America's Four Largest Cities

If you are American, you should know that the biggest city in America is New York City, followed by Los Angeles and then Chicago. Many also know that Houston is the fourth-largest. Pat yourself on the back. That list is ordered by population, the way most people define the size of a city. But what if we weren't talking about population, but about the area in the city limits? In area, you might be surprised to learn that none of those four cities come anywhere near the biggest cities measured by area. I really don't want to tell you what they are, because that would ruin the surprise. 

Laurence Brown usually compares the US to Britain in his videos, but this one is just about the USA and the weirdness of the different ways the states define cities and draw city limits. For the purpose of this video, the difference between a city, a town, and a village doesn't even matter.