Kentucky and Tennessee Compared
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Mr. Beat compares and contrasts Kentucky and Tennessee, the two long and narrow southern states that actually are more different than they are alike. Wait a second, is Kentucky really a "southern" state?
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Kentucky and Tennessee
The two bordering, kind of long and narrow states, right here in these United States
Both are in the American South, although Kentucky feels more like a mix of the Midwest and the South. I’d argue it has more in common with Indiana than Tennessee.
There’s quite a college sports rivalry between the University of Kentucky Wildcats and University of Tennessee Volunteers that goes back 127 years. But apparently the rivalry goes beyond sports. The two states even used to have a border dispute.
So yeah, let’s jump into the history of both states first. Eh?
Humans have lived in the area for thousands of years. At the time of European arrival, the two dominant American Indian tribes in modern-day Tennessee and Kentucky were the Chickasaw and the Cherokee, although the Shawnee were also dominant in modern-day Kentucky. Europeans made it to what is now Tennessee first. During the 1500s, three different Spanish expeditions passed through there, the first being the Hernando de Soto expedition in 1540. It wasn’t until at least 133 years later that Europeans first arrived in what is today Kentucky. Several French expeditions traveled to it via the Mississippi River. The English first came to what is now both states in the 1670s, and it’d be them that came out in the greatest numbers compared to other European groups over the next 100 years.
By the time of the American Revolution, there were English settlements out that way. In modern-day Tennessee, the Watauga Association kind of did their own thing until North Carolina took over it. Daniel Boone was famously one of the first settlers of European descent to regularly check out both Tennessee and Kentucky, eventually living in Kentucky. He helped build a couple trails so other pioneers could do the same. The more famous one, the Wilderness Road, cut through the Cumberland Gap near the Kentucky-Tennessee border. In 1774, Harrod’s Town, named after James Harrod, became the first permanent English settlement in Kentucky.
#kentucky #tennessee #geography
So I went back and figured out what went wrong. My program autocorrected "Frankfort" to "Frankfurt," as in Frankfurt, Germany. Sorry Frankfort folks.
Also, another mistake: It's the "Middle Tennessee" district, not "Central Tennessee."
So which is better? Tennessee or Kentucky? What did I leave out? Which states should I compare next?
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Please do Oklahoma vs Kansas
Saskatchewan vs Manitoba
Connecticut v Massachusetts
Can you do:
Reno vs Las Vegas and
Nevada vs California?
Do West Virginia to Virginia
As a tennessean I would like to politely ask that everyone stop moving to Tennessee? Please?
They can take my place I'm going to have to leave the south. I need legal weed.
What if I move from Mississippi to Tennessee and back and forth for 15 years
As a retiring truck driver I thought Tennessee would be a great place to go. I wish that I would be welcome. But I get your point . God Bless
Especially if you were born north of the Mason Dixon.
@@TheMVCoho Can't say I blame you .
I lived in Kentucky for 12 years before moving to Lawrence. When it comes to sports I'd say UK vs UofL is a much bigger deal than UK vs UT.
I agree
Yup! L1C4
Ut vs florida gators is a huge deal in tenn as well.
As a Volunteer, I agree
We both hate Florida tho
Born in Memphis, raised in Nashville, and living in Knoxville. :) I love this state EXCEPT GOOD GRIEF STOP MOVING HERE WE ARE FULL
Moved from 1 end to the other lol, nice
Why do so many people from these states do not want to move to them?
@@user-ym8hk4rq8v because cities like Nashville are now becoming overcrowded.
6.8 is not full I’m in Virginia and 8.7 and where not that crowded.
Nashville is super crowded. I have friends that are moving up to KY to retire.
I’m from south eastern KY, and it definitely feels like a true southern state to me. We have much more in common with Tennessee than Indiana.
I live in owensboro KY, 15 miles away from Indiana, and we have much in common with Indiana here
@@NicoTheGreat5 that makes sense. It’s in the Kentuckiana area lol but further south it’s more like TN.
I feel as thought Kentucky favors all of its surrounding states, depending where you are in Kentucky. Kentucky changes a lot geographically throughout the state. The blue grass region is the only part that isn’t similar to one of our surrounding states.
Thank you
Where you live probably but where i live in central kentucky its very different its mixed and in northern kentucky there is a lot of bengals fans and and i assume in southern kentucky there is a lot of titans fans
I'm a Tennessean, and I love Tennessee, but I have no hate for Kentucky. Probably the state most like Tennessee with the possible exception of North Carolina. Love both of our neighbors.
NC feels, in some ways, more like Texas culturally. Thinking like Asheville and Charlotte are a lot like Austin and Houston. Raleigh Durham similar to DFW (excpet less, much less people). People have been flooding NC for a while turning it "blue" politically. Same is happening to TX.
Yeah Tennessee doesn't hate anyone, they just have really weird and outlandish perceptions about what everyone else is like. I literally know people from Tennessee who think that the north doesn't have any farms, that it's basically Trantor. "Yeah I'll take the subway up to Middlebury, Vermont and meet you on the 58th floor of the Maple Syrup Building, specifically the Aunt Jemima Conference Room... It's only the 20th tallest building in Vermont, just taller than the Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Exchange and the Legal Marijuana High Tower, hard to miss..." They also think Washington, Oregon and Alberta don't have cowboys - apparently they don't know the etymology of "Rocky Mountain Oysters"
@@dpwellman No NC is nothing like Texas. Asheville has hipsters, yes, but really NC is Silicon Valley East. Only real difference between NC and California is that NC has a larger rural population because it's not desert. If NC had as few people living on farms as CA does (most of California doesn't grow anything except Cactuses - did you know the California Volunteers rode Camels during the Civil War?), it would be as liberal as CA. I know Southerners THINK their farmlands are the middle of nowhere, but they actually have about 100 times as many people living in them per square mile as comparable land out West.
@@alexanderfretheim5720 CA, culturally ? No, I disagree entirely. CA culture is its own thing, entirely.
As far as "Silicon Valley east" ? Maybe 15 years ago; however, by now tech related firms and operations centers proliferated up and down Atlantic and mid-south: currently growing in NOVA (Arlington, Fairfax, Reston); Nashville, TN; and Huntsville, AL together with old standbys Trenton, Charlotte and Atlanta.
All 3 states are so beautiful, and Arkansas is too and Branson MO not too far off.
It's Middle Tennessee damnit not Central Tennessee.
as someone who lived in middle tennessee, fr
Having lived in Middle Tennessee for nearly 4 decades, I was offended, lol.
@@MD-vm8tc How is it over there? Up in East Tennessee it's getting a little hot lol.
DUDE IT ALSO KNOWN AS Central NOT JUST MIDDLE + I LIVE IN FAYETTEVILLE TENNSEESEE ITS SOUTHERN NASHVILLE IS NORTHERN
Know how you feel, as Kentucky isn't a State, its a Commonwealth 🙄
As someone from Louisville, I wasn’t even aware we had a rivalry with Tennessee. lol but I don’t like sports
Im pretty sure its more UL vs UK thats the ultimate rivalry i mean living like 5 minutes away from UK lotta hate towards UL
Pretty much. Basically anything outside of Louisville is UofL hate. If it isn't racing, I could care less, not horse racing either, I wish CHDs would go away.
We don't. But when it comes to comparing states, Louisville just gets lumped in with the rest of Kentucky, even though there's little to nothing in common.
@@lilyoung8901 Wick's?
@@jasonmilly3320 Louisville is an old River City...but trust me it's in Kentucky. S. Indiana is proof of that...S. Indiana is culturally Kentucky,
I live on the the edge of both, when I go in my backyard I'm in tn but my front yard I'm in Kentucky ;-;
jelico?
Hello
@@lilyoung8901 we pay Tennessee's taxes BUT when we lived further up the road the driveway was in Tennessee but the rest was Kentucky property, we paid both then.
You should have mentioned how both states have the two largest cargo hubs in the US, the UPS World Port in Louisville and the FedEx Express Global Hub in Memphis
Great point!
Also the DHL Express CVG Hub, which is located in Erlanger, KY
@@RLSoccarSenpai Amazon is also launching a massive air hub for their own packages at CVG.
If it weren’t for ups worldport the biggest planes that would ever fly out of the Louisville airport would be 737s....and then One or two 757s when the Kentucky derby is happening. I believe I saw a c5 galaxy at the airport one time though, no clue was it was there other than there is an air national guard unit with c130s at the airport.
@@OceanLlamaMedia Hi Eric. Yeah I agree. C5s cannot land at Fort Knox so they have to land at L'ville and the cargo is transported to and from Fort Knox.
As a native East Tennessean, if you say Apple-A-Shuh, I'll throw and Apple-at-cha...
Thats the best sayin ive heard in a while im gonna have to steal that from ya
Here in SE KY too.
That's how I explain it to people who aren't familiar with the local pronunciation. :)
Our preacher at church is from new York but has since then come to his scenes. That is how I learned that phrase lol😂
As an Appalachian from Kentucky, I must agree. I loved the video but I cringe everytime someone says it like that.
I'm not a huge bluegrass fan, but from the bottom of my heart as a Tennesseean, thanks Kentucky for giving us Bill Monroe!
And Loretta Lynn, Keith Whitley, Sturgill Simpson, Chris Stapleton. I dunno about give…I kinda think Tennessee stole ‘em 😉
I - a black woman -have come to love bluegrass, too.
I love how Colonial Virginia (Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky) and Colonial Carolina (North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee) were shaped pretty much like supersized versions of the modern states of Virginia and North Carolina, respectively
Don't compare us to Indiana that's disrespectful
Lol He doesn't seem to like us too much.
True
I swear
lol let me tell you a secret, everybody in tennessee thinks kentucky is full of meth heads.
which is worse?
Every time someone says “Loo-ee-ville”, a Kentuckian sheds a tear. Two options people: “lul vul” or “loo i [as in hip] vul”. #NkyFTW
Three kinds of people. Those that have no idea how to say Louisville, those that grew up in Jefferson County and say it right, and lastly the family of those from Louisville that are close but don't call it like a local.
You missed Lou-a-vul. Have absolutely heard older natives say that.
To BBN, it's Loserville. 😸
I called it "LEWIS-ville" one time.
NKY is not real kentucky, you're just a bedroom community of cincinatti
I’ve been living in KY all my life. I’ll be the first to tell you UK vs. UofL is more heated than anything between KY and TN
Yep. And then there’s me, causally not caring about either one.
What about UK vs UL i mean me personally living 5 minutes away from UK the rivalry vs UofL hardly ever comes up
@John Roe i have thats where my doctors appointments are
@John Roe - I've never understood that logic. When people question others favorite college teams and if they went to school there. I grew up right down the street from University of Florida so I've been a fan of their teams literally my entire life, but I didn't go to school there. I'm not just gonna change who I root for in college like that.
It’s it just a little patch of red in a sea of blue though?
I'm actually from one of the three oldest county's in ky ...Lincoln co. has lots of rich history and very nice place to live...Kentucky proud here!!!
Nice I'm in marion county 🤘
As somebody who isn't from the USA, I feel like I'm learning way more about the states from this channel than I ever have before. Well done. Mr. Beat!
Thanks so much Rex!
Mr. Beat not much information on the blues music that spurned soul ,and RNB
@@chrisbennett606 I thought the blues was more of a mississippi delta region of that area, no? don't know much about Kentucky's role in blues music history. But as a foreigner not living in the US I love to learn more about it.
Elftzar I’m from middle tn. Nashville. And your right blues comes from west Tennessee Mississippi delta region. I don’t know too much about Kentucky with blues. I may have to look deeper into this one.
Your not learning anything. It's all so wrong.
Croatia vs Serbia 2 weeks ago, Kentucky vs Tennessee today.
Me, a Serbian American living in Tennessee: Hmmmmmm
I love coincidences like that
I grew up on the Tennessee Kentucky border, and it'll always be home to me. And while I'm from Kentucky, if you get lucky enough to find a place that works for you, live and work in Tennessee but shop for groceries and goods in Kentucky. Tennessee has no state income tax and very low property tax, but they have very high sales tax, while Kentucky has no sales tax on groceries and a 6 percent sales tax on normal goods compared to 11 percent in Tennessee.
Indiana: "You guys always act like your better than me!"
Tennessee and Kentucky: (Sips fine bourbon & whiskey) "Its because we are..."
Throw michigan In there too
Native to Kentucky but love visiting Tennessee. Tennessee is like Kentucky’s younger more popular brother. And fun fact the Cincinnati Airport is located in Florence Kentucky
No mate, the airport is located in Hebron, I live in 8 minutes away
Fascist
Wait a minite this fetherston fellow is from the csa
I live in ft. Mitchell and can honestly say your wrong.
Jake Featherston same
I’m from East TN, graduated from MTSU, and now live in Louisville, KY.
So, I loved this video.
I'm from East Tenn. studied at UTC and UT Knoxville. Graduated ETSU. Lived in Knoxville, Elizabethton, Clinton, Harriman, and now live in Brentwood (Nashville).
Hope you like it here it’s been real crazy lately
I am so sorry to hear that. I will tell you a secret. regardless of the propaganda, you can leave.
You might have missed the tornado that went through ky.
I’m from east TN too
We recently visited both TN and KY and really enjoyed both. Great Smoky Mtns was spectacular, and the Cumberland Falls Park in KY was really nice too. I asked several Kentuckians to explain where this "blue grass" was, and the origins of the name Bowling Green, but they seemed to have no idea (stayed the night in Bowling Green). Also asked about "The Cumberlands" (mountain range?) and they had to look it up - we are talking about the staff at the University of the Cumberlands. Anyway we are from Florida. Hopefully we can go back some day and get more answers. Nice people in Kentucky.
I'm pretty sure Cumberland is a "just name it after somewhere in England" name; and that the university is named after the river.
Non- Kentuckians: “Louiville”
Kentuckians: “Louaville”
How do you pronounce Louisville slugger?
My family calls it louisville
It's LOU-uh-vul. I live here.
Ted Hart can confirm
I'm glad KY is more rural and has less people. I'll stay here in KY thank you.
Yep.
Me too
If it wasn't for Idiot Bashear, I'd agree w you.
Heard that
@@paulplart7896 You're just mad because you can't appreciate the little things in life. Kentucky is awesome. It's beautiful, it has city life and hills really close to each other, and the people I have experienced here are mostly nice. (Plenty of bad folk though, so don't get me wrong.) Other than that though, Kentucky is just a beautiful and peaceful place.
I’ll always be thankful with Tennessee because it gave us the Three 6 Mafia....
Making easy money pimping hoes is serious
Actually, they lived in tenn-a-key if I remember correctly
MAFIA
Kentucky just chills and watches all the Yankees and Californians flood Tennessee.
Its actually terrible.
@@kensmechanicalaffair It's a free country, I can move to any state I want.
@@a-sane-person Yes, but it's actually terrible.
@@kensmechanicalaffair Both of our points stand.
@@a-sane-person oookey
Kentucky definitely has more in common with Tennessee than Indiana lol.
Thank you
That's complete bullshit, and why would you want that to be anyway....In any comparison you want to look at the South is at the bottom in everything .Indiana is far more educated than either Ky or Tennessee..
Kentucky sided with the North in the Civil war., Which in case you've forget the North did win the war.
Kentucky was and is a Unionized Labor state...Most all of its manufacturing was/is based on Unions and Midwestern Labor Laws much more similar to Indiana than Tennessee. Only recently did Indiana and Kentucky agree to adopt right to work status..But are still primarily unionized labor states...Tennessee has never been and their wages have suffered a long time because of it...Today Indiana is the number #1 manufacturing state per capita in the nation..It is the #1 Steel Producing State and #2 in Automotive manufacturing jobs..It ranks 6th this year in K-12 education..Kentucky ranks 45th in K-12 education...Indiana is the number #9 leading state in Agriculture..far above Ky and Tennessee. And Indiana has a huge surplus in the bank.. It left Kentucky for dead decades ago..Kentucky is 80 billion dollars in debt and the 5th most bankrupt state....It ranks near the bottom in everything...Its politicians always blame Ky's problems on the special problems that the hills of Eastern Ky produce...But Tennessee has much bigger hills and many more of them and it hasnt stopped them..Today Indiana and Tennessee have each 50% more people than Kentucky, & have money in the bank. Both Indiana and Tennessee each have twice the GDP of Kentucky..And both are growing faster by far than Kentucky. Tennessee has the least long term debts in the nation, and Indiana has the 2nd least long term debts...Kentucky is 46th. let me translate that for you since you cant do basic math...That means Ky is the 5th most indebted state in the Union...To add insult to injury, Ky by far has the highest taxes and the poorest population of the three states..LOL indeed fools.. Your inbred constant hate & provoking of Indiana residents is nauseating...By the way I'm a native Kentuckian...If any of you dumb fucks would wake up you would realize that your constant pokes at Indiana reveal your own insecurities towards Indiana..Indiana has not caused any of Kentuckys problems at all..Kentucky's Criminal politicians and their policies has caused Kentucky all of its problems. It's time you people expected more out of them, after all you were a state before Indiana or Tennessee so why is your economic output less than half of those 2 states.
Tennessee has overcome the hills so you cant keep using that as your excuse..
@Table-Country pinxing THRYM Firearms 27 What a joke...The only HINT of any sophistication in the entire state of Kentucky is in Louisville...And your bragging like the rest of the state is culturally ahead...Most of the rest of Kentucky is poor and ignorant beyond compare of anything in the region....Indiana is far ahead of Kentucky in any cultural area you want to look at..Education, Jobs, Taxes, opportunities, State Finances, debt ,etc. Indiana wins...and wins easy
I will agree that the
The Louisville area is and always has been more closely aligned with Indiana than Kentucky..And based on Frankfort's horrible record of support of Louisville, I'd say its alignment with Indiana has helped it far more than Frankfort or Kentucky has..If you've read anything at all you would already know that Indiana financed the 80% of the bill for the new Louisville bridges and the highway redo's that were involved on BOTH sides of the river...Louisville is also almost the sole economic engine of Kentucky which if it didn't exist, Ky would really be in a lot more trouble than it is...Kentuckys two biggest entrepreneurs weren't from Ky... Colonel Sanders was from Henryville Indiana and spent the majority of his life there, off and on, and Papa John Schnatter founder of Papa John's is from Jeffersonville, Indiana...
@@richarddobson3138 Economics aren't everything. Wages aren't everything. Some of us enjoy self reliance and space.
Richard Dobson ok my guy you don’t have to say all that , sure it’s all true and I understand where you’re coming from but you’re only going to make people mad which is fine if that’s what you’re all about but you can inform the public without being so mean about it , just keep in mind that this little state is a lot of people’s homes
There is more ppl in KY they are just up in the mountains and haven't been counted
This comment gave me cancer TN is far more populated than Kentucky. Like 2 to 3 million
@@jacobwise786 we are more populated but get up in them hills in eastern KY the population will go up 10% easy
justin pigg that’s so true I live in Eastern KY and there’s plenty people hiding in the mountains.
@@justinpigg1694 Eastern Kentuckian here (within 40 miles of Hazard, to be specific). We may not be counted, but it serves us well when it comes to freedom.
Drawncept I live 45 miles from Hazard, I know exactly because I work there.
My fiance and I are moving to TN very soon. Very excited to start our family there. We're from PA. Tired of the politics and cold winters. Hopefully we can find our niche and enjoy the southern lifestyle!
Southwest KY native marrying someone from East TN here. Both states are fantastic and the people are very similar, generally very friendly. My favorite parts are definitely Mammoth cave and Cade's cove (in the Smokies). If you have the chance to visit, hit up those places.
Great video! You hit all the highlights and I even learned a few new things!
As a born and raised Kentuckian, I can firmly say Kentucky residents consider themselves part of the south. We also tend to love Tennessee, and consider it a sibling state. The relationship with Indiana is definitely NOT the same lol. Tennessee is the only state I could ever see Kentucky merging with
Im central ky so its very different here i live not even an hour away from ohio and indiana we feel more northern up here
@@phayroh3428 in Northern Kentucky, and you ask us, we’re either gonna say we’re part of Cincinnati or we consider ourselves the south. It’s honestly a pretty even mix. I live in Lexington now but I grew up in Covington.
@@vaymullins428 its really hard for me to tell most of the time since i grew up in lexington
I’m from Nashville and have always considered Kentucky the sister state.
I'm also from kentucky and still live there. I consider myself to be in a border state. Don't speak for all of us.
I love Tennessee. Low taxes, no State income tax, strong economy and beautiful scenery. It's no wonder I see many people moving here.
crappy wages lol
@@tomp6685 stlll a beautiful state and affordable
I agree, it’s a nice place but when I move out eventually I’d want to find a place similar to it in scenery and low taxes. Any ideas?
@@kevvilla6356 its a tradeoff...cost of living is lowest in nation...
It will start getting high if a lot of people keep moving there.
i’ve lived in the heart of nashville my entire life and it always feels nice when people talk about tennessee and/or nashville bc i feel like it often gets ignored compared to other states and cities so thank u :-)
Being from CA, I found Kentucky a better fit for my income & personal well being. Tennessee was on my radar, but with too many going there, it will be too much like where I left. I still have the southern feel with Midwest sensibility!
It bothered me when he said “Central Tennessee” it’s Middle Tennessee🥴
Currently live in Lebanon, TN.
There are a few facts he either needs to clarify or fix.
The first KFC was established in Salt Lake City, Utah, not Kentucky... not perfect but entertaining :D
Exactly a lot of people who do doc's on Tennessee often call middle Tennessee central. Its like nails on a chalkboard to me
thenewkidd i think Colonel Sanders’ original restaurant was in Corbin, KY, but I don’t think it was called KFC.
@@appalachiangunman9589 Then it wasn't the first KFC.. Sort of misleading to say "here is a restaurant with a different name, but was founded in a different state" to me that is weird.
thenewkidd KFC’s original recipe is that of the Colonel’s which he first sold at his restaurant in Corbin.
My hometown is half in KY and half in TN. During basketball season I’m from KY, football season I’m from TN.
So you’re THAT guy..
Ewwww.....you’re a Vol Cat. Pick one, and stick with one.
Where do you live? Is it Hopkinsville? Just curious.
@@carolyncunningham3847 went to high school in Hopkinsville. Lived in Oak Grove
So... Football season Clarksville and Basketball season Hopkinsville
Officially, you're one of my favorite CZcamsrs out here!
Your channel definitely deserves my subs!
I grew up in Clarksville which is a border City that's decently large. Military town. This is pretty accurate except you forgot to mention how beautiful the Eastern side of each state is.
Me too
Clarksville too. Go Ft.Campbell.
The Monkees song "Last Train to Clarksville" actually had Clarksville, Tennessee in mind. The song is about a man who has gotten drafted into the army, and he is getting ready to undergo basic training and head off to Vietnam.
Born in Hoptown grew up in C=ville then served 4 years in the 101st
Me too Clarksville then to the lakes via Indian mound
The opry will always be great, but most of the music out of Nashville now is way more pop than country.
Agree. I enjoy bluegrass more.
Honestly some the big artists that are doing country justice now are all from Kentucky: Chris Stapleton, Tyler Childers, Sturgill Simpson...
Yeah I think somehow Nashville hired a bunch of record producers who never listened to Country Music, don't actually know the history of Country Music, or what it is and figured that the "Country" just means pastoral, instead of what it actually means (euphemism for Scots Irish hillbilly, originally called "Hillbilly Music").`When they started losing money and figured their job was the next thing to be lost, they called some modelling agencies and found really, really sexy singers so they could basically sell the "music" as a kind of "sexy bo peep" pornography, and it worked as a business model, kind-of
@John Roe You’re missing out
Is this some Yankee talking about southerners? Wow.
Yes, it's so sad. It insults me.
Hyuk hyuk shut up
Yes. Who cares.
I'm a Southern Yankee as well! Just like Red Skelton's character in "A Southern Yankee!"
@AnarchEuro Kentucky may not be South geographically, but it's still Southern culture according to the Kentuckians I spoke to when I was there a few weeks ago.
So glad you mentioned that Nashville caters all music and not just country
Country (originally called "Hillbilly Music") is where it got its start though.
@@alexanderfretheim5720 Its interesting because that hillbilly fused with African music which made old gospel music then the blues which turned into rock and roll.
@@kensmechanicalaffair Not quite. The Blues came to exist on plantations before slavery ended, and developed at a moment in time when the plantation South and hillbilly South were still two very separate cultures (they didn't really start to combine together until the advent of the automobile in the early 1900's, and even today there are some parts of the South that are distinctly enough one or the other that it is possible to see the differences for yourself, e.g. South Carolina Low Country and Kentucky). Old-time Gospel emerged from the Blues, not the other way around.
The Blues, jazz and Western Swing than fused together to create rock n' roll, and that happened actually in Northern Louisiana in the 1940's. The confusion though stems from the Top 40 charts that grouped Country & Western in to the same list (as a passive aggressive corporate politick to push Western out of the musical landscape - no Western song has ever made #1 on the Country & Western Top 40, and no Western song has made ANY place on the Country & Western Top 40 since the mid-1970's), together with the fact that Western & Western Swing are similarly named but very different genres, with Western being a ballad genre and Western Swing being an improvisational genre (from which Rock n' Roll gets the guitar solo), but they're similarly named because both are the product of cowboy culture out West.
The Lousiville Lip Cassius Clay was born and raised in Louisville Kentucky, he later changed his name to Muhammad Ali and became one of if not the best heavyweight boxer of all time!
Rumor, his gold medal from the Olympics is at the bottom of the Ohio river.
And he was named after Kentucky abolitionist Cassius Clay.
Ali is a piece of shit
ScottishDiva who kept a cannon on his third floor balcony to keep away tax collectors.
Is his house still a museum?
@@LouisClark4 Why?
As someone from Kentucky who's starting to get interested in learning more about my state this is pretty interesting information and also fun fact Johnny Depp and George Clooney were born in Kentucky and Kentucky is also the state where Abraham Lincoln was born to
alastor 6531 my bourbon was also born in Kentucky
Depp and Clooney, two great actors who also many find dreamy. Lincoln, maybe not so dreamy but a big deal, too, I hear.
Well he is one of the famous presidents in American history and he's also known for being the person that freed the slaves and also sadly he was also assassinated in and during a theater show and we don't know why he was assassinated there has been many theories and the one popular theory being to bring back the civil war but one day we will find out
I knew Johnny Depp claims he has Cherokee blood, but never occur to me that he was from Kentucky :) good.
I'm from Lexington KY
Thank you very much for the video
When discussing Civil War politics in Kentucky, it's important to remember that Kentucky did have a secessionist government.
By the end of the Civil War in KY there was no Union sentiment. This is thoroughly documented.
Well, what I do know about these two states is that they're both Republican states and are about the same size
Well, Kentucky is more liberal now I think.
@@yeezet4592 Mitch McConnell is a senator from Kentucky so i don't know about that.
That's a good start.
@@garrettcason3692 but the governor is a dem. Charles Booker had pretty big support. Plus, the next election between McGrath and McConnell hasn't happened
Yeezet I think Tennessee is more liberal than Kentucky though.
As a Tennessean, I love visiting our national park (hell, I practically live in it). Fun Fact: If you visit Mount Lamont REALLY early in the morning, you'll be the first in Tennessee to see the sunrise. And yes, our tourism industry is very big here (especially where I live). It's a NIGHTMARE trying to navigate through traffic in places like Pigeon Forge, Sevierville, and Gatlinburg!
December last year, me and my parents were going to gatlinburg to get my brothers christmas present and Shadrach's had the lights going. It took us about 4 hours to get up there and get back home. I love gatlinburg and pigeon forge but damn the traffic up there
@@redneck826 Same here. Love those places, but hate the traffic lol
It really is a nightmare.
Im from Tennessee but i love my Kentucky neighbors...ive also noticed there are alot ALOT of ppl moving to Tennessee recently...think its like the 3rd most popular state to move to
I’ve been living in TN for my whole life watching this video makes me appreciate it more
I have a personal KFC at my palace
heh heh heh
You're here too!
I'd love to visit some time.
Do you have a McDonald’s as well? I’ve been waiting for the franchises to open in North Korea.
Screw you little rocket man!
I live in Kentucky and we have better gun laws than Tennessee which is why we have a lower crime rate
What do you mean by better? Like more strict or less strict?
@@RogerDavid647 idk about Tennessee’s gun laws, but KY’s gun laws are some of the least strict in the country. You don’t need a license to conceal or open carry
@@pullupthen5073 okay, Tennessee is more strict but i wasnt sure. thanks. Tennessee is moving for less gun laws rn though
Yeah literally if you own it and you're above 21 you can carry it you can also just carry a machine gun on your back whatever you can buy them and walk right out of the store
Lived in the Jackson Purchase part of KY, so as a proud Kenneseean, the weather is bipolar as hell
Isnt it? I live in Louisville and I carry an umbrella with me most of the time. I hate the unexpected rain. But at the same time I think i would miss it if we didn’t have it.
I live in Tennessee, my favorite shirt says please stop moving to Tennessee
I'd give Tennessee an advantage over Kentucky due to the warmer weather, Davey Crockett helping Texas in the Alamo and the pro sports advantage. Grizzlies, Predators and Traitors um I mean Titans.😄
and Soccer. Heh.
Oh. There's a rumor an outfit trying to get Nashville Speedway up and running again, but this HCoV thing wiped that out, I guess.
I like Kentucky a bit better, but then, I don't care about most of the things you're mentioning (although I am a fan of Davey Crockett helping at the Alamo). I'm all about the College Ball and Kentucky has UK and Louisville, plus while Cincinnati may not technically be in Kentucky it's darned close. As for warmer weather, does anywhere in the South ACTUALLY NEED warmer weather?
@@alexanderfretheim5720 True. I am a college basketball fan as well. But after what to Breonna Taylor I'm not a big of Kentucky lately.
The Alamo was Sam Houston's "Bengazi" as he left all those men to die. Most of the men and dead were from Tennessee, Kentucky, and the Carolinas.....almost NONE from Texas. Houston was once the governor of TN but resigned before his real "dealings" would have caused him to be ousted....along with the death of his wife of 11 weeks.....getting the picture of who Houston really was??
Unfortunately ppl here don't even care about major league sports anyway, at least not when it comes to having one of our own, very odd. In Louisville, a big basketball city that's been in rumors to get a NBA franchise for decades now...half the people here at least are not in favor. They're just fine with being a minor league/college city. I don't get it and I hate it. It's not a huge deal to me though...only an hour-ish away from both Cincinnati/Indianapolis (closer to major league teams than folks in east Tennessee btw), I can and do go to their games whenever I want, but I'd still like to have one of my own.
Sorry mr. Beat , the Capitol for Kentucky is FrankFORT. (Am a Local Frankfortian)
Yeah autocorrect is to blame, and I missed the mistake, even after reading the script. I'm sorry. Please forgive me.
True. FrankFURT with a **U** is a city located in Germany. I understand the confusion there. 🇩🇪
@@iammrbeat No Problem. I love your content! My dad thinks that the Small island where you talked about the earth quakes is the only non-contiguous piece of land blocked by other states.
OMG ME TOO IM SITTING ON MY TOLIET IN FRANKFORT KY RIGHT NOW
Capitols are the building that serves for the government. A Capital is the city. So I'm pretty sure you mean "capital," and not "capitol"
Just for later reference, sorry to be that one guy who just spoils the mood
When I retired from an oil company I chose to move to Tennessee for many of the same positive reasons you brought up. I ran out of money and had to return to work as a truck driver. With no personal income taxes, Tennessee was a great choice. And I definitely love it here.
Add Houston's restaurant to list started in Tennessee. Yes, the first Houston's was in Nashville, Tennessee. Now closed unfortunately. That's a good trivia question as most folks would logically think Houston's began in Texas. ;)
Watching a Mr Beat video live before I go to work. It’s a great day!!
Well thank you and have a great day at work!
Kentucky native here! I always describe Tennessee as Kentucky, just with higher mountains. The states are very similar
I hate country music. meanwhile i love bourbon. But I also like higher mountains. Can't decide
We not similar Tennessee better everybody love nashville & Memphis we have more similar to Alabama Arkansas Mississippi maybe Georgia
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Hello from Sparta,TN which is in Middle Tennessee right at the Cumberland Plateau. Thanks for doing this video
Just moved from Texas to Ft Campbell and I love it out here!
Like if you live in TN like me.
I like
Cairo Weaver I’m from Collierville, but I love going to Parsons for the outdoors and camping.
greetings from beautiful Columbia Tennessee (in MIDDLE Tennessee), the "dimple of the Universe"
Born and raised in Memphis, lived in Knoxville for 6 years, now I’m back in Memphis!
Native Nashvillian
If you say AppaLAYchia imma a throw an AppleATCHA. We say Appa-latch-a not Appa lay cha
also indians called Kentucky the dark and bloody land and was known for its abundant game hunting
100% correct sir.
@@kentuckysquirrel1365 KY should just secede from the country so their hero Mitch McConnell can lead them, The rest of the nation is sick of his bullchit.
@@Paperclown you underestimate the power of the old wrinkly people vote. We tried to vote him out. I know I tried. It’s just not happening. He will sooner die before he gets voted out.
@@TheSlipperyNUwUdle its not old wrinkly people. I know what the people of those states are like. talking 20-35 impressionable lives who believe jesus will save them, when their only savior is meth addiction.. so they believe anything in particular people behind the churches and their tax free lifestyle telling the scarecrow people nothing but lies.. they're so stupid.
I'm a native Tennessean and I've never heard MIDDLE Tennessee referred to as " Central" Tennessee.
No one has
Great job ... we highly enjoyed this.
As a native Tennessean, I found this very interesting. I had never thought to compare states in this manner. I was curious to know what prompted such an examination but I see you have done similar videos comparing other states. Very entertaining, interesting, and well made sir! Keep up the good work!
I moved from TN to Ky to go to college.
For years i thought the two states were pretty much similar.
But over times I saw the TN and Ky 'personalities' emerge.
Love both of them.
Being from the Midwest, Kentucky definitely feels like a southern state
i feel like it's southern to midwesterners and midwestern to southerners
@@kershawkel And it depends on where you go in the state. If you go to many of the small towns and rural areas it will feel more southern, if you go to the big cities it will feel more Midwestern.
Northern Kentucky is more of a mid-west feel. It all depends on where you are in Kentucky. Yes, the further South you go, the more southern feel Kentucky is.
As a current Louisville resident that grew up in southern Indiana that is married to a lifelong Kentucky resident, we have had spats over this. I don't consider our portion of Kentucky southern at all. We touch the border of a state that touches a great lake. The people here don't really have southern tendencies. She gets really defensive about it being a southern state for some reason.
I think Kentucky is a mix of both mid-West and southern. I would say if you're looking at it from the I65 line down what's essentially the middle of the state, Elizabethtown and further south is where it starts to feel southern. As someone who travels for work, there's definitely a different feel between the northern part and the southern part of the state.
@@mswerkmeister I'm with you...I live in Southern Indiana, but I'm from Kentucky..Kentucky is the Southern Rim state of the American Midwest..
It is not a Southern state..Its twice as close to Canada as Florida...Its winters are the larger portion of the Year..Louisville was a huge union job manufacturing center, totally unlike the South, and during the civil war Kentucky sided with the North . Louisville people for the most part like to romanticize about Ky being Southern but the fact is it's never been the case..The claim that Ky is a Southern State provides an avenue of opportunity for Kentuckians to oppose Indiana , something they always love to do but Indiana is a State that left them in the dust economically decades ago, which down deep is why Kentuckians are always combative towards Indiana and now sadly Tennessee has done the same...Ky's politicians and residents have always been way too insular and treated each surrounding state with huge animosity, much more than the other states that surround Ky and until that changes Ky will fall further and further behind.
im surprised he didn’t talk about the corvette plant or the corvette museum in kentucky 😐
For real. I was born and raised like 40 min form the Corvette plant and my grandfather retired from Corvette. Big part of my life.
Lou York we might be from the same city then lol
Hound we very well may be!! I'm east of Bowling Green. I assume you know of the incredible soft drink by the name of Ski?
Lou York yes i do, i also do live right in Bowling Green.
Hound I'm a barren county boy. Next county due east from warren county. Cool man.
Mr. Beat I dont know if you will read this comment but I just want to say I really enjoy your content and I hope you keep making new content, you seem like a really good dude and I hope you have a good time on this earth
I really liked your video. It’s strange you mention that TN has the lowest taxes in the country, yet didn’t mention we have the highest sales tax of all 50 states. Every single thing I’ve ever bought in this state, I’ve paid 10% taxes on. So yes, the income taxes are nice but they still get your ass on literally everything else you buy in the state.
As some one who works at a grocery in southern Ky, we have people that drive from Nashville to buy simple things like milk and hamburger meat.
@Skrooge Lantay yes we did it used to be a real big thing to go to North Carolina to buy cigarettes cause of cheaper sales tax but now the border states on the East TN side has increased their sales tax so it's not that much of a savings we have no state income tax so they tax everything you buy 10%
TN doesn't have the highest sales tax. If you're paying 10 percent, you're getting ripped off. The sales tax is 9.25 and 9.5 (depending on which county you're in). I believe CA's sales tax is either 9.75 or 10 percent.
TL:DR, TN has high sales tax, not the highest.
@@williamhopkins526 those people are dumb. Food is not taxed as high as the sales tax. I believe the food tax is like 4%.
I'm in Texas but like both of these states. I've visited KY more because of my love for horse racing. I used to want to move to Lexington area but lack of job opportunity held me back. I didn't realize until this video that TN is that much more populated and prosperous. Makes sense though due to no income tax which I didn't know about. No state income tax in TX either but property taxes are higher. Sales tax in Dallas area is 8.25%, but most food items are non-taxable. Would sure like to close the doors to anymore Californians though if only that were possible.
It’s Middle Tennessee not Central Tennessee. Easy mistake but don’t let it happen again. 😀
Oops 😬
We can say the same to you don’t pronounce Louisville wrong
Has anyone seen the Grand Division between Gatlinberg, and Memphis, the capital is Pulaski tennesee its just white, im lookin to join some new progressive movement to supress voters rights.
@@slickkkkk the capital of Tennessee is Nashville NOT Pulaski. Do some homework before you start typing.
@@slickkkkk bro what
One day Kentucky will get a recognition of being a great state to live in.
Hope so
It's got a few kinks to work out...
Since you spoke briefly about their cave systems I'm surprised you didn't bring up my home town of Spencer, Tennessee. It has a huge cave under it. Which, if I remember correctly, they found 11 previously unknown species of blind fish.
Kentucky has KFC, Tennessee has Elvis.
They go together like chicken and honey.
Mississippi might argue that.
@@iammrbeat fun fact kfc started in salt lake city utah
@@bowez9 Indiana might argue that too...If as you correctly say, that Elvis was from Mississippi, and Tennessee cant really claim him, Then Kentucky cannot claim Colonel Sanders ....Sanders was born in Henryville Indiana and spent a great deal of his life there, on and off...Much Later in life, he owned a roadside restaurant on U.S. 25 in Corbin Ky where he developed the chicken...
Elvis was from Tupelo, Mississippi, Colonel Harland Sanders of KFC was from Henryville, Indiana.
I'd bet 99% of America doesn't know this, or care..But 99% of the time, nothing is as it is portrayed .
I’ve “been” to Kentucky once in 2011 for a connecting flight because Cincinnati put their airport across the river in Kentucky. One thing’s for sure, Japan loves their chicken. Especially on Christmas
That's what I hear. :D
I lived in kentucky for a while and the weather is very unpredictable.
Omg I see you everywhere.
Kentucky is home to a large number of Japanese owned manufacturing plants including the Toyota plant that manufactures all of North America's Camry and Avalons. As such there's a lot of Japanese business travelers coming and going here.
@@reeckoyoshi5887 In Kentucky we say "If you don't like the weather, stick around for a couple of hours."
Good afternoon 🌞😊👍 sir! I'm in SW Virginia across from TN! Good video!
We retired from Colorado in 2017 and bought a home in Kentucky just over 4 years ago. My husband was raised just south of Lexington but other than a few visits starting in 2000, I had no clue about living in Kentucky. I don’t know if this is our forever home, but the slower pace has been great (understanding retirement plays a large roll in that). It’s an adjustment for sure but your video is interesting and I enjoyed it! A lady at a Dollywood gift shop told me how much lower their taxes were in Tennessee. Other than that I didn’t know what the differences were. Thanks for this!
You forgot that they share Ft. Campbell. Home of the 101st. I was stationed there.
Good catch!
Even Ft. Knox, how could that be left out?
Although most of the land of Ft Campbell is on the Tennessee side
Mr Beat, how come you didn't mention that Henry Clay was from Kentucky and Andrew Jackson was from Tennessee and they were enemies?
I should have!
I went to Henry Clay High School
Dexter Morgan I went to Carlisle County High and 1983 was the greatest and most devastating year in high school basketball ever.
Andrew Jackson has the big gay. I would know because I played him in a school play.
Fun Fact: A little known secret is that Henry Clay's personal journals are housed at the Kentucky Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. That's not the secret though. In those journals he brags about the systematic slaughter of unarmed Cherokee men, women, and children who came to his lands seeking sanctuary. He pretended he was not Henry Clay when he spoke to them. He ascertained their numbers and promised to return with Henry Clay in a few days. Instead, he returned in the night with a mob and murdered them all. He was very proud of himself.
I was assigned (randomly) pages of his journal to write a report for my Kentucky History class. The professor demanded to see the pages himself when I wrote what was in the journals. He was shocked but nothing more was said. I'll bet those journals are restricted now.
i’ve lived in east TN my whole life so far i’m rly gunna miss the mountains &&sunsets//rises when i leave.
I live in east tn too, im gonna try my hardest to stay here
Love these videos! We try to keep this history alive in our videos too!
Thank you Mr.Beat. I love this series, make more comparisons. Love it!
More to come! :D
@@iammrbeat yesss! Love from Rwanda
You should definitely consider comparing Connecticut and Massachusetts!
I plan on it. :D
Or you could compare Rhode Island with one of the two states. Don’t forget tiny Rhode Island!
Liam-Man 72 He already compared Rhode Island to Delaware
Brody Davis I watched that video before, and it makes sense since Rhode Island and Delaware are the two smallest states by total area in the United States.
Liam-Man 72 Connecticut, my state, is the third smallest by total land area. 😊
Loved the MTSU shoutout. Proud alumn here!
Depending on where you’re from in Kentucky and Tennessee (personally being from southwestern Kentucky) many people would argue that Kentucky feels more southern (meaning how the people act, having a more southern accent than most Tennesseans, and rather rural cities) than Tennessee even though being more northern geographically
And it’s also New Madrid (soft A as in apple)
Aye does Grayson kinda count as south western Kentucky? In my opinion it does
TayK I don’t define the borders but if you count yourself we take you
Yeah I feel the same way. I'm from western ky btw
@@benjaminglover1587 you can have all the Mitch McConnell supporters. Just secede from the nation and he can lead all you happy people. The rest of the nation is sick of his stupidity.
I love that tiny little patch of land in western Kentucky that isn't attached to the rest of Kentucky. Looks so funny to see it on a map! :)
It's very American.
If you look along the state lines on both sides of the Mississippi River that zooms in for detail and has the state boundaries shown you will find many such "discrepancies". Many parts of Tennessee are on the west side of the Mississippi River and many parts of Arkansas are on the east side. This is because the river meanders naturally along its journey to the Gulf. The Core of Engineers have tried to channelize it but it goes where it wants to go because of the buildup of silt along the banks on both sides.
@@swinde
There was also a very big earthquake in the Midwest (I forget exactly when) that probably (?) messed up the "original" boundaries of these states. It was reported that at one point, for a short period of time, a section of the Mississippi River flowed "backwards".
(Look up New Madrid fault and/or related earthquakes. )
The Jackson Purchase territory purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians.
Kentucky is called that for the Cherokee word for hunting grounds. It is “Can-Tuck-ee”.
I found this person randomly and I just wanted to say Mr Beat sounds like someone I know...
MR BEAST
Kentucky were not traitors and did not secede from this great country
The confederacy accepted Kentucky as its 13th state.
@@garrettcason3692 Kentucky however did not.
Well, except for that John Breckinridge fellow. :D
Tennessee sent more volunteers to the Union Army than any other state.
@@Quintinohthree they had a shadow government that supported the confederacy, and many Kentucky men fought for the Confederacy.
There's no comparison. Kentucky is Kentucky and Tennessee is Tennessee. Tennessee has Nashville. Kentucky has whiskey, horses and Daniel Boone.
Yo don’t forget about the Memphis gang ✊🏼
*Bourbon. Whiskey is called bourbon here. And you can't call it bourbon unless it's from here 😊
Bourbon?
No, Tennessee had Daniel Boone. And the only thing that Boone, North Carolina is known for is Tweetsie Railroad.
Bruh Daniel Boone ain’t even from here folk 🤦🏿♂️ that nigga from Pennsylvania
I used to live in TN amid my adolescent years. And my mom is traveling to KY tomorrow for work. She works at home for real estate.
Chattanooga is my favorite city in either state. I used to love going to Lookouts baseball games, although Smokies games are fun, too.
It’s MIDDLE Tennessee, NOT Central Tennessee.
"Central" is a geographical word, "middle" is used as a culturally derived word.. so yes, "Central" does work.
@@indigomarine91 He also said Appalachian wrong, but no one points that out anyway.
@@indigomarine91 in our state constitution it's referred to as middle
@@doug814 pp r
Hey i saw a post about what to compare west virginia to, and maybe you could do maine? I feel like those two would be a decent comparison
I was think of maybe WV to VA, but Maine sounds nice too!
@@Dadderfield he said that he already is making a comparison of VA to a different state (can't remember which) and wanted to know what state WV could be compared to, hence why i said maine instead of VA lol
Farmerfrugal I think he should also consider comparing Connecticut and Massachusetts, their highly similar but yet have several distinct differences. Would probably be pretty interesting especially since I live in Connecticut and really want him to cover my state.
@@cocotaveras8975 that's what I'm thinking too! I've been to Connecticut once, but driven through it many times. I was born and lived in MA for college, but lived in NH for almost my whole life lol. MA and CT would be a great comparison!
I live in WV, and I can’t think of any close similarities between West Virginia and Maine, other than being on the eastern part of the country. I’d suggest West Virginia VS Ohio or maybe Pennsylvania.
I’m from Canada and never left my home province of Ontario but for some reason I’ve always been attracted to Kentucky.
I went to emigrate to the states and Kentucky, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia and Alaska (obviously) are my top choices.
as a native Kentuckian i had absolutely no idea we had any kind of beef with Tennessee
Very cool and informative information bru:) Born in Memphis, TN and have lived in Covington, KY although, for the last 34-years have lived and am living in NC:)
Well dang, this video apparently was made for you.