a salt plain, a prominent dinosaur fossil range, and two of the world's most inland international shipping ports, Tulsa Port of Catoosa and Port of Muskogee!!!
Most of Oklahoma and most of Texas are really a Western South Region that should not be grouped with the rest of the great plains. That's only one thing he gets wrong here.
Thank you so much sharing! I learned so much about the American Samoa and their how they are disproportionately impacted as well… Great compelling and informative content that is interesting!
13:01 thanks, really appreciated knowing how expensive everything here is, like sometimes I can't imagine myself lvining anywhere else but here, but then when I think about whether id actually be able to survive here, im like id rather move out
I honestly think its pretty acurate that you included south Florida as part of US Caribbean tho I could see how it would overlap culturally getting to Tampa/Sarosota on the west and Vero Beach/Daytona on the east. Given it is pretty sourthern there yet parts have a strong or growing Caribbean(including thoes descended from Hispanic Islands) population. You did a well explained summary for region as complicated as us 😂
Hawaii also had many Portuguese immigrants and Puerto Rican migrants as well in the early 20'th century to work in Agriculture, with their descendents still there to a large extent but the populations having heavily mixed with the the rest of Hawai's so for the most part no longer very distinct nor separate communities.
I like how you're explaining everything and it seems like you either been to these places or ask people in those areas. You seem to be very spot on with the places that I have lived in or I know so I feel like I can trust you in the places I don't know. Thank you for sharing. Please keep it up.
I am loving the regions so far. I would like to see drilling down to evaluate more specific focus. The mountain west has so much to name just one. Maybe the State parks in a region? Because these are what we use to plan vacations and I like getting ideas. But just keep making these, I love them so far.
Very interesting and educational for a non US citizen. I found this to be jam-packed full of interesting information, but I am left wondering about how much of this is alive in the consciousness of people in America??? I am looking forward to watching the other series. Thank you for creating this.
I really disagree with looping the entire west coast together. The PNW is EXTREMELY different to california and we're not connected at all. (This isn't throwing shade at California it's just different) Hell Portland is further north than Toronto. It's 630 miles away from the bay area. PNW and California should be two different regions. At least you separated west and east of the cascades though that much is correct.
He got Texas wrong as well. Someone from the border town has nothing in common with someone who live in Omaha. Texas should have been lumped partially Norteño culture and the rest is Southern Appalachian and Deep South East Texas.
I disagree. He captures the diversity that exists within each region. Doing it in largely north/south bands makes sense to me. Climate, elevation, migration patterns are most similar in this way.
@@yungrichnbroke5199 It makes VERY little sense in this regard. The closest metro areas between the PNW and California is Portland to the Bay area. Those two cities are 630 miles apart with absolutely nothing but wilderness between them. Portland is further north than toronto, the bay area is further south than denver. Those two regions are not at all remotely connected.
It’s better to think of each region as a grouping of smaller regions. The Mountain West for example consists of at least 2 or 3 distinct regions, though Texas definitely should have counted as its own region in the video.
Bold in my eyes to not break up the western US a bit more, I personally wouldn't have the Pacific Northwest anywhere near the same region as San Diego, but maybe that's just me.
Im Canadian but originally from California, and I've visited parts of the U.S. many times, but man does this series make me wanna visit the whole country and so many places there, ig I better start being smart with my finances *looks at my spending habits :(*
Great job. I admire the research and knowledge that went into this. We have moved around a bit and like the geographic divisions that you have discerned. Looking forward to more videos.
Absolutely loved these videos they were both very informative and interesting, i love how in depth you went I feel like I learned something about ever region. Love your videos keep up the good work
As a Texan who grew up in Oklahoma and knows many people from the midwest, I cannot stress enough that we share almost nothing with them. Culturally we are completely different, much like southerners, we even eat different food and speak differently. Our closest cultural relatives are our immediate neighbors to our east and west... Arkansas, Louisiana, and New Mexico. We are a transition from deep south to southwest with almost no midwestern influence as all people who moved to our region from the midwest assimilate quickly because our culture is more friendly. We have large Mexican influence and I assure you we are distinct from the northern plains regions, as they are a continuum of the midwest, while we are a continuum of the southeast. With all of that being said, Oklahoma is distinct culturally from Texas for the main reason that there is much more midwestern influence, making it apparent especially in the north of the state. While the west shares culture with west Texas and the east shares culture with Arkansas, as Oklahoma was settled mostly by people from Arkansas and Texas.
Excellent breakdown. Thank you. One note - Utah’s large English population is mostly due to English converts directly coming to Utah, not simply from people of English descent from the North East. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints grew significantly in England early on and for about 20 years had more members than in the USA. Most of the immigrants immigrated to the American West by walking across the plains on the Mormon trail. There were so many Englishmen in Utah that people joked that the primary language in Utah was British English.
People who come Arizona during the winter are called "snowbirds" not "sunbirds." I had never heard of the word "sunbirds" until this clip. Still, I liked the clip.
Slight correction, the large amount of people with English ancestry in Utah is mostly due to Mormon converts who moved directly from England to Utah because of widespread Mormon missionary work in the UK in the mid 1800s. They far outnumber people decended from the original LDS members from the Northeast US.
Great video and well done. I know Texas and some other states are hard to classify and current migration patterns all over don't make it any easier. I once heard someone describe Texas as a land of population tsunamis. The first tsunami came with the European settlements by the Spanish, later Mexico, but especially whites (Anglos) from the American South in the 1800s. The second tsunami came in the 20th century in the post-WWII economic boom and later as people from the Northeast and Midwest moved in large numbers to the state. This has not really stopped, but that part is less noticeable today than earlier in the mid-late 20th century. The third population tsunami started in the late 20th century began in Mexico and has expanded to include parts of Central and South America and the Caribbean and continues to this day--although fewer from Mexico proper. The fourth population tsunami has come more recently from farther West, especially California, but also places like Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. If that wasn't the whole story, you have immigrants from Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Black Americans from other parts of the country who may not be able to stomach moving to Alabama or Mississippi, but Texas is acceptable even if less "Southern". Culturally, it would interesting to fast forward about 40 years and see how this plays out, but I guess we will have to wait.
Most of the state calls themselves Southerners. Minus El Paso and border parts of South Texas that align with the Southwest. Dallas, Houston and Austin are Southern cities. The South not deep South like Tyler or Beaumount
@@noskpain2792 Not really. Outside of East Texas. It think the video gets it right, except you could argue that Houston is on the border of the South and the other part of Texas. First of all, you have so many transplants. I have lived in many parts of the state and outside of East Texas, that Southern vibe just isn't there. Perhaps, it lingers in some of the remote rural areas that were first impacted by immigration from the American South in the 1800s, but in areas where others have moved in not so much. Kudos to the video for recognizing the Plains influence as well. I have often thought that the average Texan has more in common with the average Kansan than with someone from Georgia or Tennessee. 😃
@@gregorysouthworth783 Were you born and raised here? Because I was. A transplant will most likely never be a Southerner or vice versa. I was raised in the suburbs and we still say sir and ma'am here. Cook, talk, behave like Southerners in North Texas. Just look at our laws and what Gregg Abott says here. It's the same as the Mississippi or Alabama governor.
@@noskpain2792 I wasn't born here, but I have lived a large part of my adult life here and have associated with both natives and non-natives. You can still see many of the thing you mention in places in the Midwest, Plains and the South. Our politics are another matter, but they could just as easily be from Idaho or Arizona as well. Accents, well those are a mix today as well. Don't forget the Latino influence which is now the largest ethnic group isn't particularly "Southern".
Good video, though I would note that while the two counties of the Inland Empire include large parts of the Mojave Desert, the population is almost all congregated in the valleys closer to LA and OC so there's a strong argument to include them in the West Coast region.
Yes I know this one year later.😊 I grew up in the inland empire and now live on the coast. The very major difference is the climate. The coastal climate is 99% influenced by the ocean. The inland empire is definitely a desert valley. After moving to the coast I now have to deal with sugar clumping in the bowl and continually fighting mold. I very rarely experience temps above 80 or below 40. Politically, San Berdoo is more aligned with Bakersfield than LA. (At least when I was growing up there.)
I know you already pointed out that this is not meant to be a fully comprehensive list, but the Central Valley in California definitely deserves it's own region, perhaps even more than upstate new york. It really can't be fit into either the west coast or Mountain west, and parts of it genuinely feels like the Midwest.
This is a geographic analysis. If you discuss cultural regions, Texas is its own region. It’s neither Southeast nor Southwest. Like New England, it has a distinct and unique culture.
ive been to Hawaii a few times, kauai is so small u can drive around the whole place in a day, and that place is just full of chickens. hilo is I think the rainiest city in us, it can be rainy and sunny at the same time. and yes, there's snow on Hawaii, at the highest peak Mauna Loa, which they got observatories or something. wrangell st Elias NP is the largest national park they even have a sign there saying that, but even for its size to really get in to see anything you have to fly in (there's at least one other NP in alaska like that and they advertise their bears), like u can't drive in, so we only been to the visitor center while on our way to Valdez (went on a "tiny" road trip across bottom of Alaska to homer, got car sick too many times I don't even remember most of the trip), and Denali itself is super large. (u didn't specific an order but like the Missouri then Mississippi before Yukon), also interesting how Alaska had a gold rush but people only talk about the California one, and honestly if people go to alaska the trip is so predictable and identical where when we went we saw another tourist family coincidentally three times, they were strangers.we did visit a Russian Orthodox Church there, its so different from the churches we normally see also, Alaska is the most volcanic (by a long shot) and earthquake prone state, but there's like no people living near those volcanoes, and I think the largest earthquake recorded was in alaska
Yes, please, for additional area breakdowns of states and Nations. Perhaps one that was less focused on political boundaries and more on geologic boundaries.
You mentioned that the rivers watering the Central Valley of California originate from the Sierra Nevadas. The largest river is the Sacramento which originates in Mt. Shasta which is part of the Cascade range.
Do you want to see more Regional Breakdowns on other states or countries? Let me know in the comments which ones you'd like to see, and how you would've broken up the regions of the US yourself!
Yesss that would be awsome
Do one about the mountain west it best region
The videos on the regions of the United States have been excellent. I'd love to watch more of them. Another way to slice and dice the nation is by media market.
Texas seems like the proper next state to breakdown (hill country, panhandle, east tx, gulf coast, central tx, the valley, etc.)
@@jacksonmabray6149 no it should be Arizona is it really diverse
Very interesting series! One correction: Retirees who winter in Arizona are called snowbirds not sunbirds. I believe the ones that go to Florida are also called snowbirds.
Yeah, at least here in Florida sunbirds are retirees who are whose full time residence is in Florida (often they were already here when they retired) and the spend a few months in the summer in the cooler north. My aunt and uncle actually do that.
In Texas too, they are called snowbirds.
I’ve never heard them called “sunbirds.” Lived in Florida my whole life, and they’re called “snowbirds.” N the Carolina’s they call them “grass chasers.”😊
Interesting, I met a few of those while I was visiting near there. The ones who winter here in Texas, down by Mexico, are called 'winter texans'
@@cleartexas well, everyone does everything different in Texas anyway, right? :)
As a Floridian, you were very accurate. The diversity of Florida is wild! Northern and Southern Florida do have such distinctly different identities.
I love coastal Florida's afternoon thundershowers. You can almost set your watch by them!
By Southern Florida, I think you mean "New Latin America".
I am a Micronesian, but I teared up when I heard you talking about the West Coast. I lived a third of my life here, and I said that I´m never abandoning this place and its people! I will die for Americans! Fallen in love with its people!
I'm glad you separated the Mountain West and the West Coast locations of California. Having spent about half of my life in both locations I noticed a condescending attitude that the Coast has for the Mountains. This was always funny to me as many people from the coast use the mountains for recreation, location for their 2-3 home (or airbnb), and even the majority of water is piped down from the mountains.
Can you describe this? I have never heard of or noticed this.
@My FIRE L&S Journey sure thing, the easy route would be to start with politics. The Mountain towns are historically more conservative in California, which with current political polarization adds to the disdain. Im not saying it's one sided either, it definately goes both ways with tourism seen as a threat.
Well, that condescending attitude is real but that's partly because the inland California mountains while resembling the interior west in demographics, economics and politics are actually still very much part of the West Coast and though transitional are still NOT truly part of the interior west!!! That's true both historically, functionally and even culturally in terms of vernacular culture if one adjusts for demographics and economics.
@@myfirelsjourney947 those mountains are still the west coast both culturally and historically as well as functionally today. But our national political economic class and cultural devisions are now so strong that they are warping peoples definition of region in the Western US where such regional cultural differences are more subtle then they are in the eastern US.
Basically being more rural, conservative (but not compared to much of the rural true interior west) and less diverse then most coastal areas, with a largely white and working class population but not right on the coast equals interior west to many people even if by any others means the area is still distinctly part of a shared West Coast cultural and historical settlement region.
I noticed the opposite, in Washington at least. A lot of the farmers on the East side of the mountains don't talk kindly about the people living in and around Seattle. Though I imagine both talk shit about each other equally, just like every other kind of "group" in this country.
Honored to have the forests of Central Az being mentioned in a list along side the Rockies and Yellowstone 😢
Wild had no idea Az had forest I always thought it was in the great basin so pretty much all desert
@@jnieto490flagstaff AZ is one of the snowiest places in the country
@@Nshifty4 Flagstaff AZ is one of U.S. snowiest cities. It averages similar yearly snow as Buffalo NY.
@@Nshifty4 makes since. I was there in the spring as it was cold af!
It’s not exactly forests but fine
Thought i was gonna have to wait months for part 2, what a pleasant surprise
Great videos! I was born and grew up in Minnesota, lived in Boston for seven years, lived in Honolulu for thirteen years, lived California for two years, and married someone from Guam and traveled there many times. I love Guam! I absolutely love the diversity of the USA. It is impossible to characterize US citizens, as we are all so different. This is a great summary of the different areas, as some outside of the US don’t realize how diverse and gigantic it is. This a wonderful introduction into the size and difference in culture!
I gotta tell you dude, you do great work. Your breakdown is nuanced, detailed, and non-judgemental (a real blessing these days). Bravo!!
You're making me miss the West Coast. I grew up in Sacramento but live in rural Missouri now. I call Missouri home, but the west coast holds a huge part of my heart.
So happy to see the recognition that the Cascades are a huge cultural and geographical divider. Having lived on both sides, they have very little in common besides what state they're in. Also really cool to see representation for the US territories; I've seen a million geography videos but they hardly ever mention the territories, much less tell me anything interesting about them, so I learned a lot from that portion of the video!
That's not really true though. Yes they are a devide politically and to some extent culturally but except for California and Southeast desert Oregon the rest of the inland northwest in Oregon and Washington share a similer settlement history and similer vernacular culture, especially food imtertainment, architecture etc with the coastal Pacific Northwest more then with other parts of the interior west. The fact that the region is so much less diverse however and so much more working class,nas well as more arid and with significantly less direct influence from the 60's counterculture (but there is still a lot in it's urban areas) means the area superficially reaemble other parts of the inland west in some respects, but it is still within the greater Pacific Northwest which is part of the west coast. Eastern Washington is just about as West Coast culturally as California's central valley, both being definitely within the cultural spere of the West Coast/Left Coast but also culturally transitional into the interior west, with both cultures strongly present and even in large part merged into one.
The Sierra Nevada Mountains and Southern California's Inland Empire (and really Southern California as a whole South of Santa Barbara) are also similarly culturally transitional in nature. In many ways Socal is both southwestern but also otherwise more interior west meets the sea then truly West Coast in terms of CULTURE, with strong Left Coast influences in parts to be sure but not truly similar in culture or history to the remainder of the west coast.
The cascades are a devider based on national politics and lifestyle and demographics on a large scale WITHIN a region. Both sides of the Cascades share a vernacular Pacific Northwest (and west Coast) culture!
@@jKLa talking out your ass. There's almost zero similarity when it comes to economy, food, political leanings, entertainment, religion, even language (you clearly aren't familiar with Eastern Washington because you're not aware of its diversity owed to its large Latino population). It's not transitional. You couldn't even get the diversity part right because you said it's "much less diverse" when Eastern Washington is one of the most heavily Hispanic areas in the country
This short video series was great, i'd really love to see something similar aplied to other major countries
I second this!! And I don't really find geography that interesting, but damn you do a great job at picking out the most interesting nuggets of info that makes me just want to learn more.
It also makes me say....that is interesting 😬
Russia maybe? 👀
0:44 The Great Planes
5:29 The Mountain West
11:12 The West Coast
18:46 The Caribbean
21:20 Hawaii
24:12 Alaska
27:35 American Territories
Guy, PLAINS
@@LGPanthers1 tbf them 747s are pretty great
I've fallen in love with the Virgin Islands in the past few years. The history of it is so fascinating. And I know some of the other US territories have incredible histories too.
Wow! I wrote this before you got to the part about the Carribbean. Well done!
be careful not to fall too in love or they might not be called the Virgin Islands anymore
I love California so much. Everyone has so much negative things to say about the West Coast but it’s wonderful, beautiful and alive. It has a unique culture and beauty.
It is nice to see that you separated eastern WA, OR and CA from the coastal areas.
Competence is often rare. Especially in at this level, in this issue. Viewing was a pleasure.
The Great Plains is always one of the most fascinating regions in the country, it’s so strange being in a place that’s often very isolated and overlooked.
Sunbirds is the first time I have heard that word. I usually hear the word snowbirds being used.
Hi Carter! I was waiting for you to cover Hawaii. I have one correction for you. The entirety of Oahu is actually the City and County of Honolulu and a single government entity (police, fire, mayor, etc.). In spite of a portion being outside the core urban area, it has 70% of the state's population (1,016,508) to the state's total 1,442,000 as of 2021. Now add the over 6 million visitors to Oahu each year (typically around 500k per month, pre-pandemic, but we're almost back to 2019 numbers). This offers a different view from the basic population totals. Your series was fantastic! Narration without distracting music is exactly what I want from my educational viewing. Good job!
Your videos are some of my favorite to listen to while doing things at work or driving, very informative yet quite relaxing and well produced
Agree. Way to go Carter.
Excellent video series! Perfect level of detail explaining each region's cultural characteristics. I'd be interested in seeing a regional breakdown of other countries, especially one for China. It's difficult to find comprehensive English-language readings on the cultural differences of China's regions, but you'd be great at tackling the challenge!
Watching this from India. Both parts are really well done. They gave me a great overview for an outsider like me. I loved how you have weaved both history and geography to give a sense to viewers why is region is the way it is.
Something you glossed over that deserves mention is that a big reason there is so few small towns in many mountain west states is that large portions of the land (up to 80% in Nevada) is owned by the Federal government.
Commenting to boost visibility on this vid. Excellent content!
I would like to see more of a breakdown of counties in each state if possible! Love your videos and the level of detail. Truly one of my favorite channels!⭐️🇺🇸🎉
I definitely would enjoy seeing a breakdown of each state. I must say that the title of your subscription is perfect because your page is definitely interesting!
This channel already has a detailed breakdown of the first 15 states already and I’m sure will do the rest!
Thank You!
This is a wonderful video which shows that you put a lot of time and effort into understanding the various parts of the US. Depending on the program, there are ways to classify areas with overlap to show that they are transition zones. This may cut down on the criticizing comments in the future. Cheers!
This is an excellent video and much better than the average YT video or TV videos like NOVA made by PBS. This is an excellent video because it has no obnoxious background kettle drums pounding and no obnoxious background corny music and it does not force the audience to view the narrator's face.
I would love to see a similar video/series on the regions of canada and mexico!
You really nailed your regional breakdown of the West Coast states. I am saying this as someone who has lived in all three West Coast states and on both sides of the regional divide you set.
Thank you. Excellent video.
Another banger video, loved all the statistical maps.
South Dakota is definitely in multiple regions. I live here. The far eastern side shares many similarities with the “Midwest” states like Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. However, the western half of the state is much more similar to Wyoming and Montana, mountain time zone, higher elevation, semi-arid climate, and a different culture and economy than the “Midwest.”
SD is 400 miles wide. The eastern and western ends of the state are very different from each other.
Yes, Kansas, Nebraska, and Texas share many similarities as well
@@10thletter40 how you get those 3 and forget Oklahoma?😂
@@pansexualdickhaver6878 Because the western side is just a bit smaller 😉
Awesome stuff dude! keep up the great work :-)
Worlds best explainer you deserve 100 million subs !!!!
Glad you put south Florida in its own area because it is definitely much different than north Florida based on what I seen when I visited there.
I love your channel and video
IMO, the following are the regions of the USA
1. New England
2. Mid Atlantic
3. The South
4. The Midwest
5. The Great Plains
6. The Rocky Mountain West
7. The Pacific Northwest
8. The Southwest
9. California
10. Texas
11. American Caribbean
12. American Oceania
13. American Arctic
I’m actually, for the most part, very happy with how he divided the country. I was offended at first, but his explanations of each made it make perfect sense and seem very cohesive.
Where does Hawaii fit in with the divisions? American Oceania?
Thanks!
And thank you for your support!
As an American who can attest to the accurateness of these videos, I'd love to hear your perspective on similarly diverse countries. I also live in Louisville, KY, which as you have discussed is very much on the border between regions, so would be eager to see videos on regional differences within states.
I'd love to see a video of this for the continent of Africa - it'd be interesting to see how you group it's many diverse countries
Thanks for listing so many geographical sights at 9:14
Bucket list for a trip thru the American west
Great Plains checking in! Hardly anyone around and the climate is nice albeit schizophrenic at times. Hardly any moisture which create challenges but it's typically not humid. The lack of trees was weird at first too but now trees everywhere is strange. I absolutely love it.
Great video. Informative, objective and accurate. If you ever get to Canada, I'd love to get your take on my country. Larger geographically, it's regions are very distinct.
17:11 thats Apple Park, and the housing near there (Sunnyvale, Cupertino...) is super expensive, especially Sunnyvale, its perfectly situated right between Cupertino and Mountain View. silicon Valley is also home to a lot of big tech companies, and everyone wants to live near those apparently, or they work there. some include apple (the park is shown in image at time, yes its big, we took my cousin there when he visited cause apparently its a must see location if u come to Bay Area), adobe (I see that building too often), eBay (literally can bike there), intel (we had a field trip there), Nvidia (drive by to volunteer everyday over the summer), google (been to the googleplex with a friend), PayPal (my friends mom works there, they even have a stadium thats home to I think the earthquakes)
one thing about this place is that you can be rich compared to like most people in different state but be broke poor compared to all your friends
your summary of the mountain west (especially the geographical history of the lds church in utah) is the most informative, objective, generous, and accurate description of my home (sierra nevadas) i have ever heard. thank you carter for this awesome work you are doing to teach the truth, not your opinion
Great info! You need more Oklahoma tho!! We have the world's tallest hill, Cavanal Hill, which is 1 foot shy of being considered a mountain, and we have a desert, a salt plain, a prominent dinosaur fossil range, and two of the world's most inland international shipping ports, Tulsa Port of Catoosa and Port of Muskogee!!!
Most of Oklahoma and most of Texas are really a Western South Region that should not be grouped with the rest of the great plains. That's only one thing he gets wrong here.
Thank you so much sharing!
I learned so much about the American Samoa and their how they are disproportionately impacted as well… Great compelling and informative content that is interesting!
This two parter was excellent. Thanks Carter.
Great to see the Wichita Mountains get a shoutout at 1:20! The area is truly a hidden gem.
Yes, I've taken in that exact view from the summit of Mt. Scott. It's beautiful in a wild and craggy kind of way. Wichita Mountains, Oklahoma.
Awesome series dude. I love your videos and I hope to see more content soon!
They’re called snowbirds, not sunbirds. Good video and informative!
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13:01 thanks, really appreciated knowing how expensive everything here is, like sometimes I can't imagine myself lvining anywhere else but here, but then when I think about whether id actually be able to survive here, im like id rather move out
I honestly think its pretty acurate that you included south Florida as part of US Caribbean tho I could see how it would overlap culturally getting to Tampa/Sarosota on the west and Vero Beach/Daytona on the east. Given it is pretty sourthern there yet parts have a strong or growing Caribbean(including thoes descended from Hispanic Islands) population. You did a well explained summary for region as complicated as us 😂
Hawaii also had many Portuguese immigrants and Puerto Rican migrants as well in the early 20'th century to work in Agriculture, with their descendents still there to a large extent but the populations having heavily mixed with the the rest of Hawai's so for the most part no longer very distinct nor separate communities.
My aunt and I myself used to live at 12:19 which is Rancho Cucamonga
I like how you're explaining everything and it seems like you either been to these places or ask people in those areas. You seem to be very spot on with the places that I have lived in or I know so I feel like I can trust you in the places I don't know. Thank you for sharing. Please keep it up.
I am loving the regions so far. I would like to see drilling down to evaluate more specific focus. The mountain west has so much to name just one. Maybe the State parks in a region? Because these are what we use to plan vacations and I like getting ideas. But just keep making these, I love them so far.
Great content! Thanks.
Very interesting and educational for a non US citizen. I found this to be jam-packed full of interesting information, but I am left wondering about how much of this is alive in the consciousness of people in America???
I am looking forward to watching the other series. Thank you for creating this.
I really disagree with looping the entire west coast together. The PNW is EXTREMELY different to california and we're not connected at all. (This isn't throwing shade at California it's just different) Hell Portland is further north than Toronto. It's 630 miles away from the bay area. PNW and California should be two different regions. At least you separated west and east of the cascades though that much is correct.
He got Texas wrong as well. Someone from the border town has nothing in common with someone who live in Omaha. Texas should have been lumped partially Norteño culture and the rest is Southern Appalachian and Deep South East Texas.
I disagree. He captures the diversity that exists within each region. Doing it in largely north/south bands makes sense to me. Climate, elevation, migration patterns are most similar in this way.
@@yungrichnbroke5199 It makes VERY little sense in this regard. The closest metro areas between the PNW and California is Portland to the Bay area. Those two cities are 630 miles apart with absolutely nothing but wilderness between them. Portland is further north than toronto, the bay area is further south than denver. Those two regions are not at all remotely connected.
It’s better to think of each region as a grouping of smaller regions. The Mountain West for example consists of at least 2 or 3 distinct regions, though Texas definitely should have counted as its own region in the video.
@@flappyflop1672Texas was once its own country after breaking away from Mexico, so they deserve to be separate.
Bold in my eyes to not break up the western US a bit more, I personally wouldn't have the Pacific Northwest anywhere near the same region as San Diego, but maybe that's just me.
definitely, i feel the northwest deserved it's own region that isn't lumped in with cali! at least he did well describing many of the differences
Another great video!
Im Canadian but originally from California, and I've visited parts of the U.S. many times, but man does this series make me wanna visit the whole country and so many places there, ig I better start being smart with my finances *looks at my spending habits :(*
Great series
I should add that the presentation is top notch😊
Thanks for making these videos. Very insightful
Great job. I admire the research and knowledge that went into this. We have moved around a bit and like the geographic divisions that you have discerned. Looking forward to more videos.
28:07 you mentioned my home, saipan! proud to be chamorro :-)
Absolutely loved these videos they were both very informative and interesting, i love how in depth you went I feel like I learned something about ever region. Love your videos keep up the good work
Incredible summary. Well done!
Another amazing video by the GOAT 😩
Bloody brilliant!
As a Texan who grew up in Oklahoma and knows many people from the midwest, I cannot stress enough that we share almost nothing with them. Culturally we are completely different, much like southerners, we even eat different food and speak differently. Our closest cultural relatives are our immediate neighbors to our east and west... Arkansas, Louisiana, and New Mexico. We are a transition from deep south to southwest with almost no midwestern influence as all people who moved to our region from the midwest assimilate quickly because our culture is more friendly. We have large Mexican influence and I assure you we are distinct from the northern plains regions, as they are a continuum of the midwest, while we are a continuum of the southeast.
With all of that being said, Oklahoma is distinct culturally from Texas for the main reason that there is much more midwestern influence, making it apparent especially in the north of the state. While the west shares culture with west Texas and the east shares culture with Arkansas, as Oklahoma was settled mostly by people from Arkansas and Texas.
Very interested in more details on USA regions(west in particular), plus Canada and perhaps Mexico. Not so interested outside north America.
I have always wanted a map of the u.s without state borders, and this really explains that. Thank you.
Excellent breakdown. Thank you. One note - Utah’s large English population is mostly due to English converts directly coming to Utah, not simply from people of English descent from the North East. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints grew significantly in England early on and for about 20 years had more members than in the USA. Most of the immigrants immigrated to the American West by walking across the plains on the Mormon trail. There were so many Englishmen in Utah that people joked that the primary language in Utah was British English.
People who come Arizona during the winter are called "snowbirds" not "sunbirds." I had never heard of the word "sunbirds" until this clip. Still, I liked the clip.
Great video and thanks for sharing!
I dont think I would put the plains all the way down to south Texas. I would cut it off somewhere in west Texas.
Slight correction, the large amount of people with English ancestry in Utah is mostly due to Mormon converts who moved directly from England to Utah because of widespread Mormon missionary work in the UK in the mid 1800s. They far outnumber people decended from the original LDS members from the Northeast US.
We definitely call them snow birds not sun birds
A very well done video!
Great video and well done. I know Texas and some other states are hard to classify and current migration patterns all over don't make it any easier. I once heard someone describe Texas as a land of population tsunamis. The first tsunami came with the European settlements by the Spanish, later Mexico, but especially whites (Anglos) from the American South in the 1800s. The second tsunami came in the 20th century in the post-WWII economic boom and later as people from the Northeast and Midwest moved in large numbers to the state. This has not really stopped, but that part is less noticeable today than earlier in the mid-late 20th century. The third population tsunami started in the late 20th century began in Mexico and has expanded to include parts of Central and South America and the Caribbean and continues to this day--although fewer from Mexico proper. The fourth population tsunami has come more recently from farther West, especially California, but also places like Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. If that wasn't the whole story, you have immigrants from Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Black Americans from other parts of the country who may not be able to stomach moving to Alabama or Mississippi, but Texas is acceptable even if less "Southern". Culturally, it would interesting to fast forward about 40 years and see how this plays out, but I guess we will have to wait.
Most of the state calls themselves Southerners. Minus El Paso and border parts of South Texas that align with the Southwest. Dallas, Houston and Austin are Southern cities. The South not deep South like Tyler or Beaumount
@@noskpain2792 Not really. Outside of East Texas. It think the video gets it right, except you could argue that Houston is on the border of the South and the other part of Texas. First of all, you have so many transplants. I have lived in many parts of the state and outside of East Texas, that Southern vibe just isn't there. Perhaps, it lingers in some of the remote rural areas that were first impacted by immigration from the American South in the 1800s, but in areas where others have moved in not so much. Kudos to the video for recognizing the Plains influence as well. I have often thought that the average Texan has more in common with the average Kansan than with someone from Georgia or Tennessee. 😃
@@gregorysouthworth783 Were you born and raised here? Because I was. A transplant will most likely never be a Southerner or vice versa. I was raised in the suburbs and we still say sir and ma'am here. Cook, talk, behave like Southerners in North Texas. Just look at our laws and what Gregg Abott says here. It's the same as the Mississippi or Alabama governor.
@@noskpain2792 I wasn't born here, but I have lived a large part of my adult life here and have associated with both natives and non-natives. You can still see many of the thing you mention in places in the Midwest, Plains and the South. Our politics are another matter, but they could just as easily be from Idaho or Arizona as well. Accents, well those are a mix today as well. Don't forget the Latino influence which is now the largest ethnic group isn't particularly "Southern".
@@gregorysouthworth783 Ask the locals and they will say Southern if it it brought up.
I would like to see an in-depth video on Florida: North middle and South as those 3 regions are very different.
Good video, though I would note that while the two counties of the Inland Empire include large parts of the Mojave Desert, the population is almost all congregated in the valleys closer to LA and OC so there's a strong argument to include them in the West Coast region.
Exactly. What the hell is he talking about?
Yes I know this one year later.😊 I grew up in the inland empire and now live on the coast. The very major difference is the climate. The coastal climate is 99% influenced by the ocean. The inland empire is definitely a desert valley. After moving to the coast I now have to deal with sugar clumping in the bowl and continually fighting mold. I very rarely experience temps above 80 or below 40. Politically, San Berdoo is more aligned with Bakersfield than LA. (At least when I was growing up there.)
I know you already pointed out that this is not meant to be a fully comprehensive list, but the Central Valley in California definitely deserves it's own region, perhaps even more than upstate new york. It really can't be fit into either the west coast or Mountain west, and parts of it genuinely feels like the Midwest.
Another great video 👌🏾
Amazing, thanks much🎉
You broke up OK. very accurately, described it equally accurate as well
This is a geographic analysis. If you discuss cultural regions, Texas is its own region. It’s neither Southeast nor Southwest. Like New England, it has a distinct and unique culture.
Culture of what? Buccees and HEB?
Beautiful
Alaska is a small country in physical size, but a tiny state by population.
Very interesting. Did not know about some of those non-contiguous areas. TFS ♥️
Great Geography lesson!
Add sone demographics and you get tremendous insights into how the world actually works!
Thanks to Cuban food, I gained 10 pounds after moving to SW Florida. Have to watch myself! The food diversity in South Florida is awesome.
ive been to Hawaii a few times, kauai is so small u can drive around the whole place in a day, and that place is just full of chickens. hilo is I think the rainiest city in us, it can be rainy and sunny at the same time. and yes, there's snow on Hawaii, at the highest peak Mauna Loa, which they got observatories or something.
wrangell st Elias NP is the largest national park they even have a sign there saying that, but even for its size to really get in to see anything you have to fly in (there's at least one other NP in alaska like that and they advertise their bears), like u can't drive in, so we only been to the visitor center while on our way to Valdez (went on a "tiny" road trip across bottom of Alaska to homer, got car sick too many times I don't even remember most of the trip), and Denali itself is super large. (u didn't specific an order but like the Missouri then Mississippi before Yukon), also interesting how Alaska had a gold rush but people only talk about the California one, and honestly if people go to alaska the trip is so predictable and identical where when we went we saw another tourist family coincidentally three times, they were strangers.we did visit a Russian Orthodox Church there, its so different from the churches we normally see
also, Alaska is the most volcanic (by a long shot) and earthquake prone state, but there's like no people living near those volcanoes, and I think the largest earthquake recorded was in alaska
Yes, please, for additional area breakdowns of states and Nations. Perhaps one that was less focused on political boundaries and more on geologic boundaries.
You mentioned that the rivers watering the Central Valley of California originate from the Sierra Nevadas. The largest river is the Sacramento which originates in Mt. Shasta which is part of the Cascade range.