An indiana video would be interesting considering its geography. With the southern hills and large central and northern planes. Plus large numbers of rivers.
Ohio gets a lot of crap for a state that has a little bit of everything. beaches, mountains, plains, big cities everywhere, country everywhere, tons of sports teams, the lakes, access to a lot of other states. Proud to be an Ohioan.
@hewasagudboy9079 I live in SE Ohio, right by the river. We definitely have mountains down here. Maybe not tall, Rocky-style mountains, but the Appalachians are still mountains.
When people drive through Ohio, it is often through the glaciated (flattened) parts of the state, which is rather flat and dull. The bottom third extending from Cincinnati to Wheeling, West Virginia is very pretty with rugged topography.
But michigan isn't flat though? If Ohio were flat because of glaciers than so would michigan, I would assume? I thought Ohio was flat because of farming and lakes, like Michigan's thumb and southeast. Detroit and Saginaw are flat, Saginaw because of lakes and Detroit because of farming, we flattened all the hills.
@Pistolita221 Southern Ohio is similar to the Irish Hills area of Southern Michigan. But yeah there are many flat parts of the state, stretching from Dayton to Toldeo caused by glaciers. The massive Great Black Swamp was in this area and it was drained for agriculture a long time ago
Cincinnatian here, and yes, the south of the state has some beautiful terrain, and I wish more people would come to visit it. I drove to DC last summer and got to experience the beautiful mountains and rivers firsthand, and even though I’ve seen it before, it’s still wonderful.
@@matethiustransport1374its plenty of rest areas and safe haven parking off 70,71,74,75 there’s no way you can’t find parking I pass them day and night I drive local I always find a spot.
Ohio got Toledo and Michigan, the UP. I grew up about 30 miles north of Toledo. Toledo was another option for field trips, as the Toledo Zoo, dining out, like Mancy's, shopping mall with some different stores than in the malls in Detroit area, and of course, Hickory Farms.
Growing up I had an uncle who worked on the docks in Toledo and if Toledo shut down, a lot of people would be hurting. I don't think most Ohioans appreciate how vital it is to our economy. I grew up between Cincinnati and Dayton but have family up there so I spent a lot of summers there
Toledo is obviously the greatest city of Ohio. Glass Capital! My dad-and grandpa before him had a buff factory for 50 years or so. My dad's favorite story to tell is that when he was a kid his dad installed an awning for Tony Paco's on the East Side and Tony came out and passed out hot dogs to all the kids helping out with the project.
@@qwerty975311crunching the numbers (surprisingly more difficult to do this than you think), I have so far come up with: - North Carolina (Charlotte Metro accounts for 20.8%) - Alabama (Birmingham accounts for 23.2%) - Louisiana (New Orleans accounts for 21.0%) - Wyoming (Cheyenne accounts for 17.2%)
@@qwerty975311 List of States with a Metro Area accounting for less than 25% for their population: 1. WV - Charleston (11.9%) 2. MT - Billings (16.3%) 3. WY - Cheyenne (17.2%) 4. SC - Greenville-Anderson-Greer (17.9%) 5. OH - Columbus (18.5%) 6. MS - Jackson (20.2%) 7. LA - New Orleans-Metairie (21.0%) 8. NC - Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia (21.5%) 9. IA - Des Moines-West Des Moines (23.0%) 10. AL - Birmingham (23.2%) 11. KY - Louisville-Jefferson County (24.1%) 12. AR - Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway (24.9%) Edit: To clarify, this all took like an hour to find data and compile on to a spreadsheet.
Highest is Rhode Island at 100% due to the entire state being in the Providence-Warwick MSA. 13 other states have a Metro Area that account for at least 50% of their population: CO, WA, AK, DE, GA, MN, MA, NY, AZ, HA, NJ, NV, IL (Least to Greatest)
The only Australian state or mainland territory any of whose most populous metro areas hadn't contained even HALF the population was Hobart in Tasmania, an island state.
I will say, one of the best things about Ohio is the logistical advantage of being within a days drive of so much of the eastern US. Just 6 hours to Chicago, 8 hours to NYC, 12 hours to Florida, Minnesota, or Maine, no wonder we love to drive for every vacation.
I live in Far southern Ohio (Franklin Furnace, Scioto County, & I can drive to Chicago in less than six hours, & I can drive to Detroit in less than four hours (but why should I want to?).
@@katieandkevinsears7724 Getting to Florida in 12 hours is not a problem, but getting anywhere beyond the border requires some time. From southern Ohio we take I-64 east & south through WV, then cross the narrow strip of western VA, then NC, SC, a relatively small part of east GA, then FL. 12 hours easily, depending on traffic.
good highways make all the difference, California is only ~8 hours drive to other cities depending on where you are, Vegas / SLC / Phoenix / Denver etc, no wonder people do road trips every year
@@katieandkevinsears7724driving from Charleston WV to Tampa is only takes 12 hours. But you gotta drive through the night the avoid traffic and save time on stops! Pro tip here! Best done with a partner.
As someone who has always lived in Ohio, how does our amount of road construction compare with other states you’ve driven through? People who live here joke that we have “orange cone season” instead of summer🙃
@@catherinedonley2781 Ex-truck driver here since 2020, Ohio (aside from inner Columbus) has some of the best roads in the country. Western states have very good infrastructure up-keep and oddly Alabama for some reason. Indiana is fairly decent, but Michigan and Pennsylvania are the WORST in my opinion. I used to drive 75N and 23 thru Michigan and it looks like it got hit by an airstrike all the way to Bay City.
@@catherinedonley2781 I am a Trucker from Ohio and the constrution isnt that bad compared to other states, a little slow at times like zanesville, but not terrible and they are usually pretty good about posting detours. Our roads and transportation network are the best in the country in my opinion, I think us buckeyes just like to complain a lot 😆
Only thing you missed about the Great Lakes region of Ohio is you mentioned the proximity to Lake Erie causing milder winters but you missed that proximity also causing excessive snowfall due to lake effect snow.
@@GenMilleXial if you look at NOAA data Cleveland winter month average low temperatures are slightly warmer than Columbus. Thus being milder as stated in the video due to proximity to Lake Erie.
@@andrestein6022I grew up in Toledo, and Maumee. Lived in Columbus and Findlay as well. I can definitely confirm that Toledo is colder with more snowfall, even Findlay can be noticeably cooler than Columbus. Often with more snowfall. “Lake effect” was real up there 😂
As an Ohioan, I find it amusing that our evenly distributed population is considered interesting. I suppose there is some truth in it, cause I always thought territories where most of the population lives in one area (your example of Denver, Colorado) quite fascinating.
@@PokoTheDinosaur When I think of other American states, American territories and Canadian equivalents, I think of rather uneven population distribution in so many of them. When I think of Ohio, I think of Cleveland, Akron, Columbus and Cincinnati as being quite populous, while among cities based in: - Pakistan’s Sindh Province, Karachi most comes to mind - the Andaman and Nicobar Islands union territory of India, Port Blair is the only settlement that comes to mind
California has it too, we have cities in the north, inland valley, southern inland areas, and south coast, a lot of people don't realize there are other cities besides Bay Area and LA, the greater Sacramento region is huge
When I think of Brazil’s São Paulo State, the Spanish autonomous community (an equivalent to an American state) of Catalonia and Canadian province of Manitoba, I think of the metro areas of the capitals of those respective subnational entities, São Paulo, Barcelona and Winnipeg, with the majority of those subnational entities’ inhabitants. The metro area of St. John’s, capital of the Canadian province of Newfoundland, doesn’t have even half of that province’s inhabitants, but is by Newfoundland standards quite densely populated (almost 600 per square mile compared to not even 4 per square mile in the province as a whole as of the 2021 Canadian national census). By comparison what’s often known as The Square Mile within the British capital London had as of 2022 had a population density of almost 10,000 per square mile.
@johnmcnulty4425 from Hocking Hills go east to Marietta. See the significance of Marietta,OH historically. Then go south on route 7 along the Ohio River. Middleport. Look up it's significance and why it's named that. Washington, Meigs, Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Scioto, this is the lost corner of Ohio. Treated more as West Virginia or Kentucky than Ohio. Sad deal down here.
My Ohio History teacher was Dr. George Knepper, University of Akron. Dr. Knepper characterized Ohio as; "The western most of the eastern states, and the eastern most of the western states". IMO an insightfully apt description.
People like to hate Ohio because their only first hand experience of it was driving through it on a gross, rainy, gray day on their way to their uncle's house on Thanksgiving I honestly think that Ohio is the perfect intersection of affordability and year round livability, and once you get off the interstate highways it starts looking a lot better.
I’ve lived in Ohio my whole life (Cincinnati then Columbus at OSU, then back to Cincy after graduation). All my friends that have moved out of state have already come back or plan on coming back because there isn’t anything like it. I love my Buckeye State ❤
We lived in Ohio when I was born, & have lived here for much of my adult life, but never a big OSU fan, nor University of Cincinnati. Xavier University all the way! Always look forward to the "Crosstown Shootout" between UC & XU, every year. Go Musketeers!
as an ohio native… i plan on leaving the state for 5-10 years but ultimately coming back. i grew up in the columbus area… will probably end up there but i don’t want to live my whole life in one state
Funny that you mention that, as I have several friends who moved away, and all but 2 of them have ended up back here in Ohio, nearly all within an hour of our hometown. One lived in SoCal for nearly 15 years, he's back. Another went to D.C. and Maryland for several years. Another went to Massachusetts, a former coworker moved to the FL panhandle for about 6 or 7 years, I have a cousin who lived in FL and CO, all now back in the Buckeye state. My wife and I plan on moving somewhere warmer after I retire (about 15 years away), but I joke with her that Ohio always seems to pull you back in, lol.
Ohio doesn't feel empty at all to me. There is always towns and cities along the roads everywhere. When I am in Oregon, I could drive sometimes 2-4 hours and not have seen a single building/human structure at all
Driving through Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle made me feel very isolated, with exits off the interstate with no signs of life, gas stations, truck stops, etc. I noticed right away that practically every interstate exit in Ohio has something there, either a mix of restaurants and truck stops or even just a single gas station. Makes Ohio feel less empty in my view.
Back in days when "Main Street" was the vibrant economic backbone of America, Ohio was crowded with vibrant Main Streets. Look at the town and city index of an American road atlas. Ohio's index is one of the longest. And Ohio's map is typically divided onto multiple pages when larger states are not, simply to include the detail required for its many small towns and cities.
Southeastern Ohio here, and I really like our area. Very affordable, beautiful rolling hills, not hugely populated, (not overcrowded) and within a few hours drive of Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Pittsburg.
@@astorp12345 Cadiz, Steubenville, Marietta and Athens from 1949 to 1964. Although I was born in Los Angeles and returned there to go to college, I grew up an Ohioan.
Ohio has hands down the best state flag, and is the only one of the 50 that is a pennant shape. I'm from NY, in the westernmost county, less than a two hour drive to Ohio, through the little piece of Pennsylvania that juts norrh to Lake Erie.
It's the only official government flag that is shaped with a swallow tail called a burgee - with the exception of Nepal. And yes, it's an awesome flag.
@@Ozama1221When I attended Air Force technical school training at Sheppard AFB in Wichita Falls Texas, one of the dining facilities on base had flags from each state hanging from the ceiling. One day I and a classmate of mine who was from New York city, but was of Puerto Rican descent happened to sit under the Ohio flag. We got to talking about the flag and actually got into a mini argument because he was sure it was the PR flag. He was so confident, that we put a bet on it. I won 20 bucks that day 🤣.
Cleveland was settled by New Englanders from Connecticut (led by Moses Cleaveland - city name spelling later changed). Cincinnati (and Marietta, upriver) were settled by pioneers coming down the Ohio River. Different settlers led to different population centers.
@@danielzhang1916 not only this, but Northeast Ohio specifically was once actually part of Connecticut, as the Connecticut Western Reserve and was settled as a part of Connecticut’s westward expansion specifically. To this day, many towns and historic places look very much like New England, the political and cultural attitudes couldn’t be further from a place like Cincinnati or Columbus and their surrounding metro areas and we still have many different places and institutions named “Western Reserve…” as many people are very proud of our heritage and see ourselves as being from Northeast Ohio rather than “Ohioans” in general.
Cincinnati resident… 1. 40 minutes from Dayton and Lexington, KY 2. 90 minutes from Columbus, Indianapolis, and Louisville 3. About 3 hours from Cleveland and West Virginia 4. About 4 1/2 hours from Detroit, Chicago, Nashville and Pittsburgh 5. About 6 hours from Atlanta, Memphis, and Milwaukee 6. 7 hours from Toronto These are all reasonable drives to many different cities and cultures… Plus many people who visit Cincinnati say it’s their best experience in the Midwest.. 💯
I do love cincinnati but being right in the center of the state (Technically Centerville is the geographical center not columbus) I do appreciate the luxury of reaching Cleveland or Cincinnati within 2 hours
@@k8kzhradiotipsandreviews31 Centerville is such a nice burb. I love dayton it's so underrated even amongst the smaller cities in the state like akron/toledo.
@SoSelfMadeMedia Yes, if your going 90mph or faster. Lexington is 60 min from downtown minimum (I live near Kings Island so tack 30 min on my trip, Chattanooga is 7 hours from here so add another hour for Atlanta. BTW, I was cruising at 80mph for these times)
Thank you. Great short presentation on Ohio. I learned some facts and history I wasn’t aware of. As a native of Pittsburgh, PA., I have visited Ohio much throughout my life. As a side note, Cleveland is a great city with much to do and good places to eat.
What about the fact that Ohio was not legally admitted as a state in 1803? The proper paperwork had not been acted upon by Congress, and this oversight (found in preparation for its 150th anniversary) was not fixed until 1953, under the first Eisenhower administration. The corrective legislation made Ohio's status as a state retroactive to 1803.
As a Canadian, I always found Ohio interesting for the fact it had 3 large similarly sized cities, something we don't have in any province up here. Also the fact that their population combined is fairly large and yet its influence muted yet strong. Just disappointed that the high speed rail line between the Big 3 C's was never approved... That would have been a real game-changer for the region. Perhaps a future Brightline project...
Not only connecting the 3 C's but I should be able to get to Chicago by train by now. To add to that, Columbus is the largest metropolitan area in America that has no other public transportation than bus. It can take you 35-45 minutes to get from Groveport to Dublin using the freeway. It's insane there's no train system here.
"Also the fact that their population combined is fairly large and yet its influence muted yet strong." Ohio used to be the 4th most populous state, but it's now the 7th (8th?). It's desperately holding on to what it has left, but deindustrialization sucks.
Those cities aren't big enough to justify high speed rail..there no real high speed rail on east coast..there's a new york to DC I believe but that's just normal rail.. texas cities, LA to San Francisco, or east coast would get high speed b4 ohio.. & I'm not a hater I love ohio
Dude you killed it with this. Amazing video about my awesome state. I’m from cleveland, but more recently have lived in Cincinnati and man I’m just so proud to have 3 humongous and culturally distinct cities in our state, and so many smaller ones. Theres literally not one point in Ohio where you’re more than 90 minutes from a gigantic city, its incredible. We have everything that makes America great in one state, and we’re basically average in every statistic. Its an absolute microcosm of the US, food is fantastic, transportation is solid, lake erie feels like an ocean, appalachia offers mountain vistas, and the history is evident everywhere. We have our problems, but we’re so very fortunate to have the resources we have to combat those problems. I frequently say Ohio would be a very successful country. We’d have the 25th largest economy on earth were we independent!
As a lifelong Ohioan you did a great job with this video Geoff. Fun bonus fact Columbus was actually created by the state legislature to become the capital. There were a few capitals before it’s creation.
Springfield and Chillicothe, along with a few other cities, were at one point candidates for capital city. But they wanted a more central location for the rest of the state. Fun fact: Dayton is also the birthplace of the cash register
@meganstapleton4960 I heard they chose Columbus and it's central location specifically because it was halfway between cincy and Cleveland and to not favor the interests of one side of the state too much.
People always clown on my state, but I'm proud to be here. I tell people if they want to introduce a foreigner to what America is like, dont drive them through New York, Florida or California. Drive them through Ohio. Cities, countrysides, lakes, ghettos, suburbs and every racial demographic is here. You wont find a stronger representation of America.
Nicely done! Good summary of the history. Ohio has kind of a mellow vibe, which I have attributed to the lack of domination by one city. It's well known how the people in upstate New York get annoyed at NYC.
I took my 2nd Bride on a trip down the Erie Canal on a rented houseboat for a week. We were amazed at all the tiny towns that sprouted on the Canal when It was built. Rich folks live in big houses right on the water as you’d expect, but there’s plenty of civilization within walking distance of the Canal. We went through several locks that raised our boat something like 18 feet. I felt über impotent when the lock-master radioed our boat and addressed me as “captain.” So I tried to order La Jefa to swab the decks, but she demoted me to 2nd degree bottle washer. Lesson learned.
The Miami Erie Canal went right through Dayton, until the 1913 flood resulted in the canal being filled in and replaced by a street named Patterson Blvd., after John Patterson, founder and owner of National Cash Register Company, who led efforts to save and provide for those affected by the flood and to rebuild. Key was the Army Corps of Engineers coming in to construct a system of 5 dams around the Dayton area. To this day, Dayton has not flooded again.
Geoff. Dayton is the birthplace of aviation. Wilbur and Orville Wright lived, worked and built their first flying machines here. Yes N. Carolina was first in flight but everything else the brothers did was right here in Dayton. Design, building etc. I'm surprised you did not give a bigger nod to Dayton.
That "flight" in North Carolina was more like a lucky burst of wind when the engine was surprisingly working. That model of airplane shouldn't have been able to take off successfully and the first real flight happened after they got back to Ohio and fixed their mistakes.
They only went to NC because they had shitty land lol. It was swamps so a cushion if they crashed. Only reason they went to NC. Dayton is a really underrated city. I'm from cincy and want to move up there. Weird i know but it's a nice mix of boring and wild
I live near Cincinnati. Very hilly around here. But drive north up 71 to Columbus it's flat as a pancake. Farmlands as far as the eye can see in all directions.
@@BF2021-kf8xz We have more major corporations in Cincinnati than any other place in the state. Amazon Prime Air is also now based here after a couple of Billion investment from Amazon. So odd statement.
@@PhilKnock so you think a company like Intel who needs a sprawling mega campus and lots of land would have an easier time finding that in Cincy or middle of the state?
@@BF2021-kf8xz I think it would be as easy as around Cincinnati as it would be around Columbus, both cities are similar in size...lol how would it be different? odd.
And winters in Cincinnati are mild as heck, I think we had one day of snow this past winter. I dated a girl from Akron back in the late 90s and we noticed from traveling back and forth to family that Akron and Cincinnati were about 3 weeks apart in fall and spring weather. Ohio is a very different climate from end to end for sure.
@@siannionaomeara6252 Our winters aren't brutal relatively. So many cities in New England and the Midwest get actual brutal winters - Boston and Duluth for example. Our weather rarely gets as extreme as snowfall in Boston or the windchill in Duluth. And actually if you look at the data from the last couple years we're getting even milder - elsewhere is getting worse!
@@siannionaomeara6252 true that. I live on west side of Cleveland, 3 blocks south of the Lake, but worked for over 35 years on the east side. I'd get up to no snow, 1/2 way driving to work, it would go from nothing to 8-10 inches of snow. Struggle thru it all day, then drive home to a dusting. Lake effect is real deal. It could be worse, like Buffalo, NY gets, so we at least have that going for us.
Milder winters on Lake Erie??? that legal weed must be good. can personally confirm that NE Ohio gets *worse* winter weather than anywhere in the state.
Absolutely. Grew up in Toledo/maumee. Lived in Cbus over 10 years. Winters are so much milder in Cbus. It still sucks, but I noticed the difference right away.
I put that on repeat multiple times because I couldn't believe my ears haha. But after having done some research myself it "technically" is correct. In NE Ohio we do indeed get BLASTED each year by snow, but temperature wise, NE Ohio does have slightly warmer winters than other parts of the state. Very slight, but still true. Surprisingly NE Ohio's record lows by county barely touch most other counties, even in Columbus. So warmer winters with more snow is the conclusion.
Cleveland has less extreme cold than Cincinnati, but the duration of the cold in Cleveland is much longer. So while it may hit -2 in CIN and only 1 in CLE, it’s going to have more days of freezing temps and obviously a TON more snow. The worst year of snowfall in CIN is less than the average snowfall in CLE.
A good reference material is a book called "How the States Got Their Shapes." It goes into all 50 states got their shapes even before they were states.
Another fun fact most people don't know is that we have ISLANDS. No trip to Ohio is complete until you visit Put-in-Bay on South Bass Island aka "Key West of the North". Yea we Ohioans love to party 🍻🍾🥳
As a Ohioan who just went on a road trip, yes, the population centers are pretty evenly spread out and even more so evenly populated given the population of each of the three big Cs. Cleveland is the most notable city, with the least populated metropolitan area of the three Cs, it is largest if you include the Akron and Canton metropolitan areas. Cincinnati has the largest metropolitan area yet the core city is the least populated of the three Cs.
Cincinnati is the largest metro in Ohio? I thought Cleveland was larger. Cincinnati doesn't even seem that big. Columbus feels much larger, at least in my opinion.
@@jeremiahallyn4603 Cincinnati is not the largest metro area in Ohio. Cleveland is and that's not including Akron and canton. That's including all of the metropolitan area suburbs though such as Lorain county, parts of Medina county, Lake county, some of portage county etc. that's where you get over 2.2 million people. Cleveland proper has a very small population because it has shrank by like three times over the last 40 or 50 years. Most of those people move to the suburbs though and are still in the metro. Columbus grew over the last 2535 years into the largest city due to incorporating suburbs over time. Columbus tonight used to be that big within the city limits but it grew. Cleveland has not done that at all and is only 88 square miles in the city itself. Cuyahoga county is the most densely populated. There's literally corn fields and landfills with nothing on them in parts of Columbus. No room for that in Cleveland
Here we go again. Cleveland is only larger when they include Youngstown which is 70 miles away. Cincinnati metro is larger than Cleveland metro but Cleveland csa includes akron AND canton. Akron is the same distance from Cleveland as dayton is to cincy but cincy and dayton are separate metro areas although they're connected. Cincinnati is larger than Cleveland, dayton is larger than akron and Hamilton/Middletown is larger than canton. Columbus is a huge suburb.
@@davidfink4270 it moderates or influences the temperatures year around. In the spring it keeps the Ohio Erie coast cold rather than warm. It's like having hot chocolate in November, and an ice cube in April.
I grew up in that blue section of West Virginia. There are 4 counties there and they are east of the Ohio River and originally part of Virginia, which was the border between Ohio and Virginia from 1803-1863. That was the edge of the original colonies before west ward expansion into Ohio in 1803.
@@UWish0430 all 3 of my kids were born in that WV pan handle (Weirton), though we lived across the river in Ohio (Toronto, near Steubenville.) So that's fun! Haha
@@UWish0430 New Martinsville here! I always thought it was so cool that the Mason Dixon line marker is like 5 miles north of me. Interesting to be near history
Proud Ohioan from west of Cleveland. Great explanation of Ohio! Ohio….the heart of it all. Great cities and great rural areas. Grew up outside Cleveland, married an awesome girl from Toledo, went to school in southern Ohio, spent 10 years living in Columbus, and raised my kids in Ohio. Ohio will always be my home!
I love the gentle winter aspect around Lake Erie . It is called the Snow Belt and cause some nasty Winters around the Lake Erie bordered city's Especially Cleveland . They can have a foot of snow while 20 miles south of it has about a inch. Lake effect weather is real and gentle is not a way to describe it lol
To me it "can" be a gentle winter compared to the White Mountains of New Hampshire.... But I think Geoff will change his "gentle' if he comes and drives I-271 I-480 and Rt 2 to Dead Man's Curve during a "lake effect snow storm". Brutal in a different way than Buffalo.
Before moving to Ohio I always heard how snowy it was. Yeah, Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati get snow but not much compared to NE Ohio, especially east of Cleveland toward the PA border. Southern Ohio has almost a southern climate compared to the north. It is also seen in spring-summer. On days that might be in the upper 80s or 90s Columbus and south, it is probably only in the 70s or very low 80s up in the snow belt. I mean they get hot days up there but far fewer than Columbus or Cincinnati.
I'm 69 years old, born in Columbus, and have lived in Ohio all but five years. I was in Virginia for four years, and Kentucky for one. I have been to all of the lower 48 states, and they all have their good points, but all in all, I like it here. You do have to deal with January and February, which can be a little blah.
It really was the canal and railway system that shaped the urban centers. The interstate system was built to accommodate the car. To this day the number (and length) of trains that pass through Ohio every day is mind boggling
The federal government has allocated route number for this route, I-73. Ohio, primarily because of Delaware county, hasn't moved on making interstate grade highway in that area yet and may never get there. North of Delaware however, ODOT has made interstate grade highway on most of US 23 and Ohio 15 to Finley. I have a gut feeling that in 5 years, when the Intel factory opens, Interstate 73 will become a hot topic and be built to connect New Albany/northern Columbus to Toledo+ to take advantage of the trade with Michigan and Canada.
Ohio's 3 Cs are very populous around. Cincinnati by the Ohio River in the southwest of the state, Columbus through the Scioto River in the center of the state, and Cleveland by Lake Erie in the northeast of the state. Good thing I-71 and US 42 connect those 3 Cs when it comes to metropolitan areas, but US 42 bypasses Columbus when it comes to city limits.
Ohio Route 3 and route 2 pre-date the US routes (like US42). Ohio route 1 (now US40) were the states most important routes. If you can find an Ohio map that pre-dates the US routes (I want to say 1932 map was the last one), you will see Ohio routes were essentially numbered connecting the most important cities at the time. Route 4 hit major cities of the time also, Sandusky and Cincinnati was an important route. Some routes were renamed to not conflict with the US numbers. Ohio did this again when the interstates came through, you will never see a Ohio Route 70, 71, 73, 74, 76, 77, 80, 90, etc... ODOT has taken great care that we don't get ourselves on the wrong route. :)
Cleveland is also on the Cuyahoga River. Columbus is on the Scioto & Olentangy Rivers, Cincinnati is on the Ohio, but also at the mouths of the Great & Little Miami Rivers, & opposite the mouth of the Licking River (Covington & Newport, Kentucky). Toledo is at the mouth of the Maumee River.
Ohio is a very underrated state. Yes, I may be bias here since I was born, raised, and live in ohio, but the urban areas are like no other I’ve seen. Even the rural areas provide scenic views and amazing landscapes. I hope more people come check it out!
@shovical … Almost 20 years and you didn’t know? You most likely live central or downstate. Anyway, most of Ohio’s wineries are along the lakeshore, east and west of Cleveland, with a sprinkling throughout the state. You should someday visit the “north coast”.
Put in bay is great if you’re in college and wanna party, Kelleys is great if you wanna relax and eat ice cream on a golf cart with your family 😄 the islands are outstanding
@@noedgelines9565 yeah I’m from Columbus and have really only traveled to Sandusky for Cedar Point like every two years. I’ve got family in Pennsylvania and Kentucky so I never have much of a reason to go towards the lakes unless it’s just for fun.
Thank-you for this video man. As someone from Athens, in s.e. Ohio, it was nice to see your commentary and you're right about us being excluded but I happen to think this the the best part of Ohio and certainly the prettiest.
Ah, Looney Tunes. My childhood. I really miss the way those old cartoons made me feel and laugh. That was appointment television for me right after my Papaw finished his news every night. That and Pink Panther.
Cincinnati here. I love my state we are so close to everything. You can get to pretty much anywhere east of Kansas City in a days drive. Florida, New York, the Carolina’s, the Virginias, Atlanta, St. Louis, Nashville, Chicago and even Toronto.
I would say they geography in southern Ohio with the hills near cincinnati and the hocking hills to the east are as beautiful as anywhere in the country. Even northen ogio has some amazing geography with the cuyahoga national park. A very underrated state
Columbus is the largest city in the U.S. centrally located to the greatest number of population. 2-3 hrs to Cleveland, Indianapolis, Detroit, Pittsburgh. 6-7 hrs to Chicago, Nashville, DC, St Louis, Baltimore, Charlotte. 8-9 hrs to NYC, Atlanta. I could go on. That's also why Ohioans love to travel. You can go to any city in the USA and guaranteed to run into somebody from Ohio.
One of the main reasons why Ohio's cities are situated where they are is basic topography. Up until the late 19th century the entire Northwestern part of the state was a giant swamp called the 'Great Black Swamp' & the South/Southeastern part of the state was dominated by the Appalachian Mountains. This left a swath of habitable land running Southwest to Northeast (Cincinnati, Columbus and Cleveland w/ smaller cities/settlements along the edges of the natural obstacles)
I've been fascinated about the amount of development and the prominence of its cities for a while. I think Ohio is one of the few states where people would have wide recognition of even minor cities. And it is fascinating that the 3 big C's are spread out across the state. Thanks for making this video!
I see Ohio as microcosm of the US. It you squint, you can see the shape of the contiguous states. Water to the north and south, a tip to the upper east and a long vertical border on the west. And where I live in Northeast Ohio is kind of like Ohio's location in the States. We are a day's drive from NY, Chicago, and the Deep South, as well as Ontario, CA.
As an Ohioan I’m pretty biased, but I believe it truly is a great state and don’t really understand a lot of the hate this state gets sometimes. It’s a lot prettier than people realize, especially in the the Hocking Hills/Athens area, and Lake Erie Shores area. I’ve lived in the western portion of the state, lived in Columbus, and lived in Athens and all are great places. Love the 3 big cities, each feel very different from one another. And I think people don’t realize how much there is to do here, having traveled to most other states it’s got a lot more going on than probably 75% of the country. And there’s just a lot of great history here.
it's probably an inside joke that's so old everyone on the inside forgot what they're referencing, cause tbh IDK why either. As someone from michigan I get it, but the rest of the country? TF did Ohio do?
@@jjoohhhnn Nobody hates Ohio like Michigan and it stems from the dispute over Toledo. Ohio does have a high rate of serial killers and astronauts for whatever reason.
I'm from the Dayton area and I have always thought it was weird how a place like Dayton was such a massive chunk of suburbs on suburbs, and basically goes all the way down and connects to Cincinnati. It's basically all suburbs down, and the all the gaps between Dayton and Cinci have slowly been developed. A lot of the farms between Dayton and some of the surrounding larger towns have been sold and developed into neighborhoods and costcos and such
I live in Richland County and it has some cool geographical features. There are fault lines near Shelby, mountains in the Mohican area and flat farm lands everywhere else. All this is in the north central area of Ohio.
Thank you for highlighting our special state. Just found your channel and immidelety subbed. When I was young, i complained to my father that Ohio and Cleveland in general sucked. My father went on to give me a enlightening lecture on how special our state was. Besides the equal population distribution, he pointed out many cool things. I can sum up one thing that stayed with me my entire life. Back in the 70's, when I was a kid there wad a tag line for Cleveland. He told me it was, "Cleveland, the best location in the nation." I've traveled all over the world and always have been proud to tell people I was from Ohio. Although I'm from N.E. Ohio, one of the best places in the country to bug out or just dissapear in general is the south east Appellation area. You will find springs and water, forest ,caves, fertile land for food production and hills, valleys and gorges. Check it out.
Born and raised Youngstown,Ohio and proud to be an Ohioan! This was a good video talking about the various aspects of Ohio that are often not talked about or overlooked.
♥️ I felt like a proud Ohioan watching this video! Thank you so much I enjoyed that! 😊 O-H-I-O! Our Tri-State is uniquely beautiful with a very interesting geographical landscape and history! You’re in the city one moment then the next thing you know you’re seeing cows and horses grazing in widespread pastures right up the road from gorgeous lakes and rivers with tall green trees swaying in the breeze! Best Location In The Nation! 😉☺️😎
@@jjoohhhnn lol I was thinking of our Big 3 cities; Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Columbus 😉 us Ohioans are so self absorbed! 🤣...and you're right, no other state comes close to us! 😁
Ohio native living the Colorado here... getting ready for a roadtrip to the old stomping grounds in about 2 months... for the first time in a decade. I'll be kissing the ground as soon as I cross the state line!
I can’t believe he didn’t mention that the first major settlement in the Northwest Territory was Marietta, which is still a beautiful and historic town.
Thank you for doing this story about Ohio. As an Ohio resident most of my life I'm very proud of my state. Thank you for showcasing some of the special features of our state. We're all working to bring our state back to the top!❤
Fun fact, despite the video saying Ohio was the 17th state, it really wasn’t official until sometime in 1953 when it was officially added, just when the legal aspect was finally signed they made it retroactive to the date it was originally intended for it to be the 17th state.
Hi! Some graphics are slightly misleading, for example: the great plains region extends too far down on the graphic, especially on the eastern side. Mahoning and Columbiana counties are also considered appalachian according to our government, so the eastern tri-state region is entirely appalachian all the way up to Youngstown. This is an amazing informative video though, thanks for all of your time and research- an ohio local
Great video! Hocking Hills is my favorite place. Also, I don't think there is much mining going on in Southern Ohio anymore. It's actually a very economicly depressed area that is rittled with addicition. But correct me if I'm wrong.
Columbus was built to be the state capital. The Ohio Statehouse was one of the first permanent buildings built in the city. The Ohio State University, with the largest campus in the country is a major draw. Light to medium industry seems to be distributed rather evenly throughout the state. Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati have comparable metropolitan populations, but Columbus is actually the largest city in the state.
well yeah because cities like Cincy have other small towns around it and in it while cbus doesnt have any of those making the land area far larger, which would obviously make the actual city population higher than the other two.
There are plenty of "other small towns" around Columbus, but in the '50s and '60s Mayor M. E. Sensenbrenner had an aggressive annexation policy. "You say you want city services? Like water, sewer, fire, police and like that? Well I guess you want to be part of Columbus!" Many suburbs resisted. Many did not.
@@lorensims4846 that is very true, although Columbus’s city limits extend very far past that of Cleveland and Cincinnati due to said annexation. Realistically using urban area to measure the three C’s they all are very similar. City population doesn’t mean as much in overall footprint of the population
Tennessee also has very evenly distributed population. Memphis, Nashville, Chatanooga and Knoxville are fairly evenly spread out into four distinct pockets of the state
Interesting! I think a big difference is Nashville seems like its turning into the major mega city of TN. In Ohio(where i live) the only major city that growing is the Columbus area. Not at the same rate as Nashville though and a lot of Columbus “transplants” are in state residents who moved there from another part of the state
@@brandonconforto315, because Nashville is a destination for the people who are fleeing from California craziness that is driving them out. They’re also moving to Texas.
As an Ohio man, born and raised, I love my state! We’ve got issues, don’t get me wrong: cleaner water & air, opioid crisis, better funding for mental health & education. We’ve also made a lot of progress & have so much potential. I once heard someone describe the typical Ohioan as a “no nonsense” attitude, which is completely correct. People are GENERALLY pretty friendly & hardworking, but there can also be some anger and passive aggressiveness. All in all though, I love it here; and think we can do great things if we keep growing, reforming, and stewarding our resources wisely
I'm a Michigander born and still here but I grew up in Ohio. I'm a wolverine Born near Ann Arbor only reason I wasn't born at the university hospital was a snowstorm. I love Ohio, hate the buckeyes but love Ohio. Talk about native history, industrialization, farming, Civil war...Sandusky is the end of the underground railroad. If you got there you were free even after Dread vs. Scott. Understand that when your playing at Cedar Point.
They legalized abortion and cannabis by referendum last year. I was surprised both of those referenda passed by double digit margins, being that Ohio leans conservative in national elections.
@@Derek032789 Not everyone is a partisan drone who follow political lines. For that, it makes me proud of the Buckeye state & I hope the country as a whole will follow suit and start thinking for themselves again. This sharks vs jets crap with the two political parties is horrible for the nation.
My father's parents lived and raised their 11 children in Ashtabula. I loved when I was a kid going there because it seemed so cool to be able to fish, swim and play on the beach and not be able to see Land on the other side. My parents would take use on historical tours because Ashtabula county has plenty.
@user-bb7xp8hv8y A lot of people talk bad about the county, but it is very beautiful. The beaches and hills. The harbor has been revitalized, the number of nature reserves is insane, so many parks. The Ashtabula River is now clean. It's been removed from the EPA watchlist. It's so much better than it was even 10 years ago.
Unlike states west of the Mississippi, Ohio feels much more dense because it has been around as as state since 1803 and has been a major center of industrial might for many years (and still is in some parts of the state). Reasonably close access to Chicago to the west and the big East Coast cites to the east explains why Ohio is so developed.
Iron ore from across the Great Lakes, & coal from Appalachia helped build Ohio, but for the last 50 years has been part of Ohio's industrial slippage, since cheap steel is imported from elsewhere.
Ohio is a state where you can feel like you are in different parts of the country in the same state. Places in Cincinnati can feel like the Deep South. Toledo can feel like Iowa shortly outside city limits. And Cleveland feels like the Northeast, especially east of the Cuyahoga River.
I live right by the Point of Origin marker, commemorating the survey of 1787, outlining the Northwest Territory It was a combination of the deposits of coal and clay, combined with the transportation corridors of the river, the Sandy and Beaver Canal, and the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad combined to make East Liverpool a major ceramic manufacturing center until WWII. Nearby Steubenville also became a significant steel center.
Ohio and Florida have an interesting relationship, we owe a lot to Ohio settlers, and we also similarly have multiple major cities spreading out our population across the Florida peninsula.
Cool video! I live in Canton, like to travel…the US has so much to do and see. But honestly, Ohio in itself can be many trips without seeing or doing the same thing twice. Lots of little (and big) gems in this state. Plus, economy and cost of living are great, we get all 4 seasons of weather. Sure I like to travel and experience other places but this will always be home ❤HI❤
I’m in Ohio and the housing market here over the last 7-8 years is unlike anything I’ve ever seen. Homes that were bought for $130K in 2015 are now being sold for $590k. I’m talking about tiny, disgusting, poorly built 950 square foot shit boxes in quiet mediocre neighbourhoods. Then you’ve got Better, average sized homes in nicer neighbourhoods that were $300K+ 10 years ago selling for $750k+ now. Wild times.
Home prices will come down eventually, but for now; get your money (as much as you can) out of the housing market and get into the financial markets or gold. The new mortgage rates are crazy, add to that the recession and the fact that mortgage guidelines are getting more difficult. Home prices will need to fall by a minimum of 40% (more like 50%) before the market normalizes.If you are in cross roads or need sincere advise on the best moves to take now its best you seek an independent advisor who knows about the financial markets.
Personally, I can connect to that. When I began working with a fiduciary financial counsellor, my advantages were certain. I got into the market early 2019 and the constant downtrends and losses discouraged me so I sold off, got back in Dec 2021 this time with guidance, Long story short, its been 2years now and I’ve gained over a million dollars following guidance from my investment adviser.
This is huge! think you can point me towards the direction of your advisor? been looking at advisory management myself.. seeking ways to invest and make more money with the uncertainty in the economy.
‘’Aileen Gertrude Tippy’’ is her name. She is regarded as a genius in her area and works for Empower Financial Services. She’s quite known in her field, look-her up.
I feel like Ohio is similar to North Carolina in this way, with such an even distribution of its population. There is a real debate as to which city is bigger, between Cincinnati, Columbus, and Cleveland.
I watched this because I live in Ohio. (I actually live in the so-called Mahoning Valley, which is basically the viewing area of the Youngstown TV stations and is on the western side of the PA state line.) I will note that specialization may not have been totally beneficial, as the Youngstown area was hit hard by the closure of the steel mills. I went to college at Kent State, and, while the Ohio/Erie canal is gone, there were markers in Kent, OH indicating where it had been. I was actually born in Sharon, PA, a town just over the state line in Pennsylvania. I recently went back to Sharon with a friend from college and one thing she noted were the hills. (Downtown Sharon is in a valley between two hills, so it is literally “downtown”, while “uptown” is up the hill. The western hill’s summit is actually in Ohio.) My friend noted Ohio tends to be flat (likely referring to the Lake Erie Plain). I recommend talking about the geography of Pennsylvania. (I don’t know if the population of PA is as spread out as that of Ohio.)
pennsylvania isn’t as spread out, but it’s almost like two separate states. harrisburg and points east feel like a completely different state than the pittsburgh area
I’m in the Mahoning Valley as well. The fact that if people aren’t too technical it also includes Sharon, New Castle, Grove City and a bunch of other Pennsylvania towns puts the valley within earshot of a million people. Kind of shows how big the hidden population centers are around Ohio. I’m not saying Shoron and the other towns are in Ohio, but…🤷🏾♂️
I agree with everything except the 'well maintained highways', and the lake shore having milder winters. The winters up here destroy the roads so fast. The freeze-thaw cycles and all the salt needed just chews them up. I will say, the lake keeps us from having as big a swings in temperatures in any given day, as that big body of water keep the highs lower, and lows higher, but it is brutal up here in the winter. I know, I used to drive my daughter back-and-forth to Columbus for college, and once I got south of Cleveland it was always more mild in the winter. She was shocked by how little snow it took to shut things down in Columbus.
Could’ve shown a population density map to drive the point home better than the dots. Also a pop density map would’ve shown how Dayton is connected to Cincy, and Akron is connected to Cleveland.
Cleveland/Akron/Canton(+Youngstown/Warren) is massive and used to be one of the largest population centers in the country until all the industry left. Within another 50 years Columbus will likely be solid suburbs out to Marysville, Delaware, Newark, and Lancaster in the same manner as the greater Cleveland area. Newark may also overtake Youngstown in population in the not too distant future...
As an Ohio native I have experienced everything you highlighted. Since my Dad was a historian also, I was able to appreciate and enjoy all of it. My added feature is that Ohio is the only state with a highway network for bicycles! Centered in Xenia routes follow abandoned narrow gauge railway lines. Routes radiate throughout the state. Connecting Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton and Urbana. Growing towards Toledo. I’ve ridden all of it. My favorite ride is to start in Xenia, ride 15 miles west to Dayton, tour the Air Force Museum then ride back. Strangely, the AF Museum has no bike rack! I’ve chained my bike to a picnic table to come back to a family picnicking with my bicycle!
Ohio is an incredible state, love living here. Not too far from some major cities on the coast and has a very laid back atmosphere in most of the state
Get on a sail boat, sail near Marblehead. If your guest from California was blindfolded, and you removed it, the last place he would guess he was would be Lake Erie! I sailed there often and was always amazed. Stunningly beautiful. We are blessed here in Ohio!
My dad took a granddaughter from Texas fishing on Lake Erie. He had trouble convincing her it was a freshwater lake. She was sure anything that big was ocean.
Moved from Ohio to Fla , 40 years ago regretted every day miss the four seasons , beautiful Summer BBQ nices weather.Fla is extremely hot , congested ; for me better quality life don’t care about snow since Iam retired I watch it thru the window e enjoy it , moving back soon!!!!
@@fredcook6385 Definitely beautiful around there. Especially in mid summer the water often appears blue and with the heat/humidity and all the greenery it could pass for a tropical location (just missing palm trees).
Ohio really gets a "meh" rap as a boring state, but there's a lot here. The cities, the suburbs, the ethnic neighborhoods, the countryside, the Lake, the rivers, universities big and small (LOTS of them), 8 major pro sports teams (NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, and MLS), lots more minor league sports teams, college sports, theme parks, world class orchestras, world class zoos, some of the best healthcare ANYWHERE, islands, hills, flatlands, trees, waterfalls, beaches....if you can't find a setting you like, you aren't looking. All of this with a relatively low cost of living. But even ignoring all that, the proximity to so many large cities east of the Mississippi is quite amazing, when you stop and think about it. Using Columbus as the origin point (since it's centrally located), you can get to Cincinnati in about 90 minutes; Cleveland in 2 hours; Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Louisville, or Detroit in 3 hours; Buffalo, Nashville, St. Louis, or Chicago in about 6 hours, Washington DC, Baltimore, Milwaukee, Charlotte, or Toronto in about 7 hours, Philadelphia in under 8, NYC, Memphis, or Atlanta in about 9 hours.... all of this (and so much more) is within a half day's drive!
As I'm watching this video, I keep thinking that your video information would be a fabulous educational tool for Ohio students. There would be so many subjects to break off as research papers by the students. I/m 72 and learned so much; thank you.
Once again, like always, it is economics. Cleveland and Toledo are Great Lakes ports that boomed in the 50s. Cincinnati is on the very navigable Ohio river, which enables cheap shipping, that’s why Fed Ex has its operations at its airport, as geographically, it is a 2 hour flight to 85% of America’s population. Columbus is the capital, so people live there like they do for Washington DC. Not a geography thing, it’s always economics
I live in Ohio approximately 10 miles from the West Virginia panhandle. Growing up I thought all states were pretty evenly populated at least the ones I had been to were. As I started traveling more I realized there are some states you can drive for hours without seeing civilization. Ohio truly is a unique state. My family and I are vacationing at Lake Erie 2 hours from home next week. We love it, we go every year
Don't forget about the Toledo War! This dispute had to do with setting the border at the Southern edge of Lake Erie. I think that somebody actually died in this battle for Toledo, with the two militias facing off. Congress settled the dispute with awarding the Toledo strip to Ohio, and then giving the Upper Peninsula to Michigan. The Ohio - Michigan rivalry is very real.
Each sector is divided by the type of rumored dragon said to be sealed under. A set of families in each region is a supposed keeper of the seal. So the legends say. Fantasy lore aside, I've been around long enough to see that Ohio's one of the most American states we have left. We must protect her.
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An indiana video would be interesting considering its geography. With the southern hills and large central and northern planes. Plus large numbers of rivers.
@@spadegaming6348 Agreed!
I would watch an entire series of each state
Well Texas is spread out with 8 million in DFW, 8 million in Houston and 6 million in San Antonio Austin
Ohio Rural communities are a wonderful place to farm and raise a family.
Ohio gets a lot of crap for a state that has a little bit of everything. beaches, mountains, plains, big cities everywhere, country everywhere, tons of sports teams, the lakes, access to a lot of other states. Proud to be an Ohioan.
Mountains?
@@hewasagudboy9079 It's mountain adjacent at least
@hewasagudboy9079 I live in SE Ohio, right by the river. We definitely have mountains down here. Maybe not tall, Rocky-style mountains, but the Appalachians are still mountains.
@@Doppelgamer211 those are foothills, not mountains, sir.
@@hewasagudboy9079 and what state are you from sir?
When people drive through Ohio, it is often through the glaciated (flattened) parts of the state, which is rather flat and dull. The bottom third extending from Cincinnati to Wheeling, West Virginia is very pretty with rugged topography.
But michigan isn't flat though? If Ohio were flat because of glaciers than so would michigan, I would assume? I thought Ohio was flat because of farming and lakes, like Michigan's thumb and southeast. Detroit and Saginaw are flat, Saginaw because of lakes and Detroit because of farming, we flattened all the hills.
Yeah I live there. I live near Lake Vesuvius near Ironton, Ohio. I've driven US 52 from Ironton to cinncinnatti many times.
@Pistolita221 Southern Ohio is similar to the Irish Hills area of Southern Michigan. But yeah there are many flat parts of the state, stretching from Dayton to Toldeo caused by glaciers. The massive Great Black Swamp was in this area and it was drained for agriculture a long time ago
Cincinnatian here, and yes, the south of the state has some beautiful terrain, and I wish more people would come to visit it. I drove to DC last summer and got to experience the beautiful mountains and rivers firsthand, and even though I’ve seen it before, it’s still wonderful.
Weird how many states have their major interstates going through flat, straight, sparsely populated areas. Almost as if it was by design.
As a truck driver living in Ohio. From Cincinnati you can drive to 38 different states in one day driving time.
But you can't find parking anywhere near Cincy!
@@matethiustransport1374its plenty of rest areas and safe haven parking off 70,71,74,75 there’s no way you can’t find parking I pass them day and night I drive local I always find a spot.
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@@brentvance3958 I'm from cincy n2mu brother
Thats why our sex trafficking is so high bc its quick to transport and cross state lines from here
Surprised you didn’t mention Toledo is a major port and that Ohio and Michigan nearly went to war over it in the skirmish known as the Toledo War.
Ohio got Toledo and Michigan, the UP.
I grew up about 30 miles north of Toledo. Toledo was another option for field trips, as the Toledo Zoo, dining out, like Mancy's, shopping mall with some different stores than in the malls in Detroit area, and of course, Hickory Farms.
Growing up I had an uncle who worked on the docks in Toledo and if Toledo shut down, a lot of people would be hurting. I don't think most Ohioans appreciate how vital it is to our economy. I grew up between Cincinnati and Dayton but have family up there so I spent a lot of summers there
Not NEARLY. We did! It wasn't a very active war and was honestly very silly. The only casualties were rumored to be one dude who hurt himself.
Toledo is obviously the greatest city of Ohio. Glass Capital! My dad-and grandpa before him had a buff factory for 50 years or so. My dad's favorite story to tell is that when he was a kid his dad installed an awning for Tony Paco's on the East Side and Tony came out and passed out hot dogs to all the kids helping out with the project.
@@matthewcarlton5693 Lancaster is screaming and shaking right now reading that
Ohio is 1 of 11 states where less than 25% of the population living in a single metro area.
What are the other 10?
@@qwerty975311crunching the numbers (surprisingly more difficult to do this than you think), I have so far come up with:
- North Carolina (Charlotte Metro accounts for 20.8%)
- Alabama (Birmingham accounts for 23.2%)
- Louisiana (New Orleans accounts for 21.0%)
- Wyoming (Cheyenne accounts for 17.2%)
@@qwerty975311
List of States with a Metro Area accounting for less than 25% for their population:
1. WV - Charleston (11.9%)
2. MT - Billings (16.3%)
3. WY - Cheyenne (17.2%)
4. SC - Greenville-Anderson-Greer (17.9%)
5. OH - Columbus (18.5%)
6. MS - Jackson (20.2%)
7. LA - New Orleans-Metairie (21.0%)
8. NC - Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia (21.5%)
9. IA - Des Moines-West Des Moines (23.0%)
10. AL - Birmingham (23.2%)
11. KY - Louisville-Jefferson County (24.1%)
12. AR - Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway (24.9%)
Edit: To clarify, this all took like an hour to find data and compile on to a spreadsheet.
Highest is Rhode Island at 100% due to the entire state being in the Providence-Warwick MSA.
13 other states have a Metro Area that account for at least 50% of their population:
CO, WA, AK, DE, GA, MN, MA, NY, AZ, HA, NJ, NV, IL
(Least to Greatest)
The only Australian state or mainland territory any of whose most populous metro areas hadn't contained even HALF the population was Hobart in Tasmania, an island state.
I will say, one of the best things about Ohio is the logistical advantage of being within a days drive of so much of the eastern US. Just 6 hours to Chicago, 8 hours to NYC, 12 hours to Florida, Minnesota, or Maine, no wonder we love to drive for every vacation.
How fast are you driving to get to Florida in only 12 hours?
I live in Far southern Ohio (Franklin Furnace, Scioto County, & I can drive to Chicago in less than six hours, & I can drive to Detroit in less than four hours (but why should I want to?).
@@katieandkevinsears7724 Getting to Florida in 12 hours is not a problem, but getting anywhere beyond the border requires some time. From southern Ohio we take I-64 east & south through WV, then cross the narrow strip of western VA, then NC, SC, a relatively small part of east GA, then FL. 12 hours easily, depending on traffic.
good highways make all the difference, California is only ~8 hours drive to other cities depending on where you are, Vegas / SLC / Phoenix / Denver etc, no wonder people do road trips every year
@@katieandkevinsears7724driving from Charleston WV to Tampa is only takes 12 hours. But you gotta drive through the night the avoid traffic and save time on stops! Pro tip here! Best done with a partner.
I’m a trucker and Ohio is probably the most evenly developed state in the country!
As someone who has always lived in Ohio, how does our amount of road construction compare with other states you’ve driven through? People who live here joke that we have “orange cone season” instead of summer🙃
@@catherinedonley2781 Ex-truck driver here since 2020, Ohio (aside from inner Columbus) has some of the best roads in the country.
Western states have very good infrastructure up-keep and oddly Alabama for some reason.
Indiana is fairly decent, but Michigan and Pennsylvania are the WORST in my opinion. I used to drive 75N and 23 thru Michigan and it looks like it got hit by an airstrike all the way to Bay City.
@@catherinedonley2781 I am a Trucker from Ohio and the constrution isnt that bad compared to other states, a little slow at times like zanesville, but not terrible and they are usually pretty good about posting detours. Our roads and transportation network are the best in the country in my opinion, I think us buckeyes just like to complain a lot 😆
@@nirvash4114 That complaining gets shit done tho.
@@nirvash4114 , 😂
I think you’re right🙃
Only thing you missed about the Great Lakes region of Ohio is you mentioned the proximity to Lake Erie causing milder winters but you missed that proximity also causing excessive snowfall due to lake effect snow.
yeah, that was a claim based on being high. there’s no universe in which NE Ohio gets milder winters.
@@GenMilleXial if you look at NOAA data Cleveland winter month average low temperatures are slightly warmer than Columbus. Thus being milder as stated in the video due to proximity to Lake Erie.
As someone who lives in toledo, I can confirm we get hellish winters
@@andrestein6022I grew up in Toledo, and Maumee. Lived in Columbus and Findlay as well. I can definitely confirm that Toledo is colder with more snowfall, even Findlay can be noticeably cooler than Columbus. Often with more snowfall. “Lake effect” was real up there 😂
yeah they definitely do NOT get milder winters than the rest of the state.
As an Ohioan, I find it amusing that our evenly distributed population is considered interesting.
I suppose there is some truth in it, cause I always thought territories where most of the population lives in one area (your example of Denver, Colorado) quite fascinating.
as someone who lives in Columbus, I don’t understand why it isn’t like this everywhere..
@@PokoTheDinosaursame
@@PokoTheDinosaur When I think of other American states, American territories and Canadian equivalents, I think of rather uneven population distribution in so many of them. When I think of Ohio, I think of Cleveland, Akron, Columbus and Cincinnati as being quite populous, while among cities based in:
- Pakistan’s Sindh Province, Karachi most comes to mind
- the Andaman and Nicobar Islands union territory of India, Port Blair is the only settlement that comes to mind
California has it too, we have cities in the north, inland valley, southern inland areas, and south coast, a lot of people don't realize there are other cities besides Bay Area and LA, the greater Sacramento region is huge
When I think of Brazil’s São Paulo State, the Spanish autonomous community (an equivalent to an American state) of Catalonia and Canadian province of Manitoba, I think of the metro areas of the capitals of those respective subnational entities, São Paulo, Barcelona and Winnipeg, with the majority of those subnational entities’ inhabitants. The metro area of St. John’s, capital of the Canadian province of Newfoundland, doesn’t have even half of that province’s inhabitants, but is by Newfoundland standards quite densely populated (almost 600 per square mile compared to not even 4 per square mile in the province as a whole as of the 2021 Canadian national census). By comparison what’s often known as The Square Mile within the British capital London had as of 2022 had a population density of almost 10,000 per square mile.
I used to think that Ohio was boring until I went to the Hocking Hills. I just visited Rock House, Cedar Falls and Ash Cave and it was awesome!
@johnmcnulty4425 from Hocking Hills go east to Marietta. See the significance of Marietta,OH historically. Then go south on route 7 along the Ohio River. Middleport. Look up it's significance and why it's named that. Washington, Meigs, Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Scioto, this is the lost corner of Ohio. Treated more as West Virginia or Kentucky than Ohio. Sad deal down here.
Southern and southeast Ohio has alot of hidden treasures like that but it's mostly on private property.
@@johnmcnulty4425 i love hocking hills! the john glenn observatory’s neat too
The Cuyahoga valley is beautiful as well.
I never understood why Ohio gets bashed. I love my state.
My Ohio History teacher was Dr. George Knepper, University of Akron. Dr. Knepper characterized Ohio as; "The western most of the eastern states, and the eastern most of the western states". IMO an insightfully apt description.
The heart of it all 😄😁
Change it to easternmost of the midwestern states and I think that's perfectly accurate
I had Dr. Kern for Ohio History at U. Akron!
@@jacobyo99 I'm sure he did well. Alas most of my profs at Akron are long gone.
@@Budman_Buds Kern and Wilson wrote the book we used
Ohio is reportedly one of two states that can support itself with regard to minerals, agriculture, etc.
People like to hate Ohio because their only first hand experience of it was driving through it on a gross, rainy, gray day on their way to their uncle's house on Thanksgiving
I honestly think that Ohio is the perfect intersection of affordability and year round livability, and once you get off the interstate highways it starts looking a lot better.
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I’ve lived in Ohio my whole life (Cincinnati then Columbus at OSU, then back to Cincy after graduation). All my friends that have moved out of state have already come back or plan on coming back because there isn’t anything like it. I love my Buckeye State ❤
We lived in Ohio when I was born, & have lived here for much of my adult life, but never a big OSU fan, nor University of Cincinnati. Xavier University all the way! Always look forward to the "Crosstown Shootout" between UC & XU, every year. Go Musketeers!
as an ohio native… i plan on leaving the state for 5-10 years but ultimately coming back. i grew up in the columbus area… will probably end up there but i don’t want to live my whole life in one state
Hey ! It’s THE OSU !
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Funny that you mention that, as I have several friends who moved away, and all but 2 of them have ended up back here in Ohio, nearly all within an hour of our hometown. One lived in SoCal for nearly 15 years, he's back. Another went to D.C. and Maryland for several years. Another went to Massachusetts, a former coworker moved to the FL panhandle for about 6 or 7 years, I have a cousin who lived in FL and CO, all now back in the Buckeye state. My wife and I plan on moving somewhere warmer after I retire (about 15 years away), but I joke with her that Ohio always seems to pull you back in, lol.
Once you’ve driven across vast stretches of the High Plains without hitting a town for 50 miles, places like Ohio start to feel a lot less empty.
And a lot less windy
I drove through Central ILL, Mizz, NEB and Kansas.
Ohio doesn't feel empty at all to me.
There is always towns and cities along the roads everywhere.
When I am in Oregon, I could drive sometimes 2-4 hours and not have seen a single building/human structure at all
Driving through Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle made me feel very isolated, with exits off the interstate with no signs of life, gas stations, truck stops, etc. I noticed right away that practically every interstate exit in Ohio has something there, either a mix of restaurants and truck stops or even just a single gas station. Makes Ohio feel less empty in my view.
Back in days when "Main Street" was the vibrant economic backbone of America, Ohio was crowded with vibrant Main Streets. Look at the town and city index of an American road atlas. Ohio's index is one of the longest. And Ohio's map is typically divided onto multiple pages when larger states are not, simply to include the detail required for its many small towns and cities.
Southeastern Ohio here, and I really like our area. Very affordable, beautiful rolling hills, not hugely populated, (not overcrowded) and within a few hours drive of Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Pittsburg.
Pittsburgh
Charleston and Parkersburg too, it's very pretty and not far away
@@astorp12345 Cadiz, Steubenville, Marietta and Athens from 1949 to 1964. Although I was born in Los Angeles and returned there to go to college, I grew up an Ohioan.
Same here. Live near Ironton, Ohio and Portsmouth, Ohio too.
Learn to spell
Ohio has hands down the best state flag, and is the only one of the 50 that is a pennant shape. I'm from NY, in the westernmost county, less than a two hour drive to Ohio, through the little piece of Pennsylvania that juts norrh to Lake Erie.
It looks like the Puerto Rican flag
Chautauqua mentioned!
It's the only official government flag that is shaped with a swallow tail called a burgee - with the exception of Nepal. And yes, it's an awesome flag.
Agreed, I have one flying outside my house. Love that our flag is the only one with that shape... love being different
@@Ozama1221When I attended Air Force technical school training at Sheppard AFB in Wichita Falls Texas, one of the dining facilities on base had flags from each state hanging from the ceiling. One day I and a classmate of mine who was from New York city, but was of Puerto Rican descent happened to sit under the Ohio flag.
We got to talking about the flag and actually got into a mini argument because he was sure it was the PR flag.
He was so confident, that we put a bet on it.
I won 20 bucks that day 🤣.
Cleveland was settled by New Englanders from Connecticut (led by Moses Cleaveland - city name spelling later changed).
Cincinnati (and Marietta, upriver) were settled by pioneers coming down the Ohio River.
Different settlers led to different population centers.
A lot of New Yorkers moved into Lake and Cuyahoga counties.
4 Greats back Grandfather from New York Mid 1800’s Same for Grandmother 4 Greats back from Connecticut Mid 1800’s moved to Wood County Pemberville
yeah Ohio and Chicago were the gateway to the West for the northern states, makes a lot of sense
@@Fetherko and you can here it in the regional dialect that sounds more easy coast than Midwest
@@danielzhang1916 not only this, but Northeast Ohio specifically was once actually part of Connecticut, as the Connecticut Western Reserve and was settled as a part of Connecticut’s westward expansion specifically. To this day, many towns and historic places look very much like New England, the political and cultural attitudes couldn’t be further from a place like Cincinnati or Columbus and their surrounding metro areas and we still have many different places and institutions named “Western Reserve…” as many people are very proud of our heritage and see ourselves as being from Northeast Ohio rather than “Ohioans” in general.
Cincinnati resident…
1. 40 minutes from Dayton and Lexington, KY
2. 90 minutes from Columbus, Indianapolis, and Louisville
3. About 3 hours from Cleveland and West Virginia
4. About 4 1/2 hours from Detroit, Chicago, Nashville and Pittsburgh
5. About 6 hours from Atlanta, Memphis, and Milwaukee
6. 7 hours from Toronto
These are all reasonable drives to many different cities and cultures… Plus many people who visit Cincinnati say it’s their best experience in the Midwest.. 💯
I do love cincinnati but being right in the center of the state (Technically Centerville is the geographical center not columbus) I do appreciate the luxury of reaching Cleveland or Cincinnati within 2 hours
@@k8kzhradiotipsandreviews31 Centerville is such a nice burb. I love dayton it's so underrated even amongst the smaller cities in the state like akron/toledo.
@k8kzhradiotipsandreviews31 The geographical center of Ohio would be Centerburg, not Centerville.
@SoSelfMadeMedia Yes, if your going 90mph or faster. Lexington is 60 min from downtown minimum (I live near Kings Island so tack 30 min on my trip, Chattanooga is 7 hours from here so add another hour for Atlanta. BTW, I was cruising at 80mph for these times)
@@1983jblack ATL does not take 8 hours going 80mph… you definitely drive slow.
Thank you. Great short presentation on Ohio. I learned some facts and history I wasn’t aware of. As a native of Pittsburgh, PA., I have visited Ohio much throughout my life. As a side note, Cleveland is a great city with much to do and good places to eat.
@@markcefola273775% of the PA population is in the five county Philadelphia area
What about the fact that Ohio was not legally admitted as a state in 1803? The proper paperwork had not been acted upon by Congress, and this oversight (found in preparation for its 150th anniversary) was not fixed until 1953, under the first Eisenhower administration. The corrective legislation made Ohio's status as a state retroactive to 1803.
The food in Cleveland is one of the best things about us, best gd corned beef on the planet
@@geography_joeas a cincinnatian i have to argue with you on sheer principle
@@geography_joe And how about that Stadium mustard…?!
(FYI: You can order it online…).
As a Canadian, I always found Ohio interesting for the fact it had 3 large similarly sized cities, something we don't have in any province up here. Also the fact that their population combined is fairly large and yet its influence muted yet strong. Just disappointed that the high speed rail line between the Big 3 C's was never approved... That would have been a real game-changer for the region. Perhaps a future Brightline project...
Not only connecting the 3 C's but I should be able to get to Chicago by train by now. To add to that, Columbus is the largest metropolitan area in America that has no other public transportation than bus. It can take you 35-45 minutes to get from Groveport to Dublin using the freeway. It's insane there's no train system here.
New Brunswick is evenly distributed with Moncton, Saint John and Fredericton albeit at a much smaller scale
"Also the fact that their population combined is fairly large and yet its influence muted yet strong."
Ohio used to be the 4th most populous state, but it's now the 7th (8th?). It's desperately holding on to what it has left, but deindustrialization sucks.
Sadly car manufacturers and oil giants are paying off our politicians so we don’t do this. Revolution or nothing will change
Those cities aren't big enough to justify high speed rail..there no real high speed rail on east coast..there's a new york to DC I believe but that's just normal rail.. texas cities, LA to San Francisco, or east coast would get high speed b4 ohio.. & I'm not a hater I love ohio
Dude you killed it with this. Amazing video about my awesome state. I’m from cleveland, but more recently have lived in Cincinnati and man I’m just so proud to have 3 humongous and culturally distinct cities in our state, and so many smaller ones. Theres literally not one point in Ohio where you’re more than 90 minutes from a gigantic city, its incredible. We have everything that makes America great in one state, and we’re basically average in every statistic. Its an absolute microcosm of the US, food is fantastic, transportation is solid, lake erie feels like an ocean, appalachia offers mountain vistas, and the history is evident everywhere.
We have our problems, but we’re so very fortunate to have the resources we have to combat those problems. I frequently say Ohio would be a very successful country. We’d have the 25th largest economy on earth were we independent!
As a lifelong Ohioan you did a great job with this video Geoff.
Fun bonus fact Columbus was actually created by the state legislature to become the capital. There were a few capitals before it’s creation.
Springfield and Chillicothe, along with a few other cities, were at one point candidates for capital city. But they wanted a more central location for the rest of the state.
Fun fact: Dayton is also the birthplace of the cash register
I'm a lifelong Ohioan as well. If I'm not mistaken. Ohio is where the first barcoded item was scanned in a store.
@meganstapleton4960 I heard they chose Columbus and it's central location specifically because it was halfway between cincy and Cleveland and to not favor the interests of one side of the state too much.
I’m not sure of the exact history. Two big rivers merge in Columbus. Most state capitals are located between major cities and central locations.
@@meganstapleton4960. And of Cheez-Its! And the pop-top can!
People always clown on my state, but I'm proud to be here. I tell people if they want to introduce a foreigner to what America is like, dont drive them through New York, Florida or California. Drive them through Ohio. Cities, countrysides, lakes, ghettos, suburbs and every racial demographic is here. You wont find a stronger representation of America.
You’re correct - Ohio is a microcosm of America as a whole.
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Nicely done! Good summary of the history. Ohio has kind of a mellow vibe, which I have attributed to the lack of domination by one city. It's well known how the people in upstate New York get annoyed at NYC.
You didn't mention the Miami Erie Canal. Built 1825. From Toledo on Lake Erie to Cincinnati.
I took my 2nd Bride on a trip down the Erie Canal on a rented houseboat for a week. We were amazed at all the tiny towns that sprouted on the Canal when It was built. Rich folks live in big houses right on the water as you’d expect, but there’s plenty of civilization within walking distance of the Canal.
We went through several locks that raised our boat something like 18 feet. I felt über impotent when the lock-master radioed our boat and addressed me as “captain.” So I tried to order La Jefa to swab the decks, but she demoted me to 2nd degree bottle washer. Lesson learned.
The Miami Erie Canal went right through Dayton, until the 1913 flood resulted in the canal being filled in and replaced by a street named Patterson Blvd., after John Patterson, founder and owner of National Cash Register Company, who led efforts to save and provide for those affected by the flood and to rebuild. Key was the Army Corps of Engineers coming in to construct a system of 5 dams around the Dayton area. To this day, Dayton has not flooded again.
Geoff. Dayton is the birthplace of aviation. Wilbur and Orville Wright lived, worked and built their first flying machines here. Yes N. Carolina was first in flight but everything else the brothers did was right here in Dayton. Design, building etc. I'm surprised you did not give a bigger nod to Dayton.
That "flight" in North Carolina was more like a lucky burst of wind when the engine was surprisingly working. That model of airplane shouldn't have been able to take off successfully and the first real flight happened after they got back to Ohio and fixed their mistakes.
They only went to NC because they had shitty land lol. It was swamps so a cushion if they crashed. Only reason they went to NC. Dayton is a really underrated city. I'm from cincy and want to move up there. Weird i know but it's a nice mix of boring and wild
@@kevingeezy5176 I love that. " nice mix of boring and wild" 😂😂😂 and btw I love Cincy just don't like driving there.
I agree. Not sure how many different trips to K.H. they made but eventually their planes were taking off and landing at Huffman prairie.
North carolina takes all the credit for being the first in flight when it was in Ohio where all of the actual work was done. we will forever be salty.
I live near Cincinnati. Very hilly around here. But drive north up 71 to Columbus it's flat as a pancake. Farmlands as far as the eye can see in all directions.
which is why an employer like Intel will look at the Columbus area rather than Cincy. The geography is a big factor.
That's because you go straight up the highway and don't take the scenic drive. 😉😂🤷♀️
@@BF2021-kf8xz We have more major corporations in Cincinnati than any other place in the state. Amazon Prime Air is also now based here after a couple of Billion investment from Amazon. So odd statement.
@@PhilKnock so you think a company like Intel who needs a sprawling mega campus and lots of land would have an easier time finding that in Cincy or middle of the state?
@@BF2021-kf8xz I think it would be as easy as around Cincinnati as it would be around Columbus, both cities are similar in size...lol how would it be different? odd.
Mild winters?? lol NE Ohio gets BRUTAL winters. That Lake Effect snow is no joke!!!
And winters in Cincinnati are mild as heck, I think we had one day of snow this past winter. I dated a girl from Akron back in the late 90s and we noticed from traveling back and forth to family that Akron and Cincinnati were about 3 weeks apart in fall and spring weather. Ohio is a very different climate from end to end for sure.
@@siannionaomeara6252 Our winters aren't brutal relatively. So many cities in New England and the Midwest get actual brutal winters - Boston and Duluth for example. Our weather rarely gets as extreme as snowfall in Boston or the windchill in Duluth. And actually if you look at the data from the last couple years we're getting even milder - elsewhere is getting worse!
@@siannionaomeara6252 true that. I live on west side of Cleveland, 3 blocks south of the Lake, but worked for over 35 years on the east side. I'd get up to no snow, 1/2 way driving to work, it would go from nothing to 8-10 inches of snow. Struggle thru it all day, then drive home to a dusting. Lake effect is real deal. It could be worse, like Buffalo, NY gets, so we at least have that going for us.
I’ve been to Minneapolis in the Winter. I thought I was used to the cold but that place makes Cleveland’s winters seem lovely.
I live in the northeast part of Ohio and it's part of the snow belt and yes it does get brutal in the winter
Milder winters on Lake Erie??? that legal weed must be good.
can personally confirm that NE Ohio gets *worse* winter weather than anywhere in the state.
Absolutely. Grew up in Toledo/maumee. Lived in Cbus over 10 years. Winters are so much milder in Cbus. It still sucks, but I noticed the difference right away.
can confirm from columbus. im not too familiar with NEO but our winters are definitely weaker
I put that on repeat multiple times because I couldn't believe my ears haha. But after having done some research myself it "technically" is correct. In NE Ohio we do indeed get BLASTED each year by snow, but temperature wise, NE Ohio does have slightly warmer winters than other parts of the state. Very slight, but still true. Surprisingly NE Ohio's record lows by county barely touch most other counties, even in Columbus. So warmer winters with more snow is the conclusion.
Cleveland has less extreme cold than Cincinnati, but the duration of the cold in Cleveland is much longer. So while it may hit -2 in CIN and only 1 in CLE, it’s going to have more days of freezing temps and obviously a TON more snow. The worst year of snowfall in CIN is less than the average snowfall in CLE.
@@autismworldtravel it’s not better in Columbus than Trumbull County. i’ve lived in both.
A good reference material is a book called "How the States Got Their Shapes." It goes into all 50 states got their shapes even before they were states.
I love that one!
There's also a History channel series on this topic.
Another fun fact most people don't know is that we have ISLANDS. No trip to Ohio is complete until you visit Put-in-Bay on South Bass Island aka "Key West of the North". Yea we Ohioans love to party 🍻🍾🥳
As a Ohioan who just went on a road trip, yes, the population centers are pretty evenly spread out and even more so evenly populated given the population of each of the three big Cs. Cleveland is the most notable city, with the least populated metropolitan area of the three Cs, it is largest if you include the Akron and Canton metropolitan areas.
Cincinnati has the largest metropolitan area yet the core city is the least populated of the three Cs.
Cincinnati is the largest metro in Ohio? I thought Cleveland was larger. Cincinnati doesn't even seem that big. Columbus feels much larger, at least in my opinion.
Columbus is largest in land area and covers 250 square miles. Cinci includes suburbs in KY and IN.
@@jeremiahallyn4603 Cincinnati is not the largest metro area in Ohio. Cleveland is and that's not including Akron and canton. That's including all of the metropolitan area suburbs though such as Lorain county, parts of Medina county, Lake county, some of portage county etc. that's where you get over 2.2 million people. Cleveland proper has a very small population because it has shrank by like three times over the last 40 or 50 years. Most of those people move to the suburbs though and are still in the metro. Columbus grew over the last 2535 years into the largest city due to incorporating suburbs over time. Columbus tonight used to be that big within the city limits but it grew. Cleveland has not done that at all and is only 88 square miles in the city itself. Cuyahoga county is the most densely populated. There's literally corn fields and landfills with nothing on them in parts of Columbus. No room for that in Cleveland
We need more buildings and housing so we can be a super cool city 😎
Here we go again. Cleveland is only larger when they include Youngstown which is 70 miles away. Cincinnati metro is larger than Cleveland metro but Cleveland csa includes akron AND canton. Akron is the same distance from Cleveland as dayton is to cincy but cincy and dayton are separate metro areas although they're connected. Cincinnati is larger than Cleveland, dayton is larger than akron and Hamilton/Middletown is larger than canton. Columbus is a huge suburb.
Lake Erie east of Cleveland and on towards Erie PA is a lake effect snow machine. Only in fall does Lake Erie moderate the northern Ohio temperatures.
@@davidfink4270 it moderates or influences the temperatures year around. In the spring it keeps the Ohio Erie coast cold rather than warm. It's like having hot chocolate in November, and an ice cube in April.
I grew up in that blue section of West Virginia. There are 4 counties there and they are east of the Ohio River and originally part of Virginia, which was the border between Ohio and Virginia from 1803-1863. That was the edge of the original colonies before west ward expansion into Ohio in 1803.
Thanks for the interesting information. I was born in Wheeling, WV...raised in Toledo, OH...reside in Las Vegas, NV. 👍
what was it like living there
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@@UWish0430 all 3 of my kids were born in that WV pan handle (Weirton), though we lived across the river in Ohio (Toronto, near Steubenville.) So that's fun! Haha
@@UWish0430 New Martinsville here! I always thought it was so cool that the Mason Dixon line marker is like 5 miles north of me. Interesting to be near history
Proud Ohioan from west of Cleveland. Great explanation of Ohio! Ohio….the heart of it all. Great cities and great rural areas. Grew up outside Cleveland, married an awesome girl from Toledo, went to school in southern Ohio, spent 10 years living in Columbus, and raised my kids in Ohio. Ohio will always be my home!
I love the gentle winter aspect around Lake Erie . It is called the Snow Belt and cause some nasty Winters around the Lake Erie bordered city's Especially Cleveland . They can have a foot of snow while 20 miles south of it has about a inch. Lake effect weather is real and gentle is not a way to describe it lol
I live in Euclid. It can get nasty at times lol.
To me it "can" be a gentle winter compared to the White Mountains of New Hampshire.... But I think Geoff will change his "gentle' if he comes and drives I-271 I-480 and Rt 2 to Dead Man's Curve during a "lake effect snow storm". Brutal in a different way than Buffalo.
I live in Ashtabula. Winters are seldom mild.
Before moving to Ohio I always heard how snowy it was. Yeah, Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati get snow but not much compared to NE Ohio, especially east of Cleveland toward the PA border. Southern Ohio has almost a southern climate compared to the north. It is also seen in spring-summer. On days that might be in the upper 80s or 90s Columbus and south, it is probably only in the 70s or very low 80s up in the snow belt. I mean they get hot days up there but far fewer than Columbus or Cincinnati.
@@morbidmanatee5550 So do I! Yep it can get rough!
I'm 69 years old, born in Columbus, and have lived in Ohio all but five years. I was in Virginia for four years, and Kentucky for one. I have been to all of the lower 48 states, and they all have their good points, but all in all, I like it here. You do have to deal with January and February, which can be a little blah.
Ohio just feels sane compared to the rest of the country.
Lived in Ohio for 23 years, it had a lot to do with the interstate system, there's multiple ways to get everywhere in the state.
the interstate system didn't even start til the 50s like we know it today.
It really was the canal and railway system that shaped the urban centers. The interstate system was built to accommodate the car. To this day the number (and length) of trains that pass through Ohio every day is mind boggling
As a 4th generation Train conductor/locomotive engineer living in Southern Ohio, i can definitely confirm this
Except no direct highway from Toledo to Columbus
The federal government has allocated route number for this route, I-73. Ohio, primarily because of Delaware county, hasn't moved on making interstate grade highway in that area yet and may never get there. North of Delaware however, ODOT has made interstate grade highway on most of US 23 and Ohio 15 to Finley.
I have a gut feeling that in 5 years, when the Intel factory opens, Interstate 73 will become a hot topic and be built to connect New Albany/northern Columbus to Toledo+ to take advantage of the trade with Michigan and Canada.
Ohio's 3 Cs are very populous around. Cincinnati by the Ohio River in the southwest of the state, Columbus through the Scioto River in the center of the state, and Cleveland by Lake Erie in the northeast of the state. Good thing I-71 and US 42 connect those 3 Cs when it comes to metropolitan areas, but US 42 bypasses Columbus when it comes to city limits.
Columbus is on the banks of both the Scioto & Olentangy Rivers.
SR 3 goes through all three cities. it was called the 3C highway, but now we have I-71
@@UserName-ts3sp Ohio Route 3 is a scenic alternative, particularly between Columbus and Cleveland.
Ohio Route 3 and route 2 pre-date the US routes (like US42). Ohio route 1 (now US40) were the states most important routes. If you can find an Ohio map that pre-dates the US routes (I want to say 1932 map was the last one), you will see Ohio routes were essentially numbered connecting the most important cities at the time. Route 4 hit major cities of the time also, Sandusky and Cincinnati was an important route. Some routes were renamed to not conflict with the US numbers. Ohio did this again when the interstates came through, you will never see a Ohio Route 70, 71, 73, 74, 76, 77, 80, 90, etc... ODOT has taken great care that we don't get ourselves on the wrong route. :)
Cleveland is also on the Cuyahoga River. Columbus is on the Scioto & Olentangy Rivers, Cincinnati is on the Ohio, but also at the mouths of the Great & Little Miami Rivers, & opposite the mouth of the Licking River (Covington & Newport, Kentucky). Toledo is at the mouth of the Maumee River.
Ohio is a very underrated state. Yes, I may be bias here since I was born, raised, and live in ohio, but the urban areas are like no other I’ve seen. Even the rural areas provide scenic views and amazing landscapes. I hope more people come check it out!
Grew up in WV and can attest that Ohio is very underrated!! Fell in love with the Hocking Hills region within the past few years ❤
Well, not disrespecting Ohio, but yes, you probably are a little biased.
Yes, agreed. Very underrated. Our bad areas are not that bad as compared to most other parts of the USA.
Er, I mean, YEAH! You're biased. Ohio ain't all that great, and we talk like hillbillies. Mhmm. Nothing to see here.
@@joesterling4299 yep, can confirm. just a bunch of rednecks here, nothing else, sorry for misinformation..!
It wasn’t mentioned, but I only recently learned that Ohio has islands in Lake Erie. I’ve lived in Ohio for almost 19 years😅
@shovical … Almost 20 years and you didn’t know? You most likely live central or downstate. Anyway, most of Ohio’s wineries are along the lakeshore, east and west of Cleveland, with a sprinkling throughout the state. You should someday visit the “north coast”.
Put in bay is great if you’re in college and wanna party, Kelleys is great if you wanna relax and eat ice cream on a golf cart with your family 😄 the islands are outstanding
Love the Bass Islands and kelleys
Some of the islands are in Canada also! Lake Erie was a major part of the war of 1812.
@@noedgelines9565 yeah I’m from Columbus and have really only traveled to Sandusky for Cedar Point like every two years. I’ve got family in Pennsylvania and Kentucky so I never have much of a reason to go towards the lakes unless it’s just for fun.
Ohioan and fellow geography nerd here. Love the video and the channel. Keep up the great work on the channel! 👏🌎
Thank-you for this video man. As someone from Athens, in s.e. Ohio, it was nice to see your commentary and you're right about us being excluded but I happen to think this the the best part of Ohio and certainly the prettiest.
Athens, Ohio is one of the best college towns in the country.
Agreed. SE OH in the Apps is probably the most beautiful part of the state for sure.
Elmer Fudd: “High in the middle and round on both ends. O-HI-O!”😂
“Yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck!”
Ah, Looney Tunes.
My childhood.
I really miss the way those old cartoons made me feel and laugh.
That was appointment television for me right after my Papaw finished his news every night.
That and Pink Panther.
Actually, it was Bugs who said that. Elmer doesn’t tell jokes.
I'm high off 2 O's just like O-HI-O - Lil Wayne
O he o I believe means big river or wide river
Ohio is at the crossroads of the Great Lakes and Ohio River. This geography means little room for emptiness.
Cincinnati here. I love my state we are so close to everything. You can get to pretty much anywhere east of Kansas City in a days drive. Florida, New York, the Carolina’s, the Virginias, Atlanta, St. Louis, Nashville, Chicago and even Toronto.
I would say they geography in southern Ohio with the hills near cincinnati and the hocking hills to the east are as beautiful as anywhere in the country. Even northen ogio has some amazing geography with the cuyahoga national park. A very underrated state
Columbus is the largest city in the U.S. centrally located to the greatest number of population. 2-3 hrs to Cleveland, Indianapolis, Detroit, Pittsburgh. 6-7 hrs to Chicago, Nashville, DC, St Louis, Baltimore, Charlotte. 8-9 hrs to NYC, Atlanta. I could go on. That's also why Ohioans love to travel. You can go to any city in the USA and guaranteed to run into somebody from Ohio.
I think Cincy and Cleveland would have similar claims. You could also add in Buffalo and Toronto
One of the main reasons why Ohio's cities are situated where they are is basic topography.
Up until the late 19th century the entire Northwestern part of the state was a giant swamp called the 'Great Black Swamp' & the South/Southeastern part of the state was dominated by the Appalachian Mountains.
This left a swath of habitable land running Southwest to Northeast (Cincinnati, Columbus and Cleveland w/ smaller cities/settlements along the edges of the natural obstacles)
I've been fascinated about the amount of development and the prominence of its cities for a while. I think Ohio is one of the few states where people would have wide recognition of even minor cities. And it is fascinating that the 3 big C's are spread out across the state. Thanks for making this video!
yeah Ohio, California, etc. are the few states that have cities all over, a lot of people don't realize that at first
@@danielzhang1916 CA, FL, and TX are the other ones that come to mind, but those states are huge in comparison to Ohio.
Cincinnati, Columbus, & Cleveland are the three big Cs, but you haven't really been to Ohio until you go to Knock'em Stiff.
I see Ohio as microcosm of the US. It you squint, you can see the shape of the contiguous states. Water to the north and south, a tip to the upper east and a long vertical border on the west. And where I live in Northeast Ohio is kind of like Ohio's location in the States. We are a day's drive from NY, Chicago, and the Deep South, as well as Ontario, CA.
As an Ohioan I’m pretty biased, but I believe it truly is a great state and don’t really understand a lot of the hate this state gets sometimes. It’s a lot prettier than people realize, especially in the the Hocking Hills/Athens area, and Lake Erie Shores area. I’ve lived in the western portion of the state, lived in Columbus, and lived in Athens and all are great places. Love the 3 big cities, each feel very different from one another. And I think people don’t realize how much there is to do here, having traveled to most other states it’s got a lot more going on than probably 75% of the country. And there’s just a lot of great history here.
it's probably an inside joke that's so old everyone on the inside forgot what they're referencing, cause tbh IDK why either. As someone from michigan I get it, but the rest of the country? TF did Ohio do?
@@jjoohhhnn Nobody hates Ohio like Michigan and it stems from the dispute over Toledo. Ohio does have a high rate of serial killers and astronauts for whatever reason.
I'm from the Dayton area and I have always thought it was weird how a place like Dayton was such a massive chunk of suburbs on suburbs, and basically goes all the way down and connects to Cincinnati. It's basically all suburbs down, and the all the gaps between Dayton and Cinci have slowly been developed. A lot of the farms between Dayton and some of the surrounding larger towns have been sold and developed into neighborhoods and costcos and such
I live in Richland County and it has some cool geographical features. There are fault lines near Shelby, mountains in the Mohican area and flat farm lands everywhere else. All this is in the north central area of Ohio.
I've always come back to Columbus after living in several different cities the past 54 years it's nice weather.
Thank you for highlighting our special state. Just found your channel and immidelety subbed. When I was young, i complained to my father that Ohio and Cleveland in general sucked. My father went on to give me a enlightening lecture on how special our state was. Besides the equal population distribution, he pointed out many cool things. I can sum up one thing that stayed with me my entire life. Back in the 70's, when I was a kid there wad a tag line for Cleveland. He told me it was, "Cleveland, the best location in the nation." I've traveled all over the world and always have been proud to tell people I was from Ohio. Although I'm from N.E. Ohio, one of the best places in the country to bug out or just dissapear in general is the south east Appellation area. You will find springs and water, forest ,caves, fertile land for food production and hills, valleys and gorges. Check it out.
Or Appalachian area even.
Good stuff Geoff!! Appreciate the video! Not a native Ohioan but lived here for 15 yrs and love this state!!
>Milder winters along the lake
Brother they get smashed with snow I was in Conneaut one year they got 4 feet in one storm
Born and raised Youngstown,Ohio and proud to be an Ohioan! This was a good video talking about the various aspects of Ohio that are often not talked about or overlooked.
Youngstown is a really cool city
♥️ I felt like a proud Ohioan watching this video! Thank you so much I enjoyed that! 😊 O-H-I-O! Our Tri-State is uniquely beautiful with a very interesting geographical landscape and history! You’re in the city one moment then the next thing you know you’re seeing cows and horses grazing in widespread pastures right up the road from gorgeous lakes and rivers with tall green trees swaying in the breeze! Best Location In The Nation! 😉☺️😎
What do ohioans consider their tri-state? I assume Michigan, Indiana and I feel like Illinois but they don't border.
@@jjoohhhnn lol I was thinking of our Big 3 cities; Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Columbus 😉 us Ohioans are so self absorbed! 🤣...and you're right, no other state comes close to us! 😁
Ohio native living the Colorado here... getting ready for a roadtrip to the old stomping grounds in about 2 months... for the first time in a decade. I'll be kissing the ground as soon as I cross the state line!
I can’t believe he didn’t mention that the first major settlement in the Northwest Territory was Marietta, which is still a beautiful and historic town.
Thank you for doing this story about Ohio. As an Ohio resident most of my life I'm very proud of my state. Thank you for showcasing some of the special features of our state. We're all working to bring our state back to the top!❤
In Iowa you can’t go 20 minutes without finding another town. Then I go out West and oh my gosh is it full of nothing then boom big city.
Fun fact, despite the video saying Ohio was the 17th state, it really wasn’t official until sometime in 1953 when it was officially added, just when the legal aspect was finally signed they made it retroactive to the date it was originally intended for it to be the 17th state.
Im glad you talked about my home state and didnt notice Ohio have evenly distributed populations
Hi! Some graphics are slightly misleading, for example: the great plains region extends too far down on the graphic, especially on the eastern side. Mahoning and Columbiana counties are also considered appalachian according to our government, so the eastern tri-state region is entirely appalachian all the way up to Youngstown. This is an amazing informative video though, thanks for all of your time and research- an ohio local
Great video! Hocking Hills is my favorite place. Also, I don't think there is much mining going on in Southern Ohio anymore. It's actually a very economicly depressed area that is rittled with addicition.
But correct me if I'm wrong.
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Thank you for so much information! I am an Ohioan!! 😊😊😊 Born & raised here, 😊
Columbus was built to be the state capital. The Ohio Statehouse was one of the first permanent buildings built in the city.
The Ohio State University, with the largest campus in the country is a major draw.
Light to medium industry seems to be distributed rather evenly throughout the state.
Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati have comparable metropolitan populations, but Columbus is actually the largest city in the state.
well yeah because cities like Cincy have other small towns around it and in it while cbus doesnt have any of those making the land area far larger, which would obviously make the actual city population higher than the other two.
There are plenty of "other small towns" around Columbus, but in the '50s and '60s Mayor M. E. Sensenbrenner had an aggressive annexation policy.
"You say you want city services? Like water, sewer, fire, police and like that? Well I guess you want to be part of Columbus!"
Many suburbs resisted. Many did not.
LOL, only because Columbus annexed all it's suburbs.. it is not the largest metro area.
@@lorensims4846 that is very true, although Columbus’s city limits extend very far past that of Cleveland and Cincinnati due to said annexation. Realistically using urban area to measure the three C’s they all are very similar. City population doesn’t mean as much in overall footprint of the population
I belive Cleveland is actually the biggest city all metrics considered
Tennessee also has very evenly distributed population. Memphis, Nashville, Chatanooga and Knoxville are fairly evenly spread out into four distinct pockets of the state
I find it interesting that from Washington DC to the Tennessee border via I-81 is a shorter distance than from the eastern border to Memphis.
Interesting! I think a big difference is Nashville seems like its turning into the major mega city of TN. In Ohio(where i live) the only major city that growing is the Columbus area. Not at the same rate as Nashville though and a lot of Columbus “transplants” are in state residents who moved there from another part of the state
@@brandonconforto315, because Nashville is a destination for the people who are fleeing from California craziness that is driving them out. They’re also moving to Texas.
@@sarisigmund2115I sure hope they vote different than they did when they ruined California. Or they'll ruin the places they move to .
As an Ohio man, born and raised, I love my state! We’ve got issues, don’t get me wrong: cleaner water & air, opioid crisis, better funding for mental health & education. We’ve also made a lot of progress & have so much potential.
I once heard someone describe the typical Ohioan as a “no nonsense” attitude, which is completely correct. People are GENERALLY pretty friendly & hardworking, but there can also be some anger and passive aggressiveness.
All in all though, I love it here; and think we can do great things if we keep growing, reforming, and stewarding our resources wisely
My favourite TH-camr, as an European who lives in Canada, I learned so much about America from you!🇨🇿💙🇺🇸
I'm a Michigander born and still here but I grew up in Ohio. I'm a wolverine Born near Ann Arbor only reason I wasn't born at the university hospital was a snowstorm. I love Ohio, hate the buckeyes but love Ohio. Talk about native history, industrialization, farming, Civil war...Sandusky is the end of the underground railroad. If you got there you were free even after Dread vs. Scott. Understand that when your playing at Cedar Point.
If it makes you feel better, we hate the Wolverines.
Native and current Ohioan. I love Michigan but hate the Wolverines as well. No hate for Detroit teams though... LGRW!
Cleveland Born and raised Michigan fan here. GO BLUE! F the Suckeyes
They legalized abortion and cannabis by referendum last year. I was surprised both of those referenda passed by double digit margins, being that Ohio leans conservative in national elections.
@@Derek032789 Not everyone is a partisan drone who follow political lines. For that, it makes me proud of the Buckeye state & I hope the country as a whole will follow suit and start thinking for themselves again. This sharks vs jets crap with the two political parties is horrible for the nation.
Ashtabula County also has the longest and shortest covered bridges in America
My father's parents lived and raised their 11 children in Ashtabula. I loved when I was a kid going there because it seemed so cool to be able to fish, swim and play on the beach and not be able to see Land on the other side. My parents would take use on historical tours because Ashtabula county has plenty.
@user-bb7xp8hv8y A lot of people talk bad about the county, but it is very beautiful. The beaches and hills. The harbor has been revitalized, the number of nature reserves is insane, so many parks. The Ashtabula River is now clean. It's been removed from the EPA watchlist. It's so much better than it was even 10 years ago.
Unlike states west of the Mississippi, Ohio feels much more dense because it has been around as as state since 1803 and has been a major center of industrial might for many years (and still is in some parts of the state). Reasonably close access to Chicago to the west and the big East Coast cites to the east explains why Ohio is so developed.
Iron ore from across the Great Lakes, & coal from Appalachia helped build Ohio, but for the last 50 years has been part of Ohio's industrial slippage, since cheap steel is imported from elsewhere.
Ohio is a state where you can feel like you are in different parts of the country in the same state. Places in Cincinnati can feel like the Deep South. Toledo can feel like Iowa shortly outside city limits. And Cleveland feels like the Northeast, especially east of the Cuyahoga River.
"Toledo can feel like Iowa shortly outside city limits." That made me laugh. I have always felt west of town seems less populated than other areas.
I live right by the Point of Origin marker, commemorating the survey of 1787, outlining the Northwest Territory
It was a combination of the deposits of coal and clay, combined with the transportation corridors of the river, the Sandy and Beaver Canal, and the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad combined to make East Liverpool a major ceramic manufacturing center until WWII.
Nearby Steubenville also became a significant steel center.
Ohio and Florida have an interesting relationship, we owe a lot to Ohio settlers, and we also similarly have multiple major cities spreading out our population across the Florida peninsula.
& the Miami Indians contributed their name to many of our landmarks in both states.
I always wondered why so many people end up moving between the two states.
Cool video! I live in Canton, like to travel…the US has so much to do and see. But honestly, Ohio in itself can be many trips without seeing or doing the same thing twice. Lots of little (and big) gems in this state. Plus, economy and cost of living are great, we get all 4 seasons of weather. Sure I like to travel and experience other places but this will always be home ❤HI❤
I’m in Ohio and the housing market here over the last 7-8 years is unlike anything I’ve ever seen. Homes that were bought for $130K in 2015 are now being sold for $590k. I’m talking about tiny, disgusting, poorly built 950 square foot shit boxes in quiet mediocre neighbourhoods. Then you’ve got Better, average sized homes in nicer neighbourhoods that were $300K+ 10 years ago selling for $750k+ now. Wild times.
Home prices will come down eventually, but for now; get your money (as much as you can) out of the housing market and get into the financial markets or gold. The new mortgage rates are crazy, add to that the recession and the fact that mortgage guidelines are getting more difficult. Home prices will need to fall by a minimum of 40% (more like 50%) before the market normalizes.If you are in cross roads or need sincere advise on the best moves to take now its best you seek an independent advisor who knows about the financial markets.
Personally, I can connect to that. When I began working with a fiduciary financial counsellor, my advantages were certain. I got into the market early 2019 and the constant downtrends and losses discouraged me so I sold off, got back in Dec 2021 this time with guidance, Long story short, its been 2years now and I’ve gained over a million dollars following guidance from my investment adviser.
This is huge! think you can point me towards the direction of your advisor? been looking at advisory management myself.. seeking ways to invest and make more money with the uncertainty in the economy.
‘’Aileen Gertrude Tippy’’ is her name. She is regarded as a genius in her area and works for Empower Financial Services. She’s quite known in her field, look-her up.
Thanks a lot for this suggestion. I needed this myself, I looked her up, and I have sent her an email. I hope she gets back to me soon.
I feel like Ohio is similar to North Carolina in this way, with such an even distribution of its population.
There is a real debate as to which city is bigger, between Cincinnati, Columbus, and Cleveland.
I watched this because I live in Ohio. (I actually live in the so-called Mahoning Valley, which is basically the viewing area of the Youngstown TV stations and is on the western side of the PA state line.) I will note that specialization may not have been totally beneficial, as the Youngstown area was hit hard by the closure of the steel mills.
I went to college at Kent State, and, while the Ohio/Erie canal is gone, there were markers in Kent, OH indicating where it had been.
I was actually born in Sharon, PA, a town just over the state line in Pennsylvania. I recently went back to Sharon with a friend from college and one thing she noted were the hills. (Downtown Sharon is in a valley between two hills, so it is literally “downtown”, while “uptown” is up the hill. The western hill’s summit is actually in Ohio.) My friend noted Ohio tends to be flat (likely referring to the Lake Erie Plain).
I recommend talking about the geography of Pennsylvania. (I don’t know if the population of PA is as spread out as that of Ohio.)
Did you ever go to Kent State's monument to the students who were shot in the Vietnam Protest in 1971?
pennsylvania isn’t as spread out, but it’s almost like two separate states. harrisburg and points east feel like a completely different state than the pittsburgh area
Pennsylvania deserves to be two or three states. In particular, the west and east sides have totally different vibes, orientations, etc.
I’m in the Mahoning Valley as well. The fact that if people aren’t too technical it also includes Sharon, New Castle, Grove City and a bunch of other Pennsylvania towns puts the valley within earshot of a million people. Kind of shows how big the hidden population centers are around Ohio. I’m not saying Shoron and the other towns are in Ohio, but…🤷🏾♂️
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I agree with everything except the 'well maintained highways', and the lake shore having milder winters.
The winters up here destroy the roads so fast. The freeze-thaw cycles and all the salt needed just chews them up.
I will say, the lake keeps us from having as big a swings in temperatures in any given day, as that big body of water keep the highs lower, and lows higher, but it is brutal up here in the winter. I know, I used to drive my daughter back-and-forth to Columbus for college, and once I got south of Cleveland it was always more mild in the winter. She was shocked by how little snow it took to shut things down in Columbus.
That blue liquid stuff that many local highway departments use in lieu of salt seems to ease the wear-&-tear on the highways.
Could’ve shown a population density map to drive the point home better than the dots. Also a pop density map would’ve shown how Dayton is connected to Cincy, and Akron is connected to Cleveland.
Cleveland/Akron/Canton(+Youngstown/Warren) is massive and used to be one of the largest population centers in the country until all the industry left. Within another 50 years Columbus will likely be solid suburbs out to Marysville, Delaware, Newark, and Lancaster in the same manner as the greater Cleveland area. Newark may also overtake Youngstown in population in the not too distant future...
As an Ohio native I have experienced everything you highlighted.
Since my Dad was a historian also, I was able to appreciate and enjoy all of it.
My added feature is that Ohio is the only state with a highway network for bicycles!
Centered in Xenia routes follow abandoned narrow gauge railway lines.
Routes radiate throughout the state.
Connecting Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton and Urbana. Growing towards Toledo. I’ve ridden all of it.
My favorite ride is to start in Xenia, ride 15 miles west to Dayton, tour the Air Force Museum then ride back.
Strangely, the AF Museum has no bike rack! I’ve chained my bike to a picnic table to come back to a family picnicking with my bicycle!
Ohio is an incredible state, love living here. Not too far from some major cities on the coast and has a very laid back atmosphere in most of the state
Get on a sail boat, sail near Marblehead. If your guest from California was blindfolded, and you removed it, the last place he would guess he was would be Lake Erie! I sailed there often and was always amazed. Stunningly beautiful. We are blessed here in Ohio!
My dad took a granddaughter from Texas fishing on Lake Erie. He had trouble convincing her it was a freshwater lake. She was sure anything that big was ocean.
Don't forget Kelly's Island.
Moved from Ohio to Fla , 40 years ago regretted every day miss the four seasons , beautiful Summer BBQ nices weather.Fla is extremely hot , congested ; for me better quality life don’t care about snow since Iam retired I watch it thru the window e enjoy it , moving back soon!!!!
@@fredcook6385 Definitely beautiful around there. Especially in mid summer the water often appears blue and with the heat/humidity and all the greenery it could pass for a tropical location (just missing palm trees).
@@screennamenottaken2 Definitely talking about the lake & not the Ohio River, which is pretty much greenish brown year-round.
Buckeye Girl here! Great video❤
Ohio really gets a "meh" rap as a boring state, but there's a lot here. The cities, the suburbs, the ethnic neighborhoods, the countryside, the Lake, the rivers, universities big and small (LOTS of them), 8 major pro sports teams (NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, and MLS), lots more minor league sports teams, college sports, theme parks, world class orchestras, world class zoos, some of the best healthcare ANYWHERE, islands, hills, flatlands, trees, waterfalls, beaches....if you can't find a setting you like, you aren't looking. All of this with a relatively low cost of living.
But even ignoring all that, the proximity to so many large cities east of the Mississippi is quite amazing, when you stop and think about it.
Using Columbus as the origin point (since it's centrally located), you can get to Cincinnati in about 90 minutes; Cleveland in 2 hours; Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Louisville, or Detroit in 3 hours; Buffalo, Nashville, St. Louis, or Chicago in about 6 hours, Washington DC, Baltimore, Milwaukee, Charlotte, or Toronto in about 7 hours, Philadelphia in under 8, NYC, Memphis, or Atlanta in about 9 hours.... all of this (and so much more) is within a half day's drive!
As a life long resident in the Buckeye State, this was very interesting. I did not know about the pan handle of West Virginia. Very interesting!
A lifelong resident and never looked at a map of the region?
@@alasdairhicks6731 More like never noticed that quirk. I have the map of the tristate region (Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky) etched in my brain.
Thanks for another very interesting video, Geoff. Another thumbs-up for you.
As I'm watching this video, I keep thinking that your video information would be a fabulous educational tool for Ohio students. There would be so many subjects to break off as research papers by the students. I/m 72 and learned so much; thank you.
Once again, like always, it is economics. Cleveland and Toledo are Great Lakes ports that boomed in the 50s. Cincinnati is on the very navigable Ohio river, which enables cheap shipping, that’s why Fed Ex has its operations at its airport, as geographically, it is a 2 hour flight to 85% of America’s population. Columbus is the capital, so people live there like they do for Washington DC. Not a geography thing, it’s always economics
FedEx has hardly any presence at CVG, they are based out of Louisville. DHL and Amazon use CVG as their hub.
Columbus is also developing into a major logistical center
I live in Ohio approximately 10 miles from the West Virginia panhandle. Growing up I thought all states were pretty evenly populated at least the ones I had been to were. As I started traveling more I realized there are some states you can drive for hours without seeing civilization. Ohio truly is a unique state. My family and I are vacationing at Lake Erie 2 hours from home next week. We love it, we go every year
I live on the exact opposite side of the state but I love the area you live in the people are so nice
Born and raised in Findlay, Ohio. Love the state.
Home of Marathon.
Don't forget about the Toledo War!
This dispute had to do with setting the border at the Southern edge of Lake Erie.
I think that somebody actually died in this battle for Toledo, with the two militias facing off. Congress settled the dispute with awarding the Toledo strip to Ohio, and then giving the Upper Peninsula to Michigan.
The Ohio - Michigan rivalry is very real.
Each sector is divided by the type of rumored dragon said to be sealed under. A set of families in each region is a supposed keeper of the seal. So the legends say.
Fantasy lore aside, I've been around long enough to see that Ohio's one of the most American states we have left. We must protect her.