I don’t know if they heard his house was just decorated by a professional. Also, he didn’t mention how much debt he is carrying. This is not the house of the average working person. Babu thinks high rise apartment buildings are one house. How about a tour of an apartment. I can’t believe you haven’t helped them fix up their homes. How much does it cost for a roof and a floor? Come on people. Share 1/50 th of what you are hauling in on these people.
@@Caperhere wasn’t it just his room mates room decorated by a professional? Because the rest of the house was crap. That guy is living like a 18 yr old. Embarrassing.
No jealousy, no envy, just genuine amazement. And happy for them to live so well. Once again, we could learn invaluable lessons from these awesome guys.
I wish our illegal alien parasites where like that. Maybe then, one day, i might accept them. But for now they can go get f ed and go home. filthy scum
I grew up in Mexico. My first home was a small hut made out of mud and the floors were dirt floors and also had thatched roofs. Today I live in the USA, live in an apartment bigger than any home I had as a kid, a small library (books and movies). I am still poor but being poor is much better here than Mexico. I wish more Americans appreciated what they have. Some do.
Yuh facts lmao I came from honduras when I was just like 2... I believe i actually don't know exactly because well my dad didn't make it on the other side but me and my mom did but thats pretty much all I know ,I've never really remembered a hard life tbh
Same situation for me since my family grew up in a farm like area. Here i live in a well maintained mobile home park but my parents did everything so we could grow up in a safer and better country. I dont mind the lifestyle since im used to it but I agree with you on the last part. Most of my friends live in 2 story houses and i remember going to one for the 1st time, i was amazed😂
Apparently you haven't been paying attention for several years. Mexico is much better off overall than the USA is. In fact, you should move back there before the shit hits the fan here. Millions are soon to be suffering horribly in the USA.
I love how they respectfully greeted the man before seeing his home, even though it was a prerecorded video. It shows how serious respect is in there culture.
@@rachelgreen4626 don't generalize people, that's dumb. you know nothing about these men or their beliefs. what are "many of their cultures"? what does that even mean? you're not saying anything specific because you don't know what you're talking about. you should be more open and understanding. shame on you.
@@azeTrom17 that is what generalizing is, and you’re doing the same thing. as an american woman, even i recognize that our version of feminism and experiences of womanhood are different than other peoples. my point was just that you shouldn’t point at some random men who didn’t even say anything about gender and assume something about how they treat women based on their culture. it’s messed up and unfair to them. it was a baseless comment, super judgmental, and just all in all not well thought out.
I can tell you, one of my coworkers told me the first time she went to an American grocery store she cried. She was from the Philippines. We should be grateful every day for our way of life in America. My good friend who immigrated here from Jamaica a few years ago, told me her mom told her “I want to live also where the poor people are fat.”
The quote from that girl's Mom first made me smile then made me disgusted about the lack of availability of inexpensive healthy food and the marketing from a young age of terrible food to lower-income residents that will make you fat and kill you.
Contrary to appearances, the fat of poverty are in the same disadvantageous situation as the "ordinary" poor. Their diet results in countless cancers, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
My daughter in law is from Mexico. She told me the first store she went to was a dollar store and she was so in awe of how rich Americans are. It’s humbling to hear someone else’s point of view. We are spoiled rotten.
When I was younger and stationed overseas in different areas of the world I would be invited by locals to their homes and village celebrations. I never turned down an invitation. Whether they lived in a tin roofed mud hut or cooked the dinner they gathered from the sea on an open fire, they were richer than a lot of my American neighbors because they shared and celebrated together.
I have watched several of these videos and Raeen almost always understands exactly what he is seeing and his comments and descriptions are on target. Intelligent and a thinker who would do well with a higher education if given the opportunity.
Yes I agree with you. What do you think "do well" might mean to Raeen in this situation? It's interesting to think about how different our ideas of success seem to be
Agreed, he impressed me greatly when they showed the gentlemen Google Assistant or whatever it was on the cell phone and first thing he was wondering about was soil and how to improve his cows milk.
I think they may also benefit from seeing what a smaller, more humble apartment looks like in the US. Lots of younger people can’t afford a house, so most younger Americans are living in apartments.
No prior to the current housing spike people choosing to live in shitty cities with insanely inflated housing prices is why they can't afford a home. It's like walking into a boutique store and complaining about not being able to afford $1000 Jeans. Like B***h down the road you can get the same jeans for $30. Not saying thats your particular case but I have seen alot of people like that.
Yes - a "common man" in California is a much different thing from the common man of fly-over country, USA. The house in the video is something like a typical American home as I know it in rural America, but not quite! Home saunas, swimming pools, and some of the other flashy stuff are not really all that common in America. The American common man typically lives in an older home, with fewer luxuries and conveniences. The typical American home I'm familiar with might look a little darker and more battered and lived-in, with a little more clutter: worn, hand-me-down furniture and so on would be more familiar to me. The space of a home like the one in the video is normal enough, and multiple televisions, water-closets, and cars aren't unusual, though I'm used to a living room - where guests would be entertained - having a large television, and any other televisions being much smaller and probably older. My home has only one television, which also serves as my computer display - this is my home office, where I do the work that pays for my home. I've got one truck to drive, but I traded in my two cars for that once I could afford it - the truck is kind of old, and the two cars were even older, and pretty badly battered. I think most American "common men" tend to drive older and/or more worn cars than the ones seen in the video (the older car in the garage is in really, really nice condition, and that truck in the driveway is clearly not a vehicle for doing work - it's a little too clean and "gentrified" compared to the small-town farm vehicles I'm used to. The book cases full of liquor in multiple rooms are also a bit odd: i think that's more of a frat/bro/bachelor kind of thing, I've only seen younger single guys doing that, and even then, it's usually only in one room of the house, for entertaining. I did come from a Bible Belt area in a "dry" county where alcohol sales were illegal, though, and where the population was a little more religious and more likely to disapprove of alcohol, so the home bar thing was not common, while religious decor - portraits of Jesus, crosses, that sort of thing - were a little more common. About 70 years ago, a common man's home in the same area i grew up in was a much different thing: small wooden shacks covered in tar-paper and clapboards, with no indoor plumbing, so the bathroom would have been a little outbuilding, and so on - something I think the guys from the Common Man Show would probably find a little more familiar, judging from their reaction. I expect India is catching up, and within a generation or two, the Indian common man will be living in a home that would look familiar to me - it sounds like they've already seen some big changes to the quality of life in their lifetimes!
I don’t want these men to think that this is how all Americans live. There are countless people here living in poverty, homelessness and despair. I feel blessed beyond belief.
That's more like how the top 25% live. I consider myself an average American, and my house is about 1/3 the size of his, with no fancy amenities. A couple blocks from my house are apartment complexes with units less than half the size of my house. On the streets between my house, and those apartments are many people who don't even have a house. And I live in the south, where housing is cheap (unlike California).
@@kazeryu17 not true. You need to see homes in suburbs in NY, chicago atlanta, Seattle. Hundreds of Thousands of homes better than this one. I would say this home is average. Many better and many worse. I don’t include farms. They are different
@@richmargin6082 if you consider the house in this video average, than you must be doing pretty well for yourself. The Cities you mention are top tier Cities, where the richest of the rich live. Most Americans can't afford a decant cardboard box in those cities. Especially Seattle, the most expensive city in America. I never counted the rual arias either. I can get a mansion in the middle of nowhere for the price of my 2 bedroom inner city bungalow, although I would rather have a short commute over having extra rooms, and more grass to cut.
I'd say that house is a bit "above average." The "average" house probably doesn't have a pool, or an extra "lounge," or a sauna/steam shower. Otherwise, yes, it'll generally have a "kitchen," "dining room," "living room," bedroom(s), bathroom/laundry room [usually with a shower or bathtub or combined bath/shower]. May have a garage for a car, will often have a short driveway in front to park a car on. May or may not have a "backyard" of varying size.
Agree with Babu a bit on the liquor. I'd say the average American home probably doesn't have that much booze. Though, we do drink, and so yeah, some folks might have a couple bottles of wine or some kind of liquor. But I don't think every home has like a full on "bar" / liquor rack. These folks are clearly upper middle class yuppies (young urban professionals), who make a pretty good income.
As to wearing shoes in the house, it's pretty typical here. We tend to own vacuum cleaners. So, if we happen to track in some dirt, or whatever, we just suck it up and then throw it away. Or we mop the floor to remove dirt and such from hard flooring surfaces like wood or vinyl laminates...
Agreed. The sauna, lounge, two classic cars. It was definitely above average for an unmarried male in his age range where I live, but I live in Kentucky so.... He also mentioned that his room mate's room had recently been redecorated by a television show that he was on.
Maybe "average" for suburban California, and it depends on where you live. The house in the video looks like maybe an average-sized and average-quality modern house from the part of the USA I'm from, but loaded with extravagances that you don't normally see in my part of "flyover country" - like the home saunas, pools, and so on. A house like that might have cost under $50,000 about 20 or 30 years ago in the part of the US I came from, but the effects of the housing bubble and inflation might have made all that much more expensive. That sort of house would more likely be older where I grew up, and more likely rented or financed by the common man than owned outright, so the house in the video looks a bit more of an upper-middle class thing: working-class people are more likely to live in cheap trailers and low-rent apartments where I came from. So, I'm inclined to think of the house in the video as more of an upper-middle class thing, or maybe an extravagance that the young fellows in the video can't actually afford - the game rooms and multiple liquor cabinets and the room-mate situation suggests to me that these are college kids in a frat boy/bro kind of living situation, and I'm not entirely sure I can quite add that lifestyle up to a common-man wage! It's an odd mix of "common man" and "extravagant" that I'm having a little trouble figuring out, except to think that it's maybe average for suburban California, which isn't quite the same thing as average USA, where the cost of living and the wages are quite a bit lower!
The older I get, the more I try to retain a mindset that I should be grateful for the modern conveniences and luxuries I have. I'm not rich, by Western standards, but I live comfortably. Always remember lots of people strive through daily hardships that we take for granted with all the technology at our fingertips!
Sad reality is that when we have too much access to all material comforts and pleasures, it gets harder and harder for us to detach our minds from our possessions, be it things or people. It hits me every day, living in a nice and comfortable home. I've been thinking of becoming a monk and leave all possessions behind. But to leave everything and go is so hard coz I've never been without comforts or without family and friends. It is true when they say all pleasures lead to pain and suffering...
@@aliengod2039 exactly here, I'm in the tech capital of Massachusetts and the unnatural way of living (sitting inside all day on screens) only exacerbates mental anguish
@@aliengod2039 The mendicant orders that originated in the Middle Ages (Dominicans, Franciscans, Carmelites, etc.) have perhaps the best model for those who feel a call to detach from our consumerist culture. They take a vow of poverty and live in community. All that they possess is used to live according to their particular charism and to spread the Gospel. But even the older monastic model is good if one can stand living in one community for the rest of one's life.
@@ash2357577 I have some friends in intentional communities. They invite me over for open houses and such. Definitely nice places to visit. Wouldn’t want to live there.
When they said “no man is poor”, then gave such heartwarming chat, I realized they were wrong. Sadly, so many in the US are very poor at heart, constantly complaining about what they don’t have. People take so much for granted here, and these amazing gentlemen show us that they are far more wealthy at heart than some of our richest citizens. God bless them! ❤
Now that they have seen the "average" home, you should show them the other extremes in America. People who are dirt poor and live in shacks without electricity or running water. And also extremely rich people who live in luxurious mansions with gold plated bathroom fixtures.
yep, and maybe explaining the economics differences between India and the USA and other parts of the world including Africa , these humble humans deserves some explanation !
No need to go far. The nearest city to these guys is Mumbai and that has one of the most expensive houses in the entire world. Antilla in fact is the most expensive private house in the world since Buckingham Palace is the property of the Government
My grandmother has experienced both. When she came here, to the US, with her parents they lived in a two room waterless shack next to a strawberry field and down the road from an onion field, their first big purchase was a non functional bus so her and her siblings didn’t have to sleep in the “living room”. She turned 77 this year and she just had a matte gold plate put on her oven to match the gold flakes in her granite counter tops. She only gave life advice to her kids when they moved out, she’s made the family belief “struggle breeds strength”.
@@Claribole88 I was referring to the person just above me who said that they need to be explained the income difference between USA and America. My point was that it's not just income difference between the countries but income disparity and Antilla in Mumbai is the prime example of it.
I know everyone has a different view of what defines average but this video did a great job of showing basic amenities that we take for granted. The fact they were amazed at the toilet and shower facilities that most modern houses are outfitted with was interesting to see. We should be very grateful for what we live with on a daily basis and videos like this remind us how lucky we truly are.
Well, it is true that most Americans aren't living in that. It's also true he's obviously not rich (I've seen plenty of rich - defined as ten million or more total assets - men's homes on RUclips and their yachts and stuff too). But it is true that even for the poor or working class, if you have or just share a home in the US - well , none of them are made of mud, bathrooms are pretty much mandatory (unless you live in a shack in the far rural areas) and pretty much everyone has water & electricity.
That is not the average Americans house it’s not even close to it. There are so many poor people in the US and all this video did was make these guys think we are rich people in the US you are either rich or just barely making it or are poor living on the street that’s what they should show them the true United States so many homeless people and people living one day at a time. This country is not as special as they make it seem like. And especially now after or during the pandemic there’s even more and more homeless people children living in their cars with their parents it’s not as great here as people from other country’s think it is. A majority of Americans are just a blink of the eyes of losing everything and then you have the rich which keeps getting more rich everyday. So please show them the real American household.
@@jefferykincaid9114 Wrong. It's still better in the US. Our poor live better than the middle class in many countries. Yes that was an upper middle class home, but even a lower middle class home would amaze these guys.
@@tjj300 really a card board box that these poor homeless live in is called a home. I’ve been to Ethiopia in africa and seen how the homeless and poor live compared to the poor and homeless here and it’s not much different they are both starving for food and begging for money and it’s going to get worse here very soon with to many homeless. Also that home they showed wasn’t even close to a average persons home here show me any average home with a sauna in it or a swimming pool and that home in Southern California will early cost damn near a million dollars. I live in Chicago and I see more and more and more homeless people everyday and now the eviction process is kicking in it’s going to be much worse.
@@jefferykincaid9114 The poor and the homeless are two different things in the US. The homeless is primarily not an economic problem, but a mental health problem. These are people who can't function on their own. They would have been institutionalized 50 years ago, but the ACLU sued the federal government to release them if they could sign their name. Now they live under bridges instead. The poor in this country get public assistance, with housing, food, medical care, and even phones supplied for free or a greatly reduced cost. They live better than a common man in India.
We sometimes take for granted how fortunate we really are, that most of us have far far more than enough. These wonderful men are happy with far less. That said, the comments about behinds on toilets and wearing shoes inside the house had me howling. Bless Babu, he said maybe that’s their custom. Would that we Americans had that much understanding and tolerance. I live for the songs at the end.
Something so wholesome about seeing these three discussing how they think the toilet works, you'd never guess there's really people out there to whom your everyday toilet is a new thing.
My oldest niece fostered two of the "Lost Boys of Sudan". (wonderful young men) When they left the relocation camp in Kenya they got on a plane with just the clothes on their back. 48 hours later they were surrounded by more wealth than they could imagine. My family is not rich but in comparison we must have looked just like what these men saw. These "boys" had never used a light switch or flushed a toilet and they were tossed right into the 21st century from the 19th. They are both now married and have good jobs and are raising families which are now all all 100% American kids!
I love that all over the world, people are always concerned with how the bathroom works. Of course Raeem, the aspiring agricultural and engineering genius knew that we sit down just like on a chair, not standing on the seat and squatting.
@@webbtrekker534 That's an awesome story. When you can take young men from such a harsh background as being the lost boys of Sudan, and give them the opportunity to achieve great things, it makes you question why so many kids in the US, with all their opportunities, can't seem to get it together.
@@LordPrometheous All the Thanks goes to my niece for her giving them a home and supporting them. Many of the Lost Boys have lost contact with their host families. These young men (and now their wives and children) have always been include in all our family goings on and are accepted in all situations.
A couple videos ago I was blown away when Raeen broke out in song and had a great singing voice as well, and now Saru is rocking that harmonica! What an amazing group of gentlemen these fellas are, just exceptional humans. Thank you, CMS for bringing them to the world. 🥰👏😊
To give them perspective, you should show them tent villages of the homeless, a starter home, a million dollar home and then a mansion. Oh also the new rage of tiny homes.
They wont be astonished by that, they see that everyday, and their homes as not much more luxurious than a tent, hell babu mos likeley lived in a tent while growing up
To be fair they are only looking at the average home. I don't think it was presented to them as how every American lives. And in that context I think it's a fair representation.
@@indian81able but is the aim of this series of video only to "astonish tribal people" by giving them a partial view of reality? To me it should rather show them the true REALITY of life in other countries - with its good AND worse aspects too. Here the receive a distorted vision of Americans as "all rich people" that could cause envy and a feeling or unfairness in their heart.
@@andreo the concept of "average" is very deceitful in itself because it's sitting in the middle, doesnt show at all the diversity of reality, the various types of dwelli'g, rich and poor, etc..so its a biased view. People can't help thinking "average" as "majority" - but is it really?
@@thekeyboardess1150 Keyboardess, yes, the video shows a pretty typical American home. That is the aim of the video, and it was well done. If you want to make a video with a different aim - go for it!
This video gives me perspective.This man's house is much nicer than mine (I don't know how "typical" it is - many Americans are poor), but I have a good toilet and nice curtains and books and CDs and booze and a good floor and roof. It reminds me that things some of us take for granted are indescribable luxury in many parts of the world.
Ditto here. I love seeing how humble these people are, and wonder if other villagers share in seeing these? It's seems like the same 3 or 4 guys repeatedly shown. I want to see more women on the panel. OP commented on how they aren't "envious or jealous" but I wonder -- I'm sure they tell stories about how extravagant ALL US & Europeans are. Not true! In many countries they have to pay and push the natives to just USE a public toilet, they don't trust them...
We also have central air. But in South Texas it gets HOT! Most people here have ceiling fans even though they have central air/heat. It helps circulate the air and keep costs down. We even have a window unit in our bedroom as my wife prefers temps above 83 degrees day or night :( So if it gets too warm, I go to our bedroom and turn on the air con. Of course, when we have guests, she cools it down to around 75 or 76 degrees.
@L M stop talking from your ass, be realistic, these three reactors are far more richer than all other human beings, lol, they might be happy at their lives, yup that is good, but rich as in money and wealth, no they are not, i'm not rich i'm from a third world country . Below poverty line house, i may be happy in my life, but never in my life i though im far more richer than anybody else, just because im happy and satisfied with my life,
@@nakachinjah7240 bro u lack basic common sense. Get your brain and ass checked. Here, richness was meant to be in terms of happiness, satisfaction and good memories. If you had basic common sense you would have understood this... And also that these are the real riches of life.. Having money doesn't make u rich... That's what I meant... Leave... U won't understand... Why am I even trying... 🤦♂️
@@indianamusarch8891 Poverty isn't a happy, satisfied life. You probably don't have any awareness and are misled by a term called Poverty Porn. Babu is a farmer from one of the states in India which suffers constant droughts and has high rates of farmer suicides. Raeen has previously mentioned that he was out of job when lockdown was implemented. Yes you are right, they do seem happy. But their money isn't a factor, their attitude and carefree nature when eatching these videos are the reason.
Haha, I love the song. I stopped at a Petrol station outside of Nashville, TN last night and met 2 men from Mumbai…these 3 villagers are legends even to their own people. What great content.
A "Petrol station" . . in Nashville? I live on the outskirts of Nashville and I've never seen a Petrol station. Are you from Great Britain or somewhere like that? We only have "filling stations" or "gasoline stations" here.
Show them a video of a Costco, BJ's, or Sam's club and their minds would blow up over the abundance and space. My friend's mom came from Japan and that's the one thing they showed her and a really nice local grocery store.
Probably 100$ and I am 99% I am over the sum by a lot. But I would most deff donate for them to get the best they can get in their area. Anyone know which region they are from ?
I recommend a site like KIVA which loans $$ to people around the world for start up businesses. And they pay it back. I'd like to have a way to DIRECTLY donate to these people (similar to the DESKS initiative I saw on MSNBC Lawrence show to raise $ for Malawi).
The inground pool, sauna, and that much alcohol was definitely not typical! A place I lived decades ago, the Asian tenants always asked what real American houses looked like. I always said Roseanne or Grace under fire had normal homes. When my parents had exchange students they were always impressed or confused about the deep freezer and extra food storage. I wear shoes inside now because we have no carpet. My dad grew up taking shoes off by the door, but my mom didn't. After living in Japan they both do it.
I've never traveled outside of the US but always went no shoes inside. But then I've always hated shoes and tried to go barefoot when I could. My 51 yro brain doesn't comprehend how my 10 yro self was able to walk on a parking lot in the height of Texas summer's heat while barefoot. I certainly couldn't do that as an adult XD
@@davesmith9858 What animals? My driveway is pavement and so is the walkway. No animals around here except some rabbits in the yard and a few birds in bushes.
I love seeing their reaction to new things, I hope they get to go to America once as well seems like they really enjoy watching everything that's from America
Can you define soul? Can one have a good life without religion and esoteric "nonsense"? :) :) "True wealth and prosperity come from good deeds and character" perhaps? What does 'good soul' even mean? What does 'good' mean for that matter :)
@@rakninja ok, but those are the very basics. for every lifeform. assuming you are a functional lifeform that has basic survival down, then eveything else is just ego. we'd have no troubles on earth if we would take care of the basics, before reaching to the stars ... but feeding and housing billions isn't as glamorous as flying to space or having a mile high skyscraper ... if it wasn't for ignorant vanity, the whole world could be healthy. i suppose that's what the op is talking about.
@@notjustforme how can i have "true wealth and prosperity" if i'm struggling to provide myself with food and shelter? i do not think that is what OP was getting at. it sounds like "poor in money, rich in spirit" drivel used to make people become satisfied with living in squalor. this is both terrible and harmful. poverty means you have to dedicate most of your life to a struggle to survive. it does not make you "rich in spirit." and to put things into perspective, i hate the very concept of money, and generally dont really care about material possessions (that do not make my day to day survival any easier.) i also have been told i have a "good soul," but this has only ever been to my detriment. i give away what i cannot afford to, because i cannot stand to not help. my good soul only makes my own survival more difficult. and generally leads to my own suffering. and do not get me wrong, i do love our lads here. i feel there is wisdom to be gained from their unique, (to me,) perspective. however, only a fool would believe they would not be more happy if they did not have to struggle to survive as much as they do.
@@rakninja do you? struggle with food and basic shelter? or is this theoretical? because you truly have to be there to understand. being poor relative to the rest and actually struggling to survive are entirely different things :) because if you do struggle to survive, get off of RUclips and deal with your life.
Ditto. My apt is now 2 rooms and very tiny. I HATE it. No garden or yard. But it was literally ALL I could find/afford after being kicked out of a 6 room house of 15 yrs (western MA) so that the owner (slumlord) could sell it for twice what it's worth. Life isn't fair sometimes. However, I don't have cow dung on the floors either... it's all a matter of perspective! I consider myself grateful, esp after watching these videos. (Where are the WOMEN, btw??)
I adore these videos! I have had the pleasure of serving overseas and I can tell you 100% the praise and awe these gentleman show is real. And the modesty is real.
There are also "Tiny Houses" and numerous Television shows about the building of them. They are probably more comparable to the size of what the Lads are used to, but the Amenities and technology involved in making a Portable house would probably be shocking for them.
I love how humble, happy and appreciative these guys are. And how the two young guys let the older gentleman talk first, very respectful of their elder. I wish we Americans were so respectful. They aren’t even jealous or envious of the guys big house. Very sweet.
Now go the other side of the spectrum and show them the most expensive/outlandish ultra mantions And micro apartments like japanese ones, where every single centimeter it being thought of and being put to use. Would be really cool
And perhaps a trailer in Appalachia, or an apartment in the 'hood in Chicago or Baltimore. "Average", "typical", or "common" doesn't really mean a lot, without context!
When u said 'other side', I was sure u meant ppl with several kids, living in small apartments, kids asking for food, torn up walls, loose floor tiles, grocery carts and litter out front...or more rural with some chickens and rusted out truck, maybe an old washing machine out front.
These guys are so wholesome. They are so respectful always. And they appreciate everything so much. Watching their videos always gives me hope for the future. We could all learn from these 3.
I have been watching a Facebook page of someone from Cuba going to different stores like Costco, car dealership, Walmart etc. It's amazing how much we take for granted. It would be interesting to get their reaction to someone going to a typical restaurant or even a buffet type restaurant.
That is an older house which has less square footage than the middle class houses built today. He does not have a family to provide for so he spends his money on things such as the shower and the vehicles. Many people are middle and upper class and have better houses than this. Some who are considered poor do have houses/apartments and vehicles. Also, the same house could cost more or cost less according to what part of the country it's built. The cost of living is higher in some parts of the US than other parts.
Yeah, what you buy for $150k in Wyoming you might buy for $1.5mil in certain urban areas of California. Housing prices vary fairly wildly across the U.S., depending on where you live and how populated / popular is it.
As my Daddy used to say, before he left this cold, cruel world: "The rich man's complaint is his riches; the poor man's complaint is his poverty. Everybody's got something to complain about, if they feel like complaining."
Pretty true. I also always liked: "If all complaints were removed from the world, then people would proceed to complain about having nothing to complain about."
After hearing them talk about the house, I feel ashamed that I am not more thankful for what I have. Looking at it with different eyes, I am more appreciative of my blessings.
The 'shoes indoors' thing is definitely a thing that varies family to family. It's a common enough tradition in North America, but sticking with socks, slippers, or barefoot is also common.
In the "cold war era", my father had a friend who had somehow gotten out of the Ukraine, which was under Soviet rule, and had ended up in Texas. When his parents were too old to be useful, they were allowed to join him in the U.S. His elderly mother, wearing a long beige coat and a babushka, wandered through the 6 or 8 aisles of our small-town grocery store muttering something under her breath. She had the oddest look on her face. When I asked what she was saying, he told me "She's saying "It's too much! Too much!" You see, there, you may need shoes, and you go to the store, and there are 100 pairs of size 7 shoes, and even if you wear size 9 or size 5. you buy them and somehow you make them work. If you are so lucky as to get a bag of oranges, you might have a party, and everyone will get an orange. Here, everything in this store is for just this one small town, all of this fresh meat, fresh fruit, all of this choice, and so MUCH! She can't believe it." I've never, ever forgotten it.
Not rich, but not average by any means. I’m twice his age and haven’t been half the places or have half the disposable income he appears to. I’d even consider my position above average at that. He may be in serious debt as well. Some people do that to look successful.
America being a young country has newer housing stock, and a lot of land. That also includes a diverse “typical” based on locations. Some areas are heavily populated by apartment dwellers while some are heavy with mobile homes. Irregardless thank you for giving me a gratitude boost for ample available water, cooking facilities, climate control, sanitation. I’m humbled.
That's one of the fairest responses I've seen! "Typical" means different things across the USA. The house in the video may or may not be "typical" of America as a whole, but one thing you can probably count on is that the average American in just about any town in the nation is probably living pretty comfortably compared to most of the rest of the world, and should count the blessings!
@@pietrayday9915 Perhaps "typical" is the wrong label. "Middle class" might have been better... although this house was set up like a dorm or a place to "crash". It wasn't exactly a family "home".
My home doesn't have all these nicer things I live common for sure, yet seeing this video how they look at people here being able to have such things and are so astonished warms my heart and makes me even more appreciative of what I have. God bless these men and their families.
I'd like to see the village where these guys live. They seem very interesting and that bench they sit on looks amazing! What country do you film these in?
The majority of Americans live in fairly small homes often that are quite old buildings and even more live in a shared apartment. My own home is close to 100 yrs old and has a living room dining combo. Kitchen, 2 bedrooms and 1 small bathroom. This the house I grew up in with my family and sister. ( no family room or lounge room etc)
It is very enlightening and a teaching moment when you can see what your life looks like through another’s eyes... It is a subtle jolt to remind us that we take what we have for granted. Thank you for this very kind reminder.
I love these appreciative, good humored gentlemen more and more with each video. I also feel ashamed of myself that I am sometimes embarrassed that by American standards, I don't have much and rent my home, but these men would see me as wealthy. I look each day at thrift stores, which sell used items. Because I look every day, I find many very nice or easily repairable things and because I have a talent to make things look nice, my home has cost very little, but looks as a wealthy person's home to tribespeople. This video has humbled me, made me feel lucky and eventhough I often try to help others less fortunate than myself, I feel I can and should do even more. Blessings to you all!
Tell them that our houses and incomes are different according to the region. That house in Texas would not really be considered "big". It's average to have 3bd 2bth house *here along with 2 to 3 vehicles (car, truck and/or motorcycle and sometimes a boat). My friend in Philly said it's normal to have 3bd 1bth 😨 How?! I was shocked to see so many amenities in the smaller spaces.
Very true about the three bedroom, 1 bath Philly homes... And some are three stories, 1200 - 1500 square feet. And those are the "working class" homes. Easily affordable but not always the greatest neighborhoods...
This is definitely not an average house in the US. Its a well to do home of a person in the above average, upper middle class income bracket. A large section of America lives in pokey tenements & projects with barely 2 small rooms & a shared bathroom for a family. Both sides of the story needed to be shown for perspective. California also has a huge Water crisis with empty pools all over the place. This video was not a fair assessment of an average home in the US to be shown to them. None of this should be compared with India & its varied living standards as there is really no comparison of the 2 Nations.
I live in California. I have never seen an empty pool. Granted, I'm not the home pool inspector, but I've never heard of this. And maybe you live back east, but I've never seen a slum tenement. My city has one housing project and some dodgy neighborhoods, but nothing Dickensian like you describe. People who need government help with their housing get a voucher they can use to just rent a place in any neighborhood. I've lived in some sketchy places in my life, but it really isn't the bleak hellscape you're depicting.
@@RJStockton California is an affluent state as compared to the rest of America, my above comment is on America as a whole not on one state & so California is a misrepresentation of any average American outlook home or otherwise.
It would have been nice to show housing in it's true form. Low, middle, and upper income housing would have painted a better picture of reality in USA. I too have lived in homes w clay floors and the shower was a hose w animals running around. I don't have much, but what I do have I appreciate and I don't look down on others who don't have and I don't envy those who do have. Be greatful and humble knowing that anything can change at anytime. 💖
Oh, thank you for the song, you all joined in !! It should be noted that the man said he had roommates, more people living in this house. All were employed and contributed to the rent or mortgage. The car and truck were older, but "collectibles" and Not as expensive as you'd think. These were young people, so more liquor perhaps and not need money for wives or kids. I enjoy these gentleman and wish them well.
Been watching for a while now and decided to subscribe. These guys are great! I love hearing others opinions on the many things this world has to offer. Keep it up!
Not average . We have a lot of homeless people too . I’d love to have this guys home though . I have had beautiful homes and I have had homes that poor people could afford . I have no home right now . I still appreciate what ever I have had . I’m rather embarrassed they feel we are all rich but I understand why they think it . Because of these men I take nothing for granted . ♥️
@@AntonioRivera28 I could drive all the city I live in and definitely NOT see an inground pool at most of them. Probably only a handful have an inground pool. Most people also do not have a built in radio in their shower, or a sauna, or 2 classic cars. I mean, seriously. This is absolutely NOT average. smh
@@shellos8 an old chevy truck is considered a classic car now? both of those cars you can get for cheap given the condition they were in. and literally every house in my area has an inground pool. so i guess it depends on where you live. in ground pools are not some uncommon thing. that house was beyond average in every way, unless you live in some overpriced area
I love it. I love the drums and harmonica too. I loved learning about the "stand on top" toilets and the mud and tin roofs. I especially loved how they enjoyed the curtains and decorations.
Our anatomy is actually better suited for the traditional toilets that you squat over rather than our sit-down type toilets. They make it easier to defecate without straining.
If I had the money I'd fly all three of these guys to my place for as long as they'd like to stay and hang out and learn about our different cultures. Would be awesome!!! Probably need a translator, or I'd just learn a new language
I agree with Babu: I don't think that's an average man's house. It may not be a super-rich American, but at least a quite well-earning one. But that's admittedly from a European point of view... Since they talked about houses with many storeys, a tour through a skyscraper or an office complex could be interesting, to see how people work there. But also maybe some insight about how poor or even homeless people live in America and Europe...
That was a middle class home for the Midwest of America. Nothing over the top or special. 40 percent of homes will be nicer and 40 percent will be not as big and fewer amenities. The typical middle class, Midwest home is 3 bedroom 2 bathroom with 2000 sq ft of space, full basement with additional 1800 sq ft of space with a 2 car garage, a yard, often fenced for kids and pets. I grew up in Europe for 9 years. Our homes in the USA are much bigger on average with many more features. Stuff is simply cheaper here in the US. However Quality of the build is usually better in Europe.
@@cleanextreme3043 I disagree only on the statement that the quality of the build is better in Europe. Concrete is very popular there and is a ridgid material known for cracks, etc. I helped build app. 50 wood frame houses in my life and the versatility of the builds is directly related to whether or not poured concrete is used as a primary material. In short, the homes in the U.S. and specifically in the Midwestern U.S., are nicer because they are constructed of a material (wood) which lends itself well to decorative ceilings, etc.
I grew up in a tiny urban apt and still live in a tiny urban apt. No one owns a car, we walk, take the subway, or ride a bike. Old appliances, cracked tubs, broken elevators, but our apartments are still luxurious compared to their homes 😞
The lads are right, thats not really an average person. He's definitely above average even for Americans. Hell we have tons of homeless people and 69% of the country don't have $1000 in savings. No one except rich people have freaking saunas and built in radios into our showers plus two classic cars which are expensive af. Plus ALL of the nice appliances, a pool etc. Definitely not an accurate representation of the average American but then it wouldn't make for a good vid I guess.
But most of homeless people are just lazy and its facts some are vets so they have a pass , but some just have disabilities but alot of times people with jobs don that shit but if they give off a helpless vibe or something ill know he actually homeless, like most real homeless would let someone borrow a dollar just bc there generous not all tho ,I'm 15 and I make 1000 every 2 weeks not the best but im doing good for my age
Most homeless people have mental health issues. Another section of homeless people were hard working but a family member required an expensive operation but because America is the only modern democratic country without some sort of universal healthcare that hard working family went from being contributing members of society to homeless. People who have real options but choose to remain homeless are very rare.
I’d say it’s a pretty average house for an upper middle class westerner. It’s decent, but nowhere near as nice as the houses of really wealthy people here.
@@bobby3eb ya this is like middle class in most areas. which is the the most common type of american. and a house like that in nowhere mississippi would cost around 120k ish. so definitely the common average american home. its an older common american home, but its still common.
If anything, that makes the video's point stronger. For the $600,000 that house cost, you could have a sprawling manor in Alabama or West Virginia. By CA homeowner standards, it's nothing special. The extra lounge was nice though.
@@RJStockton I agree, being from SoCal. This house is just the average, typical house. This guy isn’t making that much money for a house like that in Downey. It’s a nice house though and he’s not slumming it but he’s not living like what people think Californians live like.
@@RJStockton definitely that's like here in MD that house would probably be around the same $600,000 in Potomac it would probably be close to a million, but in a 20 min drive to PA I can buy a custom home for $250-$300
That is not the average American. My brother is a business owner and very well off - 3 car garage, 6 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, 3 fireplaces, an in ground pool, etc.. I live in one room with two chairs. But I have a roof over my head and food in the refrigerator and cupboards, and I have a small TV so I am very grateful.
@@drdr76 California is a pretty wealthy state so yeah, I stand by my comment. Most average Americans can't afford to move there. Might be middle class California but it's not what the average American can afford by a longshot.
it is pretty 'typical' for a southern california middle-class house for sure. However to get an accurate idea of reality in America they also need to show the flip side and show the homeless encampments and ghettos that permeate our cities as well.
@12 Fingers Any cheap new car costs that. What's the difference. Plus you don't know what that truck cost him. Just found 2 on craigslist in my area. One for $1200 and another for $7000. That's Canadian dollars so $5k to you. Those cars also go for that kind of money if they aren't certain models or numbers matching etc.
@12 Fingers I agree that it could be worth that and it does look pretty good. Looks also pretty stock. I could buy that one near me for 7k and make it look like that for not too much. Anyway, I think my point was that the truck isn't really more than an average price for a vehicle. It does not mean he is wealthy. As far as what people will spend? Compared to what you get for what you pay if you buy new, you can spend quite a lot and not really be wrong. I wish I had all my old trucks back actually. LOL
@12 Fingers Exactly! Most collector car owners are older retired guys. Almost never see a young guy as owner at the car shows. This guy also had at least one roommate...that means his share's only a slice of that pie.
Lol... That guy was far from the average american. Its clear he wants to be anything but american! The only thing american about that guy or his house was his language, the mustang and truck. You wont see americans with british flags everywhere, a sauna, a personal decorator, and we sure as shit dont wear soccor shit. This was actually offensive. As an american that is.
Not all homes look like this. Not every home has 2 baths or a tv in every room. I would say this is an average American home in California. People who have money to live bigger. I'm not complaining; I've busted my butt to get what little I do have - I'm grateful for it. I think there needs to be a video showing the different homes in the USA and how the common American lives; only to be fair.
@01sarah29 I agree, but these were 2 roommates, so the decor was not normal. At least one is too far into alcohol to care about appearances. If this were my home I'd be too embarrassed to let them in!
💝 The Common Man band! 🤩 “Luxury” is relative. Many people may find the guys’ home life better, the homes the cars and all the accumulated “stuff” isn’t what’s important. Please don’t ever show them lifestyles of the rich and famous or MTV Cribs 😔 I wouldn’t say that’s an average home. Depends n where you live I guess, but definitely not where I live and most people don’t have 2 cars unless there are 2 people. I’m trying to move out of my home and live in a schoolbus! 😃 Big houses and cars just keep you working so much and in debt and locked in. I’m an empty nester and ready for freedom less belongings and travel! 💝
I love your idea of living in a school bus. I found a video about a guy who took a year or two to convert one of those into a mobile home. There is so much wasted here in the USA.
You are absolutely right! Many don't know that all these amenities are either bought on credit or are rented. It is extremely difficult to start from zero and work your way around to legitly "own" these emenities in the US. Speaking from personal experience.
@@game-f-un-limitedgamer8958 yes and once you get on that hamster wheel it’s hard to get off of it! They keep us very busy if we want anything decent, then no time to really enjoy it because we have to work so much to have it. Smh 🤦🏻♀️
But balance it out with a trailer park or some normal middle class/or old fixer-upper. That looked pretty fancy to me and may give them the wrong impression. We have one small tv. Maybe we are below average. :-)
The irony is that these guys have more appreciation to life and knowledge and seem more happy in their lives than many who have big houses and cars.
I don’t know if they heard his house was just decorated by a professional. Also, he didn’t mention how much debt he is carrying.
This is not the house of the average working person.
Babu thinks high rise apartment buildings are one house. How about a tour of an apartment.
I can’t believe you haven’t helped them fix up their homes. How much does it cost for a roof and a floor? Come on people. Share 1/50 th of what you are hauling in on these people.
It was very humbling for me to watch 😞💕
@@Caperhere wasn’t it just his room mates room decorated by a professional? Because the rest of the house was crap. That guy is living like a 18 yr old. Embarrassing.
I agree!!!!!
@@TheBooban Crap? What do you live in? A mansion? You sound like a spoiled child.
No jealousy, no envy, just genuine amazement. And happy for them to live so well. Once again, we could learn invaluable lessons from these awesome guys.
the beatles went. the hippies are what we got. 50 years ago...
@@tonyb7615 It seems that Mr. George Harrison took the most back with him from their India getaways. He lived that life better than most.
Exactly. I would be jealous
Yes we could... But maybe some of us do? Give it a try my man! What do you have to lose?
I wish our illegal alien parasites where like that. Maybe then, one day, i might accept them. But for now they can go get f ed and go home. filthy scum
I grew up in Mexico. My first home was a small hut made out of mud and the floors were dirt floors and also had thatched roofs. Today I live in the USA, live in an apartment bigger than any home I had as a kid, a small library (books and movies). I am still poor but being poor is much better here than Mexico. I wish more Americans appreciated what they have. Some do.
Yuh facts lmao I came from honduras when I was just like 2... I believe i actually don't know exactly because well my dad didn't make it on the other side but me and my mom did but thats pretty much all I know ,I've never really remembered a hard life tbh
@@gxthblxde I wasn’t aware I was having a hard life. It was just normal for me. I can relate to these guys and it’s a privilege I think.
@@akumalutin well for me I didn't have memory lmao, yeah it makes me sad seeing this i wasn't build them a house lmao
Same situation for me since my family grew up in a farm like area. Here i live in a well maintained mobile home park but my parents did everything so we could grow up in a safer and better country. I dont mind the lifestyle since im used to it but I agree with you on the last part. Most of my friends live in 2 story houses and i remember going to one for the 1st time, i was amazed😂
Apparently you haven't been paying attention for several years. Mexico is much better off overall than the USA is. In fact, you should move back there before the shit hits the fan here. Millions are soon to be suffering horribly in the USA.
I love how they respectfully greeted the man before seeing his home, even though it was a prerecorded video. It shows how serious respect is in there culture.
Yup, and politeness too
Too bad many of their cultures don't respect their women and girls a bit more.
@@rachelgreen4626 don't generalize people, that's dumb. you know nothing about these men or their beliefs. what are "many of their cultures"? what does that even mean? you're not saying anything specific because you don't know what you're talking about. you should be more open and understanding. shame on you.
She didn't generalize, she said "many" in their culture. Not everyone.
Pretty generous considering how atrocious sexism is in their culture in general
@@azeTrom17 that is what generalizing is, and you’re doing the same thing. as an american woman, even i recognize that our version of feminism and experiences of womanhood are different than other peoples.
my point was just that you shouldn’t point at some random men who didn’t even say anything about gender and assume something about how they treat women based on their culture. it’s messed up and unfair to them. it was a baseless comment, super judgmental, and just all in all not well thought out.
I can tell you, one of my coworkers told me the first time she went to an American grocery store she cried. She was from the Philippines. We should be grateful every day for our way of life in America. My good friend who immigrated here from Jamaica a few years ago, told me her mom told her “I want to live also where the poor people are fat.”
I’m American born and raised, and have lived on four continents. I still say there is NOTHING like an American grocery store.
The quote from that girl's Mom first made me smile then made me disgusted about the lack of availability of inexpensive healthy food and the marketing from a young age of terrible food to lower-income residents that will make you fat and kill you.
Poor people are fat in America lol
Contrary to appearances, the fat of poverty are in the same disadvantageous situation as the "ordinary" poor. Their diet results in countless cancers, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
My daughter in law is from Mexico. She told me the first store she went to was a dollar store and she was so in awe of how rich Americans are. It’s humbling to hear someone else’s point of view. We are spoiled rotten.
When I was younger and stationed overseas in different areas of the world I would be invited by locals to their homes and village celebrations. I never turned down an invitation. Whether they lived in a tin roofed mud hut or cooked the dinner they gathered from the sea on an open fire, they were richer than a lot of my American neighbors because they shared and celebrated together.
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I love you man. Thanks for being humble
That is so special . I am so happy you had that experience . It teaches exactly what the blessed life really is and what its not.
We lost that along the way. Sad
I have watched several of these videos and Raeen almost always understands exactly what he is seeing and his comments and descriptions are on target. Intelligent and a thinker who would do well with a higher education if given the opportunity.
Absolutely in agreement with ya on that!
Yes I agree with you. What do you think "do well" might mean to Raeen in this situation? It's interesting to think about how different our ideas of success seem to be
I absolutely agree with you!
You're totally right, these guys have a true wisdom and are fortunately able to think further than what is show to them.
Agreed, he impressed me greatly when they showed the gentlemen Google Assistant or whatever it was on the cell phone and first thing he was wondering about was soil and how to improve his cows milk.
I think they may also benefit from seeing what a smaller, more humble apartment looks like in the US. Lots of younger people can’t afford a house, so most younger Americans are living in apartments.
Or even a smaller more humble house. But humble people do not show off their stuff on the 'net.
Yes apartments/town homes
No prior to the current housing spike people choosing to live in shitty cities with insanely inflated housing prices is why they can't afford a home.
It's like walking into a boutique store and complaining about not being able to afford $1000 Jeans. Like B***h down the road you can get the same jeans for $30.
Not saying thats your particular case but I have seen alot of people like that.
Yes - a "common man" in California is a much different thing from the common man of fly-over country, USA. The house in the video is something like a typical American home as I know it in rural America, but not quite! Home saunas, swimming pools, and some of the other flashy stuff are not really all that common in America.
The American common man typically lives in an older home, with fewer luxuries and conveniences. The typical American home I'm familiar with might look a little darker and more battered and lived-in, with a little more clutter: worn, hand-me-down furniture and so on would be more familiar to me.
The space of a home like the one in the video is normal enough, and multiple televisions, water-closets, and cars aren't unusual, though I'm used to a living room - where guests would be entertained - having a large television, and any other televisions being much smaller and probably older.
My home has only one television, which also serves as my computer display - this is my home office, where I do the work that pays for my home. I've got one truck to drive, but I traded in my two cars for that once I could afford it - the truck is kind of old, and the two cars were even older, and pretty badly battered. I think most American "common men" tend to drive older and/or more worn cars than the ones seen in the video (the older car in the garage is in really, really nice condition, and that truck in the driveway is clearly not a vehicle for doing work - it's a little too clean and "gentrified" compared to the small-town farm vehicles I'm used to.
The book cases full of liquor in multiple rooms are also a bit odd: i think that's more of a frat/bro/bachelor kind of thing, I've only seen younger single guys doing that, and even then, it's usually only in one room of the house, for entertaining. I did come from a Bible Belt area in a "dry" county where alcohol sales were illegal, though, and where the population was a little more religious and more likely to disapprove of alcohol, so the home bar thing was not common, while religious decor - portraits of Jesus, crosses, that sort of thing - were a little more common.
About 70 years ago, a common man's home in the same area i grew up in was a much different thing: small wooden shacks covered in tar-paper and clapboards, with no indoor plumbing, so the bathroom would have been a little outbuilding, and so on - something I think the guys from the Common Man Show would probably find a little more familiar, judging from their reaction. I expect India is catching up, and within a generation or two, the Indian common man will be living in a home that would look familiar to me - it sounds like they've already seen some big changes to the quality of life in their lifetimes!
I know you said that lots of young people can't afford a house but lots of middle age and older people can't afford one either.
That ending with Babu and Sarru's song and Raeen's smile was so precious! 👏🥰
My heart goes out to these sweet humble gentlemen. I wish we as Americans could have such appreciation for our blessings.
I don’t want these men to think that this is how all Americans live. There are countless people here living in poverty, homelessness and despair. I feel blessed beyond belief.
That's more like how the top 25% live. I consider myself an average American, and my house is about 1/3 the size of his, with no fancy amenities. A couple blocks from my house are apartment complexes with units less than half the size of my house. On the streets between my house, and those apartments are many people who don't even have a house. And I live in the south, where housing is cheap (unlike California).
Many Americans live better life than this guy
@@kazeryu17 not true. You need to see homes in suburbs in NY, chicago atlanta, Seattle. Hundreds of Thousands of homes better than this one. I would say this home is average. Many better and many worse. I don’t include farms. They are different
@@richmargin6082 if you consider the house in this video average, than you must be doing pretty well for yourself. The Cities you mention are top tier Cities, where the richest of the rich live. Most Americans can't afford a decant cardboard box in those cities. Especially Seattle, the most expensive city in America. I never counted the rual arias either. I can get a mansion in the middle of nowhere for the price of my 2 bedroom inner city bungalow, although I would rather have a short commute over having extra rooms, and more grass to cut.
They are shown homeless people and slum people ....look it up and watch it
I'd say that house is a bit "above average."
The "average" house probably doesn't have a pool, or an extra "lounge," or a sauna/steam shower.
Otherwise, yes, it'll generally have a "kitchen," "dining room," "living room," bedroom(s), bathroom/laundry room [usually with a shower or bathtub or combined bath/shower]. May have a garage for a car, will often have a short driveway in front to park a car on. May or may not have a "backyard" of varying size.
Agree with Babu a bit on the liquor. I'd say the average American home probably doesn't have that much booze. Though, we do drink, and so yeah, some folks might have a couple bottles of wine or some kind of liquor. But I don't think every home has like a full on "bar" / liquor rack. These folks are clearly upper middle class yuppies (young urban professionals), who make a pretty good income.
As to wearing shoes in the house, it's pretty typical here. We tend to own vacuum cleaners. So, if we happen to track in some dirt, or whatever, we just suck it up and then throw it away. Or we mop the floor to remove dirt and such from hard flooring surfaces like wood or vinyl laminates...
@@MGmirkin wearing shoes has nothing to do with vacuum cleaners. I don't know who does it apart from Americans but it's not common in the world.
Agreed. The sauna, lounge, two classic cars. It was definitely above average for an unmarried male in his age range where I live, but I live in Kentucky so.... He also mentioned that his room mate's room had recently been redecorated by a television show that he was on.
Maybe "average" for suburban California, and it depends on where you live.
The house in the video looks like maybe an average-sized and average-quality modern house from the part of the USA I'm from, but loaded with extravagances that you don't normally see in my part of "flyover country" - like the home saunas, pools, and so on. A house like that might have cost under $50,000 about 20 or 30 years ago in the part of the US I came from, but the effects of the housing bubble and inflation might have made all that much more expensive.
That sort of house would more likely be older where I grew up, and more likely rented or financed by the common man than owned outright, so the house in the video looks a bit more of an upper-middle class thing: working-class people are more likely to live in cheap trailers and low-rent apartments where I came from.
So, I'm inclined to think of the house in the video as more of an upper-middle class thing, or maybe an extravagance that the young fellows in the video can't actually afford - the game rooms and multiple liquor cabinets and the room-mate situation suggests to me that these are college kids in a frat boy/bro kind of living situation, and I'm not entirely sure I can quite add that lifestyle up to a common-man wage!
It's an odd mix of "common man" and "extravagant" that I'm having a little trouble figuring out, except to think that it's maybe average for suburban California, which isn't quite the same thing as average USA, where the cost of living and the wages are quite a bit lower!
The older I get, the more I try to retain a mindset that I should be grateful for the modern conveniences and luxuries I have. I'm not rich, by Western standards, but I live comfortably. Always remember lots of people strive through daily hardships that we take for granted with all the technology at our fingertips!
Our technology sucks. Very little of it works as claimed and it's all designed to break down.
This trash super consumer tech is a trap.
Sad reality is that when we have too much access to all material comforts and pleasures, it gets harder and harder for us to detach our minds from our possessions, be it things or people. It hits me every day, living in a nice and comfortable home. I've been thinking of becoming a monk and leave all possessions behind. But to leave everything and go is so hard coz I've never been without comforts or without family and friends. It is true when they say all pleasures lead to pain and suffering...
@@aliengod2039 exactly here, I'm in the tech capital of Massachusetts and the unnatural way of living (sitting inside all day on screens) only exacerbates mental anguish
@@aliengod2039 The mendicant orders that originated in the Middle Ages (Dominicans, Franciscans, Carmelites, etc.) have perhaps the best model for those who feel a call to detach from our consumerist culture. They take a vow of poverty and live in community. All that they possess is used to live according to their particular charism and to spread the Gospel. But even the older monastic model is good if one can stand living in one community for the rest of one's life.
@@ash2357577 I have some friends in intentional communities. They invite me over for open houses and such. Definitely nice places to visit. Wouldn’t want to live there.
PLEASE show us round the boys' village! I'd love to see their friends and family and how they live.
These men humble me and make me ever more so more grateful for what i have as an individual, and for what we have, as a whole, in America. 💜🇺🇸
This seemed exploitative.
Please call it USA, America is the entire continent. Thank you.
When they said “no man is poor”, then gave such heartwarming chat, I realized they were wrong. Sadly, so many in the US are very poor at heart, constantly complaining about what they don’t have. People take so much for granted here, and these amazing gentlemen show us that they are far more wealthy at heart than some of our richest citizens. God bless them! ❤
Now that they have seen the "average" home, you should show them the other extremes in America. People who are dirt poor and live in shacks without electricity or running water. And also extremely rich people who live in luxurious mansions with gold plated bathroom fixtures.
yep, and maybe explaining the economics differences between India and the USA and other parts of the world including Africa , these humble humans deserves some explanation !
No need to go far. The nearest city to these guys is Mumbai and that has one of the most expensive houses in the entire world. Antilla in fact is the most expensive private house in the world since Buckingham Palace is the property of the Government
My grandmother has experienced both. When she came here, to the US, with her parents they lived in a two room waterless shack next to a strawberry field and down the road from an onion field, their first big purchase was a non functional bus so her and her siblings didn’t have to sleep in the “living room”. She turned 77 this year and she just had a matte gold plate put on her oven to match the gold flakes in her granite counter tops. She only gave life advice to her kids when they moved out, she’s made the family belief “struggle breeds strength”.
@@abhisheknair8437 The goal is not to show them rich houses but to make them understand that there is poor and rich everywhere, even in USA.
@@Claribole88 I was referring to the person just above me who said that they need to be explained the income difference between USA and America. My point was that it's not just income difference between the countries but income disparity and Antilla in Mumbai is the prime example of it.
I know everyone has a different view of what defines average but this video did a great job of showing basic amenities that we take for granted. The fact they were amazed at the toilet and shower facilities that most modern houses are outfitted with was interesting to see. We should be very grateful for what we live with on a daily basis and videos like this remind us how lucky we truly are.
Well, it is true that most Americans aren't living in that. It's also true he's obviously not rich (I've seen plenty of rich - defined as ten million or more total assets - men's homes on RUclips and their yachts and stuff too). But it is true that even for the poor or working class, if you have or just share a home in the US - well , none of them are made of mud, bathrooms are pretty much mandatory (unless you live in a shack in the far rural areas) and pretty much everyone has water & electricity.
That is not the average Americans house it’s not even close to it. There are so many poor people in the US and all this video did was make these guys think we are rich people in the US you are either rich or just barely making it or are poor living on the street that’s what they should show them the true United States so many homeless people and people living one day at a time. This country is not as special as they make it seem like. And especially now after or during the pandemic there’s even more and more homeless people children living in their cars with their parents it’s not as great here as people from other country’s think it is. A majority of Americans are just a blink of the eyes of losing everything and then you have the rich which keeps getting more rich everyday. So please show them the real American household.
@@jefferykincaid9114 Wrong. It's still better in the US. Our poor live better than the middle class in many countries. Yes that was an upper middle class home, but even a lower middle class home would amaze these guys.
@@tjj300 really a card board box that these poor homeless live in is called a home. I’ve been to Ethiopia in africa and seen how the homeless and poor live compared to the poor and homeless here and it’s not much different they are both starving for food and begging for money and it’s going to get worse here very soon with to many homeless. Also that home they showed wasn’t even close to a average persons home here show me any average home with a sauna in it or a swimming pool and that home in Southern California will early cost damn near a million dollars. I live in Chicago and I see more and more and more homeless people everyday and now the eviction process is kicking in it’s going to be much worse.
@@jefferykincaid9114 The poor and the homeless are two different things in the US. The homeless is primarily not an economic problem, but a mental health problem. These are people who can't function on their own. They would have been institutionalized 50 years ago, but the ACLU sued the federal government to release them if they could sign their name. Now they live under bridges instead.
The poor in this country get public assistance, with housing, food, medical care, and even phones supplied for free or a greatly reduced cost. They live better than a common man in India.
We sometimes take for granted how fortunate we really are, that most of us have far far more than enough. These wonderful men are happy with far less. That said, the comments about behinds on toilets and wearing shoes inside the house had me howling. Bless Babu, he said maybe that’s their custom. Would that we Americans had that much understanding and tolerance. I live for the songs at the end.
I will never take for granted my little American home again. These gentlemen have given me the precious gift of gratitude
These 3 men are so humble and so genuine. I wish I could give them each a house of their dreams.
Something so wholesome about seeing these three discussing how they think the toilet works, you'd never guess there's really people out there to whom your everyday toilet is a new thing.
My oldest niece fostered two of the "Lost Boys of Sudan". (wonderful young men) When they left the relocation camp in Kenya they got on a plane with just the clothes on their back. 48 hours later they were surrounded by more wealth than they could imagine. My family is not rich but in comparison we must have looked just like what these men saw. These "boys" had never used a light switch or flushed a toilet and they were tossed right into the 21st century from the 19th. They are both now married and have good jobs and are raising families which are now all all 100% American kids!
Not that hard to imagine when even one of our own college educated two degree holding congress members had no idea what a garbage disposal was.
I love that all over the world, people are always concerned with how the bathroom works. Of course Raeem, the aspiring agricultural and engineering genius knew that we sit down just like on a chair, not standing on the seat and squatting.
@@webbtrekker534 That's an awesome story. When you can take young men from such a harsh background as being the lost boys of Sudan, and give them the opportunity to achieve great things, it makes you question why so many kids in the US, with all their opportunities, can't seem to get it together.
@@LordPrometheous All the Thanks goes to my niece for her giving them a home and supporting them. Many of the Lost Boys have lost contact with their host families. These young men (and now their wives and children) have always been include in all our family goings on and are accepted in all situations.
Ending each video with a song performed by these guys is so wholesome and always brings a smile to my face!
A couple videos ago I was blown away when Raeen broke out in song and had a great singing voice as well, and now Saru is rocking that harmonica! What an amazing group of gentlemen these fellas are, just exceptional humans.
Thank you, CMS for bringing them to the world. 🥰👏😊
To give them perspective, you should show them tent villages of the homeless, a starter home, a million dollar home and then a mansion. Oh also the new rage of tiny homes.
They wont be astonished by that, they see that everyday, and their homes as not much more luxurious than a tent, hell babu mos likeley lived in a tent while growing up
To be fair they are only looking at the average home. I don't think it was presented to them as how every American lives. And in that context I think it's a fair representation.
@@indian81able but is the aim of this series of video only to "astonish tribal people" by giving them a partial view of reality? To me it should rather show them the true REALITY of life in other countries - with its good AND worse aspects too. Here the receive a distorted vision of Americans as "all rich people" that could cause envy and a feeling or unfairness in their heart.
@@andreo the concept of "average" is very deceitful in itself because it's sitting in the middle, doesnt show at all the diversity of reality, the various types of dwelli'g, rich and poor, etc..so its a biased view. People can't help thinking "average" as "majority" - but is it really?
@@thekeyboardess1150 Keyboardess, yes, the video shows a pretty typical American home. That is the aim of the video, and it was well done.
If you want to make a video with a different aim - go for it!
This video gives me perspective.This man's house is much nicer than mine (I don't know how "typical" it is - many Americans are poor), but I have a good toilet and nice curtains and books and CDs and booze and a good floor and roof. It reminds me that things some of us take for granted are indescribable luxury in many parts of the world.
Ditto here. I love seeing how humble these people are, and wonder if other villagers share in seeing these? It's seems like the same 3 or 4 guys repeatedly shown. I want to see more women on the panel. OP commented on how they aren't "envious or jealous" but I wonder -- I'm sure they tell stories about how extravagant ALL US & Europeans are. Not true! In many countries they have to pay and push the natives to just USE a public toilet, they don't trust them...
i dont consider it typical. more upper middle class then average middle class.
"Where are the fans?"
Many homes do have ceiling fans but many also have central air, which is pumped into every room in the house.
We have box fans. That's what keeps us cool.
We also have central air. But in South Texas it gets HOT! Most people here have ceiling fans even though they have central air/heat. It helps circulate the air and keep costs down. We even have a window unit in our bedroom as my wife prefers temps above 83 degrees day or night :(
So if it gets too warm, I go to our bedroom and turn on the air con. Of course, when we have guests, she cools it down to around 75 or 76 degrees.
@@lycaon7888 ur wife is weird i can't imagine trying to sleep through 83 degrees in freedom units as a preference
Fun fact : These three are far more richer in happiness and contentment in life than any other rich person.
doubt that
@L M stop talking from your ass, be realistic, these three reactors are far more richer than all other human beings, lol, they might be happy at their lives, yup that is good, but rich as in money and wealth, no they are not, i'm not rich i'm from a third world country . Below poverty line house, i may be happy in my life, but never in my life i though im far more richer than anybody else, just because im happy and satisfied with my life,
@@nakachinjah7240 bro u lack basic common sense. Get your brain and ass checked. Here, richness was meant to be in terms of happiness, satisfaction and good memories. If you had basic common sense you would have understood this... And also that these are the real riches of life.. Having money doesn't make u rich... That's what I meant... Leave... U won't understand... Why am I even trying... 🤦♂️
@@indianamusarch8891 Poverty isn't a happy, satisfied life. You probably don't have any awareness and are misled by a term called Poverty Porn. Babu is a farmer from one of the states in India which suffers constant droughts and has high rates of farmer suicides. Raeen has previously mentioned that he was out of job when lockdown was implemented.
Yes you are right, they do seem happy. But their money isn't a factor, their attitude and carefree nature when eatching these videos are the reason.
At my place of work we have many people from Asian countries. A lot of them squat on the toilet seat and leave dirty shoe prints. It's gross.
Haha, I love the song. I stopped at a Petrol station outside of Nashville, TN last night and met 2 men from Mumbai…these 3 villagers are legends even to their own people. What great content.
Nashvillian here🤗🐝❤️
@@deborahdanhauer8525 rhode island here
@@barbarabrown7192 Hi there!🤗❤️🐝
A "Petrol station" . . in Nashville? I live on the outskirts of Nashville and I've never seen a Petrol station. Are you from Great Britain or somewhere like that? We only have "filling stations" or "gasoline stations" here.
@@mikelastname1220 I grew up in Germany and live in Europe from time-to-time. I like the terminology.
I love these guys. They really humble me. They are truly the beautiful people.
Show them a video of a Costco, BJ's, or Sam's club and their minds would blow up over the abundance and space. My friend's mom came from Japan and that's the one thing they showed her and a really nice local grocery store.
I wonder what it would cost to help Raeen get that tile floor for his home? Probably nothing at all! I’m thinking he needs a new floor.
Probably 100$ and I am 99% I am over the sum by a lot. But I would most deff donate for them to get the best they can get in their area. Anyone know which region they are from ?
I'd be absolutely down to donate to a fund for all three of them to get some tile floors if they need it.
@@LordPrometheous Me too, if it only costs 100$ to get them a new floor, 100$ isn’t a lot of money so I would definitely donate too.
@@LordPrometheous if they need it? I mean they live in a mud houses so no they dont neeeed it...
I recommend a site like KIVA which loans $$ to people around the world for start up businesses. And they pay it back. I'd like to have a way to DIRECTLY donate to these people (similar to the DESKS initiative I saw on MSNBC Lawrence show to raise $ for Malawi).
Hope everyone enjoys their night or day. Many blessings wherever you are watching from
The inground pool, sauna, and that much alcohol was definitely not typical! A place I lived decades ago, the Asian tenants always asked what real American houses looked like. I always said Roseanne or Grace under fire had normal homes. When my parents had exchange students they were always impressed or confused about the deep freezer and extra food storage.
I wear shoes inside now because we have no carpet. My dad grew up taking shoes off by the door, but my mom didn't. After living in Japan they both do it.
I've never traveled outside of the US but always went no shoes inside. But then I've always hated shoes and tried to go barefoot when I could. My 51 yro brain doesn't comprehend how my 10 yro self was able to walk on a parking lot in the height of Texas summer's heat while barefoot. I certainly couldn't do that as an adult XD
So you referred them to lower middle class homes? Seriously ?
Not taking off shoes in a home is just gross. Animals.
no, not even those they are suburban homes, majoirty USA make 30K/year
@@davesmith9858 What animals? My driveway is pavement and so is the walkway. No animals around here except some rabbits in the yard and a few birds in bushes.
I love seeing their reaction to new things, I hope they get to go to America once as well seems like they really enjoy watching everything that's from America
This brought me to tears. I love their loving energy. ❤
Just remember everyone, these are all examples of material items. True wealth and prosperity comes from a good soul.
Can you define soul?
Can one have a good life without religion and esoteric "nonsense"? :) :)
"True wealth and prosperity come from good deeds and character" perhaps?
What does 'good soul' even mean? What does 'good' mean for that matter :)
a good soul isnt putting food in my belly. a good soul isnt keeping me warm and protected from the elements.
@@rakninja ok, but those are the very basics. for every lifeform.
assuming you are a functional lifeform that has basic survival down, then eveything else is just ego.
we'd have no troubles on earth if we would take care of the basics, before reaching to the stars ... but feeding and housing billions isn't as glamorous as flying to space or having a mile high skyscraper ...
if it wasn't for ignorant vanity, the whole world could be healthy.
i suppose that's what the op is talking about.
@@notjustforme how can i have "true wealth and prosperity" if i'm struggling to provide myself with food and shelter?
i do not think that is what OP was getting at. it sounds like "poor in money, rich in spirit" drivel used to make people become satisfied with living in squalor.
this is both terrible and harmful. poverty means you have to dedicate most of your life to a struggle to survive. it does not make you "rich in spirit."
and to put things into perspective, i hate the very concept of money, and generally dont really care about material possessions (that do not make my day to day survival any easier.)
i also have been told i have a "good soul," but this has only ever been to my detriment. i give away what i cannot afford to, because i cannot stand to not help. my good soul only makes my own survival more difficult. and generally leads to my own suffering.
and do not get me wrong, i do love our lads here. i feel there is wisdom to be gained from their unique, (to me,) perspective. however, only a fool would believe they would not be more happy if they did not have to struggle to survive as much as they do.
@@rakninja do you? struggle with food and basic shelter? or is this theoretical? because you truly have to be there to understand. being poor relative to the rest and actually struggling to survive are entirely different things :)
because if you do struggle to survive, get off of RUclips and deal with your life.
I’m not so sure this is an average home here - I would say it’s more of a reasonably nice bachelor pad. Many people here live much more humble. 🤷🏻♀️
Ditto. My apt is now 2 rooms and very tiny. I HATE it. No garden or yard. But it was literally ALL I could find/afford after being kicked out of a 6 room house of 15 yrs (western MA) so that the owner (slumlord) could sell it for twice what it's worth. Life isn't fair sometimes. However, I don't have cow dung on the floors either... it's all a matter of perspective! I consider myself grateful, esp after watching these videos. (Where are the WOMEN, btw??)
If I had enough money I would build a house for each off them they make me feel humble for what I have God bless them
These gentlemen are special. They are the true definition of magnanimity and graciousness.
I adore these videos! I have had the pleasure of serving overseas and I can tell you 100% the praise and awe these gentleman show is real. And the modesty is real.
There are also "Tiny Houses" and numerous Television shows about the building of them. They are probably more comparable to the size of what the Lads are used to, but the Amenities and technology involved in making a Portable house would probably be shocking for them.
Yup, that would be a good video. Pick one you like and post a link for them.
Off grid living, would be educational to show....global warming, using just solar
I love how humble, happy and appreciative these guys are. And how the two young guys let the older gentleman talk first, very respectful of their elder. I wish we Americans were so respectful. They aren’t even jealous or envious of the guys big house. Very sweet.
Now go the other side of the spectrum and show them the most expensive/outlandish ultra mantions
And micro apartments like japanese ones, where every single centimeter it being thought of and being put to use.
Would be really cool
And perhaps a trailer in Appalachia, or an apartment in the 'hood in Chicago or Baltimore. "Average", "typical", or "common" doesn't really mean a lot, without context!
Actually, they should show the other side. The amount of people living in poverty. Because that's very high in America.
When u said 'other side', I was sure u meant ppl with several kids, living in small apartments, kids asking for food, torn up walls, loose floor tiles, grocery carts and litter out front...or more rural with some chickens and rusted out truck, maybe an old washing machine out front.
yup.. just to show the difference between a house in Beverly hills or Bel Air and the cage homes of hong kong
These guys are so wholesome. They are so respectful always. And they appreciate everything so much. Watching their videos always gives me hope for the future. We could all learn from these 3.
I have been watching a Facebook page of someone from Cuba going to different stores like Costco, car dealership, Walmart etc. It's amazing how much we take for granted. It would be interesting to get their reaction to someone going to a typical restaurant or even a buffet type restaurant.
That is a GREAT channel and I wish it was required viewing for all high schools.
That is an older house which has less square footage than the middle class houses built today. He does not have a family to provide for so he spends his money on things such as the shower and the vehicles. Many people are middle and upper class and have better houses than this. Some who are considered poor do have houses/apartments and vehicles. Also, the same house could cost more or cost less according to what part of the country it's built. The cost of living is higher in some parts of the US than other parts.
Agree. It really depends on which state, city and area you live in. This house would be considered on the smaller size where I live.
Yeah, what you buy for $150k in Wyoming you might buy for $1.5mil in certain urban areas of California. Housing prices vary fairly wildly across the U.S., depending on where you live and how populated / popular is it.
yeah, and the guy has a roommate
In Downey Ca, that is what $800,000 buys you (due to pool)
Where I’m at in CA that’s a $2 million home.
Babu's end songs are getting more striking every time. "Damn, I've become a big man."
As my Daddy used to say, before he left this cold, cruel world: "The rich man's complaint is his riches; the poor man's complaint is his poverty. Everybody's got something to complain about, if they feel like complaining."
Rich people don’t complain about being rich. That’s just something that makes poor people feel better.
@@FirstNameLastName-wt5to Rich people don't complain to be rich, but they do complain about their riches.
Pretty true. I also always liked: "If all complaints were removed from the world, then people would proceed to complain about having nothing to complain about."
Love these people. Such happiness, humor and spontaneous enjoyment of life. Unfettered by loads of STUFF!!!
I love your drumming. Such talent! Thank you for sharing.
The song at the end was EVERYTHING! Thanks for the giggles Babu!
Love these guys - especially the very talented “Babu”. Greetings to India from Greece! 🇮🇳🇬🇷
After hearing them talk about the house, I feel ashamed that I am not more thankful for what I have. Looking at it with different eyes, I am more appreciative of my blessings.
This is so humbling🙂
How cool would it be to have them as our house guests and spoil them with everything they desire😃👍
The 'shoes indoors' thing is definitely a thing that varies family to family. It's a common enough tradition in North America, but sticking with socks, slippers, or barefoot is also common.
I like to see the react to a typical american grocery store or a drug store
Yes please!
🤯 would be the reaction😁
In the "cold war era", my father had a friend who had somehow gotten out of the Ukraine, which was under Soviet rule, and had ended up in Texas. When his parents were too old to be useful, they were allowed to join him in the U.S. His elderly mother, wearing a long beige coat and a babushka, wandered through the 6 or 8 aisles of our small-town grocery store muttering something under her breath. She had the oddest look on her face. When I asked what she was saying, he told me "She's saying "It's too much! Too much!" You see, there, you may need shoes, and you go to the store, and there are 100 pairs of size 7 shoes, and even if you wear size 9 or size 5. you buy them and somehow you make them work. If you are so lucky as to get a bag of oranges, you might have a party, and everyone will get an orange. Here, everything in this store is for just this one small town, all of this fresh meat, fresh fruit, all of this choice, and so MUCH! She can't believe it."
I've never, ever forgotten it.
Not rich, but not average by any means. I’m twice his age and haven’t been half the places or have half the disposable income he appears to. I’d even consider my position above average at that. He may be in serious debt as well. Some people do that to look successful.
Didn't he mention a roommate? That might explain it.
America being a young country has newer housing stock, and a lot of land. That also includes a diverse “typical” based on locations. Some areas are heavily populated by apartment dwellers while some are heavy with mobile homes. Irregardless thank you for giving me a gratitude boost for ample available water, cooking facilities, climate control, sanitation. I’m humbled.
That's one of the fairest responses I've seen! "Typical" means different things across the USA. The house in the video may or may not be "typical" of America as a whole, but one thing you can probably count on is that the average American in just about any town in the nation is probably living pretty comfortably compared to most of the rest of the world, and should count the blessings!
@@pietrayday9915 Perhaps "typical" is the wrong label. "Middle class" might have been better... although this house was set up like a dorm or a place to "crash". It wasn't exactly a family "home".
Really puts things into perspective. What we take for granted they would love to have. God bless them..
More isn’t always better. Happiness and love is where it’s at. ❤️
I would rather be somewhat poor and loved than rich and lonely.
I love this channel so much!! The gentlemen on this show are so humble and real. Truly good human beings with good hearts. I wish I could meet them. 😃
My home doesn't have all these nicer things I live common for sure, yet seeing this video how they look at people here being able to have such things and are so astonished warms my heart and makes me even more appreciative of what I have. God bless these men and their families.
I'd like to see the village where these guys live. They seem very interesting and that bench they sit on looks amazing! What country do you film these in?
Pakistan
@@marcos7801 Nope..They're from India..
The majority of Americans live in fairly small homes often that are quite old buildings and even more live in a shared apartment. My own home is close to 100 yrs old and has a living room dining combo. Kitchen, 2 bedrooms and 1 small bathroom. This the house I grew up in with my family and sister. ( no family room or lounge room etc)
It is very enlightening and a teaching moment when you can see what your life looks like through another’s eyes...
It is a subtle jolt to remind us that we take what we have for granted. Thank you for this very kind reminder.
I love these appreciative, good humored gentlemen more and more with each video. I also feel ashamed of myself that I am sometimes embarrassed that by American standards, I don't have much and rent my home, but these men would see me as wealthy. I look each day at thrift stores, which sell used items. Because I look every day, I find many very nice or easily repairable things and because I have a talent to make things look nice, my home has cost very little, but looks as a wealthy person's home to tribespeople. This video has humbled me, made me feel lucky and eventhough I often try to help others less fortunate than myself, I feel I can and should do even more. Blessings to you all!
A good eye at the thrift store is a real talent; there are many treasures to be had for the patient hunter!
Let's subscribed to this channel and help them, so they can finally and actually visit the USA, UK etc... Not in vr but in real life.
I 100% Agree
If they still walk on cowdung floors after everything theyve done so far i wouldnt be hopeful of them getting their fair share
@@nougat4416 I guess in the near future they will have enough to take them to other countries.
Tell them that our houses and incomes are different according to the region. That house in Texas would not really be considered "big". It's average to have 3bd 2bth house *here along with 2 to 3 vehicles (car, truck and/or motorcycle and sometimes a boat). My friend in Philly said it's normal to have 3bd 1bth 😨 How?! I was shocked to see so many amenities in the smaller spaces.
Very true about the three bedroom, 1 bath Philly homes... And some are three stories, 1200 - 1500 square feet. And those are the "working class" homes. Easily affordable but not always the greatest neighborhoods...
@@KuroiHato69 My apartment is 2bd 2bth at 1000 sq. ft. $900 mo but our jobs pay less and we lack basements here.
@@MsLhuntMartinez79 Right ! My apartment is 1,100 square feet. And I feel boxed in. A modest home is twice that, with a yard.
Puts in perspective what we have and how grateful we should be.
These villagers are so kind and unspoiled I just love them they always make me cry.
This is definitely not an average house in the US. Its a well to do home of a person in the above average, upper middle class income bracket. A large section of America lives in pokey tenements & projects with barely 2 small rooms & a shared bathroom for a family. Both sides of the story needed to be shown for perspective. California also has a huge Water crisis with empty pools all over the place. This video was not a fair assessment of an average home in the US to be shown to them.
None of this should be compared with India & its varied living standards as there is really no comparison of the 2 Nations.
I live in California. I have never seen an empty pool. Granted, I'm not the home pool inspector, but I've never heard of this. And maybe you live back east, but I've never seen a slum tenement. My city has one housing project and some dodgy neighborhoods, but nothing Dickensian like you describe. People who need government help with their housing get a voucher they can use to just rent a place in any neighborhood. I've lived in some sketchy places in my life, but it really isn't the bleak hellscape you're depicting.
california isnt an example of anything average in america, so even bringing up that state kinda negates the point of average tbh.
@@RJStockton California is an affluent state as compared to the rest of America, my above comment is on America as a whole not on one state & so California is a misrepresentation of any average American outlook home or otherwise.
It would have been nice to show housing in it's true form. Low, middle, and upper income housing would have painted a better picture of reality in USA. I too have lived in homes w clay floors and the shower was a hose w animals running around. I don't have much, but what I do have I appreciate and I don't look down on others who don't have and I don't envy those who do have. Be greatful and humble knowing that anything can change at anytime. 💖
Babu's reaction to curtains was so sweet. If he wants curtains, I'll buy and send them!
Oh, thank you for the song, you all joined in !! It should be noted that the man said he had roommates, more people living in this house. All were employed and contributed to the rent or mortgage. The car and truck were older, but "collectibles" and Not as expensive as you'd think. These were young people, so more liquor perhaps and not need money for wives or kids. I enjoy these gentleman and wish them well.
Been watching for a while now and decided to subscribe. These guys are great! I love hearing others opinions on the many things this world has to offer. Keep it up!
Not average . We have a lot of homeless people too . I’d love to have this guys home though .
I have had beautiful homes and I have had homes that poor people could afford . I have no home right now .
I still appreciate what ever I have had .
I’m rather embarrassed they feel we are all rich but I understand why they think it .
Because of these men I take nothing for granted . ♥️
why is everyone bringing up homeless as if that somehow negates the fact that this house is, definitively, an average american house?
It's absolutely average, average doesn't mean there's no homeless.
@@AntonioRivera28 I could drive all the city I live in and definitely NOT see an inground pool at most of them. Probably only a handful have an inground pool. Most people also do not have a built in radio in their shower, or a sauna, or 2 classic cars. I mean, seriously. This is absolutely NOT average. smh
@@shellos8 an old chevy truck is considered a classic car now? both of those cars you can get for cheap given the condition they were in. and literally every house in my area has an inground pool. so i guess it depends on where you live. in ground pools are not some uncommon thing. that house was beyond average in every way, unless you live in some overpriced area
@@AntonioRivera28 I think it's a regional thing. In many areas of the country that house would be considered a doll house.
Raeen is correct we sit on toilet as if sitting in a chair,
You can tell them that in some places like New Mexico, the houses are nice but also made of mud. My in laws have an Adobe house.
My boyfriend does too.
I love it. I love the drums and harmonica too. I loved learning about the "stand on top" toilets and the mud and tin roofs. I especially loved how they enjoyed the curtains and decorations.
Our anatomy is actually better suited for the traditional toilets that you squat over rather than our sit-down type toilets. They make it easier to defecate without straining.
@@sarco64 Not for the obese or people with weak legs.
these guys give cheer me up with there positivy
If I had the money I'd fly all three of these guys to my place for as long as they'd like to stay and hang out and learn about our different cultures. Would be awesome!!! Probably need a translator, or I'd just learn a new language
I agree with Babu: I don't think that's an average man's house. It may not be a super-rich American, but at least a quite well-earning one. But that's admittedly from a European point of view...
Since they talked about houses with many storeys, a tour through a skyscraper or an office complex could be interesting, to see how people work there.
But also maybe some insight about how poor or even homeless people live in America and Europe...
That was a middle class home for the Midwest of America. Nothing over the top or special. 40 percent of homes will be nicer and 40 percent will be not as big and fewer amenities. The typical middle class, Midwest home is 3 bedroom 2 bathroom with 2000 sq ft of space, full basement with additional 1800 sq ft of space with a 2 car garage, a yard, often fenced for kids and pets. I grew up in Europe for 9 years. Our homes in the USA are much bigger on average with many more features. Stuff is simply cheaper here in the US. However Quality of the build is usually better in Europe.
can guarantee it's not a normal American house for Florida atleast, unless you live in the countryside.
Yeah, that guy is making fairly big coin. The international travel, the soccer, the professional decoration. All scream much disposable income.
@@cleanextreme3043 I disagree only on the statement that the quality of the build is better in Europe. Concrete is very popular there and is a ridgid material known for cracks, etc. I helped build app. 50 wood frame houses in my life and the versatility of the builds is directly related to whether or not poured concrete is used as a primary material. In short, the homes in the U.S. and specifically in the Midwestern U.S., are nicer because they are constructed of a material (wood) which lends itself well to decorative ceilings, etc.
@@kdrapertrucker he said he has a roommate, which means he probably rents the house. and with roommates people tend to have disposable income
I pray one day their dreams come true and that we here in USA can fully realize our blessings from God
I grew up in a tiny urban apt and still live in a tiny urban apt. No one owns a car, we walk, take the subway, or ride a bike. Old appliances, cracked tubs, broken elevators, but our apartments are still luxurious compared to their homes 😞
Your comments have just melted my heart! Bless you all!
The lads are right, thats not really an average person. He's definitely above average even for Americans. Hell we have tons of homeless people and 69% of the country don't have $1000 in savings. No one except rich people have freaking saunas and built in radios into our showers plus two classic cars which are expensive af. Plus ALL of the nice appliances, a pool etc. Definitely not an accurate representation of the average American but then it wouldn't make for a good vid I guess.
Really depends on where it's at... if that's in LA then he's rich... if it's middle of nowhere Mississippi then that house is like $180k
But most of homeless people are just lazy and its facts some are vets so they have a pass , but some just have disabilities but alot of times people with jobs don that shit but if they give off a helpless vibe or something ill know he actually homeless, like most real homeless would let someone borrow a dollar just bc there generous not all tho ,I'm 15 and I make 1000 every 2 weeks not the best but im doing good for my age
Most homeless people have mental health issues. Another section of homeless people were hard working but a family member required an expensive operation but because America is the only modern democratic country without some sort of universal healthcare that hard working family went from being contributing members of society to homeless.
People who have real options but choose to remain homeless are very rare.
I’d say it’s a pretty average house for an upper middle class westerner. It’s decent, but nowhere near as nice as the houses of really wealthy people here.
@@bobby3eb ya this is like middle class in most areas. which is the the most common type of american. and a house like that in nowhere mississippi would cost around 120k ish. so definitely the common average american home. its an older common american home, but its still common.
California is not typical of anywhere. That is why everyone here is saying NOT AVERAGE, and they are right.
If anything, that makes the video's point stronger. For the $600,000 that house cost, you could have a sprawling manor in Alabama or West Virginia. By CA homeowner standards, it's nothing special. The extra lounge was nice though.
@@RJStockton I agree, being from SoCal. This house is just the average, typical house. This guy isn’t making that much money for a house like that in Downey. It’s a nice house though and he’s not slumming it but he’s not living like what people think Californians live like.
@@RJStockton definitely that's like here in MD that house would probably be around the same $600,000 in Potomac it would probably be close to a million, but in a 20 min drive to PA I can buy a custom home for $250-$300
We have millions of poor people and homeless people in America,
We also have millions of millionaires. Thanks for bringing us down, professor gloom.
@@RJStockton So you rather I say America doesn't have a homeless and poor people problem? You sound like a KAREN, why should I Lie🤔.
That's not a typical home, that's more of an upscale bachelors' pad. I really enjoyed their reactions.
That is not the average American. My brother is a business owner and very well off - 3 car garage, 6 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, 3 fireplaces, an in ground pool, etc.. I live in one room with two chairs. But I have a roof over my head and food in the refrigerator and cupboards, and I have a small TV so I am very grateful.
This is definitely not what an "average" American house looks like, I think you should show them something more realistic.
I don't know where you are from but where I grew up (California), this house is a typical ranch style middle class home.
@@drdr76 California is a pretty wealthy state so yeah, I stand by my comment. Most average Americans can't afford to move there. Might be middle class California but it's not what the average American can afford by a longshot.
@@drdr76 what you said and you prove the point 'middle class' thats not avg usa. make 30K/year in salary
Maybe it's just me but NOTHING about this home is what I would call typical. Typical by who's definition? Really? I don't think so.
it is pretty 'typical' for a southern california middle-class house for sure. However to get an accurate idea of reality in America they also need to show the flip side and show the homeless encampments and ghettos that permeate our cities as well.
@12 Fingers Any cheap new car costs that. What's the difference.
Plus you don't know what that truck cost him.
Just found 2 on craigslist in my area. One for $1200 and another for $7000.
That's Canadian dollars so $5k to you.
Those cars also go for that kind of money if they aren't certain models or numbers matching etc.
@12 Fingers I agree that it could be worth that and it does look pretty good. Looks also pretty stock.
I could buy that one near me for 7k and make it look like that for not too much.
Anyway, I think my point was that the truck isn't really more than an average price for a vehicle. It does not mean he is wealthy.
As far as what people will spend? Compared to what you get for what you pay if you buy new, you can spend quite a lot and not really be wrong.
I wish I had all my old trucks back actually. LOL
Agree. That wasn’t typical.
@12 Fingers Exactly! Most collector car owners are older retired guys. Almost never see a young guy as owner at the car shows. This guy also had at least one roommate...that means his share's only a slice of that pie.
I don't know much on how Americans live, but as a Finnish person it's almost offensive that he called that glassy steam box in the bathroom a sauna
Näkisippä meidän rivarikolmion "saunan". 1 aikuinen mahtuu istumaan puupenkillä lasitetussa nurkassa.
Lol... That guy was far from the average american. Its clear he wants to be anything but american! The only thing american about that guy or his house was his language, the mustang and truck. You wont see americans with british flags everywhere, a sauna, a personal decorator, and we sure as shit dont wear soccor shit. This was actually offensive. As an american that is.
@@suomenpresidentti luulis et suomen presidentillä ois paremmat saunatilukset 😄 mut eihän se koko saunaa tee vaan kiuas ja löylyt 🙌🏼
Makes my heart lighter! If only we could learn to be happy alllllll together!!
Even though their view of America is very skewed it's still so interesting to see these videos
Not all homes look like this.
Not every home has 2 baths or a tv in every room.
I would say this is an average American home in California.
People who have money to live bigger.
I'm not complaining; I've busted my butt to get what little I do have - I'm grateful for it.
I think there needs to be a video showing the different homes in the USA and how the common American lives; only to be fair.
@01sarah29 I agree, but these were 2 roommates, so the decor was not normal. At least one is too far into alcohol to care about appearances. If this were my home I'd be too embarrassed to let them in!
@@rridderbusch518 it kind of reminded me of college kids to be honest.
💝 The Common Man band! 🤩
“Luxury” is relative. Many people may find the guys’ home life better, the homes the cars and all the accumulated “stuff” isn’t what’s important. Please don’t ever show them lifestyles of the rich and famous or MTV Cribs 😔 I wouldn’t say that’s an average home. Depends n where you live I guess, but definitely not where I live and most people don’t have 2 cars unless there are 2 people. I’m trying to move out of my home and live in a schoolbus! 😃 Big houses and cars just keep you working so much and in debt and locked in. I’m an empty nester and ready for freedom less belongings and travel! 💝
Them songs are getting more elaborate.
I love your idea of living in a school bus. I found a video about a guy who took a year or two to convert one of those into a mobile home. There is so much wasted here in the USA.
@@remo27 yep! Skoolie conversions on RUclips 🤩 I’d like to get some land and create a sustainable community for single Moms and empty nesters 💝🥰
You are absolutely right!
Many don't know that all these amenities are either bought on credit or are rented.
It is extremely difficult to start from zero and work your way around to legitly "own" these emenities in the US.
Speaking from personal experience.
@@game-f-un-limitedgamer8958 yes and once you get on that hamster wheel it’s hard to get off of it! They keep us very busy if we want anything decent, then no time to really enjoy it because we have to work so much to have it. Smh 🤦🏻♀️
Now show them the most expensive house tour in california their reacktion must be insane
But balance it out with a trailer park or some normal middle class/or old fixer-upper. That looked pretty fancy to me and may give them the wrong impression. We have one small tv. Maybe we are below average. :-)
Whatever you do DON'T show them an episode of "Homes of the Rich and Famous". Me thinks their heads would explode!
The most expensive house in the world is in Mumbai, their country. : )
That song at the end was freaking great! A true musician right there!!!
I would 1000% donate to have these guys come to the US.