The next state up will be Massachusetts. If you're from Massachusetts, please respond to this comment with any information you'd like to include about you're home state!
Carter: I so appreciate your work on these videos. My only concern with the long time between videos was that something happened to prevent you from continuing this ambitious project. The maps are most excellent and I'm sure collecting the photos was time consuming. As a Westerner (west of the Mississippi River), my previous introduction to the Eastern seaboard states was through my 1950-something junior high history class. This brings me up-to-date and more aware of details, especially the indigenous populations.
I’m a Massachusetts native so I have a few fun facts to help you out I’m a real fan of the channel and am excited to see a video on my home state so here are some fun facts: 1: Massachusetts is very liberal and it shapes a lot of thinking in our politics. 2. You’ll probably find this out but cape cod is very popular however Northeastern Massachusetts is also a very popular spot. 3. Central Massachusetts believe it or not has loads of farms and a vibrant farm culture. 4. Western Massachusetts actually has some agriculture and is the place where Shays Rebellion, one of the inspiring events of the US constitution occurred. 5. Don’t forget about the New England town system of government it’s unique in our states.
I know that Southeastern Mass historically has a large Portuguese population. Whaling was a large part of the economy there. My understanding is that Moby Dick was set in New Bedford, Mass!
Lowell MA was the first planned mill town in the country and the origin of the industrial revolution in the US. Might want to mention that basketball and volleyball were both invented in western MA. I know a lot of keyboard historians will want you to go on about how MA is supposedly super liberal but I think it’s worth mentioning that MA almost always elects Republicans to be governor. Also one last thing: please mention the BIG DIG. Probably the most incredible infrastructure project in all of New England and definitely consequential to modern Boston!
I have a weird connection to Connecticut. It was the first state I learned about, being assigned It for my 5th grade geography project. I had just moved to the US from Moldova and settled in California. I didn't know states existed until i had to do a project on Connecticut. This is a good refresher on the state.
I have some history books about Connecticut history dating back to the early 1700s in my possession. I was told they are valuable and belong in a museum.
@@nigelmarvin1387 I grew up in Lebanon and then at 12 moved to Hebron. There is a lot of history those towns. General Lafayette and General Washington trained troops on the Lebanon green. I remember the Lions used to have the fair there. Stayed at the Boy Scout camp there name after Count Carol Tacawana. He also taught languages at RHAM. Hebron. has a famous meeting place called Prophets Rock. I moved away a little over 40: years ago. I flew back and forth to there to see a lady 5-6 times a year about 10 years ago.She married me and now lives in Alaska with me.
@@danielmalkin9787 my sister-in-law used to live in a house that half of it was in S Windsor, if someone called and she was in the other room she was out of town.I flew in and out of Windsor Locks about 5-6 times a year for a few years ten years ago. I grew up in Lebanon on Amston Lake and Hebron in Hope Vally. Moved to Alaska in 79 a few years after I got out of the service.
As someone who has made it a point to visit all 169 Connecticut towns, Connecticut is an incredibly special place and unique diverse in both people and landscape. You did a great job putting this video together!
@@torg2126 Rt 84 has been undergoing construction since I remember and I'm 59. Theres a collection of 4 bridges that are built over each other and go nowhere just east of Hartford.
It’s a shame the Wyoming Valley or Western Reserve weren’t officially made detached parts of the state, as you’d then be able to call them Disconnecticut
I’ve been a resident of Connecticut for 60 years and I am so impressed with this video. You have done an excellent, excellent job. I was really surprised that you pretty much covered every single base you possibly could have to let everyone know about this special State. Thank you very much. Very impressive research.
I'm an Aussie living in Houston Texas, I have binge watched all of your presentations in the last 2 days I have visited all these states so far, and find The US Explained a no brainer if you need to know all and everything historical, cultural, political and most importantly geographical about these states, Great presentations and thank you, looking forward to the rest of the series.
No way man I grew up right there granby doesn't give a f*** my girlfriend's mother lives in southwick now and she's a lifelong Connecticut person up until recently no one cares about the notch it gives us a little flavor to an otherwise boring border
Good work on the video from a CT native. I laughed that you knew of the rivalry between Yankees and Red Sox baseball fans in the towns on the dividing line between western and eastern CT. I’m from one of those towns and it’s true, the rivalry could get intense. We had fights on our school playground over it.
I am of Italian descent from Bristol. My father and I were more Red Sox fans but ethnicity has something to do with it. Like my great grandparents many Connecticut residents had family who emigrated from Italy to NY thru Ellis Island. Their families often lived in NYC before moving to Connecticut. While in New York they became Yankee fans especially with great Italian American stars like Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra and Phil Rizutto.
@@chrisbrownjohn6277 Uh, no. Find Middletown and put the ruler on top of it. lay the ruler west to east and everything above the ruler is Red Sox territory and below is Yankee country. If you live on the line it’s a toss up.
1:06 I've been there before! It's an estate called the glass house by the late architect known as Philip Johnson. In the upper right corner you can see the house, but also on the estate there is a brick house, (meant as a guest/privacy house) a study house, a large art house with many odd art pieces, an underground house (its actually underground, built into a hill. The entrance looks like the entrance to a bunker!) with rotating walls that show off large art pieces, and a odd looking metal house with warped and bent walls (not sure what that one was for though). Over all, it was a beautiful piece of land with more beautiful houses with even more beautiful pieces of art in them. You can find it in New Canaan, CT!
I got the name wrong too. I just watched a video ' The Mad Mouse Quassy. The last dash'. It's a front seat view riding it before they took it down. I remember feeling that I was going to get killed when I was 6yrs old. 😬
What I love about living in CT is it’s close distance to both Boston and New York. What I can’t stand is the gigantic swings in temperature. If we were just more moderate in our climate, I’d never want to leave. But 6-8 months of cold/cool weather really wears a person down. And then summer, you feel like you’re living on the surface of the sun.
I joke that we only have about 5 nice days a year. Usually one day in May, another one in June, and a couple in September. Other than that it's either freezing, or the humidity means you're swimming through the air.
“You can find many caves in Connecticut, in fact I’m recording in one right now” Only kiddding! Have watched many later videos and you did a great job fixing the audio, had to come back and watch the video for the state I grew up in and couldn’t pass up the opportunity given CT does have some legendary caves! Keep up the great videos!
You should look more into the Connecticut Western Reserve. I grew up in NE Ohio and had no idea how much the area is influenced by New England. Even a lot of our towns are set up in a very New-England style way of town-planning. Most notably, many NE Ohio towns are set up around public common spaces, Village Greens, with the government and church buildings surrounding it.
This is terrific. Thank you for making this. There are a few significant things that were not mentioned, but as you've only been on a coastal drive through the state, I'm impressed with the amount of research.
@@TheRiddler491 I grew up in Amston which had its own zip code but served the three towns that were around Amston Lake. My first 12 years we lived on lake front property and then moved to one of the other towns. I heard that post office is closed now. I moved to a different state 42 years ago.
WAMOGO high school is in Litchfield and its name comes from the surrounding towns Warren, Morris, and, Goshen (WaMoGo) - but it's not located in any of those towns. (Long story...)
The headless horseman of Canton, the black fox of East Haddam, Lillinoha's leap, The Windham frog fight, the escape from New-Gate Prison, The Swamp Yankees of Thompson, Israel Putnam (Old Put) killing the last wolf... Like other places, Connecticut has a lot of good local legends and stories from over the last 300 or so years.
The Black dog of the Hanging hills is a fun one that I can attest to. Saw it once as a kid and I refuse to hike there anymore. Also, Devil’s Hopyard and the long list of stories around that. And Wadsworth mansion, all of the creepy old abandoned mental hospitals and How it’s easier to find a haunted house in CT then a Target.
As usual....that's interesting ....Retired history teacher here..taught for 34 years....I am the following the states as they entered the union. Learned so much new stuff from you Carter....Thanks..thanks...thanks. When I email friends...I have started the habit of including the link for the particular state they live in...It's like a perfect personal gift to them. from me......via you.....And hopefully they will then get curious to learn about the other states...through you..
@@markrichards6863 Welp for me who lives in CT I think it is beautiful and I think every other state is just as good. I am a 9 year old who has been to Chicago. Florida and MA and everyone is equal. I am not trying to start and argument but CT is just as good as any other state. U may not like CT as much as NY, NJ, MA or any other state but I find them equal so no I do not think CT is as boring as you do. BTW if u heard that out of like 42 people going to CT 57 are leaving well I think that is a good thing because CT has taken a beating from climate change and what not but CT is just as beautiful as any other state and yeah my family has been living in CT for 68 years and we have never wanted to leave so I don't think CT is as boring as you think.
Connecticut is another one of those east coast states I don't know much about so it was good to learn some things about it! I was surprised to find that such a small state would have 3.5 million people which is almost as many as my home state of Oregon.
I live in the Connecticut river valley. The Connecticut and Quinnipiac rivers flow through a rift valley that formed when this part of North America separated from North Africa. I like learning about geologic features in Connecticut and around the world. I also love visiting Old Wethersfield and other historic places in Connecticut. Truly an incredible place.
I have also loved learning about the google of Connecticut it’s very interesting and I’ve also been learning about native plants and it’s very interesting because Connecticut is a place where some plant species are at the northern extent of their range and there are other species who are at the most southern extent of their range so it adds so much bio diversity and it’s an important area of mixing
Carter, you did an excellent job on this documentary. I have lived in Connecticut my whole life and I thoroughly enjoyed all this information you guys provided. At times I thought I was watching PBS. Again Great Job!!
Thank you for your efforts in creating this series. One of the best things I’ve seen on RUclips. Never sacrifice quality over quantity. Keep up the good work!
Connecticut Pride... We'd still be building boats, guns, and otherwise if our government hadn't taxed all the manufacturing out of the state. For that matter, plenty of insurance companies are leaving us too. It's depressing to watch.
Good Video. Your only large miss was Hartford as a center of abolitionist activity as much as it was a “whaling city”. Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe and some other notable culturally important literary giants made Hartford a home for this reason. I’m from Rhode Island & Providence Plantations but, I’ve settled in the northwestern hills of my home state and, due to the Quinnebaug Valley of CT being far more quiet than the Providence suburbs, I’ve been drawn into CT and it’s a lovely state. The Last Green Valley in New England, the Quinnebaug Valley offers as much solitude in nature as Western Massachusetts. You have to love it. Some places are taken for granted. I’m glad my home and surrounding are not.
CT is MUCH more than just a fly through state.The coastline is incredible. And the western and eastern sections have beautiful countryside, with the Berkshires in the west and rolling farm country in the east. The cities suck mostly, but the small towns are very well-kept, even more than Massachusetts small towns.
I grew up in New London County, but left for Central NY State many years ago. At any rate, as I travelled around different parts of the country, it was pointed out to me that I had a strong regional New England accent. Many people from eastern Ct. do indeed have a very pronounced accent, similar, but not identical, to a Boston type accent. Different from Noo Yawk, New Jersey, and Long Island. They all have their own versions.
How to tell if someone isn’t a CT native (from my personal experience as someone born and raised here): 1: They don't call "sub sandwiches" grinders (I've never heard them called grinders outside of CT) 2: They don't call "yard sales" tag sales. (I've never heard them called tag sales outside of CT) 3: They pronounce New Haven with the emphasis on the "New" instead of the "Haven" (NEW-Haven instead of New-HAVen...actually the same goes for basically every town with "New ____" tbh, the emphasis is never on the "New", it's always on the first syllable of the following word, at least that's how it is where I live in CT) 4: They aren't fast talkers and they pronounce their t's in the middle of words (at least in my experience, we tend to use a glottal stop, so words like mountain, mitten, etc, are pronounced without the t's, same with town names like New Britain and Groton, if they don't say New Bri'ain or Gra'in that's also a way to tell) 5: They think everyone who lives in CT is wealthy...personally I hate this stereotype, because in the suburb town that I'm from, there's a lot of poverty and the only wealthy people are in a specific section of the town, everywhere else is your average working class families and even low class families...and that's not even STARTING with the cities and their poverty and crime filled slums... 6: They use the term "coastline" to describe the shoreline. Fellow CT natives feel free to add on to the list!
YAY! I've been waiting like a month for this lol. Great job! Like others have said, the audio seemed off in this one; in general your videos would be even better with a louder, clearer voice over. Thanks again for taking your time to read through our input about our great state and putting everything together into this video! :-) I'm excited for Massachusetts!
Just a couple of notes The City of Bristol, Ct has a couple significant facts: Home of ESPN, the world leader in sports programming , and Lake Compounce, the oldest ,Amusement Park in the USA, opened in 1684
@ I'm from Belgrade, Serbia, dude, and this serie has been awesome so far and I really hope Carter will delivery the rest of it on the same quality (if not better). Have a good one! Edit: Btw, which state are you from?
Whoever told you to call it a "bizza" gave your the correct information. I wish you mentioned colt firearms and Mark twain living here. But I loved the content, great job!
Born and raised in New Haven, you were on point with everything. Our dialects are respectfully different the farther north you go. New Haven is in South Central CT and you can clearly tell when we are out in say Hartford that we are not from there because we tend to talk as they say proper
I’ve lived in CT my whole life in the CT river valley, everything you said is super accurate! Just discovered your channel and I’m really enjoying all the interesting geography facts!
I've been to the "high point" on Mount Frissell... It's a bit weird seeing a tiny (literally like 6-in tall) rod sticking out of the rocks along the trail marking the spot. Pretty anticlimactic, but the tri-state stone nearby is definitely worth the trek.
Maryland's tallest spot is similar, just a spot on the trail with the peak in West Virginia. Both are really "Well, I guess we did it?" types of climbs.
I learned so much about my own state! 😂 I thought this was well done, especially the historical pieces that are often not even well known by people who live here.
At 14:40 that it most definitely Massachusetts. That's the view towards UMass-Amherst from Mount Sugarloaf. You can verify this by looking in Google maps street view.
Excellent job! Was very thorough and well-researched. They should show this in CT classrooms. Irks me when kids don't even know what the Charter Oak was.
They teach a lot of CT history in elementary schools, or take a few days to do that. I remember back in like 2007 or so they taught the class and brought in `historical cosplayers` to teach either the class or the school about facts in CT. Its not as thorough as this video though lmao
@@Hotpotatogal We learned about Chauncey Judd in Naugatuck, a local boy who was kidnapped by Tories during the War and dragged all over Middlebury & Oxford before they were caught in Milford trying to row to Long Island and he was rescued. Not sure if that is still taught in school.
The best thing about Connecticut is that it's between NYC and Boston. I lived there for 8 years, through high school and college. I couldn't wait to leave, and that was back in the 70s, when Hartford was still a nice place. If you like a boring suburban lifestyle, then Connecticut is for you. On the positive side, New Haven has great pizza. Beaches in Connecticut are all narrow strips of sand with no waves and smell eggy at low tide.
@@jigglypuff4ever Low tide does not smell bad everywhere. Ocean beaches, it doesn't Stink. I think the Sound is More stagnant and had a lot of seaweed in the shallow water. There are no good beaches in Connecticut.
The first law school in the country was established in Litchfield, the Tapping Reeve school. There was also a prominent school for women in Litchfield. Many graduates of these schools went on to hold prominent positions in government, law, and the church, shaping our young country. The historians at Tapping Reeve can tell you more. A very important part of both Connecticut and US history.
I liked this video a lot, but I was hoping that you’d talk about the Naugatuck valley because of both being a major population strand of medium sized cities, and it’s part of the early industrial boom
I've been there alot, my family was from there. I visited alot and still do by TRAIN. New Haven was home office to the New York, New Haven and Hartford RR. I loved their apple pie!
Grew up in Windham County in my formative years; it is indeed very "quiet corner', some areas are still living like a real-life Norman Rockwell painting, boring as a teenager but incredibly beautiful nature and close knit communities; I think about that all the time. Great summary TII!
Well done, well informed video. Thank you for taking on this in-depth project to go thru each state. I'm especially interested in Oklahoma as I'm researching my heritage, back to OK Territory, thus I have a while to go to get to when you cover this state. I've subscribed today and look forward to each state along the way.
Great job! I have been here most of my life and yet I still learned something new about our small state. Currently living in Ledyard near the two casinos.
Not originally from MA, but lived there for a while. There is a big cultural divide between Eastern and Western MA, with western MA being a lot more Rural. Western MA is also a lot more defiant to what the East wants -- or so I was told.
Very informative. You can often identify the regionalities of this small state by what TV news channels people are tuning into (NY, Mass or even Rhode Island).
Hartford is the insurance capital of the world, Benedict Arnold is from Norwich (maybe not the best fact). Samuel Huntington of Scotland, CT was the president of the Continental Congress when the Articles of Confederation were ratified technically making him the first president of the U.S. by default, and Connecticut is home to two of the largest casino's in the world. Foxwoods held the title of largest casino in the world for a long time followed by Mohegan Sun.
The next state up will be Massachusetts. If you're from Massachusetts, please respond to this comment with any information you'd like to include about you're home state!
Carter: I so appreciate your work on these videos. My only concern with the long time between videos was that something happened to prevent you from continuing this ambitious project. The maps are most excellent and I'm sure collecting the photos was time consuming. As a Westerner (west of the Mississippi River), my previous introduction to the Eastern seaboard states was through my 1950-something junior high history class. This brings me up-to-date and more aware of details, especially the indigenous populations.
I’m a Massachusetts native so I have a few fun facts to help you out I’m a real fan of the channel and am excited to see a video on my home state so here are some fun facts: 1: Massachusetts is very liberal and it shapes a lot of thinking in our politics. 2. You’ll probably find this out but cape cod is very popular however Northeastern Massachusetts is also a very popular spot. 3. Central Massachusetts believe it or not has loads of farms and a vibrant farm culture. 4. Western Massachusetts actually has some agriculture and is the place where Shays Rebellion, one of the inspiring events of the US constitution occurred. 5. Don’t forget about the New England town system of government it’s unique in our states.
Oh yea and Johnny Appleseed we love him up here.
I know that Southeastern Mass historically has a large Portuguese population. Whaling was a large part of the economy there. My understanding is that Moby Dick was set in New Bedford, Mass!
Lowell MA was the first planned mill town in the country and the origin of the industrial revolution in the US. Might want to mention that basketball and volleyball were both invented in western MA. I know a lot of keyboard historians will want you to go on about how MA is supposedly super liberal but I think it’s worth mentioning that MA almost always elects Republicans to be governor. Also one last thing: please mention the BIG DIG. Probably the most incredible infrastructure project in all of New England and definitely consequential to modern Boston!
Don't worry about the slow pace of uploading - this high quality is more important: I appreciate it.
I have a weird connection to Connecticut. It was the first state I learned about, being assigned It for my 5th grade geography project. I had just moved to the US from Moldova and settled in California. I didn't know states existed until i had to do a project on Connecticut. This is a good refresher on the state.
I live in Connecticut and I didn't know this much stuff about my state
I have some history books about Connecticut history dating back to the early 1700s in my possession. I was told they are valuable and belong in a museum.
@@nigelmarvin1387 I grew up in Lebanon and then at 12 moved to Hebron. There is a lot of history those towns. General Lafayette and General Washington trained troops on the Lebanon green. I remember the Lions used to have the fair there. Stayed at the Boy Scout camp there name after Count Carol Tacawana. He also taught languages at RHAM. Hebron. has a famous meeting place called Prophets Rock. I moved away a little over 40: years ago. I flew back and forth to there to see a lady 5-6 times a year about 10 years ago.She married me and now lives in Alaska with me.
@@nigelmarvin1387 Where I live now they consider 1935 old.
@@nigelmarvin1387 South Windsor here
@@danielmalkin9787 my sister-in-law used to live in a house that half of it was in S Windsor, if someone called and she was in the other room she was out of town.I flew in and out of Windsor Locks about 5-6 times a year for a few years ten years ago. I grew up in Lebanon on Amston Lake and Hebron in Hope Vally. Moved to Alaska in 79 a few years after I got out of the service.
As someone who has made it a point to visit all 169 Connecticut towns, Connecticut is an incredibly special place and unique diverse in both people and landscape. You did a great job putting this video together!
what did you think of danbury
You poor bastard. You dealt with Waterbury and Hartford traffic.
@@torg2126
Rt 84 has been undergoing construction since I remember and I'm 59.
Theres a collection of 4 bridges that are built over each other and go nowhere just east of Hartford.
I ment WEST of Hartford.
How was your Bridgeport experience genuinely curious?
It’s a shame the Wyoming Valley or Western Reserve weren’t officially made detached parts of the state, as you’d then be able to call them Disconnecticut
I’m laughing so hard as an connectican
I'd give that a like but can't ruin the "69".
@@kontiuka nice
@@kontiuka It's at 92 now.
@@mirzaahmed6589 Correction. 93 :)
I’ve been a resident of Connecticut for 60 years and I am so impressed with this video. You have done an excellent, excellent job. I was really surprised that you pretty much covered every single base you possibly could have to let everyone know about this special State. Thank you very much. Very impressive research.
I'm an Aussie living in Houston Texas, I have binge watched all of your presentations in the last 2 days I have visited all these states so far, and find The US Explained a no brainer if you need to know all and everything historical, cultural, political and most importantly geographical about these states, Great presentations and thank you, looking forward to the rest of the series.
Connecticut's history of being home to some of the largest firearms companies in America is also worth note.
Came to post this as well.
And one heck of a ghost story involving Remington arms, google Sarah Winchester and read the story and get back to me later.
Connecticut is still not happy about it. We want our notch back!
I like our notch. It is like we are masses naughty little spoon
No way man I grew up right there granby doesn't give a f*** my girlfriend's mother lives in southwick now and she's a lifelong Connecticut person up until recently no one cares about the notch it gives us a little flavor to an otherwise boring border
Wah wah wah ! Get over it already.
The notch makes it easier to find my location during the weather report.
Connecticut I'd boring. The notch is happy in Massachusetts, where it belongs.
Good work on the video from a CT native. I laughed that you knew of the rivalry between Yankees and Red Sox baseball fans in the towns on the dividing line between western and eastern CT. I’m from one of those towns and it’s true, the rivalry could get intense. We had fights on our school playground over it.
Every body saying it is a Boeing state
@@azizjad6315 Washington would be a Boeing state, but I know what you mean.
I am of Italian descent from Bristol. My father and I were more Red Sox fans but ethnicity has something to do with it. Like my great grandparents many Connecticut residents had family who emigrated from Italy to NY thru Ellis Island. Their families often lived in NYC before moving to Connecticut. While in New York they became Yankee fans especially with great Italian American stars like Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra and Phil Rizutto.
Put a ruler on a map of CT laying it from New Haven to Hartford.
East of the line is Sox territory and west is Yankee country.
@@chrisbrownjohn6277 Uh, no. Find Middletown and put the ruler on top of it. lay the ruler west to east and everything above the ruler is Red Sox territory and below is Yankee country. If you live on the line it’s a toss up.
Very accurate, from someone from CT
Totally worth the wait! This is by far the most informative video regarding my state on the platform
1:06 I've been there before! It's an estate called the glass house by the late architect known as Philip Johnson. In the upper right corner you can see the house, but also on the estate there is a brick house, (meant as a guest/privacy house) a study house, a large art house with many odd art pieces, an underground house (its actually underground, built into a hill. The entrance looks like the entrance to a bunker!) with rotating walls that show off large art pieces, and a odd looking metal house with warped and bent walls (not sure what that one was for though). Over all, it was a beautiful piece of land with more beautiful houses with even more beautiful pieces of art in them. You can find it in New Canaan, CT!
Lake Compounce, which is located in Bristol, is the oldest continuously operating amusement park in the USA
did not know that
Do they still have the Mighty Mouse rollercoaster? I'm pretty sure that was at Lake Compound.
It scared the crap out of me when I was a kid!
@@dubes5594 no that was Quassy lol
I got the name wrong too.
I just watched a video ' The Mad Mouse Quassy. The last dash'.
It's a front seat view riding it before they took it down.
I remember feeling that I was going to get killed when I was 6yrs old. 😬
Shit I'll ride any roller coaster but the Mighty Mouse at Quassy Amusement Park left me with serious PTSD. It just felt extremely unsafe and unstable.
What I love about living in CT is it’s close distance to both Boston and New York.
What I can’t stand is the gigantic swings in temperature. If we were just more moderate in our climate, I’d never want to leave. But 6-8 months of cold/cool weather really wears a person down. And then summer, you feel like you’re living on the surface of the sun.
I joke that we only have about 5 nice days a year. Usually one day in May, another one in June, and a couple in September. Other than that it's either freezing, or the humidity means you're swimming through the air.
@@Pissgremlin5964 I find mid-May to mid-October very pleasant throughout.
“You can find many caves in Connecticut, in fact I’m recording in one right now”
Only kiddding! Have watched many later videos and you did a great job fixing the audio, had to come back and watch the video for the state I grew up in and couldn’t pass up the opportunity given CT does have some legendary caves! Keep up the great videos!
Wow, never knew my university was named after Connecticut’s western reserve! Thanks for mentioning us
The Cleaveland Party was from Connecticut.
You should look more into the Connecticut Western Reserve. I grew up in NE Ohio and had no idea how much the area is influenced by New England. Even a lot of our towns are set up in a very New-England style way of town-planning. Most notably, many NE Ohio towns are set up around public common spaces, Village Greens, with the government and church buildings surrounding it.
As someone who was born a nutmegger and remained one until the age of 26, solid video. I almost lost my shit when you left Pizza until near the end.
This is terrific. Thank you for making this. There are a few significant things that were not mentioned, but as you've only been on a coastal drive through the state, I'm impressed with the amount of research.
Mystic is not a town. It's simply an unincorporated area that's partially within the city of Groton and the town is Stonington.
MYSTIC DON'T EVEN EXIST 🤣💯🤙
It does have it's own Zip Code however, which was always funny.
@@TheRiddler491 I grew up in Amston which had its own zip code but served the three towns that were around Amston Lake. My first 12 years we lived on lake front property and then moved to one of the other towns. I heard that post office is closed now. I moved to a different state 42 years ago.
@@endinessendiness7842 fax that shi made up
WAMOGO high school is in Litchfield and its name comes from the surrounding towns Warren, Morris, and, Goshen (WaMoGo) - but it's not located in any of those towns. (Long story...)
The headless horseman of Canton,
the black fox of East Haddam,
Lillinoha's leap,
The Windham frog fight,
the escape from New-Gate Prison,
The Swamp Yankees of Thompson,
Israel Putnam (Old Put) killing the last wolf...
Like other places, Connecticut has a lot of good local legends and stories from over the last 300 or so years.
also the melon heads lol
The Black dog of the Hanging hills is a fun one that I can attest to. Saw it once as a kid and I refuse to hike there anymore. Also, Devil’s Hopyard and the long list of stories around that. And Wadsworth mansion, all of the creepy old abandoned mental hospitals and How it’s easier to find a haunted house in CT then a Target.
As usual....that's interesting ....Retired history teacher here..taught for 34 years....I am the following the states as they entered the union. Learned so much new stuff from you Carter....Thanks..thanks...thanks. When I email friends...I have started the habit of including the link for the particular state they live in...It's like a perfect personal gift to them. from me......via you.....And hopefully they will then get curious to learn about the other states...through you..
23:38 Stamford has surpasses New Haven to become the second-largest city.
Man I lived in Connecticut for 1 year when I was 12, and I remember it fondly. One of the best years of my life.
My goodness, what happened when you were 12 that was so awesome
@@markrichards6863 nothing much really, but nothing much has happened in the 18 years I've lived either
I've lived her for my whole life bruh
@@hoursonly6348 You should try some place different. Connecticut is BORING.
@@markrichards6863 Welp for me who lives in CT I think it is beautiful and I think every other state is just as good. I am a 9 year old who has been to Chicago. Florida and MA and everyone is equal. I am not trying to start and argument but CT is just as good as any other state. U may not like CT as much as NY, NJ, MA or any other state but I find them equal so no I do not think CT is as boring as you do. BTW if u heard that out of like 42 people going to CT 57 are leaving well I think that is a good thing because CT has taken a beating from climate change and what not but CT is just as beautiful as any other state and yeah my family has been living in CT for 68 years and we have never wanted to leave so I don't think CT is as boring as you think.
I'm from Connecticut. Nice to see a video about the state for once.
@OOF inc. Glastonbury CT.
@@seymourbutts9085 wait you live in that town ?
@@onion7830 potatoes and carrots...I lived there from 80 to 89
@@seymourbutts9085 I LIVE THERE RIGHT NOW!!!!
I lived there from 53-79 except for 4 years in the military. We lived at Amston Lake and then we lived in Hebron.
Connecticut is another one of those east coast states I don't know much about so it was good to learn some things about it! I was surprised to find that such a small state would have 3.5 million people which is almost as many as my home state of Oregon.
I live in the Connecticut river valley. The Connecticut and Quinnipiac rivers flow through a rift valley that formed when this part of North America separated from North Africa. I like learning about geologic features in Connecticut and around the world. I also love visiting Old Wethersfield and other historic places in Connecticut. Truly an incredible place.
I have also loved learning about the google of Connecticut it’s very interesting and I’ve also been learning about native plants and it’s very interesting because Connecticut is a place where some plant species are at the northern extent of their range and there are other species who are at the most southern extent of their range so it adds so much bio diversity and it’s an important area of mixing
Carter, you did an excellent job on this documentary. I have lived in Connecticut my whole life and I thoroughly enjoyed all this information you guys provided. At times I thought I was watching PBS. Again Great Job!!
Thank you for your efforts in creating this series. One of the best things I’ve seen on RUclips. Never sacrifice quality over quantity. Keep up the good work!
Nowhere else in America are there so many pockets of rich and poor so close together as in Connecticut. Very few places in between
Ct is crowded
picture at 10:35 is right where I used to live, I used to hike that exact cliff so often
What is the trail called? It's not near New Old Gate, right?
@@BloodAsp it is near that but a few miles away. The spot i’m thinking of is in west granby/McLeans game refuge
Thanks for making this. Learned so much about my home state!
Thank you, I' ve lived here in Ct for over 30 years and you have supplied more information about the state than I knew.
Just wanted to let you know that your audio is a little off in this video.
Connecticut Pride... We'd still be building boats, guns, and otherwise if our government hadn't taxed all the manufacturing out of the state. For that matter, plenty of insurance companies are leaving us too. It's depressing to watch.
I grew up in West Hartford CT. We moved to California when I was 13. Really glad I had my childhood there. Beautiful state. Hope to revisit one day.
Good Video. Your only large miss was Hartford as a center of abolitionist activity as much as it was a “whaling city”. Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe and some other notable culturally important literary giants made Hartford a home for this reason. I’m from Rhode Island & Providence Plantations but, I’ve settled in the northwestern hills of my home state and, due to the Quinnebaug Valley of CT being far more quiet than the Providence suburbs, I’ve been drawn into CT and it’s a lovely state. The Last Green Valley in New England, the Quinnebaug Valley offers as much solitude in nature as Western Massachusetts. You have to love it. Some places are taken for granted. I’m glad my home and surrounding are not.
CT is MUCH more than just a fly through state.The coastline is incredible. And the western and eastern sections have beautiful countryside, with the Berkshires in the west and rolling farm country in the east. The cities suck mostly, but the small towns are very well-kept, even more than Massachusetts small towns.
The multiple pictures of the Connecticut River is in fact taken in Massachusetts. The University of Massachusetts is clearly visible.
I grew up in New London County, but left for Central NY State many years ago. At any rate, as I travelled around different parts of the country, it was pointed out to me that I had a strong regional New England accent. Many people from eastern Ct. do indeed have a very pronounced accent, similar, but not identical, to a Boston type accent. Different from Noo Yawk, New Jersey, and Long Island. They all have their own versions.
CT born and raised, you really did your research and taught me a few things! Well done
How to tell if someone isn’t a CT native (from my personal experience as someone born and raised here):
1: They don't call "sub sandwiches" grinders (I've never heard them called grinders outside of CT)
2: They don't call "yard sales" tag sales. (I've never heard them called tag sales outside of CT)
3: They pronounce New Haven with the emphasis on the "New" instead of the "Haven" (NEW-Haven instead of New-HAVen...actually the same goes for basically every town with "New ____" tbh, the emphasis is never on the "New", it's always on the first syllable of the following word, at least that's how it is where I live in CT)
4: They aren't fast talkers and they pronounce their t's in the middle of words (at least in my experience, we tend to use a glottal stop, so words like mountain, mitten, etc, are pronounced without the t's, same with town names like New Britain and Groton, if they don't say New Bri'ain or Gra'in that's also a way to tell)
5: They think everyone who lives in CT is wealthy...personally I hate this stereotype, because in the suburb town that I'm from, there's a lot of poverty and the only wealthy people are in a specific section of the town, everywhere else is your average working class families and even low class families...and that's not even STARTING with the cities and their poverty and crime filled slums...
6: They use the term "coastline" to describe the shoreline.
Fellow CT natives feel free to add on to the list!
I've lived in Connecticut all my life and learned so much about my state! You have a new sub. :)
This state is expensive but has a lot of beauty! We visited the sleeping Giant State park, gorgeous! And there's many more I wanna check out.
Woo us explained is back! Love this series the amount of research and effort is evident and appreciated 👏🏻
YAY! I've been waiting like a month for this lol. Great job! Like others have said, the audio seemed off in this one; in general your videos would be even better with a louder, clearer voice over. Thanks again for taking your time to read through our input about our great state and putting everything together into this video! :-) I'm excited for Massachusetts!
Just a couple of notes The City of Bristol, Ct has a couple significant facts: Home of ESPN, the world leader in sports programming , and Lake Compounce, the oldest ,Amusement Park in the USA, opened in 1684
I think it’s 1846
Yessir & aron Hernandez makes oj like a church mouse he didnt mention the brass city .
Basically southington as well.
You mean 1884, not 1684.
1486
I just love this serie and I'm not even American xD Great job, Carter!
Me to
@ I appreciate it, man, thanks a lot :)
@ I'm from Belgrade, Serbia, dude, and this serie has been awesome so far and I really hope Carter will delivery the rest of it on the same quality (if not better). Have a good one!
Edit: Btw, which state are you from?
Me neither (I'm Italian) but I love this channel and this new series of states videos.
@ thanks mate! 😜
“Hopefully this was worth the wait” you’re dang right! This video was epic!!
Whoever told you to call it a "bizza" gave your the correct information. I wish you mentioned colt firearms and Mark twain living here. But I loved the content, great job!
As a native to Connecticut we don't learn much about our state but this video actually taught me a lot!
Connecticut: border disputes
India and Pakistan: Finally, a worthy opponent
@Luis Trevino South Korea: ahem
Vermont: You merely adopted the border disputes. I was born in it, molded by it.
@@JarthenGreenmeadow NH and ME also had many border disputes. Seems to me it's actually MA with most of the dispute problems lol
@@Toastmaster_5000Hey, we don't have a lot of land in New England, but we'll fight for every inch.
Waterbury checking in. Nothing but hillls
Born and raised in New Haven, you were on point with everything. Our dialects are respectfully different the farther north you go. New Haven is in South Central CT and you can clearly tell when we are out in say Hartford that we are not from there because we tend to talk as they say proper
Born and raised in Connecticut, great job creating this video!
I’ve lived in CT my whole life in the CT river valley, everything you said is super accurate! Just discovered your channel and I’m really enjoying all the interesting geography facts!
Dude, you're good on upload schedules, just keep up this A level quality.
I've been to the "high point" on Mount Frissell... It's a bit weird seeing a tiny (literally like 6-in tall) rod sticking out of the rocks along the trail marking the spot. Pretty anticlimactic, but the tri-state stone nearby is definitely worth the trek.
It is anticlimactic that’s why I hike the tallest peak which is Bear Mountain on the Appalachian trail, the view is awesome
Maryland's tallest spot is similar, just a spot on the trail with the peak in West Virginia. Both are really "Well, I guess we did it?" types of climbs.
Lived here for many years. Moving to Texas soon. I will miss it. Spent most of my life here.
This is the best video coverage of Connecticut I’ve seen. Thank you for the great job. I’d be sure to pass it around. 👍🏽👍🏽up
I learned so much about my own state! 😂 I thought this was well done, especially the historical pieces that are often not even well known by people who live here.
At 14:40 that it most definitely Massachusetts. That's the view towards UMass-Amherst from Mount Sugarloaf. You can verify this by looking in Google maps street view.
Excellent job! Was very thorough and well-researched. They should show this in CT classrooms. Irks me when kids don't even know what the Charter Oak was.
They teach a lot of CT history in elementary schools, or take a few days to do that. I remember back in like 2007 or so they taught the class and brought in `historical cosplayers` to teach either the class or the school about facts in CT. Its not as thorough as this video though lmao
@@Hotpotatogal We learned about Chauncey Judd in Naugatuck, a local boy who was kidnapped by Tories during the War and dragged all over Middlebury & Oxford before they were caught in Milford trying to row to Long Island and he was rescued. Not sure if that is still taught in school.
I love this series, great job! :)
Constructive criticism. That mic and room echo are not high quality
I absolutely love how specific you are about the Thames River pronunciation at 11:17
Yes. If you pronounce it like they do in England, you'll definitely get a funny look from people.
I was in Southington recently and heard someone from out of town call it "South-ington". Nobody says it that way.
So interesting! Very well done. Keep up the quality, don't worry too much about the pace :)
Another posted this as well...Lyme Disease is named for Lyme, CT not Old Lyme, CT.
Keep these videos up man they are amazing
I'm glad your audio has gotten better and more consistent.
I used to live in New Britain. Worked at Bosc Kitchen and Wine Bar in Avon. Good Times. Good Video.
Hard hittin raised 🙌🏽
I have learned a lot from your YT series since mid-January after Geography King. Thank you for having done a great job on this info. topics. 🌞⭐🌻👍
The best thing about Connecticut is that it's between NYC and Boston. I lived there for 8 years, through high school and college. I couldn't wait to leave, and that was back in the 70s, when Hartford was still a nice place. If you like a boring suburban lifestyle, then Connecticut is for you. On the positive side, New Haven has great pizza. Beaches in Connecticut are all narrow strips of sand with no waves and smell eggy at low tide.
This comment is more accurate than the video.
Low tide doesn’t smell bad everywhere??
@@jigglypuff4ever Low tide does not smell bad everywhere. Ocean beaches, it doesn't Stink. I think the Sound is More stagnant and had a lot of seaweed in the shallow water. There are no good beaches in Connecticut.
@@jigglypuff4ever No, it doesn't.
Very good video I enjoyed it . I’m from Connecticut and I Learned a ton of Information that I never knew
Only just found your channel and appreciate your hard work in making your informative videos available to others.
The first law school in the country was established in Litchfield, the Tapping Reeve school. There was also a prominent school for women in Litchfield. Many graduates of these schools went on to hold prominent positions in government, law, and the church, shaping our young country. The historians at Tapping Reeve can tell you more. A very important part of both Connecticut and US history.
I liked this video a lot, but I was hoping that you’d talk about the Naugatuck valley because of both being a major population strand of medium sized cities, and it’s part of the early industrial boom
I love your videos and look forward to watching them. Great job! Can’t wait for you to do my home state of Florida.
Good video. Pretty much everything important about CT was covered.
A slight correction here. The Frisbee pie tins were first used as toys on the Quad at Yale in New Haven. Not Bridgeport as you said.
I've been there alot, my family was from there. I visited alot and still do by TRAIN. New Haven was home office to the New York, New Haven and Hartford RR. I loved their apple pie!
What happen to the audio? It seems less clear as the first video
Should have mentioned the tobacco farms that used to exist in Hartford County until recently.
We still have them, shade tobacco though I see more field tobacco now, and often those fields are being replaced with Amazon's.
Grew up in Windham County in my formative years; it is indeed very "quiet corner', some areas are still living like a real-life Norman Rockwell painting, boring as a teenager but incredibly beautiful nature and close knit communities; I think about that all the time. Great summary TII!
Well done, well informed video. Thank you for taking on this in-depth project to go thru each state. I'm especially interested in Oklahoma as I'm researching my heritage, back to OK Territory, thus I have a while to go to get to when you cover this state. I've subscribed today and look forward to each state along the way.
Great job! I have been here most of my life and yet I still learned something new about our small state. Currently living in Ledyard near the two casinos.
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Great job man! Very interesting
Not originally from MA, but lived there for a while. There is a big cultural divide between Eastern and Western MA, with western MA being a lot more Rural. Western MA is also a lot more defiant to what the East wants -- or so I was told.
They even have a different accent! Western Mass has much more in common with Hartford area of Connecticut than Eastern Mass culturally.
Very informative. You can often identify the regionalities of this small state by what TV news channels people are tuning into (NY, Mass or even Rhode Island).
Good on facts. Maps collection outstanding
Thanks again for taking the time to do such thorough research and sharing it with us. Research takes time so don't rush too much.
Great maps! At 24:12 I see my old apartment building
thanks carter..
Love connecticut , such a beautiful state having lived their for 5 years ❤❤❤
BEING FROM CONNECTICUT I LIKE THE VIDEO
same
Grinder’s! Yes, only heard it in CT. Doesn’t get mentioned when people talk about hoagies, heros, etc
Yup, as a CT native, it always confused the heck out of me hearing them called hoagies...I was like, "Uhhh...tf?! They're called GRINDERS!" XD
Hartford is the insurance capital of the world, Benedict Arnold is from Norwich (maybe not the best fact). Samuel Huntington of Scotland, CT was the president of the Continental Congress when the Articles of Confederation were ratified technically making him the first president of the U.S. by default, and Connecticut is home to two of the largest casino's in the world. Foxwoods held the title of largest casino in the world for a long time followed by Mohegan Sun.