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Was gonna say the same thing

This.

Was gonna comment the same thing.

can confirm

I did not know that. Thank you for the info

@@GeographyKing yes sir! The capitol is now a museum in downtown laredo. Pretty cool little known Texas fact.

@@Anahi1991 I'm a mainer but I find that very interesting

@@michaellarrabee5873 hey I love y’all’s lobster. Yeah in 7th grade all Texans take Texas history it’s very unknown. For 11 months the southern Texas counties and 3 northeastern Mexican states formed a country. Didn’t go so well…. Lol

@@michaellarrabee5873 if you ever see a map of the republic of Texas you’ll notice the southern part is labeled disputed. That’s why :)

And no political bias! So hard to find KZfaqrs today that aren’t trying to spin a narrative.

Thank you for the info!

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Not to mention there is also flights to Delhi, but isn't long enough to make the top 10 and be depicted on the map.

Bangalore is like the Silicon Valley of India so there is a lot of nerds going back and forth

Tech Express flights! Bangalore to SFO...

Shame you couldn't have visited decades ago, when Mexico was more like the US of the 1920s.

I find it interesting how far south Texas is compared to Tijuana

Hi friend. El Paso still ranks among USA’s top 5 safest cities. Fortunately Juarez is not like it used to be, but you are correct. It once was the most dangerous globally. They’ve gotten it together somewhat. But El Paso is always safe. You’re welcome to Texas for brisket any time!

Yeah that's a crazy thing except that El Paso is one of the safest states in the country whereas Juarez ranked 2nd most dangerous city in the world (behind Tijuana). El Paso is so safe because they're busy trying to prevent Juarez from leaking over!

How this disparity exists is the Rio Grande River corridor splits the two cities. There are fences, barricades, the river, and Border Patrol monitoring as well. One of the best examples that walls and security work wonders.

I had to go to Ciudad Juárez in 1995 to get a student's visa and at the time it was really bad. I only saw dentists and Día de los Muertos souvenirs though. Later that year I was in McAllen, TX and this poverty-stricken town turned out to be full of jewelleries. I also noted that though all the signs were in English (except "Ropa usada"), no one actually spoke that language!

Juarez has more organized crime than street gangs so if you are just minding your business you should be good

Thank you! I'll try to keep it up

@GeographyKing I'm sure you will....and I just saw my spelling error😳 "you are one of the few channels I subscribe to" My mother was an English teacher. My other passion is etymology. I'm quite entertained wirh only a dictionary. Cheers🇨🇦

Thank you very much!

@@GeographyKing also, I know your favorite state is NM and I get that… that Christmas chili with some honey and flat bread is unequivocal. Have you done a favorite states list for all 50?

Plus the urban heat island which is extreme in phoenix.

Totally. I’m in Houston and my company is actually from Bangalore. US HQ is in Florida. Bangalore is growing!

A long time ago, I read a book called “the nine nations of North America” by Joel somebody. He posited that the abundant natural resources, i.e. water would give that region a great deal of power over the other “Nations”. As a native Ohioian, I always thought that we have such beautiful resources, and that we should steward them appropriately.

@@lucycliburn2344 I lived in Cleveland as a student at Case back in the 70s. Originally from New England, I found Ohioans very warm friendly people and the state was surprisingly beautiful. Many fond memories of my time there and i hope future bright days for the state and its people. Imo it is very underrated and will take the country by surprise.

And pretty accurate when it comes to overall population trends... I.e. Edmonton is growing at a blazing pace just not in Central or East Edmonton... Which is older and.. "grittier" to say the least... And I say that as a resident of East Central Edmonton...

Perth: What am I chopped liver?

Also look up the 'Barassi Line', which divides Australia into the part where Australian Rules football is the main winter sport, and the part where it's rugby league/rugby union football.

OMG now I wanna see him doing the Pokemon region maps and Yakuza series.

A look at how similar Sandy Shores in GTA V is with the Salton Sea (which he's done a really cool video on already) would be really interesting. They nailed some very detailed and specific things there. (It's where Trevor lives in the trailer.)

lol. I skipped that segment. I enjoy video games, but I’m here for the maps of our planet. Not a fictional version of it.

I’m blessed to have 2 airports I’ve never transferred flights. That scares me lol

do you think this was adopted because of English language becoming more global?

@@markbollinger1343 no. Dutch is simply close to English and we had it happen to us naturally.

I lived in Hartford for a few years. and the housing costs were absurd, especially considering the “amenities” that Hartford had to offer.

My job right now is to call random voters in L.A and ask if they need help paying their rent or mortgage. The huge corporate property owners now have to pay a tax because housing costs are outrageous. A great job- helping people!

Thank you for the kind words

@@GeographyKing you’re welcome!

When I think of Phoenix and its surrounding "cities" I just assume they're all drab suburban nowhere- there and it's-all-pretty-much-the-same type of places. What's your view? Is there a significant difference between Chandler and Scottsdale, for instance? Etc.

@@Anthony-hu3rj ...you're not too far off, but there are some significant differences too. i'd say 95% is income & opportunity dictated... political leadership here doesn't like to encourage developers to bring unique/diverse venues to certain areas. they like to pack all the cool stuff together in pockets. Central Phx corridor/Arcadia/Biltmore are old money & high water use, so they feel lush & cool compared to say, Tolleson/Peoria/Mesa. Snobbsdale is newer money, but has northern pockets toward Carefree where policies preserved the natural desert landscape more. Glendale is oddly shaped & expansive, so has a different feel depending on where you are. Maryvale out to Avondale is all FLR ranchettes, & El Mirage/Surprise/Anthem/Chandler/Buckeye/Ahwatukee/Peoria are all similar style/period stucco homes. if anything really changes by area tho, it's the type of people you'll typically find. stereotypes run thick here. we're in a 6yr process of moving for a bunch of reasons, but mostly heat/traffic/people/costs. where ya from?

Toronto and Vancouver are bleeding people to Alberta at record numbers... Usually Albertans move to Vancouver, now it's the other way 'round... I get it when $1.3 million gets you nothing there and a McMansion with enough cash left over for a second vacation house in Alberta? The choice seems pretty easy to me...

South india is more rich than north india

I've been to Charles Mound! I love Jo Daviess County, Illinois.......it's beautiful!

Especially because so many Great Lakes cities like Detroit and Cleveland have experienced significant population loss in the last 50 years and have the bones of much larger cities waiting to be refilled.

They’ll have to get crime under control or nobody will bother to move there. I heard somewhere that most of the US population lived in the Great Lakes region until air conditioning came into widespread use.

@@spiritmatter1553 True about Chicago, Detroit, and Cleveland but the region is very large, so secondary cities may still (and some, like Madison WI already) are.

He does live here, he lives in Chattanooga

@@AdamSmith-gs2dv yeah that’s BARLEY the south. He’s not talking about Tennessee when he says these things. Come to the REAL south and find out

@@AdamSmith-gs2dv that isn’t really south for us…. That’s “snow south” not hurricane south lol

@@713collier right? I live in Houston. This isn’t Virginia or the Carolina’s. Atlanta, Texas, Miami are all high wage areas lol

I've lived in the south since 1999, except for 2004-07. South Carolina and now Tennessee. My wife is from a small town in South Carolina. I've traveled extensively throughout the south. I'm familiar with the region as a whole and I'm aware of the low wages here. Poverty is in fact higher in the south. Wages are in fact lower. I'm not sure what your issue is with what I said. It's more expensive in the south than the Midwest because of lower wages. I've done tons of research about the south and am very familiar with the region. I don't think it's me that has to do more research or "use my head a little".

Can confirm . Worked multiple industries in the SF Bay Area and most of them had a Bangalore presence or had a significant connection to companies located in Bangalore.

It’s a common misconception that flat land has to be at low altitude compared to hills or mountains. A lot of flat plains are actually super high. If you play around on Google Earth with the sea level tool, you’ll notice that really flat farming areas like in Kansas and Nebraska are super high up, like 3500-4000 feet above sea level and theres no mountains in sight. So it doesn’t surprise me that the northwest flat farming part of Ohio is higher than the rocky Appalachian southeast

@@williamhrivnak7345 Ahhh I see. Makes sense. Appreciate the info cuz Knowledge is Power!!

Worked at a wind farm in Ohio in that area, and you are right. You wouldn't know it was anywhere in Bellefonte unless it was pointed out. Place is also right next to a career center which is kind of funny.

Must be boring, being a CBSA Officer. They sound about as imaginative and "brilliant" as our own are. TSA Agents are not known for their brains. OR Observational Prowess.

@@TimeSurfer206 Yeah likely. I should mention, this occurred when I was in my 20s and me and 3 buddies went down there, so his concerns might have been valid? lol

Yes but this discounts the weather and aesthetics, which can be powerful drivers, especially for retirees and affluent work from homers. Having lived up north myself, I can't imagine wanting to go back up there. It would be more likely for me to look in lower cost areas elsewhere in the South.

@@PeteQuad -- I believe that You nailed a big part of the trend, especially in coastal areas. Retirees can sell their home in the North, then buy a better home for less money in the South. Whether it is a higher percentage of the local median income is not relevant to them.

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Why would anyone be stupid enough to divert water to arid regions?

The tech industry had the same impact on the SF Bay Area. It was reasonably affordable but had fewer job opportunities prior. Now lots of jobs but really expensive housing. Those without the high tech job salaries are not able to keep up.

@@GeographyKing that’s my whole family in that area. All of us are considering moving except a few. It’s sad. Grew up to a completely different hill country then what it is today. Now it’s all wineries and big Tec jobs. A mini California in the making.

@@greensoul8121 us old heads remember when Texas was cheap but just as hot. Can you believe my mama got a central Texas vacation house back in 91 for 45K? Not today!

Blame the blue states for sucking. It's not a coincidence you are seeing lots of New York, Illinois, and California plates, they are all people looking for property so they can leave their high tax blue crap hole

The problem is two fold, the economies are merely decent which isn't enough to create a population increase and drastically higher prices. The other is the climates of almost every city in this region has a Russian or Ukrainian climate analog with Kyiv, Krasnodar, Grozny, Moscow, and St. Petersburg being amongst some of the comparables as one goes from south to north. Once one gets far enough north for Moscow, you also get Sapporo, Japan and Helsinki, Finland popping up. Sapporo is known for heavy snowfalls to put it lightly and Helsinki's non-summer highs are pretty much a 1 for 1, the highs in summer in Helsinki fall about 5C/10F short. Edit: When the climate is comparable to Russia and one is given adequate wealth, free to move elsewhere, nobody's going to want to put up with the weather of Moscow when places like the West Coast offer Spain-like weather and much of Florida is comparable to Cape Verde, the Dominican Republic, and Venezuela which have no winter to speak of.

@@Eibarwoman It's more the taxes than the winter. That's the massive reason most of Illinois is "cheap", they charge you out the ass on property tax

@@AdamSmith-gs2dv Indiana somehow is still stagnant in population despite very business-friendly tax policies. The climate on the other hand is not a place retirees would desire to live hence why you see many Rust Belt retirees in places like The Villages. As in one could make the most business-friendly policies but it won't change the fact old people with the means to move elsewhere will move because snow bothers their arthritis. Edit: The climate stuff pretty much results in where tax policies do nothing involving population growth once the advent of air conditioning happened.

As for Missouri, you have to put up with the very high heat indexes during the summers. It's not a dry heat.

@@Eibarwoman I'm certain where I live in Charleston SC is equivalent to Vietnam 😅 Would be a great map though, places with the same climate globally!

Bucees! Now I want a brisket sammich

Aka **on 2 knees Harris

@Chris Harwood Way to keep it classy, a-hole.

Uh, that issue may be a problem to explain. A really big state may be more biodiverse just because it is big. And, within states, some areas are likely much more biodiverse than others. Hawaii, California, Oregon, Washington will be more biodeverse because of mountains causing extremely different rainfall on their east & west sides. Any mountainous state should have different climates at different elevations.