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@Alex-kd5xc 6 ай бұрын

New Mexico isn’t all just hot desert. The northern half of the state is pretty mountainous and is more similar to southern Colorado than it is to the southern half of the state.

@RexBell303 6 ай бұрын

My sister lives in Santa Fe. It’s at 8000’. Not hot

@YomamaAhippo 5 ай бұрын

I went through raton going to the 4 corners and Grand Canyon and then went back on i40 through Albuquerque, New Mexico an underrated state

@SonOfMuta 6 ай бұрын

13:18 it's "mo-beal", Alabama

@cenewton3221 6 ай бұрын

St. Augustine is one spectacularly beautiful place, a lot of old parts of it still intact as it wasn't destroyed by the Civil War. It's about an hour or so drive south of Jacksonville, FL (the largest city in America by area).

@8.4V10 6 ай бұрын

You’ve also got Daytona an hour to the south

@Mkproduction2 6 ай бұрын

I love St. Augustine. It's a myth that they are the longest continually lived in City in America. In 1702 The British from my home town of Charleston SC sailed to St Augustine, occupied it after the city was abandoned and Burned it before returning to Charleston.

@TheCsel 6 ай бұрын

many of the older cities in the midwestern and more interior states are along waterways. Rivers, lakes etc. So they usually started as outposts for fur traders and missionaries, they might be far away from other cities but they were easily accessed by river.

@randyparker2134 6 ай бұрын

You may be overestimating the size of Green Bay, WI because it has a football team. It's a mid-size city at best - there are 271 cities in the US larger than it. Just a little over 100k population.

@calvinsperberg3714 17 күн бұрын

yeah the city of Green Bay in it's self is only that big, but the greater metro area is like 300k and if you include the fox valley which if you lived in a big city they would be included in the greater metro too. I mean look at Chicago, the greater Chicago metro extends into Wisconsin and Indiana, so it encompasses three states. Also look at a city like Tokyo, you always hear how it is the largest in the world, but Tokyo as a city is almost 14 million, yes a big city of course, but it's only when you include the surrounding areas in the Tokyo greater metro area do you get the 37 million + population that is the worlds largest. Still none the less, Green Bay is a small city...lol lived my whole life there before moving to Japan. haha But I do believe the Green Bay area is technically the 13th oldest European settled area in the US, which despite its small size is a cool historical fact.

@3251JOE 6 ай бұрын

I don't know where this guy got his information, but the original capital of colonial Maryland is St. Mary's City, founded in 1634 by Lord Baltimore and it is still the county seat of St. Mary's county. Annapolis did not become the capital until 1694.

@mangaqueen20 6 ай бұрын

15:05 I’ve never heard Vincennes pronounced that way, and I’ve lived in Indiana my whole life.

@davids6898 6 ай бұрын

Regarding California, Southern California tends to be older than Northern California because settlement came from establishments in Mexico which is to the south. So Southern California was settled for the most part prior to Northern California. Northern California may seem older but that’s mainly due to its importance/prominence during the gold rush of the mid 1800s when Northern California’s population started growing.

@Decimator92 6 ай бұрын

You were actually correct with your initial pronunciation of Lewes, Delaware. If you are in Delaware and pronounce it like "Looze" then you will get made fun of.

@colinaudette291 6 ай бұрын

I’ve been to st Augustine. It’s beautiful

@janetbaker645 6 ай бұрын

You had the pronunciation of Lewes Delaware right…Lue es…I’ve been going to that city for 5 years on vacation…nice little beach town 7:24

@johnosho2362 6 ай бұрын

21:31 😳didn’t know Lav Luka was so swole sheessshh

@magnificentfailure2390 6 ай бұрын

Tucson, AZ has been continuously inhabited for 3,000 years. The name is an English pronunciation of a Spanish interpretation of "Chuk Sohn".

@chrisvibz4753 Ай бұрын

that hasnt been the same city tho.

@majortom1950 6 ай бұрын

Louisiana -- Natchitoches pronouced --- Nak ah dos --- The movie "Steel Magnolias" was filmed there. Julia Roberts, Dolly Parton, Sally Fields and Shirley MacLaine stars.

@evilproducer01 6 ай бұрын

Wisconsin still has many city and place names based on First Nations names and French names. To be sure, many of their pronunciations have been Anglicized. However, there are names like Prairie Du Chein, Butte Des Morts, Eau Claire, etc. for French names, and Oconomowoc, Wauwatosa, etc. for First Nations names, plus many others.

@donaldstewart8342 6 ай бұрын

Butte Des Morts, = hill of the dead

@evilproducer01 6 ай бұрын

@@donaldstewart8342 yep.

@SuperDrLisa 6 ай бұрын

Interesting info. Here in Rhode Island we have lots of Native American names as well as British names. My street name is Squantum.

@uwbadger79 6 ай бұрын

I think General Knowledge does a good job but he mis-pronounces a lot of things (although he is from Portugal). Like Sault Ste Marie is Soo Saint Marie and Pierre, SD is pronounced Pier like a fishing pier.

@RevPeterTrabaris 6 ай бұрын

Great video, Thurston. Thanks

@OkiePeg411 6 ай бұрын

I live about 20 minutes from Ft Gibson. You can tour the historic fort and the surrounding homes from that time. There's also a National Cemetery there. And Oklahoma wasnt even a state until 1907. My grandmother was born in Oklahoma territory in 1902.

@christophercox9311 6 ай бұрын

Maryland's oldest town still in existence where it is today is Saint Mary's. Pennsylvania's oldest town still in existence where it is today is Tinicum, located just to the north of present day Chester. Tinicum was founded by the Swedes. Nearby, the Dutch founded Uplandt, located just to the west of present-day Chester. Tinicum and Upland are still going strong. Philadelphia was founded by Penn after he arrived in New Castle, Delaware, received the "key" to the colony by the Duke of York's governor, sailed up the Delaware, landed at present day Chester. While in Chester, he laid out the plans for Philadelphia where the Delaware, Schuylkill, and Wissahicken Rivers met.

@impresarioe6824 6 ай бұрын

I was born in Hampton, VA, which is a city 22 years older than Williamsburg. It was established in 1610. Of the oldest cities in VA, Williamsburg is actually third after Hampton and Hopewell. Jamestown is the oldest permanent settlement established in 1607.

@SGlitz 6 ай бұрын

Sault Saint Marie: SOO-Saint Marie. French origin. Or simply, "The Soo". Town name in Ontario Canada across the Soo Locks and River.

@yugioht42 6 ай бұрын

The Hudson name is everywhere in New York and you can’t escape it.

@easybreezy4559 6 ай бұрын

I live next to the river, it’s so annoying lol

@dougbowers4415 3 ай бұрын

It’s all over Canada too.

@michaelschemlab 6 ай бұрын

There are some wrong answers in this video. For example, the oldest city in Maryland is St Mary’s City, not Annapolis

@dlinkster 6 ай бұрын

Well, to be fair, St. Mary’s City is not incorporated so maybe that’s why he ignored it. I think, however, that he should have mentioned it.

@Decimator92 6 ай бұрын

With New Mexico you can make an argument that Santa Fe isn't the oldest as there are two Native American settlements that are still inhabited and are older. Acoma Pueblo which was officially settled in 1144 but may in fact be older and Taos Pueblo which was settled in 1450.

@tarik158 6 ай бұрын

The Savannah grid plan was born from them building it accommodate parade grounds for troops, public space for residents, and to facilitate efficient trade for the port. The old city is kind of pain to drive around to be honest and most people there walk everywhere.

@tylerpacker6047 6 ай бұрын

Jeez, this guy got the pronunciation wrong on so many of these.

@TheFifthBanana01 6 ай бұрын

What I found interesting is he uses the Portuguese pronunciation for Spanish words.

@SonOfMuta 6 ай бұрын

Are you talking about General Knowledge or Thurston? Because both their pronunciations are shite

@OkiePeg411 6 ай бұрын

He said Mobile Alabama and Nacogdoches incorrectly.

@OkiePeg411 6 ай бұрын

I live about 20 minutes from Ft Gibson. You can tour the historic fort and the surrounding homes from that time. There's also a National Cemetery there.

@8.4V10 6 ай бұрын

@@OkiePeg411yeah Mobe - eel

@Dannyedelman4231 6 ай бұрын

Astoria is a fishing town and a port that serves oregon

@ASFMitchelProductions 6 ай бұрын

first actual thanksgiving was also in St. Augustine

@Mkproduction2 6 ай бұрын

JAMESTOWN Va., not Plymouth, Mass. Is the Oldest English city in America.. The people of Jamestown, including my ancestors(Irish Indentured servant and a black slave) would have waved at the Mayflower as it sailed by into Chesapeake Bay. So America was founded in the South, which means that its ALL Y'ALL that have the accents, not us Southerners.. 😂😅 Rick Charleston SC

@evilproducer01 6 ай бұрын

He is a bit wrong about the supposition about the mid-west towns vs. east coast towns. The French were colonizing and exploring the Great Lakes region for the fur trade contemporaneously with the British settlement of the east coast.

@samanthamyers4267 6 ай бұрын

He got Virginia wrong. Petersburg was founded in 1611 under the name of Henricus, so we should actually be higher on the list.

@Voltar10036 6 ай бұрын

I was always taught that New Haven, CT, not Savannah, GA, was the first planned city in the current USA. Founded in 1638, it pre-dates Savannah by almost 100 years. (9 Square)

@ifearless1 6 ай бұрын

I live in lakewood WA. Is next to stillicom. He pronounced it wrong of course. Lakewood became a city in 1996.

@jimmyb.6272 27 күн бұрын

They really should have included Taos Pueblo in New Mexico. It has been continuously inhabited for more than 1000 years.

@lizh6700 6 ай бұрын

Not only like everyone says are the pronounciations wrong, but this video ignores the cultures that existed on the landscape when settlers arrived. Complex civilizations existed like Cahokia- 1000 years before contact hundreds if not thousands lived there.

@violetsoul9113 6 ай бұрын

Cahokia had ~50,000 residents, but the city itself no longer exists. It also being an indigenous city means hat the US doesn't count it.

@EricLovesthe80s 6 ай бұрын

this is a cool reaction

@josephharrison5639 6 ай бұрын

26:58 steilacoom is named after its local Native American, who still aren’t federally recognized despite many treaties being signed, it’s a beautiful museum

@jLutraveling 6 ай бұрын

So many of the pre names were mispronounced. He also mispronounce many tribe names.

@TahiriVeila13ABY 6 ай бұрын

You would think he would do 30 seconds of research to get the proper pronunciations.... ah well.

@Ethyro Ай бұрын

@@TahiriVeila13ABYnah not when you have AI write a script for you

@allanrose2964 6 ай бұрын

Romans perfected the square block grid pattern including one-way streets! FYI This was an excellent video and the narrator is great as well but even he mispronounces some cities.....Mobile, New Orleans.....and to be fair, many Americans do too!

@BluesMcGoo 6 ай бұрын

the Louisiana town he talks about in the video - Natchitoches - is pronounced, Nack-a-tish.

@dlinkster 6 ай бұрын

Since many of these early cities and towns were settled by folks from England first, the naming manes sense since that’s what was familiar.

@grahamparks1645 6 ай бұрын

You said it correctly this guy pronounces quite a few towns and names wrong. He got Lenape wrong too.

@grahamparks1645 6 ай бұрын

He even said theologian wrong.

@grahamparks1645 6 ай бұрын

Mobile is not pronounced like mobile phone but mow beel like orange peel.

@aegoniii4529 6 ай бұрын

The capital city of Nebraska is not Omaha. Omaha is the largest city in Nebraska, but the capital is Lincoln.

@MichaelJohnson-vi6eh 6 ай бұрын

ANNAPOLIS -Its my state capital.its a cute town lots of yachts and good places to eat. Obviously many of the buildings are govt buildings and ate old. They have an old Manor house and formal gardens. Oh yeah- it's where the US Naval Academy is. 29:18

@LeftofTheDial_ 6 ай бұрын

I believe St. Mary's City, Maryland was established before Annapolis.

@easybreezy4559 6 ай бұрын

Bath in the UK is beautiful!

@EricWoodyVariety59 5 ай бұрын

The oldest city means the first settlement regardless if it's in use today or not. Oldest is still the oldest. Facts.

@bernardh4635 6 ай бұрын

Fun fact. Cheyenne used to be part of Texas back in the day. If you look at a map of Texas from 1836 that long tall skinny part ends in Cheyenne. It used to be part of the old cattle trails. Even today there is a elevation land marker that has the words "Republic of Texas" stamped on it.

@Olivia-fm2gw 6 ай бұрын

The voice-over person I suspect is not American, because he pronounces several of the names wrong. And just because a town was officially established on a certain date, doesn't mean there were not people settled there before that.

@arthurlara4282 6 ай бұрын

He's Portuguese

@Olivia-fm2gw 6 ай бұрын

@@arthurlara4282 I wasn't talking about the person reacting to the video. I was talking about the voice-over on the video itself. Isn't he English though?

@arthurlara4282 6 ай бұрын

@@Olivia-fm2gw General Knowledge is Portuguese

@arthurlara4282 6 ай бұрын

Thurston is English though, from Norwich I think, but the video he's reacting to is by a well known KZfaqr from Portugal

@Olivia-fm2gw 6 ай бұрын

@@arthurlara4282 Got it!

@christophercox9311 6 ай бұрын

Lewes in the UK and in Delaware are both located in Sussex County. It was named after the town in England. There were no silent letters in old English, so you were correct in your pronunciation. Sounds like LOO-is. If you say it like Lou's, that's the name of a topless bar, and we will call you an idiot. Lewes, Delaware, was its second name after the English took over the area. Its original name was Zwanandael, from the Dutch, land of the swans. This presenter has so many details wrong and mispronounces so many names, you can tell he still lives in his mom's basement in Oregon.

@TheChinmama 6 ай бұрын

Please turn up the sound of the video you are reviewing.I couldn’t watch this because I couldn’t hear it.

@strpdhatldy 6 ай бұрын

This is oldest European established cities. There are towns in the Southwest that have been continuously occupied for over 1k years.

@GenghisClaus 6 ай бұрын

Alabamian here. Mobile is pronounced "Mo - BEEL".

@WesTro 6 ай бұрын

The capitol of Nebraska is Lincoln.

@k3w1b3an5 6 ай бұрын

many mispronunciations Natchitoches , Louisiana - pronounced Nacodish. Mobile Alabama pronounced Mo-Beel

@jeanineels 6 ай бұрын

I don't know the original native pronunciation, but the oldest city in Louisiana (Natchitoches) is pronounced 'nack-a-dish' You don't hear a T in it.

@judywelch1044 6 ай бұрын

Did you say CARS??? This was 1700's not 1900"s. They had roads for wagons!

@arthurlara4282 6 ай бұрын

Love General Knowledge

@trli7117 6 ай бұрын

Has General Knowledge never heard of Cahokia, Missouri? Its still inhabited, and it was built in the 11th century.

@violetsoul9113 6 ай бұрын

No, it's not. St. Louis sits where it used to be, and the city of Cahokia was abandoned long before. Cities by indigenous Americans aren't recognized here, because they were never considered a part of the US.

@trli7117 6 ай бұрын

@@violetsoul9113 It's a still a named suburb of East St Louis. The abandoned mounds you're referring to were abandoned in the 14th century yes, but they're in Collinsville not St. Lewis. People never actually abandoned the area either, it's population declined until it was a village located in modern Cahokia but it was never entirely abandoned. I guess should have said Illinois, actually rather than Missouri but imagine that, the one thing I actually got wrong you did too.

@HickoryDickory86 27 күн бұрын

The colloquial pronunciation for Nachitoches is "NA-kuh-tish" (English IPA is *ˈnækətəʃ* ). But the "t" is more of a "d." Hope that helps. 😁

@janb200 6 ай бұрын

Re: your intro: you have it backwards: Eastern States (New England States) would have older cities than California and Nevada.

@EricWoodyVariety59 5 ай бұрын

Maryland oldest city is St. Marys city established in 1634.

@jontastic 6 ай бұрын

As has been noted, these city pronunciations are not how American Americans do.

@SonOfMuta 6 ай бұрын

14:08 It wasn't named by a Brit. It was named after a Brit, you donut. The settlement qas fpunded by the French

@brianmoore6724 6 ай бұрын

None of these places were states till 1776 so the first half of this list were all places that existed before the state existed!! Tennessee isn't special! That continued for a while

@latinoburger123 6 ай бұрын

If we consider Puerto Rico a state, San Juan would be the oldest city in the United States at around 503 years old, 44 years older than St. Augustine

@arthurlara4282 6 ай бұрын

It should count

@TexasTigressDesigns 6 ай бұрын

Ya I don't know how accurate this info is because he talked about pronouncing the name of the city in Texas wrong when He himself pronounced it wrong. And my Great Grandfather and Great Uncle 5 back came to America and settled in Ohio in the early 1700's.... there were cities there before the one he named as the oldest. I think his info may come from known records and isn't taken into consideration that many towns lost their records because their court houses burn down and all records were lost. I advise taking this info with a grain of salt... some may be true and some not.

@johnparham8460 6 ай бұрын

Pensacola was established in 1559, but a hurricaine destroyed it and it wasn’t re established until the 1600s

@DaleyWhaley91 6 ай бұрын

The southern US would be more unbearable, especially places like New Orleans, Savannah, Mobile, and Saint Augustine. Whew the humidity in the south is SO bad. You can't escape it without aircon. So I can't imagine living here back then. At least out west its dry heat. You can sit in the shade or have a fan.

@dan-patrickobrien3580 6 ай бұрын

Yeah until winter hits then all the people come here its been in the high 70s and low 80s here in Charleston SC and it's January.

@ProfPros916 6 ай бұрын

Sault in Sault Sainte Marie is actually pronounced “Soo”

@paulr6887 4 ай бұрын

These are European cities, there are older communities that are still in existence in the USA.

@igna83 6 ай бұрын

I wondered if my hometown made the list - glad to see it there! #PeoriaNative

@williambranch4283 6 ай бұрын

Young country, only 4 million people in 1790.

@TB-tr3cm 6 ай бұрын

Great reaction and interesting video. But it's amazing to me, that the makers of the video would do all the research and build the animation but not take the time to get the pronounciations correct. The narrator absolutely mangled many of the names.

@marksmadhousemetaphysicalm2938 6 ай бұрын

I’d like to know what source the original video used for these dates and know what they used to decide who “recognized” these as official…no mention of St. Augustine? Really? There are other questionable dates…and cities as earliest in a given state…

@kriegerdog6807 6 ай бұрын

St Augustine is literally the first city they mentioned?

@dlinkster 6 ай бұрын

Yeah, did you watch the video? St. Augustine is definitely mentioned several times.

@lilyz2156 6 ай бұрын

It's a great place to visit and has a large population and college there. Been there several times, I love it.@@dlinkster

@marksmadhousemetaphysicalm2938 6 ай бұрын

I’ll watch again, must have missed it…

@lilyz2156 6 ай бұрын

Yep you did, Video started with FL@@marksmadhousemetaphysicalm2938

@RobinT-treehugger 6 ай бұрын

New Mexico, my state, is not desert... it is a mountainous state, with the Rocky Mountains continuing down from Colorado to Mexico. It is considered "High Desert" because of lack of water, not the temp. This is a very old state covered with Native American pueblos and ruins of ancient cultures. Not what you are thinking, huh?

@bmorg5190 2 күн бұрын

it dont matter if a place was hot back then dude? where do you get this stuff from?

@RexBell303 6 ай бұрын

He mispronounced many. Louisiana is Nac-ah-dish. Texas is Nac-a-do-chez. It’s pronounced San Lewis in Colorado. Also, I’m a descendant of Thomas Shepard

@majortom1950 6 ай бұрын

Alabama - Mobile is pronounced - Mo bill

@ordinaryk 6 ай бұрын

Natchitoches, Louisiana is pronounced NACK-a-dish.

@MrWhit30 Ай бұрын

Mobile= Mo-beel. Not a mobile phone, lol.

@judywelch1044 6 ай бұрын

Are young Brits not aware that the founders of USA were Brits who escaped the tyranny of the monarch to create a new colony in the new world. Now that I think of it, I'm not sure if young Americans are aware either.

@EricWoodyVariety59 5 ай бұрын

Annapolis is the second oldest city.

@majortom1950 6 ай бұрын

Texas -- Nacogdoches -- pronounced -- Nak a doe ches

@jenniferrowland1339 6 ай бұрын

Not-your-Cheetos

@michaelschemlab 6 ай бұрын

Maryland and New Jersey are wrong. St Mary’s City is Maryland’s oldest city and Newark is New Jersey’s oldest city

@dlinkster 6 ай бұрын

He really butchered Dubuque, Iowa where I lived for 12 years. I’ve never heard anyone in the entire state of Iowa pronounce it that way.

@Sklounst_Actual 6 ай бұрын

Is it "du-BUKE"?

@dlinkster 6 ай бұрын

@@Sklounst_Actual yeah, that’s acceptable. It’s really “dab-YOOK”.

@dlinkster 6 ай бұрын

What irritates me is that this General Knowledge should have access to how pronounce each place name, but I guess that would make sense. It’s always been a pain point for me with that channel.

@Brandon..--__ 6 ай бұрын

Yeah being from Michigan "saul st. Marie" bothered me.

@tejida815 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!!! 💯💯💯

@RogCBrand 6 ай бұрын

It's almost like creating a set of encyclopedias and just winging it on all the information, rather than try to actually get things right!

@tejida815 6 ай бұрын

@@RogCBrand The concept is great. The execution is shaky. I cringe when I think of people outside of North America walking away with the wrong pronunciations. At least, he did admit to mangling a few. 💁‍♀️

@RogCBrand 6 ай бұрын

@@tejida815 Yeah, I hate to be too picky- any of us, from any part of the U.S. will get some names of other parts wrong. It's just that if you're going to do an "informative" video on a subject, I'd expect maybe they could put in a little time and effort to try to get things right. There are so many videos that are so horrible in that regard- showing a navy destroyer and calling it a battleship, showing a mountain that's actually in a different state, etc. It just feels like these people are all about churning out as much content as they can with as little work as they can get away with. And that's fine if they want to do that, but then it's fair if people really get on them about it.

@lilsuzq32 6 ай бұрын

12:50 - Amazing that the oldest city in HellAnnoy is Peoria -- #NOT!!! -- it's actually Cahokia: Cahokia -- 1699 Permanent Settlement -- Cahokia, Illinois' first permanent European settlement, is established along the Mississippi River across from what is now St. Louis.

@katherinetepper-marsden38 6 ай бұрын

He completely butchered most of the pronunciations. Mobile, Nacogdoches, etc (knack-a-doh-chez)

@ronsontag6841 6 ай бұрын

I don't think English is is first language.. LOL

@t.bartley5768 6 ай бұрын

Don’t trust any of these pronunciations. I’m pretty sure he got more wrong than he did right. I really wish people would do a little research on correct pronunciations before putting incorrect information out into the world. The one from Washington (where I live) is Steilacoom pronounced Still-a-come.

@dlinkster 6 ай бұрын

No, you were both wrong pronouncing Natchitoches, Louisiana. It’s pronounced NAK-e-tish. Natchitoches is a beautiful, old city.

@dougbowers4415 3 ай бұрын

Interesting. Too bad he butchered the pronunciation of so many town and people’s names. Still, a good video.

@bmorg5190 2 күн бұрын

I find it hilarious this kid still gets confused hearing English city names in the United States.. he knows that the English were here first.. And I've watched videos where He's heard these names before and then he hears them again in another video and acts shocked 🤦‍♂️ his memory is really that bad. Just to let you know there will be more.. I've even heard English people say why do you copy our city names? Lmaoo. Once again they'd like to say Americans are stupid when saying crap like that 😂 sounds like the other way around