Why 82% of Mexico is Empty
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"It's to hard to cut down rainforests to make farmland, it takes so much time and money and the yield isn't even good." God wow it's almost like a sign that we SHOULDN'T BE CUTTING DOWN THE RAINFOREST lol.
Solution: just burn it
@@aprendizdecapivara2841 Or preserve it
@@YaBoiBaxter2024 b u r n
I agree
man why arent govt around the world not concerned about climate change and deforestation? all they care about is disputed territories, war and money.
As a Mexican, this just made me realize that for most of the world, traveling between cities doesn't usually involve zigzagging around mountains and in some cases even going through them...
Y nisiquiera para todos los mexicanos, la carretera mexico 15 desde nogales sonora hasta sinaloa, exceptuando las "curvas de nogales" es casi puro derecho, muy bonita la verdad, el proyecto lo que sea de cada quien esta muuy bien hecho.
If you actually drive across the United States and Especially Canada or Alaska your mind would be blown how far and how many mountains you have to go over to get to the next even small town.
I ran out of fuel twice because there was Nothing but sage brush land for over 200 miles in between each place.
-COMANCHE NATION
En Colombia andar en carretera es una odisea así, esquivar montañas, atravesar túneles, esquivar derrumbes, etc
Lol what ? That is the case in almost every part of the world where it is mountainous . Use your brain more
There was a Mexican guy teaching Spanish in France and he said his students complained about having to travel for ONE hours in bus, because they felt it was too much, and we were like pues donde vives like you hago una hora de mi rancho a la capital de mi estado nada mas
I was born and grew up in Mexico and the one thing i missed the most (and still do) is seeing mountains. I came from a very mountainous place in Michoacan were temperatures were cool, so when i moved to Illinois, it was a shock to my body, humid as hell and flat haha
Well, outside of the midwest, the United States has no shortage of mountains!
I live in anchorage alaska, which is a port town at sea level, surrounded on 2.5 sides by mountains, and the other two sides are rivers//inlet
I’m from Florida. I’m used to humid and flat, high altitude makes my head hurt and I get so dizzy 😭. They’re so gorgeous though I’m jealous
Why don't you go back
Try Wyoming, Colorado, Utah even California has some cool mountain towns
I think what’s crazy about the varied geography of Mexico is that even within one country there are millions of different people living in completely different parts of the country, some in mountains, others in deserts, others in mountain deserts or coastal deserts, jungles, at varied elevations above sea level and so many different climates, it’s crazy that they all call one country home: Mexico
The endurance of the human spirit.
That’s literally the same as the US and large diverse South American, African and Asian countries. It’s not exclusive to Mexico which is basically a subcontinent
@@elliottwilliams9221USA doesn’t have any jungles and did you just compared extremely large continents to Mexico
@@frescoservice5124Thats pretty insane to compare with
@@frescoservice5124No? He said COUNTRIES. reading helps…,
As a northern Mexican I can confirm, our cities are designed more similarly to American ones (large distances between living, industrial and commercial sections) and a big emphasis on car transportation. Compared to city planning in the center, that is more similar to European cities.
هذا يعني أن تخطيط مدن الشمال أفضل؟
@@abu_biricik It is subjective, because excessive car reliance makes the cities very un-walkable and are a hurdle for low-income families, that at the end of the day represent the majority of the country. But at the very least it is better planned and living neighborhoods are a bit safer.
i love Mexico, greetings from Pakistan😇
viva México! I love tacos!
@@abu_biricik if you own a car sure, but on a country with 44% poverty it's a cons
@@abu_biricik As someone living in the center (Guadalajara), I really don't like driving that much and that is one of the reasons I love Guadalajara because the government keeps expanding our light rail system, I only drive on emergencies or dates.
My wife is from Yucatan. she had noted that her home of Merida was isolated from the rest of Mexico until the mid 20th century, when the first reliable roads were built to the center. The local Yucateco dialect is unique, since being developed in isolation. These is also a heavy French influence in cuisine and architecture, since Merida was more easily in contact with French culture. New Orleans was easier to reach than Mexico City.
French culture is the second/third biggest influence in Mexico. Millions of Mexicans have French ancestry. Especially in certain areas like you said. German culture is also very big here. I heard Yucatán is beautiful. I hope I can visit one day! 👍🏼
Merida is growing at a crazy fast rate. Regards. 👍
Man, I so want to visit Merida after seeing a youtube vlog of the city!
@@uchee211 let me know if you want tips 👍
@@ricardokowalski1579 very interested in tips...hoping to retire to anywhere between Veracruz, and the Yucatan near the water.
I spent holidays in Riviera Maya every year when I was a kid, I forgot the local town we’d go to from our resort but my time in Mexico was indescribable. Every local I met as a little girl treated me like family, got to know my family over a language barrier, and genuinely spread so much joy into my experiences. we made friends with workers (they knew me when i was 9mo old til i was 12), got to know their story and struggles, lended a helping hand where we could, but most importantly just shared time together. ill never forget the young women and men and their work ethic, and especially their perspectives on life and the world. if you go to mexico, please talk to the locals you meet and get to know them. thank them for caring for you while you spend time in their country, spread kindness, & i promise youll meet some of the most amazing people. there are still days when i think of those i met, and wish i could see them again now that im not a little girl! it makes me sad, but i hope one day to be able to go back and find them and give them a hug.
I don't know how my kindergarten brain understood all of this. He makes it so simple, yet goes very thoroughly through the information. He even includes details from wars, times of crisis, and the past in general. I'm taught more here than in my school. . .
Another funny fact: most cities in the US-Mexico border are densely populated because in the past (pre-1990s) it was very common for people to move to the border, work on the American side, then go back home at night. Crossings were very common and migration was small in comparison, as there was no need to migrate. My grandfather used to own a cotton field in Matamoros, and he recounted lots of stories about going to Brownsville for leisure or business (selling crops, buying seeds and tools and machines, etc).
Another victim of the Patriot Act. There was open and free cultural exchange across the border until 2001, without all of the nonsense about immigration.
It’s still common, I’m from El Paso. People even come to school here at UTEP/high school and then they go back to Juarez for the night. What you can earn here in the states will allow you to live very comfortably out there in Juarez I’ve been thinking about getting some land because of it
It’s still super common lol
@@cloroxbleach just comes to
Show USA is on top. All these mothers rather give birth in USA just to take advantage
Here in Texas, people still do that everyday. I live in Mc Allen and work in Matamoros
When I flew from Tijuana to Cancun; we flew along the northern/central portion of Mexico and as someone that likes to always look out the windows, I was blown away by how much of it was vast emptiness with no city lights or pretty much any signs of civilization. Every so often we would come along a noticeably-sized city or town, but one thing I found very interesting is we would be flying through dark parts with no sign of a big city or town for many miles and then you would see a small handful of lights just out there in the middle of nowhere. These small communities or homes are really living off the grid.
Yea have done that trip many times and have traveled all over Mexico and in some of the worst barrio's. Many people live off the grid. The average salary is like 600 USD a month. .. minimum wage is 207 pesos for 8 hour work day. About 11 USD.
you flew over the jungle and the Gulf of Mexico, obviously you weren't going to see great civilization.
LMAO you know how to save money. Tijuana definitely is cheapest to fly if you live in SoCal 👍🏽
@@alexalexx245 wtf is that suppose to mean?
This is how flying from Chicago to seattle is like. 😂😂😂
Everytime I visited Mexico I really found it to be beautiful and the people were very friendly. Here in the US I have also found lots of Mexican people are willing to help you when your car breaks down or need help. I just really love the people of Mexico and hope the relations between both countries can improve and we can become closer as nations. So both countries can prosper more!
Thank you. Not everyone thinks like you. Im 72 i have been insulted and im scared of people telling me to get out . They say i am from the carteles. Im a person who doesnt bother anybody. I have had 2 heart surgeries. Thank you again. God bless you.
@@mariazayas9557 God bless you my friend! I hope more kind hearted people come into your life so you can have more peace of mind with humanity. There are good people out there. I am so sorry you have been through such things. What a shameful thing to judge someone based upon the color of their skin. May you find joy in the time you have left and eventually be wrapped in the arms of Jesus Christ. Bless you!
The USA has really good relations with Mexico we just wish they’d stop shipping drugs here and illegally entering the country/allowing south and central American immigrants to do the same.
@bloodaonadeline8346 - the CIA allows the drugs in. They want citizens watching TV and doing drugs. Bread and circus. Meanwhile the US government rapes the world of resources so you can sit around and complain about immigrants online.
@bloodaonadeline8346 The USA is having the drugs shipped here they jsut want their connections doingnit not smaller people outside eof their circle. 😂 If you really think the US government is clean and friendly think again bud, they want the drugs they just want it their way Its what pays the majority of their bills 😂😂 they're just control hungry
Traveled to Monterrey in northern MX for work years ago, and as a Mexican/American I was impressed of how modernized the city was. Very industrious city.
what were you expecting, a ranch?, hollywood is guilty for making foreigners think that Mexico y is a ranch with only brown people
In some places, not all the city
In Mexico people tend to keep generational families together. I went to visit a friend there and she had three generations in her home. They take care of their own family members. They don't typically spread out and leave grandma in a nursing home.
Moving to another city or to another region is also not tagt common
It's how it used to be in Europe, it tends to be the case in poorer, pre--industrial nations.
@Wade Chadwick I know, I grew up with no grandparents just like the western ways and I absolutely hate it however how is México a pre industrial nation?
@@koiue.g8709 I'm extremely lucky, I had mine and I still live in a house with four generations.
It is not meant as a slight, and it is not technically correct but 'modern' nation is a bit vague. Industrialisation leads to modernity but it's at different paces for each nation. The UK went through industrialisation in the 1800s but it took over 100 years for the old family ways to be eroded by the state. As the state becomes more powerful and dominant it replaces the local culture and family, a stronger centraliseed power does this. Mexico with it's 'band' geography still allows for the other bits to hold to traditional ways for longer.
@Wade Chadwick yes you are really lucky, some tradicional ways has it's advantages , and now with your explanation you are right about México, many parts of the country are still very traditional and outside the central government rule, an example of this are the regions plagued by war where the government can't put any order
As a mexican i love how you explained how our own geography has affected our development as a country! Great video!
I HOPE he adds a second to the video via Edit.
Yea and I'm sure the corrupt evil US govern ment po lie ticians had no affect in the development of your country. Your current state is due to only geography. My God you people (the world) are all fast asleep.
@Justin Y. I am engaged to one 👍🏼
@Justin Y. I know 2 Somalis who have only had Mexican girlfriends I don’t think you’re far off my friend
@Justin Y. no, Im a mexican who dated eritrean/somali girls in college. They were 🔥🔥🔥, would gladly marry one. Theyre hard to meet where I live now.
Watching your videos has definitely changed my perspective on so many things. Fascinating!
This is a great clip. Very informative.
Covers so very interesting historical and environmental aspects.
Kudos for content!!
A newer highway was built between Durango and Mazatlan on the west coast. It took something like a decade to finish. From Durango, you’re surrounded by cacti, as you head into the mountains, there are nothing but pine trees, waterfalls, massively high bridges. Then, all of a sudden you’re driving through the jungle until you get to the beach. It’s about a 3 hour drive.
I remember well when they finished it, it lined up perfectly with a visit to a guy and the transitions between areas still amaze me when we pass
Cut down traveling time from like 11 to 3 hours lmao, that bus ride was bruuutal before
Mazatleca here, ever since the highway was finished we saw a boom of tourism and the city and grown a lot thanks to that. It's not rare to see a lot of cars with durango license plates lol.
That sounds like an awesome drive.
My parents are from Durango,
Mexico Valley sounds very similar to the "sabana de Bogotá" where i live, is a flat valley in the middle of the Andes mountain range at 8000 ft from sea level, very agricultural advantages but difficult to access. I understand why here in Colombia we feel very familiar with Mexicans and Mexican culture. 🇨🇴🇲🇽
Love Colombia! 🇲🇽❤️🇨🇴
Also it is the only place in Colombia that isn't as hot as hell, Quito in Ecuador is literally cold despite being on the equator itself. Elevation is the reason
In a similar vein, Cusco, the former capital of the Inca Empire is at 11,200 feet, and La Paz, still Bolivia's capital, is at just under 12,000 feet. This is understandable if you consider that to the west of the mountains is the driest desert on earth, and to the east is the Amazon.
I love Colombia, they're like us in México but more lush and vibrant
a large percentage of the water used in Mexico City comes from Lake Mead in Nevada
the eastern side of the mountains in northern Mexico perfectly matches the shape of the Chihuahuan desert
clear proof that those mountains are blocking the rain clouds to the desert area
they should reduce the size of the mountain range and see if the clouds will float pass
Wow, that was awesome! I learned so much about Mexico and more! Thank you for all of your research, effort and results. I am showing this to my wife, who was born and raised in mexico, but now lives in the US. We are retiring in 3 years and moving to Mexico, - and surely knows some of this, but I think that she will learn a few things, too. Thanks again. -Ron
Just Brilliant!!!! Thanks for making it, and sharing it! Insightful.
Interesting perspective! I live in Mexico's jungle/rain forest region. May I offer one small correction? Excessive rain does NOT hamper the "drying" (curing) of concrete (TM 5:00). In fact, concrete cures harder under water than it does in air.
Yep. Concrete bridges all over the world attest to that!
True...concrete needs to be sprayed with water everyday for 7-10 days (maybe 2-3 times/day) to cure. If it dries too fast, it might crack if not mixed correctly.
But setting it on wet unstable ground can be a problem
Hablaba de ASFALTO no de Concreto... él está bien en su afirmación.... y tu tambien técnicamente hablando...pero no en tu refutación.
Or we can all admit that the money to build roads goes to corrupt politicians.
As a Mexican who is a fan of this channel, I am happy Joseph is making another video solely about Mexico. Keep it up man!
As an American (as they call us) who is a fan of Mexico, I am happy you are happy with this video!
Ha
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would be nice if this channel would also use the metric system as all of the world except the US is used to it. maybe most of the viewers come from outside the US too
Smart people knows how to survive like me😆
Excellent history telling. Gotta say i learned alot today. Thank you 🙂
Man I really love your content and just learning about different countries and hoped that eventually you made a video on Mexico then bam this was on my recommended page. I love my country and learning about it so thank you thank you for teaching me. Thank you for your content
I was raised in Mexico City, and I remember as a kid when relatives came to visit from surrounding states, some of the eldest will get altitude sickness for the first days. And some would never recovered, so they only stay for a couple days tops.
You guys must have biological features adapted to high altitude living, like the inhabitants of Nepal and Tibet. Their blood has more oxygen carrying capacity and their muscle tissues are adapted to better use oxygen. Also, higher lung capacity and stamina. Just a guess, but worth investigating. Central Mexican athletes should do better at marathons than athletes from plains-dwelling populations in Mesoamerica.
You are correct, I am from the southeastern part of Mexico, which is flat land, and whenever I travel to a mountainous area in the center, my body feels very strange due to altitude sickness.
@@anandsharma7430 that's why when move to Denver, the climate and weather is very similar to Mexico City. Although Denver sits at 5280ft and Mexico is over 7000ft
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@@anandsharma7430 well yes and no, I'm American but have lived off and on in Oaxaca for 15 years and while I may not possess "biological features" for mountain life, my body gets completely adjusted after only a day or two. Also tons of athletes from Europe or Eastern Africa will come to train here, like American athletes go to Denver, because it gives them better lung capacity and cardio abilities.
Learned more about Mexico in 30 minutes watching this than I have in a lifetime previously.
BROTHER! 🤝
Absolutely YYYEEESSS...I must purchase a 🌎🌍 globe and map... Thank you... This was absolutely fascinating...😊😮😊
I would recommend listening to mexicans to learn about mexico
@@alatorre33 done that too and never learned this much.
Same here...we'll said
Very informative and enjoyable video. I learned a lot. Thanks for sharing.
As a Mexican that grew up in the states since age 10, I've learned so much from this video. This really taught me so much about it's geography then I learned about it when I was a kid. As beautiful as a country it is the problems with its geography explains why Mexico has economical challenges. I used to blame it mostly on corrupt and inept government but now I know it's deeper than that.
No, Mexico should be a thriving nation in this day and age, it’s corruption and gangs that prevent it from doing so. Corrupt government officials demand bribes and gangs demand protection money from businesses that get “too successful” or big so businesses have no desire to expand in fear of these extra expenses. And businesses that do pay these costs have less money to invest in improving operations. Not to mention the high taxes and regulations placed on businesses and government incompetence in infrastructure
Mexico is the 15th largest economy and growing 5% every year (which is really good) but wealth inequality means most people can’t benefit from all the wealth being created. Geography is a fact of life but shitty government and situations can be changed
@@danielorozco2572 it doesnt matter at all in the context of this video idk what your problem is
@@angelelelelalalalalelae Why do you take the question as a problematic one ?
@@heroe1486 because its just straight up weird and also idk if you noticed but that person asked that to everybody who shared their family history, at that point its not just someone whose curious.
Mind you, as a Mexican who has been living here all my life, I can tell you that most of the problems are due to corruption and criminality rather than Geography. Yes, it doesn't help that there's mountains everywhere, but just as he compared Mexico to Afghanistan he could compare it to Switzerland. The Swiss also have Mother Nature against them yet they have a near perfect State and their citizens are the most wealthy and have the highest standard of living in Europe.The main problem is definitely corruption and not Geography.
Fun fact: The factory shown in 23:12 was Fundidora de Hierro y Acero Monterrey (or Fundidora for short), and was closed and declared in bankruptcy. Only to become a large natural park, cultural centre, host of mayor events like concerts and festivals, and overall a great way for families to spend their weekends as Fundidora Park. Also shown in 27:21
Tecate Pal Norte's festival in fundidora is only roughly a month away!
If you panned the camera a bit to the left my house could be seen! Really weird tbh.
Se ve muy chido la verdad, ojalá vaya algún día
@@lebraza no te arrpentiras monterrey es la mamada somos con madre los regios aunque digan que somos codos somos de un gran corazon somos ahorradores que es diferente hahaha
Wow i jusy looked up the park. Esta hermoso. That is how you re-unite land back to its people.
I traveled all over Mexico (mostly by car) when I was a kid. The variety of the land and the terrain is pretty diverse. One time we drove from the center of the country to, I think, Mazatlan. It did not look that far on the map. However, it took us almost all day. We had to use this 2 lane road that was high up in the mountains. No real shoulder on the road to speak of. It was sometimes above the clouds. My dad was stressed out driving it but he did a great job. Later on I found out this particular road was called "La espinazo del Diablo" The devils spine!
El* espinazo del diablo is brutal, many have died there and it is also said to be home of dwelling ghosts for that reason. But you can enjoy some pretty interesting views above and under the clouds that cover the valley in wich it lays.
It was substituted by el puente Baluarte (Baluarte bridge) and it was the highest cable-stayed bridge in the world for a couple of years and it keeps the title in the Americas. Let that fact speak by itself about the hostility of the previous Devil's Spine.
You might wanna google it and show it to your father so you can see how much stress and time you could have saved since 2012 when the Baluarte was finished.
@@qqqq513 Just Googled it, thing is massive. Bet it must be awesome to travel on :) looks beautiful as well.
You must have been traveling to Durango then. I’ve been on that Baluarte bridge and it makes it so the trip from Durango to Mazatlan is only 2 hours as opposed to 6-7
Can someone tell me the right way to make a burrito? I'm Italian, but I like burritos.
@@qua7771 bro ma cerca su Google scusa
I learned a lot about this country through your video. Nice overview, well presented. Thank you for showing.
Thank you for making this video. It puts a lot of things into context and a lot of things make sense. 😊
As a Mexican, I nodded in affirmation throughout the entire video for both the pros and cons geography has given to my country. Great info packed video. I’ve been a long time sub and it always gets me happy when my country get mentioned in this channel.
You forget the US took all Mexico good land and left you with a bunch of mountains, I consider texas to be part of mexico
@@luiskross6454 well Texas left by themselves and then joined the USA soon after. Besides, they’ve always had a “Texan before anything” type of identity so I would have to disagree with that part of your comment. However, you would be right on the rest. Regardless of the reasons, the rest of the border states were taken by the USA. I don’t think I forgot anything though, since the video only speaks of Mexico as it is after the Mexican-American war (when all that territory is lost) and even if we counted them, all that territory is still very sparsely populated. If you look those states’ population densities, the majority of their population resides in their main metropolitan areas like Albuquerque (NM), Phoenix (AZ), Las Vegas (NV), Los Angeles/San Diego (CA), Austin (TX), etc so the video’s argument still stands.
@@luiskross6454 That’s a stupid take. The U.S. did not take anything, TX left. TX is not a part of Mexico anymore than it or Mexico is a part of Spain. Tx was only a part of Mexico for about 30 years, it was a Spanish colony for over 300. Your argument is weak.
Barnum effect
@@thetapheonix dam white immigrants from East! Taking someone else’s land and exploiting and ruins them later!
my mom immigrated from mexico, specifically from her hometown of cuernavaca (1 hour south of mexico city). when i visited for the first time as a teenager, i was struck by how mountainous and beautiful the whole region was. the drive from the airport in mexico city to cuernavaca was fucking wild, weaving through all these mountains and valleys. also the fact that there are these gigantic volcanoes all across mexico??? i didn’t even learn until the end of the trip that that big mountain i kept seeing from a distance in cuernavaca was a whole ass volcano (popocatépetl). scared the shit out of me 😭
Now in days if you travel nearby, you can see the Popocatepetl smoking, it's something else to see that
I'm from Cuernavaca too, and I have the opposite experience, going to USA for the first time and stand in flat land whitout any mountain around make me very anxious for a few months
When I go to Puebla to visit my dads Pueblo, it’s beautiful because you see all the trees goin up as we’re surrounded by mountains and two volcanoes lol one being Popocatépetl
Little chicken lol
I'm from Atlixco Puebla and is a privilege to have Mr Popocatepetl in my backyard seeing him smoke and feel ground cracking is THE BEST!! 😍😍😍🫶🫶🫶🫶
And don't forget the other 5 volcanes that are here in México city (yes, five IN México city)
All of this guy's videos should be used in high school. I learn more than I ever knew in 66 years and it makes the world make more sense.
A lot of people in the are talking down on this video WHY ?
Great vid as always. How to get someone to watch something I didn’t even know I was interested in.
I love the map shown at 18:36! It really shows the massive elevation difference visually
It’s really exaggerated tho
Yeah...that really put things in perspective for me.
@@vahgarimo9864 That's the point.
@@vahgarimo9864 it’s not
@@gils3066 It's exaggerated relative to the width. It only increases by less than 1% of the total width (~1mi high, 400mi wide), but the map shows it increasing by like 20% of the width.
Mexican here. This is one of the best summaries concerning geography and its economic implications ever. Great work.
Not to mention the rampant corruption of everyone in Mexico. From the President to the guy pushing a food cart, all are corrupt.
Don’t forget the capitol City will be underground in less than 100 years because of the lakebed it’s built on. Y’all the new Venice
Oh, I'm so sorry, but I don't remember why Texoco lake was drained? What was the reason?
@@milamilla1977 To the best of my knowledge; big floods in the 18th century, some of which lasted for years and lead people in central Mexico City to essentially live on top of their houses. It became just too inconvenient, so the Spanish decided to carry out a civil work, the “Trench of Nochistongo” (Tajo de Nochistongo), to drain water out of the valley into the Moctezuma river.
@@jlvaviation9140 thank you!
Thanks for shouting out Colorado Springs! Loved the video
Excellent video. So informative, I learned a lot!
Back in the early 2000’s, taking a bus from one state to another was such a beautiful peaceful experience I remember as a child. My parents always liked to leave in the middle of the night and the bus ride was so calming. Very very dark, surrounded by city at first but then just deserted land and you could see the mountains in the distance. I always enjoyed it so much.
From puebla to tijuana was my childhood roadtrips...
Now I'm in new York
Primera Plus bus rides and a core childhood memory of mine:)
I remember as a kid in my Grandparents rancho en San Luis Potosi the nights were something else. There were nights that it was so dark it was Black. (Noches negras) people would call them. You couldn't see your hands of how dark it was outside.
I remember my family 55 years ago we went on a bus ride and we got to watch a volcano eruption. Does anyone know the name of the volcano 55 years ago? Memories.
Fun fact, well actually not that fun, it's also the place where the most volcanic activity happens in Mexico, the capital itself being surrounded by volcanoes and some of them are even inside the city, it's all because 3 tectonic plates meet there North American, Caribbean and Cocos. Probably the most dangerous volcanoes are the ones covered in glaciers, since even a small eruption can cause a lahar.
Reminds me of Mt. Rainier, near where I live in Seattle. We're all scared as hell of the possibility of an eruption causing a lahar (although that would pose more danger to Tacoma), and of course of the possibility of megathrust earthquakes caused by the Cascadia Subduction Zone (also like Mexico City).
There is glaciers in Mexico?
@@Cruz474 A quick search tells me "Mexico has about two dozen glaciers, all of which are located on Pico de Orizaba (Citlaltépetl), Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl, the three tallest mountains in the country." Mountains that happen to be volcanos, which is a worrying prospect as andyjay729 said.
@@Cruz474 yes
John - You are right. In southern Mexico City there is a big pyramid half-buried in lava. The thing is legit right there on a university campus, and the offending volcano ("Xitle") is inside city limits, iirc.
Fascinating, thank you
Huh, weird. If you watch the news you'd think most Mexicans lived in Texas and California.
Love Mexico from "the Mexico of Asia" (Philippines) 🇵🇭❤🇲🇽
Same from a fellow pinoy
Filiprimo!
@@YaBoiBaxter2024 pinay too much sexing
@@seonggi-hun7718 lol wut?
Mexico should have colonized the Philippines.
Living in chiapas you get a sense of how big the jungle is and how unbelievable dense and dangerous is. Is like a big wall of torns and a deafening white noise from all the animals. I also had Dengue twice, chikungunya and got bitten several times by spiders, scorpions and other insects, even doing something a simple as touching a plant had led me to ER due to extreme allergic reaction. I've had googled so many times for insects i've found nesting or eating my plants without avail that I'm sure that no biologist has ever set foot near where i live. Not many people are as stupid as me, but many people had died and no, no one will go look after you if you go missing in the jungle.
The jungles down there are so impenetrable that new Mayan pyramids and weird animals are still being discovered.
Sounds cool i have been all over Mexico and Chiapas is one of my favorite states along with Oaxaca. Where at in Chiapas? Would love to have a farm and nursery in Chiapas.
@@garycastronova7939 the Lacandon Jungle in south eastern Chiapas. Even neighboring Tabasco, Mexico has thick, impenetrable jungle except that theirs seasonally floods into a tropical swamp like the Everglades.
In *Alaska "gone missing"* (GOOGLE it) is a term that doesn't exist in our other 49 states! That's what happens when you strike off into the wilderness sometimes.
@@mikeramos8136 Yea i like Tabasco but from what I saw there is a lot of open land for livestock. I spent a day there with my ex girlfriends friend. They have a ranch and grow cacao. I like Tabasco but am aware of the flooding in some places.
I have driven from Puerto Escondido to Oaxaca City a few times. It is a brutal drive.
Wow!…great direct information on Mexico!
It always amazes me how much geography actually defines prosperity of a country.
Some have even said that geography is destiny.
How would that amaze you….. lmao
Soo true. And cities as well
Don’t forget agriculture and natural resources as well.
Almost always. But for example, the second largest city, Monterrey, is outside the plain and very far north. It’s close to the dessert and still by far, the richest city in Mexico, despite geography
I’ve traveled from Houston to San Luis to Oaxaca to visit family and let it tell you, it was a blessing to see at the different terrains. From cactus booms to extreme hill tops. I was able to pass by Puebla and see the volcano near by. All with different temperatures. It was extremely beautiful to see everything
so why don't you move back
@@bogart281 i never lived there lol
@@bogart281 Observing beauty with it's limiting living opportunities is different than actually living there. I never realize how much harsh terrain (thousands of miles) was between US and Mexico's most populated cities. Jeez, and to think people trying to leave Mexico risk their lives to get to the US.... So, it makes one think is this border situation is just exaggerated by some people, mainly MTGreene, Trump, etc.
@@bogart281 you have the biggest brain for someone who drank lead and radioactive water from Philadelphia
@@cnwil4594 everything in the US mainstream media is exaggerated, specially negative news from Mexico.
This was so awesome to see, being 2/3 Puerto Rican, and 1/3 Mexican; I always love learning more about my family and Mine’s cultures and those countries. Honestly, El Yucatán reminds me a lot of Puerto Rico, culturally and geographically even though Yucatán is flatter and Puerto Rico is more mountainous. Both beautiful places with such rich history and beautiful people. The rest of Mexico almost seems like it has different countries within the same country, El Desierto en en Norte, Baja California con las nuevas playas mediterráneas, el centro del país con lomas, montes y volcanes, el sur costa pacífica, el Costa del golfo y el Yucatán Península. Bien bonito país, y bien diverso tanto de gente y culturas y de geografía. Excuse me @RealLifeLore do you think you could do a video about Puerto Rico as well, would appreciate it sir. 🇵🇷🇲🇽 desde Tenochtitlán hasta Borikén, siempre amor por mi gente. ✊🏾✊🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Great video!
As an American, I'm eager to have better relations with Mexico. There's so much potential for Mexico, the US, and Canada to work together. With the world becoming less stable, I want to pull my close allies even closer. I'm hoping for a future where our three countries can work as team to ensure the security and prosperity of all our people.
@@jamesb6857 -_-
I really feel this for sure
I think most Americans feel this way, unfortunately there's a loud minority that makes it seem like we're completely intolerant to the rest of the world (& most other Americans at that lol). If the differences between the US & Mexico should teach us anything it's that people are stronger when united than as disparate connected entities.
Boy, I do hope so in the future we can set all the ill will aside and work together as a region. Let the past be water under the bridge and look into the future. Politicians love to blame the issues on someone else and making imaginary enemies, but the common folk just want peace and prosperity and I hope, in the near future, this can be possible for the North American region. Cheers from Monterrey.
Mexico would have to get a grip on their borders because its easy to cross into mexico
Thank you so much for this video! I have been closely researching Mexico for the past 2 years, watched hundreds of videos and read hundreds of pages on it, but this was, without an exaggeration, the single most informative video on Mexico I have seen to date.
Check the Mexican-American border series from Kraut, it is very extense but very densely packed.
I’d also like to mention watching “How the U.S Stole Mexico” by Johnny Harris. Really eye opening watch.
Extremely Interesting topic
But he is a goof.
He loves numbers and and statics and tries to pack them in the video he makes, but you cant hear any of it because the moron always has some idiotic background music fighting with, and drowning out the info he ratting out.
I usually just give on on most of his videos 10 minutes in.
Where u from?
I was born in Colorado Springs. No wonder I have such a connection with Mexico. Currently in CDMX loving life!
This was one of the most informative videos I have seen. The person talking was great having a voice easy to understand. I did not know Mexico City was so high up thinking it was closer to water. More did not know there was no road to connect Mexico with South America thinking there would be a superhighway built. I had worked with a guy, in the Navy, from Belize that also where his wife was from, which he told me some about the country surely not enough of what I just learned from this video. I have read where Americans retired are going there to live that were middle income and slightly with more income mainly English was widely more understood.
Your comment about Mexico being a patchwork of valleys and regions that are difficult to control from a centralized place immediately made me think of Afghanistan. And then a couple minutes later, you made the comparison. Your analysis is really thorough.
Interesting, Mexico flourished with development from US. Perhaps Afghan will florist with development from China.
Afghanistan is Muslims making it hard for everyone especially women. I just did a video about it. It's been going on like that for a very long time.
@@AngryAndNegativeHistoryProject The women are not Muslims?
The comparison isn't accurate though. Afghanistan is a cold desert, with Kabul and other settlements surrounding the mountains while Mexico's plateau is at the center of the country, within the monsoon and ITCZ. Most Mexicans live on the plateau while the center of Afghanistan is mountainous and low population.
I kept thinking why real life lore channel wasn't uploading its videos, it's one of my favorite channels but after watching this and the Ukraine video, I have just realized how drastically the video quality has changed and how much more the videos seem better than before. Thanks for the improvement
this channel is good for forming your baseline knowledge. i will say the videos are very well-made with respect to flow of content and visuals are pretty good too. but what i notice severely lacking is meaningful, forward-thinking analysis. it's hard for me to put into words in a short comment, which is kind of how that same problem arises with short informational videos like these. the fact that Mexico is located directly adjacent to the world's largest nuclear military superpower, the current world hegemonic leader, the current world police, influences just about everything the country could ever aspire to accomplish. this video talks about how "good" the cheap labor is in Mexico without ever attempting to touch on analysis of quality of life for such workers or any sort of class analysis for those types of people. those northern cities mostly exist in less-than-hospitable biome, why are we acting HAPPY that people have to move there to have any hope of making a living?? this video mentions "capital" acquisition, without attempting to discuss any alternative way of structuring an economy in a country where "acquiring capital" has historically proven to be difficult. again, the video is good for what it is, but what it is turned out to be a very American capitalistic centered discussion. i think anyone who understands Mexican history will see that this video kind of feels a little icky in a way that is hard to describe succinctly. car production as its major export? aren't we looking to move AWAY from depending on cars and fossil fuels? natural gas supercharging the economy? again, aren't we supposed to be looking for ways to move AWAY from relying on those kinds of things? this video definitely leaves me wondering, what the hell is Mexico going to do when the way the world operates changes? if America's global influence starts to shrink more than they are comfortable with? Mexico fostered one of the world's first thriving civilizations. Mexicans are wonderful people, i studied Spanish and focused on learning Mexican history in my curriculum. i hate to see how their people are now so exploited and their industries focused on technologies that we know are killing the planet are being spoken of with such charm and positivity in this video.
@@leftward_hoe
Gas automobiles aren't going anywhere.
@@leftward_hoeInstead of complaining why not make changes in your life that will help the planet. Stop eating meat. Stop using single use plastics. Ride a bike instead of driving a car. Help the homeless. There's a million things you can do to help change the world, yet here you are complaining on TH-cam.
It's always so weird flying over Mexico at night. You look down and it is just pitch black with blobs of light every now and then. Compared to where I'm from where if you look out at any point you are probably over at least one highway and like 10 parking lots.
@5:00 concrete doesn’t need to “dry” it just cures. Can even do so underwater and actually can perform better under these circumstances in some environments. I get ur point about the other difficulties of settling rainforests tho
I grew up in Texas my whole life, thought I knew a lot about Mexico, and then this video showed me I still had a whole lot to learn. Thanks for making this video! Great stuff.
porque se cambiaron de bando 😔
and there's always more to learn about Texas as well
@@Native_Creation Agreed! I learn more about my state all the time - fascinating place.
Just cause you eat tacos doesn't mean you know mexico .
@@teddywestside4816 Killer insight!
I just recently visited Yucatan Mexico. I went to see some Mayan ruins. The guide was telling us that there is only 1 highway that connects the end of Yucatan to the rest of Mexico. It was really cool to drive the road and see the scattered small villages throughout the jungle and swamps of the Yucatan peninsula.
Fun fact: “Mayan” people are called maya, Mayan usually refers to the language
Fun fact: that's where the asteroid hit, that eliminated the prehistoric Dinosaur era 66 million years ago.
Visited there as well a few years back. Fun fact, the resort employees referred to themselves as Mayan. 🤷♀️
@@user-hy8zy3zq8c Funner Fact: Contrary to 3rd grade, there was no “extinction event” that wiped out the Maya, only centralized power due to… oh dear. Climate change.
Well this is great information!
Thank you for an extremely educational video.
Fascinating and so well presented. As a Texan we used to travel quite often to Mexico. I had no idea that Mexico City was at such a high elevation. Thanks for educating me on many facts.
you are braver than me...
@@keyfield8967 how is that brave?
@@thatspellsmoonthey're murican, they're afraid of anything unknown
This amazing video is a MUST SEE for US residents. It helps us to understand fundamentals of Mexico's economy (and geography) in half an hour. It's not a big deal to invest half an hour to understand our neighbor.
Mexican 🌮🌯🌯🌯🌮🌮🌮🌯🌯🌯🌯
Outstanding, thank you.
Love all the info on geology/geography and the effects of such on demographics.
Mexico is indeed very mountainous. There's a drive to a forest from my parents' ranch that is only about 20 miles in distance, and yet it takes almost an hour to get there because of the elevation going up and down throughout the route.
you mean mounins
Ranch sounds nice. Drive sounds nuts
I like the "third lane" (passing lane) concept practiced in Mexico.
Fun fact: northern Mexico may be incapable of supporting large populations, but it still contributes a great deal to the Mexican economy through the mining of silver (24% of global production) and other metals including gold, copper and zinc.
Monterrey has the richest zip code in Latin America.
@@kz023 Without the civil unrest of cartels, Mexico could become too co-ordinated and become a rival. 🤠
@@maYTeus American imperialism is fked they could try to have a monopoly on a wolrd scale but all of what they build will come crashing down by their own actions.
@Kieron ZX U talking about Ovidio Guzmán, son of THE Chapo Guzmán.
@@kz023 Fun fact, Mexico could have an easier time dealing with them if the govt wasn't so corrupt.
Lets not simply take the easy route and blame it all on the big bully up north, it makes sense for them to do what they are doing since it benefits them. Mexico's problems start with it's own incompetence. And expecting someone other than Mexico to fix it is just entitlement. Especially when fixing it offers no benefit to the US, as you've stated. It's like the US asking Mexico for help with their school shooting problem, and blaming Mexico for the fact that all these illegal/smuggled guns are being found in the hands of said children after crossing the border. Foolishness.
Wonderfull...🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Muchas gracias
Very interesting! Thank you.
I grew up in Cd. Juarez a border town. My husband is from Mexico City and I've always seen the differences between the two states, but this really has opened my eyes to different views and understandings. Just like that video states its a very complex topic, thanks for taking the time to make this video.
Chilango nooooooo
Actually I live in El Paso, but despite its problems Juárez will always be my home. Arriba Juárez!!
based on my experience residents from Valley of Mexico don't really have any good impressions of border cities...
I’m currently living in the mountains in Hidalgo Mexico which is part of this region. Everything he said is so accurate and it’s cool to be experiencing it.
At 9:06 you show my childhood I now live in California but I was blocks away from La Peña de Bernal when I was growing up in QRT
I had know idea they had mountains like that in mexico. All we are shown on tv is desert. I shouldn’t have assumed - of course. It is a huge landmass.
I love the mountains! I'm from West Virginia and feel lost on flat ground. If I ever move away from WV my only stipulations is it must have mountains.
Though our mountains are between 600-4800ft elevation.
I feel like this also helps partially explain the relative affluence of Switzerland. They are a mountainous and landlocked country, sure, but because they are between several of the most powerful and wealthy nations in Europe, they are able to maintain trade anyways.
Visited the most southern part of Mexico with my wife last summer and was shocked by the little amount of roads and infrastructure through the jungles of Mexico.
Let me guess? the coast of Oaxaca? yes it is somewhat undeveloped and visitors seems to like it, to experience the "third world", many tourist areas near the coast are in porpuse with unpaved roads and "African tropical setting" even if locals and gvt have money to pave roads or improve but they like to seem like that... and many areas are untouched, lots of rainforests a paradise for people who loves the nature.
@@EblemTorres It was in Chiapas although Oaxaca is definitely still on my list, I'm from Aguascalientes where the state has grown substantially with all these factories moving in. Seeing such a green place was very refreshing.
Let me tell you that Veracruz is such an awesome place to visit! I'm from the port of Veracruz and it's really pretty here, there's a lot of fun stuff to do ^^
Terrain is crazy lol to get to certain places you gotta drive hours
As a Mexican from the coast of the South of Mexico (Guerrero), I am sooo glad the larger population is up north because I get the beaches all to myself when I go on vacation 🙌🏼😅
Period 🤚
Guerrero is just poblated in Chilancingo, acapulco,taxco, and iguala
😆 🤫
As a gringa, I loved Acapulco in the late 1980s. I doubt I would attempt to to that now
You can have mexico all to yourself- I will never "gamble" on visiting that cess. Cartels or federales- take your pick...
Mexico have such a beautiful culture with beautiful people and i wish i want to travel mexico soon 🇲🇽♥️🇵🇭😍amo a mis hermanos mexicanos de filipinas
Eres bienvenido! 🇲🇽❤️🇵🇭
Aaah yo siempre he querido viajar a las Filipinas ❤️
We have nothing in common
You are welcome anytime bro❤
Filipinos are Asian Mexicans frfr
I'm a big fan of all of Mexico. I used to live in the south, so that's probably my favorite, but that's when I discovered my near super-human ability to live in the tropical heat, so I understand why it's not the most popular place to live...
Very hot and humid year round
Yeah I live in Cancún. Been here for a few years now. If you don't have an AC running, it's awful here.
@@liberatedentrepreneur149 that’s saying a lot because Cancun has the mildest weather out of the entire Yucatán Peninsula due to the constant sea breeze.
@@Toomuchbullshitt i spent the last three years in Mexico traveling all over the country but spent most of my time in Playa del Carmen Cozumel Mahahual Chetumal.. anywhere along the coast there is a nice breeze but walk a few blocks inland and you know you're in the jungle...
@@liberatedentrepreneur149 Yea along the beach the breeze keeps it cook but a few blocks inland and you know you're in the banana belt. spent the last 3 years in Mexico most of it in playa del Carmen Cozumel Mahahual Chetumal area. Would love to go back but my ex girlfriend took all my money hahaha so I'm back to working and saving money..
Wow, just learned more about Mexico than any other podcast . Thank you .😊
Wow absolutely beautiful culture and ppl and land is amazing
Canada, The US and Mexico are stronger together than we are apart. We all need each other and as an American I'm glad our countries figured this out and work closely together toward our common goals.
Viva Mexico! From Texas with love!
I remember visiting my grandma 1 year and then we decided to go visit some more distant family. Being distant in both meanings, I actually got motion sickness on the trip because the mountain pass we took was made up of dozens of zigzags and lasted so long.
Eareaeareaeareaeareaeareaeareacool.era
I have to endure that every time I go to Mexico 😭
This is great. I nearly knew next to nothing about Mexico till this mini documentary (besides obviously the US stereotyping in films etc). What a fascinating country. Thank you.
It’s a gorgeous country with a lot beautiful culture sadly overshadowed by the organized crime that runs rampant
It's great. I get tired of only hearing tourist-related things
@@gils3066 theres more to mexico than cartels. just like theres more to the usa than drug problems
Not the same at all. The cartels are roaming the country terrorizing people and mudering many innocent people every day. It is dangerous. My husband's son was killed by them.
Learning is great
Cool video. Took me a little while to figure out that Mowddens was Mountains. Lol.
As an American who lives in Colorado, I can kinda relate to the high altitude living thing. It's difficult for our state to deal with infrastructure in the mountains. One of the major transportation corridors through the USA, interstate 70, runs through my state and has been in desperate need of widening for decades. Nobody has ever bothered to fix this problem because it would cost so much to blast new tunnels through the Rocky Mountains and to widen roads that snake along mountain passes.
Don’t widen don’t listen to the car companies propaganda! Densify if limited land and add better alternatives!
Widening roads isn't really a great idea, instead more public transportation should be built
@@greenmachine5600 that's a horrible idea, if you wanna take public transportation go ahead. You wanna be packed into a can full of strangers with god knows what and on god knows what more power to you.
@@brianfitch5469 big lanes ruin cities and makes everything more expensive and less convenient! Not everyone wants to live in a car! To do anything that always “needs” a car! So stop destroying businesses just for bigger freeways! You’ll get MORE traffic not less! More walkways and bikeways separate from freeways! Like a path that goes UNDER not over through freeways so that people don’t have to exaggeratingly walk to the sky and back, and tall trucks don’t have to worry about pathways in the way.
We do it in Canada. It can be done.
I’m from Michigan , I really want to travel across Mexico and explore all of the natural beauty and strong culture throughout and visit as many Pueblos Mágicos as I possibly can. 😂 those towns look so beautiful and inviting. Plus nothing beats Mexican food!!!
Feel free to come to Mexico! we're waiting for you with open arms, hopefully someday you will have the opportunity to come to Mexico, greetings to Michigan, USA.
I spent the last 3 years traveling all over Mexico, many of the pueblos mágicos too. if you need some advice i can help. The main price of advice is to learn Spanish before you go, stay far away from the local police they are corrupt and will try to extort you. The locals are friendly mainly because they want your money. Ii did meet some nice people who opened their homes to me. Very gracious of them. I also met some real nasty people. Overall more friendly than USA.
The food is okay but I have had better Mexican food here in California. Sure the tacos and most food is cheaper than here but the meat quality is not as good. Oaxaca does have the best food in Mexico in my opinion but the birria de chivo in Chapala Jocotepec was the best meal i had in Mexico.
@@garycastronova7939
all foreigners complain about the police 😅
@@alexalexx245 well yes because the police think they have money. The police tend to ignore the locals when tourists are around...not all police it's mainly the policía turística and municipal.. and it only happened in Playa del Carmen to me but they tried in Puerto Vallarta. Everywhere else they didn't bother me.
Bruh me-too but man those cartels scare you away Mexico is so fucking beautiful and man if these food trucks taste better then most resteraunts just imagine the food there
Wow! didn't know or never saw any information like you are providing within this documentary, as a Mexican I am impressed by the massive information you provide here, nice job!!!
Thank you!
i grew up in chihuahua and 1 thing i missed is that everything was within walking distance, stores and everything was within walking distance, here in USA you need to drive everywhere at least in oklahoma
I think especially in Oklahoma bro, i moved to eastern Colorado as a kid, I miss Juarez.
It's also related to the fact that much higher percentage of Mexicans don't have cars compared to US as cars are a lot less affordable to the average Mexican than average American
@@thomasgrabkowski8283 No, it's just that most cities are planned like old Europeans towns -- and heavy city center with some neighborhoods as opposed to the US where everything is city sprawl and suburbs. To get groceries in Mexico you walk 10 minutes. In the US you drive 10 minutes.
@@oblivion_born7365 If you're still here in Colorado and want walkable, move up to the mountains or somewhere downtown in Castle Rock, Denver, or Colorado Springs. Expensive, but the only way you get truly walkable areas. My personal favorite walkable areas are Telluride and Ouray
@@thomasgrabkowski8283 most family I have that live in a small town of Mexico in the state of Guerrero have a car
Cutting down the jokes and increasing the information is a wonderful change to this channel. Keep up the great work!
come on , some of their jokes were well made , i liked them
@@Nobodyfromnowhere42so did your mom
Yeah jokes are good fool where's your sense of humor
the video is still 30 minutes for some reason lol
@@jiji7250 *29:58 🤓
My dads from Durango and my moms from Zacatecas. We used to drive there when we were kids. My parents still do. And all is desert or mountains. Except where my dads from. Is forest area. Beautiful.
Just looking at the thumbnail I thought, hey! I live in that "empty" part! Then watching the start of the video you said you called it empty because its not that densely populated but the city I live in is decently dense too!
I lived and worked in Puebla for two years and absolutely love Mexico. I'm thrilled by any opportunity for Mexico to realize its potential. I'm a bit jaded towards their government as I see them as extremely abusive of their people and natural resources. I hope the day comes when Mexico enjoys the rule of law, and higher value placed on human rights. When they do, it will be heaven on earth!
It's gotten somewhat better at least with the latest president cracking down on terrorist groups and corrupt tycoons. It hasn't been enough but it's something
Thank you to said that
Exactly. I love going to Mexico but not feeling protected is a huge red flag for me. At least in the U.S, you know that if you call the police that something will get settled.
@@ziplokk1453 that's a rather cynical point of view. Funny enough compared to previous years many Mexicans don't think moving to the USA OR Canada is all that much of an improvement. Currently most immigrants are south Americans that are still suffering from corrupt politicians
The cartels are taking it over.
As an American who has lived in central Mexico for the past two years, this is by far the most informative and concise explanation of why things are the way they are down here. Outstanding, sir.
Why do you live there?
You take a cup, fill it with paint and pour it in people's pockets or purses.
Easier access to both pockets and paints
@@coindog432 What does it matter?
@@coindog432 It’s pretty chill in here
@@coindog432 Better food, people, and climate. If you can keep a US salary, Mexico is paradise.
I’m from Puebla, about two hours from Mexico City. We’ve got two volcanoes and a long, rich history with the largest pyramid in the world in Cholula.