The World's Strangest Borders Pt 6: Wacky US States

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  • @RealLifeLore
    @RealLifeLore  3 ปีที่แล้ว +890

    If you like these weird borders, you can watch the extended edition over on Nebula with a few more along with the first episode of my brand new series Ghost Towns!! Ghost Towns especially is super cool, I'm traveling to ghost towns across the United States and hopefully later the world to document what they're like today and how they became abandoned. The first episode is live on Nebula right now and it's about the communities around the Salton Sea in California. The best way to get access to Nebula is through the bundle deal with CuriosityStream at CuriosityStream.com/reallifelore, which is absurdly only $12 for an entire year right now. Thanks so much y'all for sticking around in 2020 and I'll see you all again throughout 2021 :)

    • @ShadowReaper-pu2hx
      @ShadowReaper-pu2hx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I’m at this comment 2 minutes after you posted it, and I’m the second like.

    • @geomidia8998
      @geomidia8998 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      YT's algorithm is so stupid

    • @masynbeene5485
      @masynbeene5485 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      No @RealLifeLore you always get sponsored every video and you talk about the sponsor to stretch your videos and that is to anying stop getting sponsored and no one wants to use it and we have to pay to use your dumb sponsor you used to make good videos then you always got sponsored try to make your videos good again by not getting sponsored ok please just not get sponsored or else just don't get sponsored again

    • @philmappzau8644
      @philmappzau8644 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi I am a big fan

    • @MrOofio64
      @MrOofio64 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@masynbeene5485 this comment pepelaugh

  • @WoddCar
    @WoddCar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5249

    The US East: borders shaped by rivers and mountains
    The US west: *RECTANGLES*

    • @emuman9
      @emuman9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +333

      Given all those errors and issues and quarrels in the east, I don't blame them for just giving up when they expanded west lmao

    • @IloveRumania
      @IloveRumania 3 ปีที่แล้ว +282

      Nevada: How about *a diagonal line?*

    • @ShadowReaper-pu2hx
      @ShadowReaper-pu2hx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      There are no mountains on the east, only hills.

    • @IloveRumania
      @IloveRumania 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@C4pt41nN3m0 So would Idaho.

    • @IloveRumania
      @IloveRumania 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      And Montana.

  • @notayoutuber3518
    @notayoutuber3518 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1304

    4:40 “To be fair, they didn’t really know what they were doing” This one statement sums up most of human history

    • @daexion
      @daexion 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      True, people still don't seem to know what they are doing even today.

    • @jimmym3352
      @jimmym3352 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      And the present, and the future. Government administrators are the worst of course.

    • @PrivateMcPrivate
      @PrivateMcPrivate 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jimmym3352 Yup.

    • @muscovymapping8896
      @muscovymapping8896 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      meanwhile in 2020

    • @oldarthurmorgan6319
      @oldarthurmorgan6319 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ik life is just us trying to figure out what the hell where doing what's the point 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

  • @wanali4504
    @wanali4504 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1237

    if Colorado is a hexahectanneacontakaiheptagon, I don’t wanna know what the eastern states are

    • @andrewsucksatvideos4482
      @andrewsucksatvideos4482 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Hexaxcroeryterhdrtgds5yttheo-cetganfrt

    • @gurenfps
      @gurenfps 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Hexajexnomaxcodarodakoxlopaxskorxmatagon

    • @callmepizza69
      @callmepizza69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      i live in colorado until 9 days in future

    • @explodamite2
      @explodamite2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Fartigon

    • @NeilSMahapatra
      @NeilSMahapatra 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      69

  • @Ryan50Ryan
    @Ryan50Ryan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +699

    1:56 Honestly being only 1 mile off is pretty damn impressive for the method.

    • @prim16
      @prim16 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      It likely jutted in and out plenty, sometimes straying too far west, sometimes too far east. I would have found it stranger if it were more off, because then there would have been a clear bias in some direction.

    • @oliversmalley7771
      @oliversmalley7771 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ...Fair point, actually. 1 mile isn't really that much in one of the largest countries in the world in terms of land area.

    • @wgrandbois
      @wgrandbois 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It is pretty rugged terrain, although it's not really through the mountains.

  • @alexsod5582
    @alexsod5582 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2781

    Colorado not being a perfect rectangle hurt me inside

    • @AxxLAfriku
      @AxxLAfriku 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      GAGAGAGAGAGA! I will now count to 3 and then I am still the unprettiest TH-camr of all time. 1...2...3. GAGAGAGAGAGA!!! Btw I have TWO very HOT GIRLfriends who I show off in my v*deos. Thank you for your attention, dear alex

    • @FrizellaTheBee
      @FrizellaTheBee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@AxxLAfriku Oh hi again
      How is your day going?

    • @Nugcon
      @Nugcon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      truly disturbing

    • @z01nk3r5
      @z01nk3r5 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      AnonymousPerson its a bot

    • @johnspinelli9396
      @johnspinelli9396 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      F

  • @Natapee
    @Natapee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1110

    POV: you’re in Delaware and this is the most recognition anyone out side the state has given to DE

    • @domkieran8077
      @domkieran8077 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      shoutout to Delaware for raising President Biden! 🙏

    • @alexk9642
      @alexk9642 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      From Maryland: We love you Delaware!

    • @meg_6035
      @meg_6035 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Deutschland?

    • @dxt2891
      @dxt2891 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      from mayland here !! we love your arrival center !! and delaware bridge

    • @LTay12
      @LTay12 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      What’s your insta?

  • @PCGeines
    @PCGeines 3 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    All the borders mess starts with someone saying: "Let's ignore all the natural landmarks and people occupations and define this border as a straight line. "

    • @roadtoad7704
      @roadtoad7704 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Yes!! And the modern Middle East is born! 💥💣

  • @Generic-Username
    @Generic-Username 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    "This video is getting long. Let me spend 20% of the video shilling for my sponsors."

    • @zoro.7
      @zoro.7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nebula is plain shit in my opinion

  • @ihavetowait90daystochangem67
    @ihavetowait90daystochangem67 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2013

    Every state: *Has a unique and distinctive shape to it*
    Wyoming: *RECTANGLE*

    • @Saviarai-Dravolika
      @Saviarai-Dravolika 3 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      Every SEA country: Has unique shapes to them.
      Malaysia and Indonesia:
      *Crescent*

    • @sebbo_h7121
      @sebbo_h7121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@Saviarai-Dravolika indonesia and papua:

    • @daddyleon
      @daddyleon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Well, that DOES make it unique in its own way.

    • @dr.floridaman4805
      @dr.floridaman4805 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Florida
      Gun
      Or semi chub

    • @BulgarisBall
      @BulgarisBall 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Pakistan: Dog

  • @tanjirokamadod2655
    @tanjirokamadod2655 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1654

    People: colorado is a rectangle
    RLL: No its a jsjdudjebsbsndjsjsjgsvs heptigon

    • @samentyilmaz6888
      @samentyilmaz6888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      Hexahectanneacontakai heptagon pfff let keep that on a rectangle

    • @VezWay007
      @VezWay007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Hexagon is the bestagon!

    • @tanjirokamadod2655
      @tanjirokamadod2655 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@VezWay007 ye 😂

    • @anderson74
      @anderson74 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was fine with this comment until use spelled "heptagon" wrong.

    • @floridajake58
      @floridajake58 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Get it correct. Colorado is an Idontgiveafuckenshitagon 😂

  • @literallygrassblock7162
    @literallygrassblock7162 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I live in Colorado and since it’s such a small state ( at least in media ) I just feel so warm when it’s talked about. Especially for that long

    • @JonJon-du9ne
      @JonJon-du9ne 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Made you feel warm and cozy in the inside?

    • @rienn8559
      @rienn8559 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      i live in texas and you know how there is popular states? well my family always talks about colorado and utah cause so many family live there... and florida
      what weird states lok

    • @JoacoG11
      @JoacoG11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@JonJon-du9ne 🤨

  • @ErelH
    @ErelH 3 ปีที่แล้ว +225

    Ohio and Michigan: *Fight over Toledo Strip*
    Federal Government: "It's all Ohio"
    Ohio: "Always has been"

    • @dr3w399
      @dr3w399 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      damn sraight

    • @juliomanuel1885
      @juliomanuel1885 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      As it should be.

    • @randomperson5918
      @randomperson5918 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Also Federal Government: Take a random peninsula that really belongs to Wisconsin

    • @australium7374
      @australium7374 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@randomperson5918 when it comes to borders in the US there’s usually always negotiations in statehood and for some reason robbing a peninsula

    • @pavelmachytka5604
      @pavelmachytka5604 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      omg thats so true

  • @joeljolland1696
    @joeljolland1696 3 ปีที่แล้ว +911

    Who was the loser of the Ohio Michigan war?
    Wisconsin

  • @corporatetrollz805
    @corporatetrollz805 3 ปีที่แล้ว +503

    So the Ohio and Michigan rivalry goes even further back than I thought lol

    • @eggwhite7042
      @eggwhite7042 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      HAHA

    • @SuperDeuser
      @SuperDeuser 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @Turşugül Katranbacı Ohio is easily a better name

    • @BrokeBot
      @BrokeBot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      as a person from michigan, i gotta say, Ohio has a cooler flag and a dope license plate, even though y’all have to get a front license plate 😏

    • @corporatetrollz805
      @corporatetrollz805 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@SuperDeuser as an Ohioan I second this

    • @corporatetrollz805
      @corporatetrollz805 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Turşugül Katranbacı lmao ok it’s not the best name

  • @CharlesGregory
    @CharlesGregory 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    The "extended cut" on Nebula is 9:44. The extra content is literally shorter than the Nebula ad on the TH-cam version.

    • @pearspeedruns
      @pearspeedruns 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Well this ad seems misleading now

    • @notjux
      @notjux 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      To be fair, they probably tried to cut out as little as possible while still getting a decent paycheck. They deserve the revenue.

    • @Dylan-bc2po
      @Dylan-bc2po 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Have you considered that on the nebula version they probably removed the nebula ad? Lol

    • @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music
      @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You're saying it's kinda nebulous?

  • @zoni3217
    @zoni3217 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Realifelore: *exists.* Dashlane, Brilliant, and Squarespace: *I can milk you.*

    • @HBKnowItAll
      @HBKnowItAll 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He cares more about those websites than his videos.

    • @masterpig753
      @masterpig753 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What about skillshare aaaaaa

  • @EdisonKong
    @EdisonKong 3 ปีที่แล้ว +564

    Asian borders: is drawn by mountain ridges, or a river dividing them
    Europeans: does the same
    North American borders: *I GOT LINES WHAT YOU WANT*

    • @lisa8012
      @lisa8012 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      What about the Finger Lakes?

    • @decus9544
      @decus9544 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      North America's not alone though, a lot of African borders are also principally made up of straight lines, and some Middle Eastern ones, though the Middle Eastern ones are actually pretty workable for the most part as they cross uninhabitable desert where no one lives.

    • @toddnolastname4485
      @toddnolastname4485 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Shows how little you actually know about US geography. There are still a lot of borders defined by rivers. California and Arizona, Texas and Mexico, parts of Idaho and Montana. Not sure if that's a river or mountain range dividing Idaho from Oregon and Washington.
      Also, Europe and Asia were divided when mountains meant something. And some of those mountains are bigger than what we have.

    • @hellothere1206
      @hellothere1206 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Remember the papuan border

    • @catboy9066
      @catboy9066 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kazakhstan & gibraltar:

  • @bryanwesleyko564
    @bryanwesleyko564 3 ปีที่แล้ว +149

    "Hexahectanneacontakaiheptagon"
    -Colorado, USA

  • @Toucanbird
    @Toucanbird 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    As someone who grew up in Wisconsin, I always wondered why the hell the UP was part of Michigan instead of Wisconsin. Never realized it was because there was contention between Michigan and Ohio for the Toledo strip. Tell you what, Michigan made out like bandits in that deal.

    • @Snoil
      @Snoil ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We sure did, the UP is fantastic. And Toledo... is the home of the Tigers farm team.

    • @Wisegoatface
      @Wisegoatface ปีที่แล้ว

      Do u guys really eat cheese religiously?

    • @Toucanbird
      @Toucanbird ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Wisegoatface That’s a rather odd question. Just because Wisconsin is known for its cheese doesn’t mean people eat it “religiously.” It’s a common food there just due to the fact the state has a large amount of dairy farms.
      Personally, I like cheese quite a bit, but I don’t know if I’d go so far as to say it’s eaten religiously.

    • @carinaslima
      @carinaslima 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I support UP being part of Delaware

  • @chdreturns
    @chdreturns 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    4:28 Virginia resident here, we actually have a name for the VA, DE, MD border gore. Its referred to as Delmarva.

  • @Music-cm5so
    @Music-cm5so 3 ปีที่แล้ว +688

    I’m glad I looked at my phone before I got in the shower.
    Edit: I didn’t think clarification was needed but wow the internet is a stupid place. I didn’t watch the video in the shower I watched the video and then had a shower.

  • @sohopedeco
    @sohopedeco 3 ปีที่แล้ว +783

    Michigan and Ohio: *Fight over Toledo*
    Spain: "Get the fuck out of my country!"

    • @hi-sg5fh
      @hi-sg5fh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      1st reply, but no one probably cares.

    • @epicgamergames9855
      @epicgamergames9855 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      @@hi-sg5fh nobody cares

    • @LyricsFred
      @LyricsFred 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The US should invade Spain just in case

    • @danielled108
      @danielled108 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I live in Toledo Ohio lol

    • @iloveindomienoodle
      @iloveindomienoodle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      So who loses? Wisconsin.

  • @CometMasonTrucker
    @CometMasonTrucker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    RLL’s mortal enemy: Delaware’s circle boarder.

    • @marlonthefish9678
      @marlonthefish9678 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah i know it's pretty stupid 😅

    • @braxtonthelucario2129
      @braxtonthelucario2129 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      forget the stright borders its all about circle boarders now

    • @Perririri
      @Perririri 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      All US borders based on latitude are circular (midpoints based on the North and South Poles)

  • @patrickblanchette4337
    @patrickblanchette4337 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    4:05 Oh my gosh, it was like a retro version of the South China Sea Dispute!

  • @peacefonanih7605
    @peacefonanih7605 3 ปีที่แล้ว +221

    "Colorado ain't no rectangle"
    - Real Life Lore 2020

    • @paco3523
      @paco3523 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Mercator disliked this

    • @pulkitmohta8964
      @pulkitmohta8964 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Well we still have Wyoming 🙃😉

    • @arandomcommenter6759
      @arandomcommenter6759 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@pulkitmohta8964 wyoming ain't no rectangle

    • @anzacxlag2606
      @anzacxlag2606 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@arandomcommenter6759 Thats no shock considering it doesn't exist

    • @Perririri
      @Perririri 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Latitudinal borders are actually circular, with the midpoints based on the North and South Poles

  • @franciscodanconia45
    @franciscodanconia45 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Delawarean here... thank you for getting The Wedge history and geography EXACTLY RIGHT !!!

  • @Rerbun
    @Rerbun 3 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    RLL: "Everybody knows Michigan has this big upper peninsula..."
    People outside the US: "hmm..."

    • @riggs20
      @riggs20 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I wonder if Wisconsinites feel the UP should rightly belong to them...

    • @brandonlyon730
      @brandonlyon730 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@riggs20 That be the strangest looking state though.

    • @riggs20
      @riggs20 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@brandonlyon730 LOL! I don't know. I think Maryland would still win the "Weirdest Looking Borders" award! 😀

    • @juliomanuel1885
      @juliomanuel1885 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Idk I'm from Ohio and I didn't know about that smaller Michigan enclave.

    • @skyscrapers13
      @skyscrapers13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@riggs20 wisconsin didnt get statehood until about a decade after this conflict (if you can call it that) but people there still do wish/believe that the UP should be a part of wisconsin. plus a lot of uppers are packers fans so they probably wouldnt mind.

  • @philbateman1989
    @philbateman1989 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    The more I learn about US geography and how the individual states were formed, the more I realize it's basically 50 countries kind of haphazardly glued together XD

    • @AlasixYT
      @AlasixYT 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      lol as an American, this is how most of us see it, we're still all Americans but our states have their own holidays, cultures, traditions, history, and laws.

    • @Politography
      @Politography 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      But they didn’t feel like gluing Alaska and Hawaii.

  • @saalok
    @saalok 3 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    "This video is already getting pretty long and youtube doesn't like that"
    1 minute of Nebula ad
    OK

    • @masynbeene5485
      @masynbeene5485 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah because that is stretching videos

    • @ThisIsThePlanet
      @ThisIsThePlanet 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      On my channel you won't see sponsors :)

    • @esolangsemerald6394
      @esolangsemerald6394 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ThisIsThePlanet please don’t advertise channels like that :(

    • @ThisIsThePlanet
      @ThisIsThePlanet 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@esolangsemerald6394 why not? :(

    • @jonathantrue2812
      @jonathantrue2812 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's actually a 2 minute ad

  • @jacksonwilkie9447
    @jacksonwilkie9447 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    The strange peninsula on the bottom right of michigan is called the "lost peninsula". Its like a 25 min drive around

  • @roberttharpe8627
    @roberttharpe8627 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Hey, cool video! I’m a land surveyor myself, and it’s fascinating to learn about all the land disputes and errors that eventually decided our borders. If you have time, I recommend you do a segment covering Andrew Ellicott’s survey of the 35th parallel and the dispute over GA’s northern border!

  • @waynemontpetit8181
    @waynemontpetit8181 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I thought "The Toledo Strip" was a gentleman's club...

  • @tinypenguinhk
    @tinypenguinhk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    New York: *expands into New Jersey waters*
    I can see why New York is the Empire State

    • @USSFFRU
      @USSFFRU 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Building

  • @CorneliusCody
    @CorneliusCody 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    7:30 Michigan has 3 disconnected peninsulas. You have to count the “main” one as a peninsula, too, and such, the total is 3.

  • @beniu1305
    @beniu1305 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Colorado: im a square
    Wyoming: in your dreams (turns colorado into a Hexahectanneacontakai Heptagon)

  • @nunacatt3022
    @nunacatt3022 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    “Colorado AIN’T no rectangle”😭😭i lost it at the beginning of the video and had to pause. 😂laughed way too hard

  • @coasterking4980
    @coasterking4980 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Gotta love people talking about the weird borders of my home state of Delaware.

  • @johnspinelli9396
    @johnspinelli9396 3 ปีที่แล้ว +138

    Out of all the issues going on imagine going to the Supreme Court over a tiny island 😂

    • @alexanderwalter4595
      @alexanderwalter4595 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      I've been long aware of the Ellis Island situation. The real reason for the litigation was to decide which state got to collect sales tax revenue from concessions on Ellis Island.

    • @byronh7760
      @byronh7760 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The islands NY and NJ are small islands, but big moneymakers, since the statue of liberty is on liberty island and Ellis island makes money too

    • @michaelmorris4515
      @michaelmorris4515 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You've never worked in government have you? There are some unimaginatively petty people in politics, and a lot of them are in the governments of NY and NJ.

    • @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music
      @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Supreme Court: Cool; no heavy thinking and I get to look at a map.

    • @TnseWlms
      @TnseWlms ปีที่แล้ว

      Better than fighting a war over the Falkand Islands.

  • @ncsmith1952
    @ncsmith1952 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The rectangular-looking Canadian province of Saskatchewan has a jagged border with Manitoba. When Saskatchewan was surveyed in the 19th century, townships were designed to be 6 miles square, but that meant that every 24 miles going north from the southern border, a jog had to be put in the eastern border, 225 feet, to keep the townships from shrinking.

  • @quinnyboyy3011
    @quinnyboyy3011 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    “This video has been getting pretty long”
    *hasn’t even gotten to 10 minutes yet*

  • @AMgangwolf
    @AMgangwolf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Geowizard needs to see the part about colorado, reminds me of his straight line missions.

  • @jar1005
    @jar1005 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    The u.s is like a whole bunch of mini countries in 1 always arguing.

    • @cheep5645
      @cheep5645 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A bunch of mini-countries in a trenchcoat

    • @DacLMK
      @DacLMK 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And the EU is a worse version of the USA

  • @SiVlog1989
    @SiVlog1989 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Probably my favourite bizarre state boundary situation is the Kentucky Bend, a piece of Kentucky separated from the rest of the state as a result of the Mississipi River and the boundary agreements between Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee. The 36.5 Parallel was supposed to be the whole boundary between Tennessee and Kentucky up to the river, but when surveyors reached the river it was a 10th of a degree north of the parallel. The one between Kentucky and Missouri is the river, hence why Kentucky Bend is cut off from the rest of the state

    • @MattMcIrvin
      @MattMcIrvin ปีที่แล้ว

      The feud between the Grangerfords and Shepherdsons in "Huckleberry Finn" takes place there.

  • @bwcubic1798
    @bwcubic1798 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    The Narator's criticisms about borders always makes me entertained.

  • @JazzyJac
    @JazzyJac 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This entire video is just "What were the colonists thinking when figuring out the borders!!?!"

  • @jimllc
    @jimllc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    "YT algorithm doesn't really favor that very much."
    *looks at YT recommendations and their 16 to 30 minute videos*

    • @vivek6356
      @vivek6356 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yaa

    • @lukejonesusmc
      @lukejonesusmc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Its just a ploy to get you to sign up for that other shit

    • @jemiller226
      @jemiller226 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      "TH-cam algorithm doesn't really favor that very much, so let's run 2 minutes of ad at the end of 9 minutes of content, thereby making sure we go well over the 10 minute length favored by the algorithm."

    • @creativedesignation7880
      @creativedesignation7880 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yeah, it's a lie. The algorithm does recommend videos less when they are under 10 minutes, but there is no inherent upper limit. There is a limit linked to retention time, since lets say a 3 hour video is unlikely to be watched all the way by most viewers, but this does not have much of an effect on videos under 30 minutes.

    • @jimmym3352
      @jimmym3352 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I got recommended a 7+ hour video. If it's stuff you are interested in, it will usually be recommended to you regardless of length.

  • @kadash7126
    @kadash7126 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "Wacky united states"
    -German empire, 1918.

  • @mattd2026
    @mattd2026 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I used to live right next to that Michigan upper peninsula. So cool that you included it!

  • @peterthepanda
    @peterthepanda 3 ปีที่แล้ว +201

    LIBERTY ISLAND: New York or New Jersey? CGP Grey discussed this a few years ago.

    • @nainghtutaung3922
      @nainghtutaung3922 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah

    • @jamesquaine6264
      @jamesquaine6264 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Only reason I clicked this video

    • @ggs339
      @ggs339 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Like 8 years ago

    • @influenza3736
      @influenza3736 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@JestyrThe Jersey Shore

    • @dustin628
      @dustin628 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I love CGP Grey... I'm so happy he's kinda sorta back lol

  • @hfreddy127
    @hfreddy127 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    “The Toledo War”
    Combatants: Michigan, Ohio
    Winner: Michigan and Ohio (sorta)
    Loser: Wisconsin

    • @Username-cj8hm
      @Username-cj8hm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The real loser is Ohio, they had to get Toledo

    • @cronaalbarn2146
      @cronaalbarn2146 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It could have been worse at least got cody from alternatehistoryhub

    • @baileysagert2813
      @baileysagert2813 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Why did they have to ruin Wisconsin with this deal.
      The worst trade deal in the history of trade deals

    • @nono_Hoi4
      @nono_Hoi4 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Username-cj8hm Wisconsin: about that

    • @Angelcynn_
      @Angelcynn_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I'm from Toledo. Trust me, Ohio lost that war. Gettimg Toledo was worse than Wisconsin losing th UP.

  • @zevsteinhardt6221
    @zevsteinhardt6221 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Minor nitpick: The NY-NJ dispute did not "go all the way up to the Supreme Court." SCOTUS has original jurisdiction over disputes between states. The case started and ended with SCOTUS.

  • @M4nw1thnoname9
    @M4nw1thnoname9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    As someone from Ohio, give toledo to Michigan, or as I call it little Detroit

    • @stefanchirica7
      @stefanchirica7 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      As someone from Sylvania, I’d much rather live in Michigan

    • @dvferyance
      @dvferyance 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ohio still has got plenty of little Detroits. Lorain, Akron, Youngstown ect.

  • @joshchotiner
    @joshchotiner 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    For the amount of Colorado references you make, you must either live there or be from there! 😂 I am a native Denverite though, so I always love seeing the references!

  • @Yora21
    @Yora21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    7:00 I think we have situations like Hancock everywhere in Germany. Our state lines are based on geographical features and centuries old land claims, so there's probably not a single straight line anywhere longer than a few hundred meters. Switching states several times on a straight stretch of road isn't that rare here.

  • @AmazingAwesomeAlaska
    @AmazingAwesomeAlaska 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I've been to the Lost Peninsula in Michigan. It's a bunch of private houses/marinas, two restaurants, and a small sign saying "Lost Peninsula." That's it. Since it's not much, it doesn't surprise me that few people know of it

  • @FaIIenImpact
    @FaIIenImpact 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I love how this series has gone on for like 4 years at this point

  • @jamesrehan9969
    @jamesrehan9969 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    There are so many enclaves an enclaves with the Mississippi and Missouri River states, due to the changing of the river

    • @jakekillsrah1933
      @jakekillsrah1933 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Don’t forget about the Ohio and Delaware river as well

    • @Quintinohthree
      @Quintinohthree 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Technically there is just one: the Kentucky Bend, and that is strictly an exclave as it borders two different states. The river is fully part of the state so having to cross the river to get to another part of the state does not make that part an exclave.

    • @jakekillsrah1933
      @jakekillsrah1933 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Quintinohthree nah mate if you look at a map there are plenty of them. I look at maps all the time. For example there is a big piece of Kentucky across the Ohio river that should be on the Indiana side in Evansville and that’s just one.

    • @Quintinohthree
      @Quintinohthree 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jakekillsrah1933 Right, across the Ohio River, which is in Kentucky, both banks and everything in between, so you go from Kentucky, cross a river which is still all in Kentucky, and then you gwt to Kentucky. That's not an exclave or an enclave, that's just the border no longer following the current course of a river

    • @rianpilcher5392
      @rianpilcher5392 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe he talks about it in Nebula

  • @sovietyuri7897
    @sovietyuri7897 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    "see the thumbnail"
    Ah it's cgp grey

  • @daniel_horn
    @daniel_horn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I moved from the UK to Toledo as part of a foreign exchange for two semesters between my university here and UT. From my personal experience all I can say is, Ohio, it was not worth fighting over. 😂

  • @thejessing9911
    @thejessing9911 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    There’s also a little circle of land in the southwestern corner of Kentucky that’s completely surrounded by Missouri and Tennessee called the Kentucky Bend. It’s pretty weird.

  • @imadeyoureadthis9124
    @imadeyoureadthis9124 3 ปีที่แล้ว +153

    exclaves and enclaves: we are a mess
    ellis island: *let me introduce myself*
    edit: no point reading the comments lol

    • @z01nk3r5
      @z01nk3r5 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      *enclaves and exclaves

    • @imadeyoureadthis9124
      @imadeyoureadthis9124 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@z01nk3r5 thanks

    • @dcarbs2979
      @dcarbs2979 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You've not seen the India-Bangladesh border then?

    • @imadeyoureadthis9124
      @imadeyoureadthis9124 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dcarbs2979 thats enclaves and exclaves lol

    • @dcarbs2979
      @dcarbs2979 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@imadeyoureadthis9124 The terms are commutable

  • @LauGman
    @LauGman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    0:31 “Colorado ain’t no rectangle”
    This made me laugh embarrassingly loud at home

    • @csoup1414
      @csoup1414 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sameeee

  • @rogersledz6793
    @rogersledz6793 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me get through the pandemic!

  • @maxfi878
    @maxfi878 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    The people calculating Colorado's borders were doing straight line missions before GeoWizard made them popular.

    • @vialactea5549
      @vialactea5549 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Straight Line Mission across the Colorado borders coming soon.

  • @akuma7616
    @akuma7616 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    GeoWizard would've done a perfect straight line mission, only if he was there :D

    • @luis_zuniga
      @luis_zuniga 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Would love to see a "Straight line mission across Colorado"

  • @georgios_5342
    @georgios_5342 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    2:29 well actually, if you take it from ancient Greek, but flip the digits, as with the rest of the shapes, it's a hexakosia kai enenekonta kai hepta-gon, or all in one word, hexakosiakaienenekontakaiheptagon

  • @jakobfredriksson2272
    @jakobfredriksson2272 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The video I needed! I've always looked at the US map and scratched my head over state borders (especially Colorado) =)

  • @chandlerblachut3878
    @chandlerblachut3878 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    For anyone wondering, Michigan wanted Toledo to increase its population enough for statehood

  • @Randomhandleig
    @Randomhandleig 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    People: Colorado is a rectangle
    RLL: No it’s a hexahectanneacontakai heptagon

  • @degenerals6127
    @degenerals6127 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    The us just looks like a map drawn by a toddler using rectangular stencils.

    • @whishiwhooshi5783
      @whishiwhooshi5783 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      the west half*

    • @mackycabangon8945
      @mackycabangon8945 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yea. That kinda checks out actually! Especially because since the eastern states were made first (in our analogy, the toddler drew them first and probably didnt have stencils on hand/really messed up, which kinda explains the natural-ness of some of their borders in a way that makes you question what I am doing with my life due to my overthinking

  • @weedfather6391
    @weedfather6391 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    ngl this is my favorite series of yours

  • @isaacl.6536
    @isaacl.6536 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Can we remind the US of the NC and VA borders in the outer banks where 18 miles south of the VA line there is an outer banks island which belongs to VA and the beaches belong to north carolina there is a similar situation where the town of beaufort NC/SC is cut in half. Not sure why either of these happened but if that could be clarified it would be great.There are probably more and probably an entire show in the outer banks.

  • @jacobpainter5979
    @jacobpainter5979 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    “This video is already getting pretty long”... continues to have an ad for the next 2 minutes.

  • @maxandblack
    @maxandblack 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Usa: The Most Confusing Geography Country in the World

    • @BahKnee
      @BahKnee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I forget who made it, but there's a good video somewhere on YT that talks about the borders of Bangladesh and India. I think that is far more confusing.

    • @mackycabangon8945
      @mackycabangon8945 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@BahKnee I mean those enclaves (including that third-order-enclave) are fixed

  • @thisaintart
    @thisaintart 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your videos are super interesting and for some reason they help me sleep when I’m tired… thank you!

  • @rgeorgek42
    @rgeorgek42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That wicked smooth transition at 8:54 😎

  • @Eleqtr0
    @Eleqtr0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    The feeling when historical content is visualized and made interesting is only possible on this channel. :)

    • @thedonpurplemanradiohour2508
      @thedonpurplemanradiohour2508 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ...other Channels do the exact same thing (:

    • @Ok-ik4ww
      @Ok-ik4ww 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Half as interesting: am I a joke to you?

    • @Ok-ik4ww
      @Ok-ik4ww 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Also wendover productions

    • @Eidolon1andOnly
      @Eidolon1andOnly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yarnhub, Simple History, Over Simplified, Sam O'Nella Acadamy, Half as Interesting, etc.
      There's loads of channels that do historical content, in visualized form in very entertaining ways.

    • @Nicarand
      @Nicarand 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Check out Kraut, Extra History or the Crash Course series' on history. There's tons of high quality history content on TH-cam.

  • @JordanRunge14
    @JordanRunge14 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    So as a Wisconsinite, we got screwed out of the UP because of Ohio? Just another reason to hate Ohio

    • @samiam619
      @samiam619 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Thanks for the copper and trees!

    • @senseiskellig4878
      @senseiskellig4878 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      So you're a TRANSFORMER?

    • @jamiescott1665
      @jamiescott1665 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hey fellow Wisconsinite, I'm in this beautiful state too!

    • @aidenbuchler687
      @aidenbuchler687 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Us Michiganders love our piece of land.

    • @apachehelicopterah64
      @apachehelicopterah64 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Was there a reason NOT to hate Ohio????

  • @sub-zer0189
    @sub-zer0189 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Keep this series going, i love it.

  • @zaydoesmusic
    @zaydoesmusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "colorado aint no rectangle" just got me 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @Julianicos
    @Julianicos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    As a person that's from Wisconsin, I'm still salty that we don't have the upper peninsula.

  • @hugoyu2001
    @hugoyu2001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I watched the Nebula version and the extended part is actually quite short so the whole video is actually shorter than this because there is no sponsored part there so yea

  • @michaelmccurry7273
    @michaelmccurry7273 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Everyone’s favourite TH-cam series

  • @jobyd2000
    @jobyd2000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3:15 that "colonial era" scene is from the TV miniseries North and South, which is about the Civil War (not the colonial era). I immediately recognized this view of South Battery Street looking east toward Charleston Harbor. :-)

  • @SuperFlameNB
    @SuperFlameNB 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    5:30 becuase of delawere's stupid border to the north
    lmao thats exactly where i live

  • @Regian
    @Regian 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    2:08
    GeoWizard: Yep that's easy lol

  • @edmjfamily5606
    @edmjfamily5606 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    “ Colorado ain’t no rectangle” HAHA🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @bradpainter3650
    @bradpainter3650 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love these border videos! Keep them coming!

  • @AntonWongVideo
    @AntonWongVideo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    2:29 Forget CGP Grey! Hexahectanneacontakai Heptagons are the Bestagons!!!

  • @airo-sten1279
    @airo-sten1279 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Maybe, instead of uploading rest of the video into nebula, u could make part 2?!?!?

  • @sagacious03
    @sagacious03 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Okay video. Thanks for uploading! Like how long it was!

  • @ayushsnandan
    @ayushsnandan ปีที่แล้ว

    This series is just mind-blowing.... Im loving this.... 😅

  • @Adko-jg4lm
    @Adko-jg4lm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Happy new year guys!! from Slovakia =D

  • @Saul-vt1th
    @Saul-vt1th 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Our thoughts and prayers for the people who live in Delaware 🙏

  • @Ribbital
    @Ribbital 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    dang 1 mile off that’s really impressive

  • @oscarleperelepere7282
    @oscarleperelepere7282 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow that was so cool and quite funny to me haha
    I love your videos I'm from Mexico I can't understand a 10-15 % of what you're saying but your channel is a lot interesting to me I've learned a lot from you thank you

  • @Chrischi3TutorialLPs
    @Chrischi3TutorialLPs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Noone:
    Absolutely noone:
    Not even one atom in this universe or any other:
    Oklahoma: *P A N H A N D L E*

  • @Hetnikik
    @Hetnikik 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Crazy borders are some of my favorite of your videos.

  • @qwejxkwbdk
    @qwejxkwbdk 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your videos, Lore!