Not understanding the size of the USA happened to my brother's wife's family who is British. The wedding was in Pensacola Florida some of her relatives booked a flight to Florida by flying into Maimi Florida. This is a 677-mile drive from the bottom of Florida to the panhandle. They thought that all parts of Florida were within a few hours' drive from one another. I felt so bad for them they had to rent a car and drive the length of Florida.
Yup, for example, Texas is so large, that El Paso (southwest corner of the state) is closer to Los Angeles, California than it is to Houston, Texas. For example, if you were to drive across Texas from north to south, starring in the panhandle to the southern most tip, it's roughly 14 hours of drive time. The same applies to driving from east to west (the Texas-Louisiana border to the Texas-New Mexico border). And the fact that I am giving you distances measures in "Drive time" rather than miles or kilometers should by itself indicate just how big that state is (roughly 3.5 times larger than the entirety of Great Britain). Oh, and Texas is less than HALF the size of Alaska. Alaska by itself has more surface are than France, Germany, Italy and the UK combined.
@@DeusEx1977 -- Really. 14 hours. Wow. That's also the time between NY to Chicago. About. It takes 6 hours just to cross Pennsylvania. I've done that run (actually NJ to St. Paul) a couple of times. That takes about 17-18 hours, depending on traffic around Chicago. As for Alaska, it is big but most of it is uninhabitable and nothing more than frozen tundra.
When you go to a place that has a self serve soda fountain, always get the small size. (It’s cheaper) Because you could go back again and again. You can also get a different favor too!
If you order at McDonald's, check the prices. If it remains the same, all sizes for soft drinks are $1. Get the cup without ice and fill it to the brim. Also, if you stop at a convenience store often, get the refill mug. You can return day after day and fill mugs up to half a gallon or (even a gallon) for less than a regular disposable container. It doesn't matter which location that you stop at, the franchise chain has the same offer. Great option for those long drives.
Lucky people.. in Hawaii they took away any self serve due to Covid. And they're still not back at any fast food place I've been to. Feel like I'm in Europe more than America now
No not always. At McDonald’s all drinks are $1. Also if u are planning to take your drink with u when ur done then U might want a large so u can take more.
Fun fact: In the U.S. we don't have a special test or license for stick shift. If you have a driver's license, you're authorized to drive stick shift even if you have no idea how to actually drive it. We do have special licenses for certain kinds of vehicles though (large trucks etc).
Good point. Millie mentioned getting a driver's license at age 17 whereas the video said could get in the US at age 16. While generally true, their are exceptions and some states put restrictions on younger drivers until they are 18. The video does not go into a lot of those details.
I should explain a little more. Back in my day, 30+ years ago, in order to get a driver's license in Texas before age 16 you had to go to a driver's education class. This was done before school at an extra cost and not part of regular school (I realize this varies from place to place). After class we took the written exam. This was at age 15. If you passed the written exam you were given a restricted driver's license (or maybe after the practical in-car driving portion held in the summer I don't remember). The restricted license required you to have a licensed driver in the front passenger seat while you drive (and I believe no other passengers). This was someone like a parent or other person could help teach you to drive legally. Only when you turned 16 could you go take the practical driving test at the driver's license office with a state trouper in the front passenger seat both directing and grading you. In many cases, including me, you often fail the first try just from being nervous and messing up (in my case I failed the first test, parallel parking, although technically I passed by his grade. However he still failed me). I did much better the second time including passing the parallel parking test which was not as easy as my practical training since the car was much bigger. Nowadays I think the restriction may remain longer or be slightly different until age 18. I should also say both my practical and test were done with cars using automatic transmissions. However my first driving experience was in a 1966 VW Beetle with a manual/stick transmission so I did know how to drive one.
@@mikeet69 When I got my license at 16, I already had a permit (requires another driver over 21 to be in the car) for 9 months, as that was state law. Also, you had to drive 50 hours or more in that time period to get your license (though that was on the honor system, and was basically just an approval from your parent).
@@drakedbz Interesting. Not sure of the age requirement for the other licensed driver when I was 15 and had my "learner's permit". Some states allowed people as young as 14 to drive although that was mostly for agricultural workers/children. I think they may have changed some of these laws in Texas. What state were you speaking of and how long ago was your example? Have they made any changes before or after?
@@mikeet69 Illinois. Most of the changes happened just prior to me getting my permit. Before me it had been 3 months and 20 hours. I'm now not remembering if I had to do the 50 hours or not--I would have hit that number anyway, but I seem to recall people after me having even more strict requirements than I did, but I'm pretty sure they had to do 9 and 50. Our only requirement to get the permit was to be 15. You had to finish drivers ed. before you were allowed to do the actual driving portion with an instructor, but by then I had already been driving for many months. The driving portion with the instructor (which I'm forgetting the name of) ended with the driving test that allowed us to get our license. You had to be 16 of course to finish that out.
@@cynthianewton3987 this video just makes it seem like EVERYONE is just always downing spray cheese. I think I have had it once and don't know anyone who actively buys it.
Frequently, here in FL near Disney, I've heard the same common refrain to out of a lot of Brits. They've all said "We don't do that, we don't want people to think we can't afford to buy another meal" Which shocks me, for one, I stopped caring what someone else thinks about me in about the 8th grade. Affording isn't the point, why waste a half a steak. The portions sizes are based on the competition between the whelming quantity of different restaurants to choose from. They need to set themselves apart. Portion size, in relation to cost is a huge factor
Some of us Americans learned on a stick shift. Our way of thinking is, "If it's an emergency, I can drive any vehicle." I taught myself to drive a Mustang right off the dealership lot 😂
First time I ever drove into town, my drunken uncle had me drive him in his beat up stick-shift Chevy, to the gas station to get beer. I was about 14, so obviously I didn't have a license. Lol Never really driven a stick shift at that point. So, that was an interesting way of getting my feet wet with the experience. Lol
My first truck was a Toyota Tacoma with a stick shift. My dad gave it to me for free so I had to learn how to drive it for a feee car hahah. It was definitely fun but I do not miss holding in the clutch in bumper to bumper traffic or when at a red light on an incline hahaha
I live in Ohio on the edge of Lake Erie and what’s shocking to most visitors (even Americans) is how vast the lake really is. We cannot see Canada from our shoreline, just a horizon of water meeting the sky. It’s beautiful, but the lake effect snow is brutal in the winter.
Yeah I live in Northeast Ohio off of Lake Erie too and brought my ex-husband up here for North Carolina one time yrs ago and he couldn't believe the size of the Great Lake and he's a southern boy
Hello from the New York side of Lake Erie yes that lake effect snow is brutal my mom and i got stuck in a flash white out snow storm and had to be rescued
The thing about Americans being nice also comes into play when you don’t have enough money to pay the tax or if you’re just missing anywhere from a few cents to a couple dollars. When I was in school, sometimes I’d not have enough to pay my entire meal and the number of times someone pitched in when they heard me ask for one item less is actually amazing. As I’ve gotten older I try to do the same for others.
Convenience stores often have a little container of change at the checkout that says, “need a penny, take a penny. Have a penny, leave a penny.” Just for that purpose.
That "spray cheese"is not that bad, actually. It's good spritzed onto some crackers for a quick snack or something like that. I have a can of in the cupboard right now. Obviously no Brie or Stilton, but it's still tasty. And as far as refrigeration goes, cheese used to never be refrigerated. It was always kept on the counter or in the cupboard under a cover and if a little mold grew on it, it was cut or scraped off and away you went. I worked in a convenience store a few years ago and we had a wheel of cheese on the counter we treated exactly like that. Sold many, many pounds of it.
Although it's probably not advisable for a tourist to do a multi-week road trip across the states, it can be an amazing experience. Just this last summer, my three best friends and I went on a two week road trip from Ohio to San Fransisco, California, and back. It was one of the most memorable experiences I have ever had. To be able to see the incredible landscapes shift as you drive across the country is breath taking. It can be quite exhausting, being on the road for multiple hours a day, but is definitely worth it. We met many kind and unique strangers as we traveled along; stopping at interesting attractions, eating local food, and visiting local landmarks or parks. It's important to remember that the weather can be extreme here, although we got quite lucky and experienced virtually no bad weather. Interestingly enough, we had to go through wildfires in California, and drove through the tail-end of a hurricane on the way back, neither of which really impacted our drive. The big cities in America can provide a wonderful and rich experience for an entire trip, but it is a completely different experience to see the landscapes of this country that you have only seen in pictures.
Doing a trip wit my boys from NY to Seattle , Seattle to San Diego and gonna end it off in the Florida keys can’t wait ( leaving off the east coast ) seen it too many times
Wow I had no idea! Turns out it was over 2 years ago, and I just read that quite a lot of states has already raised it to 21 in the past several years. Thanks, you taught me something new today 🙂
Some states in the US require you to show ID for alcohol no matter how old you look. I used to be a cashier and by law I had to ID people who looked to be in their 60s.
I think Americans do love the country as much as these two. Perhaps you've been listening to too many Trump and GOP lies. We do have major problems that upset people though. Imagine not having access to good schools, health care, housing. It happens to a lot of Americans. If you can't afford a car, and you are stuck in a city, it can be pretty bad. IMO, people do need to spend time in nature where it's quiet. However, the population has doubled in my lifetime and it's starting to feel crowded to me. Rents are way to high for one person too.
Many who rail on America if they ever talk about America fall into two groups. The first are self-loathing Americans who tend to fall left on the political spectrum. They think the US is backwards - literally. The second are non-Americans, usually Europeans, who think the US is, well, backwards, weird, and dangerous.
@@jaelynn7575 I don't know what world you live in, but at least there's a lot of anti-American hate on social media platforms - RUclips, Reddit, Twitter etc. and then there's the alphabet soup of news networks. Add in foreign press in the form of The Guardian and BBC. I'd argue it got very little to do with Trump and the GOP. And nice playlists. Go figure. No one brought up Trump BUT you did cause you're THAT TYPE OF PERSON. See my post to the OP. There was bound to be someone like you. YOU'RE SO UTTERLY PREDICTABLE. And your bit about schools and healthcare is really just you projecting your politics onto this discussion when it ain't even relevant. " If you can't afford a car, and you are stuck in a city, it can be pretty bad." Are you stupid or something? If you live in the city it's called public transportation. Even if you're dirt poor and are on Medicaid there are services that will come to your apartment or house TO PICK YOU UP TO GO THE DOCTORS OR HOSPITAL. You literally are a person who knows nothing of which you speak of.
Wow, he started in my hometown with the old historic capitol. Regarding free refills, the cost of the cup is far more of the price than the contents, which is why the refill can be free. US public bathrooms get so much grief, it's not a screen door...yes there is a space at the bottom (you can see someone's feet, nothing more unless you get down on your hands and knees), and any door gap is minimal unless the door or frame is broken. And "right on red" is only after a complete stop, and is definitely not universal (it will be signed where prohibited).
You're correct on the cost of drinks. The cost ranges about $0.10 cents for a large drink therefore bringing people in by offering free refills is a great way to increase sales & customer service feedback
I beg to differ on the "door gap". I was in the ladies rest room a few days ago (the handicapped one) and could see the lady next to me sitting on the toilet. I was shocked. Never have I seen such a large "gap". Often I've removed a jacket or sweater to cover an unusually large gap between door and wall in the ladies room. It might be different for the men's room.
Some intersections in the U.S. have signs that say "No Turn On Red"- obviously, those are exceptions to the right turn on red rule! If there's no sign, assume you can do the right- after stopping and looking! Fake cheese is definitely a thing- Cheese Whiz (cheese in a can) or Velveeta- blocks of fake cheese that make very smooth mac and cheese.
It's so much easier to be nice and friendly to whoever you encounter. Even if you're feeling horrible, a kind exchange can lift your spirit and those around you. I we (the majority) have been raised to be kind first, to everybody. You all seem very kind as well, so I imagine it's similar there.
As someone who has worked retail stores, I learned to look up or over when someone is passing me by. It is usually just a smile to acknowledge that I have seen them. The ones looking for something have a confused look about them and I will generally approach them to see what they need. A smile in the US is a greeting in an informal atmosphere.
Helluva lot better than polo w their policy of greeting every customer who comes in the door. That shit was a nightmare, half appreciate it, half just want to be left alone to shop, not to mention to speak legibly, the speech they wanted you to give every customer was at least a 30 sec speech ab sales, how are you, etc. when 10 different customers have came in by the time you get half way through the first one. Miss a customer, manager is coming on the mic to bitch at you for missing them.
I love the homogeny of the States, whenever I'm traveling around I know that the Motel 6 is a Motel 6 and Wally World will have whatever I'm looking for at 3:30 in the morning. Familiarity within the states even though they are so radically different helps me feel at home no matter where I am.
That is really cool to go to another state and see things you know like McDonald's or Walmart but then see a different gas station or grocery store. Like a nice mix of new and familiar.
I remember when I was a little kid, no matter where we traveled (and we visited most regions of the US on our family vacations), there was always a Friendly's Restaurant with kid-friendly food, and ice cream sundaes for dessert which we didn't get much of outside of vacations and special occasions. As I got older and more brave about food, we didn't go to quite so many Friendly's on vacation, but it was definitely a staple of family reunions even when I became an adult.
A road trip from Los Angeles to New York is an undertaking as grand as the cities themselves - driving there non-stop would take you around 40 hours over the space of almost 4,500 kilometres. However, this isn't a journey designed for haste - it's one to be enjoyed.
Yesss. I moved from the DC area to LA, also about 40 hours. I did it over a week, kind of city to city each day (aimed for 6-8 hrs progress driving each day, with some exploring). Saw so many amazing things and know there’s so much that I missed at that pace even along the same route. I really hadn’t seen the middle of the country prior; we have some beautiful places 👍🏾
"Don't drive over the speed limit" 😂😂 Bro if you don't, you might get rear-ended. Also, you were shocked about us turning right on red, remember that we drive on the right, so that doesn't require us to cross traffic.
of course, you have dumb-assed places like New Mexico, where they don't have a separate left-turn lane, so everyone not turning left is in the right lane
Drivers tend to treat speed limits as “suggestions.” Everyone knows you can go up to 10 mph over the speed limit before law enforcement considers it worth their time to pull you over
@@YeoYeo32 you might be surprised to learn how wrong you are about that. if a cop wants to investigate you, for ANY reason, going one mile over the limit gives him justification for stopping you (by law)
There are places that check ID's no matter your age or how old you look, most do this for legal reasons as a way to make sure all age requirements are met, I;m 75 and still get ID'd in some places. SOOOOO make you have your ID with you, just in case.
people used to have good sense (usually), and it wasn't difficult for most people to determine if someone is a minor. nobody wants to be accountable for people who don't have good sense, anymore, so many of them just ''card everyone''. I haven't been a minor for plenty of years, so if I get carded, I go shop somewhere else. the person who happens to be working there has no right or reason to know any damned thing about me
I once had some teenagers break into my car one night , and they couldn’t steal the car because it was a manual gear shift. So they stole the mini van down the street . Very true what he says
Now that your starting to understand the vast size of the US maybe you can start to see it's multi-cultural nature too. For example some towns founders came from all over the world. So that's why you get some Americans that know a butt load about the UK and others do not. But yet another town's residence may know an ass load about French or German etc. Based off there families, etc. So when hearing any European say blah typical American blah blah. We just roll our eyes because they have no idea what there talking about. America has pockets of everybody from around the world all with in one country.
It's the same with racism. America is the only nation in the world that still struggles with letting the past go in regards to slavery and racism places like the UK and many other nations which had slavery let it go a long time ago. Meanwhile america is also the only nation that has many many different races cultures religions etc etc.
@@johnblack8872 That's not true. The only people who can't let go of racism in the US are the people who make money off it. Race baiters, and race hustlers. The VAST ,VAST majority of the US don't think about race at all. But as long as the Democrats need scare tactics to keep there power and the main stream media need it for ratings. There going to keep kicking that dead horse getting the weak minded all worked up over nothing.
@@Dr.Spatula Umm........yeah it's all the Dems talk about. Everything is racism, no matter the topic. People who think about race 24/7 are in fact racist. There obsessed. And the majority of people know it. If you knew history , before ANTIFA the Dems had another armed force called the KKK. It's the same Dems just modern tactics is all. The Republican party was birthed as the Anti- Slavery party and we're STILL to this day trying to free Black Americans minds from the modern day plantation of the Democratic party. To this day. You see we view a man is a man and a woman a women it's don't matter what there wrapped in. Everyone knows that CNN, and MSNBC are both part of the Democratic party, it's common knowledge. Listen to Joy Reid and the rest talk, there obsessed with it. Hell most are racist against whites is so pathetic.
True story, I applied the US map scale to a map of London and thought I needed to rent a car to drive from one of our company’s facilities to the other one that I was going to. It turned out to be nothing more than a courtyard between them. 😂
It’s really cool seeing y’all talking about the stuff you wanna see. Honestly, most of us here will never be able to take off enough time to explore our entire country. It’s really a lot to explore and it’s really beautiful.
I learned the hard way not to pick 4 star hotels in the discount booking sites. Remember how you have to drive everywhere? Most of those hotels are valet only, and on average will cost you $50 to park. Now when I'm looking for a hotel my first question is "Do they give you breakfast?"
The thing about making a right on red, is that it'll be slightly different depending on where you are. For example within NYC it's prohibited and there may not always be signs about it but the cops will pull you over for it. If there's a spot where it's allowed, there should be a sign saying it's allowed. Whereas in most other places it's usually legal unless there's a sign that says you can't do it and in some states a red arrow traffic light also means no turn on red even if it's not posted. Generally, if you're ever unsure, just don't do it. If someone honks their horn at you for waiting, just ignore them. They'll grumble and curse about it, but they'll be over it once they blaze past you later on down the road.
Yeah, places like New York have thousands of pedestrians walking and crossing the streets, so red light right turns are illegal. Doesn't stop people from still making them (even cabs), but they're not supposed to be turning right on a red.
just ignore them? lol that is a dick move right there. if you are unsure of those things then maybe look it up if its allowed so you wont be a burden to other people. some people have really bad road rages that some will not just let it go
@@ernestogastelum9123 LOL, yes. Yes it is a dick move when you know if you can make the turn and it's safe to do so and you don't. While it can be a burden on the other driver who's in a hurry to go from point A to point B, in every state in the country, they are in the wrong if they escalate it so screw them and their problems if the car that's legally stopped at a light doesn't turn on red (to be a dick about it or genuinely not knowing if it's OK doesn't matter). Just because it's an option, it doesn't mean it has to be taken, but yes, you really should do research into the area before hand. It's better for everyone when they're all on the same page of where and when it's allowed.
In Indiana (and maybe other states), it's legal to turn left on red from a one-way street onto another one-way street (unless there's a NO TURN ON RED sign).
I had no idea there were places where we can't go right on red by default. Granted if I was in New York I'd assume I didn't know shit, and I would simply not ever drive in Manhattan. Long Island, can you right on red there? I actually drove just a wee bit there... can't remember if I ever got honked at, but I bet I would have picked up the vibe and not done it actually.
At Embassy Suite's Hotel, a Moderately priced Hotel. In the Price of the Room, You also get free Breakfast Buffet and or Cooked To Your Liking Breakfast, and between 5 pm and 7 pm is open Bar with Beer or most Mixed Drinks.
My Dear Favorite British Couple: I think I found a small "driving" difference between us, that I never heard of before, so please confirm. American Driver Licenses do NOT distinguish between driving a "manual" or "automatic" transmission. Again, please confirm. Love, hope, and Joy.
I work at a retail pharmacy and we are trained as we walk past customers to ask them how they are doing and see if we can help them find anything. I don't only do it because that's how I'm trained, I end up doing it because I'm genuinely wanting to help that person find something. I think to myself, "what if that were my grandmother? I wouldn't want her roaming around lost trying to find something".
Juices or miilkshakes are not refilled for free, but soft drinks and water are. I don't drink coffee or tea but I believe they are refilled for free. Irony is that in my home of Pennsylvania, buying food and non-alcoholic drinks in the grocery store is not taxed unless the drinks are coffee, tea, or soft drinks. In our area, soft drinks are referred to as pop.
When I was young it was more common to ask for a "dogge bag" ostensibly to bring home the leftovers for the dog. I remember restaurants would have an actual paper bag with a cartoon picture of a dog on it. Now it's more common to just ask for a container.
Having worked retail for just under ten years, I can tell you that a lot of the time the retail workers aren’t all “how can I help you?” because they are genuinely nice/welcoming but because we need sales. Many of my coworkers would interpret my simple greeting of “hello” as being “this is my customer so anything by they buy is my sale”. This then translates into hours assigned/worked, pay increase, and overall stats.
I live in the Dallas/Ft.Worth area of Texas. The few times I've been asked for directions to a certain location by tourists , I've always loved the conversations. I see myself as a representative or ambassador to my country and want tourists to come away with a positive experience
A manual transmission is also know as a Millennial anti theft Device LOL. As an older American who grew up in the rural South I grew up driving a "stick" but most young people have no clue who to drive one. I love stick shift but Automatic is overal better
I put a can of this cheese in my girls Christmas stockings every year. They absolutely love it! They wake up on Christmas morning and go to their stocking to get their cheese before they start opening presents. 😃🧀🧀🧀
as someone on a tipped wage, you legally can get paid less by the employer than minimum wage for the deal that you will get MORE than minimum wage a night from your tips. I understand that people don't like the practice and its not really a stable job due to the fluctuation in tips gained, but it is a good start and will defiantly get you more money than working at a McDonalds or walmart.
When you decide when to come and where, put up a way for people to suggest spots on that region. It will get full. I vote Colorado, but anywhere will be fantastic, don't worry!
Rocky Mountain National Park, really great. Also drove from Denver to Grand Junction, spent some time there, and drove back. Great state. Good horseback riding trails. Sadly, I must say, I preferred my trip to Wyoming and Montana, visiting Grand Teton, Yellowstone, and points north. And I wouldn't overlook Utah's parks either.
I think I mentioned this on a previous video, but talking about all the different cultures here make it relevant again - I'd love to see Millie's reaction to the Wired video series where the dialect expert gives a tour of US accents. That's one of my favorite videos on the internet and it's always a blast.
My girlfriend in college had a roommate from Sweden. We were in Sacramento and she wanted to drive down to LA, see Hollywood, go to Disneyland…. I told her we could, but we would need one whole day to drive down and another to drive back. it was about the same distance as driving from her house in Sweden to Paris .
In the case of my wife and I, concerning big servings.When we visit food spots (cart,truck,building) that are known for meal size , we plan to eat our meal over the course of the day. Lunch, snack, dinner. We often trade halves too.
One time, when my buddy and I were in London, we went to a bar where we could run a tab. We had a great time. When the bartender returned with my card and the slip, I saw no "tip line." I added one myself, tipping 20%, then totaled it. The bartender said, "You can't do that," so I pulled some pounds from my wallet. Good times.
Mark 19:27. Oh! The video that you're viewing must be pre-pandemic, as our local "Walmart Supercenter", now closes at, 11:00 PM - Central Time, be it Standard or Daylight Savings. However, one of our two, "Love's Travel Stop", locations, the downtown one, also began closing at that time, but because it didn't do as much business in the late it early hours, as the truck stop one. The truck stop one, shares a building with a, "Burger King", that also closes early now. But because of security reasons. One night the employees did a walk-out, en masse! Why? Rude people, that's why! A variety of different types of rudeness. I've witnessed some bad moments. The only time locals were the cause, was when someone would get drunk, and then show up to fight in public with their significant other! Most of the peace disturbances were caused by truckers in "CSA Rebel" wear, blaming non-Caucasion people for slow service, or snobby guys, albeit in utility trucks, blaming the Rednecks, for bad service! I don't know who works there now, because now they are closed, when I'm awake and hungry.
Minnesota Nice IS a thing! Imagine 1/4 the intensity of chivalry, all the time, from almost everyone. Door holding, returning someone's shopping cart because you're going by the corral on your way in anyway, helping jump a car, whatever it is. Minnesotans are something else. It'll vary by area, but in any public place, most of us are extra polite.
The squirt cheese is yummy on celery or crackers. We ordered steak from Texas Roadhouse night before last as a treat. I ate half then used the other half for steak and eggs the next morning...lol. The ID thing should be updated. I'm 60 and get asked for it to buy cigarettes all the time. It's gotten a lot stricter...at least here in Texas.
About the large portions of food at restaurants ,most Americans don't eat the entire meal . They ask for a little box so they can take it home for leftovers. I once ate at an IHop and they gave me a portion of omelette that was the size of 3 ,plus a couple of pancakes . I wound up bringing most of the omelette home
also, North California is totally different than Southern California.. we all get stereotyped (some true-like surfing) but NorCal has beautiful Redwood Trees 🌲 whereas in SoCal you'll see mostly palm trees 🌴
Just an update, the fast food places, most of them, have severely reduced the size of their drinks, thanks to inflation. There is another difference here. When you get a driver's license for a non-commercial vehicle, it is good for stick or automatic.
This guy is good when it comes to the general gist of things but a lot of things he says is wrong. Case and point would be the processed canned cheese. Sure its a thing but its not a popular item. Also the drinks are not strictly bound to just liters. Cars are not all automatic but it is the general type of car drove over here and its what people are taught in driving. Manual cars are not that rare. You can actually learn/start to drive at 15 with a permit license. Almost every town and city has its own culture and feel so almost nothing feels the same.
I work at a grocery store and can confirm easy cheese is sold far less often than deli cheese, or even gourmet cheese. I'd also like to point out that we sell 12 oz pk cans far more than 2 liters. But honestly, it depends on whats on sale.
I just bought a vehicle a few months ago; I *tried* to find a manual/stick ... no such luck! I was told if I wanted it badly enough, I could order one - and wait 5 or 6 months!
Spray "cheese" is pretty nasty. All processed cheese/cheese byproduct/american cheese is nasty imho. It's all over the place though. Also, our 2 liters of soda are actually 2 and a half liters.
People are always amazed about the free refills. That evolved over time. When I was young, no eating establishment would ever give a free refill. As more and more fast food places started popping up, restaurant owners had to come up with a " hook" to get patrons back into their restaurants, so many started to advertise free drink refills, and it started to work. Fast food places noticed a decline in patrons and decided that they would also have to offer free refills to compete. Soon, it just became standard practice and expected.
@@waldoman7 67 y/o, Michigan. Edit. I live in a rural area, and it was well into the 60's before any fast food places moved in. So, I don't doubt that refills have been free your whole life.
@@waldoman7 lol. I started the channel after the mass shooting in Las Vegas when there appeared to be multiple discrepancies between what could be seen on witness videos compared with what the MSM and law enforcement was saying. There grew a community of investigators trying to find out what they were hiding. (Lots of theories but nothing ever proven). In the past few years there's been too many concerns to list, but I'd say among the worst is the erosion of the constitution and the corruption of our government.
One thing as an American that pisses me off about people talking about us from the outside is the whole metric vs imperial system. Yes we use a different system. Yes it is a bit confusing. Yes it's harder to learn. But guess what. We also learn the metric system. So this idea that we are stupid because Hur dur imperial system is honestly silly. It's like the Celsius vs Fahrenheit. Yes ours is a bit weird. But guess what we learn both AND kelvin.
It's called Easy Cheese and it is delicious on Ritz crackers or other crackers. I worked in Canada and shared that cheese with friends. They loved it, and there are a few different flavors you can get. Canadian friends loved it so much I bought about $300 dollars worth. About 100 cans. Just to fill my requests. And of course I made no profit. I just got to treat friends to something special.
The spray can cheese is a really outdated thing from the 90s. I think that decade is what a lot of foreigners think when they see the US. Like even Walmart is becoming a thing of the past when we have healthier options like Trader Joe's and Whole Foods.
Listen this guy is not telling you the truth I work in the mechanical field I've worked with Used Cars and Cars my whole entire life there is tons and tons and tons of stick shift cars here in the United States of America one out of every three cars are a standard I personally own for standard shift cars one is a Saab 9-3 6-speed manual they are not all automatic and we don't only have a 5-speed we have a 3-speed 4-speed 5-speed 6-speed 7-speed a trip tronic transmission which is both standard and automatic sequential transmission just shifts up and down and not in the pattern do United States of America has more standard shift cars than anywhere else in the world so this guy is facts are wrong don't listen to him
We did have pay toilets back in the late 1960s/early 1970s. They didn't last very long for a few factors: people didn't like them, you always had to have dimes on you and just the idea of having to pay to evacuate didn't sit well with people. so local ordinances were eventually enacted against them. In the meanwhile, they didn't make as much money for the property owner as predicted because... well, you know those really big gaps under the stall doors that the rest of the world loses its mind over? Well, much of the population practically lived in jeans back then and if the floor was clean and dry and you really had to go, you *could* limbo under. And then there's the American trait of anonymous sabotage for the public good, especially if there's a coin box involved and more especially since surveillance cameras are not allowed in restrooms. The ones that didn't get legislated out of business cost more to repair/replace than they brought in so they got removed.
I have tried the canned cheese, and it really just tastes like American cheese slices, or like Kraft singles, I don't know if you have that where you are, but it's not horrible, it's usually, in my experience, something that little kids like, they put it on Ritz crackers normally and just love that they can draw pictures with it 😁
Yes Mark is right, there are all kinds of Americans for sure. I am Chinese American. My parents moved here to the US in the 1970s to go to college and stayed and had me and raised me here! The city I live in has over 100 different ethnic and sub ethnic cuisines of restaurants according to foodie publications and is probably one of the most diverse cities in the world in terms of all the different nationalities and ethnicities. The getting carded thing (having you r ID checked) at bars and nightclubs is really annoying because even though I am 45 I still like I am in my twenties apparently so I still get carded all the time if I go out. Also there is a lot of high school kids buying fake IDs from someone and trying to use it to pass as 21 to get into bars and clubs. I used to work the door at a nightclub years ago and look at people's IDs all night long. Can you guys please do a California reacted video reaction? Either another Northern California (we don't need to give those losers in SoCal anymore attention then they already get! 🤣) or about California as whole? Thanks Beesely and Millie! You are absolute legends!!! (See now you even a guy from Oaktown saying it!) - Ron from Oakland
everyone I know can drive a stick shift i’ve never head that americans can’t drive stick shifts.??? lol i think that some things he said isn’t completely true
I really don’t think you two or anyone else visiting from another country would be legitimately “shocked” by any of these customs or realities. Pleeeeeease.
@@anonygent - So? It really doesn’t matter, no one is shocked or should be that things are different in other countries. In my experience, and I’ve traveled around the world. It’s us Americans that are “shocked” when things turn out to be different than we’re used to. When you travel you’re only spending a short time in the country you are visiting. It would be quite different if you were planning to relocate or spend a few years in a foreign country. That’s when culture shock would set in. Living day to day is different than visiting a country. Nothing in this video is particularly helpful, or even interesting, in my opinion. Just another content creator that needs to come up with something for his channel. As you stated the content isn’t even original. As he is covering the same old tired topics.
@@Parker-930 On the contrary, I think plenty of people are shocked by various things when they visit other countries, it's just YOU who is jaded and world-weary. North Koreans are the most shocked because they have nothing at home, no food, no clothes, no running water, no freedom, no nothing. Or check out Yoel's channel, he's a Cuban experiencing freedom for the first time, he's shocked by everything, mostly the incredible abundance of food we have.
@@anonygent - Come on. You’re talking apples and oranges. North Koreans aren’t coming here on a vacation. (Or Cubans for that matter) They couldn’t possibly understand US culture because they don’t have social media or regular mass media. They wouldn’t have a clue. First world nations from Europe that are coming over for a visit. Aren’t going to be confused about free soda refills, or the fact that tipping for service is always expected and is the norm. Anyone with access to any sort of media already knows this. This video has absolutely nothing to do with North Koreans, you do understand they are trapped in their own country unless they successfully escape to South Korea, and move on from there. Please don’t pretend that the silly video was aimed for that audience. You can’t be that ridiculous. BTW, you don’t know a thing about me. Don’t make assumptions.
@@Parker-930 You're just wrong. Here is one example of a culture shock video from a European talking about many of these same issues Wolters brought up, and there are dozens, maybe hundreds more just like it: ruclips.net/video/VKjlk_xHeAI/видео.html
I suggest passing through Santa Fe, New Mexico, or New Mexico in general. Chaco canyon, Bandalier, or Carlsbad caverns, and beautiful scenery up north into Colorado! We are southwest U.S.A., which includes L.A., San Diego, Phoenix, Denver, Las Vegas, and El Paso
I was born in New Jersey, but spent a good chunk of my childhood living in Florida. I’m back in Jersey now as an adult, but when we’d come up here to visit from Fl, my dad could get us there in about 16 hours, if the traffic wasn’t bad and he was speeding. It’s the same way on the way down to Florida. However, when we moved back to Jersey, we stopped overnight at a hotel because we rented a moving truck (slowed us down a lot). You always end up at a hotel in Virginia or North Carolina for road-trips that have traffic haha
Lol im from NYC and ive done the drive down to Miami and Orlando several times in my teenage yrs when flights were too expensive. 16-18 hrs speeding most of the time and not stopping only for gas. Going there isnt so bad, bec ur excited. But coming home is a whole other story lol
I've mentioned this in other videos where toilets are mentioned. rest assured from the onset, but it is socially unacceptable to peek between the cracks in a toilet stall. I can't speak for the women's bathroom, but in the men's, if an adult male is caught, he will likely be called out as a pervert and be held for police who might arrest him as a "Peeping Tom," if he's lucky. If he's unlucky, he could end up being beaten up and just left there.
The further south you go the more humid it is. In the summer it feels warmer and in the winter it feels cooler. By the time you get to Miami FL it's so uncomfortable the air seems too thick to breath.
"Concealed Carry" means exactly that: concealed ... so you won't see folks just walking around with guns visible. Unless you live in one of the 3 or 4 (?) States that allow "Open Carry" virtually anywhere; and all those States are 'low population' States, so as a percentage of the _general_ American population ... a *really* small percentage. That could all change, if SCOTUS ever decides a gun-case based on the 2nd Amendment as originally intended, when originally passed. (But don't hold your breath!)
@@ephennell4ever the Supreme Court doesn't have the right, nor the authority. The moment that happens it's time to remove them from office whether they're willing or not. Also I never mentioned concealed carry, and that's not true most gun crime for example happens in heavily populated areas. I've lived in NYC, and people walk around with them hanging out of their pants. Alot of states with large populations have guns out in the open
Great video. Agree with others, America is so big and the states are so different, it is impossible to generalize. In addition I have had cheese in a can maybe once in my life when I was a kid.
Regarding the service here in America, it is genuine. Some stores will go as far as when you ask where an item is located, they will put down what they were doing and actually walk you to the isle and right to the item you are needing. They don't just say it is somewhere in isle 24.....they take you to it happily! Those people who choose to be in customer service have the desire of wanting and needing to be in service to another person. We love our service people!
@@Dr.Spatula When "some" precedes a sentence, you can assume a generalization is incoming. They did not say "this is the case in all of America," they said that it happens in "some stores," which is absolutely, unequivocally correct. And it is arguably common enough that it bears mentioning, as was obviously the case of this person.
Cheese in a can is kind of like party/college food but not what is considered serious food unless you are poor. If your a cheese lover you may like it for a while and yes heavy processed
@ 1:12 I got to visit Laredo Mexico once. While I was enchanted by the way the shops were on multiple levels with open air walkways between them, It's nothing like I experience where I live in the U.S. Much as people can get culture shock here, we can get culture shock elsewhere. For that matter, we can get culture shock even within our own country. Going from the deep south to New York as a for instance, would be such a transition I wouldn't know how to handle it if I had to live there. I grew up in farming country, in Michigan, and moved to a river city in Louisiana. That took a bit of getting used to. Even so, where I live has about 300,000 people, so moving from here to a big city with over 1,000,000 people, that is very different from anything I am familiar with. Just for an illustration, my girlfriend and I were at an event in a state park. The last day of the event, they were not serving lunch, so we went for a drive in the country. I spotted a corner store, in the middle of nowhere Louisiana. I asked her to stop there. I said, that's a general store, they have a bit of just about anything you could ask for. We went in, and they had a full service restaurant inside this little hole in the wall store. Really, I don't know why she was surprised. I had introduced her to a restaurant like that once before. When we were done eating, she asked me how I knew about it. I told her I didn't, but I did show her around the store afterward, and pointed out what I had expected to find. She realized, even had we not got to eat there, they had everything needed for a barbeque, or picnic lunch. Something else I showed her was things that could be used for quick repairs to farming equipment, plumbing, or house repairs, so long as it wasn't something major. Yes, she had a bit of a shock over that being from the city and with no experience with the tiny store in the country. It's a good thing we got there after the rush though, otherwise there would have been no seats available. Farm hands from all around the area went there for their lunch breaks. If you wish to know where that was, it was near the Lake Bistenau (sp) state park in Louisiana. (off topic, crappy spell checker has no idea how to spell Cajun names. I mean, if I ask for the French spelling for Red Stick Louisiana, it has no idea what I'm talking about. That's the capitol city, Baton Rouge.)
The public transit thing is complicated. 1) Cars have traditionally been very cheap, so.... why wait for someone else's schedule when you can drive wherever and whenever you'd like? 2) Population density is very low in most of the country where public transit would just be a total waste. 3) In the cities where public transit is more applicable, its often woefully underfunded because people treat these trains and buses so poorly...so, why invest heavily into something that people constantly deface/damage? Trains back in the day were pretty decent in the US, same with buses. But once personal transport became widely available, fewer and fewer used public transportation (and those that did were generally not the most well off financially, shall we say) and the funding dried up along with it. The problem is compounded by the fact those systems can't make hardly any money back and constantly run into massive deficits. So... most people don't use them and they're a major drain on local taxes... it's not hard to see why public transport isn't better in the US compared to some of Europe or some Asian countries (Japan, Korea, etc.)
I went to Amsterdam and I saw a lot of people walking by themselves not saying anything to anyone and just walk right past me. That was weird because in the United States we say hello to everyone we see. I almost did that a couple times, but then I remembered where I was lol. But it was strange.
I have friends from EUROPE that where shocked by how big the U.S. is. People from other countries seem to think everything is close to each other because of what is seen on T.V. and in Movies. Also cheese in a can is good.👍
another crazy thing about the US is when you are travelling distances, you will randomly stumble upon places where iconic movies and tv shows were filmed. I live in florida and drove up to tennessee through georgia and virginia and saw where the walking dead was shot in atlanta and where the vampire diaries was filmed in north georgia and virginia.
When I was young, we had a foreign exchange student from France. Two of my strongest memories of that time are 1. When he arrived, he asked where he could douche. 2. He was so enamored with Cheez Whz, that he bought some cans to take back to his family. I assured him that it is NOT cheese, nor is "American Cheese" actually (or legally) cheese.
I just want to say that you two are absolutely delightful....and I hope you get to visit the US again sometime soon....and see more of it! If you make it to southern California, be sure to find some good Mexican food...ask a local where to go!
If you think of the vast differences from one part of your own Country, to the next, and remember that some of our States are larger than your Country..... the various Cultures/foods, Geography, History, weather, languages, and accents, etc, of The U.S. will shock you! Love watching y'all!
I've just watched 10 or 12 of your videos in a row. You're really quite enjoyable to watch. Whenever I have foreign visitors, I love going with them to the various sites they visit so I can answer their questions about the differences and similarities between our countries. I've also traveled a lot and I've been to the UK five times. Keep these videos coming. You're very entertaining.
My favorite reaction was seeing a British guy reacting to the fact that you could drive 12 hours in Texas and STILL be in Texas 😂
I live in Utah and I couldn’t believe how long it took me to drive through Texas. So big!!
When spent three weeks just in Texas a few years ago. I loved San Antonio, Austin, and Dallas.
"People from the US think that 100 years is a long time. People from the UK think that 100 miles is a long way."
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@@goombabear Didn't venture off of I-35 much at all?
Not understanding the size of the USA happened to my brother's wife's family who is British. The wedding was in Pensacola Florida some of her relatives booked a flight to Florida by flying into Maimi Florida. This is a 677-mile drive from the bottom of Florida to the panhandle. They thought that all parts of Florida were within a few hours' drive from one another. I felt so bad for them they had to rent a car and drive the length of Florida.
Ouch.
Well at least the got to see a lot of Florida
Then they had to drive back?
Yeah Pensacola is in the panhandle near Alabama
12 hours each way with stops
Don’t forget the vast geography and weather differences; winter in Boston is different than winter in Miami. Make sure you pack the right clothing.
Christmas in Wisconsin vs. Christmas in Hawaii
Truth
lmao I live in northern Oregon right now but am going back to Cali for Christmas. Going from long sleeve to short.
Right… just went through a tornado today, went from 70 to 30 in minutes
A whole video could be done on the weather differences across the country. The weather is as diverse as the people.
I've had to explain to several Europeans before that driving across the US is like driving from Portugal to Iraq.
Indeed🤣
Yup, for example, Texas is so large, that El Paso (southwest corner of the state) is closer to Los Angeles, California than it is to Houston, Texas. For example, if you were to drive across Texas from north to south, starring in the panhandle to the southern most tip, it's roughly 14 hours of drive time. The same applies to driving from east to west (the Texas-Louisiana border to the Texas-New Mexico border). And the fact that I am giving you distances measures in "Drive time" rather than miles or kilometers should by itself indicate just how big that state is (roughly 3.5 times larger than the entirety of Great Britain). Oh, and Texas is less than HALF the size of Alaska. Alaska by itself has more surface are than France, Germany, Italy and the UK combined.
Lol
We do not need a separate drivers license f or a stick shift car.. I learned to drive a stick shift at 19.
@@DeusEx1977 -- Really. 14 hours. Wow. That's also the time between NY to Chicago. About. It takes 6 hours just to cross Pennsylvania. I've done that run (actually NJ to St. Paul) a couple of times. That takes about 17-18 hours, depending on traffic around Chicago. As for Alaska, it is big but most of it is uninhabitable and nothing more than frozen tundra.
When you go to a place that has a self serve soda fountain, always get the small size. (It’s cheaper) Because you could go back again and again. You can also get a different favor too!
If you order at McDonald's, check the prices. If it remains the same, all sizes for soft drinks are $1. Get the cup without ice and fill it to the brim.
Also, if you stop at a convenience store often, get the refill mug. You can return day after day and fill mugs up to half a gallon or (even a gallon) for less than a regular disposable container. It doesn't matter which location that you stop at, the franchise chain has the same offer. Great option for those long drives.
Lucky people.. in Hawaii they took away any self serve due to Covid. And they're still not back at any fast food place I've been to. Feel like I'm in Europe more than America now
Yes, E-Z cheese is liquid American cheese in a can
@@CaptainFrost32 why tf would u get no ice people want a cold drink not a room temperature drink
No not always. At McDonald’s all drinks are $1. Also if u are planning to take your drink with u when ur done then U might want a large so u can take more.
Fun fact: In the U.S. we don't have a special test or license for stick shift. If you have a driver's license, you're authorized to drive stick shift even if you have no idea how to actually drive it. We do have special licenses for certain kinds of vehicles though (large trucks etc).
Good point. Millie mentioned getting a driver's license at age 17 whereas the video said could get in the US at age 16. While generally true, their are exceptions and some states put restrictions on younger drivers until they are 18. The video does not go into a lot of those details.
I should explain a little more. Back in my day, 30+ years ago, in order to get a driver's license in Texas before age 16 you had to go to a driver's education class. This was done before school at an extra cost and not part of regular school (I realize this varies from place to place). After class we took the written exam. This was at age 15. If you passed the written exam you were given a restricted driver's license (or maybe after the practical in-car driving portion held in the summer I don't remember). The restricted license required you to have a licensed driver in the front passenger seat while you drive (and I believe no other passengers). This was someone like a parent or other person could help teach you to drive legally. Only when you turned 16 could you go take the practical driving test at the driver's license office with a state trouper in the front passenger seat both directing and grading you. In many cases, including me, you often fail the first try just from being nervous and messing up (in my case I failed the first test, parallel parking, although technically I passed by his grade. However he still failed me). I did much better the second time including passing the parallel parking test which was not as easy as my practical training since the car was much bigger. Nowadays I think the restriction may remain longer or be slightly different until age 18. I should also say both my practical and test were done with cars using automatic transmissions. However my first driving experience was in a 1966 VW Beetle with a manual/stick transmission so I did know how to drive one.
@@mikeet69 When I got my license at 16, I already had a permit (requires another driver over 21 to be in the car) for 9 months, as that was state law. Also, you had to drive 50 hours or more in that time period to get your license (though that was on the honor system, and was basically just an approval from your parent).
@@drakedbz Interesting. Not sure of the age requirement for the other licensed driver when I was 15 and had my "learner's permit". Some states allowed people as young as 14 to drive although that was mostly for agricultural workers/children. I think they may have changed some of these laws in Texas. What state were you speaking of and how long ago was your example? Have they made any changes before or after?
@@mikeet69 Illinois. Most of the changes happened just prior to me getting my permit. Before me it had been 3 months and 20 hours. I'm now not remembering if I had to do the 50 hours or not--I would have hit that number anyway, but I seem to recall people after me having even more strict requirements than I did, but I'm pretty sure they had to do 9 and 50. Our only requirement to get the permit was to be 15. You had to finish drivers ed. before you were allowed to do the actual driving portion with an instructor, but by then I had already been driving for many months. The driving portion with the instructor (which I'm forgetting the name of) ended with the driving test that allowed us to get our license. You had to be 16 of course to finish that out.
Spray cheese isn't that much of a thing here. I can't remember the last time I saw it, let alone ate some.
Ohhhhh, yes it is. Between the ages of 12 and 21, maybe? Middle schoolers, high schoolers and college kids. :)
@@cynthianewton3987 this video just makes it seem like EVERYONE is just always downing spray cheese. I think I have had it once and don't know anyone who actively buys it.
It's a few molecules shy of being Teflon 😂
I’ll never eat that canned cheese & I’m from NC, never seen anybody eat it in person actually
@@scotthill1600 you missed out
Frequently, here in FL near Disney, I've heard the same common refrain to out of a lot of Brits.
They've all said "We don't do that, we don't want people to think we can't afford to buy another meal"
Which shocks me, for one, I stopped caring what someone else thinks about me in about the 8th grade. Affording isn't the point, why waste a half a steak. The portions sizes are based on the competition between the whelming quantity of different restaurants to choose from. They need to set themselves apart. Portion size, in relation to cost is a huge factor
Some of us Americans learned on a stick shift. Our way of thinking is, "If it's an emergency, I can drive any vehicle." I taught myself to drive a Mustang right off the dealership lot 😂
Yes. I am in my late 50s, and my current car is the first automatic I have driven, except for one hand-me-down early on from my parents..
Stick is fun to drive
A number of stories recently in the US of car thieves being thwarted by manual transmissions. The greatest anti-theft device - a stick shift!
First time I ever drove into town, my drunken uncle had me drive him in his beat up stick-shift Chevy, to the gas station to get beer. I was about 14, so obviously I didn't have a license. Lol
Never really driven a stick shift at that point. So, that was an interesting way of getting my feet wet with the experience. Lol
My first truck was a Toyota Tacoma with a stick shift. My dad gave it to me for free so I had to learn how to drive it for a feee car hahah. It was definitely fun but I do not miss holding in the clutch in bumper to bumper traffic or when at a red light on an incline hahaha
I live in Ohio on the edge of Lake Erie and what’s shocking to most visitors (even Americans) is how vast the lake really is. We cannot see Canada from our shoreline, just a horizon of water meeting the sky. It’s beautiful, but the lake effect snow is brutal in the winter.
Yes, those lakes are just shy of being seas. If they were all one body of water, they would be a sea.
Yeah I live in Northeast Ohio off of Lake Erie too and brought my ex-husband up here for North Carolina one time yrs ago and he couldn't believe the size of the Great Lake and he's a southern boy
Hello from the New York side of Lake Erie yes that lake effect snow is brutal my mom and i got stuck in a flash white out snow storm and had to be rescued
@@Moonstriker2514 that’s scary, glad you got out though!
The thing about Americans being nice also comes into play when you don’t have enough money to pay the tax or if you’re just missing anywhere from a few cents to a couple dollars. When I was in school, sometimes I’d not have enough to pay my entire meal and the number of times someone pitched in when they heard me ask for one item less is actually amazing. As I’ve gotten older I try to do the same for others.
Yeah! Pay it forward! 😊
Nice profile pic btw
Convenience stores often have a little container of change at the checkout that says, “need a penny, take a penny. Have a penny, leave a penny.” Just for that purpose.
That "spray cheese"is not that bad, actually. It's good spritzed onto some crackers for a quick snack or something like that. I have a can of in the cupboard right now. Obviously no Brie or Stilton, but it's still tasty. And as far as refrigeration goes, cheese used to never be refrigerated. It was always kept on the counter or in the cupboard under a cover and if a little mold grew on it, it was cut or scraped off and away you went. I worked in a convenience store a few years ago and we had a wheel of cheese on the counter we treated exactly like that. Sold many, many pounds of it.
@@Whoozerdaddy Hoop cheese. I love it.
Although it's probably not advisable for a tourist to do a multi-week road trip across the states, it can be an amazing experience. Just this last summer, my three best friends and I went on a two week road trip from Ohio to San Fransisco, California, and back. It was one of the most memorable experiences I have ever had. To be able to see the incredible landscapes shift as you drive across the country is breath taking. It can be quite exhausting, being on the road for multiple hours a day, but is definitely worth it. We met many kind and unique strangers as we traveled along; stopping at interesting attractions, eating local food, and visiting local landmarks or parks. It's important to remember that the weather can be extreme here, although we got quite lucky and experienced virtually no bad weather.
Interestingly enough, we had to go through wildfires in California, and drove through the tail-end of a hurricane on the way back, neither of which really impacted our drive.
The big cities in America can provide a wonderful and rich experience for an entire trip, but it is a completely different experience to see the landscapes of this country that you have only seen in pictures.
Doing a trip wit my boys from NY to Seattle , Seattle to San Diego and gonna end it off in the Florida keys can’t wait ( leaving off the east coast ) seen it too many times
The minimum tobacco product purchase age was raised to 21 at the beginning of last year.
Wow I had no idea! Turns out it was over 2 years ago, and I just read that quite a lot of states has already raised it to 21 in the past several years. Thanks, you taught me something new today 🙂
Some states in the US require you to show ID for alcohol no matter how old you look. I used to be a cashier and by law I had to ID people who looked to be in their 60s.
What state was that? This definitely wasn't the case in Michigan anyways lol
@infrared Tennessee was the first state to require universal carding for sale of alcohol in stores, 2007.
Here in Oklahoma, it's the same; you have to show your i.d. to buy alcohol or tobacco.
It was like that in Louisiana. I refused to follow such ridiculous laws. If they looked old enough I didn't card them.
Yeah, that's just really dumb. Getting carded when I clearly look older than 21 it really getting annoying.
Cheez Wiz is actually pretty good on Ritz crackers
It isn't bad on a burger either LOL.
🤦 the stuff is so good lol
I wish our own citizens would live america as much as these 2! Thank you so much for your videos. It makes me feel good to be an American and proud.
I think Americans do love the country as much as these two. Perhaps you've been listening to too many Trump and GOP lies. We do have major problems that upset people though. Imagine not having access to good schools, health care, housing. It happens to a lot of Americans. If you can't afford a car, and you are stuck in a city, it can be pretty bad. IMO, people do need to spend time in nature where it's quiet. However, the population has doubled in my lifetime and it's starting to feel crowded to me. Rents are way to high for one person too.
Many who rail on America if they ever talk about America fall into two groups. The first are self-loathing Americans who tend to fall left on the political spectrum. They think the US is backwards - literally. The second are non-Americans, usually Europeans, who think the US is, well, backwards, weird, and dangerous.
@@jaelynn7575 I don't know what world you live in, but at least there's a lot of anti-American hate on social media platforms - RUclips, Reddit, Twitter etc. and then there's the alphabet soup of news networks. Add in foreign press in the form of The Guardian and BBC. I'd argue it got very little to do with Trump and the GOP.
And nice playlists. Go figure. No one brought up Trump BUT you did cause you're THAT TYPE OF PERSON. See my post to the OP. There was bound to be someone like you. YOU'RE SO UTTERLY PREDICTABLE. And your bit about schools and healthcare is really just you projecting your politics onto this discussion when it ain't even relevant.
" If you can't afford a car, and you are stuck in a city, it can be pretty bad."
Are you stupid or something? If you live in the city it's called public transportation. Even if you're dirt poor and are on Medicaid there are services that will come to your apartment or house TO PICK YOU UP TO GO THE DOCTORS OR HOSPITAL.
You literally are a person who knows nothing of which you speak of.
Wow, he started in my hometown with the old historic capitol. Regarding free refills, the cost of the cup is far more of the price than the contents, which is why the refill can be free. US public bathrooms get so much grief, it's not a screen door...yes there is a space at the bottom (you can see someone's feet, nothing more unless you get down on your hands and knees), and any door gap is minimal unless the door or frame is broken. And "right on red" is only after a complete stop, and is definitely not universal (it will be signed where prohibited).
You're correct on the cost of drinks. The cost ranges about $0.10 cents for a large drink therefore bringing people in by offering free refills is a great way to increase sales & customer service feedback
I beg to differ on the "door gap". I was in the ladies rest room a few days ago (the handicapped one) and could see the lady next to me sitting on the toilet. I was shocked. Never have I seen such a large "gap". Often I've removed a jacket or sweater to cover an unusually large gap between door and wall in the ladies room. It might be different for the men's room.
What's funny to me is I keep hearing that Europeans are so much more open about nudity than Americans.
Some intersections in the U.S. have signs that say "No Turn On Red"- obviously, those are exceptions to the right turn on red rule! If there's no sign, assume you can do the right- after stopping and looking! Fake cheese is definitely a thing- Cheese Whiz (cheese in a can) or Velveeta- blocks of fake cheese that make very smooth mac and cheese.
It's so much easier to be nice and friendly to whoever you encounter. Even if you're feeling horrible, a kind exchange can lift your spirit and those around you. I we (the majority) have been raised to be kind first, to everybody. You all seem very kind as well, so I imagine it's similar there.
As someone who has worked retail stores, I learned to look up or over when someone is passing me by. It is usually just a smile to acknowledge that I have seen them. The ones looking for something have a confused look about them and I will generally approach them to see what they need.
A smile in the US is a greeting in an informal atmosphere.
Helluva lot better than polo w their policy of greeting every customer who comes in the door. That shit was a nightmare, half appreciate it, half just want to be left alone to shop, not to mention to speak legibly, the speech they wanted you to give every customer was at least a 30 sec speech ab sales, how are you, etc. when 10 different customers have came in by the time you get half way through the first one. Miss a customer, manager is coming on the mic to bitch at you for missing them.
Cheese in a can is not bad, honestly. It's good on crackers but most of us wont spray it in our mouth like that 😂 Mark is just being silly.
One of the jokes here in the US is if we went back to stickshift and cursive writing we could cripple an entire generation
And dial phones!
@@janetdw analog clocks too. My teenage cousins cannot read a clock. I was shocked
Sometimes the accents can vary so much it’s hard to understand someone speaking the same language too 😂
I love the homogeny of the States, whenever I'm traveling around I know that the Motel 6 is a Motel 6 and Wally World will have whatever I'm looking for at 3:30 in the morning.
Familiarity within the states even though they are so radically different helps me feel at home no matter where I am.
That is really cool to go to another state and see things you know like McDonald's or Walmart but then see a different gas station or grocery store. Like a nice mix of new and familiar.
Yeah now most of the stores aren't 24 hrs anymore due to shortage of employees around the time covid hit. Sad face 😔
(Wally World = Walmart)
I remember when I was a little kid, no matter where we traveled (and we visited most regions of the US on our family vacations), there was always a Friendly's Restaurant with kid-friendly food, and ice cream sundaes for dessert which we didn't get much of outside of vacations and special occasions. As I got older and more brave about food, we didn't go to quite so many Friendly's on vacation, but it was definitely a staple of family reunions even when I became an adult.
A road trip from Los Angeles to New York is an undertaking as grand as the cities themselves - driving there non-stop would take you around 40 hours over the space of almost 4,500 kilometres. However, this isn't a journey designed for haste - it's one to be enjoyed.
Yesss. I moved from the DC area to LA, also about 40 hours. I did it over a week, kind of city to city each day (aimed for 6-8 hrs progress driving each day, with some exploring). Saw so many amazing things and know there’s so much that I missed at that pace even along the same route. I really hadn’t seen the middle of the country prior; we have some beautiful places 👍🏾
"Don't drive over the speed limit" 😂😂
Bro if you don't, you might get rear-ended.
Also, you were shocked about us turning right on red, remember that we drive on the right, so that doesn't require us to cross traffic.
of course, you have dumb-assed places like New Mexico, where they don't have a separate left-turn lane, so everyone not turning left is in the right lane
Drivers tend to treat speed limits as “suggestions.” Everyone knows you can go up to 10 mph over the speed limit before law enforcement considers it worth their time to pull you over
@@YeoYeo32 you might be surprised to learn how wrong you are about that. if a cop wants to investigate you, for ANY reason, going one mile over the limit gives him justification for stopping you (by law)
There are places that check ID's no matter your age or how old you look, most do this for legal reasons as a way to make sure all age requirements are met, I;m 75 and still get ID'd in some places. SOOOOO make you have your ID with you, just in case.
There are states where checking ID is a requirement by law and regardless of the individual's apparent age.
Unless it’s to limit voter fraud then it’s racist
Spray can cheese is gross
Don't do it.
I'm over 50, and when I get carded, I take it as a compliment and thank the clerk.
people used to have good sense (usually), and it wasn't difficult for most people to determine if someone is a minor. nobody wants to be accountable for people who don't have good sense, anymore, so many of them just ''card everyone''. I haven't been a minor for plenty of years, so if I get carded, I go shop somewhere else. the person who happens to be working there has no right or reason to know any damned thing about me
I once had some teenagers break into my car one night , and they couldn’t steal the car because it was a manual gear shift. So they stole the mini van down the street . Very true what he says
Now that your starting to understand the vast size of the US maybe you can start to see it's multi-cultural nature too. For example some towns founders came from all over the world. So that's why you get some Americans that know a butt load about the UK and others do not. But yet another town's residence may know an ass load about French or German etc. Based off there families, etc. So when hearing any European say blah typical American blah blah. We just roll our eyes because they have no idea what there talking about. America has pockets of everybody from around the world all with in one country.
It's the same with racism. America is the only nation in the world that still struggles with letting the past go in regards to slavery and racism places like the UK and many other nations which had slavery let it go a long time ago. Meanwhile america is also the only nation that has many many different races cultures religions etc etc.
@@johnblack8872 That's not true. The only people who can't let go of racism in the US are the people who make money off it. Race baiters, and race hustlers. The VAST ,VAST majority of the US don't think about race at all. But as long as the Democrats need scare tactics to keep there power and the main stream media need it for ratings. There going to keep kicking that dead horse getting the weak minded all worked up over nothing.
Great comment but I have to ask for an edit... "no idea what *they're* talking about."
@@scottfree641 Lmao. This shit's funny. Dude only thinks Dems use racism. Hahaha
@@Dr.Spatula Umm........yeah it's all the Dems talk about. Everything is racism, no matter the topic. People who think about race 24/7 are in fact racist. There obsessed. And the majority of people know it. If you knew history , before ANTIFA the Dems had another armed force called the KKK. It's the same Dems just modern tactics is all. The Republican party was birthed as the Anti- Slavery party and we're STILL to this day trying to free Black Americans minds from the modern day plantation of the Democratic party. To this day. You see we view a man is a man and a woman a women it's don't matter what there wrapped in. Everyone knows that CNN, and MSNBC are both part of the Democratic party, it's common knowledge. Listen to Joy Reid and the rest talk, there obsessed with it. Hell most are racist against whites is so pathetic.
True story, I applied the US map scale to a map of London and thought I needed to rent a car to drive from one of our company’s facilities to the other one that I was going to. It turned out to be nothing more than a courtyard between them. 😂
It’s really cool seeing y’all talking about the stuff you wanna see. Honestly, most of us here will never be able to take off enough time to explore our entire country. It’s really a lot to explore and it’s really beautiful.
I learned the hard way not to pick 4 star hotels in the discount booking sites. Remember how you have to drive everywhere? Most of those hotels are valet only, and on average will cost you $50 to park. Now when I'm looking for a hotel my first question is "Do they give you breakfast?"
The thing about making a right on red, is that it'll be slightly different depending on where you are. For example within NYC it's prohibited and there may not always be signs about it but the cops will pull you over for it. If there's a spot where it's allowed, there should be a sign saying it's allowed. Whereas in most other places it's usually legal unless there's a sign that says you can't do it and in some states a red arrow traffic light also means no turn on red even if it's not posted. Generally, if you're ever unsure, just don't do it. If someone honks their horn at you for waiting, just ignore them. They'll grumble and curse about it, but they'll be over it once they blaze past you later on down the road.
Yeah, places like New York have thousands of pedestrians walking and crossing the streets, so red light right turns are illegal. Doesn't stop people from still making them (even cabs), but they're not supposed to be turning right on a red.
just ignore them? lol that is a dick move right there. if you are unsure of those things then maybe look it up if its allowed so you wont be a burden to other people. some people have really bad road rages that some will not just let it go
@@ernestogastelum9123 LOL, yes. Yes it is a dick move when you know if you can make the turn and it's safe to do so and you don't.
While it can be a burden on the other driver who's in a hurry to go from point A to point B, in every state in the country, they are in the wrong if they escalate it so screw them and their problems if the car that's legally stopped at a light doesn't turn on red (to be a dick about it or genuinely not knowing if it's OK doesn't matter).
Just because it's an option, it doesn't mean it has to be taken, but yes, you really should do research into the area before hand. It's better for everyone when they're all on the same page of where and when it's allowed.
In Indiana (and maybe other states), it's legal to turn left on red from a one-way street onto another one-way street (unless there's a NO TURN ON RED sign).
I had no idea there were places where we can't go right on red by default. Granted if I was in New York I'd assume I didn't know shit, and I would simply not ever drive in Manhattan.
Long Island, can you right on red there? I actually drove just a wee bit there... can't remember if I ever got honked at, but I bet I would have picked up the vibe and not done it actually.
You MUST come to a COMPLETE STOP before making a right turn at a red light.
When I was a kid in the seventies, it was a treat to get a soda. The free refill, jumbo cup system was a slow evolution, as have serving sizes!
At Embassy Suite's Hotel, a Moderately priced Hotel. In the Price of the Room, You also get free Breakfast Buffet and or Cooked To Your Liking Breakfast, and between 5 pm and 7 pm is open Bar with Beer or most Mixed Drinks.
My Dear Favorite British Couple: I think I found a small "driving" difference between us, that I never heard of before, so please confirm. American Driver Licenses do NOT distinguish between driving a "manual" or "automatic" transmission. Again, please confirm. Love, hope, and Joy.
That is correct: USA driving licenses do not distinguish between authority to drive automatic or manual transmissions.
@@barryfletcher7136 However, Commercial Drivers Licenses are a clear sign that you can drive manual transmissions.
@@CaptainFrost32 not anymore. Half the new drivers can't drive a manual 🤣🤣. A manual on a new truck is now a special order.
@@jredcali1913 Even the US military uses automatic transmissions on most vehicles, since most recruits don't know how to drive manual.
I work at a retail pharmacy and we are trained as we walk past customers to ask them how they are doing and see if we can help them find anything. I don't only do it because that's how I'm trained, I end up doing it because I'm genuinely wanting to help that person find something. I think to myself, "what if that were my grandmother? I wouldn't want her roaming around lost trying to find something".
If a refill is offered, it’s free. But if you ask for it, it might not be. So it’s better to ask. Fancy places usually not.
Juices or miilkshakes are not refilled for free, but soft drinks and water are. I don't drink coffee or tea but I believe they are refilled for free.
Irony is that in my home of Pennsylvania, buying food and non-alcoholic drinks in the grocery store is not taxed unless the drinks are coffee, tea, or soft drinks.
In our area, soft drinks are referred to as pop.
When I was young it was more common to ask for a "dogge bag" ostensibly to bring home the leftovers for the dog. I remember restaurants would have an actual paper bag with a cartoon picture of a dog on it. Now it's more common to just ask for a container.
Having worked retail for just under ten years, I can tell you that a lot of the time the retail workers aren’t all “how can I help you?” because they are genuinely nice/welcoming but because we need sales. Many of my coworkers would interpret my simple greeting of “hello” as being “this is my customer so anything by they buy is my sale”. This then translates into hours assigned/worked, pay increase, and overall stats.
I live in the Dallas/Ft.Worth area of Texas. The few times I've been asked for directions to a certain location by tourists , I've always loved the conversations. I see myself as a representative or ambassador to my country and want tourists to come away with a positive experience
A manual transmission is also know as a Millennial anti theft Device LOL. As an older American who grew up in the rural South I grew up driving a "stick" but most young people have no clue who to drive one. I love stick shift but Automatic is overal better
Just write out the instructions in script.
Just write out the instructions in script.
I put a can of this cheese in my girls Christmas stockings every year. They absolutely love it! They wake up on Christmas morning and go to their stocking to get their cheese before they start opening presents. 😃🧀🧀🧀
as someone on a tipped wage, you legally can get paid less by the employer than minimum wage for the deal that you will get MORE than minimum wage a night from your tips. I understand that people don't like the practice and its not really a stable job due to the fluctuation in tips gained, but it is a good start and will defiantly get you more money than working at a McDonalds or walmart.
When you decide when to come and where, put up a way for people to suggest spots on that region. It will get full.
I vote Colorado, but anywhere will be fantastic, don't worry!
Rocky Mountain National Park, really great. Also drove from Denver to Grand Junction, spent some time there, and drove back. Great state. Good horseback riding trails. Sadly, I must say, I preferred my trip to Wyoming and Montana, visiting Grand Teton, Yellowstone, and points north. And I wouldn't overlook Utah's parks either.
I think I mentioned this on a previous video, but talking about all the different cultures here make it relevant again - I'd love to see Millie's reaction to the Wired video series where the dialect expert gives a tour of US accents. That's one of my favorite videos on the internet and it's always a blast.
My girlfriend in college had a roommate from Sweden. We were in Sacramento and she wanted to drive down to LA, see Hollywood, go to Disneyland…. I told her we could, but we would need one whole day to drive down and another to drive back. it was about the same distance as driving from her house in Sweden to Paris .
In the case of my wife and I, concerning big servings.When we visit food spots (cart,truck,building) that are known for meal size , we plan to eat our meal over the course of the day. Lunch, snack, dinner. We often trade halves too.
One time, when my buddy and I were in London, we went to a bar where we could run a tab. We had a great time. When the bartender returned with my card and the slip, I saw no "tip line." I added one myself, tipping 20%, then totaled it. The bartender said, "You can't do that," so I pulled some pounds from my wallet. Good times.
Mark 19:27. Oh! The video that you're viewing must be pre-pandemic, as our local "Walmart Supercenter", now closes at, 11:00 PM - Central Time, be it Standard or Daylight Savings.
However, one of our two, "Love's Travel Stop", locations, the downtown one, also began closing at that time, but because it didn't do as much business in the late it early hours, as the truck stop one.
The truck stop one, shares a building with a, "Burger King", that also closes early now. But because of security reasons. One night the employees did a walk-out, en masse! Why? Rude people, that's why! A variety of different types of rudeness. I've witnessed some bad moments. The only time locals were the cause, was when someone would get drunk, and then show up to fight in public with their significant other! Most of the peace disturbances were caused by truckers in "CSA Rebel" wear, blaming non-Caucasion people for slow service, or snobby guys, albeit in utility trucks, blaming the Rednecks, for bad service!
I don't know who works there now, because now they are closed, when I'm awake and hungry.
I HAVE had "Cheez Wiz"!👍(liked it too!)
Minnesota Nice IS a thing! Imagine 1/4 the intensity of chivalry, all the time, from almost everyone. Door holding, returning someone's shopping cart because you're going by the corral on your way in anyway, helping jump a car, whatever it is. Minnesotans are something else. It'll vary by area, but in any public place, most of us are extra polite.
The squirt cheese is yummy on celery or crackers.
We ordered steak from Texas Roadhouse night before last as a treat. I ate half then used the other half for steak and eggs the next morning...lol.
The ID thing should be updated. I'm 60 and get asked for it to buy cigarettes all the time. It's gotten a lot stricter...at least here in Texas.
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About the large portions of food at restaurants ,most Americans don't eat the entire meal . They ask for a little box so they can take it home for leftovers.
I once ate at an IHop and they gave me a portion of omelette that was the size of 3 ,plus a couple of pancakes . I wound up bringing most of the omelette home
also, North California is totally different than Southern California.. we all get stereotyped (some true-like surfing) but NorCal has beautiful Redwood Trees 🌲 whereas in SoCal you'll see mostly palm trees 🌴
Just an update, the fast food places, most of them, have severely reduced the size of their drinks, thanks to inflation. There is another difference here. When you get a driver's license for a non-commercial vehicle, it is good for stick or automatic.
It’s not just Minnesota but yeah the joke is the midwestern goodbye takes 30+ minutes, with multiple goodbyes...we just keep talking though lol
This guy is good when it comes to the general gist of things but a lot of things he says is wrong. Case and point would be the processed canned cheese. Sure its a thing but its not a popular item. Also the drinks are not strictly bound to just liters. Cars are not all automatic but it is the general type of car drove over here and its what people are taught in driving. Manual cars are not that rare. You can actually learn/start to drive at 15 with a permit license. Almost every town and city has its own culture and feel so almost nothing feels the same.
I think the point about manual cars is renting them. We have rented a stick in Europe but it's impossible to find in the US.
I work at a grocery store and can confirm easy cheese is sold far less often than deli cheese, or even gourmet cheese. I'd also like to point out that we sell 12 oz pk cans far more than 2 liters. But honestly, it depends on whats on sale.
In my state you can get a driving permit at 13 and a license at 14.
I just bought a vehicle a few months ago; I *tried* to find a manual/stick ... no such luck! I was told if I wanted it badly enough, I could order one - and wait 5 or 6 months!
Spray "cheese" is pretty nasty. All processed cheese/cheese byproduct/american cheese is nasty imho. It's all over the place though.
Also, our 2 liters of soda are actually 2 and a half liters.
People are always amazed about the free refills. That evolved over time. When I was young, no eating establishment would ever give a free refill. As more and more fast food places started popping up, restaurant owners had to come up with a " hook" to get patrons back into their restaurants, so many started to advertise free drink refills, and it started to work. Fast food places noticed a decline in patrons and decided that they would also have to offer free refills to compete. Soon, it just became standard practice and expected.
How old and what state?
At 35 Alabama, I feel like refills were always a thing, though memory is hazy.
@@waldoman7 67 y/o, Michigan.
Edit. I live in a rural area, and it was well into the 60's before any fast food places moved in. So, I don't doubt that refills have been free your whole life.
@@concernedcitizen1 yes, at your age that does mesh with what I've heard and would expect.
BTW, might I ask what concerns the citizen?
@@waldoman7 lol. I started the channel after the mass shooting in Las Vegas when there appeared to be multiple discrepancies between what could be seen on witness videos compared with what the MSM and law enforcement was saying. There grew a community of investigators trying to find out what they were hiding. (Lots of theories but nothing ever proven). In the past few years there's been too many concerns to list, but I'd say among the worst is the erosion of the constitution and the corruption of our government.
@@concernedcitizen1 for sure. I just, don't know what to do about it. Open to any advice.
One thing as an American that pisses me off about people talking about us from the outside is the whole metric vs imperial system.
Yes we use a different system. Yes it is a bit confusing. Yes it's harder to learn. But guess what. We also learn the metric system. So this idea that we are stupid because Hur dur imperial system is honestly silly.
It's like the Celsius vs Fahrenheit. Yes ours is a bit weird. But guess what we learn both AND kelvin.
It's called Easy Cheese and it is delicious on Ritz crackers or other crackers. I worked in Canada and shared that cheese with friends. They loved it, and there are a few different flavors you can get. Canadian friends loved it so much I bought about $300 dollars worth. About 100 cans. Just to fill my requests. And of course I made no profit. I just got to treat friends to something special.
Mark 23:15. Ugh! He still hasn't corrected that, "their", with, "there"! 👎
The spray can cheese is a really outdated thing from the 90s. I think that decade is what a lot of foreigners think when they see the US. Like even Walmart is becoming a thing of the past when we have healthier options like Trader Joe's and Whole Foods.
Correct. I don't know anybody who eats Cheese Whiz.
Facts never even seen anyone eat cheese whiz
I love spray cheese on triscuits
@@alysiareid6659 wheat thins for me.
How dare you conflate Cheez Whiz and Easy Cheese
Listen this guy is not telling you the truth I work in the mechanical field I've worked with Used Cars and Cars my whole entire life there is tons and tons and tons of stick shift cars here in the United States of America one out of every three cars are a standard I personally own for standard shift cars one is a Saab 9-3 6-speed manual they are not all automatic and we don't only have a 5-speed we have a 3-speed 4-speed 5-speed 6-speed 7-speed a trip tronic transmission which is both standard and automatic sequential transmission just shifts up and down and not in the pattern do United States of America has more standard shift cars than anywhere else in the world so this guy is facts are wrong don't listen to him
We did have pay toilets back in the late 1960s/early 1970s. They didn't last very long for a few factors: people didn't like them, you always had to have dimes on you and just the idea of having to pay to evacuate didn't sit well with people. so local ordinances were eventually enacted against them. In the meanwhile, they didn't make as much money for the property owner as predicted because... well, you know those really big gaps under the stall doors that the rest of the world loses its mind over? Well, much of the population practically lived in jeans back then and if the floor was clean and dry and you really had to go, you *could* limbo under. And then there's the American trait of anonymous sabotage for the public good, especially if there's a coin box involved and more especially since surveillance cameras are not allowed in restrooms. The ones that didn't get legislated out of business cost more to repair/replace than they brought in so they got removed.
I’ve seen pay toilets this year in the US
I have tried the canned cheese, and it really just tastes like American cheese slices, or like Kraft singles, I don't know if you have that where you are, but it's not horrible, it's usually, in my experience, something that little kids like, they put it on Ritz crackers normally and just love that they can draw pictures with it 😁
Yes Mark is right, there are all kinds of Americans for sure. I am Chinese American. My parents moved here to the US in the 1970s to go to college and stayed and had me and raised me here! The city I live in has over 100 different ethnic and sub ethnic cuisines of restaurants according to foodie publications and is probably one of the most diverse cities in the world in terms of all the different nationalities and ethnicities.
The getting carded thing (having you r ID checked) at bars and nightclubs is really annoying because even though I am 45 I still like I am in my twenties apparently so I still get carded all the time if I go out. Also there is a lot of high school kids buying fake IDs from someone and trying to use it to pass as 21 to get into bars and clubs. I used to work the door at a nightclub years ago and look at people's IDs all night long.
Can you guys please do a California reacted video reaction? Either another Northern California (we don't need to give those losers in SoCal anymore attention then they already get! 🤣) or about California as whole? Thanks Beesely and Millie! You are absolute legends!!! (See now you even a guy from Oaktown saying it!) - Ron from Oakland
I wish you and your family all the best.
everyone I know can drive a stick shift i’ve never head that americans can’t drive stick shifts.??? lol i think that some things he said isn’t completely true
I really don’t think you two or anyone else visiting from another country would be legitimately “shocked” by any of these customs or realities. Pleeeeeease.
There are plenty of "culture shock" videos here on RUclips, and some of these are in them.
@@anonygent - So? It really doesn’t matter, no one is shocked or should be that things are different in other countries. In my experience, and I’ve traveled around the world. It’s us Americans that are “shocked” when things turn out to be different than we’re used to. When you travel you’re only spending a short time in the country you are visiting. It would be quite different if you were planning to relocate or spend a few years in a foreign country. That’s when culture shock would set in. Living day to day is different than visiting a country. Nothing in this video is particularly helpful, or even interesting, in my opinion.
Just another content creator that needs to come up with something for his channel. As you stated the content isn’t even original. As he is covering the same old tired topics.
@@Parker-930 On the contrary, I think plenty of people are shocked by various things when they visit other countries, it's just YOU who is jaded and world-weary. North Koreans are the most shocked because they have nothing at home, no food, no clothes, no running water, no freedom, no nothing. Or check out Yoel's channel, he's a Cuban experiencing freedom for the first time, he's shocked by everything, mostly the incredible abundance of food we have.
@@anonygent - Come on. You’re talking apples and oranges. North Koreans aren’t coming here on a vacation. (Or Cubans for that matter) They couldn’t possibly understand US culture because they don’t have social media or regular mass media. They wouldn’t have a clue. First world nations from Europe that are coming over for a visit. Aren’t going to be confused about free soda refills, or the fact that tipping for service is always expected and is the norm. Anyone with access to any sort of media already knows this. This video has absolutely nothing to do with North Koreans, you do understand they are trapped in their own country unless they successfully escape to South Korea, and move on from there. Please don’t pretend that the silly video was aimed for that audience. You can’t be that ridiculous. BTW, you don’t know a thing about me. Don’t make assumptions.
@@Parker-930 You're just wrong. Here is one example of a culture shock video from a European talking about many of these same issues Wolters brought up, and there are dozens, maybe hundreds more just like it: ruclips.net/video/VKjlk_xHeAI/видео.html
I suggest passing through
Santa Fe, New Mexico, or New Mexico in general. Chaco canyon, Bandalier, or Carlsbad caverns, and beautiful scenery up north into Colorado!
We are southwest U.S.A., which includes L.A., San Diego, Phoenix, Denver, Las Vegas, and El Paso
I was born in New Jersey, but spent a good chunk of my childhood living in Florida. I’m back in Jersey now as an adult, but when we’d come up here to visit from Fl, my dad could get us there in about 16 hours, if the traffic wasn’t bad and he was speeding. It’s the same way on the way down to Florida. However, when we moved back to Jersey, we stopped overnight at a hotel because we rented a moving truck (slowed us down a lot). You always end up at a hotel in Virginia or North Carolina for road-trips that have traffic haha
Lol im from NYC and ive done the drive down to Miami and Orlando several times in my teenage yrs when flights were too expensive. 16-18 hrs speeding most of the time and not stopping only for gas. Going there isnt so bad, bec ur excited. But coming home is a whole other story lol
Heads up, cigarettes are now 21+ instead of 18+ in the US (changed in the last year or two)
I've mentioned this in other videos where toilets are mentioned. rest assured from the onset, but it is socially unacceptable to peek between the cracks in a toilet stall. I can't speak for the women's bathroom, but in the men's, if an adult male is caught, he will likely be called out as a pervert and be held for police who might arrest him as a "Peeping Tom," if he's lucky. If he's unlucky, he could end up being beaten up and just left there.
We might not call the cops if you do that in the ladies room (before this year) but there would definitely be a verbal smackdown happening.
The further south you go the more humid it is. In the summer it feels warmer and in the winter it feels cooler. By the time you get to Miami FL it's so uncomfortable the air seems too thick to breath.
I find it strange he didn't mention something like when you come to the US and see regular people walking with guns for example that's always fun
Not in Illinois.
"Concealed Carry" means exactly that: concealed ... so you won't see folks just walking around with guns visible. Unless you live in one of the 3 or 4 (?) States that allow "Open Carry" virtually anywhere; and all those States are 'low population' States, so as a percentage of the _general_ American population ... a *really* small percentage.
That could all change, if SCOTUS ever decides a gun-case based on the 2nd Amendment as originally intended, when originally passed. (But don't hold your breath!)
@@ephennell4ever the Supreme Court doesn't have the right, nor the authority. The moment that happens it's time to remove them from office whether they're willing or not. Also I never mentioned concealed carry, and that's not true most gun crime for example happens in heavily populated areas. I've lived in NYC, and people walk around with them hanging out of their pants. Alot of states with large populations have guns out in the open
Great video. Agree with others, America is so big and the states are so different, it is impossible to generalize. In addition I have had cheese in a can maybe once in my life when I was a kid.
Regarding the service here in America, it is genuine. Some stores will go as far as when you ask where an item is located, they will put down what they were doing and actually walk you to the isle and right to the item you are needing. They don't just say it is somewhere in isle 24.....they take you to it happily! Those people who choose to be in customer service have the desire of wanting and needing to be in service to another person. We love our service people!
There is so much generalization in everything you said
@@Dr.Spatula When "some" precedes a sentence, you can assume a generalization is incoming. They did not say "this is the case in all of America," they said that it happens in "some stores," which is absolutely, unequivocally correct. And it is arguably common enough that it bears mentioning, as was obviously the case of this person.
Cheese in a can is kind of like party/college food but not what is considered serious food unless you are poor. If your a cheese lover you may like it for a while and yes heavy processed
Leftovers. As we call them, dont last three meals but then we eat more in one meal than you guys. So still two meals but big ones.
@ 1:12 I got to visit Laredo Mexico once. While I was enchanted by the way the shops were on multiple levels with open air walkways between them, It's nothing like I experience where I live in the U.S. Much as people can get culture shock here, we can get culture shock elsewhere. For that matter, we can get culture shock even within our own country. Going from the deep south to New York as a for instance, would be such a transition I wouldn't know how to handle it if I had to live there. I grew up in farming country, in Michigan, and moved to a river city in Louisiana. That took a bit of getting used to. Even so, where I live has about 300,000 people, so moving from here to a big city with over 1,000,000 people, that is very different from anything I am familiar with. Just for an illustration, my girlfriend and I were at an event in a state park. The last day of the event, they were not serving lunch, so we went for a drive in the country. I spotted a corner store, in the middle of nowhere Louisiana. I asked her to stop there. I said, that's a general store, they have a bit of just about anything you could ask for. We went in, and they had a full service restaurant inside this little hole in the wall store. Really, I don't know why she was surprised. I had introduced her to a restaurant like that once before. When we were done eating, she asked me how I knew about it. I told her I didn't, but I did show her around the store afterward, and pointed out what I had expected to find. She realized, even had we not got to eat there, they had everything needed for a barbeque, or picnic lunch. Something else I showed her was things that could be used for quick repairs to farming equipment, plumbing, or house repairs, so long as it wasn't something major. Yes, she had a bit of a shock over that being from the city and with no experience with the tiny store in the country. It's a good thing we got there after the rush though, otherwise there would have been no seats available. Farm hands from all around the area went there for their lunch breaks. If you wish to know where that was, it was near the Lake Bistenau (sp) state park in Louisiana. (off topic, crappy spell checker has no idea how to spell Cajun names. I mean, if I ask for the French spelling for Red Stick Louisiana, it has no idea what I'm talking about. That's the capitol city, Baton Rouge.)
The public transit thing is complicated. 1) Cars have traditionally been very cheap, so.... why wait for someone else's schedule when you can drive wherever and whenever you'd like? 2) Population density is very low in most of the country where public transit would just be a total waste. 3) In the cities where public transit is more applicable, its often woefully underfunded because people treat these trains and buses so poorly...so, why invest heavily into something that people constantly deface/damage? Trains back in the day were pretty decent in the US, same with buses. But once personal transport became widely available, fewer and fewer used public transportation (and those that did were generally not the most well off financially, shall we say) and the funding dried up along with it. The problem is compounded by the fact those systems can't make hardly any money back and constantly run into massive deficits. So... most people don't use them and they're a major drain on local taxes... it's not hard to see why public transport isn't better in the US compared to some of Europe or some Asian countries (Japan, Korea, etc.)
It's called "cheese food" it's not cheese. It's actually pretty damn good on crackers.
Try it.
I went to Amsterdam and I saw a lot of people walking by themselves not saying anything to anyone and just walk right past me. That was weird because in the United States we say hello to everyone we see. I almost did that a couple times, but then I remembered where I was lol. But it was strange.
I have friends from EUROPE that where shocked by how big the U.S. is. People from other countries seem to think everything is close to each other because of what is seen on T.V. and in Movies. Also cheese in a can is good.👍
another crazy thing about the US is when you are travelling distances, you will randomly stumble upon places where iconic movies and tv shows were filmed. I live in florida and drove up to tennessee through georgia and virginia and saw where the walking dead was shot in atlanta and where the vampire diaries was filmed in north georgia and virginia.
When I was young, we had a foreign exchange student from France. Two of my strongest memories of that time are 1. When he arrived, he asked where he could douche. 2. He was so enamored with Cheez Whz, that he bought some cans to take back to his family. I assured him that it is NOT cheese, nor is "American Cheese" actually (or legally) cheese.
Had some from from Korea visit me in Seattle. They asked me to take them to Niagara Falls as it was 1st on their list. I had to break their hearts.
Haha that’s hilarious
Spray cheese doesn't need to be refrigerated because it comes in an airtight can.
No they changed it you have to be 21 years of age to buy any tobacco products
I just want to say that you two are absolutely delightful....and I hope you get to visit the US again sometime soon....and see more of it!
If you make it to southern California, be sure to find some good Mexican food...ask a local where to go!
The canned cheese is heavily processed, and I hate it personally
It’s 21 to buy cigarettes now also.
If you think of the vast differences from one part of your own Country, to the next, and remember that some of our States are larger than your Country..... the various Cultures/foods, Geography, History, weather, languages, and accents, etc, of The U.S. will shock you! Love watching y'all!
i think free refills are offered only because nobody gets them
If you love Cheese then Wisconsin is your state.
I've just watched 10 or 12 of your videos in a row. You're really quite enjoyable to watch. Whenever I have foreign visitors, I love going with them to the various sites they visit so I can answer their questions about the differences and similarities between our countries. I've also traveled a lot and I've been to the UK five times. Keep these videos coming. You're very entertaining.
cheese in a can with crackers. Super good.