🇺🇸 DOES YOUR FLAG FAIL? Grey Grades State Flags!

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  • 🐝 BONUS VIDEO! 🐝 The US Territories stop by to get their flags graded: kzhead.info/sun/qt1_j89sp4KoY6s/bejne.html

    @CGPGrey@CGPGrey Жыл бұрын
    • Can you do canda flags provinces and cities flags

      @kimberlylewistyner2070@kimberlylewistyner207010 ай бұрын
    • I really like canda

      @kimberlylewistyner2070@kimberlylewistyner207010 ай бұрын
    • Yeah about that. I just paid a membership but I still can't see your video for Canada's flag rating... Like is there something els I need to do?

      @johaomikaelmaringagne6179@johaomikaelmaringagne61797 ай бұрын
  • How have you managed to actually make me care about these state girl stick figures? I felt sad when they got admonished, even if their designs deserved it

    @erok0809@erok0809 Жыл бұрын
    • Me too!!! I just wanted to hug them.

      @EducatedNation2@EducatedNation24 ай бұрын
  • The little details put in each state's attitude NEVER get old. Every still has so much delightful personality in it. Also love the backdrop as a classroom. S-Tier work.

    @FiveTacos@FiveTacos Жыл бұрын
  • As a New Mexican I am glad to hear our flag is appreciated as it seems every one here is mandated to either tattoo themselves with it, or have it as a bumper sticker.

    @JessSimpson1313@JessSimpson1313 Жыл бұрын
    • It is a great flag. I'm a native Texan, but I have a T-Shirt with yalls flag on it. Good stuff.

      @bozimmerman@bozimmerman Жыл бұрын
    • It's literally my favorite official flag in the world

      @zetexztt@zetexztt8 ай бұрын
  • Alabama - 11:23 Alaska - 5:35 Arizona - 15:50 Arkansas - 11:42 California - 2:28 Colorado - 10:40 Connecticut - 5:13 Delaware - 8:21 Florida - 17:35 Georgia - 17:02 Hawaii - 13:48 Idaho - 9:31 Illinois - 10:18 Indiana - 9:59 Iowa - 9:35 Kansas - 1:45 Kentucky - 7:41 Louisiana - 12:42 Maine - 4:28 Maryland - 12:30 Massachusetts - 7:36 Michigan - 5:26 Minnesota - 11:01 Mississippi - 3:47 Missouri - 6:40 Montana - 1:45 Nebraska - 4:20 Nevada - 11:56 New Hampshire - 5:01 New Jersey - 15:43 New Mexico - 4:39 New York - 16:06 North Carolina - 15:14 North Dakota - 3:09 Ohio - 8:09 Oklahoma - 14:17 Oregon - 1:45 Pennsylvania - 7:47 Rhode Island - 7:20 South Carolina - 14:47 South Dakota - 3:09 Tennessee - 12:58 Texas - 17:16 Utah - 17:52 Vermont - 4:24 Virginia - 7:55 Washington - 13:20 West Virginia - 11:37 Wisconsin - 1:45 Wyoming - 8:33 Fun Fact: The most common way Grey would introduce a state is with the exclamation "Ah" Edit: Now that I've posted this and can click through quickly, I'm wrong. Most common way is the name followed by a short pause.

    @landscaping8815@landscaping8815 Жыл бұрын
    • Bruh you are a lifesaver

      @FSMMicronesia@FSMMicronesia9 ай бұрын
  • As a Marylander, that outfit you designed for our girl is just *mwah* glorious. I love it so much.

    @webbowser8834@webbowser8834 Жыл бұрын
    • I'm fairly certain I could recreate that outfit IRL if I tried. I've definitely seen a Maryland flag top hat and tie before

      @alexray230@alexray230 Жыл бұрын
  • I kind of want Grey to do an "after-school group" of the Canadian provincial flags, the State's cousins meeting up and not wanting to be left out of the fun.

    @TheMan83554@TheMan83554 Жыл бұрын
    • Or the counties of Liberia. 😂

      @KlaxontheImpailr@KlaxontheImpailr Жыл бұрын
    • @@KlaxontheImpailr Oh dear god no!

      @TheLordOfNothing@TheLordOfNothing Жыл бұрын
    • If he'd been a little earlier with this video, the Liberian state flags all getting S tier would have made for a fun April Fools follow-up.

      @glasdonjm@glasdonjm Жыл бұрын
    • And the us territories!

      @myislander@myislander Жыл бұрын
    • Yes yes, that would be wonderful! I know Ontario (my home province) would probably be graded in the F tier. Hoping we get a new flag someday.

      @JohnCanadian@JohnCanadian Жыл бұрын
  • Hearing Grey’s stern teacher voice when he said “I’ll take that, thank you!” is something I didn’t know I needed, but I’m glad I got

    @gnarled128@gnarled128 Жыл бұрын
  • Wow, I didn’t realize how many state flags were blue

    @derekheld1427@derekheld1427 Жыл бұрын
  • You did Colorado DIRTY. You failed them for having the audacity to put a stylized C on their flag and then gave North Carolina a passing grade despite having a NON-stylized "NC" on theirs? Shame on you.

    @JG-bp6sn@JG-bp6sn Жыл бұрын
  • California’s reaction to others’ flags and to your criticism of hers mirrored my own as a Californian.

    @littlecousin5630@littlecousin5630 Жыл бұрын
  • Grey's gonna go New Mexico and Maryland for S tier.

    @TheLordOfNothing@TheLordOfNothing Жыл бұрын
    • You don't know me!

      @CGPGrey@CGPGrey Жыл бұрын
  • I'm glad you S tiered our new Utah flag! Our redesign has been a long time coming.

    @AndresVillacresisDretheGreat@AndresVillacresisDretheGreat Жыл бұрын
    • It is a wonderful new design

      @chrisv2107@chrisv2107 Жыл бұрын
    • It is a wonderful new design, but is it flying now? What I'm reading online is that it isn't official until next year. I hope it is flying now.

      @icantbeyoursuperman@icantbeyoursuperman Жыл бұрын
    • @@icantbeyoursuperman Can confirm that government buildings are flying now, the capitol flew it on the day it became our new flag.

      @AndresVillacresisDretheGreat@AndresVillacresisDretheGreat Жыл бұрын
    • It is a great flag, which I had not heard of before. Congrats!

      @jebeda@jebeda Жыл бұрын
    • Utah understood the assignment.

      @bettsdn@bettsdn Жыл бұрын
  • I'll admit, I had no idea what the Minnesotan flag looked like going into this video and I can't disagree with Grey's assessment. Apparently there've been several unsuccessful attempts to get it changed in recent years, so we Minnesotan's still have hope of one day getting a passing grade.

    @EirynKatherine@EirynKatherine Жыл бұрын
    • I knew it was going to get dunked going in and ouch, still hurts.

      @SkylerKehren@SkylerKehren Жыл бұрын
    • I like the new one way better!

      @trevorh122@trevorh1223 ай бұрын
  • I've waited for this moment for nine years

    @qwertyuoip1234@qwertyuoip1234 Жыл бұрын
    • I didn't expect it would take that long. I hope it lived up to the hype for you.

      @CGPGrey@CGPGrey Жыл бұрын
    • @@CGPGrey I'm glad the Roman Mars TED talk is sufficiently old that you felt comfortable making this video

      @lolledopke@lolledopke Жыл бұрын
    • @@CGPGrey pls do same vid but with county flags

      @swiftkillerrr@swiftkillerrr2 ай бұрын
  • There have been more Grey videos in the last month than are usually in a year. Should I be worried?

    @Xatzimi@Xatzimi Жыл бұрын
    • YEAR OF WORK

      @CGPGrey@CGPGrey Жыл бұрын
    • not usually, just last year, but I do expect it'll be a while before we get a new one now

      @fanq_@fanq_ Жыл бұрын
  • As a Marylander, i am so glad to know that Grey also thinks our flag is so ugly that it circles back around to being great.

    @lxix_lxix@lxix_lxix Жыл бұрын
  • just wanted you to know that you've spiked google trends traffic for "virginia flag"

    @onedeadsaint@onedeadsaint Жыл бұрын
    • Delightful. Thank you for telling me this.

      @CGPGrey@CGPGrey Жыл бұрын
    • 🤣

      @deegee424@deegee424 Жыл бұрын
  • This video is how I found out about Utah's flag redesign, and its existence gives me hope for the rest of the subpar state flags. As Roman Mars said in his Vexillology TED Talk, "In every bad flag, there is a good flag trying to get out", and Utah nails the essence of its original design in a sleek, stylized update. Bravo to you, Utah, and I hope the rest of the states may one day follow suit.

    @ElectricFortune@ElectricFortune Жыл бұрын
  • As a Canadian, I'm proud as hell that Grey holds it up as the standard. (pun intended)

    @waywardmind@waywardmind Жыл бұрын
  • As someone who was born in D.C. and grew up in Maryland, I feel very proud of the flags in my area. The Maryland flag breaks pretty much every flag rule but that somehow makes it better.

    @davidalade2288@davidalade2288 Жыл бұрын
  • Minnesotan here. Our state was so embarrassed by our clear failure to flag properly that we're changing our state flag by the end of the year. Thank you for pointing out our devistating failure

    @SylentVoidkeeper@SylentVoidkeeper5 ай бұрын
    • I was just coming here to say they're gonna need a redo :)

      @Reeeeeeeeeena89@Reeeeeeeeeena895 ай бұрын
    • Actually he did one already kzhead.info/sun/a9J_lrGkkHavoZs/bejne.html

      @Reeeeeeeeeena89@Reeeeeeeeeena895 ай бұрын
  • I feel like the North Carolina flag with not one, but two, dates and letters on it got a LOT of pardon here. Should be in the F Tiers for the same reason as Florida.

    @Regg-X@Regg-X Жыл бұрын
    • I think Grey succumbed to sentimentality

      @ArnolddeLeon@ArnolddeLeon Жыл бұрын
    • True, but at least it's only got initials rather than the whole name.

      @thomaslane1547@thomaslane1547 Жыл бұрын
  • I'd love to see a redesign of WA. Keep the green, stylize a pine tree, maybe some visual acknowledgement that half the state is desert. We have volcanoes! Do something with that. Orcas. Otters. Rattlesnakes. Someone please get to work on this.

    @a.z.p.@a.z.p. Жыл бұрын
    • An orca as the centerpiece of the Washington state flag would be dope af. Especially if it was in the Salish art style - easily an s-tier flag

      @josiethompson5739@josiethompson5739 Жыл бұрын
    • This got me thinking what had already been done for it, and the first result was from FlagsForGood, lots of pretty green hills (a bit reminiscent of our evergreen trees) with a dark blue sky and five white 6-pointed stars. From the site - "The Design: Since DC took the Washington family crest, I decided to take the flag of George Washington's military HQ and use that as a base. Then, with a little help from Tiktok, I decided to incorporate a light to dark green gradient that can be found so much in the nature around Washington. The five stars, representing the five active volcanoes in Washington, make a subtle "W" in the sky and the mountains mirror their shape."

      @Sunnybrook1@Sunnybrook1 Жыл бұрын
    • The most identifiable but probably not a good idea, I can think is have Mt. Saint Helens with it's crater top on the flag

      @MatthewCSnow@MatthewCSnow Жыл бұрын
    • Maybe to represent the desert they could divide the flag in half with one side keeping the green and the other being yellow, I'm not sure on what to divide it with though.

      @karlkewbz@karlkewbz Жыл бұрын
    • The thing that stuck out to me most when I first moved here was that the state route signs all have the shape of Washington’s head on them. The flag would be so much better just changing out his face for that same silhouette.

      @CatherineLu@CatherineLu Жыл бұрын
  • The Republic of Chicago would kindly like to request a major city flags grading. That state flag doesn't fly us.

    @RTopes@RTopes Жыл бұрын
    • Don't forget NYC. Better than NYS anyway.

      @andrewmasin5787@andrewmasin5787 Жыл бұрын
    • I love that they used Chicago's flag in Wakanda Forever, so recognizable!

      @jamesgartrell4462@jamesgartrell4462 Жыл бұрын
    • @@andrewmasin5787it’s only barely better because it had the Dutch colors in it but it’s a SOB

      @prede89@prede898 ай бұрын
    • Phoenix I reckon will do AZ proud

      @smmar194@smmar1944 ай бұрын
  • Maryland being a stack overflow error lol

    @readhoffman6578@readhoffman6578 Жыл бұрын
  • 🚨 WARNING: DO NOT COMMENT UNTIL YOU READ THIS! 🚨 ⬇ MORE BELOW ⬇ Thank everyone who supports the channel. Your patronage is the only reason the team can make these videos without relying on sponsorships. Given increasing uncertainty on KZhead with shorts, plus in the comments the number of scams and bots that flood in, I'm trying an experiment: New privilege for all 🐝 Bonnie Bees 🐝: As the verified humans that you are, you alone will be able to post in the comment sections of the videos. Unfortunately, there is no way to just approve everyone at once. Instead, there's a three step process: 1. If you haven't already, sign up over at: patreon.com/cgpgrey 2. Then leave a comment on the most recent video. 3. Send a message through Patreon with your KZhead name and the comment. Then you be approved as a commenter -- afterward all your comments will be automatically approved. I'm sorry that this is a bit annoying, and it will take a long and tedious time to get through everyone, so please be patient. But the hope is this will get rid of all the bot/scam comments while also raising the visibility in the comments of all the people who help make the videos happen. 💚 🐝 💚

    @CGPGrey@CGPGrey Жыл бұрын
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    • @@TheNinja131 thats what I want to know

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    • @@TheNinja131 Grey's minions will approve you

      @ArnolddeLeon@ArnolddeLeon Жыл бұрын
  • For c tier, I can and do wear the Colorado flag design on a shirt which is more than can be said for most of these GOOD GOD WUT

    @monicap8561@monicap8561 Жыл бұрын
  • My state only passed by a technicality but I still feel better than most the others. However, I think CGP gave North Carolina a higher score than it deserves, that N and C are basically writing our name and there are two dates on it which is quite against the spirit of the rules. I think FA.

    @ender-gaming@ender-gaming Жыл бұрын
  • You did Colorado dirty. The flag breaks almost all vexilogical rules, yet still looks good. That should be an s tier just due to how well it works while breaking all the rules. (From a biased Colorado native)

    @dojomaster5481@dojomaster5481 Жыл бұрын
    • I think most people like the Colorado flag. Grey was a little too picky in this haha

      @prede89@prede89 Жыл бұрын
  • If you hadn't put Maryland in S tier, you would have pissed off 6.165 million people

    @alexray230@alexray230 Жыл бұрын
  • I love angry little California at 3:10 lmaooo Also I've been using the term "the Maryland flag of -blank-" for so long, I legitimately forgot where that came from

    @LuisRomero-sx6kw@LuisRomero-sx6kw Жыл бұрын
    • You're thinking of Hello Internet, and Grey and Brady's take about the "Maryland Point"

      @frankwu4747@frankwu4747 Жыл бұрын
  • unironically the presentation and characterization of the states as school girls, being grouchy at F’s, excitedly running the halls, etc…. makes this so rewatchable

    @mystbs6612@mystbs66129 ай бұрын
  • I know you hate Purple (the most magnificent of colors I have you know!), but in this case I'm with you. Either own the purple on a flag whole cloth or don't bother at all. :D

    @IgthornOfDrekmore@IgthornOfDrekmore Жыл бұрын
  • This is my new favorite Grey video of all time. The humor level is outstanding and nonstop. I love all of the personality that the state girls have and I absolutely lost it at Maryland.

    @danielsanchez4881@danielsanchez4881 Жыл бұрын
  • As a citizen of Maine, I am required to tell you about the original Maine flag (1901 - 1909) and how it is better than our current one.

    @alexanderlemieux7492@alexanderlemieux7492 Жыл бұрын
    • That is a wicked cool flag

      @prede89@prede89 Жыл бұрын
    • I wonder what folks in 1909 were thinking, to drop the simple tree and star?

      @thomaslane1547@thomaslane1547 Жыл бұрын
  • It was coming one day! And that day has arrived!!! I’m ready for Kansas to do poorly because our flag is against all that Grey stands for!

    @Redsox4444443@Redsox4444443 Жыл бұрын
    • And yep, double F. Yep.

      @Redsox4444443@Redsox4444443 Жыл бұрын
  • 1:43 Kansas/Montana/Wisconsin/Oregon 2:28 California 3:09 North Dakota/South Dakota 3:46 Mississippi 4:20 Nebraska 4:24 Vermont 4:28 Maine 4:36 New Mexico 5:00 New Hampshire 5:13 Connecticut 5:25 Michigan 5:32 Alaska 6:40 Missouri 7:18 Rhode Island 7:31 Massachusetts/Kentucky/Pennsylvania/Virginia 8:09 Ohio 8:21 Delaware 8:34 Wyoming 9:26 Idaho/Iowa/Indiana/Illinois 10:39 Colorado 11:01 Minnesota 11:21 Alabama 11:37 West Virginia 11:42 Arkansas 11:56 Nevada 12:30 Maryland 12:42 Louisiana 12:58 Tennessee 13:20 Washington 13:49 Hawaii 14:17 Oklahoma 14:47 South Carolina/North Carolina 15:42 New Jersey 15:50 Arizona 16:06 New York 17:02 Georgia 17:16 Texas 17:35 Florida 17:52 Utah

    @jeffsynn@jeffsynn Жыл бұрын
  • Poor Nevada never got assigned a grade audibly, but for those who did not spot it on the graphics later in the video (like myself, having to scan for it: 12:34) it ended up lost among the other blue flags as an FC. For some actual flag commentary, why does the so-called "garden state" not have the color green feature more prominently in its flag? I got some serious Japanese rising sun flag vibes from Arizona's flag, but it certainly works. As for Iowa... not sure how that is "much 'murica", it just looks like the French flag with a seal on it. Sure, eagle seal, but still. And finally, absolutely agreed that Minnesota should have been some variation on the Scandinavian country flags.

    @StarlightNightflame@StarlightNightflame Жыл бұрын
    • Nevada could do a really bad-ass move and put the symbol of a mushroom cloud on the flag. Sort of a cross between "help, we are the most nuked place in the world" and "Don't get any fancy ideas with the water rights, California. We have bigger bombs diplomacy."

      @ReneSchickbauer@ReneSchickbauer Жыл бұрын
  • I waited for Maryland and I wasn’t disappointed

    @XadackaPhotography@XadackaPhotography Жыл бұрын
  • I love the new Utah flag, as a native Utahn. It's so much more distinguishable from the previous design.

    @Regendur@Regendur Жыл бұрын
  • I love the emotions on the state cartoons. The SHAME depicted by some of them is priceless 😂

    @mesieurt2@mesieurt2 Жыл бұрын
  • It's been a long night and I am still irate at South Carolina's ranking in relation to North Carolina (what with NC's blatant writing and copying Texas's homework and what not).

    @Zedbie@Zedbie Жыл бұрын
  • As a Michigander and someone who loves vexillology I hate that my state has a worse flag than Ohio

    @algaesachel8551@algaesachel8551 Жыл бұрын
  • I look forward to Maryland getting S tier.

    @JonathanSundy@JonathanSundy Жыл бұрын
    • Just watched. Fuck yeah!

      @JonathanSundy@JonathanSundy Жыл бұрын
  • I never thought we would actually get a flag video from Grey. Never have I been so happy to be wrong because this was a fun watch! Plus, as a New Jerseyan, it's fun to dunk on New York for a change.

    @xdjrockstar@xdjrockstar Жыл бұрын
    • That was amazing

      @prede89@prede898 ай бұрын
  • Some of these stick figures just have such cute outfits and personality. Like, Ohio looks so good!

    @CatherineLu@CatherineLu Жыл бұрын
  • What an animation on the Utah flag, that was so hopeful

    @TheQarnage@TheQarnage Жыл бұрын
  • As a californian, I am personally slighted by this video.

    @olivianava5422@olivianava5422 Жыл бұрын
    • I can't help but feel my buttons pushed. What do I write on which ballet when?!

      @CoffeeVector@CoffeeVector Жыл бұрын
    • The bright side: That little star in the upper left of your flag is a tribute to the Republic of Texas, and OUR flag did well, so you can take some solace in that.

      @bozimmerman@bozimmermanАй бұрын
  • 4:48 Fun fact: The music playing here is “Morning Mood”, from Grieg’s Peer Gynt suite. It seems like an odd fit for a desert state, though Grey matches it up with some astute flag praise to make it fit well. You might recognize the song as the one that often plays behind pastoral pictures of flowers opening and fauna frolicking in a forest. HOWEVER, in the play that this piece was composed for, the scene it’s written for is a sunrise in a desert. So it is being used here it here exactly as intended.

    @Hemigoblin@Hemigoblin Жыл бұрын
  • YEAH MARYLAND

    @alliekay26@alliekay26 Жыл бұрын
  • So happy for the Arizona flag. Love the copper star!!

    @sarahbybee8546@sarahbybee8546 Жыл бұрын
  • "Wear it with pride Maryland" How dare you imply that we don't already have pride in the best flag of the Union?

    @MatthewCSnow@MatthewCSnow Жыл бұрын
  • Overall, this was one of my favorite Grey videos in years. HOWEVER, the take on South Carolina's flag was just plain blasphemous. The flag incorporates the state's revolutionary war history in all three elements. The color was the color of the SC state militia uniforms at the beginning of the revolution. The crescent moon was the insignia worn on their caps. These two elements were the basis of the "Moultrie Flag," designed by Colonel William Moultrie and flown over Fort Sullivan during the Revolutionary War battle of Sullivan's Island, in which a hastily constructed, partially finished fort made of palmetto logs and sand, commanded by Moultrie, held off a British invasion fleet, sparing Charleston from British occupation for the first four years of the Revolution. The Moultrie Flag, with the obvious addition of the palmetto tree (weak to hold the ignorance of others against SC) later became the South Carolina state flag, and has remained mostly unchanged since its incorporation. In addition to its historical nature and its simplicity, the flag is heavily recognizable, and, like the Union Jack, is very popular - it widely visible flying across the state, and you'll find it on stickers, t-shirts, and all other manner of merchandise. And unlike other southern states, at least SC's flag doesn't reference the confederacy! Sure, the blue isn't original, so I understand keeping the flag out of the top tier, but this flag deserves at least a B ranking.

    @mikegibson2279@mikegibson2279 Жыл бұрын
  • New Mexico's flag is my favourite, easy, creative and absolutely stunning

    @mrwalronda@mrwalronda Жыл бұрын
  • Bonnie bees united!! Now I must move to Utah.

    @marcussaintly-ox8ue@marcussaintly-ox8ue Жыл бұрын
    • I know the feeling. It's the kind of flag that makes you want to switch states.

      @CGPGrey@CGPGrey Жыл бұрын
    • @@CGPGrey *me checking Zillow listings right now*

      @marcussaintly-ox8ue@marcussaintly-ox8ue Жыл бұрын
  • Many of these were probably designed without the input of a graphic designer. we’re lucky there weren’t more stick-men on the flags.

    @Relkond@Relkond Жыл бұрын
  • Really feeling the love for Wyoming. The flag we print on everything is just the bison, but I also remember this conversation by heart so it was as expected.

    @BlueRedGooGoo@BlueRedGooGoo Жыл бұрын
  • As an Arizonan, I am a copper queen now.

    @senorkenyon3306@senorkenyon3306 Жыл бұрын
  • State flags have more seals than Sea World, and they are not as cute. The problem with Alabama is is just a copy of the St Patrick Cross of Ireland. Out of all of them I do think New Mexicos is the best. It’s simple, unique, and easy to recreate and bold with its colors.

    @wild_lee_coyote@wild_lee_coyote Жыл бұрын
  • Consider a simplified cross section of Washington State (looking north): a deep blue ocean and tannish grey sandy beach, a dark evergreen forest broken by the deep blue fjords of the Puget Sound (ignore the urbanization for now), a black and white glaciered stratovolcano (Mount Tahoma preferably) rising above smaller but still impressive mountains (the Cascade Range), a broad blue river (the Columbia) and black basalt scablands amongst golden tan fields (representing both native sage brush prairie and the immense and productive farmlands of eastern Washington). Also consider the native cultural symbols such as totem poles, and Coast Salish Art of Orca's, Salmon and Thunderbirds. Then of course you have agricultural products of the state; from the salmon, shellfish, and cranberries of Western Washington, to the apples, wheat, and cherries of Eastern Washington (obviously not all inclusive). Not to mention industry and tech, from Boing airplanes to Microsoft and Amazon web services (for better or worse). Definitely not saying you should put all of that in a flag (shudders at the overcrowded mess that would become), but Washinton State has so many identifiable things to choose from it's a crime that we're stuck with a seal of a President that had absolutely nothing to do with our founding or is even representative of our region other than sharing a name. And yes, as much as I love it, while the Cascadia Doug Flag is very nice, it's Douglas fir tree can be mistaken for a California redwood, and further, the Cascadia flag represents the entire Cascadia bioregion, an area spanning from southeast Alaska to northern California, it would be a bit presumptuous (and lazy) of Washington State to claim that flag all for itself. Anywho, to any vexillographer's out there... feel free to develop some better flags for Washington State (no George Washington please, thanks), just please make sure you follow Grey's rules. : )

    @cobaltblue42@cobaltblue42 Жыл бұрын
  • South Carolina did not deserve D tier.. harsh

    @jj003333@jj003333 Жыл бұрын
  • Fantastic. The vexillogical video finally came out. Liberian counties next.

    @holymoloney@holymoloney Жыл бұрын
  • I just adore the little girl states. They are so cute

    @Eclectic-Sheep@Eclectic-Sheep4 ай бұрын
  • As someone from Wyoming who has VERY deep roots in Colorado I want to 100% agree about the Wyoming flag and say I feel the Colorado flag should be a B as there is a lot of symbolism behind it. Also, Colorado put the C on their flag because at the time they adopted it there were several other states that looked like that were going to do something with the same Blue White Blue patten so they were worried it would look like the rest of the flags. Simular to the everything is blue problem.

    @startrek2365@startrek2365 Жыл бұрын
  • I loved all the little details the states' stick figures had but my favorite was Florida's alligator. It was so cute! 😍

    @SupahSpongeCake16@SupahSpongeCake16 Жыл бұрын
    • Belongs on the flag.

      @thomaslane1547@thomaslane1547 Жыл бұрын
  • I bet Mississippi is pumped it got a makeover in time for this! 😂

    @ActivelyMike@ActivelyMike Жыл бұрын
  • Thanks! Right now in Utah, there is a big fight about the flag change. People weren’t paying attention for the past three or four years while it worked its way through the process and now they’re upset. But I think you really hit the nail on the head about these flag designs. And many of these states with poor designs could take another page from Utah‘s book… Utah is not actually replacing its old flag. It just has a second official flag now that doesn’t suck add an official Flag for like ceremonial crap that does suck

    @Jeffertoya@Jeffertoya Жыл бұрын
  • I loved this so much! The continued development of the "America State Girls" is so well done. I had to pause the video and take a screenshot when Flordia showed up with her pet alligator.

    @BulletproofNerd72@BulletproofNerd72 Жыл бұрын
  • Woot. I've lived in 3 states with either A- or S-tier flags. People should look at Japanese prefectural and city flags. Some of them are great examples of design.

    @WanJae42@WanJae42 Жыл бұрын
  • Grey was right about Texans having a lot of state pride and we really do deserve the S tier rank! Awesome video I really enjoyed it!

    @CarlosZ34NSM@CarlosZ34NSM Жыл бұрын
  • I did not know Utah was redesigning their state flag and I have to say I really like the new look. Also the end scenes of all the state girls lining up for the bus evoked a strange nostalgia for elementary school shenanigans.

    @vgzwymux8569@vgzwymux8569 Жыл бұрын
  • Also, it's clear you should retire just across the state line from Wyoming in Utah, so you can fly the Bestagon flag.

    @myislander@myislander Жыл бұрын
    • Or maybe right on the border, so you can fly your custom Wyoming AND the Bestagon side by side.

      @myislander@myislander Жыл бұрын
  • Every state ranked by CGP Grey: *[Do Not Click if you want to avoid spoilers!]* S - New Mexico, Maryland, Texas, and Utah A - Alabama, Tennessee, and Arizona B - Alaska, Ohio, and Hawaii C - Mississippi, Rhode Island, Colorado, and North Carolina D - Oregon, South Carolina, and Georgia - F tier list section below this line - FS - Wyoming FA - California, Iowa, Indiana, Arkansas, and Florida FB - New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Louisiana, and New Jersey FC - Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, Washington, Oklahoma, and New York FD - North Dakota, Nebraska, Michigan, Kentucky, and West Virginia FF - Kansas, Montana, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois and Minnesota This is a great video, I very much endorse this a lot! Keep up the good work CGP!

    @JustyCaseProbably@JustyCaseProbably7 ай бұрын
  • I'm so happy Utah made the flag change, as Utahtan myself I know there are more important issues but you see it, it's a simple fix that honestly matters. I actually want to fly a Utah flag now

    @sario27@sario27 Жыл бұрын
  • I feel like Colorado would have deserved B tier at least. It's just the vague shape of a single letter, not actual writing (as in words or dates on a solid background) and easily qualifies for all other criteria (few colors, little details, easily distinguishable). But then, you'd have to sacrifice the "C for C tier" joke... (I'm not from Colorado btw, heck, not even from the US. I just like consistency.)

    @TheBrain2K@TheBrain2K Жыл бұрын
  • I love New Jersey and New York having a sister rivalry.

    @VivBrodock@VivBrodock Жыл бұрын
  • I was hoping he wouldn't get to Minnesota... oh no

    @heremattwas2902@heremattwas2902 Жыл бұрын
  • Thank you for giving Texas the “S” Tier we deserve 🤠⭐️ (I also love the little “Guess that Pokémon” nod 😂) - great video and fun to watch!

    @matthewdepaula9833@matthewdepaula9833 Жыл бұрын
  • If California had a two-headed bear instant S-Tier

    @ryansauchuk7290@ryansauchuk72904 ай бұрын
  • The bias in choosing North Carolina over South Carolina is ridiculous by every measure you gave at the start. SC's flag: - Completely different from any of the other flags - Has no writing on it - Difficult to draw perfectly, but easy to draw a sketch of if you simplify the palmetto - The navy blue is a bit boring with all the other navy blue flags there I'd say A or B tier since it could be much snazzier and easier to draw. But it could comfortably fit on the international stage. NC's flag: - Copied from Texas (copying from a good design is the best part of it) - Has the initals of the state on it (breaking the writing your own name rule), not in the worst way possible but still there - Has other other writing - Banners aren't the worst to draw, but they're nontrivial And that's it. FA tier at best. Sorry Mr. Grey, it's just not good. I simply cannot accept that you can in good conscience put those two flags side by side and said "NC's flag is better than SC's".

    @ribbongraph@ribbongraph Жыл бұрын
  • Some of these flags desperately need a redesign, for sure.

    @WarrenGarabrandt@WarrenGarabrandt Жыл бұрын
  • I renewed my membership because I desperately had to comment! The baby Bison and Gator! The outro with all the little states referencing each other. Ohio and Maryland just being so unique. Animators! You've outdone yourselves!

    @879PC@879PC Жыл бұрын
  • The whole blue background thing probably wouldn't bother me so much if it was uniform. If all 50 states had it as an easily identifiable "this is a state flag of the US" thing, I wouldn't mind it. But knowing that that's not a thing and never will be, I too loath its very existence and wish only for the blue to go away, or at least be a rare thing. I hope to one day see my home state of Indiana do a redesign. So close to greatness, yet so far.

    @ZephWraen@ZephWraen Жыл бұрын
  • CGP Grey, I hope you can reconcile with VTH about the copystrikes. Hope for the best, maybe one day you both can have a laugh at the unfortunate misunderstanding.

    @VelocityZap@VelocityZap Жыл бұрын
  • New Mexico: remote beyond compare. Also, a flag beyond compare.

    @plixypl0x@plixypl0x24 күн бұрын
  • I really like Floridas pet Alligator.

    @suprafraction@suprafraction Жыл бұрын
  • I had absolutely no idea Mississippi had changed her flag, nor that Utah was about to. And I say this as a geography nerd who is pretty knowledgeable about state flags. Thanks for the education, Grey!

    @warman1944@warman19445 ай бұрын
  • I'm not an American but I still really enjoyed this video. Mostly because of this fun format of the classroom. Well done 🎯... S tier!

    @CapriSjonnie@CapriSjonnie Жыл бұрын
  • This video is fantastic. I have wanted to sign up for your Patreon for a long time, but I was a student and I was really touched when you told me to focus on school. As someone who grew up lower income, it was a surprise when I wanted to give you money, then you said that and it made me want to cry. Thankfully, I finished law school last August and am now a Lawyer and can afford to pay back! Right now I am a Bonnie Bee (because housing in Seattle is expensive), but you make education fun and I love it. Thank you!

    @TheDantepizza@TheDantepizza Жыл бұрын
  • As a computer scientist, I'm loving how Maryland buffer overflowed the scale.

    @complich8@complich8 Жыл бұрын
  • How to anger (almost) 50 Presidents:

    @Tinker4bell@Tinker4bell16 күн бұрын
  • You had my students laughing so loud that I had to keep pausing the video

    @jordanbowes5707@jordanbowes57077 ай бұрын
  • Glory to VTH

    @pavan923@pavan923 Жыл бұрын
  • I've never looked at all the state flags together before. Most of them look like they tried way too hard, now I want to see some re-designs!

    @thelonewolfspirit@thelonewolfspirit Жыл бұрын
  • Maryland gives thanks!

    @WolfRamAndHart@WolfRamAndHart Жыл бұрын
  • Florida did that thing "Hey, Alabama, can I copy the homework from you?" "Sure, but change it up a bit so it's not obvious."

    @olivianava5422@olivianava5422 Жыл бұрын
  • As a Californian i fully expected our flag to be maligned and called out multiple times, but not to be A-tier in any way even if it's on the fail section.

    @TomBom292@TomBom2924 ай бұрын
    • You got the 'A' because of the little star on the flag. Look up what it stands for. :)

      @bozimmerman@bozimmermanАй бұрын
  • Very enjoyable! We had an American visit once. He was most surprised of how we consistently rock the worlds oldest flag at every celebratory occasion. I never thought about that until then.

    @NightHound1337@NightHound1337 Жыл бұрын
  • Final tier list, since there isn't a good shot of it: S- New Mexico, Maryland, Texas, Utah (new) A- Alabama, Tennessee, Arizona B- Alaska, Ohio, Hawaii C- Mississippi, Rhode Island, Colorado, North Carolina D- Oregon (reverse only), South Carolina, Georgia FS- Wyoming* FA- California*, Iowa*, Indiana*, Arkansas* FB- New Hampshire*, Pennsylvania, Virginia*, Louisiana, New Jersey FC- Vermont*, Maine*, Massachusetts, Nevada*, Washington*, Oklahoma* FD- North Dakota*, Nebraska*, Michigan, Kentucky*, West Virginia* FF- Kansas*, Montana*, Wisconsin*, South Dakota*, Delaware, Idaho*, Illinois*, Minnesota Unranked- Utah* (old), which is likely in one of the F tiers for having the state's name on it. DC, which I'd expect to be somewhere around A tier, or even S tier (Asterisks are dishonorable mention for putting your name on your flag)

    @justineberlein5916@justineberlein5916 Жыл бұрын
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