#greenscreen Why is #AandW so much more popular in #Canada than the #US, considering its #America’s longest-running #fastfood chain? The answer may or may not surprise you! Basically, in written form, #AW is known for its #rootbeer, and this is how the company began, as a humble Southern California rootbeer stand in 1918. It was a huge hit and expanded itself to be a drive-in restaurant, expanding across the states until it opened its first franchise in #Winnipeg, #Manitoba in the 1960s. Only about a decade later, the Canadian division of #AnW split off from its parent company, no longer beholden to a foreign corporate overlord and free to expand and market itself in a way more palatable to the Canadian experience, in other words, playing off nostalgia and opening up stores in malls and shopping centers. Today, A&W is as ubiquitous in Canada as #TimHortons, despite the fact that its origins are a brand whose slogan is ‘All #American Food.’ Canada moment! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 What chain should I cover next? #chains #restaurant #food #chain #restaurants #geography #geographyjoe #map #maps #northamerica #usa #america

Replying to @johnyy_salinas #greenscreen Examining #SouthCarolina’s population map, at long last! South #Carolina is the 23rd most populous state, with 5,116,728 residents. Though historically heavily dependent on #agriculture, today the state is primarily an urban one, with about 80% of #SC’s population living in urban centers, though its somewhat tricky determining which in the state ranks as the largest. #Charleston, historically the epicenter of the state, is still the largest city today, with only about 150,000 living in the city limits (and another 100,000 in the large suburb of #NorthCharleston. #Columbia, in the exact center of the state, is the second-largest #city and state #capital, with about 130,000 residents, and is the second largest #metro area in #South Carolina. The *largest* metro area in the state, however, is actually the #Upstate region, consisting of #Greenville, #Spartanburg, #Anderson, and a slew of other smaller cities that follow #i85, essentially at the midpoint between #Charlotte #NC and #Atlanta, in #Georgia. This #Piedmont metropolis is the fastest growing in the state, even though none of its cities rank top 5 in population. Technically, however, #Metrolina is the largest metro even *partially* within South Carolina, as #York and #Lancaster #counties both are included in #Charlotte’s metro. The #Augusta, Georgia metro also extends into the state, and would rank 5th by this metric. Other important cities in the #Palmetto state include #Florence, #Orangeburg, and #Greenwood, while the SC #Lowcountry is home to the state’s biggest tourist destinations, namely #Beaufort, #MyrtleBeach, and #HiltonHeadIsland (often called #HiltonHead or #HHI), with the state’s single biggest economic draw being #tourism. Considering the difficult history of South Carolina, with it being the first state to secede from the Union during the #CivilWar and an intense economic dependence on the practice that led to the Civil War, the state’s economy has transitioned into the 21st century better than other states dependent on the practice, and today is overrun with tourists, largely from #Ohio, since its within a days drive of many population centers up #north. The least populous counties in the state today are #CalhounCounty, which contains part of #CongareeNationalPark, and #Allendale county, with just 8,000 residents. What state should I cover next? #carolinas #southern #usa #us #unitedstates #states #50states #series #geography #geographyjoe #history #population #populationmap #populationdensity #map #maps #education #cities #unitedstatesofamerica #beaches #islands #palmettostate #southcarolinacheck #piedmont #lowcountry #horrycounty #congaree #savannahriver

Replying to @Rico #greenscreen Looking at #Florida’s population map! Florida is the 3rd most populous state with over 22 million residents, and one of (if not the) fastest growing states in the country. With the longest #coastline in the Continental #US, Florida is made up of two parts, the #Panhandle, and the #Peninsula. While the state capital, #Tallahassee, is located on the panhandle, as well as a few beach towns (namely #Destin, #PanamaCity, and #Pensacola), it is largely sparsely populated, being home to Florida’s least populous #county, #Liberty. The peninsula is home to nearly 80% of the state, with #Jacksonville being the largest city due to it annexing all of #Duval County, though the #Miami, #Tampa, and #Orlando #metropolitan areas are larger. The Miami metro, which includes other major cities like #DaytonaBeach, #WestPalmBeach, #MiamiBeach, #BocaRaton, #Hollywood, and #FortLauderdale, is the 9th biggest #metro in the country, and #Hialeah is the most #Cuban city in the #USA. Miami’s metro, in #southeast Florida, is essentially 100 miles of uninterrupted city along the #AtlanticOcean. Tampa’s metro, on the #GulfofMexico (sometimes known as the #GulfCoast metro), includes #StPetersburg, #Clearwater, #Bradenton, is the next largest in Florida, and resembles the Miami metro in that it arguably stretches down to #CapeCoral, #Sarasota, and #FortMyers. With the #Orlando metro in #CentralFlorida, home to #UniversalStudios, #Disney world, and a large concentration of other theme parks, it is predicted that #Southern Florida will become one giant #metropolis in the next ~30 years, assuming growth continues at the rate its going. Being home to so many #beaches, the #FloridaKeys (most famous of which is #KeyWest), endless amusement parks, inland #lakes, #islands, and multiple #nationalparks (#DryTortugas, #BiscayneBay, #Everglades) Florida is one of the most heavily visited #tourism destinations in the country, and its large population reflects its popularity. Many new Florida residents are ‘#snowbirds,’ a term used to describe someone who lives in Florida just long enough to benefit from its lack of income tax, while actually residing in other states, particularly in the #northeast and #midwest. This is largely what gives way to the adage that ‘in Florida, the further #north you go, the more #south it gets,’ since the Panhandle is much more tied to #Alabama and #Georgia than it is to the rest of the state, which is largely made up of transplants from Northern states, or even other localities in the Caribbean, like #Cuba or #PuertoRico. Does Florida warrant a part 2, and if not, what state should I cover next? #state #states #geography #geographyjoe #population #populationdensity #populationmap #map #maps #us #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica #libertycounty #disneyworld #universalstudios #sunshine #southbeach #coast #atlantic #gulf

Replying to @epialla #greenscreen Examining #Texas’s population map! Texas is the SECOND most populated #state (behind only #California) with just over 30 MILLION residents, meaning Texas is home to nearly 8.9% of the #US #population. The state is home to five of the #nation’s largest #cities, with #Houston being the 4th biggest in the #USA, #SanAntonio at #7, #Dallas at #9, #Austin at #10, #FortWorth at #13, and with #ElPaso ranking at #22, Texas is home to 6 of the country’s 22 largest cities. As for #metro areas, Houston again ranks 4th, with big suburbs/satellite cities including #SugarLand, #TheWoodlands, and #Galveston, while the #DFW #Metroplex comes in at #5 in the nation, with major suburbs including #Plano, #Rockwall, #Arlington (the nation’s largest city with no public transit), #Garland, and #Grapevine. Austin is the state’s #capital, and other major cities in Texas outside of the so-called #TexasTriangle include #Amarillo, #Midland, #Lubbock, #Odessa, #McAllen, #Brownsville, #Victoria, #WichitaFalls, #Tyler, #Killeen, #Laredo, #Abilene, #CollegeStation (home to Texas #AM #university), #Waco, #Texarkana, #Beaumont, #SanAngelo, #CorpusChristi, and #Longview. Texas is the second-largest state also by land area, behind only #Alaska, and would be the world’s 38th largest country if independent, which Texas famously was during the 19th century before (reluctantly) joining the United States. Known for #cowboy culture, #bucees, #football, #ranching, #bbq, #Hispanic culture, and virtually infinitely more things, Texas is undoubtedly one of the most important, influential states in our #union, and is known worldwide for its culture, large size, diverse landscapes and lifestyles, and so much more that I probably forgot to mention in this video. Don’t mess with Texas, and don’t forget the #Alamo like I did! #populationmap #populationdensity #geography #geographyjoe #map #maps #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica #dontmesswithtexas #texascheck #texasroadhouse #history #education #series #rural #urban #texasamuniversity #eclipse #easttexas #westtexas #riogrande #atlanticocean #mexico

#greenscreen Examining #Connecticut’s population map! Connecticut is a #state in #NewEngland with the 29th highest #population in the #US with 3,617,176 residents, despite being the 3rd smallest state by land area. It ranks 4th in population density. #CT is home to far more medium-large #cities than one may expect, such as #Bridgeport, the state’s largest #city, home to 148,777 people, followed by #NewHaven, home to #Yale #University, #Stamford, #Hartford (the state #capital), #Waterbury, and #Norwalk. #UConn, the state’s largest university, is located in rural #northeast Connecticut, in the town of #Storrs, but has satellite campuses throughout the state. It is sometimes debated whether Connecticut is really a part of #New #England, as the #southwest 1/3 of the state is part of the #NYC #tristatearea, with towns like #Greenwich (one of the wealthiest in the #USA) acting as bedroom communities for #NewYorkCity executives. As part of #metropolitan NYC, however, Connecticut’s economy pulls heavily from this region, since the majority of the state is closer to #NewYork than it is to #Boston. Connecticut borders the #LongIsland sound, #RhodeIsland, #NewYork, and #Massachusetts. What state should I cover next? #states #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica #populationmap #populationdensity #map #maps #geography #geographyjoe #history #13colonies #basketball