Why New York City is so Huge

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  • @johnnyharris
    @johnnyharris  Před 3 lety +4541

    Hey Friends. Corrections/clarifications:
    1. yes indeed the Erie Canal was built way after the british left. I should have made that clear.
    2. "Bronx" isn't dutch. i must have been thinking "Harlem" and should have double checked. Whoops
    3. (Old) York has lots to do with water and regularly floods (thank you all for telling me about that. I had no idea!)
    4. I wont apologize for misspellings cuz being pedantic about typos is not a good use of our time here on earth. im dyslexic and will mispell things until the day I die. If you can't handle it, maybe best not to watch my videos?
    5. k im done. Im doing my best with these vids and sometimes mis things here and there. that will likely always happen as long as I don't have a team to help fact check and comb thru everything I write. Hope you learned a bit about the growth of NYC!
    -Johnny

    • @zacharynorensberg4202
      @zacharynorensberg4202 Před 3 lety +159

      Your still an amazing journalist. Keep up the good work 👏

    • @newstarttn
      @newstarttn Před 3 lety +65

      Love your content. Thanks for the clarification!

    • @siddharthkrish85
      @siddharthkrish85 Před 3 lety +53

      Keep doing the good job you do.. love your work.. critics are always there - some for self improvement while others we don't need to care about.. miss you on Vox - glad we still have access your work through your channel..

    • @zacharynorensberg4202
      @zacharynorensberg4202 Před 3 lety +25

      @@siddharthkrish85 I hate that they had to cancel borders. Hope they bring it back one day 🙏

    • @eretria-amorosa
      @eretria-amorosa Před 3 lety +56

      New York was named in honor of James, Duke of York. Not directly after the English city.

  • @krateproductions4872
    @krateproductions4872 Před 3 lety +1426

    NYC is so popular, I see “I ♥️ NYC” shirts in Rural India with people who don’t even know where New York is...
    These shirts are also Made in China 😆

    • @SharpElite1991
      @SharpElite1991 Před 3 lety +46

      Everyone knows where New York is.

    • @krashd
      @krashd Před 3 lety +303

      @@SharpElite1991 In the mind of a New Yorker, maybe.

    • @ASLUHLUHCE
      @ASLUHLUHCE Před 3 lety +13

      That's hilarious

    • @holger_p
      @holger_p Před 3 lety +58

      In rural india , you are glad you got a T-Shirt. You don't care for the print. After seeing caps with the NY-Logo for 20years, I always thought it stands for New York, no it's the New York Yankees Logo. People don't understand any symbolic values in the same way.

    • @nickpearson291
      @nickpearson291 Před 3 lety +36

      I lived in Manhattan for two and half years completing a bachelors degree at Columbia. I was intimidated by the high buildings and they way they cut out sunlight in the winter months. I found refuge from that in Central Park. Without Central Park Manhattan would be dehumanizing.

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un Před 3 lety +4296

    I sure hope you talk about Pyongyang, best city in the world

  • @Matthew-qx3dh
    @Matthew-qx3dh Před 3 lety +704

    New York’s smaller than some mega cities but what makes it so different and popular from the others in my opinion is the culture. New York is such a diverse city you can meet all types of people from around the world

    • @kirkdaley3441
      @kirkdaley3441 Před 3 lety +5

      Exactly

    • @ponzaum
      @ponzaum Před 3 lety +79

      Few years ago I visited the Empire State Building and I will never forget this doorman/concierge that was asking everyone from where they were and he was replying with a "good morning/noon/evening" in their language. I saw he speaking it in a dozen of different languages in 5 minutes. And I can say that his "good morning" in portuguese was perfect.
      Not to mention that at each 2 blocks u can hear someone speaking in your language, I even found a coworker that I haven't seen in a long time in Brazil. This city is amazing.

    • @njnikusha
      @njnikusha Před 2 lety

      Totally

    • @krpcannon123
      @krpcannon123 Před 2 lety

      and wealth

    • @nickgore6872
      @nickgore6872 Před 2 lety

      So profound

  • @LashanR
    @LashanR Před 3 lety +1029

    "Immigrants tend to be a self-selecting group of risk takers." This is so perfectly well put I love it

    • @khoirulanam9141
      @khoirulanam9141 Před 2 lety +1

      40 Percent of Fortune 500 Companies Founded by Immigrants

    • @dylanmurphy9389
      @dylanmurphy9389 Před 2 lety +2

      what the hell does that even mean

    • @s5r581
      @s5r581 Před 2 lety +1

      👍

    • @juho5282
      @juho5282 Před rokem +27

      @@dylanmurphy9389 Basically: "Immigrants tend to choose the riskier path voluntarily". I don't know what's particularly profound about that.

    • @BeastinlosersHD
      @BeastinlosersHD Před rokem +30

      @@juho5282 It makes New Yorkers and Americans in general very prone to risk taking. Which leads the more innovation, investments, and business as a whole.

  • @ElenaTaber
    @ElenaTaber Před 3 lety +3159

    honored to make a 2 second appearance🥳

  • @BestEverFoodReviewShow
    @BestEverFoodReviewShow Před 3 lety +2404

    Really profound point about the type of people who went to New York. The risk takers.

  • @verdatum
    @verdatum Před 3 lety +138

    Also, Manhattan is largely a giant hunk of basalt, so you can built skyscrapers on it, and you can build subway tunnels under it. Lots of places around the world can't handle that sort of building; especially not when skyscrapers were new.

  • @Arin-droid
    @Arin-droid Před 3 lety +86

    Whenever I see old footage from 1900s or before, it makes me sad thinking nobody is alive anymore. Makes me appreciate life even more.

    • @RICHBLACKCOCK
      @RICHBLACKCOCK Před 2 lety +2

      Arin. Thing is is that there isn`t hardly 'ANYONE alive from1919/1920 on back period!!!

  • @aconcernedfan7783
    @aconcernedfan7783 Před 3 lety +3355

    People: NYC is so crowded
    Asians: *laughs in overpopulated megacities*

    • @a_yan6581
      @a_yan6581 Před 3 lety +130

      It certainly isn't a joke anymore, *it disconcerts me a lot*

    • @yazan7518
      @yazan7518 Před 3 lety +25

      the middle east is not that crowded

    • @aftabnabi128
      @aftabnabi128 Před 3 lety +295

      @@yazan7518 Karachi, Mumbai, Tokyo, Shanghai and Beijing etc are also part of Asia which are one of the biggest cities in the world

    • @flashstar1234
      @flashstar1234 Před 3 lety +162

      Most of the world’s most populated cities are all in Asia

    • @flashstar1234
      @flashstar1234 Před 3 lety +14

      Most of the world’s most populated cities are all in Asia

  • @JessieYangs
    @JessieYangs Před 3 lety +10

    This was amazing Johnny. I've been wishing unconsciously for more content like this. Historical but relevant and amazingly compelling. Please keep it coming!

  • @markncl100
    @markncl100 Před 3 lety +41

    I would like to say how interesting and informative I found this video. Living in the England, it is real hard to get my head around how vast the USA is. To link up the Great Lakes and Atlantic ocean in that would must have taken a huge amount of foresight and been engineering nightmare. Thoroughly gripping.

  • @101WDC
    @101WDC Před 3 lety +547

    5:02 As a Yorkshireman I feel I need to report that sadly York has a lot more to do with water than its people would like. It sits on the confluence of two rivers and gets horrific floods almost every year that cause all kinds of damage to the beautiful, old homes there and people's livelihoods.

    • @thornton
      @thornton Před 3 lety +6

      And didn't the vikings land there?

    • @ebbeb9827
      @ebbeb9827 Před 3 lety +7

      @@thornton think they founded it as a settlement right?

    • @OfficialAperio
      @OfficialAperio Před 3 lety +9

      @@ebbeb9827 The Romans founded it way before this, it used to be called 'Eboracum' when it was Roman, and 'Jorvik' when it was Viking :)

    • @TheMagicJIZZ
      @TheMagicJIZZ Před 3 lety

      @@OfficialAperio what about the Brythonic Celtic name

    • @TheMagicJIZZ
      @TheMagicJIZZ Před 3 lety +1

      @@OfficialAperio what about the Brythonic Celtic name

  • @PatrickJohnPaulCurran
    @PatrickJohnPaulCurran Před 3 lety +274

    my guy really said "Stanton Island"

  • @brysonwest93
    @brysonwest93 Před 3 lety +1

    Really well done. Well structured but also has a wonderful flow from beginning to end. Thank you!

  • @pjg_77
    @pjg_77 Před 3 lety +28

    This is fast becoming my fave channel, my ex partner used to think I was weird for spending hours just looking at maps & ordnance survey pathfinder maps. Glad to see like minded people uploading super interesting content. Thanks Johnny

  • @edsc86
    @edsc86 Před 3 lety +74

    I moved to the US when I was 15. Before landing to the Miami Airport I was looking through the window looking for the Statue of Liberty.. 😂🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican Před 3 lety +666

    NYC certainly feels like the epicenter of the world. Center for world finance and media, the UN is there, over 600 languages are spoken within its borders, food from a different country at every corner, it's truly an international city.

    • @krashd
      @krashd Před 3 lety +26

      The UN being there is a mistake, had Roosevelt stated early on that the US would develop a habit of never ratifying anything the UN might have been built in a nation where it would mean something.

    • @JustANervousWreck
      @JustANervousWreck Před 3 lety +7

      @@krashd ?

    • @krashd
      @krashd Před 3 lety +21

      @@connorwoods3758 Yes, it does, the US is notorious for pressuring other nations to their way of thinking at threat of sanctions or removing support, something that must be a lot easier when you have all 180 foreign ambassadors under your own roof.

    • @machinist7230
      @machinist7230 Před 3 lety +7

      Fun fact: Manhattan has(well, had, COVID has put far too many out of business in the last year) 17,000 restaurants, almost all of the USAs Michelin 3 star restaurants in a given year. It's arguably the Restaurant capital of the World.

    • @chinesefather7219
      @chinesefather7219 Před 3 lety +14

      This reply section is people who don't like the US

  • @busterbailey5320
    @busterbailey5320 Před 3 lety

    i love that you cut these infographic pieces with bits of vlogs, it adds a touch of personality to your work.

  • @luckydog-287
    @luckydog-287 Před rokem +2

    Awesome video! Learned a lot, and, re-organized what I already knew. Great, voluminous content! Thank you, Very Much!!!

  • @ahnafj416
    @ahnafj416 Před 3 lety +277

    Risk taker immigrant business man perfectly describes my dad who immigrated in 1985 from bangladesh to New York. Before my dad immigrated, he traveled the world working on a ship. I asked him why he chose New York over every other place he could have gone to and he said something like, it is a nice place unlike any other city. This video connected very deeply to me.

    • @althamish
      @althamish Před 2 lety +1

      How did he immigrate?

    • @stevemartini470
      @stevemartini470 Před 2 lety +1

      Nice?

    • @dylanmurphy9389
      @dylanmurphy9389 Před 2 lety

      my poor ancestors couldn't dream of affording to migrate, asian privilege

    • @lockerpartner123
      @lockerpartner123 Před 2 lety

      @@althamish he immigrated the same way all the Indians do

    • @routinelylazy8682
      @routinelylazy8682 Před 2 lety

      @@lockerpartner123 Engineer/doctor? Immigration policies were that strict?

  • @21Kyzix12
    @21Kyzix12 Před 3 lety +166

    This would make a really cool series, looking at various megacities around the world and how they got to be that way.

    • @I_am_Jordan_K
      @I_am_Jordan_K Před 3 lety +5

      Shenzhen in particular would be interesting. It went from 106,000 population in 1983 to 12,357,000 in 2020.

    • @chidumebiarukwe6436
      @chidumebiarukwe6436 Před 2 lety +1

      Couldn’t agree more

    • @664theneighbor5
      @664theneighbor5 Před rokem

      New York is the most important tho

  • @ninoellison7793
    @ninoellison7793 Před 3 lety +2

    Brilliantly crafted & insightful mini doco...just loved it!

  • @patchso
    @patchso Před 3 lety +1

    That was a great little history of NYC and very informative. I'm a huge map nerd, and that map of NYC with all of the rivers and islands is one of my very favourites.

  • @robertv.8893
    @robertv.8893 Před 3 lety +393

    As native Dutch I have to say: 'Our obsession with water is directly tied to preventing mass death by uncontrollable flooding. In fact the Netherlands is by origin a swampy marshland but has been terraformed, especially the past 200-300 years'

    • @PlayWaves1
      @PlayWaves1 Před 3 lety +1

      He made an entire video dedicated to the Dutch empire.

    • @whatevergina9401
      @whatevergina9401 Před 3 lety +2

      Nah. If that wet the case, you would have moved 1,500 miles inland safe from all water.

    • @wilproK
      @wilproK Před 2 lety +7

      Quoting your self...wierd but I respect it.

    • @insushorts5976
      @insushorts5976 Před rokem

      @@whatevergina9401 yeah, do you think you can move an entire city 1500 miles?

    • @PAIKUN.
      @PAIKUN. Před rokem +1

      The Transvaal

  • @mfvieira89
    @mfvieira89 Před 3 lety +255

    Correction: If I'm not mistaken, New York was named like that by the English in honor of the Duke of York, not because of the city of York (directly at least)

    • @Blaqjaqshellaq
      @Blaqjaqshellaq Před 3 lety +38

      That's true, it's named for the Duke of York and Albany, who later became King James II. (The upriver city of Albany was also named for him!)

    • @yesthatsagrubworm.7732
      @yesthatsagrubworm.7732 Před 3 lety +2

      I thought the same...York who's power they fled, or a friendly? I forget but as far as I've learned...you are correct it took that name from a King.

    • @kumbaya69421
      @kumbaya69421 Před 3 lety +7

      @@Blaqjaqshellaq Albany just so happens to be the capital of New York

    • @Albanez39
      @Albanez39 Před 3 lety +23

      @@kumbaya69421 I'm from Albania...and when I first heard of Albany, NY in a movie, I thought there was full of Albanian immigrants xD
      Then I learned Alba is an old name for Scotland.

    • @VillainousFiend
      @VillainousFiend Před 3 lety +5

      Toronto was originally called York as well.

  • @fabianoproa2024
    @fabianoproa2024 Před rokem

    This is one of the most amazing videos about New York I have ever seen....and I have been here for 30 years. Incredible job!

  • @sanchari.c
    @sanchari.c Před 3 lety +6

    LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this! Getting to know why a city is the way it is, especially in YOUR way -the way you present, is a gift. Please do consider doing something like this for more cities that you find fascinating.

  • @christiancandler5988
    @christiancandler5988 Před 3 lety +120

    It's so insanely petty that the British were like "No we won't trade with Boston or Philadelphia, but sure we will trade with New York! Another city in the same country, just not home to those pesky revolutionaries."

    • @kallenmurphy
      @kallenmurphy Před 3 lety +19

      I mean if the owner of a local food store slept with your wife and made her divorce you would you support him?

    • @MrCrockpotter
      @MrCrockpotter Před 3 lety +6

      Yeah, honestly I need a source for this. I'd love to look into this more, though!

    • @adamelshayeb
      @adamelshayeb Před 3 lety +19

      Well, during the revolutionary war, New York had a lot of loyalists who would supply and feed the redcoats, and when the British took over New York, the people cheered for and carried the soldiers

    • @naverich4603
      @naverich4603 Před 3 lety

      hah, really? :D Funny

    • @Grimsace
      @Grimsace Před 3 lety +3

      During the revolutionary war, New York was a bastion for Monarchist loyalists.

  • @chid9
    @chid9 Před 3 lety +235

    Dutchie here, Bronx isn't a Dutch name! It's derived from a swedish farmer! Brooklyn is though!
    There are also a lot of other names derived from dutch, like Broadway or Harlem for example.

    • @5planksleft679
      @5planksleft679 Před 3 lety +2

      Pewds would be proud of Bronx :)

    • @nicolasblume1046
      @nicolasblume1046 Před 3 lety

      Broadway? How is that Dutch? I heard it was just named that way, because it was the widest path/road through Manhattan

    • @Leonardo-ql1qu
      @Leonardo-ql1qu Před 3 lety +23

      @@nicolasblume1046 Nicolas, use your brain...or the internet: all these English street names were originally Dutch, like 'Brede weg' (Broadway). Do you know why? Well, because the Dutch settlers made a wide road! In fact, it originally was a narrow path through the woods that the indigenous people, the Lenape, had created and used for hundreds of years.

    • @Albanez39
      @Albanez39 Před 3 lety +13

      @@nicolasblume1046 Because English is a Germanic language, just like Dutch...and there are many similarities regardless of how you hear and perceive those names...

    • @RaymondHng
      @RaymondHng Před 3 lety

      Yonkers

  • @MuditVerma
    @MuditVerma Před 2 lety +1

    Great video! Super helpful!

  • @drorperetz237
    @drorperetz237 Před 2 lety

    Amazing video, well edited, explained and enriching! Thank you

  • @paulozhan
    @paulozhan Před 3 lety +186

    All these people who are trolling the title because "NYC is not that huge"
    The video is about the city's cultural weight and financial importance, not about its actual geographical size or number of inhabitants.
    That's what happens when you want to be "first" and comment without watching the video.

  • @SteveYalo
    @SteveYalo Před 3 lety +93

    Every New Yorker cringing hard when Johnny says "StaNten" island 😂😂

    • @ikercastillo644
      @ikercastillo644 Před 3 lety +10

      New yorkers don't think as Staten island as part of nyc. You must be a tranplantee from the Midwest.

    • @SteveYalo
      @SteveYalo Před 3 lety +1

      @@ikercastillo644 Naahhhhhhhhhh

    • @ikercastillo644
      @ikercastillo644 Před 3 lety

      @DIEGO PEREZ GENIS me too. That’s why I said that New York’s never consider Staten Island as nyc.

    • @aimx4
      @aimx4 Před 3 lety

      @DIEGO PEREZ GENIS evreyone in nyc knows its apart of nyc what

    • @robyonkers1632
      @robyonkers1632 Před 3 lety

      I replayed it like 4 times cuz I thought I heard wrong

  • @anirudh163
    @anirudh163 Před 3 lety

    Liked the way how you summarised everything at the end.Keep going like this❤️.Huge fan🙌🏼

  • @dr.shilpagowda4700
    @dr.shilpagowda4700 Před 6 měsíci

    I’m in NYC this weekend and happened upon this video. How timely and informative!

  • @ayanverma5746
    @ayanverma5746 Před 3 lety +1917

    *Americans* :- NYC is overcrowded
    *Asians* :- laughs in Manila, Tokyo, Jakarta, Delhi, Lahore, Dhaka, Shanghai, Beijing, Mumbai and all major cities

    • @Perririri
      @Perririri Před 3 lety +24

      Normie

    • @timothykiefer2289
      @timothykiefer2289 Před 3 lety +3

      That my home for you mnl

    • @ayanverma5746
      @ayanverma5746 Před 3 lety +13

      @@Perririri simp

    • @Davao420
      @Davao420 Před 3 lety +142

      Omg, I'm Filipino, Manila is like New York's younger sibling who is overweight, poor, and has a skin disease that makes it smell like clogged sewers

    • @lifeuncovered6188
      @lifeuncovered6188 Před 3 lety +11

      I’m gay

  • @noahb5092
    @noahb5092 Před 3 lety +536

    Johnny Harris: "NYC is so big!!"
    Also Johnny Harris: *Only shows footage of 1 borough*

    • @bigf0ot25
      @bigf0ot25 Před 3 lety +54

      freal lol but also, much of queens/bronx/brooklyn are residential so while beautiful (especially the bronx, in my hot take opinion), not as "epic" looking as manhattan. (also funny tho cuz really, manhattan is really only big and breath taking in finance and midtown. the rest is just like 3-5 story walk up mixed use buildings lol)

    • @b.griffin317
      @b.griffin317 Před 3 lety +7

      IKR 😂
      @Huh Ok Some parts of Brooklyn too.

    • @raulsantana1801
      @raulsantana1801 Před 3 lety +16

      Thank you! I came here to see his take on my borough...and he shows Manhattan...like NYkers don't call Manhattan NY... He needs to be more inclusive

    • @DaComebakKid
      @DaComebakKid Před 3 lety +24

      @@b.griffin317 Brooklyn is basically becoming Manhattan-Lite (No diss)

    • @ahnafj416
      @ahnafj416 Před 3 lety +14

      @@DaComebakKid your right the rent of downtown Brooklyn is comparable to Manhattan now. My mom told me when she came to the US in 2000 there were no tall buildings and all the glamor of brooklyn. It was dangerous and rundown and she's like I came to America for this?

  • @shazjawaid7353
    @shazjawaid7353 Před 3 lety

    This channels videos are soo good - glad I found it - keep up the good work mate

  • @thomascovello9781
    @thomascovello9781 Před 3 lety +2

    I’m new to this Channel and I love it lots of info and he explains it so well

  • @BryanLloydCCruz
    @BryanLloydCCruz Před 3 lety +134

    This just made my day

  • @DrPOP-jp7eb
    @DrPOP-jp7eb Před 3 lety +210

    The Bronx isn't named after a Dutch city, Harlem is (and as mentioned in the video: Brooklyn). The Bronx is named after some Swedish dude called Bronck.

    • @koreaquirks7300
      @koreaquirks7300 Před 3 lety +7

      Like the pokemon trainer?

    • @Zetsuke4
      @Zetsuke4 Před 3 lety

      Interesting

    • @DjamieA
      @DjamieA Před 3 lety +6

      Ye, Harlem is named after Haarlem and Brooklyn after Breukelen.

    • @Jellyroll2
      @Jellyroll2 Před 3 lety +5

      Yes, one Swedish family called Bronck basically owned all of that land so it was named after them. Also why it’s called THE Bronx as opposed to just Bronx.

    • @firesurfer
      @firesurfer Před 3 lety +2

      @@Jellyroll2 Beat me to it. Jonas Bronck to be specific. (including most of Westchester)

  • @admirald2680
    @admirald2680 Před 2 lety +1

    Superb video - well done Johnny 👏

  • @wickedeternity2002
    @wickedeternity2002 Před 3 lety

    Well done. Thanks for the brief overview!

  • @BoardingKid07
    @BoardingKid07 Před 3 lety +84

    Great video, but "Sta'n'ten Island" and "Algo-Quin" had me gigglin.

    • @ajderr5173
      @ajderr5173 Před 3 lety +16

      And Eerie Canal 👻⛵️

    • @NorthPoleSun
      @NorthPoleSun Před 3 lety

      Same.

    • @BoardingKid07
      @BoardingKid07 Před 3 lety +2

      No hate Johnny. I'm always blown away by your talent with these videos. I couldn't do what you do. Don't mind my nitpicking, just had me doing double takes.

  • @TheTrainmobile
    @TheTrainmobile Před 3 lety +54

    John I think there's an error at 5:07. It says the British sailed to connect to the Eerie Canal. The British were out of NY by the time construction began on it.

  • @optiTHOMAS
    @optiTHOMAS Před 2 lety +6

    Very cool! Another thing I absolutely love about New York city is the architecture! There's beautiful art deco all over the place! It's home to the Chrysler building, perhaps one of the most beautiful buildings in the entire world, and probably the best example of the beauty and elegance of art deco! It's my favorite and I hope to visit it one day! ❤ :')

  • @EmericTimelapse
    @EmericTimelapse Před 3 lety

    Amazing video! I was glad to see some of my timelapse videos in it :D

  • @Fitzsimmons.
    @Fitzsimmons. Před 3 lety +157

    I would love his to be a series. Like what factors make some of the massive cities so big.
    London, Paris, Tokyo, Toronto, Cairo, etc. Why did those cities become so influential and significant? I already know some answers but it's great how you explain it and dive into it!

    • @dylanmurphy9389
      @dylanmurphy9389 Před 2 lety +29

      man said Toronto lmaooo

    • @great-mighty9603
      @great-mighty9603 Před 2 lety +4

      @@dylanmurphy9389 I mean, it's growing, it's basically Canada's Manhattan

    • @natharon
      @natharon Před rokem +3

      cairo tho?

    • @arlentan
      @arlentan Před rokem +2

      Most major cities tend to be close by sea where trade used to happen as opposed to being landlocked

    • @starzzzzzz2133
      @starzzzzzz2133 Před rokem

      @@arlentan New Delhi

  • @leiderdawg
    @leiderdawg Před 3 lety +83

    5:15 MAJOR ERROR ALERT: construction did not begin on the Erie canal until 1817, decades after the British lost control over New York to the new United States.

    • @johngriff914
      @johngriff914 Před 3 lety

      And after they had lost 2 wars to the US

    • @johncasson5390
      @johncasson5390 Před 3 lety +3

      @@johngriff914 Well, they really did not lose the war of 1812...

    • @oam6626
      @oam6626 Před 3 lety

      @@johngriff914 *one war

    • @richardwills-woodward5340
      @richardwills-woodward5340 Před 3 lety

      @@johngriff914 There were no wars against the United States. They were Brits! It was more a civil war and it was only half a success at the time. "The American is the Englishman left to himself."

  • @isnitjustkit
    @isnitjustkit Před 3 lety +684

    New York was named after the Duke of York, not the city of York, contrary to popular belief

    • @irenecunto
      @irenecunto Před 3 lety +6

      Yes! So true

    • @petermercurio9415
      @petermercurio9415 Před 3 lety +6

      I was told it was the city. lol THX

    • @stevewestwood6607
      @stevewestwood6607 Před 3 lety +48

      It was named after that guy who was the royal statesman of the city, he wouldn't have had his name without his ties to the place.

    • @eddiejc1
      @eddiejc1 Před 3 lety +2

      @@stevewestwood6607 Besides, they heard that "Jamestown" was already taken so they settled for "New [Duke of] York".

    • @har5814
      @har5814 Před 3 lety +15

      What if it would've been called New Dork?

  • @sandrahoffmann6711
    @sandrahoffmann6711 Před 3 lety

    great video! Thanks for your wonderful work! keep going!

  •  Před 3 lety +276

    What a great video. Well done Johnny!

    • @Rootkit_69
      @Rootkit_69 Před 3 lety

      Italian language teacher, you here?

  • @rcm926
    @rcm926 Před 3 lety +41

    4:58 it wasn't named after the city of York, it was named for the Duke of York, a person

    • @zacharygordon6014
      @zacharygordon6014 Před 3 lety +3

      and heir to the throne and future king of england. not "a city that doesnt manage water"

    • @keithleyjarvis5663
      @keithleyjarvis5663 Před 3 lety

      @@zacharygordon6014 isn't the future king called the Prince of Wales?

    • @zacharytaylor2983
      @zacharytaylor2983 Před 3 lety +1

      Keithley Jarvis
      When the heir is the eldest child of the reigning monarch, they are granted the title of “Prince of Wales”
      In the 1670s, the future James II was the King’s brother.
      It’s common for the King’s (or the future King’s) younger brother to be granted the title “Duke of York”
      The title is currently held by Prince Andrew, younger brother to the future King, Prince Charles.

  • @ShiaGirl18
    @ShiaGirl18 Před 3 lety

    Thank you for this video! I love the way you retell history.

  • @guynorth3277
    @guynorth3277 Před 3 lety

    Dude, I can sit and watch your video's the day long, you have the most interesting touch to some great topics.

  • @akashsahoo4687
    @akashsahoo4687 Před 3 lety +256

    everywhere you go in this world , you will find connection to Britain .

    • @jeheskielsunloy3881
      @jeheskielsunloy3881 Před 3 lety +52

      except for mother russia..

    • @ChadPANDA...
      @ChadPANDA... Před 3 lety +99

      And it is generally not for good reasons

    • @thebomb78
      @thebomb78 Před 3 lety +29

      Usually bad

    • @maximusoakley
      @maximusoakley Před 3 lety +64

      @@jeheskielsunloy3881 The Romanovs were cousins with the British Monarchy - you're welcome

    • @LaYziELoC7
      @LaYziELoC7 Před 3 lety +6

      hmmm... what about El Salvador?

  • @goldeneagle99puhu
    @goldeneagle99puhu Před 3 lety +7

    I've been learning english to myself(I am still learning and I'll always learn until the moment I die) with internet and contents like this.Generally I use subtitles sometimes I just watch and listen without subtitles and pal!!! YOU ARE THE ONE OF THE PEOPLE that I can understand most,you speak so clear and your toning,elocution,spirit of your voice are great and your vid topics really attract me.While I watch you and those like you,Frankly I really feel like i am immersed in this wonderful language.Thank you for all

  • @bobling98
    @bobling98 Před 2 lety

    great stuff as always!

  • @willvideosgood
    @willvideosgood Před 3 lety

    Another great video! Keep up the excellent work!

  • @travel9two557
    @travel9two557 Před 3 lety +15

    Loved this video. Being a raised by a first generation immigrant parents in NYC is tough. Sometimes I get lost as to why I’m here and the identity of the city. And why so many people come here to visit from all over the world. But you made things a bit clearer and reminded me

  • @katyoutnabout5943
    @katyoutnabout5943 Před 3 lety +9

    At first i wondered “why NYC? There have been oodles of other documentaries on NYC being big, and there are other larger cities with a much longer history” but then, as always, Johnny surprizes me with his killer researc- and-storytelling combination. Great video!

  • @ChrisLoNgShAnK1990
    @ChrisLoNgShAnK1990 Před 3 lety

    Excellent research and use of archive! really well done man :)

  • @amyixo8339
    @amyixo8339 Před 3 lety +4

    Beautifully written, beautiful story line and I love, learned and earned from it.

  • @Chanemus
    @Chanemus Před 3 lety +211

    "renamed it after one of their own cities that had nothing to do with water" excuse you I'll have you know York is frequently submerged with water lol

    • @theyredistortingyourrhthym4381
      @theyredistortingyourrhthym4381 Před 3 lety +1

      0 Virus
      Mask = Enslavement
      Millions are AWAKE

    • @bonappetit7522
      @bonappetit7522 Před 3 lety +11

      I thought it was named after the Duke of York and not the city

    • @michalkoblas9766
      @michalkoblas9766 Před 3 lety +3

      ​@@bonappetit7522 You thought right. The Duke of York had financed the expedition to take over New Amsterdam in 1664. And once that was accomplished, he got to enjoy the perk of renaming the city - in all modesty - after himself. The victors make the history.

    • @stalfithrildi5366
      @stalfithrildi5366 Před 3 lety +1

      @@michalkoblas9766 The best bit being that the Duke of York that captured the city from the Dutch fled for his life out of fear of reprisals for being a Catholic, and was replaced as British monarch by William III, the King of the Netherlands.

  • @carlaeher
    @carlaeher Před 3 lety +3

    I have to say, this video shows much hard work you’ve put into your craft!! Animations, footage, the story telling, the history and all - you absolutely nailed it! Fantastic video Johnny, keep up the amazing work!!😎

  • @DiscoverTop10Places
    @DiscoverTop10Places Před rokem

    Johnny you're doing such a great job for this planet earth. I love your border series.

  • @adrianmritchievideo
    @adrianmritchievideo Před 3 lety

    So easy and fun to learn from your style of filmmaking 🙏🏼

  • @junior7841
    @junior7841 Před 3 lety +64

    “The Bronx” is actually named after a Swedish man who bought some land from the natives. His name was Jonas Brunk (or Bronk).
    Brunks land -> The Bronx
    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Bronck

    • @Arjonko
      @Arjonko Před 3 lety +1

      ''The Bronx'' is actually named after a Scandinavian born immigrant from Holland. Jonas Bronck leased land from the Dutch West India Company on the neck of the mainland immediately north of the Dutch settlement of New Haarlem (on Manhattan Island) and bought additional tracts from the local tribes.
      In 1898, the city established the borough system. Since the Bronx River ran through the northernmost borough, it was decided to name it after the river. Thus The Bronx -- (with a capital T, since that is part of its name)
      The Bronx River-> The Bronx

    • @zacharygordon6014
      @zacharygordon6014 Před 3 lety +1

      actually it's "Bronk's River" becomes the "bronx river" and then the area named after the river!

  • @eric-dj8qx
    @eric-dj8qx Před 3 lety +356

    Johnny : Why is NYC so big
    Japan : Laughs in Tokyo Metropolitan Area

    • @deogratiassaidi2874
      @deogratiassaidi2874 Před 3 lety +12

      My thought, I was like, dude you been to Tokyo

    • @10PlaystationGamer
      @10PlaystationGamer Před 3 lety +12

      @@deogratiassaidi2874 Why can’t they both be big?

    • @hammerandpickle7390
      @hammerandpickle7390 Před 3 lety +29

      @@10PlaystationGamer Both are big, but Tokyo is BIG big, its massive.

    • @deogratiassaidi2874
      @deogratiassaidi2874 Před 3 lety +9

      @@10PlaystationGamer as @Jumbo said, Tokyo is just to big to compare with NYC

    • @a_yan6581
      @a_yan6581 Před 3 lety

      @@deogratiassaidi2874 But it certainly is a really colourful city

  • @hr2079
    @hr2079 Před 3 lety

    Good work bud! Thank you for sharing

  • @boyanslavov972
    @boyanslavov972 Před 3 lety +2

    Great job man, really an amazing video! I love the structure, the music, the tension that you build after or before stating something. You're really doing one hell of a good job as a CZcams Journalist. Respect!

  • @Slammin40s420
    @Slammin40s420 Před 3 lety +213

    As a Midwesterner, seeing the Erie Canal spelled “Eerie Canal” bothers me more than I’d like to admit.

    • @arterca
      @arterca Před 3 lety +4

      I was questioning if I was spelling it wrong my whole life.

    • @oscargrove2107
      @oscargrove2107 Před 3 lety +3

      @@arterca It is actually spelled Ireland

    • @wennick4859
      @wennick4859 Před 3 lety +1

      I haven’t even gotten to that part yet and I’m already bothered

    • @LeoKatzman
      @LeoKatzman Před 3 lety

      Same!!

    • @mjchang42
      @mjchang42 Před 3 lety +5

      As someone who went through New York State history class in Junior High, I'm also bothered.

  • @drs_films
    @drs_films Před 3 lety +20

    This video is like the bedtime story you always ask your dad to tell you. You know the story, but you never get tired of it. And it gets better if Johnny is the editor and narrator. Thanks for your videos man.

  • @sashs8461
    @sashs8461 Před rokem

    Dude your video journeys are amazing

  • @jeromekelly477
    @jeromekelly477 Před 2 lety +2

    Another outstanding video from Johnny...

  • @xXMangosAreCoolXx
    @xXMangosAreCoolXx Před 3 lety +130

    this guy really pronounced Staten Island, Stanten Island

    • @CameronConnor
      @CameronConnor Před 3 lety

      how do you say it? phonetically.

    • @CameronConnor
      @CameronConnor Před 3 lety

      Stantniin"?

    • @hirosavage
      @hirosavage Před 3 lety +18

      @@CameronConnor stat en. It’s right there🧐

    • @ruffridge02
      @ruffridge02 Před 3 lety +2

      I thought I was hearing things!

    • @zacharytaylor2983
      @zacharytaylor2983 Před 3 lety +3

      CameronConnor
      “STAT-in”
      With the combined syllable/hard consonant break, you might also hear the second T become almost silent:
      “STA(*)-in”

  • @PurposeDevoid
    @PurposeDevoid Před 3 lety +21

    It wasn't named after the city of York (UK), but after the Duke of York of that time (James Stuart, second son of Charles I), who later became King James II & VII (second of England and simultaneously seventh of Scotland). He had fought as Lord Admiral a number of times against the Dutch, and was granted land by King Charles II (his brother) between the Delaware and Connecticut rivers, as well as the area being renamed in his honour (to New York).
    Note that the "Duke of York" is a title of nobility that when given is usually granted to the second son of English/British monarchs. The current Duke is Prince Andrew, second son of Queen Elizabeth II.

  • @jeffbowser5896
    @jeffbowser5896 Před 3 lety +6

    Hey Johnny! I see you already fact checked the bit about the Erie Canal. It’s also worth noting that the canal system spanning off the Hudson is even larger including the Delaware and Champlain canals. Not sure if you looked into the Champlain canal, but with your love of maps I’m sure you would appreciate that one can travel from NYC to Montreal via boat thru lake Champlain. One other thing to note is that even though the canals didn’t come till the 1820s, the Hudson River still had a massive effect on how NYC developed. It’s by far the longest navigable river on the East coast and this allowed New York a way to relatively quickly ship goods from upstate to population centers downstate. Even before the canals the distances between the Hudson and lake George and lake Champlain were short enough to facilitate trade via portage with Vermont as well. What I’m getting at is that NYCs access to the interior via waterways helped provide it with easy access to agricultural areas that could help sustain its population and industrial growth. Lastly, a fun fact is that the US Navy was founded at whitehall, New York on lake Champlain to fight the British and prevent them from using the two lakes and Hudson River to cut off the New England colonies. I don’t usually comment on CZcams videos but I really appreciate your work and thought you might appreciate some of the things I’ve mentioned. Thanks for doing what you do !

  • @maurohenriqueoliveiraborge2825

    Out of so may CZcams channels, this is the one and only I'd happily watch all the ads to help the channel...!

  • @TShelb30
    @TShelb30 Před 3 lety +20

    “Stanton Island” 😂
    Great video just thought this was funny

  • @discgolfboy9
    @discgolfboy9 Před 3 lety +30

    As soon as I saw this on my feed - “LET’S GOOOOOOOOO”

  • @leviticus3
    @leviticus3 Před 3 lety

    Very informative! I love your channel!

  • @RyanBfromNYC
    @RyanBfromNYC Před 3 lety +2

    Awesome video! It shed some light on the city I live and love. I would love to see you do a follow up video about how many New Yorkers are now leaving New York for greener pastures far far away from NYC.
    My great grandfather was an immigrant who worked on the Empire State Building construction. My ancestors actually built NY and it hurts my heart to know I’ll never be able to live the American dream if I want to stay here.

  • @RealSebus
    @RealSebus Před 3 lety +123

    Answer me this:
    Why it is called "big apple"?

    • @user-yl2wm2gy3z
      @user-yl2wm2gy3z Před 3 lety +52

      Because Newton fell on his head there.

    • @OutWithMyGear
      @OutWithMyGear Před 3 lety +39

      New York State is know for its apples. The biggest of them is the New York City.

    • @laexploradoraaaXD
      @laexploradoraaaXD Před 3 lety +11

      It was a PR thing to get people back into the city, especially tourists, after the city declared bankruptcy in the 70s

    • @quinofking
      @quinofking Před 3 lety +22

      From what I heard growing up in NYC was that Jazz musicians used to refer to gigs as “apples” so when they got a chance to perform in NYC they called it “the big apple”, and the tourist bureau ran with it years later. Today the only people who call it that are people who’ve never been in NYC - a dead ass individual

    • @lovebutnosoilder
      @lovebutnosoilder Před 3 lety

      @@user-yl2wm2gy3z 😂

  • @adamigo1000
    @adamigo1000 Před 3 lety +4

    Whenever I see new material, my mood instantly changes for the better 😉

  • @YogiDalge767
    @YogiDalge767 Před 3 lety

    Excellent video. Keep it up!

  • @oiseaudubonheur
    @oiseaudubonheur Před 2 lety

    I am so happy to have found your channel. I fell in love with your content for Vox and now I'm a huge fan of your own videos.

  • @GrahamMorehead
    @GrahamMorehead Před 3 lety +46

    Johnny, possible mistake: the Dutch didn't pay $24 for Manhattan, because dollars didn't exist yet. They paid 24 gilders. Side note, if 24 gilders have been invested that day in Lloyds of London, that same money would buy back Manhattan today. Guess that means it was a fair price

    • @aryaaswale7316
      @aryaaswale7316 Před 2 lety +2

      Really?

    • @robertewalt7789
      @robertewalt7789 Před 2 lety +4

      At a reasonable rate of interest to compound the value, over 400+ years.

    • @Mere-Lachaiselongue
      @Mere-Lachaiselongue Před 9 měsíci +1

      Being anti-white is trendy so he had to say that in order to get favor from the algorithm and more likes.

  • @harryscarry6064
    @harryscarry6064 Před 3 lety +4

    Thanks for the video mate. It’s obvious you put a lot of work into it. I was lucky enough to visit nyc a few years ago. Blew my mind. You’d need ten lifetimes to really absorb the place. Ironically the many locals I met and conversed with had never left their neighbourhoods. I understood why of course. The world comes to them.

  • @jiff2323
    @jiff2323 Před 2 lety

    Super interesting. Thanks!

  • @adrianvalverde6723
    @adrianvalverde6723 Před 3 lety

    What a great video, making history so easy and entertaining 👏🏽

  • @Lazer-bp9lf
    @Lazer-bp9lf Před 3 lety +220

    New York: Look at me I'm huge!
    Tokyo, Beijing, Seoul, Karachi, New Dehli: *Your dad's over there bud.*

    • @kushal4956
      @kushal4956 Před 3 lety +51

      but new york beats all of them in terms of economy by a long shot n u missed shanghai

    • @kay6096
      @kay6096 Před 3 lety +28

      @@kushal4956 New York is second to Hong Kong in terms of wealth now. Sometimes London tips the balance in it's favour from time to time, they are almost tied now but economy wise Tokyo is still the wealthiest metropolis on Earth and has been for a while.

    • @ahrifchaudhary7293
      @ahrifchaudhary7293 Před 3 lety +5

      @@kushal4956 you forgot mumbai

    • @kushal4956
      @kushal4956 Před 3 lety +26

      @@kay6096 hong kong's gdp is 300-400 billion dollars new york's gdp is over a trillion

    • @kushal4956
      @kushal4956 Před 3 lety +2

      @@ahrifchaudhary7293 yeah

  • @uhohitsbrendan
    @uhohitsbrendan Před 3 lety +7

    “Best tacos... on the east coast.” 😂 Love that pause then qualifier.

    • @machinist7230
      @machinist7230 Před 3 lety +1

      That's the thing - you can get great everything here Tacos, steak,sushi, bbq, korean, pizza, pho, Jewish delicatessen... Try any of that basically anywhere else, and you'd fail miserably. There's a reason why New York is the restaurant capital of the world.

  • @haydenjay6662
    @haydenjay6662 Před 3 lety

    This is a beautiful video. Well done!

  • @andycapsphotos
    @andycapsphotos Před 3 lety

    Great story telling as always! Hope I can see New York someday.

  • @jothishprabu8
    @jothishprabu8 Před 3 lety +53

    The title shud be: Why is Manhattan so Big?

    • @zacharygordon6014
      @zacharygordon6014 Před 3 lety +4

      nah he shouted out "stanton island" too

    • @ternedo6074
      @ternedo6074 Před 3 lety

      @@zacharygordon6014 nah he was playing gta 3. He meant “staunton island”

  • @justcallmechloe4856
    @justcallmechloe4856 Před 3 lety +4

    I've had the same exact question and modeled this research question with my 4th graders and came up with similar conclusions. Glad to know I wasn't completely wrong!

  • @alperenborklu4005
    @alperenborklu4005 Před 3 lety

    man, I love your content. You are a great storyteller.

  • @hooby7045
    @hooby7045 Před 3 lety +1

    Such a good video, keep it up 👍