@@isaactfa they don't called him his other name "your favorite streamer favorite streamer" for nothing either. Infact at this point they should call him "your favorite person favorite person"
YOU ARE AN NL FAN?!!! Now it all comes together! Holy shit, live your content dude! Love living in Prague even more, sane city and getting better every year!
Floridian - I tried to join an outdoor club at my university back in 2015. When we were introducing ourselves and a fact about us, I mentioned I try to bike everywhere I can. Some girl chimed in saying “oh, you’re one of those annoying people” and everybody just laughed??? Like this is an outdoor club and y’all are acting weird about the fact that I ride a bike? Never went to anything for the club after that
@@kjr4946 Why though? If people are outwardly hostile for no reason at all and you aren't obligated to spend time with them, then why wouldn't you just walk away? Maybe they're the ones that should grow thicker skin if a handful of bad actors on bikes leads them to assume the worst of everyone who rides them.
@@squiddler7731 Laughing at a mild joke is not the same as being hostile. I think you're being a little dramatic, which is why I think some thicker skin is needed in this scenario.
@@sayantanmazumdar3 This isn't even true is the funny thing. Pedestrian-centric infrastructure leads to way more shops and apartments and land that actually has value (and thus gets taxed) because it isn't being reserved for parking lots.
@@Hifuutorian Cognitive dissonance is the perception of contradictory information and the mental toll of it. Relevant items of information include a person's actions, feelings, ideas, beliefs, values, and things in the environment. Cognitive dissonance is typically experienced as psychological stress when a person participates in an action that goes against one or more of those things. According to this theory, when two actions or ideas are not psychologically consistent with each other, people do all in their power to change them until they become consistent. The discomfort is triggered by the person's belief clashing with new information perceived, wherein the individual tries to find a way to resolve the contradiction to reduce their discomfort
@@RussianSpy4632 Vancouver employs the New York method of making drivers polite by having them leave their car at home. They don't even let the trains have drivers!
I hate driving in cities so fucking much. Its not even how good or bad of a driver you are, there are so many cars and so many streets and so many intersections that weird shit just will happen. Also the police and ambulances and firefighters zooming through with their sirens, you have to get out of the way, pedestrians crossing in random places... The way US does their city planning is just insane. Oh, Hi Not Just Bikes! Nice to see you here :D
To each their own, I love driving cities! Plus generally when you're not forced to own a car you probably won't get one, and then a lot of opportunities are closed to you.
@@cmdtrigun If they're not forced to own a car, then that inherently would mean those opportunities ARE available. Otherwise, they'd be...you know...FORCED TO OWN A CAR.
Drivers experience the same anonymity-fueled decreased capacity for inconvenience seen in internet users, but, instead of being relatively harmless seated behind your computer monitor, you’re commandeering a several-thousand-pound death machine
NL ain't lying about how people seem to wanna goddamn kill you on the road. My town decided to remove some semi-protected bike lanes because there was a rash of vehicular assaults and traps set for cyclists after it was installed. There was a huge NIMBY push to stop it's construction that failed, but I guess they got what they wanted in the end. Mostly just really aggressive coal rolling or swerving across the wide demarcation separating the traffic to force people into the grass. The traps were was mostly caltrops or broken glass trying to damage the wheels. Not many people got seriously hurt, but the lane was deemed a "public safety hazard" and removed.
Not having designated bicycle lanes separated from the road with noise-reducing barriers and trees seems terrible. Bicycle traps and people protesting common good feels so outlandish that I simply refuse to believe it for my mental well-being. Then again, I still have problems believing that "coal rolling" is a real thing despite seeing many videos of it.
@@suakeli I saw people protesting the closure of an alley literally nobody ever used and had negligible difference on travel time because it was so small and there were several streets parallell to it within 100 feet. with flyers saying that closing it would "increase traffic fatalities." NIMBYs are just people obsessed with nothing ever changing. I think it's like, they like the neighborhood they live in well enough and don't really think about what contributes to that. So when anything at all changes, they assume that it will somehow ruin the area for vague reasons with no really causal link. Like the metaphysical balance of their shitty housing development is thrown out of order.
@@deeznoots6241 In the US if you make a road hazard its attempted manslaughter but if you swerve your F-150 into the bike lane its a few anger management classes and probation if you dont know the cops/judges in town, free walk if you do know them.
California is so funny to me because it has a reputation for being the most commie leftist place on the planet (from non-Californians) but in reality it's a monument to turbo capitalism
Depending on which part of the US you’re in will determine the flavor of Dystopia you have too. Do you want a Christian nationalist theocracy, technofeudalism, kleptocracy, natural disaster prone cities? You can get a taste of all of these, along with mixes between them in the US.
No but actually - these infrastructural topics are actually so relevant to a lot of the pressing issues with the social fabric in the US and Canada. If you're interested, I recommend the channel Not Just Bikes. He'll get you started, and then he'll recommend other related channels. You'll never see anything the same way again. And it's a good thing, bc you'll stop blaming yourself for being unhappy when our living spaces are designed to not meet our needs.
It’s insane how immediately aggressive trucks and SUVs get when you drive a tiny car, it’s like they’re a predator and you’re the prey. I pull into a street with the right of way in my sister’s Volkswagen buggy once, and a F150 waiting at the light floored it as soon as it turned green, yelled at me and cut me off lol. I got cut off or yelled at maybe 3,4 times for those few days I had to drive it. Why the hell they drive those behemoths in the city where parking is so sparse is beyond me
because theyre told its safer than being in a smaller car ... and now they just see you as some dumb idiot because youre not smart enough to get a vehicle thatd win most law of gross tonnage
@@mr_melp the worst thing I can say about Boston is that I saw more AirPods Max in my one week there than I ever had in the whole time since they dropped. Honestly? Tragic day for Boston. Those things are like a walking self-report that you have too much money and will gladly spend it on overpriced mid products.
I think America is just too spread out. I live in a major American “city” right now and it’s literally just a slightly compressed suburb. The rest of the world doesn’t consider these cities. If this is what our cities are like, we have no hope for anywhere else. We need to 3-5x the density and then deal with the inevitable crime that will cause properly then we can have nice things like public transit and walkable cities.
@@ilikeshibaIts literally illegal to build mixed use developments in many US cities. The urban sprawl is a design feature not a bug. Traffic kills far far more people than crime. The current design of US cities exacerbates wealth inequality which in turn causes more crime - so that doesnt really hold up either.
The ending bit always kills me lol People in huge cities with large population density and rep for being rude "We're not rude, I just hate being around so many people" lol always boils down to rude because someone is in their way
Is the netherlands a safe, walkable, unexpensive place to live? I want to move out of the US so badly because I have bad anxiety about driving and guns, it makes it really hard to ever leave the house. I'm trying to find a nice place to live, so if you see this, I'd love any comments on if you think your country is a good place to move to. (I assume you mean you live there)
@@sevenfivelavender9996 I can give an anecdote about The Netherlands based on my experience living there. The Netherlands is probably one of the most walkable places in the world I reckon, especially if you come from a US background I'm sure you're gonna appreciate it. Most nearby places I can reach by foot or by bike, and for everything else there is public transport, far as I know our public transport is pretty expensive relative to some other countries though, and I can't say I disagree but it's decent enough. If you want some more info on the infrastructure of The Netherlands I recommend NotJustBikes, his comment is pinned on this video so you can easily go to his channel, taught me some stuff about my country I didn't even know about! In terms of safety I can't really give an amazing gestalt view of it all, it's not like I feel horribly unsafe here at all though so that's something, I'm sure the safety is probably comparable to most European countries surrounding here, better/worse based on where you are in the country probably. At the very least I can say that gun violence of course isn't nearly as prevalent as it is in the US, I don't think you can even aquire a gun here for reasons other than law enforcement/similar positions. I certainly feel under no threat of being shot here, and beating the US in terms of gun violence is a high fucking tall order for any first world country anyway. I think the cost of living is relatively expensive honestly but not unmanageable, I also imagine that migrating from the US to here is gonna bring in costs that I couldn't tell you about. And one pretty notable thing is that the housing market is pretty fucked up at the moment and I don't know when that is gonna get sorted, so that's definitely something to keep in mind. TLDR: Walkability: Very walkable and bikeable, don't think a car is necessary at all to get anywhere. Safety: Relatively good, guns play basically no part in society. Expenses: Probably pretty expensive? Housing market is pretty bad right now. OVERALL, I think if you're anxious about guns and driving then The Netherlands can definitely offer some peace of mind on that, everything else though? Hard to say. I'd recommend doing a bit more research though, I can't tell you about all the things I'm blind to from a pure anecdotal perspective. Perhaps The Netherlands is something for you, but I don't know if it's the BEST option per se. Maybe look around for some more options and weigh them all with each other, you can probably get to a more soberly conclusion that way.
@@sevenfivelavender9996 I understand the guns and the driving IS really bad but even if you live in East Cleveland it's extremely unlikely you getting shot in a drive-by or something lmao. There's really no rational reason you should have that level of anxiety about going outside, your expected lifespan is definitely getting more shortened by not getting outside enough + stress than going outside. I know it's hard to deal with Anxiety but anyone can do it. In terms of places to live: I live in Melbourne and I like it but Public transport is mediocre (probably a step up from U.S.A but that's not saying much), house prices are insanely high, things can be are very far away from each other (usually get-to able with Public transport but not walking) on the Brightside Guns aren't really a thing in Melbourne.
@@yaboykirby7789 I go out in my yard to get sun plenty, but I know I should be getting out to the city more. I very much want to go out, but it's not that simple with anxiety + not wanting to drive and not being able to walk to any place. There is an absolute 0 public transit in my city, as there is 0 in most parts of the US. I know it's rare that I could get shot, but my body certainly doesn't feel that way with all the anxiety towards it. :) I understand that it is mostly irrational, not entirely, but my quality of life would greatly increase if I lived in a different country. Thank you for the info on Melbourne as well.
born and raised in SD and it sucks not having a car. Miramar and Kearny Mesa are where all the jobs are and its a 20-30 minute drive by car or a 2 hour bus ride from my house.
Hot take: taking 12 minutes to drive 1 mile actually isn't reasonable. Yet somehow this has become the standard not just in American cities, but anywhere in a 20-mile radius of one.
yeah, i’m from a smaller city (100k) that’s surrounded by farmland and when i heard that i legit gasped. at the WORST it takes me maybe 5 minutes to go a mile but that’s only if a light hates you. ig i just don’t have as much experience with cities but 1 mile in 1-2 minutes is what i’m used to lol
I’m from SF and now live in SoCal and this is the realest shit ever. NL really picked the craziest driver-pilled city outside of Texas to visit tho so i gotta say he’s the asshole for this one
Everywhere. But in the US, you have to drive and you have to drive everywhere. That makes the driving space even more toxic. I dont have to drive in my country, I just want to. Which makes it all so much easier to handle.
I went to San Diego for the first time ever for Twitchcon in September and everything NL said was true. It's insane and such a culture shock. Except my taxi driver from the airport almost ran over two people on the way to my hotel, didn't watch the road and drove like Baby Driver, so I switched to an uber after that.
We used to have a Chevy Spark EV (a lease since the dealerships wouldn't sell them outright) and that thing was incredible. 0-60 in the blink of an eye.
to go get groceries I have to drive 1.5 miles which is 10 minutes. not incredibly far. to walk that distance I have to cross 2 wide ass 40mph roads and it takes 30 minutes it's awful I live in a "urban" area
It’s kinda why US people chase the self driving car dream, because our infrastructure fucks us. Look up Stroads and see that so so so much of the US is designed like that.
I can’t get get anywhere by walking from my house, sidewalks just end in the middle of an intersection like they WANT pedestrians to get hit and die so they don’t have to accommodate us, was never taught to ride a bike or drive a car so as Gen Z adult I have to learn from my millennial sister who is too busy working to give me consistent driving lessons, don’t have a car of my own to practice with, I can’t go anywhere just by walking with my own two legs and there’s no public transportation of any kind in my city. I swear this country is built to for you to be inside your home, get into your car and go to a building to exist in for work or maybe a bar or restaurant to distract you from work stress, then get back in your car and go home. American cities are like not designed for you to be outside for long. City planners treat it like it’s an unfortunate nuisance that they have to make it possible for citizens to get to and from places.
I drive a Chevy Spark, and let me tell you, that thing does NOT do well in the snow. As a single dude who never has to take anything anywhere though, it's hard to beat 40 mpg for $6k
Public transport should be promoted more. Looking at America i really think its built with the idea of," Yeah we poured some molten tar on a levelled surface figure out the rest for yourself because all we care about is corporations"
My recommendation for a San Diego car-free trip would be to stay near the transit hub, Santa Fe depot. To and from the airport has a decent bus line (992). Walkable to Little Italy and Gaslamp neighborhoods and the USS Midway, rapid bus line to Balboa park, ferry to Coronado, regional rail to beach towns to the north, light rail to Old Town. Lots of areas are terrible to get to without a car, but you can still plan a nice trip without one.
Can someone explain what NL meant by his comment on Boston? Is he saying that everyone is always telling you what they think as in like they're too talkative and extroverted, or as in they're too judgemental, or something else?
I've visited san diego before and it's one of the most beautiful places I've ever been. Beautiful beaches and perfect weather, and pretty clean for a big city. Imagine LA without smog and graffiti everywhere. That said, getting ANYWHERE is annoying. On top of everything NL said there's nowhere to park so you'd spend 10 minutes driving 2 miles and then an extra 15 minutes doing laps around the building waiting for someone to leave. I wouldn't be able to handle the stress.
If you've never been there you can't really comment. This guy's solo focus is on the traffic, but there's so many redeeming factors about it. Top 5 on my list worldwide.
based on NL's anecdote he spent all his time on the freeway and not doing any of the fun touristy stuff in SD (beaches, zoo, seaworld, carne asada fries etc)
As someone who lives in the middle of nowhere and at least a 15 minute drive away from civilization, the idea of NOT having to drive everywhere is strange.
thats understandable though. you live out in the middle of nowhere, perfectly reasonable to need a car. The idea of someone living fuckn downtown and having the same need for a car is the wild part.
@@simonamorim8178 nah I thought we had it just as bad but every street in my city has sidewalks, there’s often footpaths giving you more direct routes to where you want to go than the roads (though driving still quicker ofc), and I’ve never had an issue walking around across the city. Only been to Toronto a handful of times but even that, from the parts I was in, was entirely walkable. Walk-friendly? No, and we still have it pretty bad compred to most of Europe, but after hearing this NL story I can say we’re muuuuch better off in southern Ontario 😅
Wait till NL finds out about “look twice save a life” rhetoric thats spouted all over the US in regard to motorcyclists who drive like that constantly.
Its almost as if people were never meant to travel 1-ton air-conditioned metal boxes with all the comforts of a house. Its almost as if we stopped building houses (residential areas) on the other side of town from businesses like restraunts, movie theaters, grocery stores, etc - we could just use our legs, plus we wouldn't have to have so many gigantic, ugly, usually over half-empty parking lots. Amazing to see another person realize it for themself. If only everybody had to try walking to a 7-11 or CVS in LA (or San Diego for that matter), then got told do the same thing in San Francisco, there would be no debate about our forced reliance on automobiles.
I see how city people think this way about cities, but it's still wild hearing people say "I love the dirtiest most dangerous places in America I could live there" and then cleaner safer areas "I couldn't live here." My priorities must be different lol
??? Those are the only places that could potentially BE walkable. He picked a bad city but places like Seattle are walkable. But the moment you go to suburbs or rural areas, cars are 100x more needed.
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@@TheLibraryofLetourneau they don't call him "your favourite youtuber's favourite youtuber" for nothing
@@isaactfa they don't called him his other name "your favorite streamer favorite streamer" for nothing either. Infact at this point they should call him "your favorite person favorite person"
YOU ARE AN NL FAN?!!! Now it all comes together! Holy shit, live your content dude! Love living in Prague even more, sane city and getting better every year!
What are the odds lmao
Floridian - I tried to join an outdoor club at my university back in 2015. When we were introducing ourselves and a fact about us, I mentioned I try to bike everywhere I can. Some girl chimed in saying “oh, you’re one of those annoying people” and everybody just laughed??? Like this is an outdoor club and y’all are acting weird about the fact that I ride a bike? Never went to anything for the club after that
Grow some thicker skin brother
@ okay 👍
@@kjr4946 Why though? If people are outwardly hostile for no reason at all and you aren't obligated to spend time with them, then why wouldn't you just walk away? Maybe they're the ones that should grow thicker skin if a handful of bad actors on bikes leads them to assume the worst of everyone who rides them.
@@kjr4946 You just let people treat you like shit then
@@squiddler7731 Laughing at a mild joke is not the same as being hostile. I think you're being a little dramatic, which is why I think some thicker skin is needed in this scenario.
We love a king who is public-transit-pilled
Fellow king. You dropped this 👑
Good Public transit = Less personal vehicles = Less fossil fuel use = Less tax money for politicians to feed on = No mansions for them.
@@sayantanmazumdar3 This isn't even true is the funny thing. Pedestrian-centric infrastructure leads to way more shops and apartments and land that actually has value (and thus gets taxed) because it isn't being reserved for parking lots.
@@Hifuutorian Cognitive dissonance is the perception of contradictory information and the mental toll of it. Relevant items of information include a person's actions, feelings, ideas, beliefs, values, and things in the environment. Cognitive dissonance is typically experienced as psychological stress when a person participates in an action that goes against one or more of those things. According to this theory, when two actions or ideas are not psychologically consistent with each other, people do all in their power to change them until they become consistent. The discomfort is triggered by the person's belief clashing with new information perceived, wherein the individual tries to find a way to resolve the contradiction to reduce their discomfort
@@sayantanmazumdar3Bro spiraled hard
NL, the most polite Vancouverite, be like: "EH GEDAFUK OUDDA MY WAY IM WALKIN EEEERE"
vancouver pilled😊
Vancouver and polite driver in the same sentence is a wild statement
@@RussianSpy4632 Vancouver employs the New York method of making drivers polite by having them leave their car at home. They don't even let the trains have drivers!
I hate driving in cities so fucking much. Its not even how good or bad of a driver you are, there are so many cars and so many streets and so many intersections that weird shit just will happen. Also the police and ambulances and firefighters zooming through with their sirens, you have to get out of the way, pedestrians crossing in random places...
The way US does their city planning is just insane. Oh, Hi Not Just Bikes! Nice to see you here :D
To each their own, I love driving cities! Plus generally when you're not forced to own a car you probably won't get one, and then a lot of opportunities are closed to you.
@@cmdtrigun I literally cannot possibly imagine how you “love” driving in cities, it sucks and is legit dangerous
@@cmdtrigun If they're not forced to own a car, then that inherently would mean those opportunities ARE available. Otherwise, they'd be...you know...FORCED TO OWN A CAR.
@@willw5868 I guess some people just really love stop & go traffic, along with not being able to find anywhere to park.
@@willw5868It’s the same type of person who’s into CBT
I'm a native San Diegan and this is my favorite bit....it's true that the people are chill, but the drivers are psycho.
Drivers experience the same anonymity-fueled decreased capacity for inconvenience seen in internet users, but, instead of being relatively harmless seated behind your computer monitor, you’re commandeering a several-thousand-pound death machine
@@ryates NL viewers write the most elegant comparisons known to man
@@ryatesso true
NL ain't lying about how people seem to wanna goddamn kill you on the road.
My town decided to remove some semi-protected bike lanes because there was a rash of vehicular assaults and traps set for cyclists after it was installed. There was a huge NIMBY push to stop it's construction that failed, but I guess they got what they wanted in the end. Mostly just really aggressive coal rolling or swerving across the wide demarcation separating the traffic to force people into the grass. The traps were was mostly caltrops or broken glass trying to damage the wheels.
Not many people got seriously hurt, but the lane was deemed a "public safety hazard" and removed.
Not having designated bicycle lanes separated from the road with noise-reducing barriers and trees seems terrible. Bicycle traps and people protesting common good feels so outlandish that I simply refuse to believe it for my mental well-being. Then again, I still have problems believing that "coal rolling" is a real thing despite seeing many videos of it.
@@suakeli I saw people protesting the closure of an alley literally nobody ever used and had negligible difference on travel time because it was so small and there were several streets parallell to it within 100 feet. with flyers saying that closing it would "increase traffic fatalities." NIMBYs are just people obsessed with nothing ever changing. I think it's like, they like the neighborhood they live in well enough and don't really think about what contributes to that. So when anything at all changes, they assume that it will somehow ruin the area for vague reasons with no really causal link. Like the metaphysical balance of their shitty housing development is thrown out of order.
Time to start putting traps in the road
@@deeznoots6241 In the US if you make a road hazard its attempted manslaughter but if you swerve your F-150 into the bike lane its a few anger management classes and probation if you dont know the cops/judges in town, free walk if you do know them.
@@davidlazerz8564 it all depends on if you think your smart enough to get away with the trap
I feel like this whole tangent is peak NL. I felt like he went all out on this one while not dying in Issac.
The whole isaac session was amazing
The more I hear about America the more dystopian it sounds. SoCal especially.
100% dystopian and we’re all used to it so we don’t even realize 😂
California is so funny to me because it has a reputation for being the most commie leftist place on the planet (from non-Californians) but in reality it's a monument to turbo capitalism
Depending on which part of the US you’re in will determine the flavor of Dystopia you have too. Do you want a Christian nationalist theocracy, technofeudalism, kleptocracy, natural disaster prone cities? You can get a taste of all of these, along with mixes between them in the US.
@StarscreamsGirl
I think a dystopia can only exist if the people allow it to
Ah yes, a fellow civil-engineering-pilled transit-cel. There's dozens of us. Dozens!!
No but actually - these infrastructural topics are actually so relevant to a lot of the pressing issues with the social fabric in the US and Canada. If you're interested, I recommend the channel Not Just Bikes. He'll get you started, and then he'll recommend other related channels. You'll never see anything the same way again. And it's a good thing, bc you'll stop blaming yourself for being unhappy when our living spaces are designed to not meet our needs.
It’s insane how immediately aggressive trucks and SUVs get when you drive a tiny car, it’s like they’re a predator and you’re the prey. I pull into a street with the right of way in my sister’s Volkswagen buggy once, and a F150 waiting at the light floored it as soon as it turned green, yelled at me and cut me off lol. I got cut off or yelled at maybe 3,4 times for those few days I had to drive it. Why the hell they drive those behemoths in the city where parking is so sparse is beyond me
because theyre told its safer than being in a smaller car ...
and now they just see you as some dumb idiot because youre not smart enough to get a vehicle thatd win most law of gross tonnage
As someone who enjoys living in Boston, but from NY, I always love the random Boston hate
I live in Boston and Boston hate cracks me up
@@mr_melp the worst thing I can say about Boston is that I saw more AirPods Max in my one week there than I ever had in the whole time since they dropped.
Honestly? Tragic day for Boston. Those things are like a walking self-report that you have too much money and will gladly spend it on overpriced mid products.
ONE OF US, ONE OF US
Please, can America get a _crumb_ of national public transit, *please*
especially arizona, so many of our cities are super hot for 60% of the year and not all cars can accommodate for that :/
@ILovePancakes24 yeah if we changed it we’d fuck up the Roadside Memorials For Killed Pedestrians industry
I think America is just too spread out. I live in a major American “city” right now and it’s literally just a slightly compressed suburb. The rest of the world doesn’t consider these cities. If this is what our cities are like, we have no hope for anywhere else. We need to 3-5x the density and then deal with the inevitable crime that will cause properly then we can have nice things like public transit and walkable cities.
@@ilikeshibaIts literally illegal to build mixed use developments in many US cities. The urban sprawl is a design feature not a bug. Traffic kills far far more people than crime. The current design of US cities exacerbates wealth inequality which in turn causes more crime - so that doesnt really hold up either.
Literally negative chance of anything at the federal level happening.
Any public transit will always be locally funded.
it is kind of hilarious that I've seen many motorcycles in groups/doing wheelies and was always just like yup another day
Isaac really brings the best out of this man.
The ending bit always kills me lol People in huge cities with large population density and rep for being rude "We're not rude, I just hate being around so many people" lol always boils down to rude because someone is in their way
Facts. Even in Europe ppl in cities are borderline hostile
A someone who lives in San Diego… it’s so fucking sad
This shit always makes me appreciate The Netherlands so much more.
Is the netherlands a safe, walkable, unexpensive place to live? I want to move out of the US so badly because I have bad anxiety about driving and guns, it makes it really hard to ever leave the house. I'm trying to find a nice place to live, so if you see this, I'd love any comments on if you think your country is a good place to move to. (I assume you mean you live there)
@@sevenfivelavender9996 I can give an anecdote about The Netherlands based on my experience living there.
The Netherlands is probably one of the most walkable places in the world I reckon, especially if you come from a US background I'm sure you're gonna appreciate it. Most nearby places I can reach by foot or by bike, and for everything else there is public transport, far as I know our public transport is pretty expensive relative to some other countries though, and I can't say I disagree but it's decent enough. If you want some more info on the infrastructure of The Netherlands I recommend NotJustBikes, his comment is pinned on this video so you can easily go to his channel, taught me some stuff about my country I didn't even know about!
In terms of safety I can't really give an amazing gestalt view of it all, it's not like I feel horribly unsafe here at all though so that's something, I'm sure the safety is probably comparable to most European countries surrounding here, better/worse based on where you are in the country probably.
At the very least I can say that gun violence of course isn't nearly as prevalent as it is in the US, I don't think you can even aquire a gun here for reasons other than law enforcement/similar positions. I certainly feel under no threat of being shot here, and beating the US in terms of gun violence is a high fucking tall order for any first world country anyway.
I think the cost of living is relatively expensive honestly but not unmanageable, I also imagine that migrating from the US to here is gonna bring in costs that I couldn't tell you about. And one pretty notable thing is that the housing market is pretty fucked up at the moment and I don't know when that is gonna get sorted, so that's definitely something to keep in mind.
TLDR: Walkability: Very walkable and bikeable, don't think a car is necessary at all to get anywhere.
Safety: Relatively good, guns play basically no part in society.
Expenses: Probably pretty expensive? Housing market is pretty bad right now.
OVERALL, I think if you're anxious about guns and driving then The Netherlands can definitely offer some peace of mind on that, everything else though? Hard to say. I'd recommend doing a bit more research though, I can't tell you about all the things I'm blind to from a pure anecdotal perspective. Perhaps The Netherlands is something for you, but I don't know if it's the BEST option per se. Maybe look around for some more options and weigh them all with each other, you can probably get to a more soberly conclusion that way.
@@sevenfivelavender9996 I understand the guns and the driving IS really bad but even if you live in East Cleveland it's extremely unlikely you getting shot in a drive-by or something lmao. There's really no rational reason you should have that level of anxiety about going outside, your expected lifespan is definitely getting more shortened by not getting outside enough + stress than going outside. I know it's hard to deal with Anxiety but anyone can do it.
In terms of places to live: I live in Melbourne and I like it but Public transport is mediocre (probably a step up from U.S.A but that's not saying much), house prices are insanely high, things can be are very far away from each other (usually get-to able with Public transport but not walking) on the Brightside Guns aren't really a thing in Melbourne.
@@lawncrow Thank you so much for all the info, I greatly appreciate it!
@@yaboykirby7789 I go out in my yard to get sun plenty, but I know I should be getting out to the city more. I very much want to go out, but it's not that simple with anxiety + not wanting to drive and not being able to walk to any place. There is an absolute 0 public transit in my city, as there is 0 in most parts of the US. I know it's rare that I could get shot, but my body certainly doesn't feel that way with all the anxiety towards it. :) I understand that it is mostly irrational, not entirely, but my quality of life would greatly increase if I lived in a different country. Thank you for the info on Melbourne as well.
born and raised in SD and it sucks not having a car. Miramar and Kearny Mesa are where all the jobs are and its a 20-30 minute drive by car or a 2 hour bus ride from my house.
Hot take: taking 12 minutes to drive 1 mile actually isn't reasonable. Yet somehow this has become the standard not just in American cities, but anywhere in a 20-mile radius of one.
yeah, i’m from a smaller city (100k) that’s surrounded by farmland and when i heard that i legit gasped. at the WORST it takes me maybe 5 minutes to go a mile but that’s only if a light hates you. ig i just don’t have as much experience with cities but 1 mile in 1-2 minutes is what i’m used to lol
That's just twice the normal walking speed lol, this is incredible
Im so happy to live in Europe for this reason, Subway pass+ 10 minute walk gets you literally everywhere youd reasonably need to go
Now try driving a Texas highway where it's the same speed but 3 lanes max and you're in between two eighteen wheelers.
Texas is a shithole
Freeways should be 2 lanes. Feeding into wider slower roads. You can't pump 8 lanes of high speed into 2 lanes of half that speed it's nuts.
8:00 LMAO
I’m from SF and now live in SoCal and this is the realest shit ever. NL really picked the craziest driver-pilled city outside of Texas to visit tho so i gotta say he’s the asshole for this one
Pogging my head of on a train rn (I walked to the station)
People are different animals on the road, at least in the US.
Everywhere. But in the US, you have to drive and you have to drive everywhere. That makes the driving space even more toxic. I dont have to drive in my country, I just want to. Which makes it all so much easier to handle.
people ARE animals in Az and Cali, lmfao. they can't drive for shit
"Doing the wheelies"
8:02 Mr Incredible car scene
I wish at some point around 7:37 he said "I'm not flamin, I'm just sayin"
I went to San Diego for the first time ever for Twitchcon in September and everything NL said was true. It's insane and such a culture shock. Except my taxi driver from the airport almost ran over two people on the way to my hotel, didn't watch the road and drove like Baby Driver, so I switched to an uber after that.
As a Chevy Spark owner, +2
love how he says san die-EGG-o
We used to have a Chevy Spark EV (a lease since the dealerships wouldn't sell them outright) and that thing was incredible. 0-60 in the blink of an eye.
The way that NL talks about New York is the most new york shit ever
damn is it really this bad in the US?
It's somehow worse. Houston here. At least you don't get shot during a road rage incident in Sandy Eggos. Or maybe you do idk.
its a different world if you're used to living in places with good public transport like vancouver, singapore, seoul
to go get groceries I have to drive 1.5 miles which is 10 minutes. not incredibly far. to walk that distance I have to cross 2 wide ass 40mph roads and it takes 30 minutes
it's awful
I live in a "urban" area
It’s kinda why US people chase the self driving car dream, because our infrastructure fucks us. Look up Stroads and see that so so so much of the US is designed like that.
I can’t get get anywhere by walking from my house, sidewalks just end in the middle of an intersection like they WANT pedestrians to get hit and die so they don’t have to accommodate us, was never taught to ride a bike or drive a car so as Gen Z adult I have to learn from my millennial sister who is too busy working to give me consistent driving lessons, don’t have a car of my own to practice with, I can’t go anywhere just by walking with my own two legs and there’s no public transportation of any kind in my city. I swear this country is built to for you to be inside your home, get into your car and go to a building to exist in for work or maybe a bar or restaurant to distract you from work stress, then get back in your car and go home. American cities are like not designed for you to be outside for long. City planners treat it like it’s an unfortunate nuisance that they have to make it possible for citizens to get to and from places.
I drive a Chevy Spark, and let me tell you, that thing does NOT do well in the snow. As a single dude who never has to take anything anywhere though, it's hard to beat 40 mpg for $6k
Public transport should be promoted more. Looking at America i really think its built with the idea of," Yeah we poured some molten tar on a levelled surface figure out the rest for yourself because all we care about is corporations"
It actualy is exactly like that, the top comment here is a youtuber that talks about this stuff, check him out, then move to Europe. :D
My recommendation for a San Diego car-free trip would be to stay near the transit hub, Santa Fe depot. To and from the airport has a decent bus line (992). Walkable to Little Italy and Gaslamp neighborhoods and the USS Midway, rapid bus line to Balboa park, ferry to Coronado, regional rail to beach towns to the north, light rail to Old Town. Lots of areas are terrible to get to without a car, but you can still plan a nice trip without one.
-2 for not making the thumbnail a parody of Emily in Paris where it's Ryan in San Diego.
D eggo
2 years later and this rant is still burned into my brain.
I live in San Diego and I hate it here lol, if you’re not at the beach or on trails it’s extremely ugly and stressful
Boston is sick af WHAT
I have a Chevy spark and I love it but I can confirm, everything he said about it is true lmao
NL should check out LA, it's San Diego NG+
"when I was in sandy eggo"
Are we sure NL isn't secretly a New Yorker?
yeah hes confirmed not new yorker, have you heard how he says bagel?
Why was chat spamming "WB :)" at the end?
based on the other messages it seems like dan was sending some viewers over
any message + =) spam is a dan raid
Is this why they made fun of San Diego in the Madagascar movie?
It's funny, you'd think he'd like Boston
When is NL gonna watch Wednesday? I finished Better Call Saul and need to know what to watch next.
Have you watched The Bear?
@@Womba_ how dare you
Can someone explain what NL meant by his comment on Boston? Is he saying that everyone is always telling you what they think as in like they're too talkative and extroverted, or as in they're too judgemental, or something else?
probably strangers commenting on him or stuff around him to him. Total strangers just talking to him.
New England is really chatty for people used to places like Vancouver and New York
Hearing Ryab with all this vitriol for my home city just hurts in a way that I didn't expect.
why on gods green earth would anybody (judging on this anecdote) live in san diego?
Just don’t live in California at all
I've visited san diego before and it's one of the most beautiful places I've ever been. Beautiful beaches and perfect weather, and pretty clean for a big city. Imagine LA without smog and graffiti everywhere.
That said, getting ANYWHERE is annoying. On top of everything NL said there's nowhere to park so you'd spend 10 minutes driving 2 miles and then an extra 15 minutes doing laps around the building waiting for someone to leave. I wouldn't be able to handle the stress.
@@HopUpOutDaBed Asthetics is nice and all, but as you mentioned the stress of the daily commute or just living would drive me crazy
If you've never been there you can't really comment. This guy's solo focus is on the traffic, but there's so many redeeming factors about it. Top 5 on my list worldwide.
based on NL's anecdote he spent all his time on the freeway and not doing any of the fun touristy stuff in SD (beaches, zoo, seaworld, carne asada fries etc)
Chicago public transit is built different i guess.
And THIS is why channels just Not Just Bikes exist. 🤷♂️
As someone who lives in the middle of nowhere and at least a 15 minute drive away from civilization, the idea of NOT having to drive everywhere is strange.
Never owned a car and it's my goal in life to never buy one
thats understandable though. you live out in the middle of nowhere, perfectly reasonable to need a car. The idea of someone living fuckn downtown and having the same need for a car is the wild part.
@@suakeli good for you. Buying it sucks, making the payments sucks, and driving sucks. Every time I drive I get mad that I was born in this country.
“Weather sucks” when it comes to San Diego, but he could live in Seattle. Am I missing something?
I mean it's not that different from Vancouver
TBH as someone who's a car guy and will love my IS300 wagon till I die, if I only ever went to population dense cities I'd probably hate cars too lmao
I wonder what car NL drives normally?
Ford Fiesta Kappa
eggmobile
@@Rubykittyy he drives a Focus, don’t get it twisted
Feels like an ad for Canadian immigration lmao
Not if you've also recently watched the food poisoning arc video
Southern Ontario has just as much of a terrible car hell structure.
Canada's not much better, Toronto is the only city with half decent public transportation
@@enotsnavdier6867 And Vancouver, but yeah...
@@simonamorim8178 nah I thought we had it just as bad but every street in my city has sidewalks, there’s often footpaths giving you more direct routes to where you want to go than the roads (though driving still quicker ofc), and I’ve never had an issue walking around across the city. Only been to Toronto a handful of times but even that, from the parts I was in, was entirely walkable.
Walk-friendly? No, and we still have it pretty bad compred to most of Europe, but after hearing this NL story I can say we’re muuuuch better off in southern Ontario 😅
We Americans hate it too.
spoken like a true New Yorker
I would be public transport pilled if I had to drive a chevy spark.
Wait till NL finds out about “look twice save a life” rhetoric thats spouted all over the US in regard to motorcyclists who drive like that constantly.
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pronoucning san diego as sandy eggo is peak canada, coming from a minnesotan
Its almost as if people were never meant to travel 1-ton air-conditioned metal boxes with all the comforts of a house. Its almost as if we stopped building houses (residential areas) on the other side of town from businesses like restraunts, movie theaters, grocery stores, etc - we could just use our legs, plus we wouldn't have to have so many gigantic, ugly, usually over half-empty parking lots. Amazing to see another person realize it for themself.
If only everybody had to try walking to a 7-11 or CVS in LA (or San Diego for that matter), then got told do the same thing in San Francisco, there would be no debate about our forced reliance on automobiles.
Just noticed I'm a member but not a subscriber 🤔
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Haha yeah………………
Sandy Eggo
Sounds like he's not strong enough for these roads.
Boston is one of the more walkable cities why all the hate LMAO (i get it tho)
Chevy spark owners malding
Can a man be more based?
I see how city people think this way about cities, but it's still wild hearing people say "I love the dirtiest most dangerous places in America I could live there" and then cleaner safer areas "I couldn't live here." My priorities must be different lol
If you don't go to major cities, the United States is the best place on earth. If you stay in the major cities, I pity you.
Why would any sane individual rent a sub compact car in America hahahahaha
Does he only go to major population centers? Aka the shittiest parts of America
??? Those are the only places that could potentially BE walkable. He picked a bad city but places like Seattle are walkable. But the moment you go to suburbs or rural areas, cars are 100x more needed.
"shittiest parts of america" because memphis, missouri is such a beacon of excellence
A yes, notoriously non shitty Oklahoma
Boston is one of the more walkable cities why all the hate LMAO (i get it tho)