Boston is part of New England, so yes, a big English influence all throughout the region. Lots of old brick buildings and Colonial style homes. Many homes from Colonial or even pre-Colonial times are still standing and lived in. Not as old as some of the oldest homes in the UK but still pretty cool.
Philadelphia also has a huge English influence. A lot of people forget how important Philly is to our history. It was our first Capital, the Constitution was signed there, the Liberty Bell is there.... so much early American history in Philly. You can see it in the preserved historic architecture too...
It's not just Boston. Many of the old colonies that became the states on the East Coast have neighborhoods very reminiscent of English homes. I'm from VA and you will find a lot of these styles of homes in Williamsburg and Richmond for example.
Same- DC and Maryland seem to have a lot of the row houses you’d find in London, as well as the Potomac waterfront on the VA side. Old Town Alexandria is a prime example.
To put it into context, New Orleans is at the same latitude as Cairo. AC is a necessity. As I was recently reminded of during the week long power outage after hurricane Ida.
In Miami you cannot construct a "Wood framed" home due to the Hurricane building codes since 1992 hence how expensive homes are. Also 900 square feet | 83 sq. meters is equivalent to a 1 bedroom apartment here in the US which is miniscule for a house.
The smallest house I ever lived in was 900 square feet, and it had two beds and two baths. And it was only for two people! Once we had a child we moved into a 2000+ sq ft 'starter'
@@AnnHClay I feel ya!...900 square feet is an apt...😱 chile I would have gone crazy in a house that small. 😵They do sell those cheap here in NC mostly for Soldiers (I'm next to Bragg)... When we had kids I had to have a 3 bedroom and a serious lot size so I could throw the hoard outside to play. Built a huge playground area just for them
@@AnnHClay To funny! 2000 sf sounds cavernous to me, lol. My soon to be 50yr old "starter" home is 1060 square feet with 3 bedrooms (10x10, 9x10 and 9x9) and 1 bathroom on a large lot. I raised 2 kids here. I love this "little" house because it's a single story with only one small step down going outside... no need to worry about down-sizing or aging in place as I get older. On the other hand, if we're going to discuss closet space.... 😭
I LOVE Lost in the Pond!!! I've been subscribed to Laurence's channel for over two years now!! His content is awesome!!! Air conditioning is a necessity in some parts of the U.S. Summers can be unbearable, and even dangerous without it. If you do open windows, you need window screens in place, because of bugs. We get spiders, flies, biting flies, mosquitoes, bees, wasps, hornets etc.
Yeah, it’s weird that most British you tubers think that we don’t use electric kettles. They’re sold in Walmart and Target so obviously someone is buying them.
If I’m making a pot of tea I have a kettle for the stove top but I usually just use my coffee pot minus the coffee. If I’m making one cup I will put a tea bag in place of grounds in my espresso machine. Works great and I don’t need a 3rd gadget just for hot water.
I lived in Scotland for three years in my twenties and was shocked when I saw how small refrigerators are compared to what we have here in Canada. It ended up being a great thing, though, as it prompted me to go out and walk to the grocery store every couple of days for fresh food.
@@LJBSullivan Well I lived in a city, so I walked almost everywhere. The grocery stores were all pretty close by, but it would be different if I lived in a rural area.
You have to Understand that Florida is directly across from the Upper Third of Africa and Maine which is our northern state is directly across from Spain. We are Much more Southern on Earth you are in England, so we have a lot more heat and humidity, that's Why We have Air Conditioners and Ceiling Fans.
My dad literally moved to Canada just to own a sick house for cheap af he bought a 3 floor house 5 bed rooms, 2 living room, basement, big back garden and a garage for like 300k pounds in a beautiful area too so many trees and a river flows behind his house. Might have to move over there myself
Single story homes are popular in Florida because 1) lots of old people who don't want to or can't do steps; and 2) lots of storms that could knock a second floor down.
Texas has huge temperature fluctuations. Not only can it drop 40°F in 5-6 hours, but it can range anywhere from 15° F to 105°F depending on summer or winter. A/c is almost essential here
From Minnesota here it has gotten to 115 F but usually the 90's is the hottest we get in the summer also -60 F is (-51.111 C) the coldest. That was is 1996 not that long ago. Our temperature in 24 hrs can fluctuate 72 degrees
I had a stove top kettle all through childhood, then once married, the wife got an electric kettle for us and it’s changed my life. The water boils soo fast! I will never go back, next up toaster oven!
@@kabirconsiders But eletric kettles just doesn't make the water really hot. I also use an eletric kettle but it doesn't compare to my British mother's stovetop kettle.
You have to have air conditioning in the south. During the summer, parts of the south it can be 98° with 90-95% humidity and a heat index of 112°-115°.
In the US air conditioning is a must in the summer lol because it can be miserable... and US houses are usually much bigger and more spacious. And i live in a Ranch Style house
There are some areas that a regular ac is actually bad to have but instead have what is called a swamp cooler . Ac tends to dry out the air where a swamp cooler puts cool humid air out ( California for one is one of those areas that have swamp coolers )
Your plugs are bigger because your mains voltage is 230 - 240 volts compared to our 120 volts. But we actually have two 120v "legs" which can be combined to get 240v for larger appliances like stoves, water heaters, clothes washers and dryers and those plugs are even larger than yours. Edit: And our appliances have their own switches.
Our windows open differently. Most windows here slide up or sideways. Most windows that I've seen throughout England open like french doors. Also, we use our Keurig coffee makers to heat our water for tea or simply use tea kcups.
I'm from Canada and I think the biggest difference between Canadian homes and European homes is the ventilation system. In Canada I've never seen a house (that is lived in year round) without a vent system that allows cold air to be brought throughout the entire home with one air conditioning unit. The same vent system is also used for heat during winter.
I'm from Canada and I don't know where the heck you are but central air and the vent system you speak of aren't that universal in Canada at all. If your in a major city like Toronto where forced air gas systems are common then yeah but even in Toronto there are plenty of oil run systems and radiators in tons of homes and old apartment buildings
American houses have definitely gotten bigger post WWII. The first house my wife and I lived in was 800 square feet and was built for GIs returning from war. It had about a quarter of an acre of land. We outgrew it quickly and moved to an mid-1800s farm house with a modern addition. Now we have a little over 3,000 square feet on 18 acres of land, and we paid under $200,000 US for it.
But there were craftsman houses built in the early 1900's that were big. In college all my houses were a hundred years old and you'd get together with a bunch of friends and rent one. Had one built in 1908 that was 7 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms
Where the hell is that. The average price of a house here i$500,000. A home like yours would be worth about a million and a half or more here. A freind has a house on one acre, 5 bedroom 4 bath house with a 30 x 40 ft shop (garage) and a 2 car garage. 1.9 mill.
1:30 yup, we call it a garbage disposal. Canadians call it a garburator. Its great for most waste products, but a few things you can't put down there are egg shells, celery, coffee grounds, grease.
in other words garbage disposals are nearly worthless for disposing of garbage but make excellent places for irretrievably losing jewelry , for stinking up the kitchen and breaking down and requiring a plumber. the stuff you can put down a disposal is best composted anyway. or if you want to be rid of it just put it in the bin. the stuff you can put down a disposal isn't bulky at all. its not like a box you have to break down to put in the kitchen bin. its typically a bit of fruit or veggie peel or maybe the innards of a pumpkin or something. :D
But most likely they’re still made out of wood it’s a wood framed house with vinyl siding on the outside. Who is in England or much of the rest of Europe wood frame houses are not common.
@@kevinbrown-ge6sz older buildings may still be some form of woodframe structure but newer ones the framework is usually metal and the walls are made out of composite materials almost like concrete. Don’t punch a German wall you’re not gonna go through it like an American sheet rock wall. You’re more likely to have your hand broken.
@@pjschmid2251 I'm curious why when people criticize wood frame houses its only US wood frame houses? There's never criticism about Australian and New Zealand wood frame houses or some of the Nordic countries where they are common. I suspect for some people its anti-Americanism.
You've looked at climate variations in the U.S., and classic housing styles in different regions reflect that. A Cape Cod house is good for a northern climate because it's boxy, with a lot of interior space relative to the exterior walls. The roof is also steep so the snow slides off. Compare that to a ranch house, which is usually long and low to the ground to permit cross-ventilation and avoid the problem of a stifling upstairs when heat rises. And the roofs don't have to be so steep if heavy snow isn't a problem. Modern heating, insulation, window construction, and air conditioning have permitted a wider range of housing styles in a wider range of climates. But you still do see big differences based on weather.
Having hold and cold water go through one tap means you can customize the temperature of the water coming out. I can’t imagine why you’d want to have them separate. You’d scald your hands trying to wash with just hot water.
It was the way it was done before someone figured out the single water mixing ball valve system (gotta love This Old House, lol). Here in the U.S., houses built before the early-mid '50s had double taps and can still sometimes be found in older homes and farm houses... I even stayed in an old motel in the Redwoods in 1989 that still had them. I've used them growing up (a relative's 1940's house) and as an adult and wouldn't want them. I just googled double tap faucets and it seems that the first single faucet was invented by Alred Moen after he burned his hands. He sold his first single handled faucet in 1947 and by 1959 "all of Alred Moen's single-handed faucets were in almost every home".
LOL, so true! A couple of years ago I got bored with the Google Map lady giving me directions and on a whim, changed her voice to an English accent... I thought. I quickly panicked while going down the freeway when I was told to take the "slip road" and other bizarro terms! I was completely lost, confused, and in a panic not knowing how to get to my doc appt with this insane Brit issuing incomprehensible directions at me; after all she was supposed to be speaking ENGLISH, right? LOL!
I can't understand why someone would want a combo W/D you have to wait for it to dry before starting another wash as with both you can do both at the same time.
Totally agree! I see how having one would really save space in those miniscule British houses, but I've never, ever seen one in America. The bigger, the better, especially for families.
@@AnnHClay I saw a w/d when I was visiting family in North Carolina, it was so small, you could only wash 1 pair of blue jeans or 2 childrens shirts at a time.
What Lawrence said about American housing stock is true but if one looks closely in different neighborhoods from different eras one would notice a tremendously varied amount of housing styles they become increasingly Spanish as one gets into the far west and Southwest. I believe the greatest error of homebuilding was the late 1900s and 20th century until the great depression when they were a tremendous amount of different styles of houses because each house was built individually and they were not so many what we call subdivisions built by a single builder with four or five different specifications blueprints causing duplication of the same houses over and over. However there are also bungalow neighborhoods that have very economical houses with a lot of talent to them selves from the 1900s until the 1920s and 30s that are particularly American but have strong Japanese influence. In my area of the country there are tremendous amount of center hall Georgian style houses which look very traditional from the exterior but can get radically different on the inside.
America really is a melting pot of many different cultures and styles of construction. Its fascinating to see how different nationalities have influenced Americas aesthetic
@@kabirconsiders my home was my parents home and my grandparents before that. It has been in the family since 1921. It was built not long before that as a simple post WWI box house. It has been changed updated and modified over the years. Our electrical outlets are different because from what I understand you use direct current, which is why all the switches, much more dangerous than alternating current which is what is used here. Alternating current can be passed farther along wires than direct current.
Air conditioners are a must. I live in Minnesota a few hundred miles from Canada. The coldest it will get in the winter is -40F and C (the scales meet) and the warmest it will get is about 105F/40C.
@@kabirconsiders Worst I have ever had to work in was 115F/46C or with the heat index for high humidity 125F/52C. This was full on industrial assembly with no air conditioning only a fan system. You would lose around 11 lbs/ 5 kgs a day just from sweating. I checked a scale before and after work. I was drinking 2 gallons/ 8 liters of water/gatorade a day. I still got heat stroke twice that summer. This was in midwester Wisconsin, about 120 miles South of where I am now. And yeah it almost got just as cold in the winter. But I had views like this 15 minutes from my apt. Here is a taste of Winona Minnesota. I really wish I had never moved away from there. (yes that's the Mississippi River.) Fall Colors along the Mississippi River (Winona, MN) ruclips.net/video/wDcXqMEs_JM/видео.html
That sink blade you’re speaking of is called a garbage disposal and as luck would have it, mine’s busted atm. Oh well, they’re convenient and all but they’re hardly necessary. You’re spot on ‘bout how we, at least me anyway, boil our tea on the stove. I don’t drink hot tea like y’all Brits though, I’m southern, so it’s sweet, sweet iced tea for me and literally every tea drinking person I know. Another good reaction today btw. :)
Same here for the garbage disposal and tea. My disposal is also broken, and not a big tea drinker. But when I want tea, I don't use any kettles or stoves. I use the power of the sun, and make sun tea.
@@rdramos13 I made a gallon of sun tea using this fantastic weather here in southeastern Tennessee literally within just a few days prior to commenting. I didn’t bring it up bc I didn’t reckon anyone but maybe another ol’ school southerner since the amount of ppl my own age who bother w making it that way ever is very low. They’re not patient enough or that’s the excuse I’ve heard. I fear the practice is dying out and is currently in its death throes. I hope I’m wrong but time shall tell.
8:15 Boston, along with some other east coast cities, def. have the most English aspects to them in terms of architecture. And it just has to do with history. Cities like Boston were being built in the 1600s and 1700s when the US was still part of England...so the settlers built houses based on what they knew from England.
Tea drinkers here in America tend to go for the programmable plug-in kettles in my experience (especially those who, like me, drink more than black tea and herbal infusions [different types of tea require different temperatures of water, after all]). Americans who just drink coffee tend to go for stovetop kettles to they can boil water for instant potatoes, instant ramen, and pour-over or French press coffee (we tend to be fine with burnt coffee [Starbucks is everywhere, especially in Seattle, where they've become hated {both because they're everywhere and it seems the "cool" thing to hate things that are ubiquitous with your city, and because some Seattleites can't get over how Howard Schultz dealt with the Sonics issue}]) 8:16 From Quora ("Why does Boston have a similar feel to London?"): "...Boston was primarily peopled by the English [who] brought their ideas of building and architecture from their English heritage. In communities where other peoples were prominent, Boston has a more European feel." Because Boston was English and because many Boston designers followed English trends and technologies, Boston has many of the same design elements of England." (Also, Acorn Street is the oldest intact street in Boston, and still has its original cobblestone surface.)
The thing about electric tea kettles I've heard about and experienced when in Germany, is that they heat up VERY quickly in UK/Germany because everything is run on 220v power. Like within a minute or so. Over in the states residential power is all 120v, (except for washer/dryer and air conditioners they still use 220v) meaning that it usually takes at least twice as long to heat up water with an electric kettle here in the states. Many newer electric stoves have a quick heat section that can heat up a kettle pretty quickly. Still nowhere near as convenient as electric kettles in Europe tho.
American here. My house was built in 1944 and its cape cod style i guess. Its about 1500 square feet and thats pretty small relative to other homes. Its just me and the wife and 2 dogs so we dont need a huge home. On air conditioning, If we didnt have AC we would die. We would literally have to be hooked up to an IV to sleep so we didnt pass away from dehydration overnight. The size of USA means we have VASTLY different weather all over the country. It was 90 degrees last week (here in South Carolina) and its not even summer yet. Thats well over 30 degrees centigrade for those of you on that scale. on closets my house was originally 2 bedroom 1 (tiny) bathroom but was remodeled to turn one of the bedrooms into a huge bathroom, the original bathroom into a closet (walk through between the bedroom and bathroom) and then they added an upstairs so I no longer have an attic and i have a small upstairs with a few rooms. And yes you're right about Boston. Its the oldest area in the US and its literally called New England. I laughed when I visited because EVERYTHING we saw was "the oldest *this * in america" oldest bar oldest restaurant oldest hotel or whatever. Sorry for long comment but hopefully you get some more insight from someone born and raised in the states. Its so big its like visiting different areas is visiting a new country but its the same country. I can drive 4 hours and be at the coast and still be in south carolina. When I travel to florida's gulf coast its about a 9 hour drive. Ive gone by bus from SC to New York city and that was 17 hours. Just think where you could go if you hopped in your car and drove for 17 hours.
The U.K. does not get nearly as hot most the time as some parts of America. Even areas of America that get cold in the winter might get up to 100 degrees Fahrenheit with high humidity (38 degrees Celsius) and stay that hot for several days. Here in the Southern U.S. it can literally be a serious health hazard for people to not have AC in their house during our long heat waves. Especially the elderly and kids. The reason our plugs are different is because the voltage delivered to most outlets in American houses is 120V but it's 210V I think in most U.K. outlets so you guys need larger plugs and more safety measures. And yes, most Americans will boil water in a pot on the stove if they need it for something. If they need hot water for coffee most Americans have coffee makers in their house so no problem. (Americans by far prefer coffee over tea statistically btw.) lol
@@kabirconsiders You're welcome and not entirely true my man. Much of the US get colder than the UK in the winter. America is exposed to extreme cold air masses from the Artic in the winter and hot humid air masses from the Gulf of Mexico in the summer. The UK is largely blocked from alot of that cold by the temperate North Sea in the winter and protected from the heat by the North Sea and it's far North latitude in the summer. You guys are lucky except for all that cloudiness and rain. Lol
@@kabirconsiders The UK and Ireland have a very similar climate to the Pacific Northwest of the US. Summers tend to be in the 60s and 70s F(16-26C) where as winters tend to be more like 30s and 40s F(-1-10C) and also gray skies, rainy, dreary. Honestly, as someone who doesn't care for the extreme cold and HATES the extreme heat, I think I'd love your climate. A few years ago, I was in Ireland in July and it was like 18C every day, it was beautiful.
A couple things came to mind watching this video. IIt’s actually unsafe to live in certain areas in the US without AC due to how hot it gets. It’s also unsafe to live in some places without central heat. Many states have laws mandating appropriate heat or cooling for rental properties. Many states also prohibit the suspension of utility services for non payment if it will leave people without heat or AC. Not every suburban home is a McMansion. I live in a “duplex” that is just under 900 Square feet. I’m retired. It’s me and a 13 pound dog. I don’t need anything more than that. For the purpose of property tax, I live in a townhouse. People in other parts of the US might call it a semidetached, a semi, or a duplex (like I do)
Very interesting, thanks for sharing the info! Yeah from what I’ve heard about Arizona for example, and how hot it gets there it would probably be impossible to survive without an AC
People keep saying it's "unsafe" to live without a/c. They didn't invent central air until the mid-70s. People lived in those areas before central air. I, myself, lived in Del Rio, TX & San Antonio, TX before A/C. And I visited my relatives in FL & CA before A/C. Don't even remember the heat. It just was. However, if you look at the population growth of FL or TX or AZ, you'll notice it didn't happen until after the mid-70s.
@@kathyp1563 Home central air conditioning was available as early as 1931. Our new house built in 1963 had central air and heat. I had lots of family members with central air in the 1950's.
Fun fact: one of the most valuable commodities in America for a long time was wood. This is because Europe over harvested their forests for things like heating homes and building ships. Probably why you don't see wood houses past a certain date in Europe. Also one of the weird luxuries Americans don't know they have... Or had until recently, whats with wood prices ya'll (jk I know we're selling it overseas now no need to explain...)
I’m from the Boston area and you will find many British influences across the entire area. After all, it’s called “New England” for a reason. Many of our towns are named after English towns. I was born and raised In Ipswich, MA which was named after Ipswich, England and to this day they have a “sister city” partnership and exchange. There are around 104 towns in Massachusetts alone that are named after British towns from Amesbury to Yarmouth. New Hampshire was named for Hampshire, England and has 41 English inspired town names. It was a way for early settlers to feel at home and they tried to replicate what they were familiar with. In fact, our local accent is also something retained from our early settlers. In my specific area, our accent is very similar to the Anglia section of England. It’s all actually quite interesting.
There's a British RUclipsr named Joe Sugg who started out using the handle Thatcher Joe because he was a roof thatcher. I once rented a room from a boss whose house had 7 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms, and was 7000 square feet.
Building materials differ from climate to climate. This is something that a lot of people up north learned about during the Texas freeze. Not just do the materials differ, but so too do the locations of the plumbing system. Since southern homes don't typically have to worry about sub-temperature weather, the pipes are run through the ceilings to allow for easy access and cost efficient installations/repairs.
I live in Arizona where almost all you see is Santa Fe style housing. Single story stucco, browns and pinks, mostly flat roofs. A lot of areas where houses just look like stacks of cardboard boxes.
Yeah you pretty much nailed it- Boston would be one of the most “English” cities we have in the US, and then other larger New England cities like Manchester, NH, Providence, RI, or Hartford, CT would be as well Boston’s old inner streets are narrow and winding, like in UK cities. I think some of them are even cobblestone streets
BOSTON is funny though on how it was built. Americans fleeing the "tyranny" of Great Britain and screaming "We hate the British" and yet build Boston just like a British city!
It would make sense that the new England area has heavy English influence since it's where most of the English settled. NY had more of a Dutch influence because the early European settlers in the southern part of NY were Dutch. The northern part of NY had more of rugged French influence since it was settled by French trappers and soldiers. Log cabins are huge in my area of NY. If you ever get a chance check out Adirondack great camps. They are huge log cabins made for the ultra rich tourists.
Boston is old for the USA and a port city. Most of the Revolutionary War initial political agitation took place there so yes it looks more English. New York City would be the other one and originally settled by the Dutch. Ranch houses are popular with older people because there are no stairs you have to use if you have walking problems. Florida is still known as a retirement area because there is no winter to cope with. Many Brits, I have found, are fond of going to Florida and have because of that a lack of understanding of the rest of the country where the culture and traditions are very different. Boston would be one such very different area.
Before watching this, I just want to point out, my house was built in the 50s, apparently my whole neighborhood hand dug the basements of the houses. My house, has a basement about 5 foot 8 inches tall. I found out, the guy that originally built this house was 5 foot 7 inches, and got tired of digging. XD
You see a lot of ranch homes in Florida because it has long been a retirement destination. As people get older and have grumpy joints, they don't want to climb stairs.
Where I live here in Southern California. Several tracks of houses were built and they are called cookie cutters. So, its a track of houses where 3 or 4 of them would be built with the same specs. Every other home would be similar in one way or the other so to speak and they are big to your standards. The home I live in currently is 2,200 square feet approx.
I have live from Boston to Calif. and the homes vary even in the us and in every way. In Boston I lived in what is called a brownstone. In Calif a ranch and many others in between. Because I was raised a military kid the base houses were different even that homes off base.
We have electric kettles, but we don't typically use them unless we don't have access to a microwave or stove (like if you want one in your office, then maybe you would have an electric kettle)
The two-pronged outlet in America is the older kind, and you'll find it on things like toasters, vacuums, some TV's, and most electronic device chargers, along with a lot of other household appliances. That sort of outlet will be mainly found in older houses. The three pronged outlet is newer and will be found in most modern buildings and houses, along with older houses that have been refurbished / remodeled. The third bottom prong is a grounding wire, which is meant to protect users of any device that's plugged in from unexpected electric surges, reducing the likelihood of an electric shock. this sort of plug will be found on laptop chargers, computers, some TV's, some fridges, and several other devices with metal casings or internal battery systems that also have metal casings. Two-pronged you plugs can be used safely in Three-prong outlets, but Three-pronged plugs require an adapter of some sort for use in a Two-pronged outlet. Hope that clears that up for you! :)
Where Boston is the most similar to London is the utter chaos of the layout. There seems to be little rhyme or reason to the roads and where they go. New York City was specifically designed as an opposite to Boston and London and is built as a grid (at least Manhattan) to make finding your way around much easier.
@@kabirconsiders Definitely, London is one of my most favorite cities in the world. I drive my wife crazy when she asks if I want to go to Morocco or Turkey and I'm all "nah, let's do London...again."
A lot of people retire in Florida. So they really don't want two story houses and climb steps several times per day. That's why there's so many one story houses.
I grew up in a Cape Cod style house, my bedroom had pumpkin pine floors which would be worth a fortune today. I remember it was an orange color and very shiny, great for Legos and Matchbox cars. My house here in Cali is 1600 square foot. It's average if not a bit small for the neighborhood, but a nice location on top of the hill.
@@kabirconsiders Yes that's much smaller, not sure how many bedrooms you could fit in 750sf. Even so, buying a home is an excellent way to build wealth. Hope you find the perfect property! Share some of your home search on the channel, I think it would be interesting to see what the market is like over there.
The Majority of Florida Houses are Built for Hurricanes, so they are built with Cinder block Walls, Special Windows and Tie Downs from the Roof Superstructure too the Concrete pad the House is Built on.
People that use the stove to boil a kettle of water are if they had a gas stove usually. I have an electric stove top so I used a kettle that is on my kitchen counter that plugs into the electric outlet and you press the switch to turn it on to heat the water inside and then when it's heated up the water, it turns itself off.
No. I use a tea kettle on my electric stove top. Can't control the type of stove I have (no gas line, since I live in the country.) But, I think the tea kettle that whistles is classy. So, I use it.
The voltage is diffrent so our electrical plugs are different. Small items usually have just 2 prongs. the 3 prong plugs are for larger items. the 3rd prong is for grounding, which is much safer for the larger items that are sucking in more electricity.
Nope. As others have mentioned our standard wall outlets are 120 V at 60Hz frequency. Though in fact the total potential delivered to the house is 240V, so central air, electric stoves, and major appliances have plenty of power. There’s a Technology Connections video that explains it, if you really want to know.
Before the microwave we used tea kettles that go on the stove and whistle when brought to a boil. Then came the microwave...e-nuff said. I didn't get an electric kettle until about 6 year ago to share with my co-workers at the office. Now I work from home and have two of them that are collecting dust.
In the UK a flat tire is called a puncture, here it’s called a flat. You lift the bonnet or boot, here they’re called the hood and the trunk. My sister-in-law is from New Zealand. 😉
The electronics that use the 3 prongs in the us usually are ones that use more power.. like laptop chargers, hair dryers, or surge protector type thing the 2 plugs are like lights, cell chargers things like that
Single stories (ranch) style are popular in a lot of the south. Second floors get incredibly hot in summer and are wildly expensive to keep cool in 100+ degree (Fahrenheit) temps. Definitely not wrong on that one :D As an example, I live in the mid west (Ohio), FAR north of the really hot states, and my second floor hit 124 degrees F (~51C) a couple years ago in the summer before we got central air put in. Yikes.
6:19 also, spoilers, wood flexes during earthquakes, brick crumble and fall on your head. As a west coast girl coming into London from Heathrow for the very first time, my reaction was, "wow' that's a lot of brick chimneys that could fall on you"
The advantage of having a separate washer and dryer is that you can wash another load while the first load is drying.most homes have a separate laundry room
I live in the US and after many years with garbage disposals. I moved into a home without one. And the pipes are too old to put one in. I miss it every day. New fan here.
We do use the same types of kettles just not so common & normally for things like noodles not for tea. Boston & New England both have inspiration from UK. Probably right down to the Carolinas. Due to our heat in Texas, most middle income & above houses are built of brick. Or adobe. Some sort of thick thermal block.
@@kabirconsiders Wood generally isn't as durable for a number of reasons. With a little care, wood can last almost as long. Wind/tornado resistance is another benefit of brick. You might still lose the roof but the wall still stand in an F3 that would take a wooden house. Above that & it probably doesn't matter. You still have wood in a brick structure so you never get away from wood. There are also cheap bricks that will crumble over time. So it all depends.
My daughter just bought her first house. It was $200 thousand dollars. It's 2 thousand square feet. She got a great deal on it. Her shower stall is bigger than my kitchen, no joke. 3 bedroom and 2 bathroom. I'm very proud of her. Also we do have electric kettles too.
1:14 boilers actually aren't that common in most of the US. I live in the city of Chicago, and pretty much all of the houses here were built 1890-1920. So here, boilers are very common. Other big cities are similar. But the majority of the US(especially the suburbs) use a gas furnace with forced air for heat. I've lived in apartments with both and I MUCH prefer a boiler than forced air. In the winter, the forced air is soooooo dry, its brutal on my sinuses.
@@kabirconsiders I much prefer them! The last two places I lived were boiler heat. The place I currently live is forced air. Its the biggest thing I dislike about my current place.
I've moved around 20 times in my life (not a type-o, really 20ish times). I've never lived in a home with a boiler. Kinda wanted to, because I'd see them referenced in movies. I've lived in houses with oil heat, gas heat, all electric, and currently geo-thermal. Geo-thermal takes the heat from the earth (year round 55 degrees) then uses a furnace to heat it to room temperature. That furnace could be any form. Since I live in the country, I could not use gas. So, it is electric.
@@jeffburdick869 Only US. My dad was USAF. I remained transient until I was 30. I moved back & forth between TX & OH several times. Then, AZ, AL, & MI. When I count over 20 times, I count living in temporary housing while my parents looked for permanent housing to rent or buy.
You should just collaborate with Lawrence! I end up watching and enjoying him more with you reacting. :) I don’t know why so many Americans have a fascination with Britain like I do. I’ve been to parts of Europe, but still have it on my bucket list!
Gotta say, the obvious reason Brits use plug-in kettles is because the drink so much more tea! Yes, we drink it much more than we used to, but often just one cup at a time, which takes no time to boil. And yes, the kettle’s whistle is a nostalgic touch with tradition, and home.
We use the electronic kettle as well. We also bought a brick home because we weren't quite keen on the wooden ones. But most of the types of homes on my street are either colonial revival, cape cod or cottage style like ours. The town I live in Connecticut has the oldest homestead in the US. It belong to one of the earliest British settlers, the Boothes. They donated the home and land to the town so it could be kept as a public park.
We have electric kettles, but stove top kettles are mainly used because of tradition of when we first came here as they are easier to use over fire either directly on fire or just above it. We also use them for camping more which many families do a lot of. Also don’t forget these are actually useful still for cowboys who need to move cattle like we used to as not everyone loads them up and unloads them for movin.
In Texas, homes have to have air conditioning because the heat and humidity is just too much!! It's why our houses have so many large windows because they're built for the heat. Same with like Arizona or New Mexico
I live in northern Ontario, Canada and I couldn't live without central air! And it's colder here than in England. So I have no idea how the Brits can stomach summers. Why suffer for nothing! I've never been rich or had spare money to spend when my kids were growing up, but in 2006 when my furnace needed to be changed, I took the opportunity to get central air at the same time. I have never regretted it! We very rarely open windows because we also love our ceiling fans. We've got a ceiling fan in every room and bedroom on the main floor. We live in a one storey house. I don't see how people can live without them. They run 365 days a year even when it's -30C outside.
I live in the south (Tennessee) and we would totally melt if we didn't have air conditioning. The heat index alone can get upwards of 110+ degrees (about 43.3 degrees Celsius). And it is worse the further south you go! We are petitioning the Church to bestow sainthood on Willis Carrier.
We do have the plug in kettles here as well, not many people use them. I remember I had one in college for my dorm room. I think people like the stove top ones because they are more aesthetically pleasing.
I have an English friend who made me tea. He used that electric kettle and I was like.... Whaaaaaaa 😍 What is that? Then he told me and now I have one of my own.
@Doug Parker my first apartment in Chicago was about 400 sq feet. I didn't mind it as it was just me and my dog. I had a small, but decent kitchen. A little nook for my bed. A good sized closet, a generic bathroom, and a smallish, but decent sized living room. I had a lot of great memories there. I currently live in a 900 sq ft apartment with my wife and its plenty of space. I don't get the American obsession with living in a giant McMansion way out in the middle of nowhere. I'd much rather live in a smaller place in an amazing city, but to each their own.
Grew up in a ~1200 sq ft house, bought one about the same size, 3 bed 1 1/2 baths, and lived in a 2 bed 2 bath 760 sq ft apartment between the two. I still don't feel I have enough space!
3 prong outlets are grounded outlets. The 2 prong outlets you typically find in in older homes with electrical systems older than 25-30 years. In these homes you may find electrical systems that have less than 100 amps so the additional grounding wasn't required at the time.
So as a home builder here are the major different from most English and some Scottish homes are from Northern US states Homes are built of wood frame with either brick, stucco or Vinyl veneer. The reason for the frame is to contain insulation, usually fibreglass or rock wood. Covered with plastic vapour barrier. Also the frame holds plumbing gaslines and wiring. Heating is usually “forced air” a Furance. Not rads. It allows for air conditioners. Basements, 80 percent of house have full basement many fully furnished. Electrical. Uk is 240v 50 hz. North America 120v 60v. That lower voltage allows for distance. It means less lost of power to resistance. In east US a row house is a townhouse and a duplex is a split top and bottom while side by side is a semi.
I noticed you mentioned boilers. I know most UK homes use boilers/radiators for heat. While some US homes do as well, boilers are considered old fashioned in America. Most American homes have central heat, which is either electric or natural gas powered. Some smaller homes, including mine, may also use baseboard heaters, which are electric heaters that are built into the walls, at floor level.
@@kabirconsiders because Air Conditioning is so much more common in the USA, you get a forced air furnace that uses the same ducts as the AC instead of building duct-work for AC and piping for radiators.
another technology that has been used in Asian countries for a long time but is becoming more common here is in floor heating with plastic tubes embedded under a thin layer of concrete. warm water is passed throughout the system and i think it is recycled continuously. when i first encountered this system in the barracks in Korea i was amazed the whole floor was warm to bare feet and the rooms were warm too. i was equally amazed that Korea had had more primitive systems before that were dangerous because they passed charcoal exhaust under the floor instead of water. they would not give up the warm floors despite the annual deaths from CO2 poisoning when the system developed leaks into the living space so the govt cast about for a safer system and soon they had water based in floor heating.
BOSTON it is a USA staple in history like Philadelphia is...they make it a tourist destination and by that fact, the majority of the properties should be historical landmarks and have to be preserved...so everything is OG. A lot of states have less preserved history and end up rebuilding new homes.
California is a younger state so less English influences. I live in a ranch style house but considered small at 1174 sq ft. I also have an electric kettle, love it
When your summer months come and the temperature outside is 115 degrees and the forecast calls for triple digits for more than a solid week.....you better believe we love our air conditioners! In fact, they are a life or death necessity! There are many that die every year from the heat. The heat can be so dangerous that they offer places that you can go during these extreme heat days if you do not have access to air conditioning for one reason or another.
I grew up in what was called a "Tract house", built for GI families after WWII (ours in the early 50s), next door to similar designs (some mirrored), with a few of different design. ;-) Today, I live in a house type condo (stand alone) within a complex of similar condos.
We own 3 homes of three different styles here in Tennessee..One is what we call a double wide mobile home and it is around 2,000 sq ft and has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms on 2 acres of land..We have 2,400 sq ft 3 bedroom 2 bath 2 story house on 3 acres ...Recently we bought what we call a multiple family home which is 4,200 sq ft and has 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, two living rooms , a sunroom, a gameroom,and a bar, sitting on 6 acres...All them combined are worth a little over a Million dollars....
Cape Cod style houses are great for newlyweds & retirees. If you're handy, you can put a bdrm in the attic, as well as 1 in the bsmt. So, you can get 4 bdrms out of a 2 bdrm house.
Cool reaction. Loved that my city is repped. haha Boston was built by the Irish basically. Lot's of European influence. The two most known major ports for migration to the new world on the East Coast is New York & Boston. I am an Irish Bostonian. My grandparents said that where NY was the major port for Italians, everyone they knew and migrated with came to Boston. My grandfather was a civil engineer. Trickled down. We were all carpenters & general contractors. Made money & moved away....but stayed close. lol For instance, I moved our family to Maine. 2 hour drive to Boston, so still close...But it's literally a different world where I live & have planted our roots. My neighbors are trees & wildlife now. Anyways, enjoyed this reaction. Liked.
Lol I loved the way you described a garbage disposal as the blade in the sink 🤣
In the UK it's called a "waste disposal unit"
😂 yes "garbage disposal"
Boston is part of New England, so yes, a big English influence all throughout the region. Lots of old brick buildings and Colonial style homes. Many homes from Colonial or even pre-Colonial times are still standing and lived in. Not as old as some of the oldest homes in the UK but still pretty cool.
Awesome, thanks for confirming my hunch!
Philadelphia also has a huge English influence. A lot of people forget how important Philly is to our history. It was our first Capital, the Constitution was signed there, the Liberty Bell is there.... so much early American history in Philly. You can see it in the preserved historic architecture too...
Isn't Boston our OLDEST city? Or just one of the oldest.
@@kathyp1563 St Augustine, Florida is the oldest but if you're looking for oldest English settlement, it's Roanoke in NC and then Jamestown in VA.
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Definitely ONE of the oldest
Virginia and Massachusetts have the oldest settlements in the country I think
It's not just Boston. Many of the old colonies that became the states on the East Coast have neighborhoods very reminiscent of English homes. I'm from VA and you will find a lot of these styles of homes in Williamsburg and Richmond for example.
Yep, anywhere in the former 13 Colonies for sure
Mostly Georgian style buildings.
Right, and the Southwest will have more Spanish influences.
Same- DC and Maryland seem to have a lot of the row houses you’d find in London, as well as the Potomac waterfront on the VA side. Old Town Alexandria is a prime example.
Try living in Arizona or Florida without air conditioning!
You can't and my Electric Bill will attest to that!
Or Georgia, Texas, and Louisiana.
To put it into context, New Orleans is at the same latitude as Cairo. AC is a necessity. As I was recently reminded of during the week long power outage after hurricane Ida.
That’s a hard no
Even Kansas
In Miami you cannot construct a "Wood framed" home due to the Hurricane building codes since 1992 hence how expensive homes are. Also 900 square feet | 83 sq. meters is equivalent to a 1 bedroom apartment here in the US which is miniscule for a house.
wow, the average british home is 760 square feet!
The smallest house I ever lived in was 900 square feet, and it had two beds and two baths. And it was only for two people! Once we had a child we moved into a 2000+ sq ft 'starter'
@@AnnHClay I feel ya!...900 square feet is an apt...😱 chile I would have gone crazy in a house that small. 😵They do sell those cheap here in NC mostly for Soldiers (I'm next to Bragg)... When we had kids I had to have a 3 bedroom and a serious lot size so I could throw the hoard outside to play. Built a huge playground area just for them
@@kabirconsiders No way dood that's the size of my kitchen/dining room area...😱
@@AnnHClay To funny! 2000 sf sounds cavernous to me, lol. My soon to be 50yr old "starter" home is 1060 square feet with 3 bedrooms (10x10, 9x10 and 9x9) and 1 bathroom on a large lot. I raised 2 kids here. I love this "little" house because it's a single story with only one small step down going outside... no need to worry about down-sizing or aging in place as I get older. On the other hand, if we're going to discuss closet space.... 😭
I LOVE Lost in the Pond!!! I've been subscribed to Laurence's channel for over two years now!! His content is awesome!!! Air conditioning is a necessity in some parts of the U.S. Summers can be unbearable, and even dangerous without it. If you do open windows, you need window screens in place, because of bugs. We get spiders, flies, biting flies, mosquitoes, bees, wasps, hornets etc.
Yeah his channel is awesome. Apparently some states can get as hot as 40+ Celsius in the summer 🥵
@@kabirconsiders the summer I left Texas it was 127 degrees Fahrenheit lol
Not to mention squirrels, birds and mice.
@@LJBSullivan ...Depending on the location...you can add lizards and snakes to the list of visitors!
We do have electric kettles, but for casual use, most have our original stovetop kettles.
Or the ever heretical microwave.
Yeah, it’s weird that most British you tubers think that we don’t use electric kettles. They’re sold in Walmart and Target so obviously someone is buying them.
I think the real issue here is no one drinks tea
Not one more electric gadget on the counter
If I’m making a pot of tea I have a kettle for the stove top but I usually just use my coffee pot minus the coffee. If I’m making one cup I will put a tea bag in place of grounds in my espresso machine. Works great and I don’t need a 3rd gadget just for hot water.
I lived in Scotland for three years in my twenties and was shocked when I saw how small refrigerators are compared to what we have here in Canada. It ended up being a great thing, though, as it prompted me to go out and walk to the grocery store every couple of days for fresh food.
To be honest I think virtually everything is smaller here compared to North America 😂
That's great if you have time. Who has time to go more than once a week. Only if you have delivery, then a waste of gas.
@@LJBSullivan Well I lived in a city, so I walked almost everywhere. The grocery stores were all pretty close by, but it would be different if I lived in a rural area.
@@LJBSullivan I agree, I'm not walking a mile in either direction carrying a load of groceries in the NC heat... Fk that I couldn't even imagine
I visited Scotland in 1999... My son and his wife were married in Dundas Castle... Loved Scotland, the people...and all the history!!
You have to Understand that Florida is directly across from the Upper Third of Africa and Maine which is our northern state is directly across from Spain. We are Much more Southern on Earth you are in England, so we have a lot more heat and humidity, that's Why We have Air Conditioners and Ceiling Fans.
I’m an American, and I do have an electric kettle. You can get them, but they’re not as widely used in this country.
My sister and I keep one in our rooms, too convenient!
My dad literally moved to Canada just to own a sick house for cheap af he bought a 3 floor house 5 bed rooms, 2 living room, basement, big back garden and a garage for like 300k pounds in a beautiful area too so many trees and a river flows behind his house. Might have to move over there myself
Woah, I’m honestly thinking of relocating to a different country because real estate prices here are a complete joke
@@kabirconsiders I live in the UK too I feel you bro. Shit, ancient brick houses get sold for a fortune over here. Canada/US is where its at
Single story homes are popular in Florida because 1) lots of old people who don't want to or can't do steps; and 2) lots of storms that could knock a second floor down.
Texas has huge temperature fluctuations. Not only can it drop 40°F in 5-6 hours, but it can range anywhere from 15° F to 105°F depending on summer or winter. A/c is almost essential here
From Minnesota here it has gotten to 115 F but usually the 90's is the hottest we get in the summer also -60 F is (-51.111 C) the coldest. That was is 1996 not that long ago. Our temperature in 24 hrs can fluctuate 72 degrees
@@LJBSullivan Here in Michigan it fluctuates temperature as well. Summer's are in the 90-100 F range and the winters below zero.
@@bigbake132 Howdy everyone Nebraska here, a few years back we had a lovely blizzard in May that ended with lovely 70 degree sunset.
@@RedShoesSmith I remember we had one in Michigan as well. It was a big shock to people who aren't from the Midwest that this could happen lol.
I had a stove top kettle all through childhood, then once married, the wife got an electric kettle for us and it’s changed my life. The water boils soo fast! I will never go back, next up toaster oven!
Yep, electric kettles are way to go!
@@kabirconsiders Microwave is even faster.🙂👍
@@kabirconsiders But eletric kettles just doesn't make the water really hot. I also use an eletric kettle but it doesn't compare to my British mother's stovetop kettle.
You have to have air conditioning in the south. During the summer, parts of the south it can be 98° with 90-95% humidity and a heat index of 112°-115°.
In the US air conditioning is a must in the summer lol because it can be miserable... and US houses are usually much bigger and more spacious. And i live in a Ranch Style house
Yeah a lot of American states are really hot
There are some areas that a regular ac is actually bad to have but instead have what is called a swamp cooler . Ac tends to dry out the air where a swamp cooler puts cool humid air out ( California for one is one of those areas that have swamp coolers )
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Here in AZ you’ll seldom find any home without central air, haha
Your plugs are bigger because your mains voltage is 230 - 240 volts compared to our 120 volts. But we actually have two 120v "legs" which can be combined to get 240v for larger appliances like stoves, water heaters, clothes washers and dryers and those plugs are even larger than yours. Edit: And our appliances have their own switches.
Thanks for answering my question mate!
Our windows open differently. Most windows here slide up or sideways. Most windows that I've seen throughout England open like french doors. Also, we use our Keurig coffee makers to heat our water for tea or simply use tea kcups.
I'm from Canada and I think the biggest difference between Canadian homes and European homes is the ventilation system. In Canada I've never seen a house (that is lived in year round) without a vent system that allows cold air to be brought throughout the entire home with one air conditioning unit. The same vent system is also used for heat during winter.
Even old houses?
My home was built in 1927. Forced gas heating. Yes venting throughout. I dont have central air however. But it would use the same vents.
I grew up in rural Indiana and we did not have a HVAC system or vents. We had a wood burning stove in the kitchen.
Older homes may be adapted.
Today might for such homes might be done with mini splits.
I'm from Canada and I don't know where the heck you are but central air and the vent system you speak of aren't that universal in Canada at all. If your in a major city like Toronto where forced air gas systems are common then yeah but even in Toronto there are plenty of oil run systems and radiators in tons of homes and old apartment buildings
American houses have definitely gotten bigger post WWII. The first house my wife and I lived in was 800 square feet and was built for GIs returning from war. It had about a quarter of an acre of land. We outgrew it quickly and moved to an mid-1800s farm house with a modern addition. Now we have a little over 3,000 square feet on 18 acres of land, and we paid under $200,000 US for it.
Where on earth do you live to get that kind of space for that price. That's... Wow
The middle of nowhere in upstate NY. We actually paid $167,000. It was a steal.
But there were craftsman houses built in the early 1900's that were big. In college all my houses were a hundred years old and you'd get together with a bunch of friends and rent one. Had one built in 1908 that was 7 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms
I live a Craftsman style home.the woodwork is amazing
Where the hell is that. The average price of a house here i$500,000. A home like yours would be worth about a million and a half or more here. A freind has a house on one acre, 5 bedroom 4 bath house with a 30 x 40 ft shop (garage) and a 2 car garage. 1.9 mill.
1:30 yup, we call it a garbage disposal. Canadians call it a garburator. Its great for most waste products, but a few things you can't put down there are egg shells, celery, coffee grounds, grease.
Garburator 😂
I'm pretty sure I've put all of those things down my disposal... 🥺
in other words garbage disposals are nearly worthless for disposing of garbage but make excellent places for irretrievably losing jewelry , for stinking up the kitchen and breaking down and requiring a plumber. the stuff you can put down a disposal is best composted anyway. or if you want to be rid of it just put it in the bin. the stuff you can put down a disposal isn't bulky at all. its not like a box you have to break down to put in the kitchen bin. its typically a bit of fruit or veggie peel or maybe the innards of a pumpkin or something. :D
A lot of the houses that look like they're made with a wood exterior actually use vinyl siding.
Ahhh I see, thanks for letting me know
But most likely they’re still made out of wood it’s a wood framed house with vinyl siding on the outside. Who is in England or much of the rest of Europe wood frame houses are not common.
@@pjschmid2251 I've seen a lot of flood related videos coming from Europe and I've seen a lot of wood frame structures in those videos.
@@kevinbrown-ge6sz older buildings may still be some form of woodframe structure but newer ones the framework is usually metal and the walls are made out of composite materials almost like concrete. Don’t punch a German wall you’re not gonna go through it like an American sheet rock wall. You’re more likely to have your hand broken.
@@pjschmid2251 I'm curious why when people criticize wood frame houses its only US wood frame houses? There's never criticism about Australian and New Zealand wood frame houses or some of the Nordic countries where they are common. I suspect for some people its anti-Americanism.
You've looked at climate variations in the U.S., and classic housing styles in different regions reflect that. A Cape Cod house is good for a northern climate because it's boxy, with a lot of interior space relative to the exterior walls. The roof is also steep so the snow slides off. Compare that to a ranch house, which is usually long and low to the ground to permit cross-ventilation and avoid the problem of a stifling upstairs when heat rises. And the roofs don't have to be so steep if heavy snow isn't a problem.
Modern heating, insulation, window construction, and air conditioning have permitted a wider range of housing styles in a wider range of climates. But you still do see big differences based on weather.
Having hold and cold water go through one tap means you can customize the temperature of the water coming out. I can’t imagine why you’d want to have them separate. You’d scald your hands trying to wash with just hot water.
I've done the 2-tap thing. Basically you stopper the drain and combine the flows in the basin and use that to wash your hands.
One faucet for the sink is the only way to go. Waste of water using the basin to wash.
It was the way it was done before someone figured out the single water mixing ball valve system (gotta love This Old House, lol). Here in the U.S., houses built before the early-mid '50s had double taps and can still sometimes be found in older homes and farm houses... I even stayed in an old motel in the Redwoods in 1989 that still had them. I've used them growing up (a relative's 1940's house) and as an adult and wouldn't want them.
I just googled double tap faucets and it seems that the first single faucet was invented by Alred Moen after he burned his hands. He sold his first single handled faucet in 1947 and by 1959 "all of Alred Moen's single-handed faucets were in almost every home".
Some old houses still have the two-tap version. But you hardly ever see them in a house that isn't at least 70 years old
Most of my life, I've had 2 tap sinks & tubs. The single lever system that I have now really took some getting used to.
George Bernard Shaw said: "England and America are two countries separated by a common language."
That’s pretty apt 😂
LOL, so true! A couple of years ago I got bored with the Google Map lady giving me directions and on a whim, changed her voice to an English accent... I thought. I quickly panicked while going down the freeway when I was told to take the "slip road" and other bizarro terms! I was completely lost, confused, and in a panic not knowing how to get to my doc appt with this insane Brit issuing incomprehensible directions at me; after all she was supposed to be speaking ENGLISH, right? LOL!
I can't understand why someone would want a combo W/D you have to wait for it to dry before starting another wash as with both you can do both at the same time.
Yeah I wouldn’t want one of those either, but I imagine if space is at a premium having both functions in one device would be ideal
I never do more than one load of laundry at a time. So I'd prefer a combo W/D.
@@kabirconsiders YEAH but they make stackable W/D that fit in closets and recreational vehicles.
Totally agree! I see how having one would really save space in those miniscule British houses, but I've never, ever seen one in America. The bigger, the better, especially for families.
@@AnnHClay I saw a w/d when I was visiting family in North Carolina, it was so small, you could only wash 1 pair of blue jeans or 2 childrens shirts at a time.
What Lawrence said about American housing stock is true but if one looks closely in different neighborhoods from different eras one would notice a tremendously varied amount of housing styles they become increasingly Spanish as one gets into the far west and Southwest. I believe the greatest error of homebuilding was the late 1900s and 20th century until the great depression when they were a tremendous amount of different styles of houses because each house was built individually and they were not so many what we call subdivisions built by a single builder with four or five different specifications blueprints causing duplication of the same houses over and over. However there are also bungalow neighborhoods that have very economical houses with a lot of talent to them selves from the 1900s until the 1920s and 30s that are particularly American but have strong Japanese influence. In my area of the country there are tremendous amount of center hall Georgian style houses which look very traditional from the exterior but can get radically different on the inside.
America really is a melting pot of many different cultures and styles of construction. Its fascinating to see how different nationalities have influenced Americas aesthetic
@@kabirconsiders my home was my parents home and my grandparents before that. It has been in the family since 1921. It was built not long before that as a simple post WWI box house. It has been changed updated and modified over the years. Our electrical outlets are different because from what I understand you use direct current, which is why all the switches, much more dangerous than alternating current which is what is used here. Alternating current can be passed farther along wires than direct current.
Plug here are mostly 110 not 220 or 240. They also don’t have a switch to turn them on or off.. you plug and go.
Air conditioners are a must.
I live in Minnesota a few hundred miles from Canada. The coldest it will get in the winter is -40F and C (the scales meet) and the warmest it will get is about 105F/40C.
40C is way too hot for me. I wouldn't be fun to be around 😂
@@kabirconsiders Worst I have ever had to work in was 115F/46C or with the heat index for high humidity 125F/52C.
This was full on industrial assembly with no air conditioning only a fan system.
You would lose around 11 lbs/ 5 kgs a day just from sweating. I checked a scale before and after work.
I was drinking 2 gallons/ 8 liters of water/gatorade a day.
I still got heat stroke twice that summer.
This was in midwester Wisconsin, about 120 miles South of where I am now. And yeah it almost got just as cold in the winter. But I had views like this 15 minutes from my apt.
Here is a taste of Winona Minnesota. I really wish I had never moved away from there. (yes that's the Mississippi River.)
Fall Colors along the Mississippi River (Winona, MN)
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I live in AZ, 117 F is a no brainier in the summer here.
That sink blade you’re speaking of is called a garbage disposal and as luck would have it, mine’s busted atm. Oh well, they’re convenient and all but they’re hardly necessary. You’re spot on ‘bout how we, at least me anyway, boil our tea on the stove. I don’t drink hot tea like y’all Brits though, I’m southern, so it’s sweet, sweet iced tea for me and literally every tea drinking person I know. Another good reaction today btw. :)
Same here for the garbage disposal and tea. My disposal is also broken, and not a big tea drinker. But when I want tea, I don't use any kettles or stoves. I use the power of the sun, and make sun tea.
@@rdramos13 I made a gallon of sun tea using this fantastic weather here in southeastern Tennessee literally within just a few days prior to commenting. I didn’t bring it up bc I didn’t reckon anyone but maybe another ol’ school southerner since the amount of ppl my own age who bother w making it that way ever is very low. They’re not patient enough or that’s the excuse I’ve heard. I fear the practice is dying out and is currently in its death throes. I hope I’m wrong but time shall tell.
8:15 Boston, along with some other east coast cities, def. have the most English aspects to them in terms of architecture. And it just has to do with history. Cities like Boston were being built in the 1600s and 1700s when the US was still part of England...so the settlers built houses based on what they knew from England.
Thanks for confirming my suspicion!
Pennsylvania,Delaware,Virginia,New England,Vermont,Maine these states have many housing features that resemble British housing.
Tea drinkers here in America tend to go for the programmable plug-in kettles in my experience (especially those who, like me, drink more than black tea and herbal infusions [different types of tea require different temperatures of water, after all]). Americans who just drink coffee tend to go for stovetop kettles to they can boil water for instant potatoes, instant ramen, and pour-over or French press coffee (we tend to be fine with burnt coffee [Starbucks is everywhere, especially in Seattle, where they've become hated {both because they're everywhere and it seems the "cool" thing to hate things that are ubiquitous with your city, and because some Seattleites can't get over how Howard Schultz dealt with the Sonics issue}])
8:16 From Quora ("Why does Boston have a similar feel to London?"): "...Boston was primarily peopled by the English [who] brought their ideas of building and architecture from their English heritage. In communities where other peoples were prominent, Boston has a more European feel." Because Boston was English and because many Boston designers followed English trends and technologies, Boston has many of the same design elements of England." (Also, Acorn Street is the oldest intact street in Boston, and still has its original cobblestone surface.)
More Bostonians claim Irish ancestry than any other herirage.😉
@@kathy2trips The English built Boston, the Irish simply invaded it.
The thing about electric tea kettles I've heard about and experienced when in Germany, is that they heat up VERY quickly in UK/Germany because everything is run on 220v power. Like within a minute or so. Over in the states residential power is all 120v, (except for washer/dryer and air conditioners they still use 220v) meaning that it usually takes at least twice as long to heat up water with an electric kettle here in the states. Many newer electric stoves have a quick heat section that can heat up a kettle pretty quickly. Still nowhere near as convenient as electric kettles in Europe tho.
from what i've heard, kfc is much better here than in america
American here. My house was built in 1944 and its cape cod style i guess. Its about 1500 square feet and thats pretty small relative to other homes. Its just me and the wife and 2 dogs so we dont need a huge home.
On air conditioning, If we didnt have AC we would die. We would literally have to be hooked up to an IV to sleep so we didnt pass away from dehydration overnight. The size of USA means we have VASTLY different weather all over the country. It was 90 degrees last week (here in South Carolina) and its not even summer yet. Thats well over 30 degrees centigrade for those of you on that scale.
on closets my house was originally 2 bedroom 1 (tiny) bathroom but was remodeled to turn one of the bedrooms into a huge bathroom, the original bathroom into a closet (walk through between the bedroom and bathroom) and then they added an upstairs so I no longer have an attic and i have a small upstairs with a few rooms.
And yes you're right about Boston. Its the oldest area in the US and its literally called New England. I laughed when I visited because EVERYTHING we saw was "the oldest *this * in america" oldest bar oldest restaurant oldest hotel or whatever.
Sorry for long comment but hopefully you get some more insight from someone born and raised in the states. Its so big its like visiting different areas is visiting a new country but its the same country. I can drive 4 hours and be at the coast and still be in south carolina. When I travel to florida's gulf coast its about a 9 hour drive. Ive gone by bus from SC to New York city and that was 17 hours. Just think where you could go if you hopped in your car and drove for 17 hours.
It’s crazy that a 1500 square foot house can be thought of as small, the average size house here is 729! 😅😩
The U.K. does not get nearly as hot most the time as some parts of America. Even areas of America that get cold in the winter might get up to 100 degrees Fahrenheit with high humidity (38 degrees Celsius) and stay that hot for several days. Here in the Southern U.S. it can literally be a serious health hazard for people to not have AC in their house during our long heat waves. Especially the elderly and kids.
The reason our plugs are different is because the voltage delivered to most outlets in American houses is 120V but it's 210V I think in most U.K. outlets so you guys need larger plugs and more safety measures.
And yes, most Americans will boil water in a pot on the stove if they need it for something. If they need hot water for coffee most Americans have coffee makers in their house so no problem. (Americans by far prefer coffee over tea statistically btw.) lol
Awesome, thanks for answering my plug question! And yes on average the US is much warmer than the U.K.
It's early May, and it's been in the 90s here all this week.
@@kabirconsiders You're welcome and not entirely true my man. Much of the US get colder than the UK in the winter. America is exposed to extreme cold air masses from the Artic in the winter and hot humid air masses from the Gulf of Mexico in the summer. The UK is largely blocked from alot of that cold by the temperate North Sea in the winter and protected from the heat by the North Sea and it's far North latitude in the summer. You guys are lucky except for all that cloudiness and rain. Lol
@@kabirconsiders The UK and Ireland have a very similar climate to the Pacific Northwest of the US. Summers tend to be in the 60s and 70s F(16-26C) where as winters tend to be more like 30s and 40s F(-1-10C) and also gray skies, rainy, dreary. Honestly, as someone who doesn't care for the extreme cold and HATES the extreme heat, I think I'd love your climate. A few years ago, I was in Ireland in July and it was like 18C every day, it was beautiful.
A couple things came to mind watching this video.
IIt’s actually unsafe to live in certain areas in the US without AC due to how hot it gets. It’s also unsafe to live in some places without central heat.
Many states have laws mandating appropriate heat or cooling for rental properties. Many states also prohibit the suspension of utility services for non payment if it will leave people without heat or AC.
Not every suburban home is a McMansion. I live in a “duplex” that is just under 900 Square feet. I’m retired. It’s me and a 13 pound dog. I don’t need anything more than that.
For the purpose of property tax, I live in a townhouse. People in other parts of the US might call it a semidetached, a semi, or a duplex (like I do)
Very interesting, thanks for sharing the info! Yeah from what I’ve heard about Arizona for example, and how hot it gets there it would probably be impossible to survive without an AC
People keep saying it's "unsafe" to live without a/c. They didn't invent central air until the mid-70s. People lived in those areas before central air. I, myself, lived in Del Rio, TX & San Antonio, TX before A/C. And I visited my relatives in FL & CA before A/C. Don't even remember the heat. It just was.
However, if you look at the population growth of FL or TX or AZ, you'll notice it didn't happen until after the mid-70s.
Yes, people did what they could with what they had.
But, now that we know better, we do better.
@@kathyp1563 Home central air conditioning was available as early as 1931. Our new house built in 1963 had central air and heat. I had lots of family members with central air in the 1950's.
Fun fact: one of the most valuable commodities in America for a long time was wood. This is because Europe over harvested their forests for things like heating homes and building ships. Probably why you don't see wood houses past a certain date in Europe. Also one of the weird luxuries Americans don't know they have... Or had until recently, whats with wood prices ya'll (jk I know we're selling it overseas now no need to explain...)
Wood prices: Covid, massive wildfires, wood mill closures, supply chain breakdowns, employment issues, inflation, I can go on.
I’m from the Boston area and you will find many British influences across the entire area. After all, it’s called “New England” for a reason. Many of our towns are named after English towns. I was born and raised In Ipswich, MA which was named after Ipswich, England and to this day they have a “sister city” partnership and exchange. There are around 104 towns in Massachusetts alone that are named after British towns from Amesbury to Yarmouth. New Hampshire was named for Hampshire, England and has 41 English inspired town names. It was a way for early settlers to feel at home and they tried to replicate what they were familiar with. In fact, our local accent is also something retained from our early settlers. In my specific area, our accent is very similar to the Anglia section of England. It’s all actually quite interesting.
Awesome, thanks for confirming my hunch!
I used to call ranch style houses the "The Golden Girls" style house!
The Golden Girls house was actually in California not Florida though.
Ranch houses are an extension of the bungalow, which the English picked up from India but didn't adopt widely themselves.
Similiarities of houses between the UK and US is mostly seen in New England and the original 13 colonies.
There's a British RUclipsr named Joe Sugg who started out using the handle Thatcher Joe because he was a roof thatcher.
I once rented a room from a boss whose house had 7 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms, and was 7000 square feet.
That house must have been MASSIVE!
@@kabirconsiders It was. It also had a library/office, a gym, a theater/TV room, and a wet bar.
I'm from Massachusetts, about an hour outside Boston. The houses in the New England are very influenced.
Building materials differ from climate to climate. This is something that a lot of people up north learned about during the Texas freeze. Not just do the materials differ, but so too do the locations of the plumbing system. Since southern homes don't typically have to worry about sub-temperature weather, the pipes are run through the ceilings to allow for easy access and cost efficient installations/repairs.
I live in Arizona where almost all you see is Santa Fe style housing. Single story stucco, browns and pinks, mostly flat roofs. A lot of areas where houses just look like stacks of cardboard boxes.
I kinda know how you feel, most streets here in U.K. have the exact same style of house built on them 😂
You must live in southern az. I live in Prescott, and we don't have those up here.
You should check out a new type of homes that are really taking off , tiny homes ( prices start at 25,000 ) and set up on trailers .
Interesting, I’ll check them out!
Yeah you pretty much nailed it- Boston would be one of the most “English” cities we have in the US, and then other larger New England cities like Manchester, NH, Providence, RI, or Hartford, CT would be as well
Boston’s old inner streets are narrow and winding, like in UK cities. I think some of them are even cobblestone streets
BOSTON is funny though on how it was built. Americans fleeing the "tyranny" of Great Britain and screaming "We hate the British" and yet build Boston just like a British city!
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They wanted a place that felt just like home, except without the bad stuff they were fleeing from. Haha
Same in Providence, but not as many of the streets are cobbled and they are much more grid patterned than Boston. Boston is like a maze.
Boston tea party😝
It would make sense that the new England area has heavy English influence since it's where most of the English settled. NY had more of a Dutch influence because the early European settlers in the southern part of NY were Dutch. The northern part of NY had more of rugged French influence since it was settled by French trappers and soldiers. Log cabins are huge in my area of NY. If you ever get a chance check out Adirondack great camps. They are huge log cabins made for the ultra rich tourists.
Interesting stuff, I'll definitely check those cabins out!
Boston is old for the USA and a port city. Most of the Revolutionary War initial political agitation took place there so yes it looks more English. New York City would be the other one and originally settled by the Dutch.
Ranch houses are popular with older people because there are no stairs you have to use if you have walking problems. Florida is still known as a retirement area because there is no winter to cope with. Many Brits, I have found, are fond of going to Florida and have because of that a lack of understanding of the rest of the country where the culture and traditions are very different. Boston would be one such very different area.
I really need to visit Boston soon, if only to hear the accent. It’s one of my favourites for some reason 😂
No AC? 😱😱😱😱😱😱. Have mercy there’s no way we could live without! We often are above 100+ degrees F / 38 C in summer.
Honestly, I'm American and I've never seen a garbage disposal in real life. I'm not even convinced they're real 😂
Before watching this, I just want to point out, my house was built in the 50s, apparently my whole neighborhood hand dug the basements of the houses. My house, has a basement about 5 foot 8 inches tall. I found out, the guy that originally built this house was 5 foot 7 inches, and got tired of digging. XD
He only gave himself an inch of clearance?! He really must have been fed up 😂
You see a lot of ranch homes in Florida because it has long been a retirement destination. As people get older and have grumpy joints, they don't want to climb stairs.
Also, hurricanes. Taller houses catch the wind more.
Where I live here in Southern California. Several tracks of houses were built and they are called cookie cutters. So, its a track of houses where 3 or 4 of them would be built with the same specs. Every other home would be similar in one way or the other so to speak and they are big to your standards. The home I live in currently is 2,200 square feet approx.
I have live from Boston to Calif. and the homes vary even in the us and in every way. In Boston I lived in what is called a brownstone. In Calif a ranch and many others in between. Because I was raised a military kid the base houses were different even that homes off base.
We have electric kettles, but we don't typically use them unless we don't have access to a microwave or stove (like if you want one in your office, then maybe you would have an electric kettle)
The two-pronged outlet in America is the older kind, and you'll find it on things like toasters, vacuums, some TV's, and most electronic device chargers, along with a lot of other household appliances. That sort of outlet will be mainly found in older houses.
The three pronged outlet is newer and will be found in most modern buildings and houses, along with older houses that have been refurbished / remodeled. The third bottom prong is a grounding wire, which is meant to protect users of any device that's plugged in from unexpected electric surges, reducing the likelihood of an electric shock. this sort of plug will be found on laptop chargers, computers, some TV's, some fridges, and several other devices with metal casings or internal battery systems that also have metal casings.
Two-pronged you plugs can be used safely in Three-prong outlets, but Three-pronged plugs require an adapter of some sort for use in a Two-pronged outlet.
Hope that clears that up for you! :)
Growing up in Tucson we had swap coolers to cool our homes in the dry desert heat.
I hadn't heard of row houses often. Around here (Dallas area) they're usually called Townhouses.
Where Boston is the most similar to London is the utter chaos of the layout. There seems to be little rhyme or reason to the roads and where they go. New York City was specifically designed as an opposite to Boston and London and is built as a grid (at least Manhattan) to make finding your way around much easier.
Yeah I prefer the grid system, but there odd something about the randomness of London’s layout that’s quite endearing 😂
@@kabirconsiders Definitely, London is one of my most favorite cities in the world. I drive my wife crazy when she asks if I want to go to Morocco or Turkey and I'm all "nah, let's do London...again."
The 2 prong style electrical outlet is just older
In new construction or remodel is no longer used due to code requiring a ground wire.
A lot of people retire in Florida. So they really don't want two story houses and climb steps several times per day. That's why there's so many one story houses.
I grew up in a Cape Cod style house, my bedroom had pumpkin pine floors which would be worth a fortune today. I remember it was an orange color and very shiny, great for Legos and Matchbox cars. My house here in Cali is 1600 square foot. It's average if not a bit small for the neighborhood, but a nice location on top of the hill.
1600 sq feet is a very good size, the average house in the U.K. is around 750! 😩
@@kabirconsiders Yes that's much smaller, not sure how many bedrooms you could fit in 750sf. Even so, buying a home is an excellent way to build wealth. Hope you find the perfect property! Share some of your home search on the channel, I think it would be interesting to see what the market is like over there.
The Majority of Florida Houses are Built for Hurricanes, so they are built with Cinder block Walls, Special Windows and Tie Downs from the Roof Superstructure too the Concrete pad the House is Built on.
People that use the stove to boil a kettle of water are if they had a gas stove usually. I have an electric stove top so I used a kettle that is on my kitchen counter that plugs into the electric outlet and you press the switch to turn it on to heat the water inside and then when it's heated up the water, it turns itself off.
No. I use a tea kettle on my electric stove top. Can't control the type of stove I have (no gas line, since I live in the country.) But, I think the tea kettle that whistles is classy. So, I use it.
I don't have room on my countertop for any more appliances. Microwave, toaster water purifier, ice maker, coffee pot and pressure cooker.
Most of the southern states has high humidity and high temperatures that’s why we have A/C units
The voltage is diffrent so our electrical plugs are different. Small items usually have just 2 prongs. the 3 prong plugs are for larger items. the 3rd prong is for grounding, which is much safer for the larger items that are sucking in more electricity.
Thanks for letting me know, I would have assumed wall power output would be the same in the US & Europe
Nope. As others have mentioned our standard wall outlets are 120 V at 60Hz frequency. Though in fact the total potential delivered to the house is 240V, so central air, electric stoves, and major appliances have plenty of power. There’s a Technology Connections video that explains it, if you really want to know.
Before the microwave we used tea kettles that go on the stove and whistle when brought to a boil. Then came the microwave...e-nuff said. I didn't get an electric kettle until about 6 year ago to share with my co-workers at the office. Now I work from home and have two of them that are collecting dust.
In the UK a flat tire is called a puncture, here it’s called a flat. You lift the bonnet or boot, here they’re called the hood and the trunk. My sister-in-law is from New Zealand. 😉
The electronics that use the 3 prongs in the us usually are ones that use more power.. like laptop chargers, hair dryers, or surge protector type thing the 2 plugs are like lights, cell chargers things like that
Aww... On the southwest side we have lots of Spanish influence... From modern to clay :)
Single stories (ranch) style are popular in a lot of the south. Second floors get incredibly hot in summer and are wildly expensive to keep cool in 100+ degree (Fahrenheit) temps. Definitely not wrong on that one :D As an example, I live in the mid west (Ohio), FAR north of the really hot states, and my second floor hit 124 degrees F (~51C) a couple years ago in the summer before we got central air put in. Yikes.
I would say yes to your question regarding Boston. Original colony.
6:19 also, spoilers, wood flexes during earthquakes, brick crumble and fall on your head. As a west coast girl coming into London from Heathrow for the very first time, my reaction was, "wow' that's a lot of brick chimneys that could fall on you"
The advantage of having a separate washer and dryer is that you can wash another load while the first load is drying.most homes have a separate laundry room
I live in the US and after many years with garbage disposals. I moved into a home without one. And the pipes are too old to put one in. I miss it every day. New fan here.
I have separate hot and cold knobs; the water does come out one faucet. The food disposal unit under the kitchen sink is called a garbage disposal.
We have electric kettles in the US. I have two; one for work and one at home, but I’m also a tea and coffee drinker.
We do use the same types of kettles just not so common & normally for things like noodles not for tea. Boston & New England both have inspiration from UK. Probably right down to the Carolinas. Due to our heat in Texas, most middle income & above houses are built of brick. Or adobe. Some sort of thick thermal block.
Interesting, I wonder if homes that aren’t built from brick are less durable in any way. I would assume so
@@kabirconsiders Wood generally isn't as durable for a number of reasons. With a little care, wood can last almost as long. Wind/tornado resistance is another benefit of brick. You might still lose the roof but the wall still stand in an F3 that would take a wooden house. Above that & it probably doesn't matter. You still have wood in a brick structure so you never get away from wood. There are also cheap bricks that will crumble over time. So it all depends.
My daughter just bought her first house. It was $200 thousand dollars. It's 2 thousand square feet. She got a great deal on it. Her shower stall is bigger than my kitchen, no joke. 3 bedroom and 2 bathroom. I'm very proud of her. Also we do have electric kettles too.
1:14 boilers actually aren't that common in most of the US. I live in the city of Chicago, and pretty much all of the houses here were built 1890-1920. So here, boilers are very common. Other big cities are similar. But the majority of the US(especially the suburbs) use a gas furnace with forced air for heat. I've lived in apartments with both and I MUCH prefer a boiler than forced air. In the winter, the forced air is soooooo dry, its brutal on my sinuses.
Interesting, I assumed boiler’s were in every home, just like here in the U.K.. you learn something new everyday!
@@kabirconsiders I much prefer them! The last two places I lived were boiler heat. The place I currently live is forced air. Its the biggest thing I dislike about my current place.
I've moved around 20 times in my life (not a type-o, really 20ish times). I've never lived in a home with a boiler. Kinda wanted to, because I'd see them referenced in movies. I've lived in houses with oil heat, gas heat, all electric, and currently geo-thermal.
Geo-thermal takes the heat from the earth (year round 55 degrees) then uses a furnace to heat it to room temperature. That furnace could be any form. Since I live in the country, I could not use gas. So, it is electric.
@@kathyp1563 which regions have you lived in?
@@jeffburdick869 Only US. My dad was USAF. I remained transient until I was 30.
I moved back & forth between TX & OH several times. Then, AZ, AL, & MI.
When I count over 20 times, I count living in temporary housing while my parents looked for permanent housing to rent or buy.
You should just collaborate with Lawrence! I end up watching and enjoying him more with you reacting. :) I don’t know why so many Americans have a fascination with Britain like I do. I’ve been to parts of Europe, but still have it on my bucket list!
Gotta say, the obvious reason Brits use plug-in kettles is because the drink so much more tea! Yes, we drink it much more than we used to, but often just one cup at a time, which takes no time to boil. And yes, the kettle’s whistle is a nostalgic touch with tradition, and home.
We use the electronic kettle as well. We also bought a brick home because we weren't quite keen on the wooden ones. But most of the types of homes on my street are either colonial revival, cape cod or cottage style like ours. The town I live in Connecticut has the oldest homestead in the US. It belong to one of the earliest British settlers, the Boothes. They donated the home and land to the town so it could be kept as a public park.
We have electric kettles, but stove top kettles are mainly used because of tradition of when we first came here as they are easier to use over fire either directly on fire or just above it. We also use them for camping more which many families do a lot of. Also don’t forget these are actually useful still for cowboys who need to move cattle like we used to as not everyone loads them up and unloads them for movin.
In Texas, homes have to have air conditioning because the heat and humidity is just too much!! It's why our houses have so many large windows because they're built for the heat. Same with like Arizona or New Mexico
I live in northern Ontario, Canada and I couldn't live without central air! And it's colder here than in England. So I have no idea how the Brits can stomach summers. Why suffer for nothing! I've never been rich or had spare money to spend when my kids were growing up, but in 2006 when my furnace needed to be changed, I took the opportunity to get central air at the same time. I have never regretted it!
We very rarely open windows because we also love our ceiling fans. We've got a ceiling fan in every room and bedroom on the main floor. We live in a one storey house. I don't see how people can live without them. They run 365 days a year even when it's -30C outside.
I live in the south (Tennessee) and we would totally melt if we didn't have air conditioning. The heat index alone can get upwards of 110+ degrees (about 43.3 degrees Celsius). And it is worse the further south you go! We are petitioning the Church to bestow sainthood on Willis Carrier.
We do have the plug in kettles here as well, not many people use them. I remember I had one in college for my dorm room. I think people like the stove top ones because they are more aesthetically pleasing.
I have an English friend who made me tea. He used that electric kettle and I was like.... Whaaaaaaa 😍 What is that? Then he told me and now I have one of my own.
Most homes I've lived in have always been 2000 sq ft and my apartments were 900-1000 sq ft
So much space, we’re getting taken to the cleaners over here!
@@kabirconsiders ik, plus cost of living is so expensive
@Doug Parker I'd die, guess I'm spoiled
@Doug Parker my first apartment in Chicago was about 400 sq feet. I didn't mind it as it was just me and my dog. I had a small, but decent kitchen. A little nook for my bed. A good sized closet, a generic bathroom, and a smallish, but decent sized living room. I had a lot of great memories there. I currently live in a 900 sq ft apartment with my wife and its plenty of space. I don't get the American obsession with living in a giant McMansion way out in the middle of nowhere. I'd much rather live in a smaller place in an amazing city, but to each their own.
Grew up in a ~1200 sq ft house, bought one about the same size, 3 bed 1 1/2 baths, and lived in a 2 bed 2 bath 760 sq ft apartment between the two. I still don't feel I have enough space!
3 prong outlets are grounded outlets. The 2 prong outlets you typically find in in older homes with electrical systems older than 25-30 years. In these homes you may find electrical systems that have less than 100 amps so the additional grounding wasn't required at the time.
So as a home builder here are the major different from most English and some Scottish homes are from Northern US states
Homes are built of wood frame with either brick, stucco or Vinyl veneer. The reason for the frame is to contain insulation, usually fibreglass or rock wood. Covered with plastic vapour barrier. Also the frame holds plumbing gaslines and wiring.
Heating is usually “forced air” a Furance. Not rads. It allows for air conditioners.
Basements, 80 percent of house have full basement many fully furnished.
Electrical. Uk is 240v 50 hz. North America 120v 60v. That lower voltage allows for distance. It means less lost of power to resistance.
In east US a row house is a townhouse and a duplex is a split top and bottom while side by side is a semi.
Switches on the electrical outlets are also done here in America just usually more so in the bathroom sometimes kitchen
I noticed you mentioned boilers. I know most UK homes use boilers/radiators for heat. While some US homes do as well, boilers are considered old fashioned in America. Most American homes have central heat, which is either electric or natural gas powered. Some smaller homes, including mine, may also use baseboard heaters, which are electric heaters that are built into the walls, at floor level.
Very interesting, I would have thought that we heat our homes the same way!
We did up to a point. My grandmother's house had a boiler and radiators in every room, but it was an old house.
@@kabirconsiders because Air Conditioning is so much more common in the USA, you get a forced air furnace that uses the same ducts as the AC instead of building duct-work for AC and piping for radiators.
another technology that has been used in Asian countries for a long time but is becoming more common here is in floor heating with plastic tubes embedded under a thin layer of concrete. warm water is passed throughout the system and i think it is recycled continuously. when i first encountered this system in the barracks in Korea i was amazed the whole floor was warm to bare feet and the rooms were warm too. i was equally amazed that Korea had had more primitive systems before that were dangerous because they passed charcoal exhaust under the floor instead of water. they would not give up the warm floors despite the annual deaths from CO2 poisoning when the system developed leaks into the living space so the govt cast about for a safer system and soon they had water based in floor heating.
BOSTON it is a USA staple in history like Philadelphia is...they make it a tourist destination and by that fact, the majority of the properties should be historical landmarks and have to be preserved...so everything is OG.
A lot of states have less preserved history and end up rebuilding new homes.
California is a younger state so less English influences. I live in a ranch style house but considered small at 1174 sq ft. I also have an electric kettle, love it
California is a much older European colonized area than New England.
When your summer months come and the temperature outside is 115 degrees and the forecast calls for triple digits for more than a solid week.....you better believe we love our air conditioners! In fact, they are a life or death necessity! There are many that die every year from the heat. The heat can be so dangerous that they offer places that you can go during these extreme heat days if you do not have access to air conditioning for one reason or another.
I grew up in what was called a "Tract house", built for GI families after WWII (ours in the early 50s), next door to similar designs (some mirrored), with a few of different design. ;-)
Today, I live in a house type condo (stand alone) within a complex of similar condos.
We own 3 homes of three different styles here in Tennessee..One is what we call a double wide mobile home and it is around 2,000 sq ft and has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms on 2 acres of land..We have 2,400 sq ft 3 bedroom 2 bath 2 story house on 3 acres ...Recently we bought what we call a multiple family home which is 4,200 sq ft and has 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, two living rooms , a sunroom, a gameroom,and a bar, sitting on 6 acres...All them combined are worth a little over a Million dollars....
Cape Cod style houses are great for newlyweds & retirees. If you're handy, you can put a bdrm in the attic, as well as 1 in the bsmt. So, you can get 4 bdrms out of a 2 bdrm house.
Cool reaction. Loved that my city is repped. haha Boston was built by the Irish basically. Lot's of European influence. The two most known major ports for migration to the new world on the East Coast is New York & Boston. I am an Irish Bostonian. My grandparents said that where NY was the major port for Italians, everyone they knew and migrated with came to Boston. My grandfather was a civil engineer. Trickled down. We were all carpenters & general contractors. Made money & moved away....but stayed close. lol For instance, I moved our family to Maine. 2 hour drive to Boston, so still close...But it's literally a different world where I live & have planted our roots. My neighbors are trees & wildlife now. Anyways, enjoyed this reaction. Liked.