THWB PPFFF IKR I would have gone in alphabetical order... Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas.... I can’t remember the next one
@@orionsarrow1025 Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming. I believe i got them
I am a native Texan and I believe that most people of Texas would call themselves Texans before they call Themselves southerners. I will always be a native Texan even if I now live in Ohio. Houston, Texas still holds a special place in my heart ❤️
I mean we do, it’s just our accent doesn’t actually sound like the stereotypical accent, which over exaggerates aspects of our accent. Like how we pronounce certain vowels, like o’s
Eliot Ebner, you folks DO have a funny accent. I'm from Arizona where we DON'T have a funny accent. I've been going there for the past 30 years to visit my favorite aunty in St. James. Don't get me wrong, I love going there and hitting the Twin Cities.
47:10 Martin Luther King Jr was from Atlanta, Georgia, not Alabama. His home has been turned into a museum in Atlanta. It’s not as popular for visitors though as the aquarium (which is the world’s largest) or the World of Coke, but it’s a cool historical site. Also, MLK died in Memphis, Tennessee. Again, not Alabama.
Toycat is the first person I’ve seen to describe Idaho without mentioning potatoes. Also you you better describe Indiana as corn, soy, and rv factories. The northern part at least.
What’s hilarious is that Washington was almost called Columbia after the Columbia river, but the name was rejected in fear that it would be confused with the District of Columbia. So they called it Washington.
"Alabama, which is where MLK is from... but it's also where he was killed" MLK was from Georgia, was a pastor in Alabama, and was killed in Memphis, TN
@@DrHugoZQuackenbush True, however the point of the video, and he caveats this at the beginning, is the impressions that a Brit has on US states, not what is actually true. If you know what others THINK about you, you can better understand them. Kind of like watching the Mandela Effect play out.
Constantinople, 1054 Nope, just pointing out how wildly off he was, and deserving of mockery. I got the point that he didn’t know anything, and you missed the point about my mocking him.
yeah, but he was famous for leading the civil rights movement in/from Alabama. At least, that's how this Canadian first learned about him, and even though I know he was born in Georgia, I still associate him more with Alabama.
He was also the paster at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama from 1954-1960 which is where he organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The church was actually renamed Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church in the early 1970s (I believe 1974 or 1973?) in memory of him. But yeah while he is probably most associated with Alabama for the work he did with Civil Rights he actually was born in Georgia and died in Tennessee.
The Washington vs Washington DC thing gets even weirder when you realize that Washington State was originally called the Columbia territory, and DC got the name “Washington” to avoid confusion between the two.
Washington territory wanted to be called Columbia after the Columbia river, but was denied so as to not confuse with DC (District of Columbia), so the territory was named Washington. It was afterwards that DC got Washington added on to it.
The big northwestern states are not "de-populated." They were never populated, in the first place. Yeah, I am surprised people outside the country know about the electoral college map, and that the minimum number of votes a state gets is 3, while some get more based upon their population. Good upon you! BTW, Washington is the most common place name in the country. There are towns, counties, and streets called Washington all over the place. Father of our country, and all that.
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I've noticed that in Europe, the US President for whom streets or other edifices are most frequently named over the past century is Woodrow Wilson.
Montana isn't really the Northwest. The Northwest is really just Washington and Oregon. A lot of people include Idaho and British Columbia in Canada. But Montana and Wyoming are very rarely considered Northwest. Very much in the same way Northern California could be considered NW. But just not really.
Someone in another comment brought up how Indiana was the capital of TV factories but nowadays they're all in Asia. Manufacturing jobs really have slipped away from the Midwest.
A friend of mine in Wales🏴 actually said it best that, in regards to military might and overall mentality, it could be said that the U.S.🇺🇸 is the son closest to the father🇬🇧. Canada🇨🇦 is the well-behaved first born but Uncle Sam is the rebellious son more like the father in his prime (which the father hates to admit😂).
Well, we got the Upper Peninsula because of the Toledo Strip War when those slimy Ohioans stole land from the Michigan Territory. When it came time for the Michigan Territory to become a state, the thieving Ohioans struck and claimed some of OUR land. The Governor of the Michigan Territory raised the Glorious Michigan Militia to defend our boarders. Each of our brave lads was easily a match for any ten members of that disorganized bandit gang of scum known as the Ohio Militia. The two forces started moving towards each other and met at the Maumee River. A great battle ensued and due to the superior nature of the Michigan Militia over the degenerates in the Ohio Militia, the Michigan forces suffered no casualties. Before the Michigan Militia could press their advantage, the US Army arrived and put an end to the war. Through various underhanded and dishonorable political shenanigans (I would not be surprised if bribery and extortion was involved as Ohioans by their very nature really are that low) Ohio was awarded the Toledo Strip. In compensation the Upper Peninsula was made a part of Michigan.
13:02 this almost happened to me before, I was staying with my dad in LA and when flying home to portland oregon I almost got on the plane to portland maine. Good thing they checked my boarding pass or I would be cold and sad in maine
Didnt mention cherries in the north, the jack pines, the lakes (as stated), The Toledo war lasting a single day, the Mackinac bridge, the vast population differences from north to south, or the largely confusing demographic of the state.
Arikian people are moving TO Colorado. We have the fastest growing population of any state (% wise) and many locals hate it. That’s why the locals/natives here hate when people move here, especially Texans and Californians
Arikian wrong! Florida is number 1 with incoming New Jersey is number 1 out going followed by California Illinois Washington.... colorado is 17th for out migration!
Caleb Begly Florida is number 1 - 2018 with just over half a million incoming residents in 2018 and expected to be 2.6% higher for 2019.... Texas is 2 Arizona 3 Colorado is 4.
"except for hurricanes, they don't seem to mind about that" -florida As a Floridian, that is, *Absolutely correct* my parents and Aunt/uncle sat in our garage during Irma with the door opening so they could watch and see if the tree fell down....
The news hypes everything. Not a Floridian but live here, from the huge unknown patch of land people forget is also NY. Been in Tampa 5 years. Hurricanes only damage the coastline
@@ReidGarwin Hurricanes only damage the coastlines? Really? I'm from Korea and live in Japan now, and typhoons here can be equally devastating to inner mountainous areas (landslides, rapid flooding, etc).
@@kwj_nekko_6320 Japan is an island. A large island, but islands are surrounded by water, which means it is going to be vulnerable to typhoons. I am from the US speaking about the mainland, and I live in Florida and have for a few years. Inland damage is usually flooding by rain or tornados
I’ve been to Pittsburgh like a dozen times and it’s actually an amazing city to visit, b/c there’s literally so much things to do in it! I guess it was bad when it’s steel industry was at its highest and the pollution in the city was the worst in the country by far, but since it’s not as prominent now it’s a really beautiful and clean city. You should research more about it!
I was licensed by the commonwealth of PA. as a fight judge for ten years. Worked the majority of my fights in Pittsburgh. PITTSBURGH IS BEAUTIFUL!! If you want to see an incredible area of western Pennsylvania go to the "north shore". It is incredible and makes you feel like you are in Europe. Clean with great views. I loved this part of Pittsburgh. I am from Cleveland.
Berry there is something worse Yesterday a California man derailed a train to hit the navy hospital ship. What if Florida man was just preparing us for what’s to come. Now we have California man and the other day New Hampshire man chased somebody with a sword.....
Right. I'm from Michigan and after his diatribe, I quit watching. Yes, we have problems, but overall, there's a lot of great things going on here. Too bad only negative things get the attention.
He's talking about a foreigners reaction and knowledge to these places. He's not going to mention these things that aren't talked about outside the state itself.
Peyton Hamann I know I was watching he got to michigan and I was like of course we are the great lakes state so that’s most likely all he’ll know and he was like i’m yeah detroit and flint thank you for your time 🥴😂
As a New Yorker myself, I can tell you that New York took some land from Vermont. New York is like 95% farmland. New York is actually 90% republican in terms of counties, population wise though it’s mostly Democrat. It’s the only state which has towns named Rome and Carthage next to each other. Other towns nearby are named Mexico, Poland, and Denmark. And if you say you’re from New York people immediately assume you’re from either NYC, Buffalo, or Syracuse. Also Kansas has a lot of history pre-civil war. It was a place of a lot of violence and conflict due to when it was becoming a state, congress gave it a choice to become either a slave state or free state. Northerners and slave owners poured into the state to try and flip the vote in their own favor to get more voting power over the other in congress. This time period of violence and fighting was known as Bleeding Kansas. In the end tho, Kansas became a free state. As soon as Kansas entered the US as a new state, South Carolina got salty and fed up with northerners seemingly getting preference from the us government that South Carolina left the union, followed by the other southern states which formed the confederation of states of America, which sparked the civil war..
If you say you’re from New York people will automatically assume NYC. You’d have to specify that you’re from upstate New York for them to think you’re from Buffalo or Syracuse
10:14 - I believed that 'up-state' New York is north of I-88. Later, I learned that to New York City people, up-state is anywhere north of Westchester and Rockland counties.
He also missed by far the most important fact, to a Brit, about Pennsylvania. Philadelphia was the first capitol of the rebellious colonies, that eventually became the USA. I should go learn about how the American Revolution is taught in British schools. I doubt their understanding of it is any better than that of most Americans.
He could have mentioned that Cleveland is home to the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame? Which is Awesome btw and loved the Arcade in Cleveland A Beautiful Building.
Tommy Rex it’s just a few key things for me like for instance when he said that Martin Luther King Jr. died in Alabama when he actually died in Memphis I just wish he would do a little more research
@@dylankennedy2575 I thought he wasn’t doing research though. He was just going off his general knowledge (which as a geography nerd is more than the average person)
You should have mentioned Detroit Michigan is Motown. Short for motor town because all the cars made there but Motown was a center for an entire genre of music for decades. Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, Lionel Ritchie and many, many more legends of American music
"Philadelphia mostly famous for tv shows" LOL... that's where the declaration of Independence was signed and was the seat of the continental congress until Washington DC was built...
You keep saying “depopulated” which suggests the states were once populated, and then became depopulated. For the most part, the states you mention as depopulated are actually sparsely populated, and always have been.
Some of them actually are depopulated. North Dakota had a lower population in 2010 than it did in 1930. But, that's turned around with the oil boom. And it will probably turn around again with the inevitable oil bust, whenever that happens.
Ok, this is a really late comment, but I just have a couple things to say: 1. New Jersey is actually well known for having no sales tax on clothing. 2. If you ever decide to actually spend some time in Connecticut, go to New Haven and get yourself some pizza. Connecticut used to get a lot of Italian immigrants, so the pizza there is really good.
Toycat I swear if you don’t say anything about Maryland’s crabs and/or how it’s shaped like a gun, I will personally throw you into the Chesapeake. After watching the video I can now say I am extremely disappointed in you Toycat.
If it’s any consolation, New Jersey apparently smells and doesn’t have any big cities; I am sure Newark and Jersey City will be surprised to learn how they really are not big.
I had no idea the rest of the world had such a negative opinion of Detroit. I've been there multiple times and have only gotten mugged twice. Well not counting the time I got pickpocketed and there was that other time where someone stole my car..... (I'm joking btw)
Ah yes, Detroit... driving through to get somewhere else I got pulled over going 15-20 over the speed limit. The cop told me "Sir, you're a traffic hazard. Either speed up, or get off the road." Then he let me go. Fun place.
My husband and I went to a convention in Detroit. There was a line of cops on the sidewalk around the convention center, spaced about 10 feet apart standing in the "at ease" position. The one I talked to mentioned he was assigned to be there in order to protect those of us from out of town. He told me to "Have a nice time."
"I don't know if Nashville is a music city or not..." Kelly Clarkson, Taylor Swift, and Dolly Parton: *stares* (Also every where you go in Downtown Nashville has something to do with music)
Panos Economides hey we also got Gatlinburg which is what he was mentioning to but couldn’t find. And TN is pretty cool overall. You just gotta be here.
I have lived in both of these cities, Phoenix and Las Vegas, and can say that yes, footwear has a very short lifespan in both places if you spend much time outside on your feet. 🌞🤯✌️
I live in Texas and something we get hotter than Arizona cause I live in the northern part and if Texas and today it was 108 degrees and then I checked Arizona and it was 107 I was surprised but I want to live in Arizona cause I want to see the Grand Canyon
@@lauracordova2085 yeah I think Texas is worst when it comes to heat (atleast in east tx) because it is soooooo humid and it like living g in a hot swamp.
And selling booze at gas stations. I used to live and work on the border of WV in PA. Wed drive to WV on lunch breaks to buy booze since PA has that fucked beer drive in and liquor store thing. Love pepperoni rolls though. I still make them on holidays even though I haven't lived there in over 10 years
Yeah I wish he mentioned West Virginia more or at least pepperoni rolls. I mean we've got some cool stuff like niagra falls and down in charleston there is a candle store or atleat I think its a candle store that is connected to a bar with an axe throwing range. That's cool right
At the very least, the context here is that he's British, and the British Isles aren't that big to begin with, so even a midsized state like New York would seem massive to him by comparison.
@@aaronlefebre5060 right, this whole thing is a myth, in the UK we are quite able to compare relative sizes of countries. If there's any country we're always taken at how big it is it would be France, our neighbours. I think what he meant was, people think of New York as just the city and don't realise it's a massive state as well. And when I say people I mean his 10 year old target audience.
It makes sense for a desolate wasteland to be large like Siberia, but normally a state with a major city such as New York would be small because the population is so densely located. It is a meme that you, an American don't realise that.
As someone who lives in Grand Rapids, I can confirm that the only time we talk about Detroit is to make fun of it or be thankful that we don't live in Detroit.
I think that Americans associate states with food more. Washington produces most sweet apples, if you have eaten a sandwich, you have eaten food (wheat) from North Dakota, if you eat instant potatoes, they probably came from Idaho, a plains state adapted to grow potatoes. And Iowa is the corn state.
"i don't think i've heard anything about texas." "It's a pretty small state, i don't think you've ever heard about it. It's got some pretty small cities." *Sad Texan noises*
Kaddywompous well elvis didn’t invent rock and roll, just became the face of it. And elvis is awesome but theres so much more history in the rest of the us that the “cradle of rock and roll” really isnt a big deal
California: Mexican history, Mexican food and population. Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Dutch culture, Amish capital (Lancaster). Ohio: Cleveland Rocks! (The Drew Carey Show), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 2nd largest Amish population. Nevada: Area 51, Nellis AFB. New Mexico: Roswell Incident, Mexican history, culture and population. Florida: Huge variety of fauna, Keys, so many sinkholes, alligators everywhere. Puerto Rican culture, population and food. Idaho: Really good potatoes. Texas: Mexican, culture, history, population and food.
That's because the American Education System focuses on "We're the best!" And doesn't teach you about the rest of the world. The most you'll learn is stereotypes.
@@ohmygodsomeeaan6020 You're pretty dumb actually, most of these "foreignors on America" vids are the most basic shit. Whereas this guy actually knows/has been to/studied America thoroughly. Then there are idiots like you that just watch RUclips videos, American movies and just parrot nonsense hahaha. I'm European btw (have been to U.S. for years) and your comment is the perfect showcase of a moron that doesn't know anything about a place they've never been
@@A.S.28 I dont like Washington state because it is boring but I do like California and Texas and Florida. I don't like New York/new Jersey because its dirty and full of rats. I love new Orleans ☺️
@@ohmygodsomeeaan6020 I don't quite agree. I learned plenty about other nations in school, but hell, there's still 49 other individual states to learn about right here too. I really don't have stereotypes except for a few countries we poke fun at. The majority are free of such silliness. School is NOT supposed to teach you everything ! Where the hell do people get that stupid idea ? SCHOOL TEACHES YOU HOW TO LEARN SO YOU CAN TEACH YOURSELF THINGS ! They teach the basics of subjects, getting more involved as the students get older. By the time they reach college/graduate high school they are expected to have mastered those skills and can learn about the world at their leisure if interested. PS - I doubt anyone really means "We're the best" until they've traveled and realize just how hard life can be in other countries.
Easy now Michigan! You've only got 4 Great Lakes on your border.....don't try and claim Lake Ontario, and you barely touch Erie. That belongs to Ohio! haha I'm being facetious, I'm an Ohioan and like to playfully banter with my neighbor to the North. I know what you're saying though, Michigan is way more than Detroit to us who know it well. Hopefully he visits someday to change his outlook on it.
@@Miller1989 actually Michigan borders 37+ miles of Lake Erie which borders more states than any other great lake, so there are 5 great lakes bordering it anyway, and Detroit is doing very good if you actually visit it has cool abandoned places.
@@FinlayHamm Indeed, I did say Michigan borders Lake Erie, I only joked and said it barely touches Erie so it doesn't really count (again, jokingly). But Erie included it still only is only 4 of the Great Lakes on Michigan's borders. It was all in good fun though I wasn't really trying to be a know it all. Michigan is great, I agreed with you. Love it and it's people.
This was fascinating as an American in his 40s who's traveled to 35 states. I have friends in their early 20s who I'm going to show this to. For Americans traveling to other states and time zones is close to international travel due to the cultural and land differences, and it's a perennial rite of passage for lucky or foolish young folks, a lot to learn in the difference between the state you grew up with and the many others.
Ah, I've been to only about 8 those being Florida, Georgia, New York, North and South Carolina, Kansas, Texas, and Maine. And I really wanna go to Alaska.
I do have to say you have a very nice travel bureau on US 71 at the state line. I rode US 71 from Sioux Rapids Iowa to Texarkana and stopped there for a break on my way into the state.
@@jefpeanutbutter3094 Nah. I just hate Harrison... what with the "White Rights" thing they like to promote. I live in Conway, so pretty big for Arkansas, pretty small for USA. Three colleges in one city!
I’m from Russia, but my favourite state is Utah 🇺🇸 because of the gun inventor named John Browning. He created the 50 BMG, the 1911 pistol and the 1897 trench gun and my favourite the M2 50 Cal machine gun.
Well, I guess...that's something to be proud of... Personally, as a (transplanted) Utahn, my favourite thing about the state is the nature. The majestic mountains, the harsh scrubland deserts, the dramatic and weird rock formations, the awesome dinosaur/prehistoric creature fossils and the forests and canyons. But that's just me. :)
Scott Meriwether No, I’m Russian sir. When I was in the Soviet military, fighting in Afghanistan, I was shot across the chest 4 times. I got medically discharged, a few years later the Soviet Union ended. I was disappointed the country I had fought for, had ended. In 1992 I lived in the USA, specifically Florida. I missed my homeland, and in 1996 I returned to Russia where I remain today. Being in the service gave me great interest in firearms, I later cam across the works of John browning. And later read, about his home state Utah. Have a good day. :)
36:08 With that in mind, you would be pleased to hear that I had to go for like half a year or more without a functional AC because mine broke and my family was too frugal to get it fixed. Used a table fan for that entire time.
I can't believe Kansas was talked about without bringing up The Wizard of Oz. Whenever I have to tell someone about where I live, they're just like "oh, like in The Wizard of Oz?"
DID HE JUST SAY EAST VIRGINIA?! 😂😂 Apparently nobody got the joke here, the joke was that virginia doesn't exist, and it is instead called east virginia.
Yes he did. I'm from Virginia and enjoyed that. And the CIA is in Langley that is a community of McLean. Fun fact I've delivered pizzas there while I worked at Papa John's.
I've loved American History since I was a child and this guy really could have done better if he would have just done a little reading...he took the piss with half of what he was saying. F-minus.
Realistically, the rest of the world doesn’t care about American History courses. I’m sure if you ask a random person from across the pond when the Dust Bowl happened, or when were all the civil rights marches, or when the US declared independence; I’m sure they wouldn’t be able to tell you. Unfortunately, I’m sure some Americans cannot answer those questions either.
This was very interesting. I'm Brazilian, but, live in the US. I found what you knew about most states to be similar to what I had heard about them before moving to the US. After living here for over 3 decades, I now have pretty much the same perspective about US states as most Americans do. So, hearing a Foreigner's perception brought back a lot of memories. Much thanks to the video.
Martin Luther King Jr. was neither was born or shot in Alabama lol. We are quite famous for events involving civil rights though so I'll give you a pass.
Mayne Vermont is popular for skiing for people on the east coast and maybe south, but I've never heard of it. I'm from Washington State and the states I associate with skiing are Washington, Alaska, and Colorado.
As a michigander I will agree that the press coverage we get here is mostly negative and is mostly about Detroit and Flint, but our state is pretty great other than those aforementioned issues, the views and lake fishing here is awesome. The most funny thing is that flint doesn't have clean water yet the state it's in is surrounded by fresh water lakes
Ways to recognize a few states by shape and objects around it... Idaho (shaped kinda like an "I") Michigan (shaped like a mitten) Mississippi (the Mississippi river borders down its left) New Hampshire (shaped like an n) Rhode Island ("road-island" meaning some land) Vermont (shaped like a V) New Jersey (shaped like a J) Ohio (shaped circular "an O") Indiana (shaped like an "I") Illinois (shaped like an "i" yet circular) Iowa (most circular and the shortest name) Utah (some what shaped as a "U") California (shaped like a "C") Arkansas (directly South East from Kansas) Maryland (shaped like an "M") Tennessee (long like the name) Louisiana (shaped like an "L")
Washington 1:02
Idaho 2:26
Montana 3:08
North Dakota 4:02
South Dakota 4:45
Minnesota 5:44
Wisconsin 7:02
Michigan 7:46
New York 9:14
Vermont 11:13
New Hampshire 11:58
Maine 12:43
Massachusetts 13:44
Rhode Island 14:30
Connecticut 15:12
Pennsylvania 17:02
New Jersey 18:37
Ohio 20:57
Indiana 21:58
Illinois 23:52
Iowa 25:47
Nebraska 26:41
Wyoming 27:15
Utah 28:09
Nevada 28:50
Oregon 30:39
California 31:09
Arizona 35:47
New Mexico 36:40
Colorado 37:02
Kansas 38:23
Missouri 38:52
Kentucky 39:34
West Virginia 39:44
Virginia 39:58
Maryland 40:27
Delaware 40:51
North Carolina 41:36
South Carolina 41:58
Tennessee 42:30
Arkansas 43:29
Mississippi 44:20
Louisiana 45:30
Alabama 46:33
Georgia 47:51
Florida 48:56
Oklahoma 50:51
Texas 51:19
Alaska 54:05
Hawaii 54:44
We need more people like you in the world. Thank you stranger on the internet
Oliver McWalters thank you
Thank you.
You are a legend. You watched the entire video just to give all of us timestamps. Thank you
A true hero o7
us americans just call the capital "dc"
Ar Nett literally just D.C.
Yeah especially up in Washington we just call it ‘DC’ no one ever says Washington it avoids confusion :)
I've always called it "Washington D.C.". Never just Washington, and never just D.C.
Washington isn't the only city/town in D.C. (Georgetown, etc.). That's why there's a comma between the two.
@@SWLinPHX Georgetown is a neighborhood in Washington DC
The most not-American thing about this video has to be the order that he chose to talk about them in
So weird he didnt start with Alabama hahah
THWB PPFFF IKR
I would have gone in alphabetical order... Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas.... I can’t remember the next one
North to south start In either main or Alaska and move down after you finish that row move to next row
Bobby A yea, or even by region. Like knocking New England, then the rest of the east coast, south(East), Midwest, southwest, etc.
@@orionsarrow1025 Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.
I believe i got them
As a lifelong Texan I can say Texans do not consider themselves as "southerners" but as Texans. It is it's own thing.
I’ve lived in Texas for a few years now. I’d say Texans would go so far as to call themselves Texans before even Americans; let alone “southerners”
I'm Georgian. Y'all are family even if we aren't sister states :)
Most southerners don't consider y'all southern either. You're just Texas. Somewhere between lost and found (east and west).
I am a native Texan and I believe that most people of Texas would call themselves Texans before they call Themselves southerners. I will always be a native Texan even if I now live in Ohio. Houston, Texas still holds a special place in my heart ❤️
as a sout- i mean texan i agree
Most states: Put something emotional on their signs
Rhode Island: *Enjoy it now, because it ends in about 200 yards*
Ethan R lol
"Don't blink"
Triple Viktor 😂right
I looked at the comments first and thought you were joking, until I watched the video
how did he not mention the Big Blue Bug
Everyone in Minnesota: we don’t have funny accents
The rest of the U.S: oh honey
Eliot Ebner we really don’t
NikoRecklezz Get money oh honey
I mean we do, it’s just our accent doesn’t actually sound like the stereotypical accent, which over exaggerates aspects of our accent. Like how we pronounce certain vowels, like o’s
Eliot Ebner, you folks DO have a funny accent. I'm from Arizona where we DON'T have a funny accent. I've been going there for the past 30 years to visit my favorite aunty in St. James. Don't get me wrong, I love going there and hitting the Twin Cities.
NikoRecklezz Get money oh honey
Idaho = Potato, That’s all I know and I live in the US
that’s all i know and i live in idaho
there’s a lot of camping/outdoor activities and farms/dairies. but yeah, potatoes.
Ore Ida potatoes
Oregon-Idaho
Lol yeah
Racool Idaho sounds kinda like Ohio so to be safe might as well slaughter them as well
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There are certain states that even Anericans are like, yeah, that state is a thing that exists
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Martin Luther King Jr was from Atlanta, Georgia, not Alabama. His home has been turned into a museum in Atlanta. It’s not as popular for visitors though as the aquarium (which is the world’s largest) or the World of Coke, but it’s a cool historical site.
Also, MLK died in Memphis, Tennessee. Again, not Alabama.
Plus MLK's grave and church are in Atlanta. Georgia is also the home of Coca-Cola and Jimmy Carter. And about a thousand famous musicians.
Georgia is a really nice place in general, The beaches are really good too.
I can’t believe someone talked about Idaho without bring up Potatoes
exactly my thought. I did a school project based on Idaho when I was in 4th grade.. Potato state hello!!
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MRKSSN Idaho is a huge state for potato growing they are known for that and pretty much it
On that same note I just realized he never mentioned Maple Syrup when talking about Vermont
I also am surprised that he didn't mention Yellowstone & the super volcano
Only foreigners call it “Washington” we locals just call it DC
Indeed. I've also heard locals call it "the District."
Larry Orr yeah especially when we in Maryland we be like... “going to the district” or “the city”
I live in maryland and I just refer to it as DC
Larry Orr I tend to call ist Washington DC
most americans just call it corrupt
Toycat is the first person I’ve seen to describe Idaho without mentioning potatoes.
Also you you better describe Indiana as corn, soy, and rv factories. The northern part at least.
The TV factories all moved to Asia decades ago
gotham61 Recreational Vehicles R.V.
@@peanutbutter6720 Ooops. Tiny text on my phone. But yes, Indiana at one time had TV factories, and was the headquarters of RCA.
gotham61 didn’t know that.
Do you live in the northern part? I live northeast
What’s hilarious is that Washington was almost called Columbia after the Columbia river, but the name was rejected in fear that it would be confused with the District of Columbia. So they called it Washington.
"Alabama, which is where MLK is from... but it's also where he was killed" MLK was from Georgia, was a pastor in Alabama, and was killed in Memphis, TN
Yeo he needs a fact check. How typical.
@@DrHugoZQuackenbush True, however the point of the video, and he caveats this at the beginning, is the impressions that a Brit has on US states, not what is actually true. If you know what others THINK about you, you can better understand them. Kind of like watching the Mandela Effect play out.
DrHugoZQuackenbush u missed the whole point of the video bud
Constantinople, 1054 Nope, just pointing out how wildly off he was, and deserving of mockery. I got the point that he didn’t know anything, and you missed the point about my mocking him.
Ok so Martin Luther King Jr was born in Atlanta, Georgia and was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. But it’s ok. You get a Britain pass.
Thank you for the correction, saved me from doing it.
yeah, but he was famous for leading the civil rights movement in/from Alabama. At least, that's how this Canadian first learned about him, and even though I know he was born in Georgia, I still associate him more with Alabama.
Jaylen Smith I’m from Atlanta. I was kinda mad ngl
@@ser132 He also spent time in jail in Birmingham.
He was also the paster at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama from 1954-1960 which is where he organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The church was actually renamed Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church in the early 1970s (I believe 1974 or 1973?) in memory of him. But yeah while he is probably most associated with Alabama for the work he did with Civil Rights he actually was born in Georgia and died in Tennessee.
The Washington vs Washington DC thing gets even weirder when you realize that Washington State was originally called the Columbia territory, and DC got the name “Washington” to avoid confusion between the two.
They really should just change the name of our state. And our flag. The name and flag are so damn confusing and boring.
@@brandon9172 Hard agree.
COOL GLAD THAT'S NOT CONFUSING AT ALL
Washington territory wanted to be called Columbia after the Columbia river, but was denied so as to not confuse with DC (District of Columbia), so the territory was named Washington. It was afterwards that DC got Washington added on to it.
@@brandon9172 Washington and Oregon should be annexed California
As a Hawaiian myself, the reason we have a British flag on our flag is to symbolize the friendship of the British and Hawaiians back then
"Yeah uhh... South Carolina, I can't name any reasons that make it so famous."
*Chuckles in starting the Civil War*
Minuda yea right pretty popular
Fort Sumter was the start of the Civil War!!!!!
Kelfost yea, Good ole Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina.
Minuda fort Sumter is a cool place to visit
*Chuckles in Mr. Beast*
The big northwestern states are not "de-populated." They were never populated, in the first place. Yeah, I am surprised people outside the country know about the electoral college map, and that the minimum number of votes a state gets is 3, while some get more based upon their population. Good upon you! BTW, Washington is the most common place name in the country. There are towns, counties, and streets called Washington all over the place. Father of our country, and all that.
I've noticed that in Europe, the US President for whom streets or other edifices are most frequently named over the past century is Woodrow Wilson.
Montana isn't really the Northwest. The Northwest is really just Washington and Oregon. A lot of people include Idaho and British Columbia in Canada. But Montana and Wyoming are very rarely considered Northwest. Very much in the same way Northern California could be considered NW. But just not really.
I'm pretty sure the most common street name is Main St
@@someidiot4570 Maybe so, but I wrote "place name," and gave examples including towns and counties. You know any towns or counties called "Main?"
@ALEXANDER CORTES 8 IIRC
It’s bad when Detroit isn’t even know for being the capital of automotives anymore...😬
Outsourcing has changed a lot of states. We keep reminding ourselves of a legacy we've delegated to other countries.
Detroit has been associated with crime for decades now
Someone in another comment brought up how Indiana was the capital of TV factories but nowadays they're all in Asia. Manufacturing jobs really have slipped away from the Midwest.
@@proxy4620 they don't call it the Rust Belt for nothing.
There's not really a capital any more. It's more like Ontario Canada
A friend of mine in Wales🏴 actually said it best that, in regards to military might and overall mentality, it could be said that the U.S.🇺🇸 is the son closest to the father🇬🇧. Canada🇨🇦 is the well-behaved first born but Uncle Sam is the rebellious son more like the father in his prime (which the father hates to admit😂).
Him: *complaining about Tenessee's spelling*
Also him: *Doesnt even mention Mississippi's spelling*
Mississippi is easy. Write Misisipi and double the consonants.
Gwen Walravens Mmississippi
@@wolving You are smarter than one of my teachers was... xD :-)
I didn’t even realize that Mississippi and Tennessee have the same number of repeated letters until he mentioned that
*West Virginia* split from *East Virginia* WTF.... Ok this whole video needs fact checking.....🤔
When he saids Northern Michigan doesn’t make geographical sense.
UK with Northern Ireland:😖😖😖
Jaylen Burns CRINGE!!!
I got annoyed with how he pronounced Michigan with the Mi(cht)igan and not Mi(sh)igan
Well, we got the Upper Peninsula because of the Toledo Strip War when those slimy Ohioans stole land from the Michigan Territory. When it came time for the Michigan Territory to become a state, the thieving Ohioans struck and claimed some of OUR land. The Governor of the Michigan Territory raised the Glorious Michigan Militia to defend our boarders. Each of our brave lads was easily a match for any ten members of that disorganized bandit gang of scum known as the Ohio Militia. The two forces started moving towards each other and met at the Maumee River. A great battle ensued and due to the superior nature of the Michigan Militia over the degenerates in the Ohio Militia, the Michigan forces suffered no casualties. Before the Michigan Militia could press their advantage, the US Army arrived and put an end to the war. Through various underhanded and dishonorable political shenanigans (I would not be surprised if bribery and extortion was involved as Ohioans by their very nature really are that low) Ohio was awarded the Toledo Strip. In compensation the Upper Peninsula was made a part of Michigan.
@@garygrant91 I know that, but I absolutely love how you said it. XD
The Upper Peninsula should just be part of Wisconsin
“I didn’t think Massachusetts was very important”
Jazz music stops
revolution drums start
*cries in Boston tea party*
most educated state in the nation btw not significant at all
*cries in Boston accent*
"Screams and commits tax fraud"
13:02 this almost happened to me before, I was staying with my dad in LA and when flying home to portland oregon I almost got on the plane to portland maine. Good thing they checked my boarding pass or I would be cold and sad in maine
"Sorry if you're a Michiganner..."
As a resident of Michigan, the term is Michgander. (Unless you're female, in which case it's Michigoose.)
I was bummed to hear all we are known for is our 3rd world city Detroit. We have the best water ways and fishing! Henry Ford? Motown?
Didnt mention cherries in the north, the jack pines, the lakes (as stated), The Toledo war lasting a single day, the Mackinac bridge, the vast population differences
from north to south, or the largely confusing demographic of the state.
FREAKING CARS. Also I wouldn't put the whole city Detroit as dangerous Downtown Detroit is so prettyyy in winter.
m i c h i g o o s e
Christopher Ver Hoef wtf
When your state isn't destroyed by Toycat but praised
*Laughs in Colorado*
Loved by foreigners, hated by citizens
It has the fastest decreasing population out of any state in the US because of people moving away
Arikian Colorado is gonna get another congressional district this decade. They are increasing in population.
Arikian people are moving TO Colorado. We have the fastest growing population of any state (% wise) and many locals hate it. That’s why the locals/natives here hate when people move here, especially Texans and Californians
Arikian wrong!
Florida is number 1 with incoming
New Jersey is number 1 out going followed by California Illinois Washington.... colorado is 17th for out migration!
Caleb Begly Florida is number 1 - 2018 with just over half a million incoming residents in 2018 and expected to be 2.6% higher for 2019.... Texas is 2 Arizona 3 Colorado is 4.
"except for hurricanes, they don't seem to mind about that" -florida
As a Floridian, that is,
*Absolutely correct*
my parents and Aunt/uncle sat in our garage during Irma with the door opening so they could watch and see if the tree fell down....
Well... Did a tree fall?
The news hypes everything. Not a Floridian but live here, from the huge unknown patch of land people forget is also NY. Been in Tampa 5 years. Hurricanes only damage the coastline
I'm from lousiana and when there's a hurricane everyone stocks up on beer so that's fun
@@ReidGarwin Hurricanes only damage the coastlines? Really? I'm from Korea and live in Japan now, and typhoons here can be equally devastating to inner mountainous areas (landslides, rapid flooding, etc).
@@kwj_nekko_6320 Japan is an island. A large island, but islands are surrounded by water, which means it is going to be vulnerable to typhoons. I am from the US speaking about the mainland, and I live in Florida and have for a few years. Inland damage is usually flooding by rain or tornados
I’ve been to Pittsburgh like a dozen times and it’s actually an amazing city to visit, b/c there’s literally so much things to do in it! I guess it was bad when it’s steel industry was at its highest and the pollution in the city was the worst in the country by far, but since it’s not as prominent now it’s a really beautiful and clean city. You should research more about it!
I was licensed by the commonwealth of PA. as a fight judge for ten years. Worked the majority of my fights in Pittsburgh. PITTSBURGH IS BEAUTIFUL!! If you want to see an incredible area of western Pennsylvania
go to the "north shore". It is incredible and makes you feel like you are in Europe. Clean with great views. I loved this part of Pittsburgh. I am from Cleveland.
Pittsburgh is also a top 30 city by metro population, it just seems smaller cause they only measure the very middle of the city in their population.
“Delaware is where everyone makes fun of in the United States”
Florida: Are You Challenging Me
no please dont start that.
Alabama: are you sure bout that
florida man-
Berry there is something worse
Yesterday a California man derailed a train to hit the navy hospital ship.
What if Florida man was just preparing us for what’s to come. Now we have California man and the other day New Hampshire man chased somebody with a sword.....
Who has the time to beef with Delaware?
Washington is almost 100% of the time referred to as “Washington State”
Washington = Washington
District of Columbia = Washington DC (or DC)
Finlay Hamm that works too
As someone who lives by DC, no one here ever calls it “Washington”, always “DC” or occasionally “Washington DC”.
The Nations capital is almost always said to be Washington, DC.
Yea, I was gonna say people call the capital, DC, and the state, Washington.
when Michigan's great lakes aren't even mentioned-
Or the car industry, or cereal, or really anything positive
Right. I'm from Michigan and after his diatribe, I quit watching. Yes, we have problems, but overall, there's a lot of great things going on here. Too bad only negative things get the attention.
He's talking about a foreigners reaction and knowledge to these places. He's not going to mention these things that aren't talked about outside the state itself.
I'm from Wisconsin and we want UP back
Peyton Hamann I know I was watching he got to michigan and I was like of course we are the great lakes state so that’s most likely all he’ll know and he was like i’m yeah detroit and flint thank you for your time 🥴😂
As a New Yorker myself, I can tell you that New York took some land from Vermont. New York is like 95% farmland. New York is actually 90% republican in terms of counties, population wise though it’s mostly Democrat. It’s the only state which has towns named Rome and Carthage next to each other. Other towns nearby are named Mexico, Poland, and Denmark. And if you say you’re from New York people immediately assume you’re from either NYC, Buffalo, or Syracuse.
Also Kansas has a lot of history pre-civil war. It was a place of a lot of violence and conflict due to when it was becoming a state, congress gave it a choice to become either a slave state or free state. Northerners and slave owners poured into the state to try and flip the vote in their own favor to get more voting power over the other in congress. This time period of violence and fighting was known as Bleeding Kansas. In the end tho, Kansas became a free state. As soon as Kansas entered the US as a new state, South Carolina got salty and fed up with northerners seemingly getting preference from the us government that South Carolina left the union, followed by the other southern states which formed the confederation of states of America, which sparked the civil war..
Don’t forget about the absolute giga-chad Kansas native by the name of John Brown. May his soul go marching on forevermore.
Bruh, give it back!
If you say you’re from New York people will automatically assume NYC. You’d have to specify that you’re from upstate New York for them to think you’re from Buffalo or Syracuse
10:14 - I believed that 'up-state' New York is north of I-88. Later, I learned that to New York City people, up-state is anywhere north of Westchester and Rockland counties.
How can u not mention The Wizard Of Oz or just tornadoes in general for Kansas
Or even Superman
Or President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
and he called it a southern state?
He also missed by far the most important fact, to a Brit, about Pennsylvania. Philadelphia was the first capitol of the rebellious colonies, that eventually became the USA. I should go learn about how the American Revolution is taught in British schools. I doubt their understanding of it is any better than that of most Americans.
....because it was filmed in Ithaca NY...and he is at best pretending to guess based off of cursory searches.
"if you live in Ohio, you matter"
*smiles*
"but not to British people sadly"
*...*
Too true. We don't even matter to the rest of America when it's not an election year.
He could have mentioned that Cleveland is home to the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame? Which is Awesome btw and loved the Arcade in Cleveland A Beautiful Building.
SSJ_ Jasonchev coulda mentioned how we set a river on fire
@@Zlinky.4220 Indeed
You guys try living in Arkansas
I mean, this is really impressive that he took the time to learn all this. As an American, much respect!!!
I couldn't agree with you more! How many of us could name as many things about England , or any other country, for that matter.
@@martinmalin3099 but there's still a handful who thinks it's not enough. That he should have done more reading about each state.
Tommy Rex it’s just a few key things for me like for instance when he said that Martin Luther King Jr. died in Alabama when he actually died in Memphis I just wish he would do a little more research
@@dylankennedy2575 I thought he wasn’t doing research though. He was just going off his general knowledge (which as a geography nerd is more than the average person)
You should have mentioned Detroit Michigan is Motown. Short for motor town because all the cars made there but Motown was a center for an entire genre of music for decades. Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, Lionel Ritchie and many, many more legends of American music
"Philadelphia mostly famous for tv shows" LOL... that's where the declaration of Independence was signed and was the seat of the continental congress until Washington DC was built...
Not to mention the saying "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"
LMAO I lived near Philadelphia until I moved south, and it makes me laugh at how he doesn’t know this.
vMufasa I don’t think that Washington DC was built...
@@g-force571 did you even read my comment? that's exactly what I said...
I think South Carolina has the lock on the whole rebellion thing, though.
Avoid confusion: It’s just “D.C.”
You keep saying “depopulated” which suggests the states were once populated, and then became depopulated. For the most part, the states you mention as depopulated are actually sparsely populated, and always have been.
Nit pick
God you sound like the giant nerd on Reddit that always corrects people for no reason.
Nathon Crosby nah I think it is important to know, more for non-US people
Some of them actually are depopulated. North Dakota had a lower population in 2010 than it did in 1930. But, that's turned around with the oil boom. And it will probably turn around again with the inevitable oil bust, whenever that happens.
@midgetydeath Many more cows than people in Vermont, I'm sure!
Ok, this is a really late comment, but I just have a couple things to say:
1. New Jersey is actually well known for having no sales tax on clothing.
2. If you ever decide to actually spend some time in Connecticut, go to New Haven and get yourself some pizza. Connecticut used to get a lot of Italian immigrants, so the pizza there is really good.
I’m so sad you didn’t mention the Boston tea party when talking about Massachusetts.
As a British person, I figured he danced around that bit of info just from a national pride stance lol.
I think he did that for a reason
SHOTS FIRED!
and failed to talk about independence hall in PA
ngl we learn very little about the revolutionary war, just a small footnote in our history
No one mentions how MLK jr isn’t from Alabama, he’s from Georgia
And he wasnt killed here either
@Oi m8 you got a loicense for that martin luther king jr.
Slipery Obama Bruh as a black person born in Atlanta and lives in Georgia, that hurt for real.
Deontaye Bryan it really does, even though I don’t live there anymore
He was born in Atlanta in i think 1929. And im not even American
Toycat I swear if you don’t say anything about Maryland’s crabs and/or how it’s shaped like a gun, I will personally throw you into the Chesapeake.
After watching the video I can now say I am extremely disappointed in you Toycat.
That’s what I was thinking, I live in Virginia , but I was still thinking he’d say something about crabs . I’ll help you through him in the Chesapeake
If it’s any consolation, New Jersey apparently smells and doesn’t have any big cities; I am sure Newark and Jersey City will be surprised to learn how they really are not big.
Eastern shore of Maryland boi
Toycat equals no. :(
Texas looks like a hand holding a derringer
Buffalo is actually the second most populated city in New York I think
me: lives in usa
toycat: knows more about america than me
xXSpace PandaXx7 he didn’t even know what the capital of Nebraska is
@@VBN59Z Yeah well nobody but people in Nebraska care about Nebraska.
@@insideblankoutside Lincoln Nebraska bich
Im from America and i think i know more about Europe than America
@@mroof523 so what? I had to look that up because I've never fucking heard about it lol
I had no idea the rest of the world had such a negative opinion of Detroit. I've been there multiple times and have only gotten mugged twice. Well not counting the time I got pickpocketed and there was that other time where someone stole my car.....
(I'm joking btw)
Yeah you were definetly in detroit
Ah yes, Detroit... driving through to get somewhere else I got pulled over going 15-20 over the speed limit. The cop told me "Sir, you're a traffic hazard. Either speed up, or get off the road." Then he let me go. Fun place.
Yea, same with Pittsburgh. Like what did Pittsburgh do :(
18:05 btw
You can't have shit in Detroit
My husband and I went to a convention in Detroit. There was a line of cops on the sidewalk around the convention center, spaced about 10 feet apart standing in the "at ease" position. The one I talked to mentioned he was assigned to be there in order to protect those of us from out of town. He told me to "Have a nice time."
When he didn’t mention Hershey for Pennsylvania i was mad not gonna lie
Reagan’s Place as a philly kid I have to agree
Hershey isn't loved by foreigners so I doubt they would care for it lmao
I’m from Philadelphia and I didn’t think about it. Was expecting an Amish reference though
@@andrewptob I was kind of expecting it from Pennsylvania and Ohio
@@aidans5972 Yes, Ohio as well! I often forget there are Amish in Ohio, too
Fun Fact: Venice, Italy has about 400 bridges, while Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has about 446
"I don't know if Nashville is a music city or not..."
Kelly Clarkson, Taylor Swift, and Dolly Parton: *stares*
(Also every where you go in Downtown Nashville has something to do with music)
DannyLight he’s very sarcastic and dry about it. It’s a Brit thing. 😂
DannyLight not good music
Lol country music is shit
DannyLight Tennessee is only useful for being Andrew Jackson’s home state
Panos Economides hey we also got Gatlinburg which is what he was mentioning to but couldn’t find. And TN is pretty cool overall. You just gotta be here.
boogerface111111111 I can think of two good things about Tennessee, Andrew Jackson and it isn’t to the west of the Louisiana purchase
Phoenix: The only city that melts your boots to the sidewalk.
My shoes melted in Vegas
I have lived in both of these cities, Phoenix and Las Vegas, and can say that yes, footwear has a very short lifespan in both places if you spend much time outside on your feet. 🌞🤯✌️
I live in Texas and something we get hotter than Arizona cause I live in the northern part and if Texas and today it was 108 degrees and then I checked Arizona and it was 107 I was surprised but I want to live in Arizona cause I want to see the Grand Canyon
@@lauracordova2085 yeah I think Texas is worst when it comes to heat (atleast in east tx) because it is soooooo humid and it like living g in a hot swamp.
Jim Jam yeah but I still love it here even though it’s hot
Says Michigan is famous for Flint and Detroit me: cries in great lakes
at at same ;(
at at ik
Me: cries in the mitten
He forgot that is the auto capitol.
Ngl I always think of this one alien show I saw about the Great Lakes that took place in Michigan whenever I think of Michigan
I like how he finds the city of New London weird, but there is literally a city in Canada called London, which is even weirder
"Texas is a very small state"
*ArE yOu suRe aBouT tHAt*
it was sarcasm
Anyone else skip to the part about Texas and not watch the rest🖐🏻
@@josephwebb5663 nah I went for Delaware
@@Timotimo101 it was a joke
@@Dubz0408 that's why I said it was sarcasm; I took it as a sarcastic joke; it's all good
Me: waiting for my state, West Virginia
Gets 14 seconds about coal and country roads
*Cries in pepperoni rolls*
Fun fact people really love their cousins there for some reason.
And selling booze at gas stations. I used to live and work on the border of WV in PA. Wed drive to WV on lunch breaks to buy booze since PA has that fucked beer drive in and liquor store thing.
Love pepperoni rolls though. I still make them on holidays even though I haven't lived there in over 10 years
Yeah I wish he mentioned West Virginia more or at least pepperoni rolls. I mean we've got some cool stuff like niagra falls and down in charleston there is a candle store or atleat I think its a candle store that is connected to a bar with an axe throwing range. That's cool right
I almost forgot the guy that created rocket fuel is from West Virginia so that's another cool fact
West Virginia also has moth man
British dude: "New York is ridiculously oversized state."
Texas, Montana, Alaska: ::FACEPALM::
It's like small compared to 50% of America
Don't forget California. And basically every Western State. They're fucking giant.
At the very least, the context here is that he's British, and the British Isles aren't that big to begin with, so even a midsized state like New York would seem massive to him by comparison.
@@aaronlefebre5060 right, this whole thing is a myth, in the UK we are quite able to compare relative sizes of countries. If there's any country we're always taken at how big it is it would be France, our neighbours. I think what he meant was, people think of New York as just the city and don't realise it's a massive state as well. And when I say people I mean his 10 year old target audience.
It makes sense for a desolate wasteland to be large like Siberia, but normally a state with a major city such as New York would be small because the population is so densely located. It is a meme that you, an American don't realise that.
As someone who lives in Grand Rapids, I can confirm that the only time we talk about Detroit is to make fun of it or be thankful that we don't live in Detroit.
Toycat: "We'll start at the top left."
Me: "I live in Florida." 🙁
Me too...
yall crazy(jk i have family there dont sue me plz)
Bro Saaaaaame! I live in Gainesville!!! XD
Aye Orlando here
Parrish Florida here gang gang
Toycat: Montana is of no significance
Me: *cries in copper*
Edit: You also got down on MT's homey Idaho, and their potatoes are great. 🇺🇸
Aiden Krause also Montana is very pretty with the mountains
Yeah RIP Idaho
I live in Montana and therefore, it is the best state with the most flawless population. That's a science fact.
Five Guys only uses Idaho potatoes
uh i live in MT and i gotta say its far from heaven :P
“Its always sunny in Philadelphia”
*laughs in eagle*
Logan Young kitten mittens
I think that Americans associate states with food more. Washington produces most sweet apples, if you have eaten a sandwich, you have eaten food (wheat) from North Dakota, if you eat instant potatoes, they probably came from Idaho, a plains state adapted to grow potatoes. And Iowa is the corn state.
Toycat: "geographic continuity is important"
Alaska: INTENSE SWEATING
Hawaii: INTENSER SWEATING
The Bunch of random islands and Territories America as spread out around
"i don't think i've heard anything about texas."
"It's a pretty small state, i don't think you've ever heard about it. It's got some pretty small cities."
*Sad Texan noises*
Lily The Texan same
Cries tears of the Alamo
Seems this guy isn't familiarized with Houston
@@coindorni and San Antonio, but yes, mostly Houston
Nah, it's ok fam. Texas doesn't need anyone else. We'll just succeed and go make our own country.....again
"Mississippi isn't really known for much"
*Cries in Blues and Elvis Presley*
Eli Jackson i thought elvis was from Tennessee?
@@Marquisla he was born in Tupelo, Mississippi and moved to Memphis when he was about 13 or so
The Mississippi delta was only the cradle of rock n roll. No big deal.
Kaddywompous well elvis didn’t invent rock and roll, just became the face of it. And elvis is awesome but theres so much more history in the rest of the us that the “cradle of rock and roll” really isnt a big deal
Johnathan White He wasn’t talking about “the rest of the US” in this instance, he was talking about Mississippi and in that context it is a big deal.
California: Mexican history, Mexican food and population.
Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Dutch culture, Amish capital (Lancaster).
Ohio: Cleveland Rocks! (The Drew Carey Show), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 2nd largest Amish population.
Nevada: Area 51, Nellis AFB.
New Mexico: Roswell Incident, Mexican history, culture and population.
Florida: Huge variety of fauna, Keys, so many sinkholes, alligators everywhere. Puerto Rican culture, population and food.
Idaho: Really good potatoes.
Texas: Mexican, culture, history, population and food.
this is the second time this month a youtuber has roasted my state and im ok with it
What is it
@@splassh5693 south carolina lol
California?
@@philipthedragon8172 bruh just move to north carolina, the weathers better up here😂💀
@@Obinnto im sure it is, no where should be this warm mid january
I'm surprised he knows anything at all about some states. I couldn't talk about the UK as well.
That's because the American Education System focuses on "We're the best!" And doesn't teach you about the rest of the world. The most you'll learn is stereotypes.
@@ohmygodsomeeaan6020 You're pretty dumb actually, most of these "foreignors on America" vids are the most basic shit. Whereas this guy actually knows/has been to/studied America thoroughly. Then there are idiots like you that just watch RUclips videos, American movies and just parrot nonsense hahaha. I'm European btw (have been to U.S. for years) and your comment is the perfect showcase of a moron that doesn't know anything about a place they've never been
@@A.S.28 I dont like Washington state because it is boring but I do like California and Texas and Florida. I don't like New York/new Jersey because its dirty and full of rats. I love new Orleans ☺️
Hell I can’t even talk about US that well and I’m from there! Lol I just didn’t care much about American history
@@ohmygodsomeeaan6020 I don't quite agree. I learned plenty about other nations in school, but hell, there's still 49 other individual states to learn about right here too. I really don't have stereotypes except for a few countries we poke fun at. The majority are free of such silliness. School is NOT supposed to teach you everything ! Where the hell do people get that stupid idea ? SCHOOL TEACHES YOU HOW TO LEARN SO YOU CAN TEACH YOURSELF THINGS ! They teach the basics of subjects, getting more involved as the students get older. By the time they reach college/graduate high school they are expected to have mastered those skills and can learn about the world at their leisure if interested. PS - I doubt anyone really means "We're the best" until they've traveled and realize just how hard life can be in other countries.
* talks about Michigan and Detroit *
* doesn't mention 5 great lakes surrounding it *
(also people from Michigan are Michiganders)
It's sad that everyone says Michigan? Oh yeah! That's the place where you can't drink tap water!
Easy now Michigan! You've only got 4 Great Lakes on your border.....don't try and claim Lake Ontario, and you barely touch Erie. That belongs to Ohio! haha I'm being facetious, I'm an Ohioan and like to playfully banter with my neighbor to the North. I know what you're saying though, Michigan is way more than Detroit to us who know it well. Hopefully he visits someday to change his outlook on it.
He forgot the u.p. =(
@@Miller1989 actually Michigan borders 37+ miles of Lake Erie which borders more states than any other great lake, so there are 5 great lakes bordering it anyway, and Detroit is doing very good if you actually visit it has cool abandoned places.
@@FinlayHamm Indeed, I did say Michigan borders Lake Erie, I only joked and said it barely touches Erie so it doesn't really count (again, jokingly). But Erie included it still only is only 4 of the Great Lakes on Michigan's borders. It was all in good fun though I wasn't really trying to be a know it all. Michigan is great, I agreed with you. Love it and it's people.
This was fascinating as an American in his 40s who's traveled to 35 states. I have friends in their early 20s who I'm going to show this to. For Americans traveling to other states and time zones is close to international travel due to the cultural and land differences, and it's a perennial rite of passage for lucky or foolish young folks, a lot to learn in the difference between the state you grew up with and the many others.
Which states have you traveled to?
@@Luxy_Gamin never been to the central south or southeast and no Hawaii, Alaska or California
Ah, I've been to only about 8 those being Florida, Georgia, New York, North and South Carolina, Kansas, Texas, and Maine. And I really wanna go to Alaska.
Toycat:Oregon is very gay
San Francisco: Am I a joke to you?
JTHudd I can’t tell if you’re joking or not.
San Fran is rich gay, Portland is liberal gay, and Seattle is socialist gay. Thank you for coming to my ted talk.
@@SuicidalLaughter I also noticed that he seems to think the Eastern parts of these states are as liberal as the coasts. SO not true!
Atlanta: Hold my dick
On the DL tho bro
SuicidalLaughter I love you
Toycat: California is a very Liberal State
Every Californian North of the Bay Area: Well yes, but actually no
Yes
As a Californian I can say it’s just every californian outside of the cities haha
Washington is also a very liberal state
Me living in the la area
Help, I'm a stranded trump supporting conservative
Apex Playya yeah no, just seattle buddy. in fact we are so anti liberal here in the east that we want to split our state in half.
37:45 we became the thousand mile high city after weed was legalized
The Fargo TV show was actually filmed in Canada...
"I believe Idaho has a lot of snow"
Me looking out my window at the 3 feet
Of snow on my super long driveway I have to shovel tomorrow. "You dont say"
...when your city is only known for Walmart... yes I live in bentonville, yes I live by 4 walmarts.
Springdale the home of Tyson.
i’ve got a question from one arkansan to another. does everybody else hate jonesboro? is that a thing?
I do have to say you have a very nice travel bureau on US 71 at the state line. I rode US 71 from Sioux Rapids Iowa to Texarkana and stopped there for a break on my way into the state.
How could he not know Johnny Cash was from Arkansas? Maybe he just doesn't like music.
@@jefpeanutbutter3094 Nah. I just hate Harrison... what with the "White Rights" thing they like to promote. I live in Conway, so pretty big for Arkansas, pretty small for USA. Three colleges in one city!
I’m from Russia, but my favourite state is Utah 🇺🇸 because of the gun inventor named John Browning. He created the 50 BMG, the 1911 pistol and the 1897 trench gun and my favourite the M2 50 Cal machine gun.
Well, I guess...that's something to be proud of...
Personally, as a (transplanted) Utahn, my favourite thing about the state is the nature. The majestic mountains, the harsh scrubland deserts, the dramatic and weird rock formations, the awesome dinosaur/prehistoric creature fossils and the forests and canyons. But that's just me. :)
Дмитрий Лебедев so what are you into? Jk don’t shoot me. 😆
Damn...are you sure you're not American?
Scott Meriwether No, I’m Russian sir. When I was in the Soviet military, fighting in Afghanistan, I was shot across the chest 4 times. I got medically discharged, a few years later the Soviet Union ended. I was disappointed the country I had fought for, had ended. In 1992 I lived in the USA, specifically Florida. I missed my homeland, and in 1996 I returned to Russia where I remain today. Being in the service gave me great interest in firearms, I later cam across the works of John browning. And later read, about his home state Utah. Have a good day. :)
@@erichkaufmann5284 what is your opinion of the society union now?
36:08 With that in mind, you would be pleased to hear that I had to go for like half a year or more without a functional AC because mine broke and my family was too frugal to get it fixed. Used a table fan for that entire time.
I like how he doesn’t talk about how Minnesota has the biggest mall on the USA
With a mini amusement park in it.
I don't know a single person irl that knows that and isn't from Minnesota.
@@kahlangunning923 I was from Wisconsin but now live in Texas.
It is kind of sad he doesn’t mention that
@@kahlangunning923 I knew that and the only time I have spent in Minnesota was in the airport.
Don’t ask me why I know all the states without sales tax, Oregon, Delaware, New Hampshire, Montana, and Alaska.
SuperPlayz you used the area code online so you didn’t have to pay tax
I know about Oregon because I'm from Washington and cross the border to evade sales tax
Classic tax evasion
Montana is pretty freaking awesome. I mean with the combination of no sales tax, being beautiful, and me, its pretty great
and Nebraska !
I think. when I lived in Iowa everyone went to Nebraska for cigarettes and beer because they were tax free
Me: lives in America
Also me: wondering why I am watching a British dude talk about my country as if he knows anything about it.
Sin he does know stuff tho
@@sqrzii But how much of it does he actually know off the top of his head w/o notes and using the internet?
Logan D no one knows? so what tho?
@@sqrziiyou're right. I also just wanted to see how you'd respond
@@logand840 ah fair enough
I can't believe Kansas was talked about without bringing up The Wizard of Oz. Whenever I have to tell someone about where I live, they're just like "oh, like in The Wizard of Oz?"
Can't believe I watched all of this ffs. Didn't realise it was an hour long
NovaBot holy shit your right
I didn't even realize it was an hour long. I watched it all.
It’s
DID HE JUST SAY EAST VIRGINIA?! 😂😂
Apparently nobody got the joke here, the joke was that virginia doesn't exist, and it is instead called east virginia.
Yes he did. I'm from Virginia and enjoyed that. And the CIA is in Langley that is a community of McLean. Fun fact I've delivered pizzas there while I worked at Papa John's.
🎶EAST VIRGINIA TAKE ME HOME🎶
yep.
i’m from east virginia apparently, and the pentagon is also here
I love Rhode Island’s sign “Enjoy it now, because it ends in about 200 yards” 😂
Let's be fair and admit to the fact that 99% of us Brits only can name 3 of the States : New York, Los Angeles & Disneyland...
I'm from Virginia and he's from the UK and he didn't once mention Jamestown
I've loved American History since I was a child and this guy really could have done better if he would have just done a little reading...he took the piss with half of what he was saying. F-minus.
He must never have heard of Pocahontas.
@@VideoSaySo he did say this video was just all about his impressions of each state. He never said this is about history and facts of each state.
Realistically, the rest of the world doesn’t care about American History courses. I’m sure if you ask a random person from across the pond when the Dust Bowl happened, or when were all the civil rights marches, or when the US declared independence; I’m sure they wouldn’t be able to tell you. Unfortunately, I’m sure some Americans cannot answer those questions either.
@@andrewhiggins8193 very true, great US educational system we have
“Colorado - weed, snow, and Denver.” Yeah pretty much on the money.
Yep
From Denver, I can confirm this.
Ian Nelson Denver gang
as a Colorado high schooler, i can confirm half of my friends do weed and the other half ski. good times.
Dennis S a lot of the skiers do weed 😂
47:10 Correction - Martin Luther King is from Atlanta, GA and was killed in Memphis, TN.
yeah. I'm in Alabama. I listened to all the other states, surprised by how much he knows. Disappointed he had Alabama info wrong.
@@tinatidmore3809 That and incest. Not a thing, just a false narrative. But then, we don't have a Royal Family, either.
@@DavefMCT that’s a Reddit joke that’s gone international lol
He was spot on about Illinois execpt for the corn
and the pumpkins
This was very interesting. I'm Brazilian, but, live in the US. I found what you knew about most states to be similar to what I had heard about them before moving to the US. After living here for over 3 decades, I now have pretty much the same perspective about US states as most Americans do. So, hearing a Foreigner's perception brought back a lot of memories. Much thanks to the video.
As a Minnesotan, I'm glad you knew nothing about Wisconsin or Iowa.
Ha same
Agreed
Underrated comment
Yeah screw them!
You have/ known somone whith swidish heritage? Fellow swed here
Martin Luther King Jr. was neither was born or shot in Alabama lol. We are quite famous for events involving civil rights though so I'll give you a pass.
Bars
Thank you! Us Atlantans will take him back! 🍑
I guess MLK was in SELMA... LMAO There is an Alabama connection.
yea he was shot in memphis, ive been there
And your symbol is a jar of Mayo?
British guy: colony colony colony oh haven’t heard of that colony
Mayne Vermont is popular for skiing for people on the east coast and maybe south, but I've never heard of it.
I'm from Washington State and the states I associate with skiing are Washington, Alaska, and Colorado.
Maybe ?
Just an FYI, Kansas City is in both Kansas and Missouri.
It's so confusing lol
I thought it's 2 different cities
Eduardo Montes de Oca: they are as they are in 2 different states, but they are Right next door to each other.
@@TheCrazierz they are separated by State Line Road
I liked Kansas City.
As I drove through quickly getting outta there.
“Michigan is a weird state”
*michiganders didn’t like that*
I'm from Michigan and honestly I agree
Ohioans liked that
Michaela Bridges well obviously not I’m from England and didn’t know
I’m from michigan and it made me so frustrated every time he pronounced it mitch-igin
Mackinac island fudge is also pretty popular elsewhere
I started this video in 2019 and finished it in 2020
Now that’s a long video
Nice
You spent your New Years watching this?! 🙃
Ben and Jerry's has a SHOP in Burlington, but it's made in Waterberry
Him: Texas really small you probably never heard
Any Texan: I N E R A G G R E S S I O N
R A G E
any1 else: :0
As a michigander I will agree that the press coverage we get here is mostly negative and is mostly about Detroit and Flint, but our state is pretty great other than those aforementioned issues, the views and lake fishing here is awesome. The most funny thing is that flint doesn't have clean water yet the state it's in is surrounded by fresh water lakes
I live in pa but ive been to Michigan a few times and its definitely one of my favorite states. People just focus to much on the lower peninsula
Nantucket
Picture This and the whole LP isn’t that bad it is just those 2 city’s he mentioned
@@mr.madpixel5992 yeah, I wish he would have mentioned the UP and our capital
Couldn't he afFORD to mention something about Michigan besides how DODGEy a place Detroit is, for CHRYSLER's sake?!?! (No, I'm not from MI.)
When he said Kentucky is famous for one thing I was thinking bourbon and horse racing not KFC
Same
I was thinking the Louisville slugger
Or basketball. Bourbon, basketball, horses are the big three in some order. I don't know any Kentuckians who identify with the KFC thing.
That's because they've slapped up KFC restaurants around the world. So he's more than likely seen KFC before. Probably not horse racing.
it's funny how Kentucky is known for KFC even though KFC started in Utah.
Ways to recognize a few states by shape and objects around it...
Idaho (shaped kinda like an "I")
Michigan (shaped like a mitten)
Mississippi (the Mississippi river borders down its left)
New Hampshire (shaped like an n)
Rhode Island ("road-island" meaning some land)
Vermont (shaped like a V)
New Jersey (shaped like a J)
Ohio (shaped circular "an O")
Indiana (shaped like an "I")
Illinois (shaped like an "i" yet circular)
Iowa (most circular and the shortest name)
Utah (some what shaped as a "U")
California (shaped like a "C")
Arkansas (directly South East from Kansas)
Maryland (shaped like an "M")
Tennessee (long like the name)
Louisiana (shaped like an "L")