New York - The US Explained

New York is a state unlike any other. I hope you all enjoy.

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[ThatIsInterestingTII]

The next state I'll be covering in The US Explained is North Carolina! To all my subscribers from North Carolina, please reply to fill me in on what I need to know about your home state, such as unique food, traditions, places, some fun facts and local dialects and pronunciations! I can't promise everything will make it into the video, but I will try my best, and I'm looking forward to getting started!

[bonecanoe]

Fun fact: When America was just getting started Philadelphia was the country's alpha city. But it was quickly upstaged by New York and never looked back. The reason is because of geography: going west from Philadelphia you hit an impenetrable wall of mountains where there are no navigable waterways and going over land was rough. From New York you can go up the Hudson and then up the Mohawk Valley to reach the Great Lakes and access the Midwest. The Erie Canal helped cement New York's position as a hub for inward expansion as well as outward trade because of it's protected harbor. Thus, New York became the American Rome and in the age of American Hegemony is basically the political, economic, and cultural center of the entire world. Poor Philly, where I live, sits less than 100 miles away, and although it's a large city it will always be in New York's shadow.

[peachsangria]

Native New Yorker. I've lived in the Boroughs, the suburbs and now in the countryside of this great state. Don't underestimate how big and how beautiful it is!

[SofaSpy]

Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany, Yonkers, New Rochelle etc would all be significant cities if located in another state. Just shows you how economical, politically and socially dominant NYC is

[quovadis]

Well done! As a non-NYC New Yorker, it was good to see so much information about the ENTIRE state, and with only a few minor errors that I noticed. Overall, you covered most of the important things, and you did it in a reasonable amount of time.

[koduckey]

As a lifelong New Yorker who has lived in multiple regions within the state I absolutely love this video. It felt like a love letter to my home and was very informative. Than you for making this

[alexgoldsmith]

NY is so diverse, with NYC having its own culture and significant immigrant communities, the western and central part having a more midwest/rust belt influence, and the eastern part having a new englad influence. And with one of the most pristine wilderness on the east coast in the adirondacks.

It is connected to many significant East coast US watersheds, including the hudson, delaware, susquehanna (chesapeke bay), saint lawrence/great lakes, and mississippi via the allegheny river.

Also what noone mentions about Rochester is the massive gorges and waterfalls along the genessee river that are located throughout the downtown. I have never seen anything like it

[lilgiantsfan]

Glad these videos are still lengthy! Was afraid you were going to trim it. Love it. I treat it like a movie when the videos get released.

[bruhmagic]

One thing of note: The Adirondacks are actually not geologically part of the Appalachians. They are a unique geological anomaly created by a continually expanding dome of rock that is worn away by the elements, creating peaks. While the Appalachians are actively eroding, the Adirondacks are still growing a fairly rapid rate.

[AverytheCubanAmerican]

When I was learning about the European colonizers in APUSH, we were split up in groups, each assigned a certain empire. For my group, it was the Dutch and we had to talk about their approach. So when it came to a question about Indian relations when I was doing my research at home, I was expecting "Oh it's gonna be negative like everyone else"...and then I realized they had pretty good ties with the natives. Focusing on trade. Heck, there was even a Mohawk creole based on Dutch. The Mohawk favored the Dutch because they viewed them as protection from the French-allied Huron. They were a reasonable power. Unfortunately, they didn't treat Indonesia the same way

[tenthcentralproductions]

It was great to be part of this video on New York! Thanks again, and looking forward to seeing you the next video in the fifty states series!

[codysmithling]

Being from Utica, I can tell you, we are on the rebound! Thank you for the great information! I've been waiting on this one for a long time!

[jakebutler]

LOVE how you covered upstate just as extensively as you did the city. The one thing I would add is discussing Long Island a bit more, especially the eastern part. There is a North Fork and South Fork that are culturally very different and worth touching on. But regardless, well done as always! :)

[AverytheCubanAmerican]

13:48 Pictures you can hear... *"This is the train to, Ronkonkoma! The next station is, rOnKoNkOma*

The Adirondacks are NOT part of the Appalachian Mountains. Although many say they are, they are actually part of the Canadian Shield plateau. And thus, not part of the mountain system.
Adirondack comes from the Mohawk term "ha-de-ron-dah" or "eater of trees". No mention of Lake George while talking about the Adirondacks? No mention of Sleepy Hollow either during the Hudson Valley part? The audacity. Sleepy Hollow is the absolute BEST place to visit in the Valley, they host a jack-o-lantern blaze every year for Halloween. And you can visit the locations mentioned in the story!

[Mr.Plant]

Excited to finally hear about my homestate, and stoked to see you didnt overlook upstate NY

[venomousgoose]

I just watched your last video and when I saw that you were gonna do a video on NY I went to your channel to see if it was up yet. 15 minutes ago, perfect!

[AWesome]

A few things on Long Island:
- Nassau is pronounced like "Nass-AWW"
- The Republican base on the island is not, and historically has not been, the Hamptons. It is middle-class Irish and Italian Catholics. Mostly on the South Shore too, a corridor that is basically from Merrick to Shirley. The Hamptons is so affluent it is in a class of its own, and a lot of those rich people are now moderate-liberal. Hillary and Biden voters.

Also the SUNY college system is pronounced like "Soo-nee."

[billgauthier]

Great video - Being in the Art world, and growing up in NYC, we have some of the country's most famous Art museums- Auction houses and Art gallery's . Artists changed Soho, Chelsea, Tribeca, Lower East Side and Williamsburgh You had a lot to pack in.

[bxthoroughbred]

This was excellent. NYer born and raised here. Now living in NJ.

[SomniRespiratoryFlux]

My sister went to college at the University of Rochester, and I have to mention a few omissions about the city! First, it was nicknamed the Flour City after its mills, but also the *Flower* City, as it was also a major location for that industry, and apparently the residents couldn't ignore the wordplay opportunity. Second, Mt. Hope Cemetary, adjacent to the U of R's campus, is one of the largest cemetaries in the country, and holds the graves of many famous residents - I've personally been to those of Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass. And third, you forgot the city's main culinary claim to fame, the "Garbage Plate", a testament to late night college fare and one of the most disgustingly beautiful things you'll ever see. Great video!