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"I'm sure this person is extremely pro government regulation in a very consistent way." - Pure gold right here.

Reminder that any man who accuses someone of "being a beta" is most likely wracked by insecurity about their own masculinity

I work part time at a gas station. I have started asking pickup truck drivers what type of construction they are in. Makes them feel ridiculous when they say “IT consultant” Edit: lots of people overdosing on copium.

"Loving trucks is American, truck love goes back generations-" not sure I'd be bragging about how susceptible my family is to advertising but you do you my man

fun fact: the pedals on the for F-350 are spaced further apart than usual to accommodate the owner's enormous CLOWN SHOES

Do you notice how it’s always the people who drive $60,000 tanks that get 18mpg who always have the loudest complaints about inflation and gas prices? Like, my condolences???

Its wild to me that people defend rural spaces by simping for suburban excess

My dad just retired as a successful car salesman. His observations about big truck owners always made me laugh, as they were his most consistent sales. He noted that most were rolling multiple loans together and going into massive debt to buy these trucks. He noted that people would end up with a $100k+ loan on a $70k truck or worse quite often. Most of these guys were drowning in car debt, he would quip.

As a Texan, I find it funny that so many truck drivers take it personally when trucks are slightly criticized. My main concern is that if someone I care about has a smaller car and is hit by one of these large trucks, they will have much more severe injuries and damage. The attitude of many of the commentators "as long as me and mine are safe, then F you." This is so much the problem with this country today.

As someone who lives in Texas, I can say with full confidence that most folks who drive oversized pickups generally have very fragile egos. It’s like they’re always trying to prove themselves. So the fact that your video managed to offend so many of them doesn’t really surprise me. Really enjoy your videos, by the way.

Witnessing someone who isn't chronically online trying to decipher the logic behind "wife's boyfriend" comments is absolutely hysterical to me for some reason.

The freedom of choice is so real guys. Ignore the fact that ford has been making their vehicles progressively bigger every year and just cancelled their sedan line

Will never forget a classic moment at my grandparents' farm auction: We ran out of space in the machine-yarn-now-parking-lot and had to start parking people in the canola crop. Lots of folks were driving their 'heavy duty' pick-ups. So no problem, right? Except a lot of these 'heavy duty' machines were RWD only and absolutely could not make it into the crop. Had the absolute delight of watching as a tiny, ancient and well worn Hyundai coupe made it in to park just fine, and a colossal DODGE RAM! just spun its tires and refused to cross a pile of fallen stalks. Such muscle! Very utility! WOWE! So quite a few trucks just wound-up hanging-out on the highway, because pavement is the only surface these 'heavy duty' vehicles can actually work on.

My observation from time spent in the U.S. is that in most cases, the biggest thing that ever gets transported in a pickup is the driver's butt.

If youre truck is your life, your life is depreciating just as fast as your truck

"Don't mess with pickup trucks, that's like speaking blasphemy" sounds like a Hank Hill quote.

There's a certain type of person who needs to brag about their oversized vehicle to strangers...

As a cyclist I can definitely say that when someone is driving aggressively toward cyclists (punish passing, close passing, rolling coal, etc.) it’s almost always someone driving a pickup truck.

Most American pickup truck owners are so mindwashed by corporate America that they'll never realize it, even as they stare right at this comment.

I drive a ford F250. As ranchers, my family and I use it to hall hay, horses, cattle and materials to fix fences. We need the four wheel drive to escape the mud, snow and ice when the weather gets interesting. I am also a teacher and I ride my bike to work as often as I can, about 4 - 5 days a week to work. It kills me to have to drive a truck around town that gets only 14 miles to the gallon. I want nothing more than to see the streets and roads safe for everyone.

As a European, seeing the 'chads' talk about how 'alpha' they are because they own a pickup truck is absolutely hillarious. For us, it's a vehicle that no one really owns outside of farmers, who use and abuse them. It's like saying "Yeah, my vehicle handles poorly, accelerates poorly, stops poorly, gets horrible gas mileage, has poor roll-over safety, has poor crash ratings... That makes me an ALPHA MALE." I'm not sure what the 'chad'/'alpha' car would be here in the UK, maybe it's a Range Rover Sport, an offroad vehicle that will never ever see a spec of dirt in its life but instead be doing 110mph down the motorway. :)

My wife and I live in rural Texas. We have an F150 that has been vital to running our goat farm. That being said, I agree with you. So many people in Texas have giant “pavement queens” that are never used for anything but commuting. Our truck is only ever used for hauling necessary farm supplies. Other than that we both drive compact cars for regular commuting. Her hybrid is especially useful for driving in DFW. A final note. The truck culture out here is absurd. These people are obsessed with trucks and have something to prove.

I also love how most pickup trucks have the most tinted windows on the road. Not only do they need to put on a front, they can’t even stand to have people look at them in the eyes 🤣

I asked my dad why we always drove my mom's econobox pretty much anytime we were going anywhere instead of his truck as a kid, and his response was "Because I don't start my truck unless it's making me money." He then proceeded tattle off a bunch of costs, man basically knew the cost of operating his truck down to the minute. I would later get that truck when my cars transmission decided to grenade itself a week before I started college and limping my barely running project car 80 miles every day from home to campus to work and back wasn't going so well. It was the most expensive vehicle to own I ever had in gasoline alone, that truck was a blight on my wallet that nearly drove to destitution during the worst of the great recession even with help from mom and dad after I moved to an apartment closer to school and work, balancing rent, utilities, food, and the monstrous hunger for fuel my truck had left me with less than zero money month after month, and I've stuck to nothing larger than a midsize car ever since. I simply do not understand how people can defend dailying a pickup that isn't a work vehicle, like an actual work vehicle not just something that takes you to work.

I live in Texas and me and my coworkers often talk about the latest new vehicles. We all started talking about the Hummer EV and everyone was astonished by its specs! I pointed out that it doesn't seem like a great idea for a 9000 lb car to have the ability to go 0-60 in 3 seconds and that it is a huge problem for safety. Everyone got so defensive it was really weird.

The automotive advertising industry has done an amazing job convincing people that masculinity = buy oversized, overpriced truck. The amount of money that people will spend on their toys astounds me.

I used to work a farm job with my tiny Hyundai accent as transportation. That thing got stuck in mud and got itself out, got used as a vegetable taxi, took quite a few beatings, and was covered in dust on a good day. It would come home covered in mud while my neighbor's F150 would come home spotless, nearly every day, without fail. I think of this sometimes when I see one of these giant pickups in an office park. And laugh. Still have that little car six years later and I'm amazed at the stuff that she (yes, it's a she) withstood.

I'm from Texas - born and raised there - and there was always a pickup in my family: my father's little brown 1981 Nissan. I learned how to drive a stick in that truck. That Nissan lasted 30 years, drove across the entire _continent,_ and did all of the hauling in the family before it finally gave out for good. Since then, the family pickup has been... a 2014 Toyota Sienna. It is also the family off-roader - and a rather damn good one despite having no aftermarket mods. I will never forget that day some @$$hole in a lifted F-150 tried to mock me for "being a pansy who drives a minivan." I told him look behind me, because in the Sienna's cabin was two full pallets of cinderblocks, and attached to a hitch was a trailer carrying a zero-turn mower. I then shouted at him, "This is what I, a "pansy," am hauling around with a _minivan!_ What are you hauling!? Just your f^^^ing re^^^^ed @$$!? You might want to go back and finish high school! At least that way, you can pick up enough Spanish to be able to get a gig standing in front of the Home Depot!" Hey, I'm Texan. We are fluent in the following languages: English, Bullshittish, Craponese, and then of course, your choice between Spanish and French. That was just some basic Craponese there.

Their reasoning for having a huge truck is because when they crash into things they'll get crushed less. Have they ever tried, idk, not crashing into things?

Hauling stuff around is also a thing in Europe. We rent trailers. Driving a big thirsty truck everyday would be just insane.

I love the farmers argument, here in France when they don't drive their tractors they're in small kangoo or c15, almost never in pick-ups

When people say, "Not everyone lives in the city," in response to criticizing massive trucks, I want to reply with, "Great, then stay out of our cities and we won't have a problem."

I like how these dudes attack/question the masculinity of other men. It's so sad, but it also represents a serious problem in our society. I ride a bike everywhere - a touring bike with so many bags and racks on it that everyone always thinks I'm on tour, hahah. Not bragging, either, becuase I need every last bag I have. I also work all week in the dirt, doing sweaty work outdoors, and also in a greenhouse. On top of that, I'm busting ass on my heavy ass bike. This is somehow not masculine, though, and neither are the super fit guys on expensive road bikes. It's such a weird disconnect. I've actually experienced it in person when hanging out with these types of guys before, too. They simply can't understand riding a bike and not driving a car at all. It's this extreme environmentalist statement that is an attack on them. It doesn't matter how working class I am, how tan I am from working outdoors all day, and how little I say about their lifestyle. Talk about triggered.

City Nerd breaking character by laughing.

I inherited a silverado truck from my dad after he passed, and I hate the thing. It's like driving a boat. We used to live on a property that was 4 acres and he had a reason to use a truck for a lot of tasks around the property, but I couldn't believe it when he bought a brand new even bigger truck in retirement despite having moved to a regular suburban house. It was like he felt incomplete without owning a truck. There really does seem to be some kind of psychological aspect to truck ownership for some people. lol I'll probably sell it soon.

i dont usually use this word, like ever, but the pickup truck cope is hilarious

My dad drove a pickup his whole life until he reached retirement. Whenever he would go to trade in his old truck for a new model, the salesmen at the dealership would hate helping him. Why? Because his old truck would be beat all to hell and therefore have little resale value. And worse, what he always wanted in a new model was a basic WORK truck with no frills. No extended cab, no lift, no giant tires, no fancy seats, display, or radio, and no decorative elements. There was no way they could ever up-sell him into a suburban toy. Being a hardworking carpenter and painter, I don't think he had time to worry about whether he was an alpha or a beta. I think he paid more attention to all the women he dated (who also never seemed to care that he was a vegetarian). And perhaps coincidentally, he never wore sunglasses, only safety.

Bikes not being practical in Rural america is more due to the infrastructure than the distances, especially in the eastern US. The town I grew up in New Hampshire is only 1.6 miles from the next town over, but the road between them is practically a highway with a tiny bicycle gutter. I made this trip last time I visited, and while the journey was shorter than the distance of most of my errands in the city, the experience was awful because they prioritize cars over bikes at every turn.

"It's over CityNerd, I've already drawn you as the wojak and I as the chad"

As a truck hater, I don’t understand how somebody can make an entire video about the unnecessary presence of trucks and not know anything about the Maverick.

Decades ago, a friend of mine quipped "The shorter the man, the bigger the truck". It took me a long time to realize they were not always talking about physical stature.

As a former Texas resident who now resides in Chicago (carless) you really hit the nail on the head with the anti-social personality observation. I've met countless men in Texas who attach so much of their identity to truck ownership. It's sad really. I think by me owning a Honda Civic I gave permission to a lot of men in my family to downsize into a more economical car because it really does make sense on paper if you're just another suburbanite which most of these truck owners are.

I'm watching this video in my Ford Maverick with my wife's boyfriend. Keep up the good work ❤

What maddens me is the invasion of American pickups in Australia.

I think the most odious thing about pickup guys is that they seem to have supplanted the much cooler and chiller muscle car guys (garage rats). I guess it's easier to buy something masculine than to be something masculine.

I live in an area with a lot of trade workers (plumbers, construction, painters, electricians, tile work, etc.). Most of them drive big white panel vans because they have long roofs to strap ladders onto, and interiors large enough to fit sheets of wood or drywall. They're also inexpensive to maintain and operate. They don't have fancy leather interiors which would get filthy if you come in covered in pain or saw dust. These people know that 99% of their miles are on pavement so they don't need 14" of ground clearance or big mud tread tires or massive sport-suspension shocks. They need reliable, large capacity, inexpensive vehicles. Most of them also have an old Toyota or Honda parked in their driveways, with a few having a nicer vehicle for their families (mini van or SUV). The guys driving the pick up trucks are in the Target parking lot or drive thru at McDonalds.

So I'm a tile Contractor, have driven my F150 for 17 years, I'm moving over to a Ford Maverick hybrid which gets 40 MPG. I only really need the space/capacity of my F150 when I start a huge job. My new plan is to take more trips with my smaller truck. Ford Maverick sales up 100% since last year. Reasonable people get it. And the sales numbers prove it. America is gonna get smaller weather it wants to or not!

I understand that you are sceptical of the ford maverick, but it is a legit awesome vehicle and I think it’s cool that ford is genuinely trying to bring back small pickup trucks.

Getting a pickup and never using the bed is like getting a panel truck for your daily commute because you might move house eventually. Most people DON'T haul anything or tow anything with their pickup on a frequent basis -- they'd save much more money getting something which matches the 95% use-case and then rent a special vehicle when they need to transport a load. This is no different than buying an eScooter or private plane -- you buy the model which fits the 95% daily mission. There's no need for me to get an eScooter which can do 50+ MPH when local traffic rarely goes over 30.

I live in Canadian Suburbia and I'm infuriated how every second house on the block has two trucks that they can't fit in their garage clogging our street.

City Nerd just doesn't understand that these vehicles provide a kind of emotional support that sometimes isn't available anywhere else. If you don't believe me, just turn on a country station and listen to all the songs about the mutual love between men and their trucks. Making $1,200 monthly payments may not make sense for an ordinary vehicle, but it does make sense for a rolling safe space.

I hate that I have to work in the city, btw I am a railroader and a farmer cant afford to have two vehicles so I have my truck set up to get me to work in shit weather, haul my farm trailers and get me to work everyday I was born in the country and I dispise having to work in the city and drive an hour and a half every day. So the feeling is mutual I hate all of you just as much as you hate me.

The amount of truck owners who were shown your video and responded negatively really demonstrates how the KZfaq algorithm is tuned to increase engagement even when it upsets someone. P.S. your videos, editing, and dry whit are great! Keep it up.

I live in a small, rural community in the Midwest. Because of this, I can easily walk or bike to work all year round. There are two roads in town that could use a design change to make cars less of a priority, but overall it's perfect for biking and walking. Nothing is further than 1.5 miles away. Sadly, large SUVs and trucks are the dominant mode of transportation.

This was randomly recommended to me and is my first interaction with the channel. Honestly not what I expected and I don't normally go for that kinda commentary but I stuck around for it! I was expecting a sort of sit down with some "truck" owners to ask questions of them and see why they gravitate towards these huge unsafe impractical vehicles, and if they're aware of the stigmas against them for driving such an inconvenience. I'd still love to see that, but that was a good time too

This guy must be fun at parties😂

As a homeowner who has done a bunch of big projects around the house and yard, I somehow got by without a pickup truck. A minivan can handle 4x8 plywood and drywall. You can handle wood up to 10 feet long if you run them up between the front seats and still have the gate down. I have also strapped 12 foot lumber to the roof rack. Even in my sedan, I can haul 8 foot lumber inside if I have the back seat down and no passengers. When I replaced my porch though, I just paid to have the wood delivered. Even if I had a truck, it would have taken several trips to get it all home, so it was a lot less hassle to just have it delivered. So needing a truck because you sometimes do home improvements is just an excuse for a person's desire to have a truck. I would rather have a vehicle that can haul 7 people or a load of wood.

Amazing. I work in rural Wisconsin and commute from Madison and I swear it's some of my coworkers who wrote these comments....3/4 of the spots at work are taken up by enormous trucks of people who live a quarter mile away and complain all day about gas prices. Laughed so hard at this, keep up the great content!

i find your dry humor hilarious and these topics fascinating. love the videos!

You randomly popped up on my home page, and your deadpan replies are clever and absolutely hilarious. Subbed

I love really really large vehicles. Ones with very wide wheelbases and huge hauling capacity with big engines and I bet you do too... They usually have a carrying capacity of 40 people but some of the articulated ones can carry 60 or more.

I smiled ear to ear for the whole run-time. This is Seth Meyers "corrections" levels of sarcastic contempt for community-building effect. Cheers!

I drive a truck. But I do not understand at all how tied up with their identities people make driving a truck. It's insane. I drive it because I like it, and I've gotten enough use out of it that it made sense to me just to have one full time. But that fact doesn't negate your arguments about the problems of large vehicles in America. You're right on all points. But it's a long, uphill climb to fix the issue. You're fighting poor city planning and the unethical advertising complex. And the "American Dream" bullshit. That's a losing fight.

I really enjoy your content and presentation of information i hadnt considered before. Thank you and keep up the good work

A lot of Americans/Canadians grow up in suburbs where walking/biking/transit is physically not an option, and it's been that way since the 50's/60's. So when a kid turns 16 and gets their driver's license, it makes sense that it gives them a sense of freedom because they can actually like... do things and go places without their parents. It's kind of a foreign concept to kids who grew up in cities. By extension, it also makes sense how that sense of freedom becomes an integral part of their identity, and any infringement on it feels like an attack. Pick up trucks are the ultimate extension of that extension. "you can take my pick up truck from my cold, dead hands." Facts don't matter in an emotional argument. Even if on some level they know they're wrong, they feel right.

It's funny, here in Finland, everyone just drives a Japanese combi (that's a station wagon but done right) with a roof rack, a tow hitch and a trailer. It's way easier to haul things that way, and you can just unhook the trailer if you're too lazy to offload. It's just a better way of doing things.

I work in construction. I drive lots of big trucks. Its not just physical size it's also about weight. The F-150, F-250, and F-350 are all the same size by volume. But are rated for different weights the F-150 is rated for around 6,000lbs GVWR (depending on era and configuration of the truck) and the F-350 is rated for 10,000-12,000lbs GVWR. Most dually trucks are also 20,000-24,000lbs GCWR GVWR= Gross Vehicle weight rating GCWR= Gross combined weight rating (how much towing it can do with its normal bed load) First of all mid size trucks would still sell if the EPA stopped trying to rig the market. Lots of guys would love new Midsize trucks, we need deregulation so we can have them agian. However truck efficiency is not about it's size but about cost to weight. The 1 ton (F-350 Chevy/Ram 3500) has the same maintenance costs as the the F-250 and F150 but can tow and haul more. It also gets the same fuel economy as the F-250. 5 years ago I helped a buddy with a roofing job. I had a Chevy 3500 single rear wheel. It took 2 trips to the roofing supply company and 1 trip to the dump (with a trailer). Of I had the Chevy 2500 it would have been 4 trips to the roofing supply and 2 trips to the dump because I would be over weight. Registering a 3500 costs a few dollars more, but that one job saved me about $2000 in fuel and labor because I owned the bigger truck. In fuel economy the F-150 will get better MPG than the F-350/250. As long as its unloaded. If you max load the F-150 and F-350 the F-350 will get better MPG fully loaded. I have owned every class of Light and Medium duty trucks except class 6. So here is my list for useful and efficient use of truck. From best to worst in Ford (but this would apply to the Chevy and Ram equivalent) F-350

I own/drive a large pickup truck but I absolutely agree with your video about pickups. There are way too many people driving pickups in the USA when they don't need them. I own a large truck because I actually USE it. I work in construction, maintenance, and skilled tradework. I frequently haul large tools, building materials, and heavy objects, unlike the majority of pickup owners who typically seem to be middle aged men who own one to pretend their a "manly" man while they pickup groceries or drop their kids off at soccer practice. It seems to be a weird trendy lifestyle thing now, like how soccer moms seem to be constantly buying Jeep Wranglers (that will never touch anything but asphalt), because they "have an adventurous spirit". I'm definitely not interested in telling people what they can and cannot buy, but the luxury pickup fad is just getting a bit ridiculous. It actually makes it more difficult on people like me who actually use a truck for work in order to be a productive member of society because all these upper-middle class people buying luxurious pickups are driving the cost of pickups through the roof.

I live in Wyoming, and have for most of my life, and holy shit the Truckbros are so goddamn exhausting. And, to be clear, that's at least half of my fellow Wyomingites, plus the other like 45% who aren't super worked up over owning a big truck but don't see anything wrong with Truck culture. I love Wyoming, but holy shit it's wild being surrounded by Truckbros who think that sharing the road with anyone who's driving anything smaller than a Dodge Charger is going to shrink their reproductive organs, and sharing the road with a cyclist will make their junk fall off and crawl away.

I bought mine because I needed the ground clearance and locking differential to not get written up at work for not making it in when they weren't predicting the winter storm, so roads aren't pretreated nor plowed. A Subaru, as great as they are, wasn't going anywhere in that weather. That, and crossovers such as a Chevy Traverse, Ford Explorer, or Toyota Tacoma, can't tow a 28' travel trailer. For the people that don't like camping in tents or staying in motels, their solution to spending time away from home is a truck and a camper. Some of those people prefer to have a bathroom, a kitchen, and more than one bedroom, as they spend multiple weeks a year in said camper, with more than just themselves and their pet. Also, I have farmers in my family, and they have conversations to what tractor each truck equates to, and use them to haul their farming implements to the field to keep from causing from causing traffic jams in rural areas by running the tractor back and forth multiple times at 25 mph on the 55 mph roads. Trucks sell, because trucks can haul what truck owners buy. It's not just about the towing capacity, the height of the truck, and trust me, modern trucks are not unwieldy. It's about the fact that we use them, to tow our boats, to haul sheets of drywall and whatnot home while we remodel our kitchens. We need the truck to get us to work, and to get things taken care of around the house. I'm not worried about the cost analysis of renting versus owning, as I need my truck when I need it. and it's a lifted truck, as it's hard to make a stock ride height truck move when you're plowing snow with the front bumper. But it is what it is. I bought the specific truck I have to keep the employment that I had at the time.

Some people think they live in rural America because there’s an empty dirt lot next to their McMansion in somewhere like Orange County, CA lol.

I have a large pickup truck (I only use it when I need to haul things). But I don't get how these people get offended when someone points out how most people don't use their trucks for their intended purpose. I guarantee these are the same people who make actual offensive comments and tell us not to feel offended.

I absolutely love all of your videos, but this one is amongst my favorites. I “lmoa”d a lot. Love your humor (and your great insights). thanks citynerd :)

The lifted ram 2500 hanging 4 feet out of the handicap space is *chefs kiss*, quintessential truck owner energy.

I live in the rural Midwest, and while I exclusively drive a car, the majority of vehicles on the road here are pick-ups. There are a few people who actually haul stuff in them, but most (even a lot of people who took a tax deduction for theoretically getting a "farm" vehicle) just drive them because they think they look cool.

Free choice is a beautiful thing. You CAN drive a heavy, blind stop riddled, head tapping hight, gas guzzling, coal rolling, environment destroying pieces of equipment you’ll almost NEVER use outside what a car is capable of. Beautiful thing free choice.

I’d like to try to create a civil comment. I would appreciate it if it was read by some people. I have been going to school majoring in Sustainability for about 5 and a half years now. I also used to drive a 3/4 ton diesel pickup truck. I have only ever driven trucks in my life. I live in the suburbs of San Diego in California. As for the weight and size of trucks going up, it is not the intent of auto manufacturers to make their trucks more obnoxious. It is their intent to make them more capable. For example an F-250 equipped with a 7.3 powerstroke diesel made back in 94- early 03 weighs about 7,000-8,500lbs depending on its configuration. They had a max towing capacity of about 12,500-16,000lbs(again depending on configurations) and would get anywhere from 7-18mpg depending on what you did with it. Nowadays that same F-250 truck with a gvwr ranging from 8,000-10,000lbs, has a different motor and transmission in it but can tow around 18,000-26,000lbs and gets a bit better fuel economy (around 14-23mpg). My point here is that with that with the increased weight comes more capability and drivability and with that comes more efficiency. As a person who owns multiple pickup trucks from many different years, when you put them side to side they really are not that different in terms of size. I would consider myself a very intelligent, educated, considerate and courteous person that goes out of my way to make other drivers lives easier. I hate the people that think that I’m an asshole just because I drive a bigger vehicle than them. If you ask me, they are the ones with the small ego. Now in terms of concepts like public transportation and congestion and complete streets and things like that, yeah big trucks without a doubt kind of a hindrance. However I don’t expect the vast majority of people to understand the struggle that comes with driving a truck when you are genuinely using it everyday. Not every single person can simply drive a Prius to their office job and come home every day. Someone has to drive bigger vehicles to get stuff done that others don’t do either because they aren’t capable or it’s not their job or both. But when we see incentives spaces in parking lots given to people that drive smaller vehicles, we can’t help but feel just a little bit discriminated against. Not everyone can afford to own two cars one for work and one for commuting. It’s usually one or the other and when there’s work to be done, that Tesla or Prius that gets a spot in the parking lot reserved for it is not gonna be able to tow a flatbed trailer loaded up with galvanized piping and tools to go fix the water line leak by the fire hydrant on the corner. Auto manufacturers no doubt have an agenda for max profit with as little expense but there is also no doubt that there is competition to make the best and most capable vehicle available in order to outsell the competitors. I personally think that it is a close minded niche mindset to think that the only reason that trucks are getting bigger is to get away with polluting more. Big cities have more people than anywhere that don’t need a pickup truck and obviously there is going to be more resent towards them in those areas but I feel like it’s important to look at both sides. More weight doesn’t necessarily directly translate to more pollution and in fact with the increased capability, it can be the difference between making one or two trips and less of a hill at the pump in the end. I am not here to argue against the FACT that there are so many people that don’t absolutely NEED a pickup because O know that there are. It’s ridiculous to see a person come out of an office building wearing a suit and tie and a briefcase driving their big dually truck over to Starbucks a couple blocks down and then drive back. Stuff like that happens more and more and I would argue that it’s down to the individual consumer and the mindset shift that has been occurring with people towards vehicles over different generations. Not everyone needs a pickup truck but a lot of people could use one to be more convenient for their lifestyle. My last point is that there is a lot of things about trucks that a lot of people claim to know everything about when it is all about your individual perspective and jumping to conclusions about them without considering other perspectives is just as foolish as the person who buys a brand new $95,000 diesel just to drive it to their 9-5 office job and back every day. I would love some feedback anyone is welcome! I’m always looking to add to my own perspective by listening to others!

Man, I haven't laughed so much during an urban planning video.

No, I live in Wyoming that is heralded as a rural yet 70% of us live in incorporated areas. I had career in O &G. Pickups after ‘99 ceased to be machines with human ergonomics and work in mind. Harder to service. Washing windshields was like Pygmy’s on an elephant. Most of the working ranches in my area switched to UTV and keep the pickups simply for hauling trailers. Keep up the work. This video has made me a new subscriber.

hands down this is my favourite video on youtube.. you are hilarious and thank you (just to be totally clear this is not me trolling or being sarcastic, I just grew up in redneck land and the vast majority of people from my childhood were like these people and your flat tone and eye-rolling, for me, is cathartic)

Please make more of these videos. Love this.

I wish my wife's boyfriend had a pickup truck. That would solve a lot of my problems. Unfortunately he doesn't even have a license.

I work at a university and I know people that never haul anything bigger than textbooks that have full-size extended cab pickups.

😂😂😂flippin’ hilarious video reply😂😂😂 Thank you. Just recently discovered your channel. Really appreciate how you address important topics with analysis of data. Then sprinkle on measured doses of snark & sarcasm. I try and watch at least one of your videos each day, to be sure I laugh out loud on a daily basis. Good medicine!

LMAO at the truck dinguses getting mad.

The thing you don't understand about lighting my cash on fire in the middle of the street is that there simply are not sidewalks in the rural part of the country that I could use to light my money on fire

Finaly my degree in sociolinguistics pays of: Soy contains phytoestrogen which is the plant version of estrogen, that has no effect on humans. However because phytoestrogen sounds similar to estrogen, a large part of the online right came to believe, that the consumption of soy products leads to the feminization of men. From this arose a whole bunch of creatively coined new words like "soyboy"; "soyface"; "soy" as an adjective; etc.

My first 4 vehicles were pick-up trucks. The trucks had utility and much nostalgia. While I'd love to have one, my family has a minivan for practical reasons. Cheers Jeff Nice video! Keep up the good work.

Nice video, I support you! I was actually going to tackle this topic myself (more along the lines of where the heck did the cars go) - but now I feel I need to rethink my strategy.

I used to work on construction sites and the bros were legitimately tearing up proud when the youngest dude got his first F150. The narrative really was “you’re a man now”. Their advice also included such things as “you should run with the boats and hos crowd for awhile, don’t settle down man.”

As someone who taught drivers ed in a very pickup-friendly (and relatively wealthy) exurb, I was amazed and eventually disgusted at the amount of kids who were going to be getting a massive vehicle as soon as they turn 16! Even the best of them had some struggles managing a compact car in moderate traffic! (And sure you could say it’s cause I taught em but point is, any driver without experience is GOING to make mistakes or do odd things on the road at times, giving them a massive and powerful vehicle only increases the likelihood of an incident as well as the severity of said incident)

I don’t necessarily feel unsafe in my smaller car, but I’m actually capable of driving my car unlike most people. The problem is that people in large trucks tend to be bullies on the road, tailgating everyone. The only other problem I have with trucks is their headlights are too high and really should be lowered by federal law. There should be a standardized height clearance for LED lights. That single piece of regulation would fix nearly all problems. Mostly it would stop people from jacking their trucks up even higher.

Imagine having so little going on in your life that you define yourself by your car.

As a former four wheel drive enthusiast turned daily cycle commuter, I think you missed an obvious point, that's a lifted truck lets you literally look down on everyone else on and near the road. It's empowering. Now I laugh at the same folks locked in gridlock while flying by in summer traffic on the beach, priceless

“I’m starting to get the feeling [that] people comment on things on the internet without having read or watched them.” As Morpheus said to Neo, “Welcome to the real world, CityNerd.”

I drive a pickup truck because old work trucks are dirt cheap and if you know how to maintain them, those engines can last forever. I also have a passion for camping. I have a sleeping platform built into the bed and like hauling all of my gear wherever I go. I don't have the space at home, so it has to go in my vehicle. Truck is the safest option for my needs.

One problem is the EPA actually made emissions WORSE by killing small pickup trucks. The 90s Ford ranger, Chevy S-10 and Toyota Tacoma were much smaller and more fuel efficient with a bed lower to the ground that had the same capacity as the trucks today.

It's funny when I visited my family in Argentina the ranching meat capital of the world... which makes Texas look vegetarian btw.... everyone drives regular cars to the "Campo" or farm. My family are ranchers; owning 10s of thousands of acres across La Pampa. NOBODY.... not one rancher/farmer drives a pickup on the roads... they stay on the farm. For the most part this was how the United States was too until a few decades ago. I live in a Suburban Culdesac hellhole in North Louisiana now and it's freaking hilarious how many pristine F150 or even 350/450s are parked on postage stamp HOA driveways... like they genuinely need a gargantuan truck to pick up Tommy from school. Smh

I want to say a big thank you to the truck bros for driving engagement to anti-truck content. Keep it up! You’re helping us urbanists reach more people who support our cause