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It's actually not true that Feli would have needed to give up her German citizenship. As long as she has family, job, property, or other reasons, she could have had dual citizenship just as easily. That's the reason in my case and it was super easy
@@benbelaboehm Well, the official rule was that you would have to give up your German citizenship unless you applied for a "Beibehaltungsgenehmigung" (retention permit) first and it's granted. Which I'm sure it would have been in my case but this way, I don't even have to deal with that :)
Dutch here. I never considered Germans to be rude. Maybe a bit too formal, but not rude. But.... Dutch here. 😊 Our idea of speaking German is speaking Dutch loud and slow! 😂
@@darkphoenix6214 Being Dutch living close to the border and speaking the local dialect means I can make myself clear on both sides of the border, even when I'm really drunk.🥳
Meanwhile dutch often just sounds like "wait, what? That sounds like I should have understood that. Why didn't I understand that??" Because sometimes you don't understand some german dialect at first and it takes a little effort but then it's mostly manageble. With dutch it's different of course. It sounds somewhat familar and your brain goes into that "effort to understand weird diallect" mode but it doesn't work. And that can be super confusing!😅
@@michaausleipzigI watched parts of the TV duel between Marc Rutte and Gerd Wilders in 2017. I do not speak Dutch, but was able to follow the topics. At least when it did not get too heated and they talked fast. But I was surprised how much I was able to understand. Sometimes Dutch seemed to be more close to my Swiss German dialect then to standard German, other times I got lost because it resembled neither.
Maternal mortality rate goes up steadily right now in the USA. From 20,1 deaths per 100.000 women in childbirth in 2019, to 23,8 in 2020, it jumped up to 32,9 in 2021. That are concerning numbers. In Germany, the number has been around 4 per 100.000 constantly in the last two decades. Now, that would really make me think!
Das kommt davon, wenn man religiöse Fundamentalisten die Gesellschaftspolitik bestimmen lässt und aus der medizinischen Versorgung eine profitorientierte Industrie macht, deren Dienstleistungen sich große Teile der Bevölkerung nicht mehr leisten können. That's what happens when you let religious fundamentalists determine social policy and turn medical care into a profit-oriented industry whose services large sections of the population can no longer afford.
@@TheRockkickass Aaaaaaand there we have it, the epitome of a mindset most europeans just don´t like - this ultra egoistic habit: What do I care for, what do I get out of it, does it bother ME, and ME alone......
Very well done! I left the USA more than 50 years ago and haven't missed much there. Living in Europe is so much more meaningful.And I don't mind planning my shopping around opening hours - I'm even happy that, if I forget something by Saturday at 6 p.m., I can just live with it. Compared with gun violence, poor education (K-12), lack of culture (no operas, no symphonies, no theatres where I lived in the USA); buying vegetables in the middle of the night is a small benefit.
@@TheRockkickass That's like your comment on the healthcare system not entirely correct. If your family income exceeds 500.000,00 (intentionally use of the German way of writing numbers) USD, the US has the best healthcare system and the best education system in the world. Because you can afford all the expensive insurances and school fees. However, if you earn less than that, just about every western, northern or central European country beats the US. Also, much (in some fields most) of the US advancements in science and technology is due to the brain drain from Europe and Asia as well as, to a lesser degree, from Africa and South America. Why do you have a brain drain to the US? For one, the US has more relaxed laws in some fields and less bureaucracy, and it also has a screwed up primary, middle and high school system which leads to, in general, worse educated high school absolvents than from just about anywhere else in the first world and much of the 3rd world, of course except for the top ten percent of US society.
@@MS-io6kl 😂school is free in America until you go to college so you’re lying on that part. The state I’m from Massachusetts has literally one of the best education systems in the world, look it up. And you left out a big part of the brain drain situation that is going on from Europe and Asia to the USA. Money we make so much more money than you or any of your other citizens. It’s not even funny. I have so much more money than you that it’s not even really fair. I work for a big health insurance company btw. Now if you excuse me, I’m going to relax in my ginormous pool next to my ginormous house.
😂 lack of culture? Gun violence? Bad schools?So you prefer Germany to the sad town you lived in 50yrs ago, because you definitely did live in my area of the U.S.
I'm German but wouldn't consider myself patriotic. This is a good country but it is surrounded by other countries that are as good or better. However, I would definitely consider myself a European patriot. I think Europe as a whole is by far the greatest place to live. So that's what I'm judging the US against, really, and the US loses that comparison in almost every respect.
Europe as a whole? Europe as a whole has a smaller economy than the United States even though it has over 100,000,000 more people and much lower wages on pretty much any job. The opportunity in Europe is a lot less as well, there is not really a big technological sector, entertainment sector and has a financial services sector that couldn’t hold a candle to the US. I’m just not sure how you’re coming to this conclusion. You couldn’t leave this stupid comment on this platform without the United States
@@TheRockkickass yes. economy is lower. but what many people have to live under the bottom-line is still higher then for americans. thats what counts for many people. also, a big part of the american gdp is dumped into the military. i big chunk of money the average citizen doesn't profit a lot from. also look at cities like sanfran, la, philly for example. littered with tents. this is unseen in europe.
@@Deus_Ubique so the argument you have is that Europe’s poor people are living better than Americas? Also I have seen tent cities or even worse in Albania and Hungry so they do exist in Europe. But who cares. What does a few people living in tents in a part of San Francisco that you wouldn’t travel too have too do with the economy anyway?
@@TheRockkickass Dude, the average income of two people of which one has $1,000,000,000 and the other has $0 is $500,000,000. The USA has a high GDP, it has many billionaires, but that doesn't do anything for the average bloke. Sure, the country is rich, but most of its people aren't. And even if we disregard that and just look at the average income as it is, what good does a $63,795k yearly income do when you pay $1,739 rent and $100k-$200k to go to college? (averages, you can look them up) Please, actually read things. Read about the average life expectancy in other countries, read about freedom, look up stats about happiness. In all of these, the US is NOT THE BEST. Yes, not even when it comes to freedom you are number one, even though that's what your people constantly brag about. Life in the USA is great IF YOU ARE RICH. If you aren't, it very much is not. Ask the low income 60 hours / week worker, who can't take a single day off, even if they are sick, because if they do, they are instantly fired because they don't have an employment contract, like so many Americans, and if they lose their job they even lose their health insurance. I bet they are VERY happy. And of course everyone like to always be FORCED to take a car because there is almost no infrastructure for public transit, bikes or even pedestrians. THERE ARE BETTER COUNTRIES TO LIVE IN. I am sorry, but that is just what the numbers say, the stats, the things that are closest to an objective answer. You can love your country, but patriotism is loving your country and thus working to make it better, not ignoring its flaws and shouting its name. Those "USA! USA! USA!" dudes aren't patriots, they are nationalists. Ignorant, embarrassing fools, and you should not want to be one of them. And by the way, you couldn't leave this comment without Germany, France, the UK, even Persia, Mesopotamia, India and almost all the rest of the world either. The US didn't just pop up and invent things, not even the telephone, even though you guys all think you did, your guy just got a patent in the US because the US doesn't honour foreign inventions, inventors and patents. That's all there is to it. Please educate yourself BEFORE you respond. I don't want to read a half-baked "patriotic" reply.
I personally love living in Europe - and to me it is always Europe, not just a specific country, ... nothing can beat this. And I am not talking about healthcare or these things - but really the cultures, the proximity to different countries, landscapes, skiing, different oceans, Mediterraniean, Atlantic, Baltic sea ... I love it. Yes, I have lived in the US - it was great for a year ... but not forever.
I think the question 'Are we the best country?' is weird. There are facts out there that obviously say that the best country is probably something like Norway or New Zealand. Low poverty rate, low crime rate and things like that. I think Germans answer these questions more fact based, while many Americans are just used to hearing "We are the best." all the time. This makes Americans answer this question differently.
The fact that Americans say yes in such high numbers probably has less to do with patriotism but more with ignorance. Most Americans don't know much about the world outside their borders. The only countries they do know and hear about are the countries which are responsible for illegal immigration. And the only thing they know about these countries is that people want to leave. So when there is nothing slightly positive to compare to no wonder the answer is yes. While Germans are far more informed about other countries, they even might have had positive experiences abroad affecting their choice.
really interesting to hear your positions. I‘ve been following both of your channels for several year now and really appreciate your observations as a German who has also lived in the U.S. for a year each three different times. When I was in my twenties, if I had met my soul mate in the U.S. who was bound to America, I could have imagined staying there. I did not and also felt each time that I must go back to Germany (to complete my Master‘s and my dissertation in American Studies, and finally to be there for my aging parents) and I am now quite happy I did not stay in the U.S., but can go there to see the fantastic landscapes, meet with the great friends I made, do sightseeing etc. but return to the “motherland“ where I feel that politics are more sane (it is getting crazier, though, sadly - and, as I think - due to the Tea Party, Maga, Q-Anon and Trump influence on European right wingers as political rhetoric has become unhinged and many now see the world in terms of black and white instead of all the levels of grey in between any longer as they used to) and where I know how to manoeuvre the system, own property, have a safe and well-paying job at a German university (in Rhineland-Palatinate, btw), etc. I have, though, even in my twenties felt quite strongly that I would not want to raise children in the U.S…. It has never seemed a particularly great place to be a child. My first year in the U.S. was as an AuPair in the late eighties and even then, the lack of freedom and helicoptering expected of parents and guardians of children was insane to me as a German - and that was long before the school-shooting epidemic we have seen since Columbine… Also, I felt the growing destruction of the middle class society back then already. I have met many extremely rich Americans and have encountered the poverty n the cities as well, which was shocking to me as in Germany, homelessness is really almost a choice as we have a pretty good safety net and welfare options to those falling on hard times. In NYC, in 1999, I saw - in the middle of a typical NY winter - a woman pushing a shopping cart with her few belongings and she was essentially clad in some trash bags. I will never forget that… Also, in the eighties, in Philadelphia and New York (and their surrounding cities), there were so many poverty-stricken neighborhoods and no-go areas - something we rarely have here…
I'm German. I have lived in the UK for two years in a boarding school and I have lived in France for two years as a student living with my husband in an appartement. I have been to his country (Benin) twice for holidays. Living abroad has made me miss Germany and taught me the pros of living in Germany. So, I've always moved back to Germany but I do miss some aspects of the other countries, too. 💖
I don't think there is a 'best' country... anywhere. As an aged Brit having lived in Ohio for the past 16 years, there are things I prefer about the US, there are things I miss about Britain. Which is best depends on your needs and expectations. I'm reasonably happy wherever I am. I've only visited Germany once, for 2 days, but I feel a certain affinity for German people and would probably be quite content there. For 'better', read 'different'.
That was again a great collab!(: Have got my family here AND there and allways struggled .. Having all births in Germany, what was the very best decision, there then allways was a point of the education from one of the kids, wich I would probably not have been able to afford in the US. Liebe Grüße und schönes Wochenende
Former American over here. I became a naturalized German citizen about 11 years ago and have been living in Germany for over 25 years now. Back then, it wasn’t possible for me to get German citizenship without giving up my American citizenship. While it wasn’t my primary motivation, shedding my American citizenship definitely was an additional reason for me. The US is one of only two countries in the world that requires their citizens to report their worldwide income, file taxes, and all financial institutions also had to report my holdings to Uncle Sam as well. This made financial planning increasingly difficult over time. Dual citizenship for Americans carries this burden of complicated financial planning with it. Many banks here don’t do business with US persons, and I’m not aware of which financial institutions in Germany offer brokerage services. I’m really interested to learn about how Americans living long term in Germany manage their finances here, particularly those considering dual citizenship.
@@christineherrmann205 you lot have already ruined English in your own country, no need to come butcher our English too. Immigration = adaption so if you cannot change your English then don't immigrate and stay in the USA.
In German are two words for home: "Zuhause" and "Heimat". I lived in several cities in Germany. Each on of them, where my current apartement was, was "Zuhause". But there is only one city, where my "Heimat" is. My birth town. I would say, I have a stronger connection to my "Heimat" than to my "Zuhause". Even when I'm happy in my "Zuhause". I hope, I was clear enough. I rarely drink coffee. But when I have really free choice for coffee, I drink it black ("as black as my soul").
@@hoernchenmeister3216 Vielleicht, der _Heimatschein_ ist der Bürgerrechtsausweis des Schweizers. Daneben gibt noch einen _Heimatausweiss_ für die _Wochenaufenhalter_ 🙂
I am German and I really love the USA. Within the last 30 years I visited over 20 states on numerous stays in the US. I would say that I have a feeling for the American mentality. At the moment I am in the USA for vacation. My wife and I did a road trip which lead us to Atlanta. Honestly I was shocked about the poverty, there. We stayed downtown at a high class Hotel. The whole area around the hotel was crowded with homeless people. The other day we drove to Krispy Kreme to get us some donuts. We ended up in a really rough neighborhood. The windows of the donut shop were smashed and nailed with wood. After I returned I did some research. I found out that two men were shot at the exact same store, last year. Also there have been 3 shootings in this area within the last few days. Today I drove to downtown Chicago. All of the sudden a woman, obviously full on drugs, walked on the middle of the highway. The car in front of me almost hit her. I would say that the USA changed dramatically, in the last few years. Drugs, violence and poverty became a huge problem and there is no solution to get these issues under control.
I wouldn’t say it’s changed recently. It’s been that way for a long time….its more a matter of where you go at a given time period. Places in the 80s and 90s had historically bad crime levels, that improved, whereas other areas have had an uptick in crime in recent years, where others have improved. Most of the crime is in the south. It used to be Detroit, MI, Camden, NH, and Chicago known for violent crime….nowadays New Orleans, LA, Jackson, MI, Atlanta, GA have far higher violent crime and homicide rates.
The pandemic also hit a place where poor people are on their own in many ways very hard. Violent crime is actually down overall, but some cities were hit worse than others.
Very interesting video. Both of you are getting to a conclusion which I can understand very well. Having gained experiences of living in different places, even different countries thinking about which place is better isn't necessarily the first, often not even the second thing I would think about too much.
Having lived in both countries I have learned that the US works well for younger people with plenty of energy that want to have fun and don't care about peace and quiet. More mature people with less energy or people with ongoing health issues will appreciate Germany's support structure where the weaker get support from the richer (through taxes). And if you have kids I would choose Germany as well since the schooling in North America is bad compared to Germany.
What Feli said about never really belonging somewhere again is spot on, and only those that have lived abroad can recognize that and appreciate it but also.......never really belonging somewhere! I love Germany and I have made a home and a spot for myself now here. But I am and always will be American. I've become so much more patriotic for the US since living abroad. It's like every thing, yes it has its flaws but nobody or nothing is perfect. But there would also be so much about Germany that I would miss if I moved back to the US. I have now become a mixture of both. Wish I could just take what I admire from both countries and make the "perfect" country, but reality is different. Have to take the good with the bad.
I absolutely loved your collaboration, this video and your conclusions. Feli is great, and so are you. The answer to the random question of the week is: with milk, of course! 😁
following both of content creators since years ... for donnie i can say: the best clip i ever saw from you ... and to feli: top as usual ... thanks for both of your folks spoke really emotional ... cant wait to see another feli-donnie clip in german speech (hahaha)
I’m an American from the New York metro area and I don’t drink coffee. My mom was born in England and came over when she was 8 and obviously drinks tea. When we were growing up, she would give my siblings and me weak tea (tea bag dunked briefly plus a lot of milk and I liked it lot of sugar) when we were sick along with toast - it was our “Chicken Soup” (which is a more typical cure all given by American mothers traditionally). My dad who was American born and raised was given instant coffee by my mom.
About the coffee topic. Just because you mentioned it before, but we have coffee creamers (in form of powder (called: Kaffeweißer) or fluid in little bottles (Kafeesahne)). Germans often use Kaffeeweißer only in an work enviroment, were we need to be fast. In a more formal or family setting we more likely use Kaffeesahne, milk and sugar or unwhipped whipped cream (still put in a nice jug). The more younger generations (after the Baby Boomers) are also more likely to go to Starbucks or (because of the costs) buy sirups (availible in the supermarkets (not discounters)) and experiment a bit for ourselfs to get as close a possible to the original.
Life in the USA CAN be better - but only if you are VERY wealthy. That kind of walthy, where falling ill does not have a relevant effect on your income.
Clearly this question stirs up strong feelings (and has possibly prodded at least one troll out from under its bridge). I loved my 3 years living in Germany in the late 1970s - it opened my eyes to how interesting and comfortable life could be outside the US (or Oklahoma anyway, also my home state 😏). Perhaps the most poignant observation for me was Feli's note that you never feel completely 'home' in either place. I've experienced that, but found it changes over time. I've lived in Australia for over 25 years now, and writing from the tail end of a LONG trip to the US as well as Germany, I can't wait to get back home to Oz! 😊 All the best to both of you and your families, and thank you for an enjoyable chat.
Ich denke, Ihr habt beide Euren Platz für diesen Teil Eures Lebens gefunden. Dafür alles Gute, egal ob in Deutschland oder den USA. Viele Grüße aus Bielefeld
I have to disagree with Family. I do not think that Germans ask more questions when you're moving, because they're judging you. In fact I do this a lot myself for all kinds of stuff. But it's more out of genuine concern. And I'm sure the same thing counts for all the people I know
I agree: ruclips.net/video/OTWz7Oyz0_A/видео.htmlsi=PY0pjJSBT19D7ike&t=826 I still personally don't enjoy it anymore to have other people basically evaluate things that I didn't ask them to evaluate for me. Even if it happens out of concern. Unless it's a super extreme situation where I'd be in danger or something like that.
In my youth the USA was the country of dreams in general. Anything great seemed possible there. Now it looks it's the opposite, a nightmare ... gun violence, poverty, over-patriotism/bibelism and most of all!!! NO! national healthcare- and general security-system for the people. Need to get more balanced now viewing the USA. However - I'm glad to live in Europe.
What’s changed sense you were a kid. The US has less gun violence per person than it did when you were a kid (unless you’re very young)and what are you talking about poverty? Are you telling me there is no poverty in Europe? I’ve been to 23 countries in Europe and every single one had poor people and slums. In fact the average income across Europe is MUCH lower than the United States. Where are you getting your statistics from?
@@TheRockkickass To be honest - actually it's me who changed, I'm not a kid anymore, no illusions anymore. Plus the over-information we have now throughout the entire Internet. Sometimes things I'm really not too keen to know about. When I was young the USA was all Disneyland, Brady Bunch and I dream of Jeannie. And now? All gone ... 😕
@@ankelenze5696 it’s the same for me when I think about Germany now. When you finally learn that the German people actually voted in Hitler, it changes your perspective on them
@@TheRockkickassTalk is how germany compares to the US TODAY and you bring up Hitler. Almost no one from back then is even alive anymore and those people obviously don't represent germans today.
@@TheRockkickass To many people voted to AfD, right but *only* 15 % to 20 % in general. So... how many people in the US will vote (again) for the moron Donald Trump ? Who will be a dictator ?
RQotW: café con leche. Where am I from: childhood in South America, teen and young adult in North America, in Europe every summer since my late teens, then permanently since my mid 20s. Half of my family is in USA the other half all over Europe. I like the sense of security and the social net (up until now- things are changing) that most European countries provide. Plus the uninterrupted culture of music and performing arts, and the ease of travel.
I’ve never lived in another country, but I left my home state for college and never went back. I grew up in California and have lived in Arizona for over 20 years. There are definitely pros and cons to both. The cost of living is substantially lower in Arizona, but the weather is better in California. And there are also political differences-while Arizona has become more of a purple state, California is solidly blue but some of their laws feel very “nanny state.” And there’s also the fact that my parents are in California and now I’m grappling with the fact that they are aging and my mom is terminally ill and I can’t visit as much as I would like. So as happy as I am in Arizona and not feeling terribly inclined to leave, there are certainly things I miss about California.
Coffee...it depends on the coffee. I like cappu but I'll drink it black if the choice is H-milk, Kaffeesahne and that ilk (but recently discovered that i love Oatly in ny coffee!).
black coffee with sweeteners, thank you. That said, I don't think I am putting down where my American buddies are from when I occasionally mention "healthcare worthy of being called such" - it's more that I wish for them to have better (and more importantly much more affordable) access to healthcare without getting into dire straits financially. Same for them having to go to work while sick or risk not getting paid. I just wish them something better. The idea is that only if you draw attention to a problem can it get fixed. Beyond that it's just some friendly ribbing about American "beer" every so often.
It's nice that feli is wqilling to join people in their videoas. thank you. I think you don't have to move abroad to face the same problems with people telling you that you would be better in the other country. I myself was born and raised in saxony, lived in lower saxony and then moved to north rhine westphalia and whenver I talk about beeing a natural born saxon people tell me that I must be happy thast I do not live there anmymore. and I don't drink coffee.so. I'll take a hot chocolate instead. thank you
Love this video!!❤️ We are Ohioans considering moving to Rheinland-Pfalz to be closer to my family (my mom is from Germany)! This video feels like it was made for us 😂 lol
Feli sent me. The most important announcement that Feli announced is that Yes Feli is going for US Citizenship to have dual US & German Citizenship. I am also now subscribed to this channel that I will check out.
What do you mean we can't have both pros in one country?😂 As a german that was several times in the UK i can vouch for a Asda Chesser supercentre in Edinburgh that was open 24/7 and i never got robbed at neither gun nor knifepoint. There is a country of sundaylie freedom wihtout gun violence and it's (hopefully) called Scotland someday (again).
Thanks for doing this video. We're currently having this exact debate right now, trying to weigh the pros and cons of both countries to decide which one we'd be better off in. Things are changing so much in both countries that it makes it even harder to figure it out, as we also have to guess how things will end up in the future, too. Will things get better or worse here in the US? Will the politics and economy of Germany continue to degrade or will they recover? Which country will handle climate change better? Which is better for retirement? So many factors and so hard to get any kind of reliable idea of what's coming, especially when it heavily depends on your individual privileges and preferences.
I drink my coffee with milk and a spoon of cocoa powder. I'm from Rheinland Pfalz too and you need to come next year to Frankenthal for the Strohutfest. Biggest innercity winefest.
I grew up in the NYC area and moved to Dallas, Texas after college graduation. New Yorkers asked me, “Why would you do that?”. After 39 years in Texas, I can confidently say, “Because life in Texas is better!”.
My American friends, take an advice from a seasoned German for the gloomy months after you hae devoured all the Christmas cookies. Salvation goes by the names like Alltours, DER, TUI, or ITS. Go book youself a package holiday and escape the rain! Marrakesh, Djerba, the Canary Islands or Madeira are ideal places to forget about the German weather.
As an American who is now living in Brazil, and planning to move to Germany in a few years, I've lived in some "dangerous" places, and I've learned it pretty much comes down to 2 things, 1. Know where to avoid (for example ive never been to ohio, but I know Cincinnati is a dangerous city), and 2. Dont make yourself an easy target. Even living in the supposedly super dangerous streets of Brazil, I've had zero accidents, and every friend I know has been completely safe here. In fact, despite Brazil being a super dangerous country, most Brazilians I've met have never even witnessed a fist fight! Something that is very normal in the USA. Basically my experience has shown me that 99% of the time safety comes down to your knowledge and actions.
I am German. Where life fits best / better largely depends on what your preferences are. I think you can generally live very well in both countries. I think there is no „better“ per se. Germany offers more safety (social security, etc.) compared to the US, but the US has also a lot of pros. I personally prefer living somewhere in Western Europe, does not have to be Germany overall, but it might just be that I am more used to Europe than I am to the US.
This is regards to my previous comments: I want to make clear, that I don't regard Germans or Germany as flawless or even anywhere near perfect. Oh nonono, we have sooooo many stupid decisions, indecisions, problems, politics etc. Its just, comparatively, not as awful as the U. S.. Here, you don't have to be a part of the "1%" to live relatively comfortable, in peace, in security and in a kind of happiness, that is not delivered by money.
Do you think you need to be the 1 percent to live well in America? Where the hell are you getting your information 😂. Feli isn’t in the 1 percent and she bought a house that’s probably bigger than most German ones, before she was 30. That’s just one example. How many Germans are buying a home before 30 years old?
Last things first: I nearly always drink either cappuccino or latte (and with sugar). It was interesting to hear the two of you talking about this. I have just celebrated 50 years of living in Germany and 10 years of being a German citizen. There was a brief period of madness (and for me it was that; caused me to be depressed the entire year and a half) when I thought I would move back to the States, but I still vividly remember the moment when I realized I did NOT want to do that. To use a German expression: Zehntausend Steine sind mir vom Herzen gefallen. I can‘t tell you why I was so enamored of Germany and Europe even before I came here; there was no rational reason. Nonetheless, I have loved being here from the moment I stepped off the plane onto European soil. Renouncing my American citizenship did not cause me the least bit of anxiety, and I didn’t do it earlier out of laziness. Indeed, I remember a sense of exhilaration when I made the renunciation. If I were doing it today, I would still renounce my American citizenship. But is my life „better“? I can‘t really say. Who knows what would have happened had I stayed in the USA? However, I can‘t imagine having had a better life than the one I have had here. In that sense, I am one lucky fellow.
German Universities don't generally have poor equipment as Feli says. Regarding media science, I cannot say, but in Engineering, equipmwnt is on Stanford level if a Fraunhofer or Max Planck institute is attached to that uni. Doing my Doctor in composite engineering at a Fraunhofer institute, almost every wish is granted to me by my institute. AFP robot, 5 axis Winding machine, prepreg manufacturing line, large microwave autoclaves, conventional ones and funding for my thesis topic. And it costs no tuition, I even get paid by my Fraunhofer Institute, roughly as much as an engineer in a medium sized German industry company.
I mean, I went to LMU (one of the top universities in Germany) and compared to the equipment and amenities I experienced at the University of Cincinnati, it was definitely on a different level. There were several seminars where we still used overhead projectors in Munich and amenities don't really go beyond libraries and cafeterias. In the US, the department I did my exchange semester in had a full-on live TV studio, radio broadcasting studio, several audio production studios, expensive cameras, microphones, and other equipment students could use, and then of course the campus amenities like a whole gym, pool, rockclimbing wall, fancy dining halls, football stadium, baseball stadium, fields for all other sports, movie theater, a bar, etc.
Is there a "better" place or country? I much doubt it. I lived in the UK for two years and always love going back. Being German, living in Germany is the pragmatic thing to do, and objectively - from education to health care to overall quality of life - Germany is much higher up in the ranks. Which doesn't say you like it any better. The best place is where you feel home and welcomed, wherever that is.
To answer the coffee question: I used to like my coffee black as night, hot as hell and sweet as love, but now I prefer it still hot as hell and black as night but bitter as unrequited love.
As someone who would be the third category (lived multiple years in the US and left) ... I am always surprised about the argument about the "freedom" of being able to drive everywhere and having enough parking. Unless you live in one of the really big cities (NYC, Boston,... ) where ironically enough, you don't want to drive with a car anyway ... Driving is not really a choice, at least in my experience. If you don't have a car - you cant really do much, even groceries will be a hassle depending on where you live. I am annoyed having to get cash, cant deny that one though.
While the US definitely has an edge in sheer availability of consumer goods, the sky high prices for food, lodging, transportation, and health care definitely put it behind Germany for me. Even tho salaries are lower in Germany, I feel like the average quality of life is better. There are actually worker's rights in Germany; you aren't expected to work every waking hour, or work sick, and you actually get something like 5 weeks of vacation a year, unlike the US which has none of that. The cities are generally prettier and more walkable, with more cultural opportunities in Germany. But I think the best thing about Germany is that half of the population is not voting for a party that has sworn my eradication as a campaign promise. I like being alive, not imprisoned, etc., so Germany is definitely the winner for me!
Is Germany THE best country? Hell, no. We got a lot of things to work on. But is the median package deal you get here for your work and money worth it? In general I'd say, yes. That's not to say that you can't have such a median package deal in the USA. *However* the possibility of attaining that in the USA is a much lower chance. Not because you don't have an opportunity, but due the stacking of the deck against the average American by corporate laws benefiting the corporation over the employees. As there's a physical impossibility of _everyone_ being the CEO of their own successful multi-billion dollar company, there will always be a large section of the population that can't afford to live like a CEO. When it boils down to the median income family, the protection offered by German laws are much higher and better in Germany than the USA. So if that is your deciding factor for where's life better, you come to one conclusion. If you got other factors that determine your happiness and what you consider 'better' then the USA may beat Germany. Both are fair outcomes based on your own premises. That's why each individual has to ask themselves honestly and fairly what they are seeking as happiness. Go after it. But don't demand that a country change to fit to your personal standard of happiness for you to achieve that happiness.
I dunno, but maybe a lot of Americans just think that all the people who immigrate to the US do so, because it is best. Therefore that question doesn't even cross their mind. And when it comes to Germans saying "right?!" at the end, I would also add that some just phrase their questions that way. So yes, it may appear as an assumption to you and maybe in a way it is, but it also may just be their way of asking a question because they're curious and wanna know 🤷🏼♀️
German here, 60 years old. I've been to the US many times on business trips and vacation without having lived or worked there for an extended time. It's a beautiful country, or better continent, it has so much nature and variation from the East Coast to Florida, Texas, Nevada, Utah, California, Wisconsin or Colorado (that's not even the complete list of places I have been to). Also, I've met very nice people over there, I even have a friend and stayed at his home three times. But it has always been very clear to me that I would never want to live there because social security is so much better over here, education is free, healthcare is almost completely covered by the legal insurances etc. I might consider living in the Netherlands, Scandinavia or Spain, maybe Canada, but never in the US. I consider myself very lucky to be live in this country at this time (and not some 90 years earlier) and wich apparently makes me part of a 5% minority who appreciate their German citizenship, too. The other 95% don't seem to have been around much in the rest of the world, I suppose.
Why would you consider moving to Canada and not the US? Canada home prices are double what they are in the United States, wages are lower in Canada and their healthcare may be free (paid for by horrific taxes) but it’s much harder to get treated or find a doctor (check WHO statistics) the United States also has the largest gdp per capita of any nation with more than 10 million people in the world. It’s a great place to grow up in and live.
Well there is trick or treat in Germany 🇩🇪 I get out my robot 🤖 trick or treaters ( 5 at time 5 at time ) be like a squirrel and stock up for winter-AKA outerspace capabilities
The thing is that Europe is not a country, the US is. Also, Europeans are very different among themselves. Italians, Polish, Croatians, Hungarian, Turks, etc. They all have their own interest that differ from each other. Europe doesn’t even have a common culture and language. So, when the rubber meets the road, Europeans decide themselves towards whatever country they’re from. We do t have to worry about that.
Love both channels - I personally Love and hate the US - I am scared of the guns and I believe there should be more regulations on capitalism and looking at US foreign politics after 1948 there is a lot to argue about but at the end of the day both countries have a lot to offer. I personally get very homesick when I am away from home to long....but I have also great admiration for the US. Europe and especially Germany my country may just not be in the state it is without the support of the USA - after the Second World War the Marshall plan with the intention to fight totalitarianism and secure democracy in Europe saved us. This shall never be forgotten......
@@Steeler-wg5zoand? Europe still needed the money at the time and the recovery would have been HORRIFIC without the fiscal support from the United States. Of course the US isn’t going to gift that amount of money and expect nothing in return. I know Europeans are used to handouts but that’s not how the world works buddy.
@@TheRockkickass No one here denies that the USA did not support the continent, which was on its knees. It should just not always be presented in the media as if they had done it out of pure charity. The fact that this was basically a tough business deal is always neglected, buddy.
@@Steeler-wg5zo It was a form of Charity. Literally no other nation could have given you the amount of money that we did and the interest rate that you paid it back on was pretty much nothing. The US honestly could have taken over Europe after it tested the first atom bomb, but we didn’t, because we are good people. But the media never discusses that, do they
@@TheRockkickass Nobody questions the fact that there are good people in the USA. But after WW II, completely different questions arose. The Western Allies had not reckoned with the emergence of the Soviet Union in the form it took at that time, and they had massive problems. They would have tried to get all of Germany under their thumb regardless of losses, because Lenin had already said at the time that Russia and Germany together would become unrivaled worldwide. Thank goodness this never happened, also because of the Marshall Plan. Geopolitically, of course, that would have been a disaster for the Western Allies. It's always worth taking a look behind the scenes.
Hm. I think the question if you live out out of your own volition in U. S. is justified, when you think about it from a general western outside perspective. The U. S. might be the most powerful country on earth (or the "imperial core", as I heard just recently), but all we hear and what the U. S. presents by itself is mostly strife, bad systems, capitalism on overdrive, ignorance, self-importance and grandeur, while accepting very, let's say 'suboptimal human living conditions', bad pay, high prices, all plastered over with stupid patriotism. It might not FULLY be that way in reality, but I can understand that one would wonder, why anyone would choose to live in this 'capitalist utopia' and ask.
I think in the end it all comes down to personal preferences. Compared to Germany the US simply has a number of red flags for me. Healthcare, guns, labour laws (or rather their absence) and the like. So no, I honeslty wouldn't want to live there and I know several Americans living in Germany who jokingly (but the kind of joke that has an honest core) say they "fled" the US. That doesn't mean that other people might not see things differently. 🤷♂️
And it’s interesting that just a few decades ago people were fleeing Germany and literally risking their lives to escape it. This is really the first generation with a healthy Germany in 100 years.
Uh, I should stop commenting... I literally despise Felis points of view... - Not to have planned everything out all the time: Feli, for your 'convenient shopping experience', people are exploited and don't have the weekend off. - parking spaces everywhere: This means, the whole country is so car-dependend, that you often times HAVE to drive everywhere, because public transport is completely underfunded or none-existent. Have you tried to take a train somewhere in your glorious new home, with its about ten train-lines overall? What a joke. All that reeks to of an uncomfortable amount of privilege.
She is young and naive and inexperienced in some things. I don't know if she's ever worked anywhere or what. Yes, is there anything better than parking lots? (US probably has 8 parking spaces per car i think)
I don't think I said anywhere that I think those things are GOOD per se? I actually have posted about how much space parking lots take up in the US that could have been used for housing or other causes. I was just being honest in saying that I can't deny that the convenience in this country was fun for me at first (and still is in many ways). That doesn't mean I don't know the downsides of it and approve of it.
To your first point about employees working and being “exploited” on the weekends in the U.S. At times I think it is funny when people focus on Germans closing grocery stores and shopping stores on Sundays and think they are doing some amazing thing, yet, they still expect bowling alleys to be open, movie theaters, saunas, restaurants, etc. Just because there are a few select industries that are closed on one day of the weekend (I guess German employees are also exploited on the weekends if they have to work on Saturday?), there are still millions of Germans that are expected to work on Sundays so that the rest of Germany are able to be entertained 😂 In this way, I don’t think Germany is THAT much better 😅 To the point about the cars, again, Germany is often not that much better. Live in a rural part of the country like we do and sure, you might live in a village that is lucky enough to have a train stop with a train that comes once an hour, but with DB’s efficiency, your often lucky if that one train comes 😂 Or if you need to work in the city nearby, that’s a 20 minute drive or an hour by bus. Sure, doable, but everybody relies on cars here as well because of how poor the public transport is. Germany isn’t a perfect place either like this comment seems to try and make it out to be.
@@FelifromGermany musst dich doch nicht rechtfertigen bei irgendwelche Fremde im Internet. Du hattest deine persönlichen Gründe warum dir einiges ursprünglich besser erschien als du es in Deutschland gewohnt warst und das ist vollkommen normal. Dass du später erkanntest, dass auch solche Sachen ihre Schattenseiten haben ist auch logisch und reif.
I am extremely biased, but I still cannot imagine ever wanting to live in the US. It’s a beautiful country, with lovely people, and yet, despite all that, all of that is wasted on the military and to line the pockets of the ultra-rich. The way that country doesn’t cherish its people is hard to watch. Little to no social security, school-aged children are given little respect in the education system, the poor are used as scape goats, veterans are forced to be homeless, and minorities are painted to be criminals… I understand Germany has issues as well, some of them very serious and concerning, but at the very least, I know I won’t be dying of diabetes because insulin costs close to 1000 dollars (with insurance!!) I mean this as no slight toward anyone in this video or who might be reading this comment. I know a lot of people do not have the privilege to leave the USA to move to a different country, and I know a lot of people are genuinely happy there, too! I hope that every person finds exactly what they are looking for; whether in the US or Europe or anywhere else in the world.
I think that Germans think that Germany is better than the US, but that there are some countries (mainly the scandinavian countries) who are better than us. That explains how Germans can question you whether you got it better now and simultaniously not think that Germany is the best country.
seems like the motivation for feli is pretty clear. it's an opportunistic one. the moment she wanna carry out a child, she's gonna go back to profit from the german healthcare-system she doesn't contribute to, to get highly subsidized care the german taxpayer pays for, to evade the maximum of costs and shoulder it on others.
Once I move back to Germany, I'll obviously contribute to the system again too. I'd love it if my contributions here in the US were used for affordable healthcare as well but unfortunately, the majority of Americans seem to prefer not to regulate healthcare pricing.
Gee, a american youtuber living in germany. Did a video called : if germany being rich, why are germans poor and angry. I guess these youtubers don't want you to see 'Type Aston' video showing life in germany not so great!. 😅
Thanks again to Feli for joining me in this video! I hope that you guys enjoyed it 😊 If you did, please make sure to like and subscribe and check out Feli's channel which is linked in the description 😃
Thanks so much for having me 😊 It was a great conversation!
It's actually not true that Feli would have needed to give up her German citizenship. As long as she has family, job, property, or other reasons, she could have had dual citizenship just as easily. That's the reason in my case and it was super easy
@@benbelaboehm Well, the official rule was that you would have to give up your German citizenship unless you applied for a "Beibehaltungsgenehmigung" (retention permit) first and it's granted. Which I'm sure it would have been in my case but this way, I don't even have to deal with that :)
This is a top notch collaboration by two of my favorite RUclipsrs
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Dutch here.
I never considered Germans to be rude. Maybe a bit too formal, but not rude. But....
Dutch here. 😊
Our idea of speaking German is speaking Dutch loud and slow! 😂
As a German Dutch feels like u are speaking german while being really drunk ❤
@@darkphoenix6214 Being Dutch living close to the border and speaking the local dialect means I can make myself clear on both sides of the border, even when I'm really drunk.🥳
@@darkphoenix6214 "Drunken English sailors trying to speak German"... 😁
Meanwhile dutch often just sounds like "wait, what? That sounds like I should have understood that. Why didn't I understand that??" Because sometimes you don't understand some german dialect at first and it takes a little effort but then it's mostly manageble. With dutch it's different of course. It sounds somewhat familar and your brain goes into that "effort to understand weird diallect" mode but it doesn't work. And that can be super confusing!😅
@@michaausleipzigI watched parts of the TV duel between Marc Rutte and Gerd Wilders in 2017. I do not speak Dutch, but was able to follow the topics. At least when it did not get too heated and they talked fast. But I was surprised how much I was able to understand. Sometimes Dutch seemed to be more close to my Swiss German dialect then to standard German, other times I got lost because it resembled neither.
Maternal mortality rate goes up steadily right now in the USA. From 20,1 deaths per 100.000 women in childbirth in 2019, to 23,8 in 2020, it jumped up to 32,9 in 2021. That are concerning numbers. In Germany, the number has been around 4 per 100.000 constantly in the last two decades. Now, that would really make me think!
ANd the German number is even high for europe
Das kommt davon, wenn man religiöse Fundamentalisten die Gesellschaftspolitik bestimmen lässt und aus der medizinischen Versorgung eine profitorientierte Industrie macht, deren Dienstleistungen sich große Teile der Bevölkerung nicht mehr leisten können.
That's what happens when you let religious fundamentalists determine social policy and turn medical care into a profit-oriented industry whose services large sections of the population can no longer afford.
It only makes you think if your an expecting mother, most people aren’t and don’t care
@@TheRockkickass Aaaaaaand there we have it, the epitome of a mindset most europeans just don´t like - this ultra egoistic habit: What do I care for, what do I get out of it, does it bother ME, and ME alone......
@@CuChulaines and you think that way of thinking is wrong?
Congratulations. So now all of us anxiously wait for Passport No. Four! Wishing you guys all the best!
Very well done! I left the USA more than 50 years ago and haven't missed much there. Living in Europe is so much more meaningful.And I don't mind planning my shopping around opening hours - I'm even happy that, if I forget something by Saturday at 6 p.m., I can just live with it. Compared with gun violence, poor education (K-12), lack of culture (no operas, no symphonies, no theatres where I lived in the USA); buying vegetables in the middle of the night is a small benefit.
The United States has the best, on every metric, higher education on the planet so idk where your getting this poor education idea from
@@TheRockkickass That's like your comment on the healthcare system not entirely correct. If your family income exceeds 500.000,00 (intentionally use of the German way of writing numbers) USD, the US has the best healthcare system and the best education system in the world. Because you can afford all the expensive insurances and school fees. However, if you earn less than that, just about every western, northern or central European country beats the US.
Also, much (in some fields most) of the US advancements in science and technology is due to the brain drain from Europe and Asia as well as, to a lesser degree, from Africa and South America.
Why do you have a brain drain to the US?
For one, the US has more relaxed laws in some fields and less bureaucracy, and it also has a screwed up primary, middle and high school system which leads to, in general, worse educated high school absolvents than from just about anywhere else in the first world and much of the 3rd world, of course except for the top ten percent of US society.
@@MS-io6kl 😂school is free in America until you go to college so you’re lying on that part. The state I’m from Massachusetts has literally one of the best education systems in the world, look it up. And you left out a big part of the brain drain situation that is going on from Europe and Asia to the USA. Money we make so much more money than you or any of your other citizens. It’s not even funny. I have so much more money than you that it’s not even really fair. I work for a big health insurance company btw. Now if you excuse me, I’m going to relax in my ginormous pool next to my ginormous house.
@@MS-io6kl Must be, if it isnt, why so many people will do vote such an Idiot as Donald Trump AGAIN as President ?
😂 lack of culture? Gun violence? Bad schools?So you prefer Germany to the sad town you lived in 50yrs ago, because you definitely did live in my area of the U.S.
I'm German but wouldn't consider myself patriotic. This is a good country but it is surrounded by other countries that are as good or better. However, I would definitely consider myself a European patriot. I think Europe as a whole is by far the greatest place to live. So that's what I'm judging the US against, really, and the US loses that comparison in almost every respect.
How often have you been to and how long (and where) have you lived in the US?
Europe as a whole? Europe as a whole has a smaller economy than the United States even though it has over 100,000,000 more people and much lower wages on pretty much any job. The opportunity in Europe is a lot less as well, there is not really a big technological sector, entertainment sector and has a financial services sector that couldn’t hold a candle to the US. I’m just not sure how you’re coming to this conclusion. You couldn’t leave this stupid comment on this platform without the United States
@@TheRockkickass yes. economy is lower. but what many people have to live under the bottom-line is still higher then for americans. thats what counts for many people. also, a big part of the american gdp is dumped into the military. i big chunk of money the average citizen doesn't profit a lot from. also look at cities like sanfran, la, philly for example. littered with tents. this is unseen in europe.
@@Deus_Ubique so the argument you have is that Europe’s poor people are living better than Americas? Also I have seen tent cities or even worse in Albania and Hungry so they do exist in Europe. But who cares. What does a few people living in tents in a part of San Francisco that you wouldn’t travel too have too do with the economy anyway?
@@TheRockkickass Dude, the average income of two people of which one has $1,000,000,000 and the other has $0 is $500,000,000. The USA has a high GDP, it has many billionaires, but that doesn't do anything for the average bloke. Sure, the country is rich, but most of its people aren't. And even if we disregard that and just look at the average income as it is, what good does a $63,795k yearly income do when you pay $1,739 rent and $100k-$200k to go to college? (averages, you can look them up)
Please, actually read things. Read about the average life expectancy in other countries, read about freedom, look up stats about happiness. In all of these, the US is NOT THE BEST. Yes, not even when it comes to freedom you are number one, even though that's what your people constantly brag about.
Life in the USA is great IF YOU ARE RICH. If you aren't, it very much is not. Ask the low income 60 hours / week worker, who can't take a single day off, even if they are sick, because if they do, they are instantly fired because they don't have an employment contract, like so many Americans, and if they lose their job they even lose their health insurance. I bet they are VERY happy. And of course everyone like to always be FORCED to take a car because there is almost no infrastructure for public transit, bikes or even pedestrians.
THERE ARE BETTER COUNTRIES TO LIVE IN. I am sorry, but that is just what the numbers say, the stats, the things that are closest to an objective answer.
You can love your country, but patriotism is loving your country and thus working to make it better, not ignoring its flaws and shouting its name. Those "USA! USA! USA!" dudes aren't patriots, they are nationalists. Ignorant, embarrassing fools, and you should not want to be one of them. And by the way, you couldn't leave this comment without Germany, France, the UK, even Persia, Mesopotamia, India and almost all the rest of the world either. The US didn't just pop up and invent things, not even the telephone, even though you guys all think you did, your guy just got a patent in the US because the US doesn't honour foreign inventions, inventors and patents. That's all there is to it.
Please educate yourself BEFORE you respond. I don't want to read a half-baked "patriotic" reply.
What a wonderful surprise to see a collab of 2 of my favourite RUclipsrs! Enjoyed it a lot!
So glad you enjoyed it 😊
I personally love living in Europe - and to me it is always Europe, not just a specific country, ... nothing can beat this. And I am not talking about healthcare or these things - but really the cultures, the proximity to different countries, landscapes, skiing, different oceans, Mediterraniean, Atlantic, Baltic sea ... I love it. Yes, I have lived in the US - it was great for a year ... but not forever.
I think the question 'Are we the best country?' is weird. There are facts out there that obviously say that the best country is probably something like Norway or New Zealand. Low poverty rate, low crime rate and things like that. I think Germans answer these questions more fact based, while many Americans are just used to hearing "We are the best." all the time. This makes Americans answer this question differently.
So both answered the question "the German way"! 😁
The fact that Americans say yes in such high numbers probably has less to do with patriotism but more with ignorance. Most Americans don't know much about the world outside their borders. The only countries they do know and hear about are the countries which are responsible for illegal immigration. And the only thing they know about these countries is that people want to leave. So when there is nothing slightly positive to compare to no wonder the answer is yes. While Germans are far more informed about other countries, they even might have had positive experiences abroad affecting their choice.
True. the best countries are the Scandinavian countries. And maybe NZ.
As someone who also does not live in his homeland, I think, it is much more important with whom you live than where you live.
really interesting to hear your positions. I‘ve been following both of your channels for several year now and really appreciate your observations as a German who has also lived in the U.S. for a year each three different times. When I was in my twenties, if I had met my soul mate in the U.S. who was bound to America, I could have imagined staying there. I did not and also felt each time that I must go back to Germany (to complete my Master‘s and my dissertation in American Studies, and finally to be there for my aging parents) and I am now quite happy I did not stay in the U.S., but can go there to see the fantastic landscapes, meet with the great friends I made, do sightseeing etc. but return to the “motherland“ where I feel that politics are more sane (it is getting crazier, though, sadly - and, as I think - due to the Tea Party, Maga, Q-Anon and Trump influence on European right wingers as political rhetoric has become unhinged and many now see the world in terms of black and white instead of all the levels of grey in between any longer as they used to) and where I know how to manoeuvre the system, own property, have a safe and well-paying job at a German university (in Rhineland-Palatinate, btw), etc. I have, though, even in my twenties felt quite strongly that I would not want to raise children in the U.S…. It has never seemed a particularly great place to be a child. My first year in the U.S. was as an AuPair in the late eighties and even then, the lack of freedom and helicoptering expected of parents and guardians of children was insane to me as a German - and that was long before the school-shooting epidemic we have seen since Columbine… Also, I felt the growing destruction of the middle class society back then already. I have met many extremely rich Americans and have encountered the poverty n the cities as well, which was shocking to me as in Germany, homelessness is really almost a choice as we have a pretty good safety net and welfare options to those falling on hard times. In NYC, in 1999, I saw - in the middle of a typical NY winter - a woman pushing a shopping cart with her few belongings and she was essentially clad in some trash bags. I will never forget that… Also, in the eighties, in Philadelphia and New York (and their surrounding cities), there were so many poverty-stricken neighborhoods and no-go areas - something we rarely have here…
I'm German. I have lived in the UK for two years in a boarding school and I have lived in France for two years as a student living with my husband in an appartement. I have been to his country (Benin) twice for holidays. Living abroad has made me miss Germany and taught me the pros of living in Germany. So, I've always moved back to Germany but I do miss some aspects of the other countries, too. 💖
very nice, very honest. THANK YOU FOR THAT VIDEO!
I don't think there is a 'best' country... anywhere. As an aged Brit having lived in Ohio for the past 16 years, there are things I prefer about the US, there are things I miss about Britain. Which is best depends on your needs and expectations. I'm reasonably happy wherever I am. I've only visited Germany once, for 2 days, but I feel a certain affinity for German people and would probably be quite content there. For 'better', read 'different'.
Das sind tolle Neuigkeiten. Glückwunsch!
oooh, my 2 fave youtubers from this genre. I love your videos. and learning about what is going on in america & germany and the diffrences
Excellent video! Thanks for doing it! It's great for expats like me (Wisconsin to Bavaria)!
It’s amazing to see the positive changes and new experiences you've embraced! ☺ It’s encouraging for anyone considering a big move! ♥
This was a really enjoyable video.😊❤
That was again a great collab!(: Have got my family here AND there and allways struggled .. Having all births in Germany, what was the very best decision, there then allways was a point of the education from one of the kids, wich I would probably not have been able to afford in the US.
Liebe Grüße und schönes Wochenende
Former American over here. I became a naturalized German citizen about 11 years ago and have been living in Germany for over 25 years now. Back then, it wasn’t possible for me to get German citizenship without giving up my American citizenship. While it wasn’t my primary motivation, shedding my American citizenship definitely was an additional reason for me. The US is one of only two countries in the world that requires their citizens to report their worldwide income, file taxes, and all financial institutions also had to report my holdings to Uncle Sam as well. This made financial planning increasingly difficult over time. Dual citizenship for Americans carries this burden of complicated financial planning with it. Many banks here don’t do business with US persons, and I’m not aware of which financial institutions in Germany offer brokerage services. I’m really interested to learn about how Americans living long term in Germany manage their finances here, particularly those considering dual citizenship.
* naturalised. You live in Europe so please use the English used over here and don't americanise it. Thanks!
@@vboyz21wow. Great example of why I wouldn't actually want to move over to Europe. 🙄🙄
@@vboyz21You're on an American website so please don't europeanize it!
@@christineherrmann205 you lot have already ruined English in your own country, no need to come butcher our English too. Immigration = adaption so if you cannot change your English then don't immigrate and stay in the USA.
@@andrewcornelio6179 I'm on the European servers also my RUclips is in English UK so everything is spelt correctly like favourite
In German are two words for home: "Zuhause" and "Heimat".
I lived in several cities in Germany. Each on of them, where my current apartement was, was "Zuhause". But there is only one city, where my "Heimat" is. My birth town. I would say, I have a stronger connection to my "Heimat" than to my "Zuhause". Even when I'm happy in my "Zuhause".
I hope, I was clear enough.
I rarely drink coffee. But when I have really free choice for coffee, I drink it black ("as black as my soul").
Well, in Switzerland I can prove where I'm _heim_ with my _Heimatschein_ (I've got two in fact) 😂
@@marcmonnerat4850Ist das wie ein Personalausweis in Deutschland? Hab ich noch nie gehört:)
@@hoernchenmeister3216 Vielleicht, der _Heimatschein_ ist der Bürgerrechtsausweis des Schweizers. Daneben gibt noch einen _Heimatausweiss_ für die _Wochenaufenhalter_ 🙂
@@marcmonnerat4850 Ah OK, ich glaube ich verstehe:)
I am German and I really love the USA. Within the last 30 years I visited over 20 states on numerous stays in the US. I would say that I have a feeling for the American mentality. At the moment I am in the USA for vacation. My wife and I did a road trip which lead us to Atlanta. Honestly I was shocked about the poverty, there. We stayed downtown at a high class Hotel. The whole area around the hotel was crowded with homeless people. The other day we drove to Krispy Kreme to get us some donuts. We ended up in a really rough neighborhood. The windows of the donut shop were smashed and nailed with wood. After I returned I did some research. I found out that two men were shot at the exact same store, last year. Also there have been 3 shootings in this area within the last few days. Today I drove to downtown Chicago. All of the sudden a woman, obviously full on drugs, walked on the middle of the highway. The car in front of me almost hit her.
I would say that the USA changed dramatically, in the last few years. Drugs, violence and poverty became a huge problem and there is no solution to get these issues under control.
I wouldn’t say it’s changed recently. It’s been that way for a long time….its more a matter of where you go at a given time period. Places in the 80s and 90s had historically bad crime levels, that improved, whereas other areas have had an uptick in crime in recent years, where others have improved. Most of the crime is in the south. It used to be Detroit, MI, Camden, NH, and Chicago known for violent crime….nowadays New Orleans, LA, Jackson, MI, Atlanta, GA have far higher violent crime and homicide rates.
The pandemic also hit a place where poor people are on their own in many ways very hard. Violent crime is actually down overall, but some cities were hit worse than others.
Reminds me of eastern Germany, lots of homeless, vandalism, and drug use.
Very interesting video. Both of you are getting to a conclusion which I can understand very well. Having gained experiences of living in different places, even different countries thinking about which place is better isn't necessarily the first, often not even the second thing I would think about too much.
Having lived in both countries I have learned that the US works well for younger people with plenty of energy that want to have fun and don't care about peace and quiet. More mature people with less energy or people with ongoing health issues will appreciate Germany's support structure where the weaker get support from the richer (through taxes). And if you have kids I would choose Germany as well since the schooling in North America is bad compared to Germany.
Germany is for the week and in motivated. Got it.
What Feli said about never really belonging somewhere again is spot on, and only those that have lived abroad can recognize that and appreciate it but also.......never really belonging somewhere! I love Germany and I have made a home and a spot for myself now here. But I am and always will be American. I've become so much more patriotic for the US since living abroad. It's like every thing, yes it has its flaws but nobody or nothing is perfect. But there would also be so much about Germany that I would miss if I moved back to the US. I have now become a mixture of both. Wish I could just take what I admire from both countries and make the "perfect" country, but reality is different. Have to take the good with the bad.
I absolutely loved your collaboration, this video and your conclusions. Feli is great, and so are you.
The answer to the random question of the week is: with milk, of course! 😁
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it 😊
following both of content creators since years ... for donnie i can say: the best clip i ever saw from you ... and to feli: top as usual ... thanks for both of your folks spoke really emotional ... cant wait to see another feli-donnie clip in german speech (hahaha)
I’m an American from the New York metro area and I don’t drink coffee. My mom was born in England and came over when she was 8 and obviously drinks tea. When we were growing up, she would give my siblings and me weak tea (tea bag dunked briefly plus a lot of milk and I liked it lot of sugar) when we were sick along with toast - it was our “Chicken Soup” (which is a more typical cure all given by American mothers traditionally). My dad who was American born and raised was given instant coffee by my mom.
Thanks for the diary entry
About the coffee topic. Just because you mentioned it before, but we have coffee creamers (in form of powder (called: Kaffeweißer) or fluid in little bottles (Kafeesahne)). Germans often use Kaffeeweißer only in an work enviroment, were we need to be fast. In a more formal or family setting we more likely use Kaffeesahne, milk and sugar or unwhipped whipped cream (still put in a nice jug).
The more younger generations (after the Baby Boomers) are also more likely to go to Starbucks or (because of the costs) buy sirups (availible in the supermarkets (not discounters)) and experiment a bit for ourselfs to get as close a possible to the original.
Interestin fact: in Germany 65 shots were fired by police on humans in 2023 and 6 were killed. In US 90 shots were fired on a single person.
Bro what😂 how is that an interesting fact
@@TheRockkickassPlease call your caregiver. He will help you.
@@hoernchenmeister3216 are you too dumb to defend the stupid “fact” you wrote?
@@TheRockkickass Hässlicher kann sich Amerika nicht darstellen.
Life in the USA CAN be better - but only if you are VERY wealthy. That kind of walthy, where falling ill does not have a relevant effect on your income.
What’s the monetary threshold in your mind of “very wealthy”
Clearly this question stirs up strong feelings (and has possibly prodded at least one troll out from under its bridge).
I loved my 3 years living in Germany in the late 1970s - it opened my eyes to how interesting and comfortable life could be outside the US (or Oklahoma anyway, also my home state 😏).
Perhaps the most poignant observation for me was Feli's note that you never feel completely 'home' in either place. I've experienced that, but found it changes over time. I've lived in Australia for over 25 years now, and writing from the tail end of a LONG trip to the US as well as Germany, I can't wait to get back home to Oz! 😊
All the best to both of you and your families, and thank you for an enjoyable chat.
Ich denke, Ihr habt beide Euren Platz für diesen Teil Eures Lebens gefunden. Dafür alles Gute, egal ob in Deutschland oder den USA.
Viele Grüße aus Bielefeld
I have to disagree with Family. I do not think that Germans ask more questions when you're moving, because they're judging you. In fact I do this a lot myself for all kinds of stuff. But it's more out of genuine concern. And I'm sure the same thing counts for all the people I know
I agree: ruclips.net/video/OTWz7Oyz0_A/видео.htmlsi=PY0pjJSBT19D7ike&t=826
I still personally don't enjoy it anymore to have other people basically evaluate things that I didn't ask them to evaluate for me. Even if it happens out of concern. Unless it's a super extreme situation where I'd be in danger or something like that.
In my youth the USA was the country of dreams in general. Anything great seemed possible there. Now it looks it's the opposite, a nightmare ... gun violence, poverty, over-patriotism/bibelism and most of all!!! NO! national healthcare- and general security-system for the people. Need to get more balanced now viewing the USA. However - I'm glad to live in Europe.
What’s changed sense you were a kid. The US has less gun violence per person than it did when you were a kid (unless you’re very young)and what are you talking about poverty? Are you telling me there is no poverty in Europe? I’ve been to 23 countries in Europe and every single one had poor people and slums. In fact the average income across Europe is MUCH lower than the United States. Where are you getting your statistics from?
@@TheRockkickass To be honest - actually it's me who changed, I'm not a kid anymore, no illusions anymore. Plus the over-information we have now throughout the entire Internet. Sometimes things I'm really not too keen to know about. When I was young the USA was all Disneyland, Brady Bunch and I dream of Jeannie. And now? All gone ... 😕
@@ankelenze5696 it’s the same for me when I think about Germany now. When you finally learn that the German people actually voted in Hitler, it changes your perspective on them
@@TheRockkickassTalk is how germany compares to the US TODAY and you bring up Hitler. Almost no one from back then is even alive anymore and those people obviously don't represent germans today.
@@TheRockkickass To many people voted to AfD, right but *only* 15 % to 20 % in general. So... how many people in the US will vote (again) for the moron Donald Trump ? Who will be a dictator ?
I personally would say: being born in Europe is like winnig the birth lottery. I would never leave Europe.
Same! But in the U.S.
RQotW: café con leche.
Where am I from: childhood in South America, teen and young adult in North America, in Europe every summer since my late teens, then permanently since my mid 20s.
Half of my family is in USA the other half all over Europe. I like the sense of security and the social net (up until now- things are changing) that most European countries provide. Plus the uninterrupted culture of music and performing arts, and the ease of travel.
I’ve never lived in another country, but I left my home state for college and never went back. I grew up in California and have lived in Arizona for over 20 years. There are definitely pros and cons to both. The cost of living is substantially lower in Arizona, but the weather is better in California. And there are also political differences-while Arizona has become more of a purple state, California is solidly blue but some of their laws feel very “nanny state.” And there’s also the fact that my parents are in California and now I’m grappling with the fact that they are aging and my mom is terminally ill and I can’t visit as much as I would like. So as happy as I am in Arizona and not feeling terribly inclined to leave, there are certainly things I miss about California.
Coffee...it depends on the coffee. I like cappu but I'll drink it black if the choice is H-milk, Kaffeesahne and that ilk (but recently discovered that i love Oatly in ny coffee!).
black coffee with sweeteners, thank you.
That said, I don't think I am putting down where my American buddies are from when I occasionally mention "healthcare worthy of being called such" - it's more that I wish for them to have better (and more importantly much more affordable) access to healthcare without getting into dire straits financially. Same for them having to go to work while sick or risk not getting paid. I just wish them something better. The idea is that only if you draw attention to a problem can it get fixed.
Beyond that it's just some friendly ribbing about American "beer" every so often.
It's nice that feli is wqilling to join people in their videoas. thank you. I think you don't have to move abroad to face the same problems with people telling you that you would be better in the other country. I myself was born and raised in saxony, lived in lower saxony and then moved to north rhine westphalia and whenver I talk about beeing a natural born saxon people tell me that I must be happy thast I do not live there anmymore.
and I don't drink coffee.so. I'll take a hot chocolate instead. thank you
Love this video!!❤️ We are Ohioans considering moving to Rheinland-Pfalz to be closer to my family (my mom is from Germany)! This video feels like it was made for us 😂 lol
Congrats on no. 2 being on the way!
Just being curious about a different country from your own seems a good enough reason
Feli sent me. The most important announcement that Feli announced is that Yes Feli is going for US Citizenship to have dual US & German Citizenship. I am also now subscribed to this channel that I will check out.
What do you mean we can't have both pros in one country?😂 As a german that was several times in the UK i can vouch for a Asda Chesser supercentre in Edinburgh that was open 24/7 and i never got robbed at neither gun nor knifepoint. There is a country of sundaylie freedom wihtout gun violence and it's (hopefully) called Scotland someday (again).
Thanks for doing this video. We're currently having this exact debate right now, trying to weigh the pros and cons of both countries to decide which one we'd be better off in. Things are changing so much in both countries that it makes it even harder to figure it out, as we also have to guess how things will end up in the future, too. Will things get better or worse here in the US? Will the politics and economy of Germany continue to degrade or will they recover? Which country will handle climate change better? Which is better for retirement? So many factors and so hard to get any kind of reliable idea of what's coming, especially when it heavily depends on your individual privileges and preferences.
I drink my coffee with milk and a spoon of cocoa powder. I'm from Rheinland Pfalz too and you need to come next year to Frankenthal for the Strohutfest. Biggest innercity winefest.
11:14 Germans and Tellarites from Star Trek would get along soooo well! 😉
"FAILY" 😂😂😂 I love it
I grew up in the NYC area and moved to Dallas, Texas after college graduation. New Yorkers asked me, “Why would you do that?”. After 39 years in Texas, I can confidently say, “Because life in Texas is better!”.
For you*
Thank you for not rhyming the title 🙏
My American friends, take an advice from a seasoned German for the gloomy months after you hae devoured all the Christmas cookies. Salvation goes by the names like Alltours, DER, TUI, or ITS. Go book youself a package holiday and escape the rain! Marrakesh, Djerba, the Canary Islands or Madeira are ideal places to forget about the German weather.
There is nothing better than a classic italien cappuccino.
As an American who is now living in Brazil, and planning to move to Germany in a few years, I've lived in some "dangerous" places, and I've learned it pretty much comes down to 2 things, 1. Know where to avoid (for example ive never been to ohio, but I know Cincinnati is a dangerous city), and 2. Dont make yourself an easy target. Even living in the supposedly super dangerous streets of Brazil, I've had zero accidents, and every friend I know has been completely safe here. In fact, despite Brazil being a super dangerous country, most Brazilians I've met have never even witnessed a fist fight! Something that is very normal in the USA. Basically my experience has shown me that 99% of the time safety comes down to your knowledge and actions.
Feli tells why she fell in love with America. Why did you fell in love with Germany, Donnie?
I am German. Where life fits best / better largely depends on what your preferences are. I think you can generally live very well in both countries. I think there is no „better“ per se.
Germany offers more safety (social security, etc.) compared to the US, but the US has also a lot of pros.
I personally prefer living somewhere in Western Europe, does not have to be Germany overall, but it might just be that I am more used to Europe than I am to the US.
This is regards to my previous comments: I want to make clear, that I don't regard Germans or Germany as flawless or even anywhere near perfect. Oh nonono, we have sooooo many stupid decisions, indecisions, problems, politics etc. Its just, comparatively, not as awful as the U. S.. Here, you don't have to be a part of the "1%" to live relatively comfortable, in peace, in security and in a kind of happiness, that is not delivered by money.
Do you think you need to be the 1 percent to live well in America? Where the hell are you getting your information 😂. Feli isn’t in the 1 percent and she bought a house that’s probably bigger than most German ones, before she was 30. That’s just one example. How many Germans are buying a home before 30 years old?
Last things first: I nearly always drink either cappuccino or latte (and with sugar).
It was interesting to hear the two of you talking about this. I have just celebrated 50 years of living in Germany and 10 years of being a German citizen. There was a brief period of madness (and for me it was that; caused me to be depressed the entire year and a half) when I thought I would move back to the States, but I still vividly remember the moment when I realized I did NOT want to do that. To use a German expression: Zehntausend Steine sind mir vom Herzen gefallen.
I can‘t tell you why I was so enamored of Germany and Europe even before I came here; there was no rational reason. Nonetheless, I have loved being here from the moment I stepped off the plane onto European soil. Renouncing my American citizenship did not cause me the least bit of anxiety, and I didn’t do it earlier out of laziness. Indeed, I remember a sense of exhilaration when I made the renunciation. If I were doing it today, I would still renounce my American citizenship.
But is my life „better“? I can‘t really say. Who knows what would have happened had I stayed in the USA? However, I can‘t imagine having had a better life than the one I have had here. In that sense, I am one lucky fellow.
German Universities don't generally have poor equipment as Feli says. Regarding media science, I cannot say, but in Engineering, equipmwnt is on Stanford level if a Fraunhofer or Max Planck institute is attached to that uni. Doing my Doctor in composite engineering at a Fraunhofer institute, almost every wish is granted to me by my institute. AFP robot, 5 axis Winding machine, prepreg manufacturing line, large microwave autoclaves, conventional ones and funding for my thesis topic. And it costs no tuition, I even get paid by my Fraunhofer Institute, roughly as much as an engineer in a medium sized German industry company.
I mean, I went to LMU (one of the top universities in Germany) and compared to the equipment and amenities I experienced at the University of Cincinnati, it was definitely on a different level. There were several seminars where we still used overhead projectors in Munich and amenities don't really go beyond libraries and cafeterias. In the US, the department I did my exchange semester in had a full-on live TV studio, radio broadcasting studio, several audio production studios, expensive cameras, microphones, and other equipment students could use, and then of course the campus amenities like a whole gym, pool, rockclimbing wall, fancy dining halls, football stadium, baseball stadium, fields for all other sports, movie theater, a bar, etc.
Is there a "better" place or country? I much doubt it. I lived in the UK for two years and always love going back. Being German, living in Germany is the pragmatic thing to do, and objectively - from education to health care to overall quality of life - Germany is much higher up in the ranks. Which doesn't say you like it any better. The best place is where you feel home and welcomed, wherever that is.
To answer the coffee question: I used to like my coffee black as night, hot as hell and sweet as love, but now I prefer it still hot as hell and black as night but bitter as unrequited love.
I don't drink coffee at all, even though I'm a programmer.
Citizenship, yes. Got mine, too.
As someone who would be the third category (lived multiple years in the US and left) ... I am always surprised about the argument about the "freedom" of being able to drive everywhere and having enough parking.
Unless you live in one of the really big cities (NYC, Boston,... ) where ironically enough, you don't want to drive with a car anyway ... Driving is not really a choice, at least in my experience. If you don't have a car - you cant really do much, even groceries will be a hassle depending on where you live.
I am annoyed having to get cash, cant deny that one though.
Nice collab.
While the US definitely has an edge in sheer availability of consumer goods, the sky high prices for food, lodging, transportation, and health care definitely put it behind Germany for me.
Even tho salaries are lower in Germany, I feel like the average quality of life is better.
There are actually worker's rights in Germany; you aren't expected to work every waking hour, or work sick, and you actually get something like 5 weeks of vacation a year, unlike the US which has none of that.
The cities are generally prettier and more walkable, with more cultural opportunities in Germany.
But I think the best thing about Germany is that half of the population is not voting for a party that has sworn my eradication as a campaign promise. I like being alive, not imprisoned, etc., so Germany is definitely the winner for me!
Coffee a little cream but can have black. In EU mostly black.
Is Germany THE best country?
Hell, no. We got a lot of things to work on. But is the median package deal you get here for your work and money worth it?
In general I'd say, yes.
That's not to say that you can't have such a median package deal in the USA. *However* the possibility of attaining that in the USA is a much lower chance. Not because you don't have an opportunity, but due the stacking of the deck against the average American by corporate laws benefiting the corporation over the employees. As there's a physical impossibility of _everyone_ being the CEO of their own successful multi-billion dollar company, there will always be a large section of the population that can't afford to live like a CEO. When it boils down to the median income family, the protection offered by German laws are much higher and better in Germany than the USA. So if that is your deciding factor for where's life better, you come to one conclusion. If you got other factors that determine your happiness and what you consider 'better' then the USA may beat Germany. Both are fair outcomes based on your own premises.
That's why each individual has to ask themselves honestly and fairly what they are seeking as happiness. Go after it. But don't demand that a country change to fit to your personal standard of happiness for you to achieve that happiness.
I dunno, but maybe a lot of Americans just think that all the people who immigrate to the US do so, because it is best. Therefore that question doesn't even cross their mind. And when it comes to Germans saying "right?!" at the end, I would also add that some just phrase their questions that way. So yes, it may appear as an assumption to you and maybe in a way it is, but it also may just be their way of asking a question because they're curious and wanna know 🤷🏼♀️
German here, 60 years old. I've been to the US many times on business trips and vacation without having lived or worked there for an extended time. It's a beautiful country, or better continent, it has so much nature and variation from the East Coast to Florida, Texas, Nevada, Utah, California, Wisconsin or Colorado (that's not even the complete list of places I have been to). Also, I've met very nice people over there, I even have a friend and stayed at his home three times. But it has always been very clear to me that I would never want to live there because social security is so much better over here, education is free, healthcare is almost completely covered by the legal insurances etc. I might consider living in the Netherlands, Scandinavia or Spain, maybe Canada, but never in the US. I consider myself very lucky to be live in this country at this time (and not some 90 years earlier) and wich apparently makes me part of a 5% minority who appreciate their German citizenship, too. The other 95% don't seem to have been around much in the rest of the world, I suppose.
Why would you consider moving to Canada and not the US? Canada home prices are double what they are in the United States, wages are lower in Canada and their healthcare may be free (paid for by horrific taxes) but it’s much harder to get treated or find a doctor (check WHO statistics) the United States also has the largest gdp per capita of any nation with more than 10 million people in the world. It’s a great place to grow up in and live.
@11:32 Germans are more realistic about life in general, I suppose. 😘
Or they’re negative, pessimistic, unmotivated and jealous.
Not drinking coffee at all, more a tea or hot choclat type
Well there is trick or treat in Germany 🇩🇪 I get out my robot 🤖 trick or treaters ( 5 at time 5 at time ) be like a squirrel and stock up for winter-AKA outerspace capabilities
I drink my coffee black, unless its a pumpkin spice!
I rarely drink coffee but when I do, it's black every time.
This is my first of your vids bec I follow Feli. Have you talked to Nick Alfieri (NALF)? He’s an American who came to play football in Germany.
The thing is that Europe is not a country, the US is. Also, Europeans are very different among themselves. Italians, Polish, Croatians, Hungarian, Turks, etc. They all have their own interest that differ from each other. Europe doesn’t even have a common culture and language. So, when the rubber meets the road, Europeans decide themselves towards whatever country they’re from. We do t have to worry about that.
Love both channels - I personally Love and hate the US - I am scared of the guns and I believe there should be more regulations on capitalism and looking at US foreign politics after 1948 there is a lot to argue about but at the end of the day both countries have a lot to offer. I personally get very homesick when I am away from home to long....but I have also great admiration for the US. Europe and especially Germany my country may just not be in the state it is without the support of the USA - after the Second World War the Marshall plan with the intention to fight totalitarianism and secure democracy in Europe saved us. This shall never be forgotten......
...and we had to pay any Ct back + interest....and we did.
@@Steeler-wg5zoand? Europe still needed the money at the time and the recovery would have been HORRIFIC without the fiscal support from the United States. Of course the US isn’t going to gift that amount of money and expect nothing in return. I know Europeans are used to handouts but that’s not how the world works buddy.
@@TheRockkickass No one here denies that the USA did not support the continent, which was on its knees. It should just not always be presented in the media as if they had done it out of pure charity. The fact that this was basically a tough business deal is always neglected, buddy.
@@Steeler-wg5zo It was a form of Charity. Literally no other nation could have given you the amount of money that we did and the interest rate that you paid it back on was pretty much nothing. The US honestly could have taken over Europe after it tested the first atom bomb, but we didn’t, because we are good people. But the media never discusses that, do they
@@TheRockkickass Nobody questions the fact that there are good people in the USA. But after WW II, completely different questions arose. The Western Allies had not reckoned with the emergence of the Soviet Union in the form it took at that time, and they had massive problems. They would have tried to get all of Germany under their thumb regardless of losses, because Lenin had already said at the time that Russia and Germany together would become unrivaled worldwide. Thank goodness this never happened, also because of the Marshall Plan. Geopolitically, of course, that would have been a disaster for the Western Allies. It's always worth taking a look behind the scenes.
Hm. I think the question if you live out out of your own volition in U. S. is justified, when you think about it from a general western outside perspective. The U. S. might be the most powerful country on earth (or the "imperial core", as I heard just recently), but all we hear and what the U. S. presents by itself is mostly strife, bad systems, capitalism on overdrive, ignorance, self-importance and grandeur, while accepting very, let's say 'suboptimal human living conditions', bad pay, high prices, all plastered over with stupid patriotism. It might not FULLY be that way in reality, but I can understand that one would wonder, why anyone would choose to live in this 'capitalist utopia' and ask.
Compare US wages for jobs to the same jobs in Germany and get back to me.
I think in the end it all comes down to personal preferences.
Compared to Germany the US simply has a number of red flags for me. Healthcare, guns, labour laws (or rather their absence) and the like. So no, I honeslty wouldn't want to live there and I know several Americans living in Germany who jokingly (but the kind of joke that has an honest core) say they "fled" the US.
That doesn't mean that other people might not see things differently. 🤷♂️
And it’s interesting that just a few decades ago people were fleeing Germany and literally risking their lives to escape it. This is really the first generation with a healthy Germany in 100 years.
Donny, how did you choose to live in the area of DE that you do?
Omg, universes merge 😮😮😮
Which internet connection you are using in Germany 😊
Is it really patriotism or nationalism in the USA?
Hopefully nationalism. As an American myself I hope to see the country become even more nationalistic over time
Willful ignorance
@@TheRockkickass US now is Germany 1933
@@arnodobler1096 is that supposed to be an insult?
@@TheRockkickass yes for sure, and for every normal Guy it is. N azi
No living creature knows as little about water as fish!
What about tea? 🍵
The United States also didn’t allow dual citizenship.
Since 1967 it’s been allowed for all
@@PassportTwo I didn’t think that it went back that far especially for all!
Black Coffee ❤
RQOTW: Black as the night, sweet as love, and hot like hell.
Black. Without Schnickschnack :D
Uh, I should stop commenting... I literally despise Felis points of view...
- Not to have planned everything out all the time: Feli, for your 'convenient shopping experience', people are exploited and don't have the weekend off.
- parking spaces everywhere: This means, the whole country is so car-dependend, that you often times HAVE to drive everywhere, because public transport is completely underfunded or none-existent. Have you tried to take a train somewhere in your glorious new home, with its about ten train-lines overall? What a joke. All that reeks to of an uncomfortable amount of privilege.
She is young and naive and inexperienced in some things. I don't know if she's ever worked anywhere or what.
Yes, is there anything better than parking lots? (US probably has 8 parking spaces per car i think)
I don't think I said anywhere that I think those things are GOOD per se? I actually have posted about how much space parking lots take up in the US that could have been used for housing or other causes. I was just being honest in saying that I can't deny that the convenience in this country was fun for me at first (and still is in many ways). That doesn't mean I don't know the downsides of it and approve of it.
@@arnodobler1096 I think there are thousands of things better than parking lots. I'm also 30 years old.
To your first point about employees working and being “exploited” on the weekends in the U.S. At times I think it is funny when people focus on Germans closing grocery stores and shopping stores on Sundays and think they are doing some amazing thing, yet, they still expect bowling alleys to be open, movie theaters, saunas, restaurants, etc. Just because there are a few select industries that are closed on one day of the weekend (I guess German employees are also exploited on the weekends if they have to work on Saturday?), there are still millions of Germans that are expected to work on Sundays so that the rest of Germany are able to be entertained 😂 In this way, I don’t think Germany is THAT much better 😅
To the point about the cars, again, Germany is often not that much better. Live in a rural part of the country like we do and sure, you might live in a village that is lucky enough to have a train stop with a train that comes once an hour, but with DB’s efficiency, your often lucky if that one train comes 😂 Or if you need to work in the city nearby, that’s a 20 minute drive or an hour by bus. Sure, doable, but everybody relies on cars here as well because of how poor the public transport is. Germany isn’t a perfect place either like this comment seems to try and make it out to be.
@@FelifromGermany musst dich doch nicht rechtfertigen bei irgendwelche Fremde im Internet. Du hattest deine persönlichen Gründe warum dir einiges ursprünglich besser erschien als du es in Deutschland gewohnt warst und das ist vollkommen normal. Dass du später erkanntest, dass auch solche Sachen ihre Schattenseiten haben ist auch logisch und reif.
Why? Verses why not!
Is that really a question?
I am extremely biased, but I still cannot imagine ever wanting to live in the US. It’s a beautiful country, with lovely people, and yet, despite all that, all of that is wasted on the military and to line the pockets of the ultra-rich.
The way that country doesn’t cherish its people is hard to watch. Little to no social security, school-aged children are given little respect in the education system, the poor are used as scape goats, veterans are forced to be homeless, and minorities are painted to be criminals…
I understand Germany has issues as well, some of them very serious and concerning, but at the very least, I know I won’t be dying of diabetes because insulin costs close to 1000 dollars (with insurance!!)
I mean this as no slight toward anyone in this video or who might be reading this comment. I know a lot of people do not have the privilege to leave the USA to move to a different country, and I know a lot of people are genuinely happy there, too!
I hope that every person finds exactly what they are looking for; whether in the US or Europe or anywhere else in the world.
I think that Germans think that Germany is better than the US, but that there are some countries (mainly the scandinavian countries) who are better than us.
That explains how Germans can question you whether you got it better now and simultaniously not think that Germany is the best country.
Why would Germans think that? The wages in Germany are garbage and the economy is trash overall
seems like the motivation for feli is pretty clear. it's an opportunistic one. the moment she wanna carry out a child, she's gonna go back to profit from the german healthcare-system she doesn't contribute to, to get highly subsidized care the german taxpayer pays for, to evade the maximum of costs and shoulder it on others.
Once I move back to Germany, I'll obviously contribute to the system again too. I'd love it if my contributions here in the US were used for affordable healthcare as well but unfortunately, the majority of Americans seem to prefer not to regulate healthcare pricing.
Gee, a american youtuber living in germany. Did a video called : if germany being rich, why are germans poor and angry. I guess these youtubers don't want you to see 'Type Aston' video showing life in germany not so great!. 😅