Fun thing about Tijuana’s airport. You can actually walk across a bridge from San Diego into the airport so you can go through customs before your flight to get a cheap domestic flight in Mexico.
Thanks for doing this video and mentioning the Greater Buffalo Metro. It's what most people miss when discussing the area that half of its metro size is on the other side of the border. Also, you forgot to mention Hamilton Ontario, which is about half an hour from St. Catherines is a city of over 500k residentials. When you add up erie and Niagara counties in the us and Nf canada, St. catharines and Hamilton, you suddenly have a metro of close 3 million. Which would make's it much more competitive, and that's why major sports teams are in the area. I hope this helps people understand the area a bit more. It's always thought of as so tiny, but most forget about the other half of the metro.
Oh hi I actually sell tickets for some events at the Haskell! I believe it's the only venue in the world where the stage and audience are in different countries (as well as the split audience too)!! You must use your country's designated main entrance/exit, but once inside you are not confined to country lines. Tickets are always around $15 USD, though if you're Canadian and pay in cash at the door then they'll happily disregard the exchange rate and take $15 CAD :) It's mostly used for a local theatre group (aptly called the Borderline Players!), and I've heard the inside of the concert hall is GORGEOUS. If it's in your travel plans, support your local arts! Check out this cool library and music venue that's literally one of a kind! And have a maple creemee while you're at it!
Couple of other metro areas on the US Canada border. Sarnia Ontario and Port Huron Michigan has quite a bit of traffic between them. Then there are a few on the Washington British Columbia border with the biggest Canadian Metro on the border being Vancouver.
Some honorable mentions: Nogales, Arizona and Nogales, Sonora Presidio, Texas and Ojinaga, Chihuahua Del Rio, Texas and Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila Eagle Pass, Texas and Piedras Negras, Coahuila Blaine, Washington and Surrey, British Columbia Sumas, Washington and Abbotsford, British Columbia International Falls, Minnesota and Fort Frances, Ontario
Just a small correction. At 12:50 you mention the following about Calexico, CA and Mexicali, Mexico: "The international border is just a line of latitude". In fact, the international border is a skewed line from Tijuana to Los Algodones. Being a geography nerd, I'm sure the following will be of interest to you. The international line near Los Algodones on the Colorado river is the northern most point of Latin America.
And the line is skewed toward the southwest instead of due west because the US wanted to make sure the entirety of San Diego Bay was within American territory.
Oh no! Your #1 fan from Vancouver, Canada, couldn't wait for the part about Blaine, WA, and the Point Robert's oddity. Next time. Great video as always
I like driving thru El Paso at night. You can see the lights from Juarez and makes the city feel big. Also New Mexico has some of the population of the metro
They have the casinos in a special distinct legal entity. I forget what they call that entity, but I think it disqualifies Las Vegas from Single county/city status because it has two distinct legal entities.
@@viewer-of-contentThere are other cities in San Diego County, and Paradise is also in Clark County, so I don’t see what the difference would be. The point was about cities > 1.5 M population whose MSA is just one county.
The Mexico-California border is not really a "line of latitude". If you look at the map you find that the southern border of California does not go exactly east-west. It is a little tilted.
He never mentioned Nogales, USA and Nogales, Mexico (the former is a small town in Arizona, the latter is a city in Sonora with over 100k people). There are also a couple of other towns in Texas with larger Mexican cities just across the river, like Del Rio and Eagle Pass.
I grew up in Buffalo, NY. Lowkey, Niagara Falls (the NY side) has been historically under-appreciated as a place to experience natural beauty. You have to drive thru a lot of ugly post industrial wasteland to get there but it’s so worth it to spend a day walking Goat Island and the rest of the State Park. Still cross over the the Ontario 🇨🇦 side for the better view of the Falls as a whole and also for the tourist traps, but NY is where you actually experience Niagara Falls
Edmundston-Madawaska is pretty cool to visit - I live in Saint John, NB, so any road trip to Quebec involves going through Edmundston and it's the most unilingually Francophone area of my province I've visited (I have not yet been to the Acadian Peninsula on the opposite side of NB). THe Francophone "Brayon" culture in that part of the province is also somewhat distinct, having more in common with the Quebec communities to its north and west than the Acadian culture found through most of the rest of New Brunswick. Most of Madawaska County, NB (where Edmundston is located), and northern Aroostook County, ME, was disputed territory up to the 1840s, with the US and UK (our colonial governors) disputing the bloodless Aroostook War. During the conflict, settlers on both sides of the Saint John River (the eventual international border) got together and declared the disputed lands the Republic of Madawaska, complete with its own flag. While this declaration was roundly ignored by those with actual power, the mayor of Edmundston still holds the honorary title of President of the Republic of Madawaska
I'd love to hear more about small towns that cross international borders. Hyder, Alaska and Stewart, British Columbia is one example that comes to mind!
Yeah, it sad those times are gone. My favorite was the El Paso & Juarez Streetcar Line. You could just ride the streetcar back and forth across the border. Also both the US-Canada Border and the US-Mexico Border used to have trains that crisscrossed back and forth across the borders.
I think Niagara Falls once being a top Honeymoon destination has to do with the the days befor cheap flights. Sonce it was destination relatively close to a few major East Coast cities like New York, Boston, Philadelphia,etc it was popular destination for a Honeymoon. Once cheap flights became available most people went wherever, with Hawaii probably being a top destination now.
11:00 My wife and I spent part of our honeymoon in Niagara Falls ON in September of this year! She'd never been and I had been there twice. We then took our rental to Toronto for a week which was spectacular!
Haha. Someone though on a Beaver Geography post thought that Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, British Columbia were the same metro area. This made me think of the idea of international metros. How nice how you thought of this idea.
They are over 300 miles apart and Seattle, Tacoma and Olympia are all between. There is a Vancouver in the state of Washington across the Columbia River from Portland that is part of the Portland metro.
@GeographyKing I noticed in this frame 6:53 South Padre Island. I have noticed in several places around the US where they have these small slivers of land running parallel to the coastline. Perhaps you could talk about them in a future video. I have never seen them in other countries that I have lived. Do people actually live on these islands? (I'm also interested in knowing whether these islands actually provide any protection to the mainland if so there was a tsunami. Would it slow down the impact of a wave?)
These are called barrier islands. Dauphin Island, Alabama is another inhabited barrier island., with an incorporated town of the same name. Georgia also has some inhabited barrier islands off its east coast. And of course you have NC's Outer Banks.
In the southeastern US, it's usually referred to as the intracoastal waterway, with barrier islands opposite the mainland. Many islands are inhabited, and many are of National Park lands. They are just about the worst places to be when a hurricane hits, and the shape and size of some of the islands can change due to a heavy storm shifting sands.
Unlike the Candá Border, where the majority of the population is American on the US side. On the border with Mexico, the majority of the population on both sides of the wall is Mexican or descendant.
Crime has dropped quite a lot in Detroit, so I don't think it's something worth making a comparrison to crime in Windsor. Maybe more interesting is that travel and commerce between Detroit and Windsor may take place through a tunnel under the Detroit River and driving over the river on the Ambassador Bridge, or the soon-to-be-completed Gordie Howe Bridge. Ever fall, an marathon run is held, with the course including tunnel and bridge crossings of the international border. There is also an an under-river train tunnel, which currently services freight trains and may resume accomodating passenger train service as well. At the Southern end of Lake Huron, Port Huron, MI and Point Edward, ONT lie on opposite sides of the multi-span Bluewater Bridge over the Saint Clair River. There is also a tunnel for freight trains passing below the river.
Getting better? Okay, but it's still ranked 2nd in the nation for worst crime for cities over 500,000 people. It's #1 in rapes, #2 in murder, but at least burglary is down.
It's interesting, and maybe surprising to those who don't know, that people go to Sault Ste. Marie, where they see the Soo locks, and an interesting point is that the Soo Locks are in the world's busiest canal in terms of tonnage that passes through it (53X Suez; 36X Panama. Since you admitted at the end that this isn't a complete list, and that you may do a 2nd. video on the subject, don't forget Hyder, AK (which is about the chance of a snowball surviving a forest fire, I'll admit, since your videos are always so complete).
Thank you. 1. Niagra Falls' honeymoons decreased starting in the 1960s because of highways and air travel. 2. Niagra Falls, the PA Poconos, and The Catskills are within five hours on non:HW roads for much of the NE. 3. I guess heart-shaped tubs aren't that much of a draw, anymore. I was thinking of Heart Shaped Box by Nirvana, a big draw, a much different pleasure. 4. Some of the Pocono resorts were converted to housing. 5. Starting in the 1980s, NE PA had a housing boom. By car, via Rtes 78 and 80, NYC is two hrs away. Compared to NY and NJ, PA has less expensive housing, lower real estate taxes, and a fixed 3.1% income tax for all individuals' earnings.
Happy New Year to you Kyle! I thoroughly enjoy all of your content! Thank you for your hard work and sharing your thoughts and knowledge with all of us! Peace and love from a big fan! -Ryan Taylor, Brownsburg, IN (West side Indianapolis)
10:51 the reason why (that I heard) people spend their honeymoon in Niagara Falls is from the Marlyn Monroe movie Niagara in 1953. The characters spent their honeymoon at Niagara Falls. Also, I always considered Buffalo & Toronto to be connected metro areas. Buffalo is basically part of the Golden Horseshoe.
Stats say it's the 2nd worse city for crime in the US for cities over 500,000 people. #1 in rapes and #2 in murder. These are 2024 stats. How bad was it?
My folks retired to McAllen, TX. Lots of restaurants and medical clinics and that’s about it. Couldn’t check out the Mexico side because my passport had expired.
The minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) in Canada varies by province and territory: 19 years: The MLDA is 19 years old in most Canadian provinces and territories, including: British Columbia New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Northwest Territories Nova Scotia Nunavut Ontario Prince Edward Island Saskatchewan Yukon 18 years: The MLDA is 18 years old in Alberta, Manitoba, and Quebec Canada's MLDA has been relatively stable since the late 1970s, when most provinces and territories lowered the age from 20 or 21 to 18 or 19. However, there have been discussions about raising the MLDA to reduce alcohol-related harms. In 2013, a coalition of researchers, public health officials, and non-governmental organization leaders proposed raising the MLDA to at least 19 years, or ideally 21 years.
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In a future video, I think you might like to address Point Roberts, a Canadian town separated from the rest of Canada by a piece of the US. Border guards and everything
@@stephenhassler4596 Just as Angle Inlet, Minnesota lies well above the 49th line of latitude and can only be reached from the US by driving through Manitoba, Canada, or by boat.
SPEAKING OF REYNOSA/BROWNSVILLE/MCALLEN AREA: The coolest writer I've ever been recommended is Fernando A. Flores, who grew up there and sets his stories there
A border wall is not Berlinesque. The Berlin wall was a country divided in two, the US and Mexico were never one. I get it, You think borders should be porous. You go live next to it then.
@@reddykilowatt Yes, it was. Check your history books. The Treaty of Versailles after World War I created the Weimer Republic, which was about 10-15% larger than modern Germany. After WWII, Germany was divided into four sections, split amongst the four prominent allies: the US, the UK, France, and the Soviet Union. In the following years, the Soviets quit trusting the other three allies, and the Berlin Wall was created. So, the analogy doesn't hold at all.
@ no East and West Germany were sovereign nations at the time the wall went up. the history that preceded all that is irrelevant. unless you want to consider the history of the US and Mexico in evaluating the border situation today as well. 😂
@@reddykilowatt It's not irrelevant. My original point was that they WERE 1 NATION in their history. East and West division occurred in 1949; in 1948, it was ONE COUNTRY. The analogy is comparing apples and oranges. I don't know how much simpler I can make this!
Fun thing about Tijuana’s airport. You can actually walk across a bridge from San Diego into the airport so you can go through customs before your flight to get a cheap domestic flight in Mexico.
Great option, indeed.
Too bad you can't take MTS there.
CBX, baby!
Thanks for doing this video and mentioning the Greater Buffalo Metro. It's what most people miss when discussing the area that half of its metro size is on the other side of the border. Also, you forgot to mention Hamilton Ontario, which is about half an hour from St. Catherines is a city of over 500k residentials. When you add up erie and Niagara counties in the us and Nf canada, St. catharines and Hamilton, you suddenly have a metro of close 3 million. Which would make's it much more competitive, and that's why major sports teams are in the area. I hope this helps people understand the area a bit more. It's always thought of as so tiny, but most forget about the other half of the metro.
Oh hi I actually sell tickets for some events at the Haskell! I believe it's the only venue in the world where the stage and audience are in different countries (as well as the split audience too)!! You must use your country's designated main entrance/exit, but once inside you are not confined to country lines. Tickets are always around $15 USD, though if you're Canadian and pay in cash at the door then they'll happily disregard the exchange rate and take $15 CAD :) It's mostly used for a local theatre group (aptly called the Borderline Players!), and I've heard the inside of the concert hall is GORGEOUS. If it's in your travel plans, support your local arts! Check out this cool library and music venue that's literally one of a kind! And have a maple creemee while you're at it!
Thanks for adding more context!
Are people checking passports at the doors?
A small correction. You use the word francophone and pronounce it "france a phone". It is pronounced "Frank a phone"
Couple of other metro areas on the US Canada border. Sarnia Ontario and Port Huron Michigan has quite a bit of traffic between them. Then there are a few on the Washington British Columbia border with the biggest Canadian Metro on the border being Vancouver.
Awesome show, I'm a retired over the road truck driver, I've been in all the places you mentioned in this video, very well done ❤
Some honorable mentions:
Nogales, Arizona and Nogales, Sonora
Presidio, Texas and Ojinaga, Chihuahua
Del Rio, Texas and Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila
Eagle Pass, Texas and Piedras Negras, Coahuila
Blaine, Washington and Surrey, British Columbia
Sumas, Washington and Abbotsford, British Columbia
International Falls, Minnesota and Fort Frances, Ontario
Just a small correction. At 12:50 you mention the following about Calexico, CA and Mexicali, Mexico:
"The international border is just a line of latitude".
In fact, the international border is a skewed line from Tijuana to Los Algodones.
Being a geography nerd, I'm sure the following will be of interest to you. The international line near Los Algodones on the Colorado river is the northern most point of Latin America.
And the line is skewed toward the southwest instead of due west because the US wanted to make sure the entirety of San Diego Bay was within American territory.
@@JasonBob Interesting. I didn't realize that.
Thanks!
Oh no! Your #1 fan from Vancouver, Canada, couldn't wait for the part about Blaine, WA, and the Point Robert's oddity. Next time. Great video as always
No way dawg, I'm the number one fan from Vancouver, Canada.
I like driving thru El Paso at night. You can see the lights from Juarez and makes the city feel big. Also New Mexico has some of the population of the metro
Small correction at 1:12 - The Las Vegas Metropolitan area is also a single-county metro area with over 1.5 million residents.
They have the casinos in a special distinct legal entity. I forget what they call that entity, but I think it disqualifies Las Vegas from Single county/city status because it has two distinct legal entities.
@@viewer-of-contentit’s called Paradise.
@@viewer-of-contentThere are other cities in San Diego County, and Paradise is also in Clark County, so I don’t see what the difference would be. The point was about cities > 1.5 M population whose MSA is just one county.
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"Paradise"
The Mexico-California border is not really a "line of latitude". If you look at the map you find that the southern border of California does not go exactly east-west. It is a little tilted.
He never mentioned Nogales, USA and Nogales, Mexico (the former is a small town in Arizona, the latter is a city in Sonora with over 100k people). There are also a couple of other towns in Texas with larger Mexican cities just across the river, like Del Rio and Eagle Pass.
As always, good stuff Kyle. I’m a geography nerd myself, but you always include some little detail
that’s new to me. Never boring. 😊
Thank you!
When I run at lunch, I enjoy my view of Windsor.
Love it, Kyle! Super interesting!!
That was a good one Kyle 👍💯
I grew up in Buffalo, NY. Lowkey, Niagara Falls (the NY side) has been historically under-appreciated as a place to experience natural beauty. You have to drive thru a lot of ugly post industrial wasteland to get there but it’s so worth it to spend a day walking Goat Island and the rest of the State Park. Still cross over the the Ontario 🇨🇦 side for the better view of the Falls as a whole and also for the tourist traps, but NY is where you actually experience Niagara Falls
Edmundston-Madawaska is pretty cool to visit - I live in Saint John, NB, so any road trip to Quebec involves going through Edmundston and it's the most unilingually Francophone area of my province I've visited (I have not yet been to the Acadian Peninsula on the opposite side of NB). THe Francophone "Brayon" culture in that part of the province is also somewhat distinct, having more in common with the Quebec communities to its north and west than the Acadian culture found through most of the rest of New Brunswick.
Most of Madawaska County, NB (where Edmundston is located), and northern Aroostook County, ME, was disputed territory up to the 1840s, with the US and UK (our colonial governors) disputing the bloodless Aroostook War. During the conflict, settlers on both sides of the Saint John River (the eventual international border) got together and declared the disputed lands the Republic of Madawaska, complete with its own flag. While this declaration was roundly ignored by those with actual power, the mayor of Edmundston still holds the honorary title of President of the Republic of Madawaska
a video about the small, but large for the state, cities of west virginia that are spread out around the state and why they exist would be cool
I'm guessing because of rivers
The Tsawwassen - Point Roberts area over at the BC-WA border needs to be mentioned
I'd love to hear more about small towns that cross international borders. Hyder, Alaska and Stewart, British Columbia is one example that comes to mind!
I love this channel because it helps me pick out places to travel in the future on road trips!
It used to be so free and easygoing to cross the border, but the long lines getting back just kill the fun.
Yeah, it sad those times are gone. My favorite was the El Paso & Juarez Streetcar Line. You could just ride the streetcar back and forth across the border. Also both the US-Canada Border and the US-Mexico Border used to have trains that crisscrossed back and forth across the borders.
Correction at 6:26 - that's not South Padre Island, that's Galveston, way up further the Gulf Coast.
Thanks for all the great videos Kyle!
What about Sarnia, Ontario Port Huron, Michigan? There is about 100,000 people combined here!!!!!!!
I've used that one multiple times to cross when driving from Detroit to Toronto.
@@GeographyKing Sarnia produces 40% of Canada's petrochemicals, so if Toronto is the economic engine, Sarnia is the fuel of Canada's engine.
I’m surprised you didn’t talk about Vancouver, BC and Bellingham, WA
He doesn't care much about the Pacific Northwest.
Those two are very very far apart
Thanks from Grand Rapids , MI
I think Niagara Falls once being a top Honeymoon destination has to do with the the days befor cheap flights. Sonce it was destination relatively close to a few major East Coast cities like New York, Boston, Philadelphia,etc it was popular destination for a Honeymoon. Once cheap flights became available most people went wherever, with Hawaii probably being a top destination now.
11:00 My wife and I spent part of our honeymoon in Niagara Falls ON in September of this year! She'd never been and I had been there twice. We then took our rental to Toronto for a week which was spectacular!
Our locks in the UP are pronounced
Sue Locks.
at
Sue Saint Marie.
For pronunciation, not spelling, of the French words.
I noticed that, too... but I'm a Michigander/Michiganian.
Haha. Someone though on a Beaver Geography post thought that Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, British Columbia were the same metro area. This made me think of the idea of international metros. How nice how you thought of this idea.
Are you sure he wasn't referring to Vancouver, Washington? Because that is part of the Portland, Oregon metro.
They are over 300 miles apart and Seattle, Tacoma and Olympia are all between. There is a Vancouver in the state of Washington across the Columbia River from Portland that is part of the Portland metro.
People live in Vancouver, WA to not pay any state income tax and shop in Portland to not pay any state sales tax.
Eagle Pass, Texas and Piedras Negras in Mexico? Yuma AZ and Los Algodones, MX?
@GeographyKing I noticed in this frame 6:53 South Padre Island. I have noticed in several places around the US where they have these small slivers of land running parallel to the coastline. Perhaps you could talk about them in a future video. I have never seen them in other countries that I have lived. Do people actually live on these islands?
(I'm also interested in knowing whether these islands actually provide any protection to the mainland if so there was a tsunami. Would it slow down the impact of a wave?)
These are called barrier islands. Dauphin Island, Alabama is another inhabited barrier island., with an incorporated town of the same name. Georgia also has some inhabited barrier islands off its east coast. And of course you have NC's Outer Banks.
In the southeastern US, it's usually referred to as the intracoastal waterway, with barrier islands opposite the mainland. Many islands are inhabited, and many are of National Park lands. They are just about the worst places to be when a hurricane hits, and the shape and size of some of the islands can change due to a heavy storm shifting sands.
2:08 The locals corrected me quickly. It's pronounced O-Tie Mesa.
Unlike the Candá Border, where the majority of the population is American on the US side. On the border with Mexico, the majority of the population on both sides of the wall is Mexican or descendant.
Good list, but you left out Nogales. Same name cities are on the U.S. and Mexico sides.
I noticed your Pink Floyd record in the background. I just listened to it yesterday, good stuff. Also, I have that atlas that's directly underneath it
The 2018 Remix is better with an excellent clear sound !
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Crime has dropped quite a lot in Detroit, so I don't think it's something worth making a comparrison to crime in Windsor. Maybe more interesting is that travel and commerce between Detroit and Windsor may take place through a tunnel under the Detroit River and driving over the river on the Ambassador Bridge, or the soon-to-be-completed Gordie Howe Bridge. Ever fall, an marathon run is held, with the course including tunnel and bridge crossings of the international border. There is also an an under-river train tunnel, which currently services freight trains and may resume accomodating passenger train service as well. At the Southern end of Lake Huron, Port Huron, MI and Point Edward, ONT lie on opposite sides of the multi-span Bluewater Bridge over the Saint Clair River. There is also a tunnel for freight trains passing below the river.
Getting better? Okay, but it's still ranked 2nd in the nation for worst crime for cities over 500,000 people. It's #1 in rapes, #2 in murder, but at least burglary is down.
Is Bellingham WA/Vancouver BC considered a thing? Maybe not since Bellingham doesn't amount to much and it's not all that close to the border.
Blaine/surrey and Abbotsford/sumas as well as pt Roberts/tswasseen could work!
It's interesting, and maybe surprising to those who don't know, that people go to Sault Ste. Marie, where they see the Soo locks, and an interesting point is that the Soo Locks are in the world's busiest canal in terms of tonnage that passes through it (53X Suez; 36X Panama.
Since you admitted at the end that this isn't a complete list, and that you may do a 2nd. video on the subject, don't forget Hyder, AK (which is about the chance of a snowball surviving a forest fire, I'll admit, since your videos are always so complete).
Great video Kyle!
Thank you.
1. Niagra Falls' honeymoons decreased starting in the 1960s because of highways and air travel.
2. Niagra Falls, the PA Poconos, and The Catskills are within five hours on non:HW roads for much of the NE.
3. I guess heart-shaped tubs aren't that much of a draw, anymore. I was thinking of Heart Shaped Box by Nirvana, a big draw, a much different pleasure.
4. Some of the Pocono resorts were converted to housing.
5. Starting in the 1980s, NE PA had a housing boom. By car, via Rtes 78 and 80, NYC is two hrs away. Compared to NY and NJ, PA has less expensive housing, lower real estate taxes, and a fixed 3.1% income tax for all individuals' earnings.
I enjoyed the video.
Have a great 2025 everyone!!
I see Detroit and Windsor just as cross river cities. I cant remember anyone saying Windsor is a set of suburbs for Detroit?
Geo King Kyle! Long may he reign!
You didn't mention Yuma AZ and Los Algodones Mexico
The last one, in VT, is someplace I'd like to visit.
Next time please talk about Nogales, Arizona, USA and Nogales, Sonora, Mexico.
Unless there’s a special exception, Madawaska & Edmunstom are 1 hour apart because NB is on Atlantic time.
One of the most interesting things about the San Diego-Tijuana area is that the Tijuana airport has an entrance from the U.S.
Happy New Year to you Kyle! I thoroughly enjoy all of your content! Thank you for your hard work and sharing your thoughts and knowledge with all of us! Peace and love from a big fan!
-Ryan Taylor, Brownsburg, IN (West side Indianapolis)
Missed San Luis, AZ and San Luis Rio Colorado, Son
10:51 the reason why (that I heard) people spend their honeymoon in Niagara Falls is from the Marlyn Monroe movie Niagara in 1953. The characters spent their honeymoon at Niagara Falls.
Also, I always considered Buffalo & Toronto to be connected metro areas. Buffalo is basically part of the Golden Horseshoe.
Calexico & Mexicali 1000000 plus metro
I like your state profiles...when's your next one???
Whoa we're visiting her grandma in Brownsville and went to South padre when this dropped 😮
Near Derby Line is Beebe Plain, with "Rue Canusa", where one side of the street is US, and the other side is Canada.
BTW, Quebec drinking age is 18.
The king is back.
A European version of this video would be interesting
Even an excellent TH-cam channel like this... must we always frame Detroit in such a stereotypical negative trope? There is more to the picture...
Detroit is a nice city. I always make it a point to visit Belle Isle when I drive to Detroit.
I agree, it's made leaps and bounds in the last five years.
Stats say it's the 2nd worse city for crime in the US for cities over 500,000 people. #1 in rapes and #2 in murder. These are 2024 stats. How bad was it?
You missed Point Roberts Washington which is a part of the Vancouver British Columbia Metro Area.
My folks retired to McAllen, TX. Lots of restaurants and medical clinics and that’s about it. Couldn’t check out the Mexico side because my passport had expired.
An international version of this topic would be interesting.
The city of Basel (Switzerland), both boarders to Elsass (France) and to Baden (Germany).
Thank you
North Padre Island is almost 3 hours away from South Padre Island
The minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) in Canada varies by province and territory:
19 years: The MLDA is 19 years old in most Canadian provinces and territories, including:
British Columbia
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
Northwest Territories
Nova Scotia
Nunavut
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Saskatchewan
Yukon
18 years: The MLDA is 18 years old in Alberta, Manitoba, and Quebec
Canada's MLDA has been relatively stable since the late 1970s, when most provinces and territories lowered the age from 20 or 21 to 18 or 19. However, there have been discussions about raising the MLDA to reduce alcohol-related harms. In 2013, a coalition of researchers, public health officials, and non-governmental organization leaders proposed raising the MLDA to at least 19 years, or ideally 21 years.
Your audio and video are often not synced. Am I the only one who notices this?
Sidetrack Adventures went to the south west border on both sides of the US-Mexico border.
2:15 Damn. He read all of us San Diegans for FILTH! 😅
Best states for building a cabin
Uh oh France a Phone. Here come the crys
That’s the Pronunciation King’s beat. 😂
10:50 This explains *so* many jokes in The Three Stooges!
Hi Kyle. A really neat video. Happy New Year and hope you enjoy some nice travels in 2025.
It is the night, my body's weak
I'm on the run, no time to sleep
I've got to ride, ride like the wind
To be free again
And I've got such a long way to go
To make it to the border of Mexico
So, I'll ride like the wind, ride like the wind.
Pink Floyd - Animals.
10:55 I've been saying this for decades. And nobody took me serious.😅
San Diego and El Paso have large military presence. Hence the safety ?
Bitter about romance I see 😂 10:50
Winzer!
7:37 US vs. Mexican hue prime example
Hey Geography King!
imagine living where you have to "show papers" to shop and work. oh and also the privilege of a passport. i can not. 🍻
Otay is not pronounced, "oh-tay", it's pronounced, "oh-tie".😊
ein Beitrag des Sonntages, 29. Dezember 2024
On jouneys, laws can be changed, "within a centimeter", ... and "all at once"!
The Federal Republic of Germany, currently has 16 states.
12 of the FRG´s member states have boarder a different country!
° State of Schleswig-Holstein (Kingdom of Denmark); State of Mecklenburg-Western Pommerania (Third Polish Republic);
° State of Lower Saxony (Kingdom of the Netherlands); Brandenburg (Poland); Republic of Saxony (Poland; Czech Republic);
° State of Northern Rhine-Westphalia (Netherlands; Kingdom of Belgium); State of Saarland (Fifth French Republic);
° State of Rheinland-Pfalz (Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; France);
° State of Baden-Württemberg (Luxembourg; France; Swiss Confederacy; Second Republic of Austria)
° Republic of Bavaria (Switzerland; Austria; Czechia)
5 FRG´s member states, have no boarder a different country!
° Free and Hanseatique City of Hamburg (The nearest other country is Denmark.)
° Free Hanseatique City of Bremen (The nearest other country are the Netherlands.)
° State of Berlin (It is the city of Berlin ... and nothing else!) (The nearest other country is Poland.)
° State of Hesse (The nearest other country is France.)
° Republic of Thuringia (The nearest other country is Czechia.)
international treaties [not] signed by Canada and/or USA and/or Mexico
NAFTA rules
countries laws
state laws, resp. provincial laws
county rules
community rules
2,024 = 2 * 1,012 = 2² * 506 = 2³ * 253 = 2³ * 11 * 23
2,025 = 45² = 3 ^ 4 * 5² = 9 * 15 * 15
"1 candle, ... 2 candles, ... 3 candles, ... 4 candles, ... and then the Christkindel, will come into your house!"
"But if the 5th candle is burning, ... you have missed christmas, because you slept too long, before the Present Giving Ceromony!"
to all other comment writers of this video:
Merry christmas and a happy new year 2025!
In a future video, I think you might like to address Point Roberts, a Canadian town separated from the rest of Canada by a piece of the US. Border guards and everything
It is an American town separated from the rest of the US. We will trade you Quebec for it.
@@charlesrb3898We don’t want Quebec 🙈🙉
@@chillmemes5865 We will pay you a reasonable sum if you take it.
Point Roberts is in Washington, but can only be reached from the rest of Washington state by boat or by driving through British Columbia.
@@stephenhassler4596 Just as Angle Inlet, Minnesota lies well above the 49th line of latitude and can only be reached from the US by driving through Manitoba, Canada, or by boat.
Now with lower standards!
Go Blue Öyster Cult!!! GO!!!
More cowbell.
one of best joke in the Catskills was "Oh you went to NF for your homeymoon . The falls; the bride's second biggest disappointment on her honeymoon"
SPEAKING OF REYNOSA/BROWNSVILLE/MCALLEN AREA:
The coolest writer I've ever been recommended is Fernando A. Flores, who grew up there and sets his stories there
Key Largo crosses both the USA & the Keys
The Florida Keys are part of the state of Florida, and hence the U.S.
A border wall is not Berlinesque. The Berlin wall was a country divided in two, the US and Mexico were never one. I get it, You think borders should be porous. You go live next to it then.
Actually it was not. East Germany and West Germany were already two separate countries at the time the wall went up. So the analogy holds. 😝
@@reddykilowatt Yes, it was. Check your history books. The Treaty of Versailles after World War I created the Weimer Republic, which was about 10-15% larger than modern Germany.
After WWII, Germany was divided into four sections, split amongst the four prominent allies: the US, the UK, France, and the Soviet Union. In the following years, the Soviets quit trusting the other three allies, and the Berlin Wall was created.
So, the analogy doesn't hold at all.
@ no East and West Germany were sovereign nations at the time the wall went up. the history that preceded all that is irrelevant. unless you want to consider the history of the US and Mexico in evaluating the border situation today as well. 😂
@@reddykilowatt It's not irrelevant. My original point was that they WERE 1 NATION in their history. East and West division occurred in 1949; in 1948, it was ONE COUNTRY.
The analogy is comparing apples and oranges. I don't know how much simpler I can make this!
California and Mexico were once one. The border divided Alto California and Baja California.
"If you expect NOTHING from somebody YOU are NEVER disappointed." -Sylvia Plath
My grandmother was born in Nuevo Laredo, MX.
So you are Hispanic and Latino
Awesome