I feel the same after moving from the US to the UK in 2018. My family does not understand why I won't move back. But since I moved away, I've been healthier; I used to be pre-diabetic but not had low blood sugar since shortly after moving. I also broke BOTH my ankles this year (bouldering) and had to stay in hospital and get surgery, which is the first time I've even used the NHS to that extent or stayed in a hospital at all. I'm so grateful that I didn't have to go into $20k of debt. Also, I got diagnosed with ADHD a few years ago and access affordable prescriptions. Not everything is perfect here but daily life's just a bit easier.
$20K might be a bit of a light estimate, too. My mom has epilepsy and, with her insurance (going to the hospital where she _works),_ the ambulance on a seizure costs ~$6,000. That's if they don't admit her for a 48-hour hold, or at least overnight her, which they always do.
Now imagine actually being diabetic in the US. The insulin cost alone isn't fun from what I've heard. Meanwhile here in Sweden anyone who's diabetic have had access to free insulin since the 50s. Not just the kids, the adults as well.
@adrianthoroughgood1191 okay thanks you answered a question I didn't even ask. The UK thus has a similar system to Sweden in terms of medicine. In that while outside of a hospital you need to buy them yourself. There's a cap somewhere, I'm not sure how much because it depends on the region in question. Kids however receive free healthcare and prescription medicine no questions asked. Even though healthcare isn't 100% free for adults like in the UK though I believe that cap is like 1500 sek for a 12 month span in my region. Practically free by US standards.
@georges617 yes, I miss when politics was boring and I could sleep well at night, knowing there were grown ups in DC, taking care of business for the American people. I never could’ve imagined this reality 😔
@Flippy888 Friend , if there were ever grown ups we would not have gotten to this point . IMO , both the left and, and the right , moves us along the same tragic path. This didn’t happen in 10 months .
@Sarah-b6j7x yes the left and right are being made worse enemies to distract from who's really pulling the threads. They put Trump on top to avoid him from opening files / disclosing what he knows from his life behind the scenes. Instead they groom his ego and tell him what to do, from the same blackmail files. And he makes usa look ridiculous to "the educated" all over the world, which is a bonus and effective in creating division.. Very cleverly done by .... the puppetmasters. We know who they are, they even know that we know who they are, they don't even bother to hide it anymore..
@laaaiaaiaisa if you know who they are, why don't you say their name? With this nebulous "we know who they are" you overestimate yourself as the knowledgeable one, while covering behind the "we know" to avoid accountability and transparency
@gombik42 not a slave. I am free. In America work and building something usually defines you. Many people have a hard working entrepreneurial mentality. Living in a small home with high taxes but a lot provided by mommy government, riding around on bicycle was cool if you’re a college age kid. If you want to build something of yourself, no place like the USA
@genev3358 You do have the ultimate American mentality: Got mine. As a European Christian I do not envy you. How does it feel to be comfortable in a country with so much unequality and poverty? Matter of morals. Enjoy your life. Just don't call yourself a christian or good person. And if you ever end up in poverty: remember your own words. And if you get ever sick and in trouble; it's your own fault. You just shouldn't be sick, right?
Poland is not alone in that. The US is the only developing country in the world that's developing in the wrong direction for the population is another one. I feel so bad for the people over there who voted against the current shit show, and have done nothing to deserve it. The exodus from the US is growing year over year, but not everyone who wants to leave can do that.
9:45 the thing with the food is: In the USA ingredients are legal to use until it's proven that they are unhealthy/dangerous. In Europe ingredients are illegal until it's proven that they are safe to eat/drink
@than0shark really not all that great given that all americans think it's the "greatest country in the world" and a "first world country". the only countries below the united states in food safety are the ones considered third world
@kansashoneybadger7899That wait list time is misleading due to several factors, but even if we took it at face value, you're forgetting that everyone gets to go on the list. As opposed to needing knee replacement surgery and not even having the option to go on a wait list. Slow Healthcare that works is infinitely better than no Healthcare at all. The NHS has a wait list for surgery, America has people waiting to die for no other reason than being poor.
@maxholliman4607 nope. Even if it's not the same, here you do not have to call anyone to make surgery...it is automatic....and most of the times your insurance cover like 90% of the surgery. Sometimes even the whole thing even if you are at the minimum payment.....sorry but america is trash. They will literally let you die on the table if you don't have insurance, or operate and they you have to pay till the end of your life. Also, giving birth here is not only absolutely free but sometimes they actually give you money to give birth. While in the USA depending on the state you are, it can get up to 60k ....like wtf
95% of gross US corporate profits goes to shareholder dividends and share buyback. 5% is reinvested to improve wealth creation. Profit is improved mainly through gouging and service throttling. Maybe there is a bit left over for the folks who make it possible, though this will deplete dramatically in a decade. AI will take most of your jobs.
I had a uni lecturer (Irish) who spent years working in the US. One day, her 5 year old came home and told her he had a drill at school. She assumed fire, and he explained no shooter (or whatever the correct term is). They moved home to Ireland a few months later. The idea of our children being in danger at school is absolutely outrageous, abhorrent, inconceivable.
I'm from Spain. My sister went to college in the US (at Little Rock) because of the US portrayed by Hollywood films. After 4 years, she said that she would never return to that place again. There was even a shootout next to a coffee shop where she was. She called my mother from below a table. When I tried to look up the shootout in the online news, I found out that there were three other shootings (so four in total) on that day in the same neighbourhood (I still don't know which was my sister's). That's insane.
Born (1946) and raised in Brooklyn, NYC, I participated in school drills in case of bombing. “Duck and cover” was real. Fear of instant death while still in single-digit years was real. Moved (supposedly temporarily, just to solidify my French) to Montreal in 1970. Never seriously thought about moving back stateside. My children only ever had fire drills in their school years. I couldn’t ever have offered them a bilingual education had I - a telephone company operator - remained in NYC.
I'm an American that spent 3 months in Sweden while working remotely. People always told me "The grass isn't always greener on the other side." That grass was very green on the other side. Being able to walk everywhere, or take a bus/train was definitely nice. Roads were smooth and didn't have potholes everywhere. Apartment layouts that made sense, and not charging people to use the washer/dryers was a nice touch too. So many things they do that I wish we did.
Visit New Zealand! As a tourist, if you get into any type of accident and get hurt while vacationing in NZ, your entire medical care and hospital is 100% free, thanks to our Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC).
@areyouserious3092 small changes lol you would have to change whole culture and most institutions. private prisons, remake legal system cutting sentences drastically, abolishing sx offender registry, lower age of consent by several years, sx educaiton at appropriate time starting in elementary school, create welfare system, reduce religious thought drastically, free school lunch, free kindergarden, much better labor rights, much much much stronger unions protected by law, paid vacations, paid maternity/paternity leave for over a YEAR, free tuition or almost free up to PhD, ban guns, institute government controlled media dedicated for journalism with independence, remove money from politics to very high extent, support multi party system, weed out politcal crruption. hundreds other things. US is total anomaly in BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD way in many aspects.
The reason we obsess over money instead of quality of life in the US is that, since there's no social safety net at all anywhere in the US, you need to gather up a pile of savings that will serve as your personal safety net.
@mausmalone I understand where you are coming from, but I also see majority of (US) Americans living paycheck (side note: what an outdated form of salary payment) to paycheck. Almost completely independent from income bracket. Just because they overspend to imoress people who actually give a s***. Or for 5 second dopamine boosts. Obviously, this does not apply so much to low income households who can barely pay for their groceries, but even there you can see traces of overspending on irrelevant crap.
It's probably also a big reason why so many Americans constantly think about property values and REALLY WANT THE VALUES OF THEIR HOMES TO RISE FAST (ugh)- that "extra potential source of cash just in case", let alone the possibility of selling the home and having a 'fat' profit, I guess
@marcelwin6941 I would argue that buying something other than strictly the bare necessities should be not just allowed, but easily possible. If you're only making enough food to eat and sleep, you may as well just be a slave, they get food and a bed.
I'm Welsh and worked in Washington DC for a couple of months back in 2019. My colleagues in the office could not understand that I was happy to walk the 1km back from Navy Yard to my hotel in the capitol. They were constantly offering me a lift (which was very nice) and were baffled that I enjoyed walking home at the end of the work day.
I had an experience like that on a short (1 week) work trip to Rochester NY. There were about 6 of us from the UK and, after a few days, some of us wanted to escape from the hotel bar in the evening and were recommended an 'Irish Pub' a few blocks away. We, of course, walked there but the hotel staff were desparately trying to stop us, in the end settling for ensuring we turned left out of the hotel and not right. I was quite young and had no idea what all the fuss was about.
American in America. A few years back, my former partner and I commuted to the same area for work. I got out of work a couple of hours earlier than they did, and decided I would walk to their job after my shift (roughly a mile or so). I enjoyed it. They're response was "I feel bad that you have to do that," and I was like, "why? I am literally telling you I WANT to do it." So, yeah, you're experience is completely valid. It was weird.
Oh! By the way, since I learnt I am part Welsh, I have been learning Welsh. I am still very much a beginner and I don't have anyone to practice with. I am even considering moving to Wales to practice and study the language (and also contribute my skills as a massage therapist there). Would you be willing to chat with me about the Welsh culture and perhaps exchange experiences on weird American behaviors? I know this seems weird and out of the blue (so American 😆). I would like to make a connection with people from Wales.
I had the same issue with moving to Australia. I was born in Australia, but grew up in America until I was 24. I couldn't afford university in America. I wanted to go to med school, but because I had Australian citizenship, I came here for university. I did accounting and the got into med school. I got a living stipend, school paid for, worth a government loan, very cheap. After I finished, i decided to stay and work in Australia. It's been the best decision I've ever made.
A country where you can sit in the sun at the MCG watching cricket on Boxing Day is as close to heaven as any of us can reasonably expect to get. All of those other benefits you mention are just bunce. 🙂
So you didn't mind being forced to get a "vaccine that was actually a bioweapon but they didn't tell you that"? by now, 2025, if you have looked at Dr. John Campbell's videos, you know what Pfizer's Covid Vax really was. Even if you don't have a heart attack caused by the Jab, you will likely develop an aggressive cancer---there are too many harmful additives in those so-called "vaccines" that are NOT vaccines. Someone is "depopulating the world" whether the world wants to or not. Medical care in the U.S. is more harmful than ever---designed to keep people just sick enough to want to take another pill but well enough to pay the bill. So, people are getting more and more disabled. Unnecessary and harmful mRNA injections are helping. Diabetics are not being helped with good diets; in fact, the "diets" recommended are intended to keep them dependent on the medicine their doctor gives them. Ultraprocessed food (yummy Cheerios still tastes the same as it did 70 years ago) will still adversely affect your health. Slow death by diminishing your health, little by little. Australia used to be wonderful, but when Covid came out, its government caved in under an international ignorant organization that somehow got countries to sign a suicide pact---allowing the WHO to "take over" all countries because a "pandemic" was going on. Like "Medical Martial Law". Goodbye, Life.
I’m British and went to Miami on holiday for 3 weeks and I have to say the mentality people have is just damn selfish. I saw a man literally get knocked off his motorcycle and ended up with exposed bone from his arm, I offered to call an ambulance and he refused and he said he couldn’t afford it. I obviously was concerned so I nipped in a local bar to ask if they had a first aid kit we could use so at least he was bandaged to get him to hospital . They tried to charge me $20 to use it despite this man having essentially nearly amputated part of his arm. I decided right there and then I would never visit the states again.
Unfortunately, many of the “Wealthy” areas of this country are selfish like that. If you get into the more middle income areas that aren’t meant for tourism, they would happily have given you the kit. It’s just all of the selfish people live in the tourist areas and are purely greedy
My bf did a year abroad at Texas A&M and was almost arrested bc he tried to walk back to his apartment after grocery shopping. Apparently that‘s „suspicious“ and he was told just to get an uber. Why? He was healthy and his legs functioning and it was just a 1.5 km (roughly a mile) walk. 😂
@brettmeikle There was another s-f story which I read ages ago, about a girl who grew up with a pair of strong healthy legs (which was unusual in that universe) in the US and preferred to walk instead of driving a car everywhere, as all the other people basically lived in their cars all the time, and she was perceived as a freak. I wish I could trace this story back.
I did a trip to Vegas on my travels around the us. Stopped at a bench around a tree by the road.l, Im a pasty white northerner and needed some shade before finding water. I had a federal security guard come and tell me to move, because its federally owned, and the building that is on a higher elevation, up some stairs and away from the road, owns it. To say I was confused, doesn't give the situation justice. Why have a seat about 100 meters away and by the road, if you cant sit on it? Literally was a waste of time for the guard as well.
Not only are knives fundamentally different to guns, if we completely ignore guns for a moment, the knife crime in America is still worse than the UK per 1000 people... 😭
@Marses970 Im starting to think USA has more police brutality because America is "scarier", people against guns either stay quiet and not stand out, or immigrate. It results in more brutal policemen.
@BreatheManually part of it is training like done by Grossman and others where he trains police to be convinced that everyone "could" shoot them so it primes them to be more jumpy over things.
It’s true but a little disingenuous though; if you take away guns the homicide rate is still higher than the homicide rate in England and Wales, but only very slightly. To all intents and purposes they are the same. The US has an issue with guns more than it has an issue with crime and violence. Of course, if you took away guns the homicide date by knives and other methods would increase, but it wouldn’t match the gun homicide rate as guns fundamentally make it easy and less messy to kill people.
American living in Sweden for 4 years now. Ive been asked many times how much would a job need to pay me to get me move back to the US. And there isnt an amount. You could not pay me any amount to move back. I work less hours, make more money, and have nearly no stress. I have around 8 weeks of vacation time a year. Unlimited PTO. A year of paid leave when we have a child, AS THE FATHER. Paternity leave would blow a lot of peoples minds in the US. I can walk anywhere I need to get to, take the train a short 15 minute ride to work. I bought a wonderful home Im renovating. I could go on. Never going back.
@Folkshard trump just said he is getting rid of free speech, they are shooting and gassing protestors, want to get rid of the 19th amendment, due process is going away, and we are a fascist country. So if you are a white man it is safe for you to comeback.
@Folkshard Ha ha ha, that was one of the dumbest contradictory explanations I've ever heard for anything. I'm a Swede and I realize a lot of things that I want to make better, which I can do politically by voting for the political party that wants the same as me, more or less. I.d.k. if wyatts is the color of people being replaced, but in that case it tells me more about you. Unless you are registered as mentally or criminally unfit to carry a gun you can. I have several friends involved in anything from hunting to competitive combat shooting, and they have gun collections any pro gun American would envy. It comes with heavy regulations, yes, but who sanely minded would want to have it otherwise. Free speech! It's protected by law here. Unless you use your voice to create unlawful uprising or persecute individuals and groups of people with hateful or harmful speech, you can express yourself however you want. I've expressed myself quite explicit on my views on letting cultures coming here that you can not assimilate into the Swedish society numerous times in public forums and privately. I've never had problems doing that, and I never expect to. I believe in our democratic system. I could tell you about the Swedish FRA's cooperation with the American equivalents, where the American control over individuals widely surpass anything in Europe, but I guess you know about that already. But I guess you'll love the new Trump America without colored guest workers making American farmers filing for bankruptcy. If not for that, it is because Trump has scared away all international customers with his tariff war. You'll be needed in the USA, if they'll let you in after 12 years of absence. They may consider you a spy or a traitor abandoning the U.S. for so long. I wish you the best of luck.
I’m American and my dad had to go to A&E in Edinburgh while over there for my brother’s wedding. That was 2 years ago and he still says “I wonder when they’ll send me a bill” 🙃🙃
@kansashoneybadger7899 Medicaid availability varies widely by state, has a bunch of confusing exceptions and work requirements, isn't necessarily accepted at all medical providers, and has to be re-applied for every 6-12 months. "Subsidized" Obamacare (a giveaway to private insurers cooked up by a right-wing think tank) can still be incredibly expensive. And Medicare doesn't cover dental/vision and is rife with legalized private-insurer scams like "Medicare Advantage."
@kansashoneybadger7899 being put on a medical waiting in the UK is a standard thing, and you know what? At the end of waiting they get free medical treatment. Should someone wish to be treated quicker they can pay for private treatment, but are guaranteed NHS treatment. In Murica it's common to set up a gofundme or whatever to beg for money for medical treatment. Trump is cutting back access to Medicaid and medicare, premiums are going up etc etc So much winning 😅
@jubsteren sidewalks end in grass randomly, right outside my neighorbood are stroads that lead to the highway, there is no basically nothing but a post office in walking distance. if you mean just walking around the neighborhood itself then as long as your fine with getting in the way of cars or going into someone elses lawn then sure its walkable
@bullettime1116damn, where I live it’s very impractical to drive, walking is much quicker and you have to drive alternate paths to get to the centre of the town with a car
My neighborhood is very walkable. So walkable it’s 1.2 miles to the nearest store and 4 miles to the nearest reasonable shopping. You will be walking all day long
Your speech reminds me of those of cult survivors: You can't see the full extent of how bad it is until you've left and experienced a more balanced way of living.
American idealism and patriotism IS a cult … patriotic Americans behave similar to cult and Scientology members. When ever I hear an American say - America is the greatest country in the world - I know they are deep in their cult thinking , have problems with critical thinking and know very little about anything
@DegenerateSpeculator hmm ok. Your government isn't silencing citizens, right, sure.. guns stop people from stabbing you, ok... fair enough. So you just get shot instead. oh I see? Considering the US has higher knife crime than the UK (yes it does, look it up, plenty of resources), it doesn't remove it does it? And people get shot anyway??? Right. 🤦♂The majority of countries have their issues, some same/similar or unique to them. But you keep enjoying the propaganda that everyone is fine and dandy and keep serving the rich and corporates, you don't want all of those annoying rights that protect you from being exploited. Just keep making the rich, richer in the "land of the free"... got you.
I had so many arguments with Americans over the internet about how US isn't the number 1 country. Those Americans probably never even left their home state. One of the arguments I had with someone is about how futuristic China and the guy I was arguing with probably thinks China is still like China in the 1950s.
@bagelsandcreamcheese99 china isn't a good comparison, china isn't a country working for its people, it's a country working for its government yes the quality of life for many chinese has improved massively over the past 50 years, as has now much they earn and how great their cities are but basically none of this was ever intended with people in mind, none of this advancement was done so that "people can have it better"...all of the advancement was so that "china is stronger"...that is the policy of the CCP - to work for the whole in such a system individual rights get at best forgotten, at worst destroyed...you can be there an extended time and don't really notice, but the moment you clash with something regarding the government? you can and will have major issues, any sort of defiance is not looked upon kindly...basically its "be happy with the economical progress, and for that do not ever question the government or policies and do everything from a formal pov as you were told" this system is the completely opposite of renaissance individualistic ideals that europe was build on so yes china is futuristic, but in a 1984 dystopian way, which, despite its technological marvels, isn't really the world you want to live in...unless you are willing to be the enforce of the system
@jakubluptak5654 lol and you think US is a country working for it's people? The concept of public transportation is so rare in the US. It's always people who are NATO aligned saying shit about China being dystopian and people having no rights 😂 have you ever been to China? I lived in Shanghai for 2 years and not once did I feel that my life was being controlled by the government. Meanwhile in "Renaissance" Europe, everything is going downhill with the immigration problem.
Absolutely bang on and I'd love to take a bunch of AMERICANS to EUROPE just to show them what it's like because they've been BRAINWASHED and SPOON FED absolute BS by the MEDIA and they believe it sadly..
@bagelsandcreamcheese99american here, been to handful of EU countries. USA isn't #1, at least from a lived there a year perspective. I recognize there are politics and life events beyond simple living a year abroad would reveal, but did experience emergency healthcare with zero complaints to either quality or my wallet. I would certainly entertain moving to EU if it became feasible. I miss it.
The UK and Europe have a zero tolerance policy for contaminants in food. The US has a "maximum allowed" amount. Says it all really. They eat literal shit and like it.
Americans, do you realise that this man was in London during the last 13 years that were arguably the WORST time in many British peoples lifetime with a substantial drop in living standards if they are below 40 years old and he says its STILL better than the US? Let that sink in.
@leolemonhands I moved from Europe to the US and have the opposite opinion. the US are great and offer me a better living than Europe. ESPECIALLY the UK are bad. bad salaries, high costs.
He also moved from the US as a broke pizza delivery driver. Anyone who had that as their “career” would be grateful to get away to literally anything else lol. He wasn’t middle class here or worked an educated job.
My next door neighbour moved here (liverpool) from dallas around 6 years ago he has lost over 5 stone and says he is never ever returning, fist thing he told me he noticed was the taste of bread he said american bread is more like english cake
I was definitely one of those "American isn't perfect, but Europe is worse" types until I spent a few months living in Prague. It's difficult to describe how amazing it feels to live in a place where you can hop on a bus/tram/train and go almost anywhere for dirt cheap, eat at any random cafe and enjoy some of the best food you've ever eaten, then go to a pub and drink cheap beer with a bunch of friendly strangers every night.
Prague is nice, but It blows my mind you think the food is good here. I am another EU expat and I have lived here for several years now. The bad cuisine (vs basically everywhere else in Europe) is the hardest thing for me to deal with. Damn US must have bad food where you come from
@simplicitas5113compared to the States (not counting few fine-dining restaurants, which can also be found in Europe), entire Europe has better food options (quality)
I am not American and have never lived there. Should I be glad? I am happy America exists they made some great music. As well as the atom bomb. You can't have everything.
Having grown up in the UK, I think I've taken a lot of things for granted, and there is definitely an atmosphere that things are green on the otherside but watching this video makes me realise how lucky I've been.
It only holds up to when people really understand what is all out there and just want a few things. For someone only knowing a few things, this is default and therefor not true. That person wants all he knows and is not satisfied with what he got. Your premise requires ample knowledge of the bigger context.
@michaelg8193I don't agree with that. There are people who have very little and know it's not a lot but are perfectly happy because they just don't desire more. Call it Spartan, minimalist, nihilist, Simplist or even certain forms of neurodivergence, but there are plenty of people who are perfectly content or even happy living a simple life with very few things in it.
@dystopianreality’and know it is not a lot’ means they know there is more. So they have knowledge of the bigger context. And for those people it does hold value. It is exactly like I said.
@michaelg8193 so I’m one of these people, I live in central Europe btw I have pretty much everything I need rn, of course there are other things I might want (better computer, bigger fridge, etc.) but they are by no means something that is of much use to me I could also just straight up buy them if I wanted to, but it’s too much work compared to exchange it that it’s not worth it I don’t have a car, I don’t even want one. It’s just not useful for me, going places by bus/tram/train is cheaper and faster, and I don’t have to worry about it
An Indonesian here , so my country still classified as developing/ third world I was having a lunch in a street side warung ayam penyet (casual Indonesian chicken restaurant). An American family of four came in, the youngest one about 6 raved about our MRT and can't want to hop on the high speed rail the next saturday. As they were waiting for their ayam penyet, a pop pop pop sound heard. I felt sad when all four of them ducked under the table. The rest of us just looked at them bewildered. They look scared still as they came out of the table so I told them it was just firecracker as Chinese holiday was the next day. And we have very stringent gun law. Only law enforcement and those with very well vetted with long process, such as shooting athletes, that can get hold of arms. I told them beware of pickpocket, but don't worry about gun crimes. I had lived in Jakarta for 48 and I never see anyone holding a gun. The wife cried saying that "thank you. Now I just realized how crazy we must be to you all"
Yeah the only shtty thing about Indonesia is the goverment rest of it alot better then USA And the only cases of gun either illegal or law enforcment and military
@liverbirdmighty9271 as an Indonesian, one way or another all people suffer. Would love to delete my memories of myself and change my form to anything but a human so I don't have to experience worries people have.
i was in Jakarta twice walked everywhere never had any problems loved the food and the people . I would love to visit again . and I really liked your Museum much better than the one we have in Dublin .
I moved to Germany recently, and even after two months I don't think I could go back to the US for anything more than a visit. As a disabled person, having a walkable neighborhood is so much better than the way cities and towns are organized and laid out in the States.
I’m glad you feel at home at my neighbouring country. Feel free to visit the Netherlands too! :) oh, and please stay in Europe as long as you like (and every other American who is tired of their country)
@tiesg9143 my girlfriend (who is German) has some Dutch ancestry and she's really eager to take me there (and still speaks the language). Thank you for the warm welcome; Europe is very nice so far!
Hey Evan, Thank you. I'm a brit and i've been a bit down on my home country lately. Thank you for reminding me of some of the reasons the UK isn't that bad, for all it's flaws. A good friend of mine is from Michigan, She's been here for years, I was best man at her wedding. She had a brain tumour, all resolved, thankfully, and she happily gives her relatives and friends in the UJS chapter and verse on how much all that cost her (nothing). Take care, my friend. And thanks again.
Moved from texas to the UK 1.5 years ago. Agree with you 100%. My wife and I felt that our quality of life improved dramatically almost instantly. We will never go back.
You’re living a bubble watching RUclips videos of America haters. America is still the number 1 destination for immigrants worldwide. People risk their lives to enter.
Yes, USA is a good country compared to countrys in the world. But i bet theire are more people risking theire life moving to Europe then risking theire life moving to the USA. Just Google "boat Migration mediterranian sea".
Have you even looked at the distances involved in everyday work travel here in the USA and then applied it to making a mass transport system? How much will a bus from Craig CO, to Maybell (next closest human village westard) which is 30 miles, during Rocky Mountain winter weather cost per year? Oh oh or how about the hundreds of miles such travel takes in Alaska, or the long distances for many in the mid west? Add up all those buses, all that gas/electricity, the pay for the bus drivers, the mechanics, the construction workers making the bus stops, the clerks doing the paperwork involved.. Do you understand this would be a 100 billion dollar a year investment? Seeing the EU bitch about our public transport is fucking hilarious, as they have less than a third our landmass.
@Violatorsama1 that's not that much money considering how much wealth the US has and how much we spend on the interstate as system. Plus we could focus on the higher density places first
I'm lying here in a Scottish hospital getting heart work done after suffering a heart attack and it sounds like I will be in here for at least a week and a half. The service from the staff is extremely high with no delay and really top notch treatment. My family were discussing how much all this would have cost me in the US, probably putting us in lifelong debt and having a huge negative impact on my family. The NHS may not be perfect but I am so glad and proud we have it.
strange my father was in intensive care for 6 weeks in the US and we paid virtually nothing.....just had a major surgery myself and had a small copay...the difference in the US is that personal responsibility and success are prized.....i personally would rather create innovation, and have something to show for my existence rather than say i was done working at 2 in the afternoon and spent the next 12 hours sipping tea.....what did I do to contribute to mankind? nothing but i drank a ton of tea
I've watched a lot of videos about the differences between the US and Europe but they're never as blunt and direct as you are in this video. It's genuinely refreshing to see. Also, as someone who lived in London until 2012, it's amazing to hear someone praising the bicycle infrastructure. That wasn't a thing when I lived there! But it's proof that cities can change for the better - and relatively quickly - if the political will exists to make it happen.
Hey can I just say how much we love your videos. You were one of the reasons why we bought a lifetime sub for Nebuka. I just wish I could watch your videos on Nebula, finding stuff on their is such a battle. I agree with you utterly about riding in london. But I was mostly riding in London in the nineties and noughties. When the only people on bikes were me and the bicycle couriers. I I remember riding on my full suspension bike down park lane and then across that crazy roundabout down to Victoria. God I miss those days. Especialy because of 29 years of Chronic Fatigue and then Covid and medical malpractice I can barely walk. But I so miss being able to ride. But seriously thanks for everything. Also at times I get pissed off with some of your opinions. But that's fine! Diversity is good. I don't know if you know DC rainmaker another US ex-pat who runs a great channel about exercise machines. Also can I recommend in the states: Utah Trikes and Transport Evolved. That is run by a Canadian American Citizen in Portland US although she grew up in Norfolk!
My wife and I moved to Finland 18 months ago. Americans are getting ripped off and exploited everyday. I knew that and could not tolerate it one more year. We have no plans to return. When you leave the 🇺🇸.. You have to relearn feeling peaceful. Relearn feeling safe, and feeling calm. So many Americans just don't realize how much stress we're under every day. We moved to my new home of 🇫🇮 and had to relearn (or learn) unbothered idleness, contentment.. actual freedom.
We moved from Colorado to Italy last February. It has been very different sometimes difficult but sometimes amazing. Now that we are getting settled down where our child is going to school everything is falling into place. Our home is beginning to feel like home. We love walking around, I'm getting into shape, next week we are taking our first fun trip to London, then we have a trip planned for Venice and we are exploring our new home city. Like everything it takes time but we are excited and love our new family first future.
Brit here. We've been to Venice many times (Colorado too, actually). Little hint; load some offline maps onto your phone or tablet then use the GPS to dive into the back streets and alleys to see the real Venice without getting hopelessly lost. Avoid the likes of Piazza San Marco when there's a cruise ship in town; you'll see nothing but the back of people's heads. Boat trips out to the islands, Murano,, Burano, Torcello are well worth it. If you're driving, there's a multi-storey near Piazalle Roma, or you could just park on the mainland (Mestre maybe) and get a bus or train in.
I lived in the UK for three years during my time in the US Air Force. It RADICALLY changed my opinion of life in other countries. Then I got a job as a field tech for a communications company and have traveled the world with them. Yeah... If I could get a stable job in Europe, I'd never look back. If for no other reason than my kids' safety in school.
America's main problem is that it is too big an isolated so most Americans have no idea about what life is like elsewhere. That is the only reason they allow the current state to continue. If they knew what liverble cities and social satety net meant, everyone would demand change. Another is of course their horrible system. Democrats and Republican are more like parodies of political ideas then actual persuasions. and they exist only to enrich the few
Former AF res. Active Duty Coast Guard. First tour of duty Fuisa City Japan (Yokohama AB) and Iwo Jima. Your experience is my biggest reason/urging service members to get stationed outside the U.S.
Lived in the US for my entire life, mostly in the suburbs. I've never been outside of the country. I visited NYC for the first time in March. I didn't expect that my main takeaway wouldn't be the city, wouldn't be the statue of liberty or even the M&M store.. It was the public transit system. Sure, people drive and sit in traffic, but it was nice having the option not to drive-- No sitting in traffic, no road rage, no having to look out for clueless drivers, or even having to pay for gas. Plus, we got to the next borough in 15 minutes or less. Riding the train everywhere was SO freeing, for the body and mind. You see real faces, not cars. It was nice.
Louis Rossman did a video about how he would ride the subway in NYC for years. When he began cycling things started to change for him, his felt better, his mood improved, and it would seem he began to notice how crap everything was in NYC, seemingly climaxing in a search for spaces to rent. He has since gained a patron and moved to Texas, still on his pro-consumer rants, and I sure hope he doesn't turn his attention to his new home states politics, as they are likely to run him out of town, lol.
@Cheepchipsable Who is Louis Rossman!!!!.. .. Oh, The guy who talks faster than any shyster politician :) Too late on him turning his attention to Texas politics. He and his army of Clippy's have been attending town hall meetings
@howlingbreeze7078 It doesnt the UK has a far higher population density. We have more far denser cities cities than the USA. Most cities in the USA are not your NYCs or SFs they are things like Houston which are sprawling and roughly 4 times less dense than a English city.
@howlingbreeze7078 Unless thats what you mean in which case yeah. Your populations are less dense and your crime rate per capita is still much higher for both gun (obviously) and knife violence.
Former UK prime minister, Boris Johnson was actually born in the United States (New York City,1964) although he wasn't raised there. Only when later in life he was reminded that as a US citizen he was liable for US taxes did he say, F-that!! and quickly renounced his US citizenship in 2016. Rediculous. Very few countries require their citizens to pay income tax despite not living in the US.
Wholeheartedly agree, ive got American family who work in Medicaid, its quite disturbing how 'the poor', are treated, in such a rich country. We do have serious problems, but however stretched the NHS may be, I don't have humongous debts xxx we need to protect the one good thing we have xxx🧐🇬🇧
@Kate-o4q7i Thank you, for the love of God please spread this message about the NHS. It is under immense pressure and that pressure is increasing annually never easing. So many experience personnel are leaving due to workload and continual staff cuts and changes (never for the better but to make every £ go further at staff expense) many simply don't know what a good thing we have and all they see are its rising cost and pressures on taxation to fund it. Yet year on year in real terms it's being cut financially while more is demanded of it. It inevitably gets bad mouthed and criticised for failings, waiting lists, level of care, difficulties seeing a Dr. But this is due to government refusal to inject sufficient resources into it but will blame say Junior Drs for fighting for increased pay after years of pay reductions and increased responsibilities. I could go on but please fight for our NHS. The US heath system is the worst, it's a money making business and you are simply product. Never never go the insurance based route, that's the path to medical bankruptcy for many.
I'm a Dane and we are often brought up in American political debate as an example. One interesting thing that many Americans don't know is, that while our tax rates are higher to fund all the "free" services we get, the government expenditure per capita is actually not that different between the US and Denmark. At last count the Danish government spent $950 per capita/per year more than the US government. Those $950 per year get us healthcare, education (incl. college), daycare, unemployment and disability benefits, pensions, elder care, cheap public transport, etc., etc. The problem isn't that the US can't afford a "Scandinavian model", it's that the US government is spending the money completely ineffectively - for ideological reasons.
Bruh... Cheap public transport? 25 kr. to just pass a couple stops. It's like 50 kr from home to Føtex for ex. and back to home = 250 gramms of hakket oksekød or couple slices of laks in Rema 1000.
I called an ambulance recently after having a pretty bad concussion. Everything turned out to be alright, but I'm really glad I didn't have to weigh the health risk against crazy costs like in the US.
@draganculibrk4343 it should be called to each their own. There's plenty of people from the UK and other European countries that move here and would never live anywhere else than the US. Everyone just likes being hyperbolic about their opinions
I have a few Canadian friends who bellyache about the great healthcare back in Canada, and the free tuition back in Canada. When I ask "why don't you move back there?" the answer is always "Oh, the salaries here are MUCH higher." People vote with their feet, no matter what comes out of their mouth. And literally the entire world wants to move to the US.
@evan My high school history teacher once told us, "The difference between the U.S. Media and the Soviet Media is that the Soviet people know its propaganda, the American people don't"
Last year, I visited Europe for the first time, staying in Germany, Italy and Poland. While every country had its own unique pros and cons, and it was an amazing time in each, Germany hooked me so much harder than the others. It hooked me, but not in a way I would’ve expected. It was the feeling of being “home”, something I’ve never felt in my life, and had no idea the void that it had created in me. Germany felt like I had finally arrived home after a very long trip. I’ve been unable to explain it because I’ve never felt anything like that before, but it was as if every fiber of my being was saying “this is finally it, this is where you were always meant to be”, and I haven’t been able to shake it since. I have now been studying German for the last year, I’ve tried my hand at other languages before, but always fizzled out when I didn’t have a long term goal to use it for. I never considered learning German before, wasn’t even in my top 10, but now it’s autopilot. I don’t think about needing to practice every day, I just do it, because I know every lesson gets me closer to my new goal. Anyways, sorry this was so long, but I felt the need to share it. I had always heard how different Europe was, but knowing something logically, and experiencing that same thing, are totally different. And seeing/experiencing what life *could be* truly rocked my world.
I hope that you like paying taxes and the highest electricity and natural gas prices in the world. Oh and your taxes are going to "fund the war effort" and the illegal immigrants too. Don't complain on Facebook or the police will come and get you at 6am if you "insult" members of the government. I understand your feeling though, but the government in Germany is the worst. This country has no interest for its native population.
Good luck with studying German! As someone who grew up with this language, I can only imagine how complex it must be to learn - but having this long-term goal in mind is surely going to be a good motivator. I hope you'll get to fulfil your dream of living in Germany someday!
As Bernie Sanders said, if you want to live the American dream, move to Scandinavia. I’m American, grew up and worked there until age 27 and then married a Swede and moved to Stockholm with no job. Now 59, I’m still married with three kids, two in college, a house, healthcare, job, seven weeks vacation, pension and tons of healthy, meaningful relationships. I’ve been lucky and also made good decisions. But mostly I’ve benefited from a good system that works for people.
Same here. Moved from the US to Sweden at age 36 back in 2003. Have had a good life here in Stockholm. Two kids and a career and healthcare. 58 years old.
I spent 3 years living and working in Stockholm and it was a joy in my life. I could have stayed there happily. A good system, good people and a lovely country. I tried my best to learn Swedish, but EVERYONE wanted to speak to me in English! Would say “en kaffe, tak” and get back “would you like that with milk and sugar?” Just had to laugh…
Sometimes we need a stapler to just do stapler things. Exciting politicians are how we got Boris Johnson and the US got Trump (twice). It's how we'll likely get Farage unless something drastic happens to really put people off him before the next election. I just wish Starmer would pander to Labour supporters and not try to chase the Farage supporters. You can't out fascist a fascist if you aren't one, or aren't willing to go further. Even the Tories who were pretty far right by the end can't go more far right than Nigel and his gang of thugs.
Tbh I think prefer the personality of an office stapler to the incessant liars and toffs who seemingly didn't give a shit about what happened and the shortest serving and one of the most incompetent PMs in British history. Saying I prefer it doesn't mean I like it though. Or that its good. This government are doing things the Tories only dreamed of.
I once knew a lovely American lady who worked 3 jobs while having cancer to pay for her treatment. She died exhausted, in pain and alone. If she lived in the uk, she probably would of survived, or at the least died with dignity.
@ballsballsy-z3h It's not that bad for emergency or life threatening stuff and a lot of the issues it does have are due to the parts of it that have been privatized by the Tories, plus the underfunding.
@ballsballsy-z3h You again, are you just making stuff up? For example the US has a significantly higher maternal mortality rate than the UK. So in the UK it is 5.5 deaths per100,000 and in the US it is 22. The same is true for infant mortality. The survival rate for cancer is only slight ly better in the US than the UK a 9% difference. Just a couple of examples. It is not radically different but doesnt bankrupt anyone.
Again go there. You have no idea. I accepted your acceptance of my offer. get in touch with me, words are now over. No words only actions. stop commenting. you have a vacation to go on.
@ballsballsy-z3h I have friends who live in the UK and came to America to work, they disagree with you 100% including my french friend who has traveled to nearly all continents. Are you from the UK, what part?
I’m from Poland and few months ago I’ve visited US. One thing that made me feel almost like trapped was living in suburbs for few days. I couldn’t walk anywhere, in my hometown Warsaw I can go for a walk at 1am , no problem. There won’t be cars in my way, cause sidewalks are everywhere I won’t feel danger of potential attack, because they are very rare
American who moved to Wales. I have been here a year. I love that I can walk anywhere I want and not have to worry about dragging a car anywhere. I travel more and I don't feel like I am constantly in a rush. I go to a restaurant and I can just sit, relax, and not be bothered to leave. I can go to the store to buy a single item without having to by the jumbo, family size, or extra large unnecessary packaging. I also feel safer walking down the streets.
I'm Welsh, I'm married to an Englishman, hence I've been in "exile" in England for 40 years 😂. Tbh, E Anglia is much like the area I lived in as a child, character-wise, despite it being very conservative; that isn't _as_ right-wing as it might appear. Even our village idiot - I wish I was exaggerating... - has torn Dump apart pretty eloquently. For him 😂. I don't want to leave here because of that comforting feeling I get that I had when growing up. I have 4 now adult children and 6 grandchildren. My youngest daughter and eldest son went to Swansea university. He was doing his PhD, having done his BSc there, when she was deciding where to go. Being the big soppy protective wonderful son and brother that he is, he put his foot down and insisted on her going there so he could keep an eye on her lol. He's now 34, married to a fellow Swansea alumnus (also English) with a 2 year old son. They moved out of town to the edge of the Gower Peninsula, which is one of my favourite places on Earth (my mother-in-law described some parts of it as being like Italy, which is about the highest compliment you can get from her), and have no intention of leaving. My daughter, after graduating, came home for a few months whilst trying to get a job there, and then rented a flat on Cardiff Bay with her "uni brother". They'd shared a house with others during their time at uni and became incredibly close. They now live in a bigger place with her SO. She has no intention of going anywhere else, she's even learning to speak the language. Her employer gives her free lessons and her SO, who is an absolute treasure, is already Welsh-speaking and has a lot of patience with her questions lol. I'm so glad they're all happy with their choices. Initially, my son was torn between two different unis, but my Dad was still around, and about 20 minutes away, so he chose there and would visit as often as possible. As Mam had to go into care, his company kept my Dad sane (no exaggeration, Dad told me as much). Being 300 miles away and disabled, travelling down there wasn't something I could do often, so I had updates almost weekly, which helped a lot. If you're wondering what the point of this is, be adventurous, especially if you get the opportunity to go to university. Try somewhere different from your home (our area here is completely different geologically, geographically and financially; but the people are warm, friendly and open-hearted. That's what I grew up in). Take every opportunity to travel that you get, even if it means limiting home visits for a few years. And open your eyes, your hearts and your minds, just like Evan did, and soak up the culture. You can learn to fit in without losing your identity. Evan is very definitely his own man! (I mean that 100% positively, Evan, should you read this!) You don't have to come to the UK to experience the freedoms he describes, or even Europe, but do some research _first_ before deciding on where to go. This includes things like tipping culture, wearing shoes indoors, etc.. The more you know, the easier your adaptation will be. Good luck, and if you come to the UK, from wherever in the world you are, welcome!
I'm a Brit living in Germany, I don't think any of it is romanticising, when you go to live in a different country/culture it makes you aware of the differences, some are better, some worse. Just an example, I can get to see a medical specialist quicker in Germany than in the UK, but, my healthcare deductions (at source) are just over double the amount than I would have in the UK (boooo), then again, my income for my profession is higher than I could earn in the UK and the cost of locally sourced food is lower. So it's swings and roundabouts, I have learned just to adapt to the system and how I think. I could NOT live in a country that doesn't have universal healthcare.
The differences between the UK and Germany are noticable but, in my opinion, almost negligible. As a german I certainly could acclimate to living in the UK. Same with most other western european countries. But the US and their toxic individualism? Absolutely not.
@1889jonny I'm a Brit living in Germany. I moved here in December 2014. I live 22 kms from Wilhelmshaven in an area called Wangerland 10 mins from the North sea. I have found the health service here much better. My energy bills are still a lot cheaper than I paid when I lived in London. There are things I miss like Pies and Pasties from a good butcher (one that sells everything like Guinea Fowl and duck and duck eggs etc. I find the butchers here have 90% pork products and 10% of other meat and lots of processed meats. I do miss M&S and waitrose. My brother came here in 1979 as a carpenter and stayed.
Why do you say Western Europe? The rest of Europe is as easy or even easier. Saying this as Estonian, who lived 12 years in Germany and then moved back home. In Estonia, life is so much easier thanks to the lack of the bureaucracy overhead, easier health care and tax system and generally higher safety levels.
I will never understand how some consumers would think the idea of giving a corporation more rights than themselves is a good thing. Edit: let me clarify, not saying everyone thinks that way, but I’m mostly referring to how corporations have so much less regulation than individuals, and they exert a lot of control over what we can do with our money, even though we do the “consuming”
Mostly, they don't understand that's what they're doing. A lot of Americans have a very poor understanding of how things work and that's what is reflected in the way they vote - or don't vote in many cases.
Well said. But, I too will never understand why people choose to refer to we humans as 'consumers'. The ease with which it's been normalised is the real Black Mirror twist.
it's the american way. the only thing that matter is that there are less and less bars to unfathomable wealth because every american sees themself as able to get that rich one day... ugh
I live in England but have a lot of American friends. I'm really broke most of the time and struggling with serious mental and physical health problems most of the time. If I lived in the USA I'd be dead by now, but thanks to living in England I get the healthcare I need without going millions of pounds into debt. The wait time on some of my less urgent issues can be frustrating, but at least I can get the care I need at all!
Watching this in the UK, while signed off sick from work for 5 weeks to recover from surgery, on full pay. So grateful that the cost of my treatment and time needed off work is not something I've had to worry about, and can just focus on getting well.
Yep. The British attitude to healthcare is chill out and get well soon. When you do get well you go back to work and you pay taxes that look after the next person who needs surgery. What I think people do not understand is that we have National Insurance. It is an insurance company owned by all of us. If there are any problems with the National Insurance system it is entirely down to the government sucking money out of the pot, so it can use it on things other than what NI is supposed to pay for.
its wild that even the uk can look at the usa and go "yeah but at least im not you" cos from the outside you guys lowk are a post-brexit skip fire, too
Saw a clip of an exchange between a married couple once online that shook me. So, the mother was British, Father was from the USA: she was excited to show the dad that she's got their little lad a new school bag for nursery with all these flashing lights and stuff. She shows him and he straight up tells her to get rid of it, no explanation, just throw it out and get a plain one. She's upset because he won't explain why, but gets the truth later that night. So the dad explains: if there's a school shooting at their kid's school, then their kid will be a moving target. No flashing lights, nothing that can make him stand out is allowed otherwise it puts the kid in danger. I've got 2 little girls in school (5 & 7) here in the UK... NEVER does this enter my head as a possibility. It shouldn't be the case in any country that our kids should be in danger of being shot or harmed.
@bottledspace True but flashing lights on a bookbag REALLY makes you stand out and you have to think about stuff like that in this country. Props to the father for even thinking about that, but it's such a shame he even has to account for such evil =/
@bottledspace tbh with how stuff is over there I wouldn't be surprised if they do. If they have bullet proof plates in school bags then I can see them not wanting reflectors
@bottledspace Actually - people do say that and consider that in the USA. Maybe not you and your family and friends, but plenty of people do consider things like that.
@jack1701e They do indeed sell backpacks with ballistic armour in them in the US... and not for the armed forces or tactical LARPers either. No, these are marketed towards parents of school-age children so that their kids would have some protection in the event of a school shooting incident. To put things in perspective, there isn't a market for backpacks with ballistic plates in Ukraine, even though their country is currently fighting a war on its soil against an opponent who has no qualms about attacking civilians. The US is a very, very messed up culture.
I have lived in Europe for decades. I was taught the same as you. I would never go back. I have citizenship here and staying put. No regrets, especially now👍
The sad truth Americans stuck in America don't wanna hear is this: replacing Trump with Obama (or whoever) fixes nothing. America's problems run far deeper than that.
I love this! Thank you so much for sharing this with us! I'm seriously considering leaving the US and seeing videos like this are helping me feel so much confident in this decision!
11:15 For those who aren't aware, that $700 a month for health insurance that Evan mentions is by no means an exaggeration. If your healthcare isn't covered by your employer, which for many people it isn't, or if you don't have a steady job and are under 67, $700 a month for health insurance would be pretty cheap, actually -- and probably pretty sh!t because it would have a huge deductable and restrictions in what is covered. If you're from a place like the UK or France or Germany or the Netherlands, it's borderline unbelievable how awful the healthcare situation is in the U.S. If you don't have a six-figure income, the best advice is: just hope you don't get sick.
Yes... and then on top of the $700 (or 800 or 900 or 1000) you have to pay monthly for the "insurance"... you STILL have to pay extra for the doctors visits and prescriptions and ohh would you look at that there was a problem with your claim, oooohhhh so sorry this procedure or provider is outside of your coverage, ohhh yeah that random bill you got in the mail for a few more hundred dollars a month later? Yeah sorry we can't help good luck fighting your way out of it and dealing with crazy red tape and endless phone calls that lead nowhere. It's ridiculous, it has to be the biggest most cruel and unusual scam in all of human history.
I had Medicaid for a few years but got a new job and have insurance thru them. I hate it. Haven't had to deal with any crazy premiums but my antidepressant was free with Medicaid, now costs $80 with my private insurance
That's insane, I pay for private health in Australia as my tax bracket means I would be taxed an additional amount, but I pay about $1K AUD a year and that includes dental which isn't part of Medicare. But if I didn't have private I still wouldn't have to pay for the public system, just non urgent stuff means I might have to wait a while.
Next year, that monthly cost will go up between 50% to 190% for a vast majority of Americans depending on what insurance you have. Gonna see a lot of people lose health care.
We moved to Greece last year and it was the best decision our family has ever made. We are happy. Actually happy. Surrounded by other happy people and living in a society that cares about people and where the people demand to be treated fairly. The US is the only wealthy country in the world where the middle class voluntarily lives under economic servitude to the wealthy. Every year more is taken from them and every year they allow it. It's crazy.
your comment really stuck out to me because you mentioned moving to Greece…it interested me because I’m a Greek-American living in the USA in a Long Distance relationship with a Greek guy in Greece. I always wanted to live a whole year in Greece to experience what the country was like in all seasons, but I couldn’t even think of living there permanently…or at least I thought? I’m probably more undecided. you see, I’ve payed attention to the economic hardship has had since 2008, and how despite the country managing to pay off their debts, the wages that were cut in half in the early 2000s haven’t risen since and that a good chunk of people are still trying to make ends meet. considering this and how the Greek Government is also probably one of the most least efficient governments in Europe, it has aways made me hesitant to the idea of a permanent move when I get my dual citizenship organized…the closest I could rationalize was possibly living permanently in a different European country, with essentially automatic European citizenship by becoming an official Greek citizen. anyway, what I’m trying to say, with the information I mentioned and my hesitations, is that I’m really curious about how life has been going in Greek for you and your family, go how you said it’s been the best decision you’ve ever made? how did you navigate it all economically when the wages in Greece are half of what you could probably get in other parts of Europe? I’ve been to Greece multiple times, so you don’t need to explain the conveniences of public transportation, and how much easier it is to have access to healthcare without the worry of going bankrupt…I’m sending this reply in hopes you see it and answer, so if you read it, thank you.
Excellent video. American immigrant living in the UK (ironically also a NJ native 😊) I always say how hard it is for people who never lived there to understand how different it really is. The US is so far behind Europe in a plethora of ways! Been watching you since before we left and really appreciate your work!
One of the most stupidest arguments Americans make about universal free healthcare is how it's never free because of the higher taxes in Europe compared to the US. But what Americans seem to not get is that higher taxes is preferable to super high American insurance premiums (a worse form of taxes) and deductibles that force many Americans to go bankrupt even to the point of losing their homes. Something you never hear Europeans having to suffer.
@rbeaton6902 i am an american living in scotland and the healthcare here is awful. nhs has fallen and people here say it used to be good but no longer is. I pay privately for any specialist as the lists are years and years. is it better in england?
I've been watching you for years but have never commented here or on any other RUclips video, but this video is exactly the answer when people in the UK and America ask why I left the good ole USA for England. Thank you, Evan! Yes, exactly this!
Never before have Americans in such record numbers have been applying for passports in order to pursue the new American Dream. To get the hell out of Trump's America, the Land of the "free", Home of the Incarcerated.
@RaymondFinkle if you call 6.9% of Islamists being the"main religion" in protestant England, then you are as credible as your laughable contribution here.
I live in Italy now for over 20 years and thought I would be here for a culture experience and come home after 2 years. I got a job here and loved the 30 days a year paid leave plus the feeling of personal security. I left America right after university at 23 and was shocked that there are more freedoms outside America than in it.
also important to note, america has more knife homicides per capita than the uk. so their argument is completely void. american media just doesn’t focus on knife crime because of the amount of gun crimes. they just focus on the guns instead, whereas we only have knife crime so that’s all our media has to talk about
The absurd thing is that if guns actually got banned in the USA, stabbing crimes would go up, but never reach the levels of shooting crimes. It's just a deflection to mention stabbing crime in a conversation about gun crime. I would never want to live in the USA. I visited in 2017, and I loved it, but I certainly don't want to go back right now.
Very good comparison and analysis, Evan. We lived in California for 14 years. I had a great job in research, and I loved the lifestyle, especially the climate and the fruits and vegetables. But there were downsides. Life was much more pressured. Two of the kids in my son’s class had stomach ulcers. Kids with stomach ulcers! It also dawned on me how catastrophic it would be if I were to lose my job. Unlikely, but not impossible. We did also experience medical malpractice. So we decided to return to the UK, primarily because we did not want our kids to grow up as teenagers in the USA. We wanted them to experience the UK environment, lifestyle, and culture. Decades later, it is very clear that was the right decision.
One correction: stomach ulcers are now known to be caused by H. pylori bacteria (therefore treatable) or overuse of NSAIDs (correctable). Not stress, which you seem to be implying.
@HarryBarrow-e3u not to mention stress in long term suppresses immune system and you are more prone to get infections and if you have a predisposition, even autoimmune conditions.
Prolonged stress can stimulate the production of stomach acid, leading to ulcers. There is a great book by a Stanford professor called “zebras dont get ulcers”- its about stress. So yes, stress can absolutely cause ulcers. I know high school seniors. The pressure they are under is insane. I am not surprised… and thats before university and then debt and earning in this crazy economy. Its a sick system, truly.
I was a medic in the 101st when we went to Estonia for 8 months. I had already gone through a conservativism deconstruction years ago but I wasn't quite politically motivated until I learned more and more about Estonia. Americans pay effectively almost double the taxes while groceries and housing account for almost half of the leftover income while in Estonia, single-income households can afford to raise kids, urban residents don't need a car to survive, healthcare is free, comprehensive, and fast (exceptional compared to british and canadian healthcare), food doesn't make me sick and isn't exorbitantly expensive, people out for a drink are actually quite sociable, chain restaurants don't make up the majority of available restaurants, even their military had these awesome coats, brand new modern weapons (just don't worry about the belt-feds lol), riflemen sets that didn't leave soldiers looking at expensive commercial equipment just to have the pouches and belts they need. When I got back to the US, especially when I got out of the military, I realized I need to start looking at options for immigration because while I am hopeful, I'm not optimistic the US can recover from the unchecked corporatism that's bought out congress, sabotaged public transit, and turned healthcare into a parasite. Now I'm actually applying to schools in Europe and Japan and building a strong travel budget to spend a few weeks at a time exploring more countries. I don't know where I want to spend the rest of my life but I now know very well where I don't.
Sounds like with your qualifications, you have a wide range of options open to you. I recommend Portugal, rural France, or, my dream paradise, Italy... out of left-field, there is a lot of development going on in Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia and Poland - a nice small Polish town nearer the Western border might be ideal for travelling around the rest of the EU....cheaper too than many EU countries.
@swanvictor887 Albania! Especially after Trump brought the war between "Aberzaijan" and Albania to an end! (Sorry about that - couldn't resist it. Nor could the leader of Albania, who's made wittier comments on it.)
"I realized I need to start looking at options for immigration" No you dont, you need to make your own homeland better rather than bringing any residial magaism youve not deconstructed somewhere else. "I'm not optimistic the US can recover from the unchecked corporatism that's bought out congress" Yes you can. Americans need to get comfortable with general strikes, sutting down the whole country till the government folds and gives commoners more rights.
it doesnt work anyway. even if guns are illegal criminals and immigrants have them :D. Look at sweden, they use bombs, automatic rifles and firearms. its better to have weapons for the natives when and if the time comes to defend yourselves.
And tbh, in most European countries, you can easily own a gun IF you want it for sport / hunting, it just requires that you join some sort of association and pass some basic checks. You can also get it if you are in a position where you have a real reason to fear someone may try to hurt you. Otherwise you can't, yeah, but... what do you want a gun for, if you are not gonna use it for sport and you are not threatened? They are not toys, no one should have a gun just as a token for masculinity.
Really, if I had my druthers, I'd choose to forgo my right to free band-aids over getting to live in a society where I won't need a constant supply of band-aids in the first place. The right to own a gun is, in my estimation, a band-aid.
Such a great video! I'm a Londoner and I'm tired of London getting trashed all the time. It's so refreshing hearing someone appreciating being here. ❤🙂🤗
I spent 2 years there from 2011-2013 and friggin loved it. All the points covered, short walk to multiple supermarkets and convenience stores, easy public transport, a 10min run to Regents Park for some exercise, etc. I once walked 10min to get a live Xmas tree for our Christmas get together, and it was like £15. Also once after a flight caught a bus back to our temporary accom somewhere in west London from Baker St... at 2:30am... On a Tuesday. The bus was still leaving every 25min. I have very fond memories of my time there and a lot of them are due to the ease of getting around with no car, no worries.
@KittyVentura I think media( newspapers like the Daily Mail) are full of misery they can possibly find. If you read that every day it’s depressing and people get angry and upset. Papers like that are winding people up. Some of our (Dutch)newspapers are like that and I just don’t read them. Don’t need the negativity.
@evan I have sat in London, by my flat, drinking coffee on a Saturday morning. A sunny Saturday morning. Nice food. Good people. Happy vibe... Reading an article the top 5 "No Go Parts of London ahhhhhh". And of course, I was sitting in the number 3 item on the list :D
@KittyVentura I know its different visiting as a tourist, but london is a wonderful city and definitely doesn't deserve the bad rep. Never once felt unsafe, transport is amazing, anyone we spoke to were helpful. So much to do. Such a great place
Just a minor precision: It’s no ‘free’ healthcare in Europe it’s ’Universal’. This does make a difference because we do pay for healthcare with our taxes.
@FigaroHey Theres a very small fee for adults using the healthcare system (at least over here), like $20 or something to avoid clogging up the facilities with lonely people
@FigaroHey There's actually public information going round these days about _NOT_ going to the doctor's for a cold, because it's just clogging up care that needs to be spend on people that need it more.
In the US citizens still pay more per capita on healthcare than anywhere else in the world. We pay in taxes, we pay an insurance, we pay in copays, we pay directly to the doctor. In return for the most expensive healthcare on the planet our healthcare does not even rank in the top 10 among developed countries.
Indeed, private healthcare is also available in Europe. When you GP doesn't push you ahead in a specialist's cueue then you quite certainly don't need immediate attention, but you can always take the private route anyway. But yeah, healthcare is chronically underfunded everywhere - in the US, it just shows up as one's inability to afford any help. Those few with excess funds might not notice it.
@Locust13 Yeah, but in Europe we have much higher taxes on everything we buy and we have to pay monthly for healthcare all our life as an employee, if you're ill or not. And also, when you urgently need a specialist for treatment there are waiting lists for months sometimes years. If you want medical treatment right away you can pay a big amount of money at a private hospital. If you have the money. Also dentists are very expensive... Look England, toothless people everywhere. Yes, health systems with slight differences from country to country in Europe are still a better solution than in the USA. But it's not free!
@andyonions7864 "He's a Brit" He was born and rised an american, he is an american. "naturalization" Ive no idea what that word means. "trans-American" No idea what thats supposed to mean either.
I understand why people do it though. If they want an American audience who doesn’t already know all this, and they want them to actually take just some of it in, going too hard is just going to galvanise them against it. That said, some do need to go all the way, and say it straight. As someone who has spent some time in the US and loved almost all of the people I met there, the whole thing is heartbreaking. I want them to live a better life in their own country and I wish I could see the way forward for them right now… but all I see is a LOT of pain before it gets better.
As a UK expat living in the States, I’m honestly surprised how strongly people idolise American society while receiving relatively little in terms of worker protections and social support for the effort they put in. I’m glad you noticed the truth.
I just wanted to say how much I appreciate your consistency and varied, interesting content. Been with you for years and so glad you still create. Thank you ♡
I’m a combat veteran from the US. With all things considered, I really resonate with this video. Thanks man. I really might make the jump. It’s a zoo over here and there’s no sign of it getting better. The fatigue is setting in, if you will. I love my country but I’m getting tired.
As a fellow vet I say do it. I was in the military for 16 years and as soon as I got out I moved to the UK (Scotland). Just started my 6th year out here and life is so much better!
my husband is a vet and feels the same. I come from Scottish ancestry and absolutely loved Edinburgh when we visited in 2022. Poland was also amazing. We live in the South and would love to move overseas but feel pretty stuck here
Vet here as well and we just moved to the US after living in Belgium for four years. We miss Europe so much, especially the food. We don't want to uproot the kids again, but are considering moving back as soon as we can. People here overall have gotten so unpredictable, everything is a mess, and it feels like the world is crumbling around us. This doesn't feel like home anymore and that makes me sad.
I wholeheartedly agree with this perspective. An American who moved to France in the early eighties to get an affordable college education after Reagan cut education funding, I never moved back. From a distance, I saw the US system become increasingly polarized and focused on the very richest members /corporations. My siblings back in the US struggled with medical bills /debt, and had to make unbelievable choices as a result. While I received the best possible care and paid time off when I was very ill. I’m cured now, while my brother died at age 72. Who knows, he might be alive today if he had lived in Europe. I could never move back, and wouldn’t want to. My adult son, a binational, isn’t very interested in living in the US. I wouldn’t encourage him to move there.
The polarization bit is absolutely right. It seems to be a US thing - no concept of the middle ground - just two opposing primary colours, no spectrum. The problem is that when society is put under pressure the weaker minds are drawn to polar arguments - the opposite of bad is not necessarily good - sometimes the opposite of bad is also bad, the sweet spot is somewhere between. We have seen it again and again - 1930's Germany - "the need for a strong man" and now we have so much easily accessed low quality media and tabloid newspapers that brazenly sport a political agenda of billionaire owners rather than attempt to tell the news. We see people like Trump and Nigel Farage in the UK having a much easier time than Hitler did in swaying the easily persuaded, creating scapegoats to hide what they are really getting up to and so on. The Greatest Confidence Trick this century was the new found skill of billionaires to persuade people with very little that their real enemy is people with even less and billionaires are actually your best friend if you have very little because there is "room at the top of the pyramid for everyone who wants to work" - we used to call it "pyramid selling" but I don't know if that term is used much these days.
I am so glad I discovered you! My husband and I lived in Spain for three glorious years; he worked as a US civilian in a Spanish naval base. He did NOT want to return to the US; he'd already lived in Italy. We returned in 2005...and have been dreaming of returning to Europe. We procrastinated! I wish we had done it. I miss Europe and Spain...and still I dream of returning.
Its never too late! When you get to an elderly age, we mostly regret the things we didn't do rather than the things we did - so maybe have a rethink? Good luck :-)
Stop wishing and just do it. It's quite easy when you realize how much time flew and got wasted already. Add 20 new years , and where will you be? Dead from age, or in a retirement home? The next 20 will go in a blink of an eye (neuroscience also confirms this, the older you get, the less new experiences you have, so you store less things because the brain does not like to store the same thing twice, i.e. the feeling of time gets compressed the older you get)
As an American citizen, avid reader, lover of science, social studies, history, data, and global travel experiences... I'm a huge advocate for American citizens to travel internationally as much as possible for eye opening experiences. This video is hitting on so many truths that when you're back in the U.S. you'll be asking WHY DO WE NOT HAVE ALL THE THINGS WE SHOULD HAVE, NEED, AND WANT? Then you realize we've been sold a narrative since childhood when you look at the actual data.
even the intro with " avid reader, lover of science, social studies, history, data, and global travel experiences..." made clear you are from the US :) that sounds funny to me. you are very welcome to EUROPE
I'm an American that lived overseas as a child in Munich. My Father was in the military. I was old enough to remember Europe, and it left a huge mark on me. I have never lived or been to any place in the US as nice as Germany that was economically accessible to the average person. It's insane that there's such huge differences between the US and Europe, and even more stunning that the average American brushes off such comparisons as ridiculous.
@VinnieBMedia The United States has become one of the world's most brainwashed peoples. It's like watching a train crash in slow motion, seeing the United States from the outside. Wouldn't even want to live there under gun threat
@MatsC71 @MatsC71 Wow - your words are really hitting me : a train crash in slow motion. Over 10 years ago I saw my first Michael Moore video titled "Where To Invade Next", which was basically about how much better life & governments were in western European nations than in the USA. Ever since (you're right about this) I have indeed been seeing a train wreck coming.
3:40 per capita knife crime is HIGHER in the US, but gun deaths are barely reported there, no ones bothering with knife crime. Here any death is a big deal so knife crime gets a lot of press, it gives a false sense of how much of a problem it really is.
It's distortion of risk perception which is very common. It is often said that you are in more danger driving to an airport than you are taking the flight you are going there to catch. You hear of people being too afraid to fly but how often have you heard of someone being too afraid to be driven? Have you seen how many accidental deaths are caused by people tripping or falling when getting dressed?
But that is a circumstantial argument. You're missing the main refutation. The knives = guns argument is self-defeating. If knives are just as lethal as guns, then gun owners don't need their guns - they can defend themselves with knives.
Indeed, it's one thing I noticed here in Italy. If a single armed home invasion happened, all TV news open on it, nationwide. It happens, like, once a couple years. The perception is so different.
@Nathanialhiggersthethird stop! please. I have lived in both countries and there have been multiple murders in the small town I live in here in the USA which about 3500. It's not a bad area either. Not one murder since 1800+ in any of the towns I've lived in. That said that does happen but here the standard of living is so much lower, I totally understand why it happens. Social construct does not allow for good mental health, just harvesting people to work. Quite sick.
American here.I’ve been in Spain for 10 years. I’ve literally cried sitting in traffic when I’ve returned to the US to visit family. It’s soul crushing. Also, fun fact, there’s no Spanish word for “commute”
The traffic really is quite an experience.especially when the temps are hot enough to overheat your car. On my most recent USA trip I noticed that heavy traffic is pretty much 20 hours/day.
Used to live outside London. It took me 2hrs in the morning to get to work -- 7 miles away. It was bumper to bumper. Now? I'm in rural France, and if there is a traffic jam...it's usually caused by some cows on their way home to the milking parlor, or huge tractors pulling silage trailers. (Mais harvest is atm, so there's a lot of them on the roads.) If I see 20 cars on my way home from the shops, on any given day,... that's a lot. Also, I used to pick up 4 handicapped kids in the morning to take them to school. I was given the car, a card for petrol, and paid about €11/hr. It was a service the government / health service provided, at no cost to the parents. Did about 70 miles every morning. (Starting at 6am, to get to school for about 7:30am) I doubt you'd get that free in the US.
@hendrikwohlgemuth5223 Thats so crazy, do you have any rights in the US? it always feels like people in the US have no protection rights whatsoever, everything seems designed to enable corporations to scam the people
when I was traveling in Europe a few years ago I found myself in Prague a few days before New Year's Eve. I was walking though a park when I heard a pop pop pop and I fell to the ground, covered my head and laid on my stomach shaking. I thought it was a mass shooting. I was crying so hard and freaking out. It was just kids and firecrackers. When people ask me why I am leaving the U.S., that is a big reason why.
@dvdvideo1234 I mean, we can get licensed guns in Europe.... depends of the country of course, but mostly, you can definetly get hunting rifles, and even handguns, but you need to have absolutely clear criminal record and pass exams for using weapons, and psychological test. usually, those who do obtain legal weapon, are people who will not use it in a wrong way.
Living near Exeter, England, since 2007. Love London, but grew up in a rural USA area and wanted some of the same small town vibe -- and happy to report that more rural England is fabulous too. Fewer cycling trails, but still are plenty and the drivers are super polite, especially on all the lovely farm roads that I explore. I love the little British villages with their ancient pubs, everyone is so nice. Crime is super low, we don't even lock our doors, and my kids never had a school shooter drill and thrived in the excellent UK educational system.
American (from PA, just outside Philly) that just moved to Northern Ireland for Uni about 4 weeks ago (I’m doing my entire bachelor’s degree here and hope to settle here). I love it here. For some context, I’m 18 and I’ve had shooting drills my whole life, although my first one wasn’t a drill and there were constant threats in the schools around me. I am still paranoid about shootings. It is a fear that I’m sure I will carry with me for a long time to come. Evan: Thank you. I’ve wanted to leave the US since I was in my early teens. I discovered your channel soon after and decided I could actually do it. I’ve been watching your videos nonstop to try to mentally prepare for differences to be aware of. And I think it’s worked, but time will only tell.
"I decided I could actually do it". I think this is the biggest barrier for a lot of people. I never considered I could until after undergrad when i went on a trip and realized I COULD. My boyfriend, who grew up poor but now makes a middle-class income, just realized this year when I dragged him on vacation with me, that going to Europe isn't just some pipe-dream. So many of us don't have passports. A ticket overseas seems SO expensive. And yeah, definitely for some people it may be out of reach. But if you have disposable income, and/or marketable skills, and/or are a student, and/or are not tied to something like caregiving, I hope more people realize they are not bound by their birthplace
Like static high pitched background noise, over time that fear will subside to nothing. You are safe and that worry is a stress you no longer have over here. Have fun! I bloody love the NI accent!
My father died of cancer in France as the same time as one of my USA friends have his own dad sick from something very less big. Everything was 100% free, we only have to choose the convenients ( we decided to keep him at home so nurse and doctor just have to come so he can spent his last weeks surrounded by familly and friend instead of hospital wall). He cost us zero. We received 2 call from the insurance... to tells us we have some right to have extra cash to buy things for his confort, like fresh pads for mouth. When he died, social security gives us money, insurance gives us money, socialized pension system gives us money so we didn't have to pay for funerals. Then the insurance compagny and the retirement company call my mother to gives her half my father pension so she didn't have to loose income even if my fathers died. My friend's father hurt his leg bad. They have insurance. At the ended, the cost was so big they have to crowndfund the bills.... When did the american will understand that universal health care is just crowdfund each other bills.
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I feel the same after moving from the US to the UK in 2018. My family does not understand why I won't move back. But since I moved away, I've been healthier; I used to be pre-diabetic but not had low blood sugar since shortly after moving. I also broke BOTH my ankles this year (bouldering) and had to stay in hospital and get surgery, which is the first time I've even used the NHS to that extent or stayed in a hospital at all. I'm so grateful that I didn't have to go into $20k of debt. Also, I got diagnosed with ADHD a few years ago and access affordable prescriptions. Not everything is perfect here but daily life's just a bit easier.
$20K might be a bit of a light estimate, too. My mom has epilepsy and, with her insurance (going to the hospital where she _works),_ the ambulance on a seizure costs ~$6,000. That's if they don't admit her for a 48-hour hold, or at least overnight her, which they always do.
Now imagine actually being diabetic in the US. The insulin cost alone isn't fun from what I've heard. Meanwhile here in Sweden anyone who's diabetic have had access to free insulin since the 50s. Not just the kids, the adults as well.
@Anonymous-zu7dh in the UK most people have to pay a standard charge for most medicines but insulin is a special case and is free for everyone.
Holy fuck both ankles while bouldering? Was it a highball boulder? That's so so unlucky D:
@adrianthoroughgood1191 okay thanks you answered a question I didn't even ask. The UK thus has a similar system to Sweden in terms of medicine. In that while outside of a hospital you need to buy them yourself.
There's a cap somewhere, I'm not sure how much because it depends on the region in question. Kids however receive free healthcare and prescription medicine no questions asked. Even though healthcare isn't 100% free for adults like in the UK though I believe that cap is like 1500 sek for a 12 month span in my region. Practically free by US standards.
This can basically be summarised as:
Happiness isn't about what you have. It's about what you don't have to worry about.
@georges617 yes, I miss when politics was boring and I could sleep well at night, knowing there were grown ups in DC, taking care of business for the American people. I never could’ve imagined this reality 😔
@Flippy888
Friend , if there were ever grown ups we would not have gotten to this point . IMO , both the left and, and the right , moves us along the same tragic path. This didn’t happen in 10 months .
@Sarah-b6j7x yes the left and right are being made worse enemies to distract from who's really pulling the threads. They put Trump on top to avoid him from opening files / disclosing what he knows from his life behind the scenes. Instead they groom his ego and tell him what to do, from the same blackmail files. And he makes usa look ridiculous to "the educated" all over the world, which is a bonus and effective in creating division..
Very cleverly done by .... the puppetmasters. We know who they are, they even know that we know who they are, they don't even bother to hide it anymore..
That's a really nice way of putting it.
@laaaiaaiaisa if you know who they are, why don't you say their name? With this nebulous "we know who they are" you overestimate yourself as the knowledgeable one, while covering behind the "we know" to avoid accountability and transparency
"Americans have finally stopped romanticizing life in America." That hits hard.
@josephfranklin7711 The biggest lie we ever have been told was that the "American Dream" was something attainable for everyone.
American dream described someone who wants to work hard, work smart, to become wealthy. It’s not for a socialized mediocre “work life balance”
@genev3358 so basically a voluntary slave, got ya
@gombik42 not a slave. I am free. In America work and building something usually defines you. Many people have a hard working entrepreneurial mentality. Living in a small home with high taxes but a lot provided by mommy government, riding around on bicycle was cool if you’re a college age kid. If you want to build something of yourself, no place like the USA
@genev3358 You do have the ultimate American mentality: Got mine. As a European Christian I do not envy you.
How does it feel to be comfortable in a country with so much unequality and poverty? Matter of morals.
Enjoy your life. Just don't call yourself a christian or good person. And if you ever end up in poverty: remember your own words. And if you get ever sick and in trouble; it's your own fault. You just shouldn't be sick, right?
In Poland, people often joke that the US is the richest Third World country :D
@sebaszw not even a joke.
@pansepot1490 not only in Poland
@sebaszw that is how the majority of the world looks at the USA.
Poland is not alone in that. The US is the only developing country in the world that's developing in the wrong direction for the population is another one. I feel so bad for the people over there who voted against the current shit show, and have done nothing to deserve it. The exodus from the US is growing year over year, but not everyone who wants to leave can do that.
Good way to put it.
9:45 the thing with the food is: In the USA ingredients are legal to use until it's proven that they are unhealthy/dangerous. In Europe ingredients are illegal until it's proven that they are safe to eat/drink
Even then the US still ranks 14th safest in food quality and 3rd overall on food stats
@than0sharkbehind 12 European countries and Japan
@than0shark really not all that great given that all americans think it's the "greatest country in the world" and a "first world country". the only countries below the united states in food safety are the ones considered third world
@chippy9707 you don’t even wash your eggs step off it
@Wntrtmpst very strong argument to just assume what i do and what i don't, i'm sure that'll get you real far 🤡
"I don't have to call a insurance to ask if I'm allowed to be sick." A beautiful quote.
Blame ((( ))).
@kansashoneybadger7899 Yeah better waiting 3 years, than getting also bancrupt after that
@kansashoneybadger7899That wait list time is misleading due to several factors, but even if we took it at face value, you're forgetting that everyone gets to go on the list. As opposed to needing knee replacement surgery and not even having the option to go on a wait list. Slow Healthcare that works is infinitely better than no Healthcare at all. The NHS has a wait list for surgery, America has people waiting to die for no other reason than being poor.
@kansashoneybadger7899A&E and knee surgery and two completely different parts of the NHS so your comment doesn’t make any sense.
@maxholliman4607 nope. Even if it's not the same, here you do not have to call anyone to make surgery...it is automatic....and most of the times your insurance cover like 90% of the surgery. Sometimes even the whole thing even if you are at the minimum payment.....sorry but america is trash. They will literally let you die on the table if you don't have insurance, or operate and they you have to pay till the end of your life. Also, giving birth here is not only absolutely free but sometimes they actually give you money to give birth. While in the USA depending on the state you are, it can get up to 60k ....like wtf
Americans on their deathbeds: "If I only worked more hours to produce shareholder value"
no
95% of gross US corporate profits goes to shareholder dividends and share buyback. 5% is reinvested to improve wealth creation. Profit is improved mainly through gouging and service throttling. Maybe there is a bit left over for the folks who make it possible, though this will deplete dramatically in a decade. AI will take most of your jobs.
🤣😂😂
@Njald Deathbeds? Nah thats too expensive
😂😂😂So true though Dammit
I had a uni lecturer (Irish) who spent years working in the US. One day, her 5 year old came home and told her he had a drill at school. She assumed fire, and he explained no shooter (or whatever the correct term is). They moved home to Ireland a few months later. The idea of our children being in danger at school is absolutely outrageous, abhorrent, inconceivable.
I'm from Spain. My sister went to college in the US (at Little Rock) because of the US portrayed by Hollywood films. After 4 years, she said that she would never return to that place again.
There was even a shootout next to a coffee shop where she was. She called my mother from below a table. When I tried to look up the shootout in the online news, I found out that there were three other shootings (so four in total) on that day in the same neighbourhood (I still don't know which was my sister's).
That's insane.
Most of these are false flags perpetrated upon the innocent public.
Born (1946) and raised in Brooklyn, NYC, I participated in school drills in case of bombing. “Duck and cover” was real. Fear of instant death while still in single-digit years was real.
Moved (supposedly temporarily, just to solidify my French) to Montreal in 1970. Never seriously thought about moving back stateside. My children only ever had fire drills in their school years. I couldn’t ever have offered them a bilingual education had I - a telephone company operator - remained in NYC.
@regenschirm37 What do you mean by "false flags"?
@asheverus he is trying to tell you his IQ without telling you his IQ.... that's the best I can do with the sites guidelines;)
I'm an American that spent 3 months in Sweden while working remotely. People always told me "The grass isn't always greener on the other side."
That grass was very green on the other side.
Being able to walk everywhere, or take a bus/train was definitely nice. Roads were smooth and didn't have potholes everywhere.
Apartment layouts that made sense, and not charging people to use the washer/dryers was a nice touch too. So many things they do that I wish we did.
Visit New Zealand! As a tourist, if you get into any type of accident and get hurt while vacationing in NZ, your entire medical care and hospital is 100% free, thanks to our Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC).
That the USA could do but chooses not to because your whole country is set up for business and not people. Wrongheaded.
Just imagine, if America made these small changes, it really would be the best country in the world.
Hits hard when our apartment complex just raised it to $5 a load for laundry, $5.50 if you want the heavy cycle 😭
@areyouserious3092 small changes lol you would have to change whole culture and most institutions.
private prisons, remake legal system cutting sentences drastically, abolishing sx offender registry, lower age of consent by several years, sx educaiton at appropriate time starting in elementary school, create welfare system, reduce religious thought drastically, free school lunch, free kindergarden, much better labor rights, much much much stronger unions protected by law, paid vacations, paid maternity/paternity leave for over a YEAR, free tuition or almost free up to PhD, ban guns, institute government controlled media dedicated for journalism with independence, remove money from politics to very high extent, support multi party system, weed out politcal crruption.
hundreds other things. US is total anomaly in BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD way in many aspects.
The reason we obsess over money instead of quality of life in the US is that, since there's no social safety net at all anywhere in the US, you need to gather up a pile of savings that will serve as your personal safety net.
@mausmalone I understand where you are coming from, but I also see majority of (US) Americans living paycheck (side note: what an outdated form of salary payment) to paycheck. Almost completely independent from income bracket. Just because they overspend to imoress people who actually give a s***. Or for 5 second dopamine boosts. Obviously, this does not apply so much to low income households who can barely pay for their groceries, but even there you can see traces of overspending on irrelevant crap.
Unfortunately that makes sense
It's probably also a big reason why so many Americans constantly think about property values and REALLY WANT THE VALUES OF THEIR HOMES TO RISE FAST (ugh)- that "extra potential source of cash just in case", let alone the possibility of selling the home and having a 'fat' profit, I guess
@marcelwin6941 I would argue that buying something other than strictly the bare necessities should be not just allowed, but easily possible.
If you're only making enough food to eat and sleep, you may as well just be a slave, they get food and a bed.
Homelessness is the masters whip on the backs of the middle class. Tow the line, and don't slip up...or you will be punished.
I'm Welsh and worked in Washington DC for a couple of months back in 2019. My colleagues in the office could not understand that I was happy to walk the 1km back from Navy Yard to my hotel in the capitol. They were constantly offering me a lift (which was very nice) and were baffled that I enjoyed walking home at the end of the work day.
Oh, I can relate to this. My roommate would drive from the grocery store to the pharmacy, it was 2 doors away. Unbelievable!
I had an experience like that on a short (1 week) work trip to Rochester NY. There were about 6 of us from the UK and, after a few days, some of us wanted to escape from the hotel bar in the evening and were recommended an 'Irish Pub' a few blocks away. We, of course, walked there but the hotel staff were desparately trying to stop us, in the end settling for ensuring we turned left out of the hotel and not right. I was quite young and had no idea what all the fuss was about.
American in America.
A few years back, my former partner and I commuted to the same area for work. I got out of work a couple of hours earlier than they did, and decided I would walk to their job after my shift (roughly a mile or so). I enjoyed it. They're response was "I feel bad that you have to do that," and I was like, "why? I am literally telling you I WANT to do it."
So, yeah, you're experience is completely valid. It was weird.
Oh! By the way, since I learnt I am part Welsh, I have been learning Welsh. I am still very much a beginner and I don't have anyone to practice with. I am even considering moving to Wales to practice and study the language (and also contribute my skills as a massage therapist there).
Would you be willing to chat with me about the Welsh culture and perhaps exchange experiences on weird American behaviors?
I know this seems weird and out of the blue (so American 😆). I would like to make a connection with people from Wales.
I have a friend that drives to his parents’ house. His parents’ house is literally 100 yards away. 🤦🏻♂️
I had the same issue with moving to Australia. I was born in Australia, but grew up in America until I was 24. I couldn't afford university in America. I wanted to go to med school, but because I had Australian citizenship, I came here for university. I did accounting and the got into med school. I got a living stipend, school paid for, worth a government loan, very cheap. After I finished, i decided to stay and work in Australia. It's been the best decision I've ever made.
A country where you can sit in the sun at the MCG watching cricket on Boxing Day is as close to heaven as any of us can reasonably expect to get. All of those other benefits you mention are just bunce. 🙂
So you didn't mind being forced to get a "vaccine that was actually a bioweapon but they didn't tell you that"? by now, 2025, if you have looked at Dr. John Campbell's videos, you know what Pfizer's Covid Vax really was. Even if you don't have a heart attack caused by the Jab, you will likely develop an aggressive cancer---there are too many harmful additives in those so-called "vaccines" that are NOT vaccines. Someone is "depopulating the world" whether the world wants to or not. Medical care in the U.S. is more harmful than ever---designed to keep people just sick enough to want to take another pill but well enough to pay the bill. So, people are getting more and more disabled. Unnecessary and harmful mRNA injections are helping. Diabetics are not being helped with good diets; in fact, the "diets" recommended are intended to keep them dependent on the medicine their doctor gives them. Ultraprocessed food (yummy Cheerios still tastes the same as it did 70 years ago) will still adversely affect your health. Slow death by diminishing your health, little by little. Australia used to be wonderful, but when Covid came out, its government caved in under an international ignorant organization that somehow got countries to sign a suicide pact---allowing the WHO to "take over" all countries because a "pandemic" was going on. Like "Medical Martial Law". Goodbye, Life.
aren't Australian cities also filled with stroads tho 😬
we have our problems, but when I look at America, I thank god i was born in this beautifull place
@prpltso you can't walk or drive. Sounds like a typically 'Bruce' solution to the problem. 🙂🙂
I’m British and went to Miami on holiday for 3 weeks and I have to say the mentality people have is just damn selfish. I saw a man literally get knocked off his motorcycle and ended up with exposed bone from his arm, I offered to call an ambulance and he refused and he said he couldn’t afford it. I obviously was concerned so I nipped in a local bar to ask if they had a first aid kit we could use so at least he was bandaged to get him to hospital . They tried to charge me $20 to use it despite this man having essentially nearly amputated part of his arm. I decided right there and then I would never visit the states again.
Unfortunately, many of the “Wealthy” areas of this country are selfish like that. If you get into the more middle income areas that aren’t meant for tourism, they would happily have given you the kit. It’s just all of the selfish people live in the tourist areas and are purely greedy
even though I've never been to Florida - yeah this checks out. Sounds exactly like a typical American encounter.
@scotty3189 that's bs
Charging for a first aid kit is wild
The sentiment you’re describing still makes sense and is valid imo, but Miami is a different animal tbf.
My bf did a year abroad at Texas A&M and was almost arrested bc he tried to walk back to his apartment after grocery shopping. Apparently that‘s „suspicious“ and he was told just to get an uber. Why? He was healthy and his legs functioning and it was just a 1.5 km (roughly a mile) walk. 😂
Ray Bradbury wrote a short story about just that scenario. It might have been called The Pedestrian. Written in the 50s.
@paperwitch83 that's one of the most strange things about the US
@brettmeikle There was another s-f story which I read ages ago, about a girl who grew up with a pair of strong healthy legs (which was unusual in that universe) in the US and preferred to walk instead of driving a car everywhere, as all the other people basically lived in their cars all the time, and she was perceived as a freak. I wish I could trace this story back.
wait that happened in a COLLEGE TOWN? that's the only place I *wouldn't* expect it tbh
I did a trip to Vegas on my travels around the us. Stopped at a bench around a tree by the road.l, Im a pasty white northerner and needed some shade before finding water. I had a federal security guard come and tell me to move, because its federally owned, and the building that is on a higher elevation, up some stairs and away from the road, owns it.
To say I was confused, doesn't give the situation justice. Why have a seat about 100 meters away and by the road, if you cant sit on it? Literally was a waste of time for the guard as well.
Not only are knives fundamentally different to guns, if we completely ignore guns for a moment, the knife crime in America is still worse than the UK per 1000 people... 😭
@lykaidae8023 In USA agresion is standardized in the countrie’s institutions. Police brutality
@Marses970 Im starting to think USA has more police brutality because America is "scarier", people against guns either stay quiet and not stand out, or immigrate. It results in more brutal policemen.
Yeah, I always think this when Americans talk to me about knife crime. Like bro, London has better knife crime stats than basically any US city
@BreatheManually part of it is training like done by Grossman and others where he trains police to be convinced that everyone "could" shoot them so it primes them to be more jumpy over things.
It’s true but a little disingenuous though; if you take away guns the homicide rate is still higher than the homicide rate in England and Wales, but only very slightly. To all intents and purposes they are the same.
The US has an issue with guns more than it has an issue with crime and violence. Of course, if you took away guns the homicide date by knives and other methods would increase, but it wouldn’t match the gun homicide rate as guns fundamentally make it easy and less messy to kill people.
American living in Sweden for 4 years now. Ive been asked many times how much would a job need to pay me to get me move back to the US. And there isnt an amount. You could not pay me any amount to move back. I work less hours, make more money, and have nearly no stress. I have around 8 weeks of vacation time a year. Unlimited PTO. A year of paid leave when we have a child, AS THE FATHER. Paternity leave would blow a lot of peoples minds in the US. I can walk anywhere I need to get to, take the train a short 15 minute ride to work. I bought a wonderful home Im renovating. I could go on. Never going back.
Good for you! And Welcome!
Welcome, nice having you!
@Folkshard trump just said he is getting rid of free speech, they are shooting and gassing protestors, want to get rid of the 19th amendment, due process is going away, and we are a fascist country. So if you are a white man it is safe for you to comeback.
Du är hjärtligt välkommen.
@Folkshard Ha ha ha, that was one of the dumbest contradictory explanations I've ever heard for anything. I'm a Swede and I realize a lot of things that I want to make better, which I can do politically by voting for the political party that wants the same as me, more or less. I.d.k. if wyatts is the color of people being replaced, but in that case it tells me more about you. Unless you are registered as mentally or criminally unfit to carry a gun you can. I have several friends involved in anything from hunting to competitive combat shooting, and they have gun collections any pro gun American would envy. It comes with heavy regulations, yes, but who sanely minded would want to have it otherwise. Free speech! It's protected by law here. Unless you use your voice to create unlawful uprising or persecute individuals and groups of people with hateful or harmful speech, you can express yourself however you want. I've expressed myself quite explicit on my views on letting cultures coming here that you can not assimilate into the Swedish society numerous times in public forums and privately. I've never had problems doing that, and I never expect to. I believe in our democratic system. I could tell you about the Swedish FRA's cooperation with the American equivalents, where the American control over individuals widely surpass anything in Europe, but I guess you know about that already. But I guess you'll love the new Trump America without colored guest workers making American farmers filing for bankruptcy. If not for that, it is because Trump has scared away all international customers with his tariff war. You'll be needed in the USA, if they'll let you in after 12 years of absence. They may consider you a spy or a traitor abandoning the U.S. for so long. I wish you the best of luck.
I’m American and my dad had to go to A&E in Edinburgh while over there for my brother’s wedding. That was 2 years ago and he still says “I wonder when they’ll send me a bill” 🙃🙃
"A country without a healthcare system like that is not an advanced nation." Period.
@kansashoneybadger7899 you're Obama care is about to get more expensive
@kansashoneybadger7899 Medicaid availability varies widely by state, has a bunch of confusing exceptions and work requirements, isn't necessarily accepted at all medical providers, and has to be re-applied for every 6-12 months. "Subsidized" Obamacare (a giveaway to private insurers cooked up by a right-wing think tank) can still be incredibly expensive. And Medicare doesn't cover dental/vision and is rife with legalized private-insurer scams like "Medicare Advantage."
@kansashoneybadger7899 hahaha bro I want everything to be more expensive in the richest country the world. Socialism sucks brooooo. Merica 😅
@kansashoneybadger7899 being put on a medical waiting in the UK is a standard thing, and you know what? At the end of waiting they get free medical treatment. Should someone wish to be treated quicker they can pay for private treatment, but are guaranteed NHS treatment. In Murica it's common to set up a gofundme or whatever to beg for money for medical treatment. Trump is cutting back access to Medicaid and medicare, premiums are going up etc etc
So much winning 😅
@JJ-vy2rh It's about to be obliterated. Have you seen who is in charge of healthcare in America? They're fucked.
I remember hearing the term "walkable neighbourhood" and getting confused. I was like: "Aren't all of them walkable?"
not mine :)
@bullettime1116 how is a neighbourhood not walkable? like what does that look like?
@jubsteren sidewalks end in grass randomly, right outside my neighorbood are stroads that lead to the highway, there is no basically nothing but a post office in walking distance. if you mean just walking around the neighborhood itself then as long as your fine with getting in the way of cars or going into someone elses lawn then sure its walkable
@bullettime1116damn, where I live it’s very impractical to drive, walking is much quicker and you have to drive alternate paths to get to the centre of the town with a car
My neighborhood is very walkable. So walkable it’s 1.2 miles to the nearest store and 4 miles to the nearest reasonable shopping. You will be walking all day long
Your speech reminds me of those of cult survivors: You can't see the full extent of how bad it is until you've left and experienced a more balanced way of living.
That's how it works in all things: from your country to an intimate relationship, anything really. From the outside it all looks clearer.
American idealism and patriotism IS a cult … patriotic Americans behave similar to cult and Scientology members. When ever I hear an American say - America is the greatest country in the world - I know they are deep in their cult thinking , have problems with critical thinking and know very little about anything
Great point
@DegenerateSpeculator Yeah, because Trump totally isn't silencing any citizens. Gun ownership is also plenty legal in most European countries.
@DegenerateSpeculator hmm ok. Your government isn't silencing citizens, right, sure.. guns stop people from stabbing you, ok... fair enough. So you just get shot instead. oh I see? Considering the US has higher knife crime than the UK (yes it does, look it up, plenty of resources), it doesn't remove it does it? And people get shot anyway??? Right. 🤦♂The majority of countries have their issues, some same/similar or unique to them. But you keep enjoying the propaganda that everyone is fine and dandy and keep serving the rich and corporates, you don't want all of those annoying rights that protect you from being exploited. Just keep making the rich, richer in the "land of the free"... got you.
"I don't have to call an insurance company to ask for permission if I'm allowed to be sick." A beautiful quotation.
"If you've never left you can never understand what's it like..."
Omg this is so true 👏
I had so many arguments with Americans over the internet about how US isn't the number 1 country. Those Americans probably never even left their home state. One of the arguments I had with someone is about how futuristic China and the guy I was arguing with probably thinks China is still like China in the 1950s.
@bagelsandcreamcheese99 china isn't a good comparison, china isn't a country working for its people, it's a country working for its government
yes the quality of life for many chinese has improved massively over the past 50 years, as has now much they earn and how great their cities are
but basically none of this was ever intended with people in mind, none of this advancement was done so that "people can have it better"...all of the advancement was so that "china is stronger"...that is the policy of the CCP - to work for the whole
in such a system individual rights get at best forgotten, at worst destroyed...you can be there an extended time and don't really notice, but the moment you clash with something regarding the government? you can and will have major issues, any sort of defiance is not looked upon kindly...basically its "be happy with the economical progress, and for that do not ever question the government or policies and do everything from a formal pov as you were told"
this system is the completely opposite of renaissance individualistic ideals that europe was build on
so yes china is futuristic, but in a 1984 dystopian way, which, despite its technological marvels, isn't really the world you want to live in...unless you are willing to be the enforce of the system
@jakubluptak5654 lol and you think US is a country working for it's people? The concept of public transportation is so rare in the US. It's always people who are NATO aligned saying shit about China being dystopian and people having no rights 😂 have you ever been to China? I lived in Shanghai for 2 years and not once did I feel that my life was being controlled by the government. Meanwhile in "Renaissance" Europe, everything is going downhill with the immigration problem.
Absolutely bang on and I'd love to take a bunch of AMERICANS to EUROPE just to show them what it's like because they've been BRAINWASHED and SPOON FED absolute BS by the MEDIA and they believe it sadly..
@bagelsandcreamcheese99american here, been to handful of EU countries. USA isn't #1, at least from a lived there a year perspective. I recognize there are politics and life events beyond simple living a year abroad would reveal, but did experience emergency healthcare with zero complaints to either quality or my wallet. I would certainly entertain moving to EU if it became feasible. I miss it.
US: Can we put this into food?
EU: Should we put this into food?
9:53
@vex_dk Scotland - Can it be battered?
@rossmcleod7983 Scotland, Fook Aroond and Fry-nd Oot.
Corporations in the US constantly ask if they can fry a turd and convince the public to eat it.
US: Ban only if proven dangerous.
EU: Allow only if proven safe.
The UK and Europe have a zero tolerance policy for contaminants in food. The US has a "maximum allowed" amount. Says it all really. They eat literal shit and like it.
Americans, do you realise that this man was in London during the last 13 years that were arguably the WORST time in many British peoples lifetime with a substantial drop in living standards if they are below 40 years old and he says its STILL better than the US? Let that sink in.
THIS
Thank you.
Many of us know, unfortunately leaving isn't always feasible.
@leolemonhands I moved from Europe to the US and have the opposite opinion. the US are great and offer me a better living than Europe. ESPECIALLY the UK are bad. bad salaries, high costs.
@marvmaster2639 Your grammar screams American educational system.
I don’t believe you.
He also moved from the US as a broke pizza delivery driver. Anyone who had that as their “career” would be grateful to get away to literally anything else lol. He wasn’t middle class here or worked an educated job.
My next door neighbour moved here (liverpool) from dallas around 6 years ago he has lost over 5 stone and says he is never ever returning, fist thing he told me he noticed was the taste of bread he said american bread is more like english cake
America has convinced its poorest citizens to vote against their best interests. It’s what’s holding us back.
This comment really deserves more upvotes!
As the video suggested though, its not the percentage of votes that leads to change, its where the money is that dictates
and keeping us divided. divide and conquer. it's what the parties really want anyways. sheeple
And that is our only option
The founding fathers did not create a socialist country and you don't get to decide what is in the best interest of others.
I was definitely one of those "American isn't perfect, but Europe is worse" types until I spent a few months living in Prague. It's difficult to describe how amazing it feels to live in a place where you can hop on a bus/tram/train and go almost anywhere for dirt cheap, eat at any random cafe and enjoy some of the best food you've ever eaten, then go to a pub and drink cheap beer with a bunch of friendly strangers every night.
Good for you but holy shit the fact that a not insignificant percentage of the population believes THAT is scary
And keep in mind that prague is still a lot more car centric than most other european cities
Prague is nice, but It blows my mind you think the food is good here.
I am another EU expat and I have lived here for several years now. The bad cuisine (vs basically everywhere else in Europe) is the hardest thing for me to deal with.
Damn US must have bad food where you come from
@simplicitas5113compared to the States (not counting few fine-dining restaurants, which can also be found in Europe), entire Europe has better food options (quality)
@simplicitas5113 Bad or just not to your taste?
As a doctor, I couldn't imagine doing my job without my patient's needs being my #1 priority at all times.
I DO use an adblocker. YT would be unwatchable without one.
I am not American and have never lived there. Should I be glad? I am happy America exists they made some great music. As well as the atom bomb. You can't have everything.
@DavidTichEnnisthey didn't make the atom bomb. Just deployed it against civilian populations
@UseAnAdblocker How can you be so wrong? So who made the atom bomb?
@DavidTichEnnislook it up. I sm not going to explain all those involved
Having grown up in the UK, I think I've taken a lot of things for granted, and there is definitely an atmosphere that things are green on the otherside but watching this video makes me realise how lucky I've been.
But the National Health Service in Britain is socialism and Americans don't want that. Next thing communism.
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants. - Epictetus
It only holds up to when people really understand what is all out there and just want a few things. For someone only knowing a few things, this is default and therefor not true. That person wants all he knows and is not satisfied with what he got. Your premise requires ample knowledge of the bigger context.
@michaelg8193I don't agree with that. There are people who have very little and know it's not a lot but are perfectly happy because they just don't desire more.
Call it Spartan, minimalist, nihilist, Simplist or even certain forms of neurodivergence, but there are plenty of people who are perfectly content or even happy living a simple life with very few things in it.
@dystopianreality’and know it is not a lot’ means they know there is more. So they have knowledge of the bigger context. And for those people it does hold value. It is exactly like I said.
@michaelg8193 so I’m one of these people, I live in central Europe btw
I have pretty much everything I need rn, of course there are other things I might want (better computer, bigger fridge, etc.) but they are by no means something that is of much use to me
I could also just straight up buy them if I wanted to, but it’s too much work compared to exchange it that it’s not worth it
I don’t have a car, I don’t even want one. It’s just not useful for me, going places by bus/tram/train is cheaper and faster, and I don’t have to worry about it
J'ajouterai que moins on est cultivé, plus on a besoin de posséder.
An Indonesian here , so my country still classified as developing/ third world
I was having a lunch in a street side warung ayam penyet (casual Indonesian chicken restaurant).
An American family of four came in, the youngest one about 6 raved about our MRT and can't want to hop on the high speed rail the next saturday.
As they were waiting for their ayam penyet, a pop pop pop sound heard. I felt sad when all four of them ducked under the table.
The rest of us just looked at them bewildered.
They look scared still as they came out of the table so I told them it was just firecracker as Chinese holiday was the next day. And we have very stringent gun law. Only law enforcement and those with very well vetted with long process, such as shooting athletes, that can get hold of arms.
I told them beware of pickpocket, but don't worry about gun crimes. I had lived in Jakarta for 48 and I never see anyone holding a gun.
The wife cried saying that "thank you. Now I just realized how crazy we must be to you all"
Yeah the only shtty thing about Indonesia is the goverment rest of it alot better then USA
And the only cases of gun either illegal or law enforcment and military
@liverbirdmighty9271 as an Indonesian, one way or another all people suffer.
Would love to delete my memories of myself and change my form to anything but a human so I don't have to experience worries people have.
Yeah, we're pretty shell-shocked over here. 😢
And then everyone in the srarbucks clapped
i was in Jakarta twice walked everywhere never had any problems loved the food and the people . I would love to visit again . and I really liked your Museum much better than the one we have in Dublin .
I moved to Germany recently, and even after two months I don't think I could go back to the US for anything more than a visit. As a disabled person, having a walkable neighborhood is so much better than the way cities and towns are organized and laid out in the States.
@StardustMikaela with the level of immigration going on in Europe, I don't think europe will be europe after 15-20 years
@mayanksrivastava407 😂😂😂
@mayanksrivastava407 You realise that the woman you're replying to is literally an immigrant right? Americans aren't somehow exempt.
I’m glad you feel at home at my neighbouring country. Feel free to visit the Netherlands too! :) oh, and please stay in Europe as long as you like (and every other American who is tired of their country)
@tiesg9143 my girlfriend (who is German) has some Dutch ancestry and she's really eager to take me there (and still speaks the language). Thank you for the warm welcome; Europe is very nice so far!
Hey Evan, Thank you. I'm a brit and i've been a bit down on my home country lately. Thank you for reminding me of some of the reasons the UK isn't that bad, for all it's flaws. A good friend of mine is from Michigan, She's been here for years, I was best man at her wedding. She had a brain tumour, all resolved, thankfully, and she happily gives her relatives and friends in the UJS chapter and verse on how much all that cost her (nothing).
Take care, my friend. And thanks again.
You have a great country. Never let those who thrive from sowing division and hate ever make you think otherwise.
The United Kingdom is a wonderful country to visit for tourism beauty exists everywhere in Europe no matter what country it is.🙂🙃😁😄😃😀😏🤓🤑🤠😇😎🌚🌝🌞🌛😸😹😼⭐🌟
I agree, buddie. I think us brits should be a bit more grateful for what we have instead of always putting ourselves down. 👍.
@areyouserious3092 😄😁👍🏾👍🏾
Moved from texas to the UK 1.5 years ago. Agree with you 100%. My wife and I felt that our quality of life improved dramatically almost instantly. We will never go back.
You’re living a bubble watching RUclips videos of America haters. America is still the number 1 destination for immigrants worldwide. People risk their lives to enter.
@serbkebab2763 🎯🎯
Yes, USA is a good country compared to countrys in the world.
But i bet theire are more people risking theire life moving to Europe then risking theire life moving to the USA.
Just Google "boat Migration mediterranian sea".
@serbkebab2763 Someone who is drowning will be desperate to get on a shitty leaky lifeboat
@serbkebab2763delusional lol
I am finalizing my move to Denmark from the US in two days. I am so ready, and my decision was informed by a lot of what you've said.
Good luck, hope you can make it.
Welcome!
I dream of moving to Denmark at least once a month.
@RuGrimm16 where in Denmark are you moving to?
Good for you!
15:50 valid crash out
That was not a crash out
How is that a crash out?😂
Have you even looked at the distances involved in everyday work travel here in the USA and then applied it to making a mass transport system?
How much will a bus from Craig CO, to Maybell (next closest human village westard) which is 30 miles, during Rocky Mountain winter weather cost per year?
Oh oh or how about the hundreds of miles such travel takes in Alaska, or the long distances for many in the mid west?
Add up all those buses, all that gas/electricity, the pay for the bus drivers, the mechanics, the construction workers making the bus stops, the clerks doing the paperwork involved.. Do you understand this would be a 100 billion dollar a year investment?
Seeing the EU bitch about our public transport is fucking hilarious, as they have less than a third our landmass.
@Violatorsama1 where did that come from? Got jumpscared by a comment I made a month ago lmao. Anyway, love your name.
@Violatorsama1 that's not that much money considering how much wealth the US has and how much we spend on the interstate as system.
Plus we could focus on the higher density places first
Welcome to Europe for an open mind. Good to hear an american with an open mind!
I'm lying here in a Scottish hospital getting heart work done after suffering a heart attack and it sounds like I will be in here for at least a week and a half. The service from the staff is extremely high with no delay and really top notch treatment. My family were discussing how much all this would have cost me in the US, probably putting us in lifelong debt and having a huge negative impact on my family. The NHS may not be perfect but I am so glad and proud we have it.
Get well soon. Any advice on how to prevent heart issues?
I'm glad you're getting the treatment you need.
Get well soon!
strange my father was in intensive care for 6 weeks in the US and we paid virtually nothing.....just had a major surgery myself and had a small copay...the difference in the US is that personal responsibility and success are prized.....i personally would rather create innovation, and have something to show for my existence rather than say i was done working at 2 in the afternoon and spent the next 12 hours sipping tea.....what did I do to contribute to mankind? nothing but i drank a ton of tea
@seibelvid1 innovation is certainly where the US excels
Hope you're better, Gadji.
I've watched a lot of videos about the differences between the US and Europe but they're never as blunt and direct as you are in this video. It's genuinely refreshing to see.
Also, as someone who lived in London until 2012, it's amazing to hear someone praising the bicycle infrastructure. That wasn't a thing when I lived there! But it's proof that cities can change for the better - and relatively quickly - if the political will exists to make it happen.
I (politely) demand a crossover video between you two!
Hey can I just say how much we love your videos. You were one of the reasons why we bought a lifetime sub for Nebuka. I just wish I could watch your videos on Nebula, finding stuff on their is such a battle.
I agree with you utterly about riding in london. But I was mostly riding in London in the nineties and noughties. When the only people on bikes were me and the bicycle couriers. I I remember riding on my full suspension bike down park lane and then across that crazy roundabout down to Victoria. God I miss those days. Especialy because of 29 years of Chronic Fatigue and then Covid and medical malpractice I can barely walk. But I so miss being able to ride.
But seriously thanks for everything. Also at times I get pissed off with some of your opinions. But that's fine! Diversity is good. I don't know if you know DC rainmaker another US ex-pat who runs a great channel about exercise machines. Also can I recommend in the states: Utah Trikes and Transport Evolved. That is run by a Canadian American Citizen in Portland US although she grew up in Norfolk!
While in America, the feds are defunding any project and infrastructure ‘hostile to cars.’
A lot of cities are really focusing on bike paths, and green space. It seems to be spreading as well
@ksharpminor AGREED!! Would love to have Jason explain "Fake London" to Evan!🤣 (I live 90 minutes away from "Fake London")
My wife and I moved to Finland 18 months ago. Americans are getting ripped off and exploited everyday. I knew that and could not tolerate it one more year. We have no plans to return. When you leave the 🇺🇸.. You have to relearn feeling peaceful. Relearn feeling safe, and feeling calm. So many Americans just don't realize how much stress we're under every day. We moved to my new home of 🇫🇮 and had to relearn (or learn) unbothered idleness, contentment.. actual freedom.
Welcome to Finland!
Tervetuloa Suomeen!
Welcome to Finland!🙂
Are you planning to learn the language? Whag visa in used? Did you get a job here from the US without speaking finnish?
What parts of the move have been hard? We're getting ready to move our family of 5 to Norway and I want to set expectations on the transition.
Born and raised in England, went to LA for 2 months and even I desperately miss Mexican food 😅 had to learn to make it myself.
We moved from Colorado to Italy last February. It has been very different sometimes difficult but sometimes amazing. Now that we are getting settled down where our child is going to school everything is falling into place. Our home is beginning to feel like home. We love walking around, I'm getting into shape, next week we are taking our first fun trip to London, then we have a trip planned for Venice and we are exploring our new home city. Like everything it takes time but we are excited and love our new family first future.
Well, you moved at the right time, it seems! welcome to Europe, but please, behave like europeans, not like americain tourists
Brit here. We've been to Venice many times (Colorado too, actually). Little hint; load some offline maps onto your phone or tablet then use the GPS to dive into the back streets and alleys to see the real Venice without getting hopelessly lost. Avoid the likes of Piazza San Marco when there's a cruise ship in town; you'll see nothing but the back of people's heads. Boat trips out to the islands, Murano,, Burano, Torcello are well worth it.
If you're driving, there's a multi-storey near Piazalle Roma, or you could just park on the mainland (Mestre maybe) and get a bus or train in.
Welcome to Italy 🙂I hope you can build a life you love here.
@MattWhite-vh6xh OSMand is a great app for offline mapping. (and it;s a public map so you can fix it if you find things wrong).
How has it been finding work or working from Italy?
I lived in the UK for three years during my time in the US Air Force. It RADICALLY changed my opinion of life in other countries. Then I got a job as a field tech for a communications company and have traveled the world with them. Yeah... If I could get a stable job in Europe, I'd never look back. If for no other reason than my kids' safety in school.
erm...Eric...if you worked as a Field Tech....you could work anyway in the world mate.
@swanvictor887 👍
America's main problem is that it is too big an isolated so most Americans have no idea about what life is like elsewhere. That is the only reason they allow the current state to continue.
If they knew what liverble cities and social satety net meant, everyone would demand change.
Another is of course their horrible system. Democrats and Republican are more like parodies of political ideas then actual persuasions. and they exist only to enrich the few
mildenhall? good times at waffle shack hey partner...
Former AF res. Active Duty Coast Guard. First tour of duty Fuisa City Japan (Yokohama AB) and Iwo Jima. Your experience is my biggest reason/urging service members to get stationed outside the U.S.
I left the staes 20 years ago haven't looked back sense.
Lived in the US for my entire life, mostly in the suburbs. I've never been outside of the country. I visited NYC for the first time in March. I didn't expect that my main takeaway wouldn't be the city, wouldn't be the statue of liberty or even the M&M store.. It was the public transit system. Sure, people drive and sit in traffic, but it was nice having the option not to drive-- No sitting in traffic, no road rage, no having to look out for clueless drivers, or even having to pay for gas. Plus, we got to the next borough in 15 minutes or less. Riding the train everywhere was SO freeing, for the body and mind.
You see real faces, not cars. It was nice.
Louis Rossman did a video about how he would ride the subway in NYC for years. When he began cycling things started to change for him, his felt better, his mood improved, and it would seem he began to notice how crap everything was in NYC, seemingly climaxing in a search for spaces to rent.
He has since gained a patron and moved to Texas, still on his pro-consumer rants, and I sure hope he doesn't turn his attention to his new home states politics, as they are likely to run him out of town, lol.
@Cheepchipsable Who is Louis Rossman!!!!.. .. Oh, The guy who talks faster than any shyster politician :) Too late on him turning his attention to Texas politics. He and his army of Clippy's have been attending town hall meetings
@AprilJMoon Yep
Now imagine doing it on new, clean, well-maintained, and mostly crime-free public transit.
Please note that the US healthcare system is *not* broken *at all.*
It is functioning *exactly* as intended.
The knife argument doesn't work anyway because america has a higher rate of knife deaths per capita than the UK, as well as the gun deaths
Pretty sure US has more people in a larger area
@howlingbreeze7078 do you know what per capita means
@howlingbreeze7078 It doesnt the UK has a far higher population density. We have more far denser cities cities than the USA. Most cities in the USA are not your NYCs or SFs they are things like Houston which are sprawling and roughly 4 times less dense than a English city.
@howlingbreeze7078 Unless thats what you mean in which case yeah. Your populations are less dense and your crime rate per capita is still much higher for both gun (obviously) and knife violence.
@sharizaslam I just wanted t to write exactly the same.
I’m dipping from the us the second I graduate high school, wish me luck👍
GL
Good luck.
You need to ask yourself, looking 40 years in the future, how will you retire?
Yeah come to Europe, you just have to get used to making less then 40k a year 😂😂😂
Alot easier for a single person to do , you can get a visa in which you land in a country and then find a job
Brit living in US for almost 19 years, watching this and ready to move permanently, especially after the last ten years in the US
American here who moved to England 8 years ago. Now have dual citizenship. Will not go back.
@nancyrosow924 do you have to pay taxes to the US?
@volvomad only if you make over like 110k which is very rare in Europe
Former UK prime minister, Boris Johnson was actually born in the United States (New York City,1964) although he wasn't raised there. Only when later in life he was reminded that as a US citizen he was liable for US taxes did he say, F-that!! and quickly renounced his US citizenship in 2016. Rediculous. Very few countries require their citizens to pay income tax despite not living in the US.
@rbeaton6902I know countries wich Transfer child subsidiaries abroad and the people don't live there anymore. 500million in 2024 😅
@sammymarrco47 Very rare in the US, too.
Thankyou. As a Brit it's easy to forget that for all our problems, we have a lot to be thankful for. I'm glad to be European and British/English.
Wholeheartedly agree, ive got American family who work in Medicaid, its quite disturbing how 'the poor', are treated, in such a rich country.
We do have serious problems, but however stretched the NHS may be, I don't have humongous debts xxx we need to protect the one good thing we have xxx🧐🇬🇧
@jonathanellwood so true.
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@Kate-o4q7i Thank you, for the love of God please spread this message about the NHS. It is under immense pressure and that pressure is increasing annually never easing. So many experience personnel are leaving due to workload and continual staff cuts and changes (never for the better but to make every £ go further at staff expense) many simply don't know what a good thing we have and all they see are its rising cost and pressures on taxation to fund it. Yet year on year in real terms it's being cut financially while more is demanded of it. It inevitably gets bad mouthed and criticised for failings, waiting lists, level of care, difficulties seeing a Dr. But this is due to government refusal to inject sufficient resources into it but will blame say Junior Drs for fighting for increased pay after years of pay reductions and increased responsibilities. I could go on but please fight for our NHS. The US heath system is the worst, it's a money making business and you are simply product. Never never go the insurance based route, that's the path to medical bankruptcy for many.
You are Not Europe anymore eversince Brexit.
I'm a Dane and we are often brought up in American political debate as an example.
One interesting thing that many Americans don't know is, that while our tax rates are higher to fund all the "free" services we get, the government expenditure per capita is actually not that different between the US and Denmark.
At last count the Danish government spent $950 per capita/per year more than the US government.
Those $950 per year get us healthcare, education (incl. college), daycare, unemployment and disability benefits, pensions, elder care, cheap public transport, etc., etc.
The problem isn't that the US can't afford a "Scandinavian model", it's that the US government is spending the money completely ineffectively - for ideological reasons.
Military spending is a big factor.
@jamesjohnston1297 We spend 3.22% of GDP on defence currently, and can still afford everything else.
Bruh... Cheap public transport? 25 kr. to just pass a couple stops. It's like 50 kr from home to Føtex for ex. and back to home = 250 gramms of hakket oksekød or couple slices of laks in Rema 1000.
@Iuel-Brockdorff but we didn't spent funds on military for decades until like 2023-2024
@elioe9128 "Cheap" is a relative term, it would be far more expensive without public subsidies.
I called an ambulance recently after having a pretty bad concussion. Everything turned out to be alright, but I'm really glad I didn't have to weigh the health risk against crazy costs like in the US.
This video should be called: "American dream propaganda debunked."
@draganculibrk4343 it should be called to each their own. There's plenty of people from the UK and other European countries that move here and would never live anywhere else than the US. Everyone just likes being hyperbolic about their opinions
@barreldreamz7852 ..... no.. just no
@barreldreamz7852 I don't think that disproves US has objectively worse living conditions lol
I have a few Canadian friends who bellyache about the great healthcare back in Canada, and the free tuition back in Canada. When I ask "why don't you move back there?" the answer is always "Oh, the salaries here are MUCH higher." People vote with their feet, no matter what comes out of their mouth. And literally the entire world wants to move to the US.
@Dave-cf4vd You are so deep in a bubble it's deeper than the Mariana trench.
I've come to the conclusion that a huge number of US citizens are just as brainwashed as Eastern Bloc citizens during the Cold War.
honestly true
Can't be, that was communism! /s
@evan My high school history teacher once told us, "The difference between the U.S. Media and the Soviet Media is that the Soviet people know its propaganda, the American people don't"
@evan Every benefit that you receive in London, I have here in Manila, but at a TINY fraction of the cost (plus a tropical climate, of course).
What a communist! 😂
Last year, I visited Europe for the first time, staying in Germany, Italy and Poland. While every country had its own unique pros and cons, and it was an amazing time in each, Germany hooked me so much harder than the others.
It hooked me, but not in a way I would’ve expected. It was the feeling of being “home”, something I’ve never felt in my life, and had no idea the void that it had created in me. Germany felt like I had finally arrived home after a very long trip.
I’ve been unable to explain it because I’ve never felt anything like that before, but it was as if every fiber of my being was saying “this is finally it, this is where you were always meant to be”, and I haven’t been able to shake it since.
I have now been studying German for the last year, I’ve tried my hand at other languages before, but always fizzled out when I didn’t have a long term goal to use it for. I never considered learning German before, wasn’t even in my top 10, but now it’s autopilot. I don’t think about needing to practice every day, I just do it, because I know every lesson gets me closer to my new goal.
Anyways, sorry this was so long, but I felt the need to share it. I had always heard how different Europe was, but knowing something logically, and experiencing that same thing, are totally different. And seeing/experiencing what life *could be* truly rocked my world.
I hope that you like paying taxes and the highest electricity and natural gas prices in the world. Oh and your taxes are going to "fund the war effort" and the illegal immigrants too. Don't complain on Facebook or the police will come and get you at 6am if you "insult" members of the government.
I understand your feeling though, but the government in Germany is the worst. This country has no interest for its native population.
@MeticulousTechTV willkommen in Deutschland, wir freuen uns dich zu haben 😊
@pepinlebref7585 surely it can’t be worse than having Trump in charge
Which app/language program did you use to learn German?
Good luck with studying German! As someone who grew up with this language, I can only imagine how complex it must be to learn - but having this long-term goal in mind is surely going to be a good motivator. I hope you'll get to fulfil your dream of living in Germany someday!
See, you have cycle paths in London. In the USA we have psychopaths. It kinda sounds like the same. 🤣🤣🤣
@cheztourigny 😜😂😂😂
This is brilliant.
As Bernie Sanders said, if you want to live the American dream, move to Scandinavia.
I’m American, grew up and worked there until age 27 and then married a Swede and moved to Stockholm with no job.
Now 59, I’m still married with three kids, two in college, a house, healthcare, job, seven weeks vacation, pension and tons of healthy, meaningful relationships.
I’ve been lucky and also made good decisions. But mostly I’ve benefited from a good system that works for people.
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Same here. Moved from the US to Sweden at age 36 back in 2003. Have had a good life here in Stockholm. Two kids and a career and healthcare. 58 years old.
I spent 3 years living and working in Stockholm and it was a joy in my life. I could have stayed there happily. A good system, good people and a lovely country. I tried my best to learn Swedish, but EVERYONE wanted to speak to me in English! Would say “en kaffe, tak” and get back “would you like that with milk and sugar?” Just had to laugh…
I’m Irish but I’m screaming at the “personality of an office stapler” remark😂😂😂😂 Evan you’re hilarious!
You got to get out more! And step away from the stapler! 😮 NSW in Oz
Sometimes we need a stapler to just do stapler things. Exciting politicians are how we got Boris Johnson and the US got Trump (twice). It's how we'll likely get Farage unless something drastic happens to really put people off him before the next election. I just wish Starmer would pander to Labour supporters and not try to chase the Farage supporters. You can't out fascist a fascist if you aren't one, or aren't willing to go further. Even the Tories who were pretty far right by the end can't go more far right than Nigel and his gang of thugs.
Tbh I'd much rather have boring politicians than someone like Boris or Trump.
Tbh I think prefer the personality of an office stapler to the incessant liars and toffs who seemingly didn't give a shit about what happened and the shortest serving and one of the most incompetent PMs in British history.
Saying I prefer it doesn't mean I like it though. Or that its good. This government are doing things the Tories only dreamed of.
Me too. 😄
I once knew a lovely American lady who worked 3 jobs while having cancer to pay for her treatment. She died exhausted, in pain and alone. If she lived in the uk, she probably would of survived, or at the least died with dignity.
Man when you have to go to the public healthcare in the UK youre in for a real bad surprise lol.
@ballsballsy-z3h It's not that bad for emergency or life threatening stuff and a lot of the issues it does have are due to the parts of it that have been privatized by the Tories, plus the underfunding.
@ballsballsy-z3h You again, are you just making stuff up? For example the US has a significantly higher maternal mortality rate than the UK. So in the UK it is 5.5 deaths per100,000 and in the US it is 22. The same is true for infant mortality. The survival rate for cancer is only slight ly better in the US than the UK a 9% difference. Just a couple of examples. It is not radically different but doesnt bankrupt anyone.
Again go there. You have no idea. I accepted your acceptance of my offer. get in touch with me, words are now over. No words only actions. stop commenting. you have a vacation to go on.
@ballsballsy-z3h I have friends who live in the UK and came to America to work, they disagree with you 100% including my french friend who has traveled to nearly all continents. Are you from the UK, what part?
I’m from Poland and few months ago I’ve visited US.
One thing that made me feel almost like trapped was living in suburbs for few days. I couldn’t walk anywhere, in my hometown Warsaw I can go for a walk at 1am , no problem.
There won’t be cars in my way, cause sidewalks are everywhere I won’t feel danger of potential attack, because they are very rare
American who moved to Wales. I have been here a year. I love that I can walk anywhere I want and not have to worry about dragging a car anywhere. I travel more and I don't feel like I am constantly in a rush.
I go to a restaurant and I can just sit, relax, and not be bothered to leave.
I can go to the store to buy a single item without having to by the jumbo, family size, or extra large unnecessary packaging.
I also feel safer walking down the streets.
Wales is proper nice
Wales is incredible. I live in London. I visited Wales in 2021, saw the sea light up with bioluminescent algae, it was fantastic.
@mylife2022 Don't tell everyone, they'll all be coming here, it's a secret.
I went to Uni in Wales and still have a lot of friends there, it was some of my best times
I'm Welsh, I'm married to an Englishman, hence I've been in "exile" in England for 40 years 😂. Tbh, E Anglia is much like the area I lived in as a child, character-wise, despite it being very conservative; that isn't _as_ right-wing as it might appear. Even our village idiot - I wish I was exaggerating... - has torn Dump apart pretty eloquently. For him 😂. I don't want to leave here because of that comforting feeling I get that I had when growing up.
I have 4 now adult children and 6 grandchildren. My youngest daughter and eldest son went to Swansea university. He was doing his PhD, having done his BSc there, when she was deciding where to go. Being the big soppy protective wonderful son and brother that he is, he put his foot down and insisted on her going there so he could keep an eye on her lol. He's now 34, married to a fellow Swansea alumnus (also English) with a 2 year old son. They moved out of town to the edge of the Gower Peninsula, which is one of my favourite places on Earth (my mother-in-law described some parts of it as being like Italy, which is about the highest compliment you can get from her), and have no intention of leaving.
My daughter, after graduating, came home for a few months whilst trying to get a job there, and then rented a flat on Cardiff Bay with her "uni brother". They'd shared a house with others during their time at uni and became incredibly close. They now live in a bigger place with her SO. She has no intention of going anywhere else, she's even learning to speak the language. Her employer gives her free lessons and her SO, who is an absolute treasure, is already Welsh-speaking and has a lot of patience with her questions lol.
I'm so glad they're all happy with their choices. Initially, my son was torn between two different unis, but my Dad was still around, and about 20 minutes away, so he chose there and would visit as often as possible. As Mam had to go into care, his company kept my Dad sane (no exaggeration, Dad told me as much). Being 300 miles away and disabled, travelling down there wasn't something I could do often, so I had updates almost weekly, which helped a lot.
If you're wondering what the point of this is, be adventurous, especially if you get the opportunity to go to university. Try somewhere different from your home (our area here is completely different geologically, geographically and financially; but the people are warm, friendly and open-hearted. That's what I grew up in). Take every opportunity to travel that you get, even if it means limiting home visits for a few years. And open your eyes, your hearts and your minds, just like Evan did, and soak up the culture. You can learn to fit in without losing your identity. Evan is very definitely his own man! (I mean that 100% positively, Evan, should you read this!) You don't have to come to the UK to experience the freedoms he describes, or even Europe, but do some research _first_ before deciding on where to go. This includes things like tipping culture, wearing shoes indoors, etc.. The more you know, the easier your adaptation will be. Good luck, and if you come to the UK, from wherever in the world you are, welcome!
I'm a Brit living in Germany, I don't think any of it is romanticising, when you go to live in a different country/culture it makes you aware of the differences, some are better, some worse. Just an example, I can get to see a medical specialist quicker in Germany than in the UK, but, my healthcare deductions (at source) are just over double the amount than I would have in the UK (boooo), then again, my income for my profession is higher than I could earn in the UK and the cost of locally sourced food is lower. So it's swings and roundabouts, I have learned just to adapt to the system and how I think. I could NOT live in a country that doesn't have universal healthcare.
The differences between the UK and Germany are noticable but, in my opinion, almost negligible. As a german I certainly could acclimate to living in the UK. Same with most other western european countries. But the US and their toxic individualism? Absolutely not.
@1889jonny I'm a Brit living in Germany. I moved here in December 2014. I live 22 kms from Wilhelmshaven in an area called Wangerland 10 mins from the North sea. I have found the health service here much better. My energy bills are still a lot cheaper than I paid when I lived in London. There are things I miss like Pies and Pasties from a good butcher (one that sells everything like Guinea Fowl and duck and duck eggs etc. I find the butchers here have 90% pork products and 10% of other meat and lots of processed meats. I do miss M&S and waitrose. My brother came here in 1979 as a carpenter and stayed.
Why do you say Western Europe? The rest of Europe is as easy or even easier. Saying this as Estonian, who lived 12 years in Germany and then moved back home. In Estonia, life is so much easier thanks to the lack of the bureaucracy overhead, easier health care and tax system and generally higher safety levels.
This is it exactly. I've lived in a few countries and you quickly realise no place is perfect but almost everywhere is better than the US.
Well, maybe that's why UK health system is one of the worst in Europe...
I will never understand how some consumers would think the idea of giving a corporation more rights than themselves is a good thing.
Edit: let me clarify, not saying everyone thinks that way, but I’m mostly referring to how corporations have so much less regulation than individuals, and they exert a lot of control over what we can do with our money, even though we do the “consuming”
Most of us don't. But we don't have the money power to sway them.
Mostly, they don't understand that's what they're doing. A lot of Americans have a very poor understanding of how things work and that's what is reflected in the way they vote - or don't vote in many cases.
Well said. But, I too will never understand why people choose to refer to we humans as 'consumers'. The ease with which it's been normalised is the real Black Mirror twist.
it's the american way. the only thing that matter is that there are less and less bars to unfathomable wealth because every american sees themself as able to get that rich one day... ugh
Just need to say it's socialist... no need for arguments.
I live in England but have a lot of American friends. I'm really broke most of the time and struggling with serious mental and physical health problems most of the time.
If I lived in the USA I'd be dead by now, but thanks to living in England I get the healthcare I need without going millions of pounds into debt.
The wait time on some of my less urgent issues can be frustrating, but at least I can get the care I need at all!
Watching this in the UK, while signed off sick from work for 5 weeks to recover from surgery, on full pay. So grateful that the cost of my treatment and time needed off work is not something I've had to worry about, and can just focus on getting well.
Yep. The British attitude to healthcare is chill out and get well soon. When you do get well you go back to work and you pay taxes that look after the next person who needs surgery.
What I think people do not understand is that we have National Insurance. It is an insurance company owned by all of us. If there are any problems with the National Insurance system it is entirely down to the government sucking money out of the pot, so it can use it on things other than what NI is supposed to pay for.
its wild that even the uk can look at the usa and go "yeah but at least im not you" cos from the outside you guys lowk are a post-brexit skip fire, too
@marycanary86 Yep. We aren't in a good place, but at least we aren't them.
Saw a clip of an exchange between a married couple once online that shook me. So, the mother was British, Father was from the USA: she was excited to show the dad that she's got their little lad a new school bag for nursery with all these flashing lights and stuff. She shows him and he straight up tells her to get rid of it, no explanation, just throw it out and get a plain one.
She's upset because he won't explain why, but gets the truth later that night.
So the dad explains: if there's a school shooting at their kid's school, then their kid will be a moving target. No flashing lights, nothing that can make him stand out is allowed otherwise it puts the kid in danger.
I've got 2 little girls in school (5 & 7) here in the UK... NEVER does this enter my head as a possibility. It shouldn't be the case in any country that our kids should be in danger of being shot or harmed.
Nobody says that in the USA.
@bottledspace True but flashing lights on a bookbag REALLY makes you stand out and you have to think about stuff like that in this country. Props to the father for even thinking about that, but it's such a shame he even has to account for such evil =/
@bottledspace tbh with how stuff is over there I wouldn't be surprised if they do. If they have bullet proof plates in school bags then I can see them not wanting reflectors
@bottledspace Actually - people do say that and consider that in the USA. Maybe not you and your family and friends, but plenty of people do consider things like that.
@jack1701e They do indeed sell backpacks with ballistic armour in them in the US... and not for the armed forces or tactical LARPers either. No, these are marketed towards parents of school-age children so that their kids would have some protection in the event of a school shooting incident.
To put things in perspective, there isn't a market for backpacks with ballistic plates in Ukraine, even though their country is currently fighting a war on its soil against an opponent who has no qualms about attacking civilians.
The US is a very, very messed up culture.
I have lived in Europe for decades. I was taught the same as you. I would never go back. I have citizenship here and staying put. No regrets, especially now👍
I've been in the UK since 2012 and can see that life would have to change dramatically in the US for me to want to return.
The sad truth Americans stuck in America don't wanna hear is this: replacing Trump with Obama (or whoever) fixes nothing. America's problems run far deeper than that.
@Folkshard More free speech than in the US and indeed, no guns or gun violence.
I love this! Thank you so much for sharing this with us! I'm seriously considering leaving the US and seeing videos like this are helping me feel so much confident in this decision!
Nowhere is best. Figure that out.
11:15 For those who aren't aware, that $700 a month for health insurance that Evan mentions is by no means an exaggeration. If your healthcare isn't covered by your employer, which for many people it isn't, or if you don't have a steady job and are under 67, $700 a month for health insurance would be pretty cheap, actually -- and probably pretty sh!t because it would have a huge deductable and restrictions in what is covered. If you're from a place like the UK or France or Germany or the Netherlands, it's borderline unbelievable how awful the healthcare situation is in the U.S. If you don't have a six-figure income, the best advice is: just hope you don't get sick.
Yes... and then on top of the $700 (or 800 or 900 or 1000) you have to pay monthly for the "insurance"... you STILL have to pay extra for the doctors visits and prescriptions and ohh would you look at that there was a problem with your claim, oooohhhh so sorry this procedure or provider is outside of your coverage, ohhh yeah that random bill you got in the mail for a few more hundred dollars a month later? Yeah sorry we can't help good luck fighting your way out of it and dealing with crazy red tape and endless phone calls that lead nowhere. It's ridiculous, it has to be the biggest most cruel and unusual scam in all of human history.
I had Medicaid for a few years but got a new job and have insurance thru them. I hate it. Haven't had to deal with any crazy premiums but my antidepressant was free with Medicaid, now costs $80 with my private insurance
I suppose you have an incentive to try and get a good job and stay fit.
That's insane, I pay for private health in Australia as my tax bracket means I would be taxed an additional amount, but I pay about $1K AUD a year and that includes dental which isn't part of Medicare. But if I didn't have private I still wouldn't have to pay for the public system, just non urgent stuff means I might have to wait a while.
Next year, that monthly cost will go up between 50% to 190% for a vast majority of Americans depending on what insurance you have. Gonna see a lot of people lose health care.
We moved to Greece last year and it was the best decision our family has ever made. We are happy. Actually happy. Surrounded by other happy people and living in a society that cares about people and where the people demand to be treated fairly. The US is the only wealthy country in the world where the middle class voluntarily lives under economic servitude to the wealthy. Every year more is taken from them and every year they allow it. It's crazy.
your comment really stuck out to me because you mentioned moving to Greece…it interested me because I’m a Greek-American living in the USA in a Long Distance relationship with a Greek guy in Greece. I always wanted to live a whole year in Greece to experience what the country was like in all seasons, but I couldn’t even think of living there permanently…or at least I thought? I’m probably more undecided. you see, I’ve payed attention to the economic hardship has had since 2008, and how despite the country managing to pay off their debts, the wages that were cut in half in the early 2000s haven’t risen since and that a good chunk of people are still trying to make ends meet. considering this and how the Greek Government is also probably one of the most least efficient governments in Europe, it has aways made me hesitant to the idea of a permanent move when I get my dual citizenship organized…the closest I could rationalize was possibly living permanently in a different European country, with essentially automatic European citizenship by becoming an official Greek citizen. anyway, what I’m trying to say, with the information I mentioned and my hesitations, is that I’m really curious about how life has been going in Greek for you and your family, go how you said it’s been the best decision you’ve ever made? how did you navigate it all economically when the wages in Greece are half of what you could probably get in other parts of Europe? I’ve been to Greece multiple times, so you don’t need to explain the conveniences of public transportation, and how much easier it is to have access to healthcare without the worry of going bankrupt…I’m sending this reply in hopes you see it and answer, so if you read it, thank you.
I would love to know as well!
Excellent video. American immigrant living in the UK (ironically also a NJ native 😊) I always say how hard it is for people who never lived there to understand how different it really is. The US is so far behind Europe in a plethora of ways! Been watching you since before we left and really appreciate your work!
One of the most stupidest arguments Americans make about universal free healthcare is how it's never free because of the higher taxes in Europe compared to the US. But what Americans seem to not get is that higher taxes is preferable to super high American insurance premiums (a worse form of taxes) and deductibles that force many Americans to go bankrupt even to the point of losing their homes. Something you never hear Europeans having to suffer.
And you have a great RUclips channel!
@rbeaton6902 Americans pay more in taxes towards healthcare anyways, which is hilarious.
@rbeaton6902 i am an american living in scotland and the healthcare here is awful. nhs has fallen and people here say it used to be good but no longer is. I pay privately for any specialist as the lists are years and years. is it better in england?
@garypalmer1122thank you so much! ❤
I work two miles down the road from were I live. I ran to work one day and everyone was shocked
I've been watching you for years but have never commented here or on any other RUclips video, but this video is exactly the answer when people in the UK and America ask why I left the good ole USA for England. Thank you, Evan! Yes, exactly this!
Never before have Americans in such record numbers have been applying for passports in order to pursue the new American Dream. To get the hell out of Trump's America, the Land of the "free", Home of the Incarcerated.
Oh really?
The UK has been multi racial for decades.
Was there any violence/hostility.
No .
Stop spouting shit
@RaymondFinkle if you call 6.9% of Islamists being the"main religion" in protestant England, then you are as credible as your laughable contribution here.
I live in Italy now for over 20 years and thought I would be here for a culture experience and come home after 2 years. I got a job here and loved the 30 days a year paid leave plus the feeling of personal security. I left America right after university at 23 and was shocked that there are more freedoms outside America than in it.
@RaymondFinkle dont be so xenophobe
lol I’m in bed off sick from work today watching this video, in the uk, being paid while I’m off and no stress can go back to work when I feel better
It`s the same in Austria.
You act as if that isn't true in the US.
@patrickridenour5828 its not. where I work, they offer very little compensation if you are out on leave being sick, and the pay isnt even that great
@patrickridenour5828In the US, you get paid for those hours you were off sick?
Not all companies pay sick leave in the UK
also important to note, america has more knife homicides per capita than the uk. so their argument is completely void. american media just doesn’t focus on knife crime because of the amount of gun crimes. they just focus on the guns instead, whereas we only have knife crime so that’s all our media has to talk about
The absurd thing is that if guns actually got banned in the USA, stabbing crimes would go up, but never reach the levels of shooting crimes. It's just a deflection to mention stabbing crime in a conversation about gun crime. I would never want to live in the USA. I visited in 2017, and I loved it, but I certainly don't want to go back right now.
That's interesting,thanks....
No, it’s South Africa
@jamese.r.lackland7950 what’s south africa?
@spelcheak how so? Who do you think gives you rights?
Very good comparison and analysis, Evan.
We lived in California for 14 years. I had a great job in research, and I loved the lifestyle, especially the climate and the fruits and vegetables.
But there were downsides. Life was much more pressured. Two of the kids in my son’s class had stomach ulcers. Kids with stomach ulcers!
It also dawned on me how catastrophic it would be if I were to lose my job. Unlikely, but not impossible.
We did also experience medical malpractice.
So we decided to return to the UK, primarily because we did not want our kids to grow up as teenagers in the USA. We wanted them to experience the UK environment, lifestyle, and culture.
Decades later, it is very clear that was the right decision.
One correction: stomach ulcers are now known to be caused by H. pylori bacteria (therefore treatable) or overuse of NSAIDs (correctable). Not stress, which you seem to be implying.
@HarryBarrow-e3u not to mention stress in long term suppresses immune system and you are more prone to get infections and if you have a predisposition, even autoimmune conditions.
Good choice please educate reform voters.
Ulcer is caused by bacteria, not stress
Prolonged stress can stimulate the production of stomach acid, leading to ulcers.
There is a great book by a Stanford professor called “zebras dont get ulcers”- its about stress.
So yes, stress can absolutely cause ulcers. I know high school seniors. The pressure they are under is insane. I am not surprised… and thats before university and then debt and earning in this crazy economy.
Its a sick system, truly.
I was a medic in the 101st when we went to Estonia for 8 months. I had already gone through a conservativism deconstruction years ago but I wasn't quite politically motivated until I learned more and more about Estonia. Americans pay effectively almost double the taxes while groceries and housing account for almost half of the leftover income while in Estonia, single-income households can afford to raise kids, urban residents don't need a car to survive, healthcare is free, comprehensive, and fast (exceptional compared to british and canadian healthcare), food doesn't make me sick and isn't exorbitantly expensive, people out for a drink are actually quite sociable, chain restaurants don't make up the majority of available restaurants, even their military had these awesome coats, brand new modern weapons (just don't worry about the belt-feds lol), riflemen sets that didn't leave soldiers looking at expensive commercial equipment just to have the pouches and belts they need. When I got back to the US, especially when I got out of the military, I realized I need to start looking at options for immigration because while I am hopeful, I'm not optimistic the US can recover from the unchecked corporatism that's bought out congress, sabotaged public transit, and turned healthcare into a parasite. Now I'm actually applying to schools in Europe and Japan and building a strong travel budget to spend a few weeks at a time exploring more countries. I don't know where I want to spend the rest of my life but I now know very well where I don't.
Sounds like with your qualifications, you have a wide range of options open to you. I recommend Portugal, rural France, or, my dream paradise, Italy... out of left-field, there is a lot of development going on in Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia and Poland - a nice small Polish town nearer the Western border might be ideal for travelling around the rest of the EU....cheaper too than many EU countries.
@swanvictor887 Albania! Especially after Trump brought the war between "Aberzaijan" and Albania to an end! (Sorry about that - couldn't resist it. Nor could the leader of Albania, who's made wittier comments on it.)
@wolfofrose3199 Estonia mentioned 🇪🇪🇪🇪🇪🇪
"I realized I need to start looking at options for immigration" No you dont, you need to make your own homeland better rather than bringing any residial magaism youve not deconstructed somewhere else.
"I'm not optimistic the US can recover from the unchecked corporatism that's bought out congress" Yes you can. Americans need to get comfortable with general strikes, sutting down the whole country till the government folds and gives commoners more rights.
Ive heard that japanese Work culture is very bad. Check on that before you move and good luck for your Future :)
Americans value the freedom to own a gun.
I value the freedom to not have a gun anywhere near me.
Lord knows I'm working on seeing real free people and living.
it doesnt work anyway. even if guns are illegal criminals and immigrants have them :D. Look at sweden, they use bombs, automatic rifles and firearms. its better to have weapons for the natives when and if the time comes to defend yourselves.
@RickRicktard ok bro
And tbh, in most European countries, you can easily own a gun IF you want it for sport / hunting, it just requires that you join some sort of association and pass some basic checks. You can also get it if you are in a position where you have a real reason to fear someone may try to hurt you. Otherwise you can't, yeah, but... what do you want a gun for, if you are not gonna use it for sport and you are not threatened? They are not toys, no one should have a gun just as a token for masculinity.
Really, if I had my druthers, I'd choose to forgo my right to free band-aids over getting to live in a society where I won't need a constant supply of band-aids in the first place. The right to own a gun is, in my estimation, a band-aid.
I'm in the process of moving to Germany, want to before im 30.
Any good ways to start?
Such a great video! I'm a Londoner and I'm tired of London getting trashed all the time. It's so refreshing hearing someone appreciating being here. ❤🙂🤗
Glad you enjoyed it!
I spent 2 years there from 2011-2013 and friggin loved it. All the points covered, short walk to multiple supermarkets and convenience stores, easy public transport, a 10min run to Regents Park for some exercise, etc.
I once walked 10min to get a live Xmas tree for our Christmas get together, and it was like £15. Also once after a flight caught a bus back to our temporary accom somewhere in west London from Baker St... at 2:30am... On a Tuesday. The bus was still leaving every 25min.
I have very fond memories of my time there and a lot of them are due to the ease of getting around with no car, no worries.
@KittyVentura I think media( newspapers like the Daily Mail) are full of misery they can possibly find. If you read that every day it’s depressing and people get angry and upset. Papers like that are winding people up. Some of our (Dutch)newspapers are like that and I just don’t read them. Don’t need the negativity.
@evan I have sat in London, by my flat, drinking coffee on a Saturday morning. A sunny Saturday morning. Nice food. Good people. Happy vibe... Reading an article the top 5 "No Go Parts of London ahhhhhh". And of course, I was sitting in the number 3 item on the list :D
@KittyVentura I know its different visiting as a tourist, but london is a wonderful city and definitely doesn't deserve the bad rep. Never once felt unsafe, transport is amazing, anyone we spoke to were helpful. So much to do. Such a great place
Just a minor precision: It’s no ‘free’ healthcare in Europe it’s ’Universal’. This does make a difference because we do pay for healthcare with our taxes.
@FigaroHey Theres a very small fee for adults using the healthcare system (at least over here), like $20 or something to avoid clogging up the facilities with lonely people
@FigaroHey There's actually public information going round these days about _NOT_ going to the doctor's for a cold, because it's just clogging up care that needs to be spend on people that need it more.
In the US citizens still pay more per capita on healthcare than anywhere else in the world. We pay in taxes, we pay an insurance, we pay in copays, we pay directly to the doctor.
In return for the most expensive healthcare on the planet our healthcare does not even rank in the top 10 among developed countries.
Indeed, private healthcare is also available in Europe. When you GP doesn't push you ahead in a specialist's cueue then you quite certainly don't need immediate attention, but you can always take the private route anyway.
But yeah, healthcare is chronically underfunded everywhere - in the US, it just shows up as one's inability to afford any help. Those few with excess funds might not notice it.
@Locust13 Yeah, but in Europe we have much higher taxes on everything we buy and we have to pay monthly for healthcare all our life as an employee, if you're ill or not. And also, when you urgently need a specialist for treatment there are waiting lists for months sometimes years. If you want medical treatment right away you can pay a big amount of money at a private hospital. If you have the money. Also dentists are very expensive... Look England, toothless people everywhere. Yes, health systems with slight differences from country to country in Europe are still a better solution than in the USA. But it's not free!
It's refreshing to find an (ex) American who does not pussy foot around when comparing US and UK (or European) healthcare.
Hes still an american, nationality is unchanable.
Hes an american, just american, no ex.
@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714Evan? He's a Brit, through naturalization. I suppose you could argue he's trans-American.
@andyonions7864 "He's a Brit" He was born and rised an american, he is an american.
"naturalization" Ive no idea what that word means.
"trans-American" No idea what thats supposed to mean either.
I understand why people do it though. If they want an American audience who doesn’t already know all this, and they want them to actually take just some of it in, going too hard is just going to galvanise them against it.
That said, some do need to go all the way, and say it straight.
As someone who has spent some time in the US and loved almost all of the people I met there, the whole thing is heartbreaking.
I want them to live a better life in their own country and I wish I could see the way forward for them right now… but all I see is a LOT of pain before it gets better.
As a UK expat living in the States, I’m honestly surprised how strongly people idolise American society while receiving relatively little in terms of worker protections and social support for the effort they put in. I’m glad you noticed the truth.
I just wanted to say how much I appreciate your consistency and varied, interesting content. Been with you for years and so glad you still create. Thank you ♡
And his sense of humour!
Have to agree! I never know what each week’s topic is going to be, but I always learn something new and am entertained!
Watching my first video by Evan I was like: no way this is an independent youtuber, the production quality is too high. But he is, thankfully.
I’m a combat veteran from the US. With all things considered, I really resonate with this video. Thanks man. I really might make the jump. It’s a zoo over here and there’s no sign of it getting better. The fatigue is setting in, if you will. I love my country but I’m getting tired.
As a fellow vet I say do it. I was in the military for 16 years and as soon as I got out I moved to the UK (Scotland). Just started my 6th year out here and life is so much better!
my husband is a vet and feels the same. I come from Scottish ancestry and absolutely loved Edinburgh when we visited in 2022. Poland was also amazing. We live in the South and would love to move overseas but feel pretty stuck here
if I can ask, which state are you in brother?
@karlk.6819 I’m in Western NC at the moment
Vet here as well and we just moved to the US after living in Belgium for four years. We miss Europe so much, especially the food. We don't want to uproot the kids again, but are considering moving back as soon as we can. People here overall have gotten so unpredictable, everything is a mess, and it feels like the world is crumbling around us. This doesn't feel like home anymore and that makes me sad.
I wholeheartedly agree with this perspective. An American who moved to France in the early eighties to get an affordable college education after Reagan cut education funding, I never moved back. From a distance, I saw the US system become increasingly polarized and focused on the very richest members /corporations. My siblings back in the US struggled with medical bills /debt, and had to make unbelievable choices as a result. While I received the best possible care and paid time off when I was very ill. I’m cured now, while my brother died at age 72. Who knows, he might be alive today if he had lived in Europe. I could never move back, and wouldn’t want to. My adult son, a binational, isn’t very interested in living in the US. I wouldn’t encourage him to move there.
The polarization bit is absolutely right. It seems to be a US thing - no concept of the middle ground - just two opposing primary colours, no spectrum. The problem is that when society is put under pressure the weaker minds are drawn to polar arguments - the opposite of bad is not necessarily good - sometimes the opposite of bad is also bad, the sweet spot is somewhere between. We have seen it again and again - 1930's Germany - "the need for a strong man" and now we have so much easily accessed low quality media and tabloid newspapers that brazenly sport a political agenda of billionaire owners rather than attempt to tell the news. We see people like Trump and Nigel Farage in the UK having a much easier time than Hitler did in swaying the easily persuaded, creating scapegoats to hide what they are really getting up to and so on. The Greatest Confidence Trick this century was the new found skill of billionaires to persuade people with very little that their real enemy is people with even less and billionaires are actually your best friend if you have very little because there is "room at the top of the pyramid for everyone who wants to work" - we used to call it "pyramid selling" but I don't know if that term is used much these days.
De plus en plus polarisé ? Comme ici en fait... Bon, pour ce qui est du domaine de la santé, là, j'avoue...
The new amercian dream: Living in europe
I am so glad I discovered you! My husband and I lived in Spain for three glorious years; he worked as a US civilian in a Spanish naval base. He did NOT want to return to the US; he'd already lived in Italy. We returned in 2005...and have been dreaming of returning to Europe. We procrastinated! I wish we had done it. I miss Europe and Spain...and still I dream of returning.
Spain is cool. I've only been once but I did not want to go back home either
greetings from Italy
Its never too late! When you get to an elderly age, we mostly regret the things we didn't do rather than the things we did - so maybe have a rethink? Good luck :-)
Stop wishing and just do it. It's quite easy when you realize how much time flew and got wasted already. Add 20 new years , and where will you be? Dead from age, or in a retirement home? The next 20 will go in a blink of an eye (neuroscience also confirms this, the older you get, the less new experiences you have, so you store less things because the brain does not like to store the same thing twice, i.e. the feeling of time gets compressed the older you get)
You can still come its great here!!
As an American citizen, avid reader, lover of science, social studies, history, data, and global travel experiences...
I'm a huge advocate for American citizens to travel internationally as much as possible for eye opening experiences. This video is hitting on so many truths that when you're back in the U.S. you'll be asking WHY DO WE NOT HAVE ALL THE THINGS WE SHOULD HAVE, NEED, AND WANT? Then you realize we've been sold a narrative since childhood when you look at the actual data.
even the intro with " avid reader, lover of science, social studies, history, data, and global travel experiences..." made clear you are from the US :) that sounds funny to me. you are very welcome to EUROPE
I'm an American that lived overseas as a child in Munich. My Father was in the military. I was old enough to remember Europe, and it left a huge mark on me. I have never lived or been to any place in the US as nice as Germany that was economically accessible to the average person. It's insane that there's such huge differences between the US and Europe, and even more stunning that the average American brushes off such comparisons as ridiculous.
@VinnieBMedia The United States has become one of the world's most brainwashed peoples. It's like watching a train crash in slow motion, seeing the United States from the outside. Wouldn't even want to live there under gun threat
if we could afford to...
@MatsC71 @MatsC71 Wow - your words are really hitting me : a train crash in slow motion.
Over 10 years ago I saw my first Michael Moore video titled "Where To Invade Next", which was basically about how much better life & governments were in western European nations than in the USA. Ever since (you're right about this) I have indeed been seeing a train wreck coming.
3:40 per capita knife crime is HIGHER in the US, but gun deaths are barely reported there, no ones bothering with knife crime. Here any death is a big deal so knife crime gets a lot of press, it gives a false sense of how much of a problem it really is.
It's distortion of risk perception which is very common. It is often said that you are in more danger driving to an airport than you are taking the flight you are going there to catch. You hear of people being too afraid to fly but how often have you heard of someone being too afraid to be driven? Have you seen how many accidental deaths are caused by people tripping or falling when getting dressed?
Us homicide rate it's about 8.5 x higher than in the UK. Almost 80% are by firearm, while sharp instruments cause about 40% of UK homicides.
But that is a circumstantial argument. You're missing the main refutation. The knives = guns argument is self-defeating. If knives are just as lethal as guns, then gun owners don't need their guns - they can defend themselves with knives.
Indeed, it's one thing I noticed here in Italy.
If a single armed home invasion happened, all TV news open on it, nationwide. It happens, like, once a couple years.
The perception is so different.
@Nathanialhiggersthethird stop! please. I have lived in both countries and there have been multiple murders in the small town I live in here in the USA which about 3500. It's not a bad area either. Not one murder since 1800+ in any of the towns I've lived in. That said that does happen but here the standard of living is so much lower, I totally understand why it happens. Social construct does not allow for good mental health, just harvesting people to work. Quite sick.
Who'd've thought having a government paid for by corporations would benefit corporations...
American here.I’ve been in Spain for 10 years. I’ve literally cried sitting in traffic when I’ve returned to the US to visit family. It’s soul crushing. Also, fun fact, there’s no Spanish word for “commute”
The traffic really is quite an experience.especially when the temps are hot enough to overheat your car. On my most recent USA trip I noticed that heavy traffic is pretty much 20 hours/day.
¡Bienvenido!
Used to live outside London. It took me 2hrs in the morning to get to work -- 7 miles away. It was bumper to bumper.
Now? I'm in rural France, and if there is a traffic jam...it's usually caused by some cows on their way home to the milking parlor, or huge tractors pulling silage trailers. (Mais harvest is atm, so there's a lot of them on the roads.)
If I see 20 cars on my way home from the shops, on any given day,... that's a lot.
Also, I used to pick up 4 handicapped kids in the morning to take them to school. I was given the car, a card for petrol, and paid about €11/hr. It was a service the government / health service provided, at no cost to the parents. Did about 70 miles every morning. (Starting at 6am, to get to school for about 7:30am)
I doubt you'd get that free in the US.
Not desplazarse, or viajar al trabajo?
Conmutar?
One of the best video to this topic. Well done mate. Greetings from Germany
12:40 are you telling me, in the US you cant return a faulty product and get your money back?!
That is correct. They will fight you every step of the way...even if you DO buy the upgraded scam (I mean, protection plan)
@hendrikwohlgemuth5223 Thats so crazy, do you have any rights in the US? it always feels like people in the US have no protection rights whatsoever, everything seems designed to enable corporations to scam the people
@Zybran93 it definitely feels that way and it's only getting worse. I'm trying to move my family out but it's hard
@hendrikwohlgemuth5223 Wish you good luck, changing countries definatly isnt easy
the voting rights act might be taken from us in the supreme court rn. we already lost the right to abort
when I was traveling in Europe a few years ago I found myself in Prague a few days before New Year's Eve. I was walking though a park when I heard a pop pop pop and I fell to the ground, covered my head and laid on my stomach shaking. I thought it was a mass shooting. I was crying so hard and freaking out. It was just kids and firecrackers. When people ask me why I am leaving the U.S., that is a big reason why.
Me as an European 1:25 This is gun 1, gun 2, gun 3, gun 4 :D
@dvdvideo1234 I mean, we can get licensed guns in Europe.... depends of the country of course, but mostly, you can definetly get hunting rifles, and even handguns, but you need to have absolutely clear criminal record and pass exams for using weapons, and psychological test.
usually, those who do obtain legal weapon, are people who will not use it in a wrong way.
Living near Exeter, England, since 2007. Love London, but grew up in a rural USA area and wanted some of the same small town vibe -- and happy to report that more rural England is fabulous too. Fewer cycling trails, but still are plenty and the drivers are super polite, especially on all the lovely farm roads that I explore. I love the little British villages with their ancient pubs, everyone is so nice. Crime is super low, we don't even lock our doors, and my kids never had a school shooter drill and thrived in the excellent UK educational system.
I love living in Devon too 🙂
I grew up in Devon. It's a great place to be a kid.
I grew up in a farming area in Devon. It was great to grow up there
Take care and best wishes
@DevonRex116 Almost as good as Dorset... 😉
@devjon123
That's fighting talk!
American (from PA, just outside Philly) that just moved to Northern Ireland for Uni about 4 weeks ago (I’m doing my entire bachelor’s degree here and hope to settle here). I love it here. For some context, I’m 18 and I’ve had shooting drills my whole life, although my first one wasn’t a drill and there were constant threats in the schools around me. I am still paranoid about shootings. It is a fear that I’m sure I will carry with me for a long time to come.
Evan: Thank you. I’ve wanted to leave the US since I was in my early teens. I discovered your channel soon after and decided I could actually do it. I’ve been watching your videos nonstop to try to mentally prepare for differences to be aware of. And I think it’s worked, but time will only tell.
"I decided I could actually do it".
I think this is the biggest barrier for a lot of people. I never considered I could until after undergrad when i went on a trip and realized I COULD. My boyfriend, who grew up poor but now makes a middle-class income, just realized this year when I dragged him on vacation with me, that going to Europe isn't just some pipe-dream. So many of us don't have passports. A ticket overseas seems SO expensive. And yeah, definitely for some people it may be out of reach. But if you have disposable income, and/or marketable skills, and/or are a student, and/or are not tied to something like caregiving, I hope more people realize they are not bound by their birthplace
You're safe now.
Are shooting drills part of school? At 18 that sounds pretty intense!
(I'm British so not sure how it works in the US)
Like static high pitched background noise, over time that fear will subside to nothing. You are safe and that worry is a stress you no longer have over here. Have fun! I bloody love the NI accent!
Welcome! I hope you have a lovely life here, as long as you want to stay. If that's permanently, I look forward to greeting a new citizen 😊
Made me chuckle when you used the word ‘tosser’…. How quintessentially British of you 😂
My father died of cancer in France as the same time as one of my USA friends have his own dad sick from something very less big.
Everything was 100% free, we only have to choose the convenients ( we decided to keep him at home so nurse and doctor just have to come so he can spent his last weeks surrounded by familly and friend instead of hospital wall). He cost us zero. We received 2 call from the insurance... to tells us we have some right to have extra cash to buy things for his confort, like fresh pads for mouth. When he died, social security gives us money, insurance gives us money, socialized pension system gives us money so we didn't have to pay for funerals.
Then the insurance compagny and the retirement company call my mother to gives her half my father pension so she didn't have to loose income even if my fathers died.
My friend's father hurt his leg bad. They have insurance. At the ended, the cost was so big they have to crowndfund the bills....
When did the american will understand that universal health care is just crowdfund each other bills.