As economic megaregions quietly replace traditional state borders, the real centers of American power are shifting and state lines may matter less than ever.
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Chapters:
0:00 – Intro
0:48 – The Reality of American Megaregions
1:29 – Features of Regional Integration
2:50 – The Massive Stretch of BosWash
3:56 – Explosion of the New South and West
5:52 – Natural Drivers of Regional Change
8:01 – Invention of Indoor Cooling Systems
10:15 – Challenges Facing Urban Expansion
13:20 – The Great Divider of Trade
17:49 – The Great Northern Climate Pivot
25 Comments
This is IMPRESSIVE!!!
Something Definitely
Worth Watching.
Particularly on a political level.
This could TOTALLY Reshape
The Political Landscape of
🇺🇸.
Many Political positions will
be Obsolete.
Very interesting/ good info.
Funny he mentions Ottawa and Montreal but skips over Toronto's GTA having over double their combined populations..
once we assimilate canada and greenland that will be the impetuous to a hyper region to be born that will dwarf everything else so far
This is any country that has seaside and seaport for trading. Nothing new.
That Texas rail has been in discussion for decades. It’s not happening anytime soon
Nuclear fusion will make desalination & pumping fresh water from the ocean cheap & easy. And internal combustion engines that run on hydrogen & only emits water also cheap & easy. How will this change that map?
I don’t see it happening like this. People can work remotely, and you’re not gonna have someone in Boston that physically works in DC every day. You’re just not.
The power of states isn’t going anywhere because people like having power over where they live more than they like having power over where other people live.
No matter what your orange clown wants you to believe, it's NOT suddenly the gulf of america but remains the Gulf of Mexico.
Gulf of America? Really? I hope that was tongue in cheek
11:44 Please stop calling the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. We will be rid of our Egotist in Chief in a few months, and Gulf of America will be an embarrassing memory when we regain some of our national sanity.
17:38 As a remote working engineer/architect, I live in Maine, but I work with teams in Dallas, Tampa, Montréal, and Berlin.
I read about "Megalopolis" by John Kenneth Galbraith, decades ago.
I wouldn't call these megaregions a dream. More like an urban nightmare where you can't get away from other people.
pointless video, this has been the norm ever since cities existed.
The different trends along the state line of Illinois (high taxes, massive debt) and Indiana disprove the premise that state lines are irrelevant.
greenland and cananda will soon be states
ein Beitrag an Donnerstag, dem 5. Februar 2026 I die Bundesrepublik Deutschland [= BRD] I die Mitteleuropäische Zeit [= MEZ]
area I kilometres squared I statue miles squared I inhabitants I inhabitants per kilometre squared I inhabitants per statue mile squared
Canada & USA I ~ 19,509,737 km² I ~ 7,532,751 mi² I ~ 381,900,000 I ~ 20 I ~ 50
Russia I ~ 17,074,636 km² I ~ 6,592,553 mi² I ~ 143,446,060 I ~ 8 I ~ 22
° RU [Europe] I ~ 3,952,550 km² I ~ 1,526,088 mi² I ~ 123,000,000 I ~ 31 I ~ 81
° RU [Asia] I ~ 13,122,850 km² I ~ 5,066,676 mi² I ~ 23,000,000 I ~ 2 I ~ 5
Europe I ~ 10,523,000 km² I ~ 4,062,300 mi² I ~ 747,000,000 I ~ 70 I ~ 181
Canada I ~ 9,984,670 km² I ~ 3,855,510 mi² I ~ 40,100,000 I ~ 4 I ~ 10
PR China I ~ 9,596,961 km² I ~ 3,705,407 mi² I ~ 1,408,280,000 I ~ 148 I ~ 380
USA I ~ 9,525,067 km² I ~ 3,677,649 mi² I ~ 341,784,857 I ~ 34 I ~ 93
Brazil I ~ 8,510,418 km² I ~ 3,285,891 mi² I ~ 203,080,756 I ~ 24 I ~ 62
Australia I ~ 7,688,287 km² I ~ 2,968,464 mi² I ~ 27,200,000 I ~ 4 I ~ 9
India I ~ 3,287,263 km² I ~ 1,269,219 mi² I ~ 1,428,627,663 I ~ 431 I ~ 1,126
Indonesia I ~ 1,904,569 km² I ~ 735,358 mi² I ~ 285,000,000 I ~ 148 I ~ 387
Nigeria I ~ 923,769 km² I ~ 356,669 mi² I ~ 236,747,130 I ~ 250 I ~ 647
Pakistan I ~ 765,095 km² I ~ 295,405 mi² I ~ 240,500,000 I ~ 287 I ~ 814
Texas I ~ 695,621 km² I ~ 268,581 mi² I ~ 31,709,821 I ~ 43 I ~ 111
California (state) I ~ 423,970 km² I ~ 163,696 mi² I ~ 39,355,309 I ~ 97 I ~ 250
FR Germany (re-united) I ~ 357,022 km² I ~ 137,847 mi² I ~ 83,497,147 I ~ 234 I ~ 605
Bangladesh I ~ 147,570 km² I ~ 59,977 mi² I ~ 172,100,000 I ~ 1,240 I ~ 2,868
Netherlands (kingdom) I ~ 41,543 km² I ~ 16,040 mi² I ~ 18,045,532 I ~ 432 I ~ 1,125
Belgium I ~ 30,688 km² I ~ 11,849 mi² I ~ 11,800,000 I ~ 383 I ~ 996
Luxembourg (grand duchy) I 2,586 km² I ~ 999 mi² I ~ 681,943 I ~ 264 I ~ 683
Please stop calling it the Gulf of America…
Trump is about to destroy most of that fancy dream, unless tou stay self sufficient with minimal to no trade 😛
Boswash? try Megalopolis
Well, the barrier between San Diego and Phoenix is the mountain range due east of San Diego. It is steep and jagged.
I predict a civil war in the US soon, the country is beyond divided
Hey even Nashville is a fast growing city. You forgot to mention that.