what bs. I grew up in buffalo and pittsburgh. buffalo is 100% not appalachia. It's part of the great lakes region

Why is the Mid East called the mid west? Just because it is west of the original colonies? I grew up in west Montana and said I was from the North West but always considered what you colored yellow the mid West. PS the South was WAY behind the North economically before the civil war. And multiple states joined the South not because of slavery but because they believed in the Republic and didn’t like that the North was refusing to let Southern states to succeed from the union. Lots still hold pride in the confederate not because of ignoring past evils but because it stood for self governance and state liberty. Something the country was founded on. I highly recommend reading some Thomas Sowell on the history before the war. Black Redneck white liberal is solid start.

@@skylanh4319 In the first place all of the states are republics, and Massachusetts was the first to rebel and form a revolutionary republic. That revolutionary democratic government still exists under the Constitution it promulgated and was accepted by the local governments in 1780. The Confederate states were republics like Russia and China. They were not democracies, and they revolted to preserve and expand slavery. You can choose to believe revisionist Southern propaganda, but the declarations of secession declared protection of slavery to be the cause, some included protection of the false idea that white, black and brown people were inherently different. Liberty is liberty, human rights are human rights, so any state that establishes different castes [this is specifically prohibited in the Massachusetts constitution] with different rights, is inherently a state with neither freedom nor democracy. Your civics class, if you even had one, was either defective or you didn't pay attention.

@@skylanh4319 , Agree the area named Midwest needs a title update to Middle East South/Middle East Great Lakes.

Unsurprising that this opinionated video rife with revisionist history is sponsored by a scam like Masterworks

Mostly Mid-atlantic for sure. It used to be very Southern, but since the 50's, it's been so heavily settled by Northeasterners that it ceased being Southern in most respects

@@lazygongfarmer2044 For sure. Politically, culturally, religiously, etc. is all opposite in MD than it is in the South.

Agreed. Wish he’d included the Hampton Roads (VA Beach, Norfolk, etc.) and Eastern Shore regions of Virginia as well. Then it’d been perfect imo.

@@insertnamehere8504 yeah the entire Chesapeake bay region shore I think should probably be considered mid Atlantic too

@@insertnamehere8504 Right?!

Oh, come on. It's good, but nothing is that perfect. Are you a member of his family?

@@paulheydarian1281 right? "As a geography student" 💀 Boy, you are barely qualified to work at Starbucks

Anyone from the pacific northwest would gladly stab someone from the Southern California coast. It's a good map of American regions but not perfect.

Last one I watched guy called Massachusetts and rhode island mid atlantic💀...I hope this one is as accurate as you say lets see how it pans out

@@donotreply8979 Geography turns out to be the study of the reasons why populations and economic activity are located where they are on the Earth. Back in the heyday of suburban malls, principles of geography were used to assess the economic viability of various locations based on populations and transportation costs.

Same with Northern Virginia. The majority of Virginia belongs in the South, absolutely, but not the DC suburbs.

Fairfield Co Ct is tri state area CT N.Y. N.J.. Non Rush Hour you can drive from Fairfield Co to North Jersey in under 1 hour. Same Area

@@ericavogardo4784 that’s why it’s considered the NYC metropolitan area, which is what the moniker of tri-state means. Not the three whole states of NJ, NY, and CT, but the gigantic metropolitan area that gravitates around NYC proper. I’m from CT and even the US census bureau considers the area as such, from most of NJ (which I’m less familiar with), passing through NYC and the northern part in the outskirts of NYC (like Yonkers and Westchester), all the way up to Fairfield County. The tristate area and the NYC metropolitan area are the same thing.

@@jerodriguez74 I honestly think places like Trenton, and Princeton, are what also bridges/connects the NYC metro area with the Philly metro area. Seriously, Trenton is not officially exclusive to either NYC metro area or Philly metro area and that alone would fuse the Philly metro area and Tri-state area into one big region in my opinion. The Hudson valley counties, and Northeast Pennsylvania counties that border Northwestern New Jersey are the counties that people from BOTH Philly and NYC metro areas go to do skiing or go camping. I know that because I live in this big region. Catskill mountains, Mohonk Mountain House, Great Wolf Lodge Pennsylvania, Mount Pocono, Delaware Water Gap, etc all belong to the Philly and NYC metropolitan area residents as though they’re secondary residential home they have residence to. Northwest New Jersey is especially in the appalachian mountains technically, and has no differences between the eastern half of the Poconos in Pennsylvania. Poconos are visited by both Philly, and NYC metropolitan residents literally. In my opinion of the areas in the Northeast U.S region by cultural, geographic, close proximity of no more than a 5 hour drive, geologically, Weather/climate similarities, and 1. Mid-Atlantic northeast metropolitan region: NYC metropolitan areas, Philly metropolitan area, all of New Jersey, counties that have the Catskill mountains, northeastern Pennsylvania counties that border New Jersey like Pike county down to the Delaware Valley region, and Baltimore metropolitan area possibly, make up the Mid Atlantic region. Mid atlantic northeast metropolitan landmarks. 1. High Point State Park, NJ. 2. Delaware Water Gap, PA, NY, NJ. 3. Pine Barrens, NJ. 4. Mohonk Mountain House, NY. 5. Mount Pocono, PA. 6. Princeton University, NJ. 7. Morristown, NJ. 8. Cape May, NJ. 9. Six Flags Great Adventure, NJ. 10. Long Island, NY. 11. Catskill mountains, NY. 12. Ocean City, MD. 13. Center City, PA. 14. Manhattan, NY. 15. Statue of Liberty, NY/NJ maritime border disputes. Northern Appalachia region: Western Maryland, Central Pennsylvania, Southwest Pennsylvania, Southern Tier New York State, and Northern West Virginia. Northern Appalachia famous landmarks. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 2. Finger lakes region, New York. 3. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 4. Cumberland, Maryland. 5. Morgontown, West Virginia. Upstate Northern Highlands: Adirondack mountain region, Syacuse, New York, and Albany, New York. Upstate Northern Highlands famous landmarks. 1. Mount Marcey, New York. 2. Adirondack national forest. 3. Adirondack mountain ranges/Extension of the Canadian shield. 4. Syacuse, New York. 5. Albany, New York. Northeastern-Transitional-Gateway to the Midwest/Great lakes region: Western Upstate New York, Northwestern Pennsylvania, Lake Ontario, Lake Erie maritime boundaries. Northeastern-Transitional-Gateway to the Midwest/Great lakes region famous land Marks. 1. Erie city, Pennsylvania. 2. Buffalo, New York. 3. Rochester, New York. 4. Niagara Falls, New York/Canada. 5. Lake Erie/Lake Ontario beach resorts. New England region: Made up of the states of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire. New England famous landmarks. 1. Portland, Maine. 2. Boston, Massachusetts. 3. Cape Cod, Massachusetts. 4. Harvard University, Massachusetts. 5. Acadia National park, Maine. 6. Mount Washington, New Hampshire. 7. Hartford, Connecticut. 8. Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. 9. Green mountains, Vermont. 10. White mountains, New Hampshire. 11. Burlington, Vermont. 12. Agusta, Maine. 13. Providence, Rhode Island. 14. New Haven, Connecticut. 15. Ben and Jerrys headquarters, Vermont.

Cries in Bridgeport

In a game of Civilization, North America is OP.

@@78Mathius cold facts 💯

The US is definitely too cold.

@@spencergraham-thille9896 not for sustaining a big population

@@spencergraham-thille9896the entire Sun belt:

You know your stuff!

I was about to post this too.

That's quickly changing as it's starting to become WAY more related to NYC. Mostly due to its SUNY school, University at Buffalo, having a significant amount of kids from NYC. They're going to have a substantial influence over Buffalo in the next decade or so.

@@sfdko3291 I doubt it. NYC kids have been going to UB since it was founded and it has changed nothing. Mostly they are there to party and pay in-state tuition at the furthest distance from mom and dad. Once they graduate, they head back home.

@@panachevitz bingo

Do you know harpers ferry Iowa? My Norwegian and Irish ancestors moved there and got a farm right off the Mississippi In the driftless area. My grandparents sold it a couple years back.

@danielbrazell6338 I do, never been there but have heard of the town. Been told it has really great scenery overlooking the Mississippi

I'm from the Driftless as well. Decorah, Iowa is one of the best small towns in the Dritless. La Crosse Wisconsin is my favorite small city. Madison gets the nod for medium city. Minneapolis/St. Paul for large. Honorable mention to Viroqua, Dubuque and Galena.

I agree! What Appalachia may lack in wealth more than makes it up by a down to earth and truly hardworking and kind people!

@@Boohee1989 I'm from the Northern part of Appalachia and I agree that it is a stereotype that everybody in the Confederacy was a racist bigot who owned slaves. Slavery certainly wasn't a good thing, but the bigger issue is that the South just wanted their independence!

@@70sfred1 bro stfu. Slavery was literally in the CSA Declaration of Independence. U the reason everybody thinks ppl from Appalachia are racist bigots

Yes

@@70sfred1many things went into why the south seceded, but let’s not act like their biggest reason wasn’t slavery. Their economy depended on it, but that doesn’t give them an excuse for their and abusive history with slavery.

Thank you!

I’m from Egypt and live in USA, very good place, if your smart you can come here for free!

@@hamzamohamed2010 wow, it's great to meet an American Egyptian. Always seemed the most logical and best thing to do but didn't do it . what do you mean for free. nice content you have on your channel by the way.

@@kh7441 thank you brother, if you are smart and good at certain expertise you can get into college, and become an exchange student and study in the USA

Thank you so much!

Cómo te opinas de la independencia

@@thajemm4371 statehood > independence

Vendido, tu eres boricua y no es un estado. Borinquen es Hispano.

@@eugeniofernandez8101 felicidades en el año nuevo. Soy caribeño e hispano.

Maryland is fun to explore, it has everything.

living in MD lets you experience almost every type of environment and weather you want depending on time of year, minus deserts and legit tropical rainforests. We have everything else. I live in the suburbs around Baltimore and an hour or so drive in any direction can take me to the ocean or bay, to the mountains, to thick forests, to massive cities, to swampy marshlands, and expansive farmlands. Its not called America in Miniature for no reason. I love this state

get used to cold. and since you like cars, rust is a big thing too. the roads get covered in salt when winter storms hit, and they eat up a car’s underbody.

You can get a well paying job after the military in California. Look into the trades. The pay is damn good. Plus that sweet Gi Bill can be used during an apprenticeship. Best bet is to utilize Voc Rehab though.

Come to Chicago. It’s a large city like LA, much cheaper than califorina, and you can find everything from dense urban area to far flung suburbs. You’ll like it.

@@maxhocks2006 shhh stop telling people to come here lol. It's a slice of paradise that the rest of the country isn't wise to yet, don't need to let em know!

I'm from Wisconsin, and you're more than welcome to live in Wisconsin, but you'd probably like the twin cities in MN more

I live in Western Kentucky and I bet if this place was to split into sections, the people of Eastern Kentucky and West Virginia would join the rest of our people in the South👌

I think the South is a more broad identity than Appalachian. You can be both from the South and Appalachia. All of Kentucky is the South, except for the very north tip

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Poverty level in Minnesota feels uncommon compared to states like Michigan, New York, California, Mississippi, and Maryland. We're in decent condition compartively to the likes of Massachusetts.

Twin Cities is FAR Houston's superior!!!!

Google the town of Penyan, NY and see how it got its unusual name.

Yeah I was impressed that he put that in too. Maybe he's a local

@joeem1502 he would have to be or have lived here at one point. It's not really a widely known thing unless you live here.

As someone who was born in Joplin and moved to Lincoln Ne at 14 I’ve been saying this for the past ten years!! Glad the ones who’ve lived here know the divide and I’m not crazyyyy

So north of 44, it’s Midwest and south it’s southern?

@@YeshuaKingMessiah pretty much

Minnesota and Iowa have like the most friendly rivalry ever tbh Coming from a Minnesotan

Or maybe Minnesota and Michigan

Minnesota and Iowa don’t exist💀💀

@@mr_cookies352 They do.

@@dcrggreensheep not💀

Agreed. Though the Southern Tier is considered Appalachia until the Finger Lakes.

I would enjoy your videos better if you would avoid politics.Your hatred for conservatives and Southerners were uncalled for.

Very true

Which is a baser instinct

Been to most parts of the U.S. I found that people living in the Appalachian and Midwestern regions to be friendliest overall.

Yup Western Mass way different and better and not Woke

​@@DENVEROUTDOORMAN Lol new england is extremely woke, it's the only region in the country where both the majority of counties and people vote for Democrats. This also applies to Massachusetts, the state is very blue.

Agreed

@@DENVEROUTDOORMAN minus Springfield/Holyoke area. I lived in Springfield. Just entering that city feels jungly.

@@TheINFJChannel springfield sucks imo 😂

Honestly the South should have been broken into to the southeast and the Mississippi region in my opinion.

Fla is not southern It’s just…Fla lol

@YeshuaMyKing the Daughters if the Confederacy "as well as our population here in the South would disagree. If this place was to ever split apart we would most DEFINITELY take control of it👌

New York isn't like a country lol. California and Texas yes because they have many large cities and metro areas but not New York on its own. The North East does feel like a country but not New York state.

When people start things there , their own country just means the people just feeling themself

@@katjerouac NJ, NY, and PA are in the Northeast U.S. New England is not another word for the Northeast U.S.

Thank you so much, I know you'll enjoy it!

You take the parts of Ontario where there’s more people than moose, combine it with the I-90 corridor of New York from Syracuse west, toss in Pittsburgh, all but the southeast corner of Ohio, and the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, (maybe grab Chicago, too) and you have one big homogeneous region, some really good beer, surprisingly decent wine, and a rock-solid hockey program. 👍🏻

Yes! Pa starts in Dansville lol

What are ur 5 diff states?

@@YeshuaKingMessiah Lessee... The southern tier (despite local arguing, it's the western tip of NY to the Catskills and generally the southern end of the finger lakes) and nearby areas are essentially an extension of PA +one Ithaca/Cornell. The more level region north of that (between the northern end of the finger lakes and lake Ontario) is a sure fit for the Midwest. Agriculture, tornadoes and all. North country is more like Vermont/New Hampshire and Maine. Even with native French speakers ala Quebec. The Hudson river and NYC are what I call "The New-Yorker New York"; this is the NY that the rest of the country think of when you say NY. Albany down to the big apple itself along the river and border with New England. There's a lot of cultural connectivity there due to direct highway and rail access as well. North of NYC is very similar to CT and MA, while the immediate NYC area is where you'll find your NJ parallels. Then you have the Oz that is non-metro Long Island. Once east of the dense development that place truly is its own beast.

I agree

Yeah yoy guys are midwest to me

I’m from between the two. I agree, Buffalo is little smaller but should be a first tier city with more in common with Pitt than with Rochester or Knoxville

@@zteanalysisofcompanies4497 Roch is bigger n richer tho

@@YeshuaKingMessiahno, Rochester is smaller than Buffalo. Richer? That’s debatable

I really appreciate that!

VERY DEFINABLE you are part of the rust belt; i grew up in upstate, you live in Detroit JR.

@@davet.5493 I live in the Finger Lakes/Central Southern Tier. Literally next to a cornfield, in the middle of absolute nowhere, in Amish country. I can't even answer the common question, "What city are you near?" We're not near any city of size. It's not anything like Detroit here.

@@maplelatte3366can confirm! I also live next to corn field in the finger lakes regions. One of the most beautiful areas of the country. Shh don’t tell anyone.

@@Pubslife Our secret is safe! 😀 Enjoy the rest of your summer...autumn is almost upon us! 🍁🌻🍂🍃🌾 The Canada geese have been gathering.

​@@maplelatte3366you are so right. Don't feed the TROLL.

isnt Milwaukee one of the places with the top poverty of medium sized cities, insane segregation in city lines and insane racism?

​@@lanxy2398Yes

A video about Canadian regions would be great. I’m from Seattle and feel in a lot of ways it’s more culturally similar to Vancouver, BC than a lot of regions in the US.

I can break down Florida in one sentence… it’s the only state the more south you go the more politically north you go 😂

I think that may be the Delaware, not 100%. Could also be the Lehigh or Schuylkill. Usually attribute the Susquehanna more to the central region of the state even though it angles eastwards through Wilkes-Barre.

So u weekend in Baltimore and live in Va

Come to Nebraska and drive the highways not I -80

I’ve called the Midwest home my whole life. I’ve traveled to the coast, and abroad many times, but nothing matches a Midwest sunset. Maybe there’s just something so nostalgic about it, but the region is really beautiful and underratedly stunning. We also get a good mix of Southern hospitality and Canadian politeness.

Midwest is arctic half the year

Thank you so much, I really appreciate the support

​@@renemarie5936 It depends on the type of tourism and tourist. 😅

i think its just off population. but yeah, i agree. 1 - chicago 2 - detroit, twin cities 3 - 3 Cs, indy, KC, STL, milwaukee 4 - omaha, dayton, grand rapids, etc.

Chicago is in its own category. Also, to lump the Great Lakes region in with the South makes zero sense. In many ways the US is divided by North and South. Northern California is very different than Southern California and Northern Florida is very different than South Florida. I have traveled all over the country and have lived in different reasons and I don't see the logic in some of this.

I'm no expert on US economics, but even this idiot knows that San Francisco and Seattle are much, much richer than Minneapolis and Detroit.

@@rogink That's why I used the term "analogous" and not "equivalent." Idiots know the difference. :) Minneapolis-St.Paul is the 2nd-largest economic center in the Midwest. Detroit is the 3rd. San Francisco is the 2nd-largest economy on the west coast, Seattle is the 3rd. That's the analogy when comparing the two regions.

Chicago is a world city; the others mentioned are regional...

Finger Lakes is 100% Appalachia.

@@TheINFJChannel ah not quite Southerntier? You could make a good argument for. FingerLakes is still pretty wealthy esp compared to Appal

Roch is a Rust Belt Trust me! Lol

@@YeshuaKingMessiah agreed, was originally thinking that, maybe Buffalo to Rochester north of I-90 lol

@@YeshuaKingMessiah visited Rochester for the first time this summer, I usually bypass it. Looks like there is a lot of potential there, just need people to move back. The public market was excellent.

No. Upstate New York is definitely the northern edge of Appalachia. The flat Plateau that Buffalo and Rochester are on are a Minority compated to most of the state. The Southern Tier, Fingerlakes, Catskills, and Adirondacks cultural Values are more in line with the rest of Appalachia, aswell as the Geography. Please dont judge the whole state based on 3 cities that most of us hate.

@@kidddogbites he said NORTHWESTERN New York and Pennsylvania... this precisely implies Erie, Buffalo, and Rochester... and how on earth did you infer 'the whole state' from what John Alden wrote? He even went so far as to specify the distinction from Appalachia. Your ignorance and arrogance are phenomenal.

@@Belleville197 Im disgareeing because I live in Western New York between Buffalo and Rochester. Its deffinatly the applichian foot hills here. Apologies if my Local insight is Ignorant.

​@@kidddogbites Your words: "The flat plateau that Buffalo and Rochester are on are a minority compared to most of the state." So is it exclusively the cities of Buffalo and Rochester that are the exceptions? Are you telling us that Batavia, NY has more in common with Roanoke, VA than with Erie, PA? Or better yet, do folks in Salamanca feel a strong bond with the people of Chattanooga? Cuz, y'know... Appalachian pride y'all.

@@Belleville197 Geogeaphically speaking Salamanca is much closer to Chattanooga than Rochester and buffalo are. The geography in close proximity to Lake Ontario and Erie are relatively flat compared to the rest of the state. You drive an Hour inland from the lake ontario coast you quickly find yourself in mountain foothills.

I beg to differ sir.

Would do the same with the Hampton Roads/Norfolk/Virginia Beach as well. Definitely more mid-atlantic than south.

@@DemonAbyss10 I would have to disagree. I lived in Suffolk, the tidewater area is definitely Southern, though suburbanizing. The Delmarva is culturally and economically more southern than anything.

@@mattbalfe2983 Fair enough. Granted I am going off 20+ year old memories for that and well, you know how memories can be, skewed if anything. Lived on the military bases, fort monroe back when it was active, so it was its own little microcosm.

@@DemonAbyss10would you say ppl tend to migrate more to Dc or Atlanta? that’ll solve the question.