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Go to Memphis Tennessee go see Graceland it will not let you down.
I'm from Alabama and I currently live in Mississippi. I have also lived before in California, and Louisiana, Germany, and Turkey. I can say that there isn't anything wrong with Alabama or Mississippi. The only thing is that there isn't a lot to do. They are very slow-paced states. If I had to make suggestions I would make Wyoming "The Cowboy State" as being best overall but there aren't any big cities. Florida and Texas are good also but they can be a bit expensive. South Dakota is nice too.
There are 50 states guys we have some territories, we have 50 stars on our flag.
Washington D.C. and P.R. are not states!! There are 50 states, 13 stripes are for the original 13 Colonies.
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When you say "homely" to Americans we would say "homey". Homely generally refers to what you would call a "plain" person, (or sometimes downright ugly).
It's a more polite way of saying someone is ugly, or unattractive.
@@reneenayfabnaynay5679 My grandmother would say that person had "lots of charm".
@@reneenayfabnaynay5679 Or someone would say that a person "has a face only a mother could love"
@@malindastevens1016 yes, I've even used that one! Lol!
@Rose Midnight no, it only means that if he says, "You're homely, homey."
If he just says, "Hi, homey.". Then he just saying, "What's up."
Joel: "Nothing's far for Americans"
Not true. Americans will all agree that the distance between Los Angeles and New York City is quite far. :)
I live in Los Angeles and have cousins in New York who I love but I’ll be dammed if I go from sunny and 60 to colder than a salmon in a snowstorm
Right, but distances we think nothing of driving, they find absurd. Years ago we were going to Columbus, OH from VA. An English friend was stunned when we told them we were driving😂🤣
Here in Ontario, Canada much of Toronto's workforce lives well outside of the city.
Actually, distances which seem very close in Atlanta cause folks in New Jersey to go insane. Distance evidently is relative apparently.
la to nyc is fine. honolulu to nyc, however, isn't that fine.
We love being invited. We love canceling our plans. We love it when people cancel on us.
My uncle said it’s the best when you invite someone to something, and they can’t make it.
50 States! What makes people think there are more than 50? We have Territories, Commonwealths, a Federal District, unpopulated islands, free islands that we have associated with to protect them.
DC means District of Columbia 🤣 and it’s the capitol of the USA. Y’all are hilarious 😂
It is Washington, D.C.(District of Columbia)
Yep u and don’t get it confused with Washington state. That’s on the west coast. Washington DC is on the east coast. Close to Virginia.
Also frustrating
😂😂😂😂
Let's not even talk about Kansas City
8000 sq ft is absolutely massive. Even in Alabama it should be much more expensive. Must be a complete disaster.
The older really awful parts of Alabama would have been nice a long time ago, so it's very likely that the 8,000 square foot home, I'd call it a mansion, is probably very old and hasn't been touched in ages.
Y'all are missing the obvious -- it's because of COVID!!! Three of the worst states handling the pandemic are Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi. Plus, Bama is one of the top poorest states, along with MS & WV.
@@JoeMCool I would submit that the term "handling the pandemic" is subjective at best. I know you mean responding to the virus itself... but some people see that handling the pandemic by shutting down small businesses, wrecking the economy, and ramping anxiety through the roof is likewise not handling the pandemic well. As with nearly everything, there is a trade-off.
@@MikeSwanberg except that the so-called trade-off is economic vs death or permanent disability and damage to the health of a large part of the population. Handling the pandemic, as it were, is pretty effin clear - red states are doing the worst job of it, overall. 🧐
@@JoeMCool You should probably look up the very high positive correlation between joblessness (which can lead to poverty, homelessness, malnutrition, anxiety, depression, suicide) and death. Whereas cases in Alabama have risen sharply recently (as everywhere), deaths have not followed suit. I'm not saying people should brave COVID just to go to the movies or a bar... COVID is nasty and trust me, you don't want it. But if it's a choice between masking up and heading out to put food on the table, or staying home and starving and watching your kids get suicidal, I'd go with the former. As for vaccinations, I am vaccinated and I would encourage everyone who can to do so. But it's also still a free country and people should be allowed to make such decisions for themselves, without threat of retaliation or governmental interference. In the end, just because you are privileged enough to work from home or have enough savings to weather the storm or can sit back and live off the fed's dime doesn't mean everyone else can and it sure doesn't mean you get to dictate how other people live their lives. You may be Joe Cool, but you ain't Joe God.
Nearly no one would consider stealing front porch furniture, but it has nothing to do with fear. It's trust, community and the desire to live in that community well. Even in poor high crime communities, you don't steal someone's porch furniture.
Even in low crime areas, everything is stealable. A friend of mine had a five foot tall cage of parakeets stolen from his front porch. There is a trend now of stealing catalytic converters from cars. They strip copper wire from buildings that are electrically live. Nothing is off limits.
I'm just seeing this and I lived in Alabama for 50 years. Alabama has wonderful, beautiful scenery, amazing people, cheaper cost of living. It also has slums, crime, ugliness. It depends on so many factors. But London has its posh parts and it's working class parts. There are safe areas, and high crime areas. Alabama is no different than anyplace else. The Yellowhammer State....so named because of the state bird. Also called The Heart of Dixie because it is in the middle of the South.
That’s true for literally every place in the world.
I went to the Space Center in Alabama back in elementary school. Pretty cool place.
My sister just moved from a gated community in Las Vegas to Opileka Alabama. Reason? Crime.
EVERY state in the US has its own beauty and strengths....and weaknesses. Never discount any state. I live in Michigan and it is beautiful! It is surrounded by the five Great Lakes.
District of Columbia is Washington DC where the White House is.
I feel like when Climate Change destroys 75% of the US in the future, Michigan will be one of the few states that will thrive.
I hate to break it to you but in a lot of cities people just sit around on their front door steps. I would say it's more of an old cultural thing
It looks like a Southern thing from before air conditioning.
Yep I’ve never bn to a common American neighborhood where we don’t sit on the porch unless there isn’t much of a porch. Tbh in Michigan I know ppl that furnish their garage to be a area for guests to lounge in. For example cousins have a pool table, 2 mounted TVs with surround sound and a bar in their garage.
Yeah I live in S Florida and the townhouse I live in now has a nice patio with a tall wooden fence. I spend a lot of time out there. Especially in the morning before work. And before it gets too hot. Lots of apartments have their little balconies, too. Got em? Use em.
It is so true Boston NY all the metro citys but again i got a pouch and still sit on the steps lmao
@@Iroxstilettos "Man Cave" pretty much !
After attending a convention in New Orleans we drove to Florida. While in Alabama we got a flat tire. Although I found a tire place and those people couldn’t have been nicer. They shaved the new tire to match the depth of my other tires, which we had no idea was a thing and they did that free. They were friendly and helpful
Tyre is how we spell it in Britain. Tire means to get tired.
I’m from Canada. When I visited New York and California I found that everyone was in a rush to get somewhere and it was very stressful. No one seemed to be relaxed. However, when I visited Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine I found people were more relaxed and not in a hurry to get anywhere which I find nicer than rushing everywhere.
I’m from New York. What city did you go to?
Pretty sure you’re experiencing larger city vibes (people rushing around) vs smaller towns/rural vibes (much slower pace).
LOL, people in California, and NY are in a rush because they have work to do, they are very busy people, and its the reason why those two states alone have a GDP that is higher then most countries. They are the engines that make the U S the richest country in the world. The reason they are in a hurry at night is because they have a show to catch or an art show to catch, some are going to a sporting event they have tickets to as there are 20 professional teams that paly in those states, its called culture, and it makes for a greatest life anyone can have.
Dude-----Trader Joe's, sushi, and Alabama have never been uttered in a sentence before, worlds first
Strange, sort of like Beard, cleanliness and Artist.
Ha ha, when he said he’d go to Trader Joe’s in Alabama, I said to my cat, “ I really doubt there’s a Trader Joe’s in Alabama.” Or anywhere else you’d want to go.
@@alanarnold2163 I'd really like to give you credit for saying something clever. just having a hard time - guess im the dumb one
Alabama is probably one of the last places I’d ever order sushi personally
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100 grand for an 8,000 sq ft house? One word: termites.
And kudzu!
Although I live in the Pacific Northwest and grew up in California I can tell you that I've been to the south and you would be missing out on southern hospitality and great food and friendly people. Salt of the earth people down there.
The people who trash Alabama have probably never been there. I have visited there and found the people very friendly. It was very nice.
Hello from New Jersey! Yes, if all you did was fly into Newark Airport, you’d be like, “this state is nasty.” But there are SO MANY beautiful, fun places in NJ. An unbelievable amount of farms, orchards and plant nurseries, rolling hills, wide open spaces, towns like Princeton, Summit, Lambertville, Red Bank, not to mention the incredible beach life along the shore. Where you guys stayed was pretty urban, so you didn’t get to see the rest of the state. If you head west towards Pennsylvania along route 80, you start to see mountains. And we’re between two incredible cities - Philadelphia and New York. And our diners!!! Don’t knock it till ya try it - ALL of it. Come back and give me a ring. I’ll give you a proper tour. Thanks for the video! 👍🏻😀
Chris Fortin: I couldn't have said it any better! I live near Long Beach Island in a lovely little town on the mainland. I don't think you could find beaches any more beautiful than here. And as you said, there is so much variety in New Jersey. Mountains for skiing, state forests for hiking with rivers for kayaking (Wharton and Bass River are my favorite places to kayak) New Jersey is a well kept secret, and maybe that's a good thing! lol
I was born in Brooklyn, but we moved to Los Angeles when I was three. That said, I completely agree with the first comment above - NJ is beautiful. I was fortunate to spend a few months in Millburn, NJ in 2001. Loved it. The people were so friendly, and it had everything we needed. Best of all, we could drive or train to NYC in under an hour. I hope it’s still as nice now as it was then. I think you would love Hudson, NY. Pricey, but pretty swell. I know people will be mad, but I’d avoid the south all together. I won’t go into why, but you can do your own research.
@@janegirl50 all of what you said
@@yoovie Did you read our comments about how there is so much more to NJ than what Joel and Lia experienced? Joel even said that they didn't see the beautiful parts of the "garden state".
@@dorothypaul4642 yes, that's why I gave so many of those comments a thumbs up and agreed with them.........
I’m sure other people mentioned it by now… But there are 50 states in the United States of America. 48 continental United States and two states that aren’t even attached to the 48. Those two are Alaska and Hawaii. Canada separates the 48 states from Alaska.
The district of Columbia is Washington DC. It is surrounded by Virginia and Maryland. It is an area that is unique because it is not a state but there are people living there. You were correct when you said the President of the United States lives in Washington DC.
A lot of non-americans think there are 52 states. I think they mostly get confused because the virgin islands and puerto rico are american territories but they aren't states.
@@ketrickowallis1696 It's weird because most Americans don't even think of those places unless they live there or go there for vacation. Why are other nations so conscious of them? :)
Came here to say the same.
I have lived in D.C. for 53 years and I will tell you that the residents of this city live in the D.C or The Distict of Colombia. The trourist come to visit the Captiol and the monuments are in Washington, D.C. . Yes it's the same place, but the President only lives here for 4-8 years has has more of a say so in the city than the people who have live her our whole lives.
We have no vote in Congress. Pay more taxes the most States, but I woundn't want to live other place in the World.
You don't need a car to get around the city and one of the best places to visit in Spring. Good night life and food from everywhere in the world.
The US also has territories:. Puerto Rico, Guam, American Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands and several unpopulated islands also. The people of the territories are considered US citizens (except for American Samoa), but they have their own elected officials.
I've got to say, if an American drives more than an hour to go to an event? We're sleeping over!
Government/ taxes are the kick, not the people. I used to drive a truck and the bridge I used charged 8.00 usd to go into NJ and 12.00 to get out!
Look up the American TV show “Home Town” to get a feeling about A small town in Mississippi. Alabama would be similar.
Home Town: Laurel Mississippi
Home Town Takeover: Wetumpka Alabama
Wetumpka is the filming location of the movie Big Fish
I love that show!!
True. There are riverboat casinos in Biloxi, MS also. They do have tourism, it is just known as very southern.
Good idea! Ben & Erin would be the best hosts for Joel & Lia!
Or watch some of the renovation shows, that were based in small and/or southern towns, like fixer upper.
Buhahaha when they said 52 stars I laughed so hard but then I was like wait a minute there from England and I no like nothing about England except a few monarchies so actually they were pretty close also good job Joel for getting the 13 right!!👏🏻
I love the fact that these two kids are not only traveling but expanding their knowledge through their social media page. I guarantee if I tried taking another Countries Citizenship Exam I probably would fail..... heck I'd probably fail our Citizenship Exam 🙄😏
@@tagyouritification haha! That’s true I’ve heard ours is really hard and people who take it study a ton!
I'm British and have lived in Nevada for 25 yrs and I am still learning stuff about America
It is 748 miles from Houston to El Paso. It feels like you are never getting out of Texas! Don't judge a state until you visit it. There is something great about all of our states.
Ugh! I did that drive.
@@USAHD1844 I hear you! I live in So Cal too. I made Houston in two days for a funeral. Riverside to El Paso & then El Paso to Houston.
That is so sad that you can’t have a front porch or porch furniture.
Every state has their good points and bad points. I’m sure that parts of Alabama are beautiful and historic.
Michael, you took the words out of my mouth! Thanks for reminding everyone of such an important truth.👍 🤗❤🙏🌎 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Well, I'm sure there are communities on the Gulf Coast of Alabama and Mississippi where folk are very happy.
@@Judy_R Hi dear friend!!! Hope you had a great Monday! 😘🌷🌻
@@stephanied.k.3589 Im living in Northern VA. It's my husband's home. But we're working hard to beat feet back to the Mississippi Gulf Coast because its my home. Im so homesick for it. We actually have alot of people from the UK and other countries that live on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and add to the richness of our culture there.
@@suzyq5416 Beautiful. I have only seen the area on HGTV. Definitely a place to visit. Mississippi is the birthplace of Blues. What is America without The Blues? Even if you don't visit Mississippi, there are some great documentaries about the Mississippi Delta that are must sees.
Omg! The whole District of Columbia part almost made me pee my pants.
Yeah absolutely everything is so far here. I drive 25 minutes and pay a toll each way. Just to see the guy I’m talking to.
Alabama and Mississippi are beautiful states. I was surprised when I drove through them on the way back to Chicago from the Gulf coast.
I’ve heard that Hawaii is kind of hostile to outsiders who want to take up residency and because it’s a group of islands, a lot of goods have to be flown in or shipped in and the cost of living is very high.
Even though I do not think California CAN California Hawaii though because Hawaii has ALREADY out California with the prices on everything !
Hawaii makes CA look conservative, and is much more affordable to live in, than in Hawaii.
@@10171981 Yes. Also Island time would drive me nuts... So slow. The H1 (interstate equivalent) max speed is 50 MPH.
LA to Wyoming is 16 hrs. Every state in the US has something to see. Mississippi has great over looks on the river, and beaches. Alabama has a space center in Huntsville and more great beaches
Someone with a million dollar ranch is going to fly.
That might be part of why Harrison Ford is a pilot.
I agree. Every state has something interesting about it
Mobile is great too.
On outside furniture, if it is on the curb, it is being given away, or thrown away. Grab it if you want. Otherwise, stealing outside furniture is like taking a white elephant. The cost and effort is often not worth the value.
In Britain, if you lived on a country estate or had a flat with a decent sized balcony, it as unlikely any outdoor furniture there would ever be stolen.
You guys are laughing about the porch but that’s so legit southern. Sun tea, porch swings….
Hell, yeah! Breaux Bridge, La., here. 45 minutes from Baton Rouge, 2.5 hours from New Orleans. As I type this, I'm on our front porch in a rocker(though we DO have a porch swing), and though I'm drinking melon drink mix, I LOVE tea! The Deep South IS laid-back.
@@joeymorvant161 🙌🏻
Funny - I’m in Dallas, I have a friend from Breaux Bridge. I had assumed it was a really small town. (Maybe it is. Small world though!)
@@pattiking 8,000 plus. That's cool that you have a friend from here.
When they said "porch" for N.J. they were thinking of the stoop. There are lots of places in urban areas where houses are connected (row houses) and people don't have yards so they hang on the stoop. The kids play on the sidewalks. It's great people watching plus good places to casually socialize with neighbors or friends who pass by.
It’s “sweet tea” honey.
I’m flying from Kentucky to Florida just to attend a retirement party. You’re right. I appreciate the invite. And it is for one of my high school buddies. I’m making it a long weekend. To drive it would be 12 hours each way. In August, in Florida. It’s gonna be so hot! Literally. 🥵 But I’m going, you bet’cha!
Agreed! I have a friend who is flying from Los Angeles to Colorado to attend a celebration of life.
I hopped a plane for a 3 day weekend from Florida to Michigan to attend a fb friends wedding..... it was the 1st time in person we met. Life is short, it's more fun to make last minute decisions on a whim and I expanded my knowledge of a place I had never visited before.
@@tagyouritification That is awesome! I met my husband online in 1999. We conversed via email about a month before meeting in person. The rest is history! We both lived in the Denver Colorado metro area so long travel was not required. I am happy you made your trip! I am thankful I made mine in August as well as well as for the 2nd year in-a-row my high school 40th reunion was cancelled (it was supposed to happen Oct 2nd). I would have missed seeing my buddies if I didn’t take the trip in August.
@@tagyouritification well, that is just too weird for me.
I think Lia's Salmon would come with Carrots - was the same pause - too funny!
I've lived in Alabama and Mississippi, and both have wonderful qualities that overshadow the negative. If you ever want to come visit, I'll be happy to show y'all around!
I live in Mississippi and a lot of people leave their cars unlocked and sometimes the key in them still... also the front doors unlocked. Obviously depends on the area but so many people live in the MIDDLE of nowhere.
Watching the evolution of District of Columbia must be fake (or in Canada?) to realizing it's D.C. was hilarious and absolutely delightful.
Where I grew up in Upper Michigan, it was nothing to drive two to four hours to get to a place where one could go Christmas or clothing shopping.
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Wait until they here about people from the Midwest. “ oh, that’s only about a 10 hour drive. Not too bad.”
New Jersey has the distinction of being the only one with a "State Smell".
I'm not knocking Louisiana because I was born and raised around there, but Louisiana has a smell too. Mostly its the industry. I was born in Bogalusa, and they had the papermill there. It smelled so bad you could smell it over in Mississippi on foggy days. I would wake up and go out to wait for the school bus. It would be thick fog and the smell of the papermill in Bogalusa would smack you in the face. Bogalusa was about 40 miles from where I lived.
You simply need to take a month, get an RV and visit all the states. Each state has its own beauty and interesting places.
That would take a whole year!
Cali is the prettiest. But, Cali is expensive to live.
I would love a video of you two traveling the US in an RV!
You can’t do that in a month.
Someone just lost their life over an argument regarding the Texas A&M vs Alabama college football game. This occurred near Birmingham, Alabama. That says a lot about Alabama right there.
The absolute nicest people I’ve ever met in America was in Huntsville Alabama. We went into a grocery store and everyone wants to talk to you like they’re family that hasn’t seen you in forever. Best people on the planet!
New Jersey is awesome and you have to visit all of it, don’t judge us by bad press!
Nothing wrong with New Jersey except its government. Far left and crooked.
I love New Jersey! Love the Pine Barrens! Never had a bad time there. Same with DC. I can understand the reluctance but I can't say that I've had any second thoughts about visiting. This is really good fun guys. Thanks! L&C 👍😘❤️🇬🇧
District of Columbia is DC/Washington. It's not a state. It's an independent entity which doesn't belong to any state. Many residents there would like it to become a state.
I love DC. My best friend lives there, and I’ve visited many times. It’s great - lots of museums, the Kennedy Center, great architecture, and good restaurants. I recommend going in the autumn. It’s jam-packed in summer, and the humidity is awful.
D.C. is awesome! Great people, culture, restaurants & bars, etc. Visited twice, would love to go back!
Jo el & Lia, I am from Alabama and PLEASE visit Alabama to make your own opinion of the state. Yes we are such a backward state with the likes of the Huntsville Space and Rocket Center where the slow minded people figured out how to send people into space. Then there is in Birmingham one of the largest teaching and medical centers in the country at the UAB complex. Next companies like Mercedez Benz built a huge manufacturing plant as well as other car companies. True as with all places there are some high crime areas but the rest of the state is beautiful and friendly. Never listen to "THEY or THEM" always use the body part resting upon your shoulders for more than a hat rack.
50 states. FIFTY! 🙄🤦♀️
I lived in Hawaii for three years as a child and it was the most amazing childhood I could have asked for. Still my favorite place to have lived. Utterly expensive though.
A friend of mine recently moved to Huntsville, AL, the home of NASA Space Center. She thought I might enjoy living there because, according to her, the city is filled with good looking engineers. I don't know if they are all good looking, but the scenery is spectacular, with mountains, lakes, rivers, and beautiful white sandy beaches on the Gulf of Mexico. I have a sense the people who belittle this state have never been there. Alabama is lovely, as well as it's people.
Lol. We do have a lot of engineers. N. Al has a lot of non natives due to arsenal, nasa, tech companies, etc.
Lol Huntsville, Birmingham and Montgomery all awesome.
Yes and Alabama is the tallest state 😂😂 random fact. Good looking, tall engineers, not just NASA but Toyota, Mercedes, Boeing, Hyundai and on and on.
District of Columbia is Washington DC
Alabama is an absolutely beautiful state, it gets made fun of quite a bit lol but it is really a beautiful place. I’m from Tennessee and it’s beautiful too, but imo every state has its own good and bad qualities lol.
Most people that disregard it have never been here
In that part of the country, people enjoy sitting out on the porch, or on their front stoop. It’s just what they do!
There’s nothing like fresh seafood straight from the Gulf‼️‼️ MS, AL, FL & let’s not forget hot & spicy Cajun from LA 😋 Naw’lens 😉
Not to be one of THOSE, but New Orleans is actually Creole. My mom is originally from there, and even SHE says that. Cajun is Breaux Bridge, where I've lived just about my entire life, Lafayette(the nearest big city, 6 miles away), and the surrounding areas. Even though Lafayette is the state's 4th largest city, not everybody has heard of it . New Orleans, of course, is largest, Baton Rouge is 2nd, with Shreveport 3rd. (Breaux Bridge, btw, is 45 minutes from B.R. and 2.5 hours from N.O..) Now, because EVERYBODY has heard of New Orleans, and not everybody has heard of Lafayette, I guess it's just easier to attribute one of our state's most famous cultures to our state's most famous city. I'm not angry or trying to nitpick or anything like that, just trying to set the record straight. People do it all the time. Now when people think of Mardi Gras, they correctly think of N.O.. Just strange that people heard of us Cajuns, but don't actually know of the area where we actually exist, lol!
@@joeymorvant161 its ok to give a little states history. Most people don't know about the french/Spanish roots of the people of LA and South Mississippi. The same people who founded LA also founded the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. Creole is definitely a lifestyle of its own. Nothing else like it on this earth, I don't think.
@@suzyq5416 Thank you. I just like to throw a little preface in(" I don't mean to be one of THOSE") because it seems that any time you try to correct something, inevitably somebody comes along with a "Thanks, jerk!" comment, or something similar. Most times, I'll just let mistakes go, but in a case like this(mistaking N.O. for being Cajun), I just wanted to do a little explaining. Thanks, again! Indeed, the Cajun and Creole cultures are unique, both wonderful in many varied ways.
For such a small state, New Jersey is really diverse geographically…from scenic mountains in the northwest corner of the state to beautiful beaches all along the southeast. The pine barrens forest takes up a quarter of the state and houses orchids and carnivorous plants, plus areas of pygmy pines where the trees grow only a few feet tall. There’s horse country in the middle of the state and farmland in the southwest. It’s the home of the blueberry and the cranberry. My back yard grows zillions of chanterelles each summer…one of the most sought after edible wild mushrooms.
Yeah,jersey is beautiful once you get away from the influence of NY and Philly. I grew up in a very small town that didn't have a bank or grocery store except for an extremely small general store with 2 gas pumps outside. It also has the last covered bridge in NJ. Look up Sergeantsvelle NJ. I lived approximately 2 miles from that covered bridge. During deer hunting season we could here the shotguns firing and buckshot lightly bouncing off our house. We had to travel 15 miles to Flemington NJ to do our grocery shopping or use a bank. It was so peaceful there. Absolutely no crime. Nobody stole your bike bcuz everyone knew who's bike it was. We would ride our bikes down our hill to the bus stop and leave our bikes beside the road. It was still there when we got home. If there was snow ❄ we would sleigh to the bus stop. Memories!
Yup. Enjoyed New Jersey, agree staying away from Philly and New York areas. Lots to do!
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NJ played a major role in Revolutionary War. British troops appeared to have trapped Washington and his army in Brooklyn on bank of Hudson River, but Washington and his men escaped under cover of night across Hudson River into New Jersey. British success then most likely would have crushed revolution, but Washington got away and the "rest they say is history." Washington spent much of war in NJ, hoping to retake New York, but it never happened. British didn't leave New York until after 1783 peace treaty.
Our capital is known for crime and political corruption. I have never been there and I will not risk my life to walk in a disgusting place like that.
Jersey girl here!! Jersey girls don’t pump their own gas!! Taxes suck but this state has it all the city up north and then the beach in the south!!
The founders did not want the federal capital in any state. So they made an area ( 10 mi sq ?) that is not in any state ... the district of columbia.
DC was 100 square miles when it was established.
The Constitution specifies "10 miles square" ie 10 miles on a side, or 100 square miles.
You two never fail to put a smile on my face. A car terminology vid would probably be hilarious. Do it.
By the way the District of Columbia is in the USA in Canada we have a province called British Columbia.
Some people sit on a cities frontdoor steps. Hello from Texas !!!!!
Five bedrooms 2000 ft.²? Wow that feels small my house is three bedrooms 2900 ft.²
The District of Columbia, abbreviated DC, is not a state. It is a federal district, because the founding fathers did not want the nation's capital to be in any state. Australia emulated this policy with their capital of Canberra.
The mistake the founders made with DC, was having private property. It should have been totally for government and military usage.
I wonder where Iowa ranks. I've lived here for over 35 years, and find it to be filled with friendly and helpful people. The weather is crap, but it's a really good place to live.
Iowa used to be a great place to live, but unless you are near the bigger metro areas there isn't much left to recommend...
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True, but Iowa is still a great place to live. Maybe not as friendly as it used to be. Its losing its Iowa nice.
I moved to Iowa from Jersey 17 years ago, and I love it here.
The roads are soooooo wavy
on the stoops in Jersey, they were probably look outs and inside they were disassembling a body.
Kentucky now offers a straight through flight to London. I just looked it up takes about 10 hours and it's about $975 one stop.
I love NJ. Especially down the shore in the summer. Cape May is gorgeous.
Sitting On The Front Porch - it's called "stoop culture" it's an actual thing.
Didn't realize it had that name, but am doing it right now and have been for years. Breaux Bridge, La..
Most Americans tend to have a respect for other people's property, which apparently UK peeps don't have, since they would take someone's stuff in the night.
Washington D. C. (District of Columbia) The capitol was set in a separate district so that no state was favored with the capitol.
You should watch the show "Hometown" It's a couple in Laurel, Mississippi that revived their town by doing a Fixer Upper show. I've been there and the town was so cute and super friendly! They also did another series called "Hometown Takeover" where they go help a town in Alabama. It will give you a sense of what it's like in these two states.
I grew up mostly in Mississippi, and the people on Hometown are very much like the Mississippians I know - warm, friendly, and creative. Very artistic and musical. Might not appeal to those who are used to a metropolitan lifestyle. I like quiet and space and friendliness, so it’s right for me.
The DC conversation made me laugh so loud I scared my husband 😂
Yes!!! 🤣 Love these 2 so much. They never fail to cheer me up.
A Mississippi Legend here. I was born & raised here, been offered jobs all over the country, but the cost of living where I live is so low…I’m not ready to move away just yet…
I'm from So Cal. I can't imagine, relaxing in a chair..sitting on my porch basically doing nothing. You never know; it might be nice..😁
District of Columbia is the legal name of Washington D.C. It's called that to minimize confusion as there's a state on the West Coast in the Pacific Northwest region that's also called Washington.
I was amazed when I was down in Tennessee to hear the number of people who didn't realise there was a STATE called Washington. I had a T-shirt from Washington, people kept admiring that I'd been to the capitol. I said "this is Washington state" ... one guy said "Do you have one of those?" Another said "Oh, Washington state in Canada", one told me there IS no Washington state and many gave me a deer-in-the-headlight/drooly look.
The founding Fathers felt the the Nations Capital should be located in an area not Governed by one States Laws as it could influence the creation and passage by both Houses. Thus the Federation annexation of the district from Virginia to create the District of Columbia.
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@@cijmo that's honestly embarrassing. How do grown adults not know about Washington state
@@AyeeeItsCam I have no idea how that happens and of course it's was not an overwhelmingly high number of people who didn't know. I also met someone in Glasgow, Montana who didn't know there was another Glasgow in the world. I'm afraid I just don't understand, especially now in the time of the internet, how peoples' worlds are still so small.
In Montana you can drive for hours without ever leaving the state. If you live in a small town it's not a big deal to drive two hours to go shopping
Imagine how far you drive in my state of Texas and never leave it!! 😊
Not only shopping here in Montana. To get to doctors appointments. Someone says let go see so and so in Billings and I'm in Helena, 240 miles.
I have three rocking chairs sitting on my front porch been there for 15 years.
Naming New Jersey the Garden State is like the naming of Greenland whenever you order anyting in the mail he usually comes from New Jersey people are out on their Stoops and doorsteps because they don't have any real yards
You need to go to Jackson, WY you will be surprised and be glad you did.
Amazing scenery in Jackson.
Their wallets won’t be glad they did
How I love Lia’s accent when she says “AlabAHma”! ❤️❤️❤️
I'm kind of surprised West Virginia wasn't mentioned. I generally think of that as the poorest and most uneducated state, but most people just know about it from that lovely John Denver song ("Take Me Home, Country Roads") that makes it sound so beautiful. At least Alabama has Huntsville, where a large amount of research for our space program has historically taken place.
I applied for three jobs this past week. All of the commutes were a little over and hour. Alabama is….ok, if you want to find a clean public restroom, you just…can’t. Yuck.
I've been all over the world. I'd take the worst state in the US over many countries I've visited any day.
you must be an American then...
@@mrworldwideakl971 Nope.
@@mrworldwideakl971 you must have millions of Cubans and Central Americans risking life and limb to get into YOUR country, then... hmmmmm?
Usually when people hear New Jersey, they think a rip-off of NYC, and not in a nice way 😂 really that's only Newark, 90% of New Jersey is gorgeous countryside, especially the northwest of the state. We also have some amazing beaches. Where I live, you can't drive 10 minutes without seeing a horse farm (and usually a super nice one as there's a lot of money in New Jersey😂), and we're notorious for twisty roads winding through beautiful woods and hills.
I had family in Belleville and Nutley and they were cool little cities. Just super super packed! The density is amazing.
Except taxes are so high, I don't know how anyone affords to live there. Is it true that a $250,000 house would have taxes of $15,000 per year? Let me know if that's really a fact or someone was just "messin" with me as we say in the South. Live in Savannah Georgia
Wyoming has Yellowstone on the west side and just east of the state line (in So, Dakota) is Mt. Rushmore. So no, not just tumble weeds.
One star for each state (50) and 13 stripes for the 13 original colonies.
Most people's impression of New Jersey is the New Jersey Turnpike. It's pretty industrial and not very beautiful. But there are many beautiful parts of the state if you get away from the big highways and major cities.
Watching a 3 Stooges movie years ago I heard Curley say, "You're from Jersey? I'm from Jersey. What exit?" I didn't understand until I visited the east coast and drove from Delaware to New York.
Wyoming is very mountainous. Beautiful state. Also, probably already heard this, but there are fifty states. :D
Hahaha! You guys are so funny and cute! Also quite clever, you both talked your way right into the correct answer: D.C. is short for the District of Columbia. So funny! I know, me and Helena. are still laughing from your beautiful banter.
As a Wyoming resident, I'm sitting here thinking you had it all wrong....Huge mountain ranges, thermal pools, Yellowstone.....Then I remembered I also picked up the biggest tumbleweed I've ever seen in my life from the parking lot at work last week.....
YES do the car terminology! Didn’t know you guys didn’t have SUVs or minivans!
They have some beautiful, air stream type campers. I wish America would catch up. design wise.
At least AlaBAMA and Mississippi have beaches, so it is not all bad. Both are very Southern and you'd love the accents.
Roll Tide!
Bama's beaches are so much better than the Sip. Not many people from MS even bother visiting the coast for the beaches, mainly other attractions like Cruisin' the Coast in October and the casinos.
I agree. New Jersey is just the doorway to hell.
New Jersey has ridiculous high taxes and people keep voting the politician's that enforce high taxes and raise them. Then they get mad and leave and vote for them again when they move to another state. So they never learn their. Lesson and srew up another state.
FLORIDA IS THE ARMPIT OF THE WORLD.
Yes, I live here... sobbing.
New Jersey’s beach towns are really beautiful! Travel the coast and take a look and Princeton area is really nice.
😂😂 I once drove 1 1/2 hours to have lunch in Gloucester. America is huge so I think we're so used to having to go far even for work it is just a part of who we are.
52 states as on the flag??? Never heard of District of Columbia but think that it too is a state? My God!!!
When I was age 12, I lived in Northern Minnesota, up by the Canadian border, and I was sent to a boarding school in southern MN, and was frequently plopped on a greyhound bus for a 3 1/2 hour ride to get to school. I know lots of people who will drive for 5 hours or longer to get to vacation destinations, or to see family in other states. I have known people who will go on a days journey, or even 2 or 3 days journey to get to a destination. It's not uncommon
@@CalTrask73 It wasn't that unusual to put a 12 year old on the bus seated in the front by the driver.
The biggest thing that ruins going to Hawaii is the price of EVERYTHING! Having said that you really need set a lot aside for for a seven day five ports of call cruise around the islands, at 1,800 US dollars. The District of Columbia was a One Hundred Square mile parcels of undeveloped land that bordered the Statas of Virginia and Maryland to be the Capitol city of USA. Virginia reclaimed its half and is now known as Arlington
We don't mind "commuting" for work if it's an hour to 1 1/2, especially out of a large city. I'm from Nashville, so I'm used to driving into work downtown. We vacation in the Smokey Mtns in East Tennessee about 5 hours away, which we consider close. A 3 hour drive we consider a "day trip," which for us, would be Chattanooga. Love y'all so much! Always a laugh and so much fun!