Why 50% of Americans Live in these 9 OVERCROWDED States
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- Опубликовано: 26 ноя 2023
- Why over 50% of Americans live in the 9 Most Crowded States despite many being among the WORST States!
The reasons why "EVERYONE" Lives in New York, California, Georgia, Illinois, Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, and other regions of the USA with the highest population densities differ by state. But some are so populated due to warm weather, a booming economy with plenty of jobs, a cheap cost of living, their enormous size, and/or their history dating back to the original 13 colonies!
Not all of these states are on the East or West Coast, and a few were among the EMPTIEST States until less than 100 years ago! So why are these 9 Overcrowded States COMBINED home to MORE than HALF of all Americans?
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And while many of these states offer GREAT big cities to live in, if you're trying to homestead, buy cheap, empty land, or just wanna live in the middle of nowhere... these state's still have MANY empty areas. So my biggest suggestion is to visit these cities, towns, and states before you decide where you want to move to and live!
*Which of these states did you NOT know was so populated?*
North Carolina
Georgia
Ohio
Michigan bruh
Michigan ain't much of a surprise, but I believe that N. Carolina was a huge surprise bc I thought there were only two cities in that state, being Charlotte and Raleigh. What I'm hoping is Tennessee getting a bit more populated, which I believe their population is still growing exponentially
Alaska
Ohio. I had no idea it was so crowded. Not some place I would want to live, but then none of the states on this list could pay me enough to live there.
Uhhh, New York is not NYC. NYC is almost separate from the rest of the state. It’s the big cities that are crowded. The rest of the state is rural.. lots of mountains, a lot less people.
CA can say the same, and yet it feels crowded even in small towns oftentimes compared to other states
People make this mistake all the time...NYC is densely populated but not 95 percent of the rest of the state. Take away the big city and you have a very sparingly populated state.
@@iworkout6912I live in upstate NY and we have some decent size cities up here. Buffalo and Rochester both have over 200k
Illinois is the same. Nine million of the population is within 60 miles of downtown Chicago. The other three million spread across a huge area. There are counties in the southern part of the state with less than 4000 people. There are city blocks in Chicago with more people
NYC needs to be a separate state of its own apart from the rest of NY.
I think for "overcrowded" states, the metric should be DENSITY, not POPULATION.
True. Like with Illinois, most of the areas outside of Chicagoland is pretty sparse. Although, doing total population is different, so I likey.
Indeed.
Density and population r the same
@@Berlin70 No it's not. Density takes into account the size of the state. Population doesn't. New Jersey is the most densely populated state at almost 1200 people per square mile. But its population ranks only 11th.
@@miamivicefanatic9736 great example. In my many travels I’ve gone many miles where I’ve seen little to no people (outside of travelers on the road and even that can be iffy) in states that have some of the biggest cities in the country (Illinois, NY, California, Texas). I can’t say that about NJ. Anytime I think of NJ I think about how there’s always a town nearby when driving in that state and I’ve been all over NJ.
North Carolina is not affordable anymore since so many people are moving there.
It’s becoming unaffordable everywhere and nature is being deforested everywhere by new mcmansions from the mountains to the outer banks
Yes it is affordable, very affordable, if you choose to move to the right places outside the high growth areas. If you want to live in a small city like Statesville, Sanford, Kinston, Wilson, Kings Mountain, Lenoir, Hickory, Rocky Mount and on and on, you can get a house at a great price and ,(relatively) low cost of living. It's just nobody want to move to places like that.
@@ChuckHackney true most small cities are affordable
I agree my hometown used to be cheap. A 2/3 bedroom would cost 3-400$, but now it’s 700$. Let’s not talk about the pay ratio. Most jobs are only paying less than 14$ an hr, you really need a car to get around….
@@ChuckHackney Small towns are dying since it doesn’t appeal to the Millennials and the Gen Z. It won’t appeal to the Gen Alpha. Also, farming is dying since younger generations prefer urban cities.
Most of these states have some large cities drive up population, but otherwise have large rural areas. California especially has tons of uninhabited or sparsely populated areas.
Yeah pretty wild how vast the difference is between the cities and nature parts
Because so much of California is mountains and desert
Yeah because 40 million people will leave California.
@@railroadforest30damn near more of it is forest in norcal
@@wheredideliasgo I was doing OTR delivery work (via cargo van) with a driving partner and we had to make a drop off in LA. From there we had to head up to Portland, OR. Of course we had to drive through San Jose, Sacramento, etc and it was all good. One we made the pick up in OR, we had to head to Nevada and that meant cutting through the eastern portion of north CA. Man, that area was nothing but forest. I was praying to God we didn’t break down out that way because it was the middle of nowhere and it was nighttime. I think we saw maybe one other vehicle when we were driving through that wooded area. Between that experience as well as having to go through the desert portion of southeastern CA when we were heading to LA, I had learned quickly how even the majority of California’s population is in the western portions of the state.
Bruh, anyone who’s been to illinois know that it is not overcrowded at all. Sure, Chicago is violently jam packed with people but the rest of the state is essentially corn fields with some smaller towns and cities dotted around +st. louis
I drove through Illinois a few times and the vast majority of the roads are very empty
While it’s bumper-to-bumper traffic at all times on I-90 in Chicago, most of their roads like I-74 and I-57 are very empty. The only vehicles I see on those roads are semi trucks and police vehicles
Does the same thing applies for Springfield? Or it’s overcrowded with people like Chicago?
@@Abdellah.AB1Springfield is fine. Chicago metro area is where majority of the people live.
@@Juwellz18 cool, thanks👍🏻
@@Abdellah.AB1 Springfield is pretty empty in terms of a state capital. It’s still a nice town, but it gives more small town vibes than big city vibes
One of the biggest differences between Europe and the US is population density. I grew up in Europe, lived in hyper-populated Asia for a long time, and moved to the Northeast of the US 12 years ago. The Northeast, the most densely populated part of the US, which is...mostly empty once you get out of the big cities. This is something I love about the region. You drive 50 miles out of NYC (one of the biggest, densest metropolis in the world) in North / Northeast direction, and you are pretty much in the wilderness, in incredible natural beauty that few visitors of NYC are aware of. Same when you drive out of Boston (except in Southwestern direction). If you drive from NYC to Montreal, a fairly major transportation highway, you see mostly trees and mountains and very few houses on the 5-6 hours drive.
Exactly! I happen to live about 25-30 min north of Albany, and I’m in the country.. not a lot of people.
A few years back, I lived in the Adirondack Mtns… hardly any people. A whole different world.
Yup!
What I like about Europe is outside of big cities it’s mostly farms and rural but in America cities are surrounded by suburbs especially Nashville there’s no more country side outside the city it’s all turning into suburbs
They are daily commuting from North of Poughkeepsie and deep into the Catskills and they have been commuting from the Poconos for decades. I know there are people daily commuting to NYC from Riverhead on Long Island 60 miles away. Just seems like a long day to me.
I like living in suburbs near NYC. About 55 miles away. I agree about developments; but people have been moving from NYC for decades. For a House, Space, Schools, and many don't want to live integrated.
Illinois here. The state Illinois is not overcrowded. The Chicago metropolitan area is. It’s actually quite rural and pleasant once you get out of Chicagoland.
The only thing that is pleasant about Illinois is leaving that corrupt state.
@@RvnntSocTrue, corruption is king here, not corn and soybeans.
Even Chicago isn't that crowded. The population density of the North Side is low-medium by world standards, about a five on a ten scale along the lakefront and lower inland. The rest of the city has a much lower population density than that. The suburbs around the city are about medium density for suburban development in North America going to lower density the further out you get.
All anyone needs to do is get a ward map. Each of the 50 wards has a nominal population of about 55,000. The area of the city is 234 square miles. They can take it from there and get the idea. Some of the wards are strangely shaped but then they also encompass areas where there is little or no population, such as commercial and light industrial areas, railroad yards, parks, waterways and areas that are simply depopulated.
It is a myth that Chicago is a failing city. A person only needs to look at the kind of real estate development that has gone on there and continues to go on to realize this is not so. Huge numbers of office buildings have been built over the last six decades and gentrification is moving westward from downtown and the North Side lakefront neighborhoods. I left in 1975 but I like to keep track of what happens there. Most people know only about the clown show politics but not about the rest of the story.
The finances of almost all state and local governments in the Northeast quadrant are vexed by the cost of pension obligations they contracted for decades ago when the actuarial expectations were a little different than they later became. In any case, people think that the fiscal problem of the governmental entities are inevitably tracable to the economic problems of the polities they govern. Not always so.
@@anonymike8280lifelong Chicago resident here. Chicago is a failing city. Crime is through the roof with the new SAFETY act. Over 60 years of democratic policies and now progressive ridiculousness is making businesses and residents flee. Sooner than later all that will be here are dependents and city workers who have to live here to keep their jobs. Aside from being crime filled, it’s filthy and falling apart. I barely recognize this place anymore. Take a trip back and see for yourself
Happened to SF. Now it is Sac. Starting to hate all major cities. @@Sal-pl6im
Yes! Your back! I would to see top 10 most densely populated countries. Thank you for your hard work!
you mean "you're back" a contraction of "you are back"
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Fun fact: South Florida ALONE has as many residents as Ohio does WHOLE . SoCal has TWICE as much
South Florida is lame
The florida keys are cool tho@@dreadhead5719
@@dreadhead5719 Still one of the most visited regions in the entire country 🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️ On top of the fact that it’s part of the most largest/fastest growing state in the country
@@dreadhead5719agreed, the tourist industry tyrants and the INSANE landlords make the whole place suck. I'll miss the weather but it's great to be out of that cesspool.
@@jaycasado5029I hate South Florida. All of my close family lives there and that's the only reason to go there is visit family. Other than that, no reason to be there.
None of those states are overcrowded. The population density in even the most inhabited areas in the US is nothing compared to many places in Europe, Asia, and Africa.
exactly
The US is still overcrowded many other countries are more crowded
@@railroadforest30 No, it isn’t. We have enough natural resources to take care of ourselves and the rest of the planet as well as hundreds of millions of acres of land that are completely uninhabited so we’re not even close to being overcrowded.
@@pulsatingsausageboy2076 we don’t have enough natural resources to take care of the planet. As it is the Earth is being deforested and depleted of resources and the more that happens the more it affects people by worsening the effects of natural disasters and lessening the amount of possible natural resources extractable. Also most of the Earth that is hospitable to human habitation is not uninhabited. There are only a few areas such as certain remote sections of rainforests that can still be considered wild. And those are being encroached upon en masse. If most habitable uninhabited land was used a lot of things would become scarce
Yes we are spoiled.
Florida FOR SURE. I live in Orlando and traffic is INSANE. Every single day smh 🤦🏽♂️
Get some public transportation, stupid everyone has to drive a car.
@rileyp7 The Orlando metro area is the 21st largest in the country. I’m pretty sure it’s residents too
move to north FL (not Jax). you will love it
Yeah, Orlando area sucks all the time. Never again for me.
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South Florida is insane
You really made my day when you spoke about Newark and show photos of downtown I live here and I love it here thanks for that man I really appreciate that most people look past us but you really made my day I appreciate you a lot ❤
I was surprised to see that too ! Been here since the late 50s. It will always be home
Excellent video - love it
Amazing video, love it
Very great video, love it
Michigan is far from crowded. 90% of the population is crowded into the SE corner. The Upper Peninsula can fit 3-4 New England states into its area yet, contains only 3% of the population.
Yeah really. Im in saginaw and im not seeing this insane density
When global warming starts drying things out elsewhere in the country Michigan like all the other great lakes states will eventually be packed. But being in the Mack bridge area I'm not gonna worry bout it.
Grand rapids is a growing city without the downside of the Detroit area
@@KenWesaw-up5wf ...who are you kidding. GR is going the way of Detroit unless the people get control of themselves & city government does not go too WOKE. The signs, culture & certain elements all point to a smaller version of the big D.
@acausedelle1547 dont hold yoir breath. As both coasts move further inward, you're going to see a difference
I live in North Carolina born and raised. Love my state. I have been to many other states but NC is home.
Outside of Philly and Pittsburgh. Pa. is sparsely populated.
It is practically Arkansas.
I'm a truck driver. Pennsylvania is around 320 miles from east to west. Pittsburgh and Philadelphia are only a small snip of the state. Most of the state is mountainous and sparsely populated.
@@pollypurree1834 Small towns everywhere I grew up in western Pa now live in eastern, pa. I love it. Moved away for jobs and came back 16yrs ago. My wife came with me from Cali and likes it here.
Amazing video - very educational
Great information
Amazing video & thank you for working so hard for producing it (11.27.2023)
States like PA and IL aren't overcrowded, overall. Both states have rural areas, too.
I'm from Pittsburgh and it's definitely overcrowded. Ppl everywhere 😂😂
@@charlespulliejr.1987 Its a city.
@@charlespulliejr.1987I'm from outside of Pittsburgh & it absolutely is not. Weird how there's more to a state than one fucking city 😂😂😂
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Congrats for gettin 5K+ like so quickly
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If you ever drove through West Virginia you'd understand, practically no end to the hills and mountains and they're very steep. Much easier and cheaper to develop in flatter country obviously.
Pretty nice country living in the right areas, Walmart, Lowe's and McDonald's within 10 miles and I'm good.
Amazing video
Great footage and information, THANKS!
Glad you enjoyed! :)
I’m glad to see you back 😅
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great video
I wouldn't call Texas as a whole overcrowded. Most of the state west of US 281 is sparsely populated with a few exceptions.
You could fit the entire population of the world in Texas and still have some extra space 😂
@@dylansmith2733 I hate when they try to say the earth is overpopulated for “their” agenda when it’s extremely obvious that it’s nowhere near what they say. It’s the same people who blame the regular everyday working people for pollution when it’s their companies that dump toxic waste into river and lakes and a bunch of other shit we don’t know about.
The center of the much discussed Texas Triangle is as rural as Kansas. The only sizeable populated area inside the T.T. is Bryan - College Station.
Exactly!!
Good Vid
Great video
You should do a video on the best states to build an underground bunker 👀🔥
Grew up in rural Georgia, I was just looking at new apartments built in my hometown. First community apartment that are not government housing. They are extremely cheaper that where I currently live but mom loves a city over and says things are not as cheap anymore.
I live in a neighboring state and I've traveled to Georgia to buy 3 of my vehicles. They're always cheaper in Georgia for some reason
was growing up in a rural community depressing? ( genuine question)
i have a friend who grew up in rural mississippi and they said they were so depressed they had to leave
I love your video, so cool & learn a lot.
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Fun fact : Ohio has the same population as the Paris Metro area in France !
Don’t know if that’s impressive for Paris or just plain sad for Ohio 😂
You kidding me, 11 million french kissers in my doorstep here in Michigan? No way!
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If France was a state it would be the size of texas. Not sure why comparing a state with much smaller land mass is a fair comparison to a country with one large city. However if you compare economies Ohio alone is the 16th largest in the world. Not bad for a smallish state.
@@susantesta6482 he said Paris metro not France lol
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I moved out of Illinois 32 years ago. I moved to the Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri. I have been much happier here.
Lake Of The Ozarks , Osage Beach area are bright spots in Missouri along with SW Missouri . I live near Springfield after leaving Illinois a few years ago
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How’s Marty Byrde doing these days lol
My late wife was from Versailles Missouri so I am somewhat familiar with the area.
Please do a reranking of all 50 states 🙏
very interesting
Cool stuff.
good video
Yep, in New York City it was pretty common for the price of a MetroCard ride and the pizza to be almost pegged, yeah there are some pizzerias such as two Bros that only cost a dollar until just recently and now they’re $1.50 well most pizzerias charge double that at 3 to as much as $3.25
Having lived in Illinois for 38 years , I can tell you Southern Illinois is beautiful and so is the Great River Road going through Alton , Grafton , and Hardin which is where the meeting of the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers are as well as the Bald Eagles that come there during the winter. Yes , a lot of it is cornfields but it still has its bright spots. Chicago has some nice Suburbs such as West Chicago, Naperville, Plainfield , and Tinley Park. With all of that being said , the high cost of living and corruption are what’s driving residents away. It’s hard to say it’s overcrowded when there are many who are leaving.
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This is a well made video; however, this a list of the 9 most populated states. The most overcrowded states you would think should be based on overall population density; instead of pure population numbers. Which would be NJ, RI, MA, CT, MD, DE, NY, FL and PA.
Eastern MA is very crowded, central MA average to rural, western MA very rural; still five miles to the nearest store in my old hometown there
PA is 3 times the size of NJ with only 4mil more people
I’m originally from MD, didn’t seem “dense” at all… but the area in GA I live in surely does.
@@19valleydan From Westfield to Lee on Route 20, there's a gas station in Russel. A bank branch in Huntington. The distance is about 30 miles. Get up to Worthington, and it's even more rural.
I live in RI and it definitely doesn't feel overcrowded. Numbers are inflated because of Providence, but once you go into the heart of the state its forests and small rural towns.
Im starting to see more people move to the rural georgia towns. My towns has tripled its population since i was born
Well done video with good content, keep producing more ? Focus the goal & enjoy the process!
I grew up in Miami Fl. Did not have c a mosquito problem 9 days out of 10. There was an ocean breeze that kept them back in the glades. On the 10th day, the wind was out of the West! and we did have a serious problem.
People live in or near cities for jobs. People used to move close to cities to start careers and begin to build their lives. Then, when they had a family or wanted to start one, they moved to the suburbs. As car ownership became more common and interstate highways were built, the suburbs florished.
I’m from Texas moved in the 80s as it was getting to crowded. Currently live in NC and it too is getting crowded.
Lmao no they aren’t 😂, I don’t like Texas but it’s not that crowded bro, it’s just a big ass state
Crowed enough when illegal aliens start crapping on our ranch 600 plus acres of land. Who feels it knows it.
*crowded
Well jeez, if you like empty southern states there are plenty of them. I'm sure Arkansas isn't getting overpopulated
Im blessed for living in Michigan... I reside north of the mackinac bridge where theres only 300,000 some people covering 1/3 of the states land
Sparsely populated up there. Peaceful. Houghton and Marquette were the 2 bigger small towns we visited. Loved it in the summer. Yoopers got a very nice area.
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I never realized Georgia was that populated. I live in Metro Atlanta and there's a lot of people here.
There alot of people up and down the I-75 corridor mainly
Except for Atlanta, we call the city that ate GA, and a few other cities, GA has lots of rural areas sparsely populated. BTW, Atlanta is almost like another state compared to the rest of GA, very different lifestyles.
@@lesliemoore1656nope, it’s evenly distributed with the exception of the I-16 interstate. I don’t think you know what truly sparsely populated really means, go west, even to Alabama. All the way up 75 to Chattanooga are strings of mini cities from Adairsville, Calhoun, La Fayette, Dalton etc. Eveb down 75 you have Macon, Valdosta and other mini cities. You can’t even go 60 miles without a population or gas station, that’s not the true definition of rural
@@neox9369 I now live in Southeast AL and grew up in Bham AL now for 67 years. I have been to many of those places and in every state in the South. My husband and I go to GA as he often has jobs that take him there. As for sparsely populated areas, I have seen a lot and actually live in one.
@@DC.402exactly, Dalton is a decent size city in the mountains and it’s growing
Can you do the top 9 least crowded states?
Already did!
@@FromHeretoThere why did you abandon in your channels?
Excellent video- so interesting! Love it
Thanks so much!
I live in NC and we have hundreds of small towns with a population under five thousand.I lived in the Midwest and sometimes worried about running out of gas the towns are so far apart,you never need to worry about finding a gas station in NC there about two miles apart at most.
Massachusetts is only crowded, and super liberal, in the metro Boston area. There’s a high percentage of transplants from out of state, and out of country in this part of the state. It has become very difficult for native Bostonians to live near where they grew up.
That's in every large American city now
If I drive diagonally from the southwest foothills of the Berkshires to North Adams, for maybe 40-50 miles there's no gas stations. 1 Bank Branch. Even straight East West, there's a whole lot of rural and back roads.
@@dlewis9760 that’s far extreme western Massachusetts. Boston is far east. Boston and surrounding burbs are overcrowded because of all the employment opportunities and all the schooling. Powerhouse colleges call Boston home.
Not true Boston has always been historically liberal and progressive
It's becoming very difficult for *most people* to live near where they grew up. Either there are no good jobs that fit your skill set well, or there are plenty of jobs but the cost of living is insane.
I’ve lived near Atlanta all my life. In the 80s you could go 30 miles from Atlanta and be in the country. Now you have to go almost 100 miles to get in the country. And I’ve never understood it especially since most of the states in the south have the same weather and terrain
Alabama doesn’t have a Piedmont region, esteem time zone, nexus location with the Appalachian, Atlantic coast etc, Florida dies not have an identical topography, neither does Tennessee or SC. GA is ideally located and by design too.
Its because Atlanta was the major trainyard of the south like Chicago is of the midwest. Think about all the national companies based in Atlanta and surround burbs. Delta, home depot, Coke, CNN, Cox Communications. Probably another doz fortune 500 companies. Its not aboutthe weather or terrain. Its about access to jobs.
Probably because there are more jobs there than in Little Rock.
Philly 6 million metro. Pittsburgh 2.5 metro
Lehigh Valley metro 850k. The rest of the state is empty with small towns and woods/farms. Not overcrowded at all.
Out of all the places in Cleveland, yall show my old street that Cleveland clinic bought and moved the blacks out, that picture brought back memories
Travel 50 miles from metro areas in the state you mentioned, and it's cornfields, forest, and mountains. And even in New York City, Riverdale, Fieldston, Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, Staten Island and St. Albans may as well be suburbs. No crowding in any of those places.
Not sure if you have been around. But Forest Hills and Kew Gardens once beautiful image is done with EDP and homelessness destroying the area little by little.
@@user-oq9go6ml1x And the residents are sitting by and letting it happen, "little by little"? That's on them. They better get together and fight! And yes, I've done exactly what I'm telling them to do!
@@flamingvans1135 Yeah they should fight homelessness by providing mental health counseling, an affordable wage and a rent controlled housing.
Does not surprise me that the majority of these states are in the Great Lakes region, I'm Canadian and it's the same with us, over half of Canada's 40 million people live within 100 miles of the U.S boarder and the majority of them in Southern Ontario.
I live in the US and I’m within 20 miles of the Canadian border. I agree with you 100%
Water used to be the most important consideration when towns were founded. Will be again, soon. I am so glad the Great Lakes are divided between our two countries. That makes it harder for dry parts of the U.S. to take the water.
Yup. Further proof that the existence of Snow Mexico is unjustified. It’s like the only purpose it serves is to break off direct access to Alaska.
Salute from Detroit to our Canadian friends across the river.
Eh?
very educational video - very cool - keep up your energy to produce more videos
Unfortunately, Atlanta which rebuilt itself 150 years ago as a transport hub has modernized into becoming a transport nightmare disaster area with no shortage of highways that don't relieve the mess the entire area has become as far as trying to get anywhere is concerned.
It still is a transport hub. They didn't remove the rail lines. Everyone is forced to drive. What else would you expect.
I would say Nevada relies more on Las Vegas than Illinois relies on Chicago for its relevance
Hmm, never made that comparison before. You're probably right! Cheers..
Considering the federal government owns basically all of Nevada, you’re definitely right.
Awesome video! Very different story, love it (> 40K views 1.3K like) on 11.29.23
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I liked. I subscribed. I could live in NC or GA, but i prefer to stay here in Md. Deep Port vs $1 Pizza... Hmm great debate....
Florida passed NY during the 2020 census.
Well over 20 million people living in Florida.
@@comeconcon569probably all from New York.
It officially passed NY in 2013
Bro, I live in a state in Germany, which has 18 million people and the area is only 13.000 mi². It's totally fine
Is it North Rhine-Westphalia
@@ToledoRailfan Correct
Because they know how to do it in Germany.
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I liked the video with the exception that you meant to say cities overcrowded instead of states. A lot of the states you mentioned are not overcrowded as a whole just one or two cities in the state.
I wouldn't even say those cities are over crowded with people. Its cars and our endless sprawl that makes it feel over crowded.
Former North Carolinian here,
The cost of living has gone up 35 percent in the last 3 years and I left because wanted OUT of NC. It's not a bad place, but I just couldn't be there anymore. Lol
No one is moving to poor rural states, with low wage Walmart McJobs.
Internet jobs, or should I say those people who jobs are online are moving to rural states because of lower cost of living
@@richarddecker9515 What about lifestyle and weather?
There is no Zwhole Foòds in WV, and 1 in MS.
They're fine for retiress with outside income, and when many rurals move to cities they see how far their income DOES NOT go because overhead is absurd.
@@Comm0ut Seniors need quality healthcare not available in rural states.
Not true at all, especially with the rise of remote work. I was about to move to Montana in 2021, but the prices out there basically tripled overnight because of that cancrerous disease that was spreading across the country. I think it’s called Californiumoa.
Illinois is not crowded, just the Chicago area. I live in Springfield.
Springfield is a great city to visit. I liked the historical district and the parks are nice.
Watching from Orange County,CA
I really wouldn't call any of these states overcrowded. Sure, there are areas in each where the population density is fairly high, but not all of these states even have an area with the sort of density seen in NYC or San Francisco. And although I've never lived in NY, I've visited NYC and other parts of the state, and most of the state is actually pretty empty. I live in Michigan. There are a few population centers, although the density is still not all that high even in the Detroit or Grand Rapids metro areas, and between cities, there is a lot of farmland, while further North becomes more and more forested.
Pennsylvania. Have you looked at a map of the state? Most of if is sparsely populated or rural. Home to some of the darkest skies in the eastern half of the country.
Yeah PA is a giant forest in general.
I've lived in NC for over 30 years and would never leave! The History, the people the countryside is comparable to none although we have seen a major increase in population growth. But it's my home.
Chicagoland metro/greater metro has more train tracks than any other place that i've ever been too!!
I’ve lived in Florida all my life. It used to be so nice. Now traffic is horrible everywhere you go, rent is through the roof(I was paying 950 for a 1 bedroom 3 years ago now I’m paying 1500 for the same unit), it has gotten so dirty from being overcrowded with people littering and trashing the land, and there’s almost no untouched land at this point just country clubs and shopping centers on every corner
I love CA # 1, We all hope your video get more views - because this is a great video with very useful content
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If current trends continue, Illinois could lose the #6 spot to Ohio by the end of the decade. They already lost the #5 spot to Pennsylvania about 5 years ago.
I myself was forced by family to move to Ohio from Oregon last year; definitely doing lots on research on where to move to next when legal and financial issues I can officially clear up. Some measures I am going by are not as commonly used and found as others, so it is a lot of effort, but I pray worthwhile and not in vain in the end.
Here's hoping you get those 5,000 likes!
(2 weeks later: you got them!)
Not even. Ohio is losing residents. Ohio is actually on pace to fall to #9 in the next 15 or so years. Every year Ohio is losing population
@@jaycasado5029 Lost 0.37% from 2020-2022, yes, but not as much as Illinois which lost 1.8% in the same period, nearly 5 times more. Pennsylvania lost population too as mentioned in video, 0.24% in the same period, yet still today has nearly 400k more people than Illinois.
In 15 years time though, again if current trends continue, then yes, Georgia and/or North Carolina could pass any one of those others in the ranks.
Ohio is a terrible place to live though...
Ohio is a better state then Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania biggest handicap is Philadelphia.
I am hoping for election reform.
@@jamesmooney8933 Ohio’s biggest handicap is it’s ENTIRE STATE outside of Columbus 😂. Pennsylvania gets more annual visitors than Ohio too so saying Ohio is better than PA is a stretch
In IL, the largest city outside the Chicago metro area is Rockford, at 147, 700, not Peoria at 111, 700.
The Cincinnati metro area was actually 30th at around the time this video was published, according to a couple of sources.
Pennsylvania is NOT overcrowded ! Check out the North Central part of the state. You can walk through miles of forest land and never see a house. I grew up in this area. My family actually owned half the forest land behind the house. My backyard was huge, and my high school only had 450 students.
Our host seems to be a kid in his basement looking at big city maps on google. No real knowledge of the subject, but, he can make pretty videos
The most densely populated state in the country: New Jersey.
I live in Nj. And I hate it here. It’s so crowded everywhere you go. You can’t shop or do anything comfortably anymore. It’s beyond me how anyone would want to move here. Highest taxes in the nation , in all areas. Can’t wait to leave this Sh!thole.
@@zahiakwaraWhat do you mean “anymore”? New Jersey has been bleeding it’s population for at least 20 years. It’s one the slowest growing states in the country. You should be enjoying the fact that people are starting to free up space.
@@zahiakwara You must live just outside a city.
@@benzzc3626 less then an hour from nyc and Philadelphia 🤦🏻♀️😒but it’s not a good thing at least for me. This state is too expensive and unlivable, can’t wait to leave
@@ralegade7710 idk where your getting your numbers from. But everywhere I turn all I see is new developments being built. To accommodate all these people. This state is an absolute nightmare. And the people moving in are even worse. 👎🏼👎🏼
I'M FROM DETROIT, MI., A GEN. XER., & HAVE TRAVELED TO MOST U.S. STATES BY MYSELF!😊! AND, EVEN THOUGH I PLAN ON MOVING TO THA' N.W. PART (HOPEFULLY REAL SOON TOO!), I MUST ADMIT THAT PENNSYLVANIA IZ MY FAV MIDWEST STATE ,& I THINK THA' MOST DIVERSE IN TERMS OF AMAZING SITES TO SEE & CULTURES! AND, HAS ONE OF THA' BEST FOOD CAPITALS IN ALL THA' COUNTRY TOO, OUTSIDE OF MY FAV FOOD CAPITAL CHICAGO OF COURSE! PLUS, IT HAS THA' APPALACHIANS THERE TOO, SO NOT FLAT & LAME LOOKING LIKE MOST MIDWESTERN STATES ARE MADE. AND, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE MOST MOUNTAIN TERRAIN STATES THA' BEST! CIAO!
Midwestern, more like eastern or mideastern at best.
Illinois' topography is not nearly as boring and flat as you portray. Although much of central Illinois' woodlands and savannas were lost to farming, the Shaunee National Forest occupies a good chunk of the southeastern part of the state and is quite hilly; northwestern Illinois is also hilly (google Main Street Galena IL images) and has impressive palisades along the Mississippi; speaking of which, the Mighty Mississippi forms the entire western border of the state (I got a thrill the first time I drove from Illinois into St Louis over the Eads Bridge); and then there's Lake Shore Dr (AKA LSD) in Chicago along Lake Michigan. OK, so Illinois not California or the Grand Canyon, but it's not too shabby either.
Pennsylvania is indeed very rich in history, as a native of that state, I can relate to this video.
Wilkes-Barre is usually pernounced as Wilkes-Berry.
I worked in nearby Olyphant. I liked Wilkes-Barre and Clark Summit. But my favorite places in PA were Williamsport and Harrisburg.
@@williampartridge4595 My sister lives in Dunmore. Her oldest has been looking at houses in Clark Summit.
I’ve driven in all these states apart from California and I can tell you that the roads are a bit empty and not very busy (except for New Jersey and Massachusetts).
The states with the most congested long distance interstates have to be 1. Connecticut 2. Virginia 3. Tennessee 4. South Carolina
Despite North Carolina having a much higher population, the roads in neighboring Virginia and South Carolina are much more of a pain in the ass to drive through than NC. Probably because most of the Interstates in NC are upgraded to support modern traffic while VA and SC are behind
Tennessee traffic has become so congested!! Nashville will be like Atlanta soon😢
@@annjames1837 it’s even busy outside the city. I-40/I-81 constantly has trucks passing going 65mph, I-65 is very congested, I-69 is pretty empty but much of the route is incomplete, I-24 is mountainous and trucks drive 40mph up hill and I-75 between Knoxville and Chattanooga is the worst stretch in Tennessee imo
All of these roads (besides I-69) are very crowded and it’s only 4-lanes. They really need to add another lane on most of its interstates so faster vehicles can pass slower semi trucks. That’s what Georgia did on I-75 and I-95. South Carolina is just as bad as Tennessee and has 1.3 million less people
CT #1 for sure!
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South Carolina’s old school highway system sucks. I always feel like I can’t progress as quickly as I want on their highways. NC highways are far superior in comparison.
@@annjames1837 I’ve driven through Nashville and Chattanooga highways numerous times. You guys have been in competition with Atlanta for years when it comes to congestion and bad drivers. I should know since I’m from the Atlanta metro area.
Well done
I live in vt and the population in the last 5-10 years seems to have gotten out of hand. Nothing causes me more road rage than stagnant traffic. Used to love not having to spend 10x as long in traffic or in stores, now I dread going out. Very introverted and quiet to. it's just getting l noisier and more chaotic everywhere.
do you get nyc trash up there????
Ohio is not overpopulated by any means.
Just the cities
@@ToledoRailfannot even the cities. Columbus has so much room for growth. It’s very sprawl out.
Yet it’s the most densely populated state that’s not on the east coast
It is but so are all states
Where is ohio are you? You cant get a break down in Cincinnati area. Its all just city sprawl mostly